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Baylee Klingler

Status: Inactive - Excused

University of Washington '22

Hometown: Houston, Texas

Selected in the 2023 AU Pro Softball College Draft

Baylee Klingler is a 5-foot-8 professional softball corner infielder from Houston, Texas. She was acquired in the 8th Round of the 2025 Inaugural Draft following a collegiate career at Texas A&M and Washington.


Personal Life

Family: Father, Jimmy, was a quarterback at Houston (1991-93). Sister Courtney played softball at Houston, and brother Cory played football at Rice.

Background: Ran a half marathon during the offseason. Has a dog named Luna.

Professional Experience


Athletes Unlimited Pro Softball, AUX & AUSL (2024–2025)

2025 AUSL All-Star Cup: Accumulated 720 leaderboard points. Authored a .324 batting average, tying for third in the league with 11 hits.

2025 AUSL Regular Season: Ranked eighth in the AUSL with a .357 batting average. Tied for ninth with 25 hits (including six doubles and three home runs) and finished sixth with 19 RBIs. Belted the first grand slam in AUSL history on June 14.

2024 Championship Season: Tallied 1,110 leaderboard points and was named to the AU Pro Softball All-Defensive Team. Fashioned a .326 batting average with 14 hits.

2024 AUX Season: Completed her first season with 780 leaderboard points, tallying seven hits and four runs scored.


Other Professional Experience (2023–2026)

WPF (2023): Second overall pick in the WPF Draft by the Texas Smoke. Hit .303 with 33 hits, including nine doubles and a home run.

Mexican Softball League: Tied for the league lead with 32 RBIs for Sultanes de Monterey in 2025. Authored a .258 batting average with five home runs and 23 RBIs for Sultanes Femenil in 2026.



International Experience (2017–2026)

Team USA: Led Team USA to a Gold medal at the 2017 WBSC Junior Women’s World Championship and the 2022 Canada Cup. Member of the 2026 National Team pool.

College Experience: Texas A&M & Washington (2019–2023)


Career Statistics: Started all 197 games at Washington, ranking third in school history in batting average (.420), slugging percentage (.795), and on-base percentage (.499). Registered 256 hits, 57 home runs, and 204 RBIs.

Graduate Year (2023, Washington): Paced the Huskies with a .385 batting average, 12 home runs, and 47 RBIs.

Senior Year (2022, Washington): Hit 24 home runs (fourth in NCAA Division I) and batted .434 with 71 RBIs.

Junior Year (2021, Washington): Sported a .416 batting average with 16 home runs and 53 RBIs.

Sophomore Year (2020, Washington): Boasted a .481 batting average with five home runs during the shortened season.

Freshman Year (2019, Texas A&M): Authored a .289 batting average with five home runs.


Awards & Honors

Professional: 2024 and 2025 AU Pro Softball All-Defensive Team.

All-America: Three-time NFCA All-America honoree (First-Team in 2022 and 2023).

Conference Honors: 2022 Pac-12 Player of the Year and three-time First-Team All-Pac-12 selection.

Headshot of Baylee Klingler

Career Stats

  • All-Star Cup
  • AUX Softball
  • Regular Season
YEAR
G
GS
PA
AB
AVG
OBP
SLG%
OPS
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
HP
SO
TB
SF
SH
SB
CS
2025 All-Star Cup
10
10
35
34
.324
.324
.382
.706
1
11
2
-
-
4
-
-
1
13
-
1
-
-
2025 AUSL
20
20
74
70
.357
.392
.571
.963
13
25
6
-
3
19
4
-
3
40
-
-
-
1
2024 Championship*
15
7
47
43
.326
.356
.372
.728
4
14
2
-
-
7
2
-
2
16
-
2
-
-
2024 AUX Softball
12
6
40
38
.184
.225
.211
.436
4
7
1
-
-
-
2
-
2
8
-
-
-
-
Career Totals
57
43
196
185
.308
.337
.416
.753
22
57
11
-
3
30
8
-
8
77
-
3
-
1

*The AUSL All-Star Cup was known as the Championship season through 2024.

Splits

DURATION
PA
AB
AVG
OBP
SLG%
OPS
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
HP
SO
TB
SF
SH
SB
CS
Last 6 games
24
23
.174
.217
.348
.565
2
4
1
-
1
5
1
-
1
8
-
-
-
-
Last 12 games
40
38
.237
.289
.395
.684
6
9
3
-
1
8
2
-
2
15
-
-
-
1

Game Log

  • 2025 All-Star Cup
  • 2025 AUSL
  • 2024 Championship*
  • 2024 AUX Softball
DATE
HOME TEAM
AWAY TEAM
PA
AB
AVG
OBP
SLG%
OPS
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
HP
SO
TB
SF
SH
SB
CS
8/31/2025
Team KowalikTeam Coffel
3
3
.333
.333
.333
.666
-
1
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
8/30/2025
Team KowalikTeam Garcia
4
4
.250
.250
.250
.500
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
-
-
-
-
8/29/2025
Team RickettsTeam Kowalik
4
4
.500
.500
.750
1.250
1
2
1
-
-
2
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
8/26/2025
Team KowalikTeam Ricketts
4
4
.250
.250
.250
.500
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
8/25/2025
Team RickettsTeam Netz
3
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/24/2025
Team RickettsTeam Coffey
4
4
.750
.750
.750
1.500
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
8/21/2025
Team KowalikTeam Willis
3
3
.333
.333
.667
1.000
-
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
8/19/2025
Team FalbyTeam Kowalik
4
3
.667
.667
.667
1.334
-
2
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
2
-
1
-
-
8/3/2025
Team KilfoylTeam Corrick
3
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/2/2025
Team CorrickTeam Lorenz
3
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

*The AUSL All-Star Cup was known as the Championship season through 2024.

Highlights

11 Reserve Pool Athletes called up for the start of the 2026 season

Eleven Reserve Pool Players will fill roster spots of various Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL) athletes who are completing their overseas commitments during the start of the 2026 season. The Reserve Pool is available for teams to fill roster gaps when needed, whether due to injuries or other absences. Reserve Pool athletes can be called […]

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Awards & Honors

Selected in the 2023 AU Pro Softball College Draft
2024 AU Pro Softball All-Defensive Team
2022 Pac-12 Player of the Year
Three-time First-Team All-Pac-12 Conference
Fifth on the Huskies’ Career Home Runs List
Three-time NFCA All-America Honoree

Transactions

  • 5/20/2026-
    Blaze placed Baylee Klingler on the temporary inactive list
  • 11/19/2025-
    Initial Protected Player
  • 1/30/2025Blaze
    Blaze drafted Baylee Klingler in the inagural draft [Round 8, Pick 3(31)]

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