Mark Canha #20

Mark David Canha was originally signed by Marlins scout John Hughes…is married, Marci…is an avid foodie and regularly documents his food experiences on Instagram @bigleaguefoodie…supports the A's Fitness Sluggers program to promote healthy living and eating…graduated from Bellarmine College Prep where he earned 2007 West Coast Athletic League MVP honors…attended the University of California, Berkeley where he was a two-time All Pac-10 selection…hit .333 with 22 home runs and 118 RBI in his Cal career.

2017

Split his season between Oakland and Triple-A Nashville…hit .208 with five home runs and 14 RBI in 57 games over four stints with the A's in his third season in the majors…also batted .283 with 12 home runs and 50 RBI in 75 games with the Sounds…had 36 hits with Oakland, 19 of which were for extra bases (52.8%)…22 of his 41 hits (53.7%) over the last two years are for extra bases… struck out 56 times and had just seven walks for a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 8.0…that was the third highest mark in Oakland history among players with 150 or more plate appearances (Picciolo, 31.5 in 1980 and 15.0 in 1979)…now has 76 strikeouts and seven walks over the last two years (10.86 strikeout-to-walk ratio)…batted .191 in 29 games over two stints before the All-Star Break (Opening Day-April 14 and May 9-June 8), .226 in 28 games over two stints after the break (Aug. 2-10 and Aug. 25-present)…had a .212 (21-for-99) batting average and four of his five home runs against right-handed pitchers, .203 (15-for-74) against left-handers…hit .125 with runners in scoring position…started games at four different positions (16 in center field, 16 in right field, 12 in left field, two at designated hitter)…committed five errors in 53 games as an outfielder and his .953 fielding percentage was the worst among Major League outfielders with 50 or more games…went 1-for-8 (.125) as a pinch hitter and is 2-for-24 (.083) in his career.

OAKLAND: Was on the A's Opening Day roster and went 0-for-9 over his first three games before doubling in the sixth inning April 9 at Texas…it was his first hit since April 25, 2016 at Detroit and it snapped a career-high 0-for-25 streak (previous: 20, May 9-21, 2015)…was 2-for-19 (.105) in six games when he was optioned to Nashville April 15…was recalled May 9 and hit .214 with three home runs and seven RBI in 23 games during his second stint that ran through June 8…went 10-for-21 (.476) over his first seven games, 5-for-49 (.102) over his final 16…hit his first career walk-off home run May 19 against Boston and it was his second game-ending RBI (double, Aug. 2, 2015 vs. Cleveland)…also doubled and tripled for the first three extra-base hit game of his career…was a single short of the cycle…went 0-for-4 with a career-high tying four strikeouts June 1 at Cleveland (also April 24, 2016 at Toronto)…also committed his fifth error of the season in that game, his 22nd game as an outfielder…did not make an error in his final 31 games in the outfield…was optioned to Nashville June 9…was recalled a third time Aug. 2 and went 5-for-16 (.313) in five games before he was optioned to Nashville Aug. 11…stole home Aug. 5 at Los Angeles (AL) to become the first A's player to steal home since Carlos Gonzalez on June 22, 2008 against Florida…was recalled again by Oakland Aug. 25 and spent the rest of the season with the A's, hitting .206 over his final 23 games…tied an Oakland record when he was hit by a pitch twice Sept. 16 at Philadelphia…hit his second walk-off home run of the season in the A's final home game Sept. 27 against Seattle…it marks the 12th time in Oakland history and the 13th time in Athletics history a player had two or more walk-off home runs in a season…had successful arthroscopic surgery to remove a cyst from his right wrist following the season…the surgery was performed by Dr. Steven Shin at the Kerlan-Jobe Clinic in Los Angeles on Nov. 7.

NASHVILLE: His 75 games with Nashville marked his first minor league action since 2014…hit .298 (67-for-225) with 11 of his 12 home runs against right-handed pitching compared to .213 (10-for-47) against left-handers…had a .948 OPS against righties, .679 against lefties…batted .238 before the break, .360 after the break…had a .388 batting average with runners in scoring position…went 3-for-4 with a grand slam and nine RBI with the bases loaded…hit .304 with a .400 on-base percentage when leading off an inning…appeared in 61 games in right field, eight in center field, four at designated hitter and three in left field…committed one error in 71 games overall in the outfield for a .993 fielding percentage…hit in every spot in the batting order except first and ninth…hit safely in 10 of his first 11 games with Nashville following his April 15 option (.302)…reached base safely in 22 consecutive games from April 22 to June 17…hit just .213 over that stretch but had a .371 on-base percentage as he went 16-for-75 with 16 walks…homered in three straight games April 24-28…went 3-for-30 (.100) over a nine-game stretch from April 30 to May 8 and was batting .219 in 20 games when he was recalled by Oakland a second time May 9… returned to Nashville June 10 and went 7-for-44 (.159) over his first 14 games…then hit .362 over an 18-game stretch from June 26 to July 15…had a season-best eight-game hitting streak from July 24 to Aug. 1…went 13-for-30 (.433) with three home runs and 11 RBI during the streak…that including a 5-for-5 performance against Las Vegas July 25 when he doubled, homered twice and drove in four runs…added his second four-RBI game of the season July 30 against Salt Lake when he connected for a grand slam in the first inning…batted .330 with five home runs and 24 RBI in 26 games in July…was called up by the A's again Aug. 2 but returned to Nashville Aug. 12 and hit .375 in nine games before returning to Oakland for good Aug. 25…had four hits, including a pair of doubles, Aug. 17 at Memphis.

2016

Missed nearly the entire season after undergoing surgery on his left hip…appeared in just 16 games and batted .122 with six RBI…collected five hits but three of those were home runs…struck out 20 times in 44 plate appearances…started nine games at five different positions (three at first base, two in right field, two in left field, one at third base, one at designated hitter)…hit .160 on the road, .063 in Oakland… batted .167 at night, .059 during the day…made his first career Opening Day start on April 4 against Chicago (AL)…went 0-for-3 and became the A's fifth different Opening Day starter at first base in the last five years…homered in back-to-back games April 21 at New York and April 23 at Toronto…struck out four times in a game for the first time in his career in an 0-for-4 performance at Toronto April 24…was in a 0-for-14 slump when he was placed on the 15-day disabled list May 10 (retroactive to May 9) with a back strain…had surgery on May 24 at the Steadman Clinic in Vail, Col…the surgery was performed by Dr. Marc Philippon, who took down the CAM and pincer lesion that were causing the hip impingement and also performed a labral repair to Cahna's left hip…was transferred to the 60-day DL June 11.

2015

Was selected by Colorado in the Rule 5 draft prior to the season and traded to the A's…spent the entire season with Oakland, batting .254 with 16 home runs and 70 RBI in 124 games…led American League rookies and ranked fourth among Major League rookies in RBI…his 70 RBI were eighth most in Oakland history by a rookie…also tied for second among AL rookies in doubles (22), ranked third in runs (61) and extra base hits (41), tied for third in home runs, fourth in hits (112), tied for fourth in total bases (188), fifth in walks (33) and tied for fifth in multiple hit games (28)…batted .271 (79-for-292) with 13 of his 16 home runs against right-handed pitching compared to .221 (33-for-149) against left-handers… slugged .486 against righties, .309 against lefties…hit .109 off lefties through July 2, .306 with all three of his home runs off southpaws after that…had a .227 batting average, eight home runs and 35 RBI over his first 77 games through Aug. 7…then hit .289 with eight home runs and 35 RBI over his final 47 contests…batted .283 with runners in scoring position…hit 10 of his 16 home runs in the sixth inning or later…started 57 games at first base, a team-leading 48 in left field and one in right field…also appeared in one game at third base…did not have an assist in 61 games overall in the outfield, which were the fourth most games played in Athletics history by an outfielder with no assists…had two errors as an outfielder (.982 fielding percentage) and four as a first baseman (.993)…hit .297 as a first baseman, .217 as an outfielder…went 0-for-11 with six strikeouts and a RBI as a pinch hitter…the 11 at bats were the most in the AL and tied for second most in the majors among pinch hitters with no at bats… they tied for fifth most among hitless pinch hitters in Oakland history…made a team-leading 57 starts batting second in the order.

2014

2013

Spent entirety of fourth professional season at Double-A Jacksonville, establishing career highs in games played (128), at-bats (425) and doubles (32)...Led Suns in games, at-bats, runs (63), hits (116), doubles, hit-by-pitch (15) and RBI, while ranking second in home runs (13)...Started season with one hit in first 24 at-bats for a .042 average...Went on to post 14 hits over next eight games, batting .452 with four doubles, one triple, two home runs and seven RBI over stretch...Tallied consecutive three-hit games in middle of streak, April 16 and 17 at Pensacola...Finished four-game series against Blue Wahoos with eight hits in 17 at-bats (.471)...Went 5x6 on July 21 to establish season high in hits...Strung together season-long nine-game hitting streak from July 20-29. Hit .576 (19x33) with eight runs scored, five doubles, three home runs and 12 RBI over streak...Owned four three-RBI games, first of which came on July 22 at Tennessee...Equaled season-high on August 1 vs. Chattanooga, Aug. 23 at Montgomery and September 2 vs. Mississippi...Hit left-handed pitching at .313 (35x112) clip, compared to a .259 (81x313) mark against right-handers...Posted a .370 (27x73) average in 24 games over month of July, with six doubles, four home runs and 17 RBI.