Griffin Canning

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

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, 21,874th 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

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$2.6M (24)

Service Time (01/2024): 4.075 • Arb Eligible: 2025 • Free Agent: 2026

Agents: Wasserman

Full Name: Griffin Alexander Canning

Nicknames: Griff

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

-0.5

3.9

ERA

7.50

4.77

24.0

360.1

373

WHIP

1.542

1.315

Summary of 63 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

3 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 25 go ahead

1 Tm
LAA	63

Platoon
vs RHB	37
vs LHB	26

Home/Road
Away	32
Home	31

Outs
0	27
1	19
2	17

17 Opps
OAK	12
BAL	8
TEX	7
BOS	5
HOU	5
SEA	4
TBR	3
DET	3
LAD	3
TOR	3
STL	2
KCR	2
CHW	2
ARI	1
MIN	1
SFG	1
NYY	1

56 Batters
Ramón Laureano	3
Triston Casas	2
Adolis García	2
Jake Rogers	2
Marcus Semien	2
Matt Olson	2
Cavan Biggio	1
Brent Rooker	1
Shea Langeliers	1
Mookie Betts	1
Carlos Correa	1
Nick Solak	1
Trey Mancini	1
Chris Davis	1
Rougned Odor	1
Teoscar Hernández	1
Domingo Leyba	1
Andrew Vaughn	1
Jake Fraley	1
Brandon Drury	1
Stevie Wilkerson	1
Brandon Lowe	1
Gunnar Henderson	1
Aaron Judge	1
Tommy Pham	1
Mike Ford	1
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	1
Yainer Diaz	1
Miguel Sanó	1
Hunter Renfroe	1
Robbie Grossman	1
Reese McGuire	1
Alex Bregman	1
Stephen Piscotty	1
Brandon Belt	1
Jonathan Aranda	1
MJ Melendez	1
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	1
Salvador Perez	1
Matt Chapman	1
Mark Canha	1
Austin Hays	1
Freddie Freeman	1
Romy Gonzalez	1
Jonathan Villar	1
Yordan Alvarez	1
Tommy Edman	1
Javier Báez	1
Marcell Ozuna	1
Shin-Soo Choo	1
J.D. Martinez	1
Kyle Tucker	1
Tyler O'Neill	1
Nathaniel Lowe	1
Dwight Smith Jr.	1
Kyle Lewis	1

15 Parks
Angel Stad (ANA)	31
RingCentral Col (OAK)	5
Camden Yards (BAL)	5
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	3
Dodger Stad (LOS)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	2
TropicanaFld (STP)	2
Guaranteed (CHI)	2
TD Ballpark (DUN)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	1
Comerica Pk (DET)	1
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	1
GlbLifeField (ARL)	1

Where Hit
89	19
7	14
9	11
78	11
8	8

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	12
2	12
4	9
5	9
6	8
1	8
7+	5

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	33
2·HR gms	9
3·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	42
1--	12
123	2
-2-	2
1-3	2
12-	1
--3	1
-23	1

92 Runs
RISP	9
0 on	42
1 on	15
2 on	4
3 on	2
Any on	21

Inning
1	13
2	12
3	6
4	14
5	8
6	7
7	2
Extra	1

1-3	31
4-6	29
7-end	3

RelScore
+4..	1
+3	1
+2	5
+1	11
Tied	23
-1	5
-2	6
-3	4
-4..	7

Ahead	18
Tied	23
Behind	22

Before event,
for batter

Count
3-2	11
0-0	8
2-1	7
2-0	7
1-0	6
0-1	6
2-2	6
1-1	5
1-2	4
3-1	2
3-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	12
RF	8
LF	8
DH	8
CF	7
2B	6
SS	6
C	4
3B	4

OrderPos
3rd	10
5th	9
4th	9
7th	7
8th	7
1st	6
2nd	6
6th	6
9th	3

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	34
Low Lev	23

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2019-04-30	Brandon Drury	TOR	@	LAA	behind 1-3	t 5	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	7	9	11%	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
2	2	2	1	2019-05-12	Chris Davis	BAL		LAA	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	5,(2-2) CBBCX	1	4	3	10%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
3	3	3	2	2019-05-12	Stevie Wilkerson	BAL		LAA	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	8	9%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
4	4	4	3	2019-05-12	Dwight Smith Jr.	BAL		LAA	ahead 2-1	b 3	1	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	2	7	15%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); J. Villar Scores
5	5	5	1	2019-05-24	Shin-Soo Choo	TEX	@	LAA	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	5,(3-1) BCBBX	1	1	7	9%	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
6	6	6	1	2019-05-29	Marcus Semien	OAK		LAA	behind 0-2	b 3	2	---	6,(3-2) BBBCCX	1	1	6	11%	39%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
7	7	7	1	2019-06-04	Ramón Laureano	OAK	@	LAA	ahead 2-0	t 6	1	1--	4,(2-1) 1BBF1X	2	7	8	13%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Grossman Scores
8	8	8	1	2019-06-16	Brandon Lowe	TBR		LAA	behind 0-1	b 1	2	---	4,(3-0) BBBX	1	3	4	10%	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
9	9	9	2	2019-06-16	Tommy Pham	TBR		LAA	tied 3-3	b 5	2	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	2	7	15%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
10	10	10	1	2019-06-21	Marcell Ozuna	STL		LAA	tied 1-1	b 6	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	7	18%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
11	11	11	1	2019-06-27	Ramón Laureano	OAK	@	LAA	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	6,(3-2) BBCSBX	1	5	8	10%	60%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
12	12	12	2	2019-06-27	Matt Olson	OAK	@	LAA	behind 1-7	t 4	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	3	3	3%	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
13	13	13	1	2019-07-04	Rougned Odor	TEX		LAA	ahead 3-2	b 4	0	1--	4,(2-1) FB*BX	2	8	4	13%	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); A. Cabrera Scores
14	14	14	1	2019-07-25	Jonathan Villar	BAL	@	LAA	tied 8-8	t 16	2	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	6	6	48%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); P. Severino Scores
2020	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	2020-07-27	Mark Canha	OAK		LAA	ahead 2-0	b 4	0	---	5,(2-2) CBSBX	1	5	7	7%	86%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
16	16	2	1	2020-08-12	Matt Olson	OAK	@	LAA	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	3	3	10%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
17	17	3	2	2020-08-12	Robbie Grossman	OAK	@	LAA	tied 1-1	t 2	0	-2-	3,(1-1) FBX	2	6	7	13%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Canha Scores
18	18	4	3	2020-08-12	Stephen Piscotty	OAK	@	LAA	tied 3-3	t 4	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	7	9	12%	60%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
19	19	5	1	2020-08-17	Brandon Belt	SFG	@	LAA	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	3	18%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); D. Solano Scores
20	20	6	1	2020-08-22	Matt Chapman	OAK		LAA	behind 1-4	b 4	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	5	10%	31%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
21	21	7	1	2020-08-30	Kyle Lewis	SEA	@	LAA	tied 0-0	t 7	1	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	3	8	20%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
22	22	8	1	2020-09-05 (1)	Kyle Tucker	HOU	@	LAA	behind 0-1	t 2	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	9	12%	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	2021-04-08	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR		LAA	tied 1-1	b 1	2	1--	4,(2-1) 11BBSX	2	5	3	18%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); T. Hernández Scores
24	24	2	2	2021-04-08	Cavan Biggio	TOR		LAA	behind 3-4	b 6	1	---	4,(2-1) BBSX	1	2	5	18%	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
25	25	3	1	2021-04-14	Salvador Perez	KCR		LAA	tied 0-0	b 3	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	DH	11%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
26	26	4	1	2021-04-20	Nick Solak	TEX	@	LAA	behind 0-2	t 6	0	---	3,(1-1) BSX	1	5	4	12%	34%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
27	27	5	1	2021-04-24	Carlos Correa	HOU		LAA	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	5,(2-2) BFSBX	1	1	6	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
28	28	6	2	2021-04-24	Alex Bregman	HOU		LAA	ahead 3-2	b 3	0	-23	3,(2-0) *BBX	3	3	5	10%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); C. Correa Scores; M. Brantley Scores
29	29	7	1	2021-05-14	Hunter Renfroe	BOS		LAA	tied 0-0	b 2	2	1--	5,(3-1) FBB*BX	2	8	9	19%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); R. Devers Scores
30	30	8	1	2021-05-20 (2)	Miguel Sanó	MIN	@	LAA	tied 0-0	t 1	1	123	4,(1-2) *BSFX	4	5	3	24%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Donaldson Scores; M. Kepler Scores; J. Polanco Scores
31	31	9	1	2021-05-26	Adolis García	TEX	@	LAA	behind 0-5	t 4	0	---	5,(1-2) FFBFX	1	4	8	5%	13%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
32	32	10	2	2021-05-26	Nathaniel Lowe	TEX	@	LAA	behind 1-9	t 6	0	--3	2,(0-1) SX	2	3	3	1%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); N. Solak Scores
33	33	11	1	2021-06-03	Jake Fraley	SEA	@	LAA	behind 1-2	t 4	1	1-3	6,(2-2) BSCFBX	3	8	DH	24%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Kelenic Scores; T. Trammell Scores
34	34	12	1	2021-06-16	Ramón Laureano	OAK		LAA	behind 0-4	b 4	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	8	7%	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
35	35	13	1	2021-07-02	Trey Mancini	BAL	@	LAA	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	3	DH	10%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
36	36	14	2	2021-07-02	Domingo Leyba	BAL	@	LAA	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	---	8,(3-2) BFFBFFBX	1	7	5	10%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2023	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	2023-04-19	Aaron Judge	NYY		LAA	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--	6,(3-2) FC1BB*B>X	2	2	8	15%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); A. Volpe Scores
38	38	2	1	2023-04-25	Shea Langeliers	OAK	@	LAA	behind 1-4	t 5	0	---	8,(3-2) BSSBBFFX	1	7	2	9%	25%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
39	39	3	1	2023-05-04	Tommy Edman	STL		LAA	behind 2-11	b 4	2	1-3	3,(2-0) BBX	3	9	6	3%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); W. Contreras Scores; D. Carlson Scores
40	40	4	1	2023-05-10	Yordan Alvarez	HOU	@	LAA	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	5,(2-2) BCBSX	1	3	7	10%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
41	41	5	1	2023-05-17	Austin Hays	BAL		LAA	ahead 2-1	b 5	2	---	7,(3-2) BFS.BBFX	1	6	7	12%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
42	42	6	1	2023-05-29	Andrew Vaughn	CHW		LAA	behind 1-4	b 4	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	DH	9%	26%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
43	43	7	2	2023-05-29	Romy Gonzalez	CHW		LAA	behind 2-4	b 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	4	13%	42%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
44	44	8	1	2023-06-04	Yainer Diaz	HOU		LAA	tied 0-0	b 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	3	14%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
45	45	9	1	2023-06-11	Teoscar Hernández	SEA	@	LAA	behind 0-6	t 4	1	-2-	6,(3-2) FBBFB.X	2	5	9	5%	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. France Scores
46	46	10	2	2023-06-11	Mike Ford	SEA	@	LAA	behind 2-7	t 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	DH	4%	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
47	47	11	1	2023-06-17	MJ Melendez	KCR		LAA	behind 0-2	b 4	0	1--	7,(3-2) CB*BBC.FX	2	4	9	20%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); S. Pérez Scores
48	48	12	1	2023-06-30	Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	ARI	@	LAA	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	123	6,(3-2) CBBC.*B>X	4	3	DH	25%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. McCarthy Scores; G. Perdomo Scores; K. Marte Scores
49	49	13	1	2023-07-07	Freddie Freeman	LAD		LAA	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	3	10%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
50	50	14	2	2023-07-07	J.D. Martinez	LAD		LAA	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	5	DH	9%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
51	51	15	3	2023-07-07	Mookie Betts	LAD		LAA	ahead 2-0	b 3	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	4	8%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
52	52	16	1	2023-07-25	Jake Rogers	DET		LAA	behind 1-4	b 5	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	9	2	10%	29%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
53	53	17	1	2023-08-14	Marcus Semien	TEX		LAA	ahead 6-0	b 7	1	12-	5,(2-2) BC*BFX	3	1	4	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); R. Grossman Scores; J. Martínez Scores
54	54	18	1	2023-08-19 (1)	Jonathan Aranda	TBR	@	LAA	behind 5-7	t 6	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	8	3	12%	34%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
55	55	19	1	2023-09-02	Brent Rooker	OAK		LAA	behind 0-1	b 4	1	1--	5,(1-2) FFFBX	2	4	DH	25%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); R. Noda Scores
56	56	20	1	2023-09-15	Javier Báez	DET	@	LAA	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	---	4,(2-1) BBSX	1	7	6	8%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
57	57	21	2	2023-09-15	Jake Rogers	DET	@	LAA	ahead 3-0	t 6	2	---	6,(1-2) BSS.FFX	1	8	2	6%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
58	58	22	1	2023-09-27	Adolis García	TEX	@	LAA	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	---	10,(3-2) SFBF.FBFFBX	1	4	9	11%	68%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
2024	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
59	59	1	1	2024-03-30	Gunnar Henderson	BAL		LAA	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	6,(3-2) BBBCS.X	1	1	6	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
60	60	2	1	2024-04-05	Tyler O'Neill	BOS	@	LAA	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	9	10%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
61	61	3	2	2024-04-05	Triston Casas	BOS	@	LAA	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	3	9%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
62	62	4	3	2024-04-05	Reese McGuire	BOS	@	LAA	ahead 2-0	t 2	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	9	2	13%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Rafaela Scores
63	63	5	1	2024-04-13	Triston Casas	BOS		LAA	ahead 1-0	b 1	1	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	4	3	14%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Yoshida Scores