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Griffin Canning

Positions: Starting Pitcher and Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Team: Los Angeles Angels (minors, 40-man)

Born: May 11, 1996 in Mission Viejo, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 38th round of the 2014 MLB June Amateur Draft from Santa Margarita Catholic HS (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA) and the Los Angeles Angels in the 2nd round of the 2017 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: Santa Margarita Catholic HS (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA)

School: University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2019 season

2021 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2021): 1.153 • Arb Eligible: 2022 • Free Agent: 2026

Agents: Wasserman

Full Name: Griffin Alexander Canning

Nicknames: Griff

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SUMMARY

2021

Career

WAR

0.2

2.7

ERA

5.60

4.73

62.2

209.1

214

WHIP

1.484

1.338

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2015	19	-1.3	UCLA	P12	NCAA		7	1	.875	2.97	3.82	15	11			0	0	63.2	54	27	21	4	6		66	3	1	1	254	0.942	7.6	0.6	0.8	9.3	11.00
2016	20	-0.5	UCLA	P12	NCAA		5	8	.385	3.70	4.86	15	15			1	0	109.1	109	59	45	5	21		95	7	1	8	463	1.189	9.0	0.4	1.7	7.8	4.52
2017	21	0.6	UCLA	P12	NCAA		7	4	.636	2.34	2.57	17	17			3	0	119.0	93	34	31	6	32		140	1	1	7	477	1.050	7.0	0.5	2.4	10.6	4.38
2018	22		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-AA-A+	LAA	4	3	.571	3.65	3.73	25	25	0	0	0	0	113.1	99	47	46	8	44	0	125	6	0	6	475	1.262	7.9	0.6	3.5	9.9	2.84
2018	22	-4.6	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	LAA	3	3	.500	5.49	5.49	13	13	0	0	0	0	59.0	68	36	36	6	22	0	64	4	0	2	261	1.525	10.4	0.9	3.4	9.8	2.91
2018	22	-2.3	Mobile	SOUL	AA	LAA	1	0	1.000	1.97	2.17	10	10	0	0	0	0	45.2	27	11	10	2	19	0	49	1	0	4	180	1.007	5.3	0.4	3.7	9.7	2.58
2018	22	-1.2	Inland Empire	CALL	A+	LAA	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.2	4	0	0	0	3	0	12	1	0	0	34	0.808	4.2	0.0	3.1	12.5	4.00
2019	23	-3.7	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	LAA	1	0	1.000	0.56	1.13	3	3	0	0	0	0	16.0	13	2	1	0	2	0	17	0	0	1	60	0.938	7.3	0.0	1.1	9.6	8.50
2019	23	-5.4	LAA	AL	Maj	LAA	5	6	.455	4.58	4.58	18	17	1	0	0	0	90.1	80	46	46	14	30	0	96	8	1	9	384	1.218	8.0	1.4	3.0	9.6	3.20
2020	24	-4.2	LAA	AL	Maj	LAA	2	3	.400	3.99	4.63	11	11	0	0	0	0	56.1	54	29	25	8	23	0	56	1	0	5	238	1.367	8.6	1.3	3.7	8.9	2.43
2021	25	-2.5	Salt Lake	AAAW	AAA	LAA	0	0		27.00	27.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	6	6	1	5	0	4	1	0	0	15	4.000	13.5	4.5	22.5	18.0	0.80
2021	25	-3.8	LAA	AL	Maj	LAA	5	4	.556	5.60	5.89	14	13	0	0	0	0	62.2	65	41	39	14	28	0	62	1	0	3	277	1.484	9.3	2.0	4.0	8.9	2.21
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (3 seasons)					Majors		12	13	.480	4.73	4.99	43	41	1	0	0	0	209.1	199	116	110	36	81	0	214	10	1	17	899	1.338	8.6	1.5	3.5	9.2	2.64
Minors (3 seasons)					Minors		5	3	.625	3.63	3.77	29	29	0	0	0	0	131.1	115	55	53	9	51	0	146	7	0	7	550	1.264	7.9	0.6	3.5	10.0	2.86
College (3 seasons)					College		19	13	.594	2.99	3.70	47	43			4	0	292.0	256	120	97	15	59		301	11	3	16	1194	1.079	7.9	0.5	1.8	9.3	5.10
All Levels (7 Seasons)							36	29	.554	3.70	4.14	119	113	1	0	4	0	632.2	570	291	260	60	191	0	661	28	4	40	2643	1.203	8.1	0.9	2.7	9.4	3.46

AAA (3 seasons)					Minors		4	3	.571	5.03	5.14	17	17	0	0	0	0	77.0	84	44	43	7	29	0	85	5	0	3	336	1.468	9.8	0.8	3.4	9.9	2.93
AA (1 season)					Minors		1	0	1.000	1.97	2.17	10	10	0	0	0	0	45.2	27	11	10	2	19	0	49	1	0	4	180	1.007	5.3	0.4	3.7	9.7	2.58
A+ (1 season)					Minors		0	0		0.00	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.2	4	0	0	0	3	0	12	1	0	0	34	0.808	4.2	0.0	3.1	12.5	4.00