Andrew Vaughn

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name = Andrew Vaughn

|image = Cal_vs_CCSU_005 crop.jpg

|caption = Vaughn with the Cal Golden Bears in 2019

|team = Milwaukee Brewers

|number =

|position = First baseman

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|4|3}}

|birth_place = Santa Rosa, California, U.S.

|bats = Right

|throws = Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate = April 2

|debutyear = 2021

|debutteam = Chicago White Sox

|statleague = MLB

|statyear = May 21, 2025

|stat1label = Batting average

|stat1value = .248

|stat2label = Home runs

|stat2value = 77

|stat3label = Runs batted in

|stat3value = 293

|teams =

Chicago White Sox ({{mlby|2021}}–{{mlby|2025}})

|highlights =

Golden Spikes Award (2018)

}}

Andrew Clayton Vaughn (born April 3, 1998) is an American professional baseball first baseman for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Chicago White Sox. Vaughn played college baseball for the California Golden Bears, and won the Golden Spikes Award in 2018. He was selected by the White Sox in the first round of the 2019 MLB draft and made his MLB debut in 2021.

Amateur career

Vaughn attended Maria Carrillo High School in Santa Rosa, California. Playing for the baseball team, he batted .380 with 29 doubles, three triples, one home run, 76 runs batted in (RBIs), 49 walks, and 15 strikeouts in 332 at bats. As a pitcher, he had 17–6 win–loss record with a 2.05 earned run average and 166 strikeouts.{{cite web|url=https://calbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=13662 |title=Andrew Vaughn – Baseball – University of California Golden Bears Athletics |publisher=Calbears.com |access-date=November 9, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.maxpreps.com/athlete/andrew-vaughn/eTdVMPTuEeKZ5AAmVebBJg/baseball/stats.htm |title=Andrew Vaughn High School Baseball Stats Maria Carrillo (Santa Rosa, CA) |publisher=MaxPreps |date=August 6, 2019 |access-date=November 9, 2019}}

File:Cal_vs_CCSU_001.jpg

Vaughn enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley to play college baseball for the California Golden Bears. As a freshman, Vaughn played first base and made ten appearances as a pitcher.{{cite web|url=http://www.pressdemocrat.com/sports/7092527-181/former-maria-carrillo-baseball-star |title=Former Maria Carrillo baseball star Andrew Vaughn to train with national collegiate team |work=The Press Democrat |date=June 13, 2017 |access-date=June 16, 2018}}{{cite web|last=Simmons |first=Rusty |url=https://www.sfgate.com/collegesports/article/Vaughn-s-big-bat-is-part-of-sophomore-s-12865148.php |title=Vaughn's big bat is part of sophomore's complete package |work=San Francisco Chronicle|date=April 25, 2018 |access-date=June 16, 2018}} He hit 12 home runs while batting .349/.414/.555 and won the Pac-12 Conference Freshman of the Year Award.{{cite web|url=https://www.californiagoldenblogs.com/2018/6/29/17516658/cal-golden-bears-sophomore-1st-baseman-andrew-vaughn-wins-golden-spikes-award-baseballs-heisman|title=Cal sophomore Andrew Vaughn wins the Golden Spikes Award—Baseball's Heisman|first=Ruey|last=Yen|website=CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com|publisher=SB Nation|date=June 29, 2018}} He played collegiate summer baseball in 2017 for the Victoria HarbourCats of the West Coast League.{{cite web|author=Cleve Dheensaw |url=http://www.timescolonist.com/sports/slugging-infielder-andrew-vaughn-adds-power-to-harbourcats-lineup-1.20577695 |title=Slugging infielder Andrew Vaughn adds power to HarbourCats lineup |work=Times Colonist |date=June 13, 2017 |access-date=June 16, 2018}}

As a sophomore in 2018, Vaughn hit 23 home runs batting .402/.531/.819. Perfect Game/Rawlings named him their National Player of the Year,{{cite web|last=Knight |first=Heather |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/collegesports/article/Cal-s-Andrew-Vaughn-is-Perfect-Game-Rawlings-12991796.php |title=Cal's Andrew Vaughn is Perfect Game/Rawlings Player of the Year |date=June 13, 2018 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |access-date=June 16, 2018}} and he won the Pac-12 Conference Baseball Player of the Year Award and Golden Spikes Award.{{cite web|url=http://www.pressdemocrat.com/sports/8405823-181/maria-carrillo-grad-andrew-vaughn |title=Maria Carrillo grad Andrew Vaughn a finalist for top college baseball award |work=The Press Democrat |date=June 6, 2018 |access-date=June 16, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Cal-s-Vaughn-wins-national-award-12993013.php |title=Cal's Vaughn wins national award |date=June 14, 2018 |publisher=SFGate |access-date=June 16, 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/collegesports/article/Andrew-Vaughn-becomes-Cal-s-first-ever-Golden-13035508.php|title=Andrew Vaughn becomes Cal's first Golden Spikes winner|date=June 29, 2018|work=San Francisco Chronicle|access-date=June 29, 2018|language=en-US}} After the 2018 season, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League.{{cite web|url=http://pointstreak.com/baseball/player.html?playerid=1264768&seasonid=31242 |title=Andrew Vaughn – Profile |publisher=pointstreak.com |access-date=September 25, 2019}} In 2019, his junior year, he hit .374/.539/.704 with 15 home runs and 50 RBIs in 52 games.{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/andrew-vaughn-white-sox-deal|title=White Sox, top pick Vaughn have deal|first=Thomas|last=Harrigan|website=MLB.com|date=June 28, 2019}}

Professional career

=Chicago White Sox=

Considered a top prospect for the 2019 Major League Baseball (MLB) draft,{{cite web|first=Janie|last=McCauley|agency=Associated Press|url=https://www.pressdemocrat.com/sports/9387692-181/carrillo-grad-andrew-vaughn-focused |title=Carrillo grad Andrew Vaughn focused on Cal baseball, not MLB |work=The Press Democrat |date=March 13, 2019 |access-date=November 9, 2019}} Vaughn was selected by the Chicago White Sox with the third overall pick. Vaughn was selected in the draft along with six other Cal teammates.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/white-sox/white-sox-choose-andrew-vaughn-no-3-pick-add-power-bat-rebuild|title=White Sox choose Andrew Vaughn with No. 3 pick, add power bat to rebuild|work=NBC Sports Chicago|first=Vinnie|last=Duber|date=June 3, 2019|accessdate=December 25, 2021}} Vaughn signed with the White Sox for $7.2 million.{{Cite web|last=Gonzales|first=Mark|title=White Sox and top draft pick Andrew Vaughn agree to $7.2 million bonus, a franchise record|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/white-sox/ct-white-sox-andrew-vaughn-20190626-zdiz5uj3fjf5rcechzb3sp56gi-story.html|access-date=October 6, 2020|work=Chicago Tribune}}

The White Sox first assigned Vaughn to the Rookie-level Arizona League White Sox, and promoted him to the Kannapolis Intimidators of the Class A South Atlantic League after hitting .600/.625/.933 with a home run, two doubles, and four RBIs in three Arizona League games.{{cite web|url=https://www.dailycal.org/2019/07/06/cal-baseball-alumnus-andrew-vaughn-earns-early-minor-league-promotion/|title=Cal baseball alumnus Andrew Vaughn earns early minor league promotion|first=Justice|last=Delos Santos|work=The Daily Californian|date=July 6, 2019|access-date=August 3, 2019}} Vaughn was promoted again to the Winston-Salem Dash of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League after batting .253/.388/.410 with two home runs, seven doubles, 11 RBIs, and 14 runs scored in 23 games with Kannapolis.{{cite web|url=https://thesouthern.com/sports/baseball/games/white-sox-trade-reliever-nate-jones-to-the-rangers-for/article_ab5ccb61-652d-5b19-b5df-3ab7aed75125.html|title=Mets score 3 in 9th, beat White Sox 4–2 for 6th straight win|work=The Southern Illinoisan|date=July 31, 2019|access-date=August 3, 2019}} With the Dash he batted .252/.349/.411.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=vaughn000and |title=Andrew Vaughn College, Amateur & Minor Leagues Statistics & History |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=November 11, 2019}} After the season, on October 10, he was selected for the United States national baseball team in the 2019 WBSC Premier 12.{{cite web | url=https://www.usabaseball.com/news/usa-baseball-names-premier12-roster/c-311115688?tid=216632610 | title=USA Baseball Names Premier12 Roster | work=USA Baseball | date=October 10, 2019 | access-date=October 13, 2019}}

The White Sox invited Vaughn to spring training as a non-roster player in 2021. Following an injury to left fielder Eloy Jiménez, the White Sox began to experiment with playing Vaughn in left field.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/andrew-vaughn-makes-left-field-debut|title=Vaughn on LF: 'Keep it basic and simple'|website=MLB.com|access-date=April 5, 2021}} The White Sox added Vaughn to their 40-man roster to include him on their Opening Day roster.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/white-soxs-andrew-vaughn-no-3-pick-in-2019-draft-makes-opening-day-roster-as-left-fielder/|title=White Sox's Andrew Vaughn, No. 3 pick in 2019 draft, makes Opening Day roster as left fielder|work=CBS Sports|access-date=April 5, 2021}} Vaughn made his MLB debut on April 2 as the starting left fielder against the Los Angeles Angels.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/white-sox/andrew-vaughn-white-sox-left-fielder-major-league-debut|title=Vaughn playing left field for Sox in major league debut|publisher=NBC Sports|date=April 2, 2021|access-date=April 5, 2021}} On May 12, Vaughn hit his first major league home run off of J. A. Happ of the Minnesota Twins.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/white-sox/white-sox-rookie-andrew-vaughn-hits-first-career-home-run|title = Sox rookie Andrew Vaughn hits first career home run|date=May 12, 2021|first=Vinnie|last=Duber|publisher=NBC Sports|accessdate=December 25, 2021}} Overall in 2021, Vaughn hit .235 in 127 games with 15 home runs and 48 RBIs.

In 2022, Vaughn batted .271/.321/.429.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/vaughan01.shtml|title=Andrew Vaughn Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More|website=Baseball-Reference.com}} On defense he played in right field, he had the worst outs above average (OAA) rate in major league baseball, at -16.{{Cite web|url=https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/custom?year=2022&type=batter&filter=&sort=2&sortDir=asc&min=q&selections=n_outs_above_average,n_fieldout_5stars,n_opp_5stars,n_5star_percent,n_4star_percent,n_3star_percent,n_2star_percent,n_1star_percent,&chart=false&x=n_outs_above_average&y=n_outs_above_average&r=no&chartType=beeswarm|title=Statcast Custom Leaderboards|website=baseballsavant.com}}

In 2025, Vaughn appeared in 48 games, 31 at first base and 17 as designated hitter. He batted .189/.218/.314 with 5 home runs and 19 RBIs. On May 23, the White Sox optioned Vaughn to the Triple-A Charlotte Knights.{{cite news |title=White Sox option Vaughn to Triple-A to 'regain confidence' |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/andrew-vaughn-optioned-to-triple-a-by-white-sox |access-date=2 June 2025 |date=5 May 2025}}

=Milwaukee Brewers=

On June 13, 2025, the White Sox traded Vaughn to the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Aaron Civale and cash considerations. The cash was included to cover the difference between Civale and Vaughn's salaries.{{Cite news|first=Adam|last=McCalvy|date=2025-06-13|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/andrew-vaughn-brewers-trade|title=Brewers acquire Vaughn from White Sox for Civale|website=MLB.com}} Vaughn was subsequently optioned to the Triple-A Nashville Sounds.{{Cite news |last=Rosiak |first=Todd |title=Brewers trade pitcher Aaron Civale to White Sox for first baseman Andrew Vaughn |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/mlb/brewers/2025/06/13/reports-brewers-trade-aaron-civale-to-white-sox-for-andrew-vaughn/84182762007/ |access-date=2025-06-13 |website=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |language=en-US}}