Jac Caglianone Stats
By Chris Wright
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Former Florida Gators star Jac Caglianone produced one of the greatest careers in college baseball history.
Not only did he set Florida’s single-season and career home run records, he became just the second player in Division I history to hit 30 home runs twice in a career. He tied an NCAA record by hitting a home run in 9 consecutive games. He also led the Gators to the College World Series in 2023 and 2024, and was a finalist for the Golden Spikes Award. In his spare time, he also pitched. In 2024, he was a no-brainer pick as the John Olerud Award winner, which goes to the best 2-way player in the country.
The Kansas City Royals selected Caglianone with the No. 6 overall pick in the first round of the 2024 MLB Draft.
Less than a year later, the Royals promoted Caglianone to the Major Leagues. He made his MLB debut on June 3, 2025.
Here’s everything you need to know about the slugger everybody calls “Cags.”
Jac Caglianone Career Stats
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Jac Caglianone College Stats
Caglianone missed part of his freshman season at Florida after undergoing Tommy John Surgery. He dominated his final 2 seasons on campus — on the mound and at the plate. Here are his full stats as a Florida Gator.
| Year | AB | Hits | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | Avg. | BB | Ks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 104 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 27 | .288 | 5 | 21 |
| 2023 | 282 | 91 | 14 | 2 | 33 | 90 | .323 | 17 | 58 |
| 2024 | 248 | 104 | 8 | 0 | 35 | 72 | .419 | 58 | 26 |
| Year | GS | IP | W-L | ERA | BB | Ks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 18 | 74 2/3 | 7-4 | 4.34 | 55 | 87 |
| 2024 | 16 | 73 2/3 | 5-2 | 4.76 | 50 | 83 |
Jac Caglianone Bio
First things first: “Jac” isn’t his real first name. It’s an acronym from his given name: Jeffrey Alan Caglianone, Jr.
His mother didn’t want two Jeffreys in the house, so the family quickly started calling their son “Jac.”
He’s been Jac ever since, from his days of starring at Plant High School, which also produced MLB stars Wade Boggs, Kyle Tucker and Pete Alonso, to the University of Florida and beyond.
Caglianone was born on Feb. 9, 2003 in Tampa, where his father, Jeffrey Alan Caglianone, has a successful law firm.
Caglianone was a touted prospect and prize get in Florida’s 2021 recruiting class. There’s a chance he could have been drafted, too, coming out of high school, but he injured his throwing arm during his senior year and needed Tommy John Surgery.
Caglianone signed with Florida and planned to redshirt the 2022 season while rehabbing. But, as Florida coaches soon learned, he could still hit. Midway through the 2022 season, the Gators decided to use Caglianone as a DH.
A hitting star was born. Cags hit 7 home runs in just 104 at-bats.
As a sophomore, he broke Florida’s single-season home run record with 33. As a junior, he broke that record again, mashing 35. In the process, he became the Gators’ all-time leading home run hitter with 75.
Some MLB analysts envisioned Caglianone continuing to pitch in pro ball — hence the “Jac-tani” nickname modeled after Shohei Ohtani — but the Royals quickly shot down that notion. They wanted Caglianone to focus only on hitting.
After just 79 games in the minor leagues, Caglianone was promoted to the big leagues. Cags became the 2nd-fastest Royals prospect to reach the major leagues — trailing only Bo Jackson, who already was a football star when the Royals drafted him and called him up after just 59 games in the minor leagues.
Jac Caglianone Awards
Jac Caglianone has been honored dozens of times in his baseball career. Here are some of the more notable accomplishments:
- 2024 First Round MLB Draft Pick
- 2024 John Olerud Award winner
- 2024 First Team All-American
- 2024 First Team All-SEC
- 2023 Unanimous First Team All-American
- 2023 Golden Spikes Award finalist
- 2023 John Olerud Award finalist
- 2023 First Team All-SEC
FAQ About Jac Caglianone
No. Jac Caglianone’s real name is Jeffrey Alan Caglianone. “Jac” is a nickname the family gave him at a young age, the letters of his intials.
Caglianone already is among the most powerful hitters in the Major Leagues. In his MLB debut, he hit a ball with an exit velocity of 113.9 miles per hour, according to Baseball Savant. At the time, the highest exit velo recorded was 122.9 mph.
Caglianone got this nickname while he was at the University of Florida — because he pitched and hit at an All-American level. This was a play on MLB star pitcher/hitter Shohei Ohtani.
The Kansas City Royals selected Caglianone with the No. 6 overall pick in the 2024 MLB Draft. Caglianone received a $7.5 million signing bonus.
Assuming Caglianone stays with the Royals for the rest of the 2025 season, the Royals will control his rights until 2031. He would be eligible for salary arbitration in 2028.
Caglianone will make $760,000. That will increase modestly in 2026 and 2027 unless he and the Royals agree to a contract extension. In 2028, he will be eligible for salary arbitration.
It’s obviously too early to tell, but the Royals recently extended star shortstop Bobby Witt Jr.’s contract after his third season. In 2024, they signed Witt to an 11-year deal worth $288 million. The Royals have the option to extend the contract 3 more years as well, meaning Witt could be a Royal through the 2037 season. So there is recent precedent that the Royals are willing to extend a contract to retain a mega-star.
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