Maxwell Price Muncy was originally signed by A’s scout Dillon Tung…graduated from Thousand Oaks High School…hit .459 with 11 home runs and 49 RBI in 28 games as a senior to help Thousand Oaks to a 29-1 record and the Southern Section Division 2 championship…was named the Los Angeles Times and Los Angeles Daily News Baseball Player of the Year and was CIF Southern Section Division 2 Player of the Year in 2021.
2024
Was limited to just 58 games due to three stints on the injured list…hit .277 with eight home runs and 33 RBI in 50 games in his Triple-A debut with Las Vegas…also went 11-for-29 (.379) on an eight-game rehab assignment with the Arizona Complex League A’s and batted a combined .292 with 10 home runs, 38 RBI and a .903 OPS in the minors overall...Had career highs in batting, on-base percentage (.378), slugging (.525) and OPS...His batting average broke down to .333 (21-for-63) with a .987 OPS against left-handed pitchers compared to .273 (38-for-139) with a .864 OPS against right-handers...Made 34 starts at shortstop, 15 at second base, four at third base and four at designated hitter…committed 12 errors at shortstop (.912 fielding percentage), three at third base (.727) and one at second base (.983)...Started games at every spot in the order except first and fourth.…made 13 starts hitting eighth, 11 from the two spot and batted .436 with four home runs and 17 RBI in 11 starts hitting ninth...Was rated as the A’s eighth-best prospect by MiLB.com following the season.
2023
Split his season between High-A Lansing and Double-A Midland and batted a combined .275 with 35 doubles, 10 home runs, 62 RBI and a .763 OPS in 123 games...Was 13-for-16 (81.3%) in stolen base attempts...Ranked second in the A’s farm system in doubles, third in hits (131), sixth in runs (76), tied for sixth in extra base hits (45) and eighth in walks (52)...Batted .281 (103-for-367) with a .779 OPS against right-handed pitchers compared to .255 (28-for-110) with a .711 OPS against left-handers...Hit .314 with runners in scoring position…was 4-for-6 (.667) with a double, a walk and eight RBI with the bases loaded...Four of his 10 home runs put his team ahead...Batted .304 with five of his 20 home runs and 26 of his 62 RBI in the seventh inning or later...Was 36-for-65 (.554) with nine doubles, three home runs and 14 RBI when putting the first pitch in play…went 3-for-42 (.071) on an 3-2 count...Started 117 games at shortstop and five at designated hitter…committed 17 errors for a .962 fielding percentage...Made starts in each spot in the batting order except fourth and eighth…hit third 52 times, second 33 times and leadoff 27 times...Was named an A’s Organizational All-Star by MiLB.com...Played for Mesa in the Arizona Fall League following the season and hit .212 with four home runs and 16 RBI in 22 games…tied for ninth in the league in extra base hits (10)…was named to the AFL Fall Stars Game and an AFL Rising Star...Was rated as the A’s seventh-best prospect by MLB.com.
2022
Spent most of his first full professional season at Single-A Stockton before he was promoted to High-A Lansing in mid-July…combined to hit .229 with 19 home runs, 70 RBI and a .757 OPS in 123 games...Added 69 walks and was hit by a pitch nine times for a .336 on-base percentage...Was successful in 19-of-25 (76.0%) stolen bases attempts...Ranked second in the A’s farm system in walks and games played, third in doubles (28), RBI, extra base hits (50) and total bases (199), fourth in runs (69), tied for fourth in home runs, tied for fifth in stolen bases, sixth in hits (108), 10th in slugging (.422) and tied for 10th in hit by pitches...Led the A’s farm system and tied for fifth among all Single-A batters in strikeouts (169)...His batting average broke down to .231 (86-for-373) with a .725 OPS against right-handed pitchers compared to .222 (22-for-99) with an .878 OPS against left-handers…slugged .525 against lefties, .394 against righties...His average improved slightly to .242 with runners in scoring position...Hit .243 at night, .151 during the day...Slugged 16 of his home runs with Stockton, which tied for seventh in the California League… seven of his 19 home runs put his team ahead…seven came in the first inning...Started 112 games at shortstop, eight at designated hitter and two at second base...Led all Minor League shortstops with 32 errors and had a .928 fielding percentage…also ranked eighth in total chances (443) and putouts (148)...Started games at each of first four spots in the batting order, including 47 hitting second, 32 from the three spot, 31 batting leadoff and 12 hitting cleanup...Was rated as the A’s sixth-best prospect by Baseball America following the season and the eight-best by MiLB.com…was named an A’s Organizational All-Star by MiLB.com...Hit his first professional home run in an Opening Day start at shortstop at Fresno on April 8, a sixth inning solo shot off Zak Baayoun…homered again the next day…went 13-for-38 (.342) with four doubles, three home runs, 13 RBI and a 1.131 OPS over his first 10 games through April 19…hit his first career grand slam April 15 against Modesto…scored a career-high three runs and stole a career-high two bases April 19 at Inland Empire…also scored three runs on May 18 vs. Modesto and July 7 at Modesto, and stole two bases again on Aug. 25 at Wisconsin…then went 1-for-28 over his next eight games from April 20-28…was 0-for-4 with four strikeouts May 6 against San Jose, his first of three four-strikeout games (also June 1 at San Jose and Aug. 24 at Wisconsin)…had his first of two seven-game hitting streaks from May 13 to 20…went 9-for-27 (.333) with 10 runs, three home runs and 11 RBI during the streak…drove in a career-high five runs on May 18 against Modesto…had a 5-for-36 (.139) stretch over a nine-game span from May 21 to June 1…broke out of that slump by going 4-for-4 with a pair of solo home runs on June 2 at San Jose…it was his first career four-hit game and first career two-homer game…it began a season-high 18-game reaching base streak through June 25, during which he batted .313 with a .477 on-base percentage…scored a run in eight consecutive games from June 5 to 17 (nine runs total)…hit .196 over his final 18 games with Stockton beginning June 26…was batting .230 with 16 home runs, 51 RBI and a .799 OPS in 81 games overall with the Ports when he was moved up to Lansing on July 18… hit .226 with three home runs, 19 RBI and a .680 OPS in 42 games with the Lugnuts…went 7-for-21 with six extra base hits and five RBI over his first five games but then had a 6-for-42 (.143) stretch from July 28 to Aug. 9…drew a career-high three walks Aug. 3 against West Michigan…finished the season by hitting safely in each of his final seven games beginning Sept. 3 (8-for-27, .296).
2021
Began his professional career with the A’s affiliate in the Arizona Complex League and went 4-for-31 (.129) with no extra base hits and no RBI in 11 games…all 11 of his games were starts at shortstop…committed one error for a .963 fielding percentage…was rated as the A’s second-best prospect by MiLB.com following the season…went 0-for-3 in his debut on Aug. 9 at the Giants-Black…singled and drove in two runs the next day at the Diamondbacks for his first hit and RBI…stole his first base Aug. 24 at the Reds.
