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Griffin Canning

Q: Where was Griffin Canning born?

Griffin Canning was born in Mission Viejo, CA .

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

Team: New York Mets (majors)

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)

Debut: April 30, 2019 (Age 22-354d, 21,876th in major league history)
vs. TOR 4.1 IP, 4 H, 6 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2019 season

2025 Contract Status: Signed thru 2025, 1 yr/$4.25M (25)

Service Time (01/2025): 5.075 • Free Agent: 2026

Agents: Wasserman

Full Name: Griffin Alexander Canning

Nicknames: Griff

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SUMMARY

2025

Career

WAR

1.5

6.2

ERA

2.47

4.59

108

103

47.1

555.1

529

WHIP

1.289

1.329

5/17 With Griffin Canning starting for the Mets in today’s Subway Series matchup, Yankees manager Aaron Boone revealed to reporters (including MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch) that his own club met with Canning
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Last 5 Games

Last 5 Games Table
Date	Tm		Opp	Result	App,Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	GmSc	WPA	aLI	cWPA	acLi	RE24
2025-05-17	NYM	@	NYY	W, 3-2	GS-6	5	5.1	7	2	2	1	4	2	24	92	64	15	14	12	7	2	0	49	-0.119	1.19	-0.1%	1.47	-0.214
2025-05-11	NYM		CHC	W, 6-2	GS-6	5	6.0	2	1	1	1	5	1	21	92	58	13	13	9	6	1	1	68	0.189	1.08	0.2%	1.47	1.879
2025-05-05	NYM	@	ARI	W, 5-4	GS-6, W	6	5.0	6	1	1	1	6	1	21	82	52	13	7	9	5	2	0	56	0.113	1.07	0.1%	1.38	1.169
2025-04-28	NYM	@	WSN	W, 19-5	GS-5, W	5	5.0	4	0	0	3	5	0	21	90	56	14	10	5	8	4	1	61	0.267	1.30	0.2%	1.69	2.427
2025-04-22	NYM		PHI	W, 5-1	GS-5, W	4	5.0	7	1	1	1	5	0	23	84	54	16	11	9	8	5	0	53	0.175	1.48	0.1%	2.04	1.399

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/BB	Awards
2019	23	LAA	AL	1.3	5	6	.455	4.58	18	17	1	0	0	0	90.1	80	46	46	14	30	0	96	8	1	9	384	101	4.37	1.218	8.0	1.4	3.0	9.6	3.20
2020	24	LAA	AL	1.1	2	3	.400	3.99	11	11	0	0	0	0	56.1	54	29	25	8	23	0	56	1	0	5	238	114	4.33	1.367	8.6	1.3	3.7	8.9	2.43	GG
2021	25	LAA	AL	0.1	5	4	.556	5.60	14	13	0	0	0	0	62.2	65	41	39	14	28	0	62	1	0	3	277	80	5.48	1.484	9.3	2.0	4.0	8.9	2.21
2022	Did not play - Injury
2023	27	LAA	AL	2.0	7	8	.467	4.32	24	22	0	0	0	0	127.0	121	62	61	22	36	1	139	5	0	4	536	103	4.29	1.236	8.6	1.6	2.6	9.9	3.86
2024	28	LAA	AL	0.2	6	13	.316	5.19	32	31	1	0	0	0	171.2	174	105	99	31	66	1	130	6	4	6	739	81	5.26	1.398	9.1	1.6	3.5	6.8	1.97
2025	29	NYM	NL	1.5	5	1	.833	2.47	9	9	0	0	0	0	47.1	44	13	13	6	17	0	46	0	0	1	198	158	3.88	1.289	8.4	1.1	3.2	8.7	2.71
6 Yrs				6.2	30	35	.462	4.59	108	103	2	0	0	0	555.1	538	296	283	95	200	2	529	21	5	28	2372	96	4.70	1.329	8.7	1.5	3.2	8.6	2.65
162 Game Avg				2.0	10	11	.462	4.59	35	33	1	0	0	0	179	173	95	91	31	64	1	170	7	2	9	764	96	4.70	1.329	8.7	1.5	3.2	8.6	2.65

LAA (5 Yrs)				4.7	25	34	.424	4.78	99	94	2	0	0	0	508.0	494	283	270	89	183	2	483	21	5	27	2174	93	4.78	1.333	8.8	1.6	3.2	8.6	2.64
NYM (1 Yr)				1.5	5	1	.833	2.47	9	9	0	0	0	0	47.1	44	13	13	6	17	0	46	0	0	1	198	158	3.88	1.289	8.4	1.1	3.2	8.7	2.71

AL (5 Yrs)				4.7	25	34	.424	4.78	99	94	2	0	0	0	508.0	494	283	270	89	183	2	483	21	5	27	2174	93	4.78	1.333	8.8	1.6	3.2	8.6	2.64
NL (1 Yr)				1.5	5	1	.833	2.47	9	9	0	0	0	0	47.1	44	13	13	6	17	0	46	0	0	1	198	158	3.88	1.289	8.4	1.1	3.2	8.7	2.71

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	RA9extras	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Awards
2019	23	LAA	AL	90.1	18	17	46	4.58	4.82	-0.09	0.22		99	5.08	5	0.5	2.38	-0.1	1.3	15	.528	.503
2020	24	LAA	AL	56.1	11	11	29	4.63	4.86	-0.42	0.24	0.00	102	5.63	6	0.6		-0.1	1.1	12	.554	.504	GG
2021	25	LAA	AL	62.2	14	13	41	5.89	4.71	-0.20	0.20	0.00	103	5.25	-4	-0.5	1.14	-0.1	0.1	2	.466	.497
2022	Did not play - Injury
2023	27	LAA	AL	127.0	24	22	62	4.39	4.65	-0.09	0.18	0.00	104	5.12	10	0.9	1.53	-0.1	2.0	22	.537	.506
2024	28	LAA	AL	171.2	32	31	105	5.50	4.62	0.09	0.19	0.00	103	4.85	-12	-1.3	0.19	-0.1	0.2	3	.458	.492
2025	29	NYM	NL	47.1	9	9	13	2.47	4.76	0.27	0.22	0.00	95	4.46	10	1.2		-0.1	1.5	15	.629	.507
6 Yrs				555.1	108	103	296	4.80	4.70	-0.05	0.20	0.00	102	5.04	15	1.4	1.35	-0.4	6.2	69	.512	.500
162 Game Avg				179	35	33	95	4.80	4.70	-0.05	0.20	0.00	102	5.04	5	0.4	1.35	-0.1	2.0	22	.512	.500

LAA (5 Yrs)				508.0	99	94	283	5.01	4.70	-0.08	0.20	0.00	102	5.09	4	0.2	1.35	-0.4	4.7	54	.502	.499
NYM (1 Yr)				47.1	9	9	13	2.47	4.76	0.27	0.22	0.00	95	4.46	10	1.2		-0.1	1.5	15	.629	.507

AL (5 Yrs)				508.0	99	94	283	5.01	4.70	-0.08	0.20	0.00	102	5.09	4	0.2	1.35	-0.4	4.7	54	.502	.499
NL (1 Yr)				47.1	9	9	13	2.47	4.76	0.27	0.22	0.00	95	4.46	10	1.2		-0.1	1.5	15	.629	.507

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					Batting Against					Pitching Ratios			Batted Ball						Win Probability
Season	Age	Team	Lg	IP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	HR%	K%	BB%	EV	HardH%	LD%	GB%	FB%	GB/FB	WPA	cWPA	RE24	Awards
2019	23	LAA	AL	90.1	.235	.308	.431	.739	.281	3.6	25.0	7.8	88.0	35.1	22.8	36.8	28.8	0.60	-0.4	-0.3%	2.10
2020	24	LAA	AL	56.1	.257	.328	.443	.771	.307	3.4	23.5	9.7	88.5	34.8	26.6	36.1	25.9	0.57	0.0	-0.2%	1.38	GG
2021	25	LAA	AL	62.2	.264	.341	.500	.841	.298	5.1	22.4	10.1	89.6	39.7	23.2	36.2	31.4	0.57	-0.9	-0.4%	-8.81
2022	Did not play - Injury
2023	27	LAA	AL	127.0	.245	.303	.430	.733	.297	4.1	25.9	6.7	90.7	44.3	20.5	42.4	30.1	0.74	0.7	0.1%	6.67
2024	28	LAA	AL	171.2	.265	.334	.459	.793	.284	4.2	17.6	8.9	90.0	41.9	22.5	40.6	30.0	0.69	-2.2	-0.5%	-20.22
2025	29	NYM	NL	47.1	.243	.308	.370	.678	.295	3.0	23.2	8.6	91.3	48.5	20.7	54.8	19.3	1.23	0.9	0.7%	8.59
6 Yrs				555.1	.253	.321	.443	.764	.291	4.0	22.3	8.4	89.8	41.0	22.5	40.7	28.7	0.69	-1.8	-0.5%	-10.28
MLB Average					.247	.318	.414	.732	.294	3.3	22.9	8.6	88.5	39.3	24.4	42.4	25.2	0.75

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					Batting				Batting Ratios			Batted Ball								Win Probability
Season	Age	Team	Lg	PA	rOBA	Rbat+	BAbip	ISO	HR%	SO%	BB%	EV	HardH%	LD%	GB%	FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	WPA	cWPA	RE24	Pos	Awards
2019	23	LAA	AL	2	.000	-132	.000	.000	0.0	50.0	0.0	62.8	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	0.0%	-0.40	1

2021	25	LAA	AL	1					0.0	0.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	-0.20	1/7H
2022	Did not play - Injury
2 Yrs				3	.000	-132	.000	.000	0.0	33.3	0.0	62.8	0.0	0.0	50.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	50.0	-0.1	0.0%	-0.59	1/7H
MLB Average					.323	100	.294	.167	3.3	22.9	8.6	88.5	39.3	24.4	42.4	25.2	29.5	52.5	18.0

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					Standard											Total Zone		DRS		Range Factor				Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	Pick	Awards
2019	23	LAA	AL	P	18	17	0	90.1	23	9	12	2	0	.913	.945			0	0	2.09	1.22	1.17	1.21	6	0	0.0	27.3	1
2020	24	LAA	AL	P	11	11	0	56.1	16	7	8	1	1	.938	.946			2	7	2.40	1.25	1.36	1.20	4	5	55.6	25.6	2	GG
2021	25	LAA	AL	P	14	13	0	62.2	13	4	8	1	1	.923	.946			2	6	1.72	1.16	0.86	1.13	5	1	16.7	23.3	3
2021	25	LAA	AL	LF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0.00	1.80	0.00	1.80
2021	25	LAA	AL	OF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0.00	2.25	0.00	2.10
2022	Did not play - Injury
2023	27	LAA	AL	P	24	22	0	127.0	18	7	10	1	2	.944	.959			3	5	1.20	1.26	0.71	1.25	2	0	0.0	20.5	2
2024	28	LAA	AL	P	32	31	0	171.2	32	12	20	0	0	*1.000*	.950			5	6	1.68	1.31	1.00	1.29	6	3	33.3	21.8	3
2025	29	NYM	NL	P	9	9	0	47.1	8	6	2	0	0	*1.000*	.954			-1	-4	1.52	1.41	0.89	1.39	3	1	25.0	23.0	0
6 Yrs					109	103	0	557.1	110	45	60	5	4	.955	.950	0	0	11	4	1.70	1.27	0.96	1.25	26	10	27.8	24.0	11

P (6 Yrs)				P	108	103	0	555.1	110	45	60	5	4	.955	.950			11	4	1.70	1.27	0.97	1.25	26	10	27.8	24.0	11
LF (1 Yr)				LF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0.00	1.80	0.00	1.80
OF (1 Yr)				OF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0.00	2.25	0.00	2.10

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Griffin Canning?

Griffin Canning is 29 years old.

When was Griffin Canning born?

Griffin Canning was born on May 11, 1996.

Where was Griffin Canning born?

Griffin Canning was born in Mission Viejo, CA.

How tall is Griffin Canning?

Griffin Canning is 6-2 (188 cm) tall.

How much does Griffin Canning weigh?

Griffin Canning weighs 180 lbs (81 kg).

How many seasons has Griffin Canning played?

Griffin Canning is in his 6th season.

When was Griffin Canning drafted?

Griffin Canning was 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).

What position does Griffin Canning play?

Griffin Canning is a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts does Griffin Canning have?

Griffin Canning has 46 strikeouts this season and has 529 strikeouts over his career.

How much is Griffin Canning worth?

Griffin Canning makes $4,250,000.00 this year. His current contract terms are 1 yr/$4.25M (25).

How many teams has Griffin Canning played for?

Griffin Canning has played for 2 teams; the Los Angeles Angels and New York Mets.

How many World Series has Griffin Canning won?

Griffin Canning has never won a World Series.

What are Griffin Canning's nicknames?

Griff is a nickname for Griffin Canning.

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