Greg Deichmann #5

Gregory Arthur Deichmann was originally signed by A’s scout Kelcey Mucker…graduated from Brother Martin HS (LA)…played collegiately at Louisiana State…was First-Team All-American and First-Team All-SEC in 2017…hit .294 with 30 home runs and 130 RBI in 146 games in three seasons with the Tigers.

2020

Was a non-roster invitee with Oakland and hit .261 with two home runs and two RBI in 11 games during the spring…was added to the A’s 60-man player pool on June 29 but did not play in 2020… was rated as the A’s number nine prospect by Baseball America following the season.

2019

Made his Double-A debut with Midland and batted .219 with 11 home runs and 36 RBI in 80 games in a season shortened by a seven-week stay on the injured list with a shoulder injury… also stole 19 bases, which ranked 10th in the Texas League and fifth in the A's farm system… his .375 slugging percentage was the lowest of his three full seasons…played for Mesa in the Arizona Fall League following the season and was named to the All-AFL Rising Stars team after batting .256 with nine home runs and 20 RBI in 23 games…had more than twice as many home runs as any other player…also led the AFL in slugging (.634) and total bases (52), ranked second in OPS (.982), tied for second in RBI and extra base hits (12) and tied for fourth in runs (15)…with Midland, he batted .228 (58-for-254) with 10 of his 11 home runs against right-handed pitchers compared to .170 (8-for-47) against left-handers…hit eight of his 11 home runs on the road…had five home runs in 18 day games, six in 62 contests at night…started 69 games in right field and three in center field…had seven assists in 72 games overall in the outfield…committed four errors for a .973 fielding percentage…also went 5-for-32 (.156) in eight games as the designated hitter…hit in every spot in the order except first and ninth…saw his most action with 28 games batting seventh where he hit .314.

MIDLAND: Collected a career-high tying three hits, including a season-high two doubles, on Opening Day, April 4 at Frisco…had his second and final three-hit game of the season April 8 at Amarillo, putting his average at .364 over his first five games…then went 15-for-86 (.174) over his next 23 contests through May 5, which saw his average fall to .213…had the second two-homer game of his career May 7 at Northwest Arkansas (also Aug. 26, 2018 at Visalia) and matched his career-high with three RBI…the started a six-game stretch from May 7-13 where he went 8-for-24 (.333) with five RBI…then went 5-for-54 (.093) over his next 15 contests through June 4 to drop his average to a season-low .194…batted .146 in 22 games in May…had a season-high eight-game hitting streak from June 6-16 (11-for-34, .324)…was batting .211 with seven home runs and 24 RBI in 60 games when he was placed on the injured list June 20 with a sprained right shoulder…was reinstated Aug. 7 and hit .247 with four home runs and 12 RBI over his final 20 contests…stole a career-high two bases Aug. 27 vs. Amarillo…went 0-for-4 with a career-high four strikeouts Aug. 21 vs. Northwest Arkansas…had his second career four-strikeout game Aug. 29 at Northwest Arkansas…batted .333 (7-for-21) with a double, two home runs, four RBI, three runs scored and eight strikeouts in the postseason as he started all five games in right field for Midland in the Texas League Semifinals against Amarillo.