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GRIFFIN CANNING
BORN: MAY 11, 1996 OPENING DAY AGE: 23
BIRTHPLACE: MISSION VIEJO, CA RESIDES: COTO DE CAZA, CA
SIGNED THRU: 2020 MLB SERVICE: 153 DAYS
ACQUIRED: SELECTED IN SECOND ROUND OF 2017 FIRST-YEAR PLAYER DRAFT

RHP HEIGHT: 6-2 WEIGHT: 180 BATS: R THROWS: R
CANNING’S LIFETIME PITCHING RECORD
Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK BAA
2018— Inland Empire 0-0 0 .00 2 2 0 0 0 0 8 .2 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 12 0 0 .133
Mobile 1-0 1.97 10 10 0 0 0 0 45.2 27 11 10 2 1 19 0 49 4 0 .170
Salt Lake 3-3 5 .49 13 13 0 0 0 0 59 68 36 36 6 4 22 0 64 2 0 .294
2019— Salt Lake 1-0 0 .56 3 3 0 0 0 0 16 13 2 1 0 0 2 0 17 1 0 .224
LAA 5-6 4 .58 18 17 0 1 0 0 90 .1 80 46 46 14 8 30 0 96 9 1 .235
MAJOR TOTALS 5-6 4.58 18 17 0 1 0 0 90.1 80 46 46 14 8 30 0 96 9 1 .235
MINOR TOTALS 5-3 3.27 28 28 0 0 0 0 129.1 112 49 47 8 6 46 0 142 7 0 .234
Disabling Injuries:
2019 — Right elbow inflammation; disabled Aug. 23 (retro to Aug. 20) - end of season— Right elbow inflammation; disabled Aug. 23 (retro to Aug. 20) - end of season
Disabling Injuries: 2019
Right elbow inflammation; disabled Aug. 4 (retro to Aug. 1) - Aug. 13t elbow inflammation; disabled Aug. 4 (retro to Aug. 1) - Aug. 13
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2019 SEASON
◆ Began season with Triple-A Salt Lake, making three starts and allowing one earned run in 16 innings pitched
(0.56 ERA) before receiving promotion to make Major League debut with Angels, April 30 .
◆ With his debut, became first Angels draft pick to make MLB debut as starting pitcher with team since Garrett
Richards (Aug. 10, 2011 at NYY)...Also became first player drafted by Billy Eppler as Angels general manager to
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reach the Majors and third player selected in the 2017 First-Year Player Draft to reach Majors, following: Kyle
Wright (Braves – 5th overall pick) and Nick Margevicius (Padres – 7th round).
◆ Set Angels record with 69 strikeouts through his first 12 career Major League games, breaking previous mark of 65
by Jered Weaver...Also broke Weaver’s record with 77 strikeouts through 14 career games.
◆ Recorded 5+ strikeouts in each of first nine career games before having streak snapped June 21 at St. Louis…
Became one of four players in A.L. history with 5+ strikeouts in each of his first nine career games, joining Masahiro
Tanaka (first 11 games in 2014), Herb Score (first 10 games in 1955) and Orlando “El Duque” Hernandez (first nine
games in 1998).
◆ Held opponents to a .184 average (9/49) against his curveball...Also kept opposing hitters to a .167 (22/132)
average during first time through batting order in a game.
◆ Opponents swung and missed on 32.2% of swings, which was seventh highest rate in A.L. (min. 80 IP).
NOTABLE MINOR LEAGUE AWARDS AND HONORS
◆ 2018 Angels Organizational All-Star...Southern League Mid-Season All-Star (April & July)...Angels Minor League
Pitcher of the Month (May).
CAREER TRANSACTIONS
◆ June 7, 2014...Selected by Rockies in 38th round of First-Year Player Draft (did not sign).
◆ June 12, 2017...Selected by Angels in second round of First-Year Player Draft (signed June 16, 2017).
PERSONAL/MISC
◆ Griffin Alexander Canning...On Twitter: @griffin_canning.
◆ Originally signed by Angels scout Ben Diggins.
◆ Visited patients and their families at CHOC Children’s in July 2019 alongside teammates Michael Hermosillo and
Matt Thaiss.
◆ Selected as Angels’ #2 prospect entering 2019 by Baseball America and the top pitching prospect in Halos
organization...Also selected as having Best Slider in Angels system.

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