Matthew James Chapman was originally signed by Eric Martins, who was an A’s scout at the time…is married, Taylor…graduated from El Toro (CA) High School and had his jersey #6 retired in 2022…attended Cal State Fullerton…was All-Big West Honorable Mention as a freshman, Second Team as a sophomore and First Team as a junior…was a Baseball America and Louisville Slugger Third-Team All-American as a junior.
2021
Batted .210 with 27 home runs, 72 RBI and a .716 OPS in 151 games in his fifth season with the A’s…the batting average and OPS were career lows as was his .403 slugging percentage…it marked the third consecutive season his batting average and OPS decreased...His batting average was second lowest in the American League (Gallo, TEX/NYY .199) and third lowest in the majors (Suárez, CIN .198)…it was third lowest in Oakland history to Mark McGwire (.201) in 1991 and Scott Brosius (.203) in 1997 (min. 502 plate appearances)...Struck out an Athletics record 202 times, breaking the previous mark of 197 set by Jack Cust in 2008…had the second most strikeouts in the majors to Gallo (213)…Walked a career-high 80 times, which tied for ninth most in the AL…led the majors in pitches per plate appearance (4.30)…Reached double figures in home runs for the fifth time in five seasons and joins Bob Johnson as the only players in Athletics history hit 10 or more home runs in each of his first five seasons…Johnson did it in his first 10 seasons from 1933-42...Won his third AL Gold Glove for third basemen in the last four years after leading Major League third basemen in fielding percentage (.987)…rounded to four digits, his mark of .9865 fell .0007 short of the Oakland record of .9872 set by Eric Chavez in 2006...Had 166 putouts, which were the most by a ML third baseman since Darrell Evans had 185 for Atlanta in 1974…they were third most in Oakland history to Sal Bando (188 in 1968 and 178 in 1969)…Also led ML third basemen in total chances (446), ranked second in double plays (38) and fourth in assists (274)…Offensively, he ranked fourth among AL third basemen in home runs (27) and RBI (72)…Appeared in 150 games, all starts, at third base…also played in three games at shortstop...Tied for fifth in the AL with a career-high nine sacrifice flies...Stole three bases after tallying just two in 422 games over his first four seasons...Batted .228 (41-for-180) with an .806 OPS against left-handed pitchers compared to .201 (70-for-349) with a .670 OPS against right-handers…hit 14 home runs in 180 at bats against lefties (1 per 12.9 at bats), 13 in 349 against righties (1 per 26.8 at bats)…ranked seventh in the AL in home runs against lefties...Hit .185 in Oakland, which was the second lowest home batting average in the majors (Seager, SEA .159)…had the fifth lowest OPS (.639)…the home batting average was third lowest in Oakland history (Davis, .172 in 2019; McGwire, .185 in 1991)...Hit 23 of his 27 home runs with the bases empty and tied for fifth in the AL in solo home runs…31 of his 37 home runs over the last two years have come with no one on base…batted .190 with runners on base, which was second lowest in the AL...Went 4-for-10 (.400) with eight RBI with the bases loaded and is .324 (11-for-34) career hitter in that situation with no grand slams...Was batting .227 with 11 home runs and 42 RBI in 89 games at the All-Star Break…had 16 home runs and 30 RBI in 62 games after the break, but his average dropped to .185…had the third lowest post-break average in the AL...Hit .156 against AL West competition, which was the lowest intradivision batting average in the majors and the lowest in Athletics history…had the second lowest OPS in the majors (.564)...Batted .117 with two strikes, which was third lowest in the AL...Pinch hit for the first time in his career and struck out...Started games at every spot in the order except first and ninth…led the A’s with 46 starts in the five spot and 33 in the six spot…had his best success from the five spot where he hit .263 with 10 home run and 25 RBI.
2020
Was batting .232 with 10 home runs and 25 RBI in 37 games before going on the injured list Sept. 12 with a strained right hip…underwent surgery that day and missed the remainder of the season…his batting average was the lowest of his four seasons as was his .276 on-base percentage… however, 21 of his 33 hits (63.6%) were for extra bases and his .535 slugging percentage was the best of his career…has finished with more extra base hits than singles in three of his four seasons and 207 of his 398 career hits (52.0%) are extra base hits…reached double figures in home runs for the fourth consecutive season and joins Bob Johnson (1933-36), Sam Chapman (1938-41) and Hector Lopez (1955-58) as the only players in Athletics history with at least 10 home runs in each of their first four seasons in the majors…averaged 14.20 at bats per home run and 5.68 at bats per RBI, both of which were the best marks of his career…walked just eight times and had 54 strikeouts in 152 plate appearances…his average of 2.81 plate appearances per strikeout was the lowest mark in Athletics history among players with at least 150 plate appearances and his mark of 0.15 walks per strikeout was sixth lowest…batted .195 with a home run and three RBI over his first 10 games through Aug. 3, .289 with eight home runs and 19 RBI over a 19-game stretch from Aug. 4 to 23 and .120 with one home run, three RBI and 17 strikeouts over his final eight games…hit .240 (29-for-121) with nine of his 10 home runs and 23 of his 25 RBI against right-handed pitching compared to .190 (4-for-21) against left-handers…slugged .562 against righties, .381 against lefties…eight of his 10 home runs were solo shots…batted .273 with seven of his 10 home runs and a .975 OPS in Oakland, .185 with a .617 OPS on the road…hit .284 during the day, .187 at night…had a .313 batting average with runners in scoring position and two outs… batted .268 against American League West competition, .156 against the National League West… was 5-for-30 (.167) when leading off an inning and four of the hits were home runs…started 35 games at third base and committed five errors, which tied for second most among third basemen in the West divisions…his .944 fielding percentage at third was a career-low…also started one game at shortstop, which was his first career appearance at a position other than third base…has never pinch hit or played designated hitter…hit .203 in a team-leading 19 starts batting third in the order…had a .295 batting average in 15 starts hitting clean-up…also started one game each in the two and five spots in the order.
OAKLAND: Made his third consecutive Opening Day start at third base July 24 against Los Angeles (AL)…is the first Athletic to make three straight Opening Day starts at third base since Eric Chavez had nine straight from 1999-2007…got off to a slow start as he was batting .196 with two home runs and four RBI over his first 13 games through Aug. 6…then hit .303 with eight doubles, a triple, seven home runs, 18 RBI and a .773 slugging percentage over a 16-game stretch from Aug. 7 to 23…had an Oakland record streak of eight consecutive home games with an extra base hit from Aug. 7 to 23 (previous: 7 by Coco Crisp in 2013 and Tony Phillips in 1985)…hit .394 with five doubles and five home runs over that span…homered in three straight games for the third time in his career Aug. 8-10 (four home runs total)…had a career-high 11 total bases Aug. 10 at Los Angeles (AL) and matched his highs with two home runs (fifth time), six RBI (also June 30, 2019 at LAA), three runs scored (10th time) and three extra base hits (seventh time)…also tripled to become the first player in Athletics history with at least two home runs, a triple and six RBI in a game…went 1-for-3 with no strikeouts Aug. 19 against Arizona to snap a seasonopening streak of 24 consecutive games with at least one strikeout…set an Athletics record for consecutive games with a strikeout by a non-pitcher, breaking the previous mark of 22 set by Khris Davis (Aug. 11-Sept. 5, 2017)…became the second player in Major League history with at least one strikeout in each of his team’s first 24 games of the season (Adam Dunn, 32 games with CWS in 2012)…had his second two-homer game of the season and the sixth of his career Aug. 20 against Arizona…went 3-for-25 (.120) with a home run, three RBI and 17 strikeouts over his final eight games beginning Aug. 24…made his first Major League appearance at shortstop when he started the second game of the Aug. 29 doubleheader at Houston following the injury to Marcus Semien…had 10 games, including eight starts at shortstop in the minors, all in 2016 with Double-A Midland (last on June 13, 2016 at Frisco)…had eight doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 22 RBI in 25 games in August…tied for third in the majors in extra base hits in August (18), tied for 10th in RBI and tied for 11th in doubles and home runs…the RBI were his most ever in a month and the home runs matched his most (Aug. 2018)…the extra base hits were second most in Oakland history in August to the record of 22 that he set in 2018…is now a .278 career hitter in August with 38 doubles, two triples, 29 home runs and 68 RBI in 107 games…has no more than 13 home runs in any other month…was batting .252 with 10 home runs and 25 RBI in 34 games when the A’s season was halted Aug. 30 following a positive Covid-19 test…play resumed on Sept. 4 and he went 0-for-11 with 10 strikeouts in a three-game series against San Diego from Sept. 4-6…the strikeouts are the most in Oakland history over a three-game span and he fanned in each of his final seven plate appearances…tied an Oakland single-game record with five strikeouts on Sept. 5 (eighth time, last: Dustin Fowler at Houston, July 9, 2018) and a two-game record with eight strikeouts on Sept. 4 and 5 (fourth time, last: Seth Smith, May 1-3, 2013)…would not play again following the Padres series as he underwent surgery on his right hip Sept. 12…the surgery was performed by Dr. Marc Philippon in Vail, Col. at the Stedman Clinic.
2019
Had career highs in runs (102), home runs (36), RBI (91), walks (73) and extra-base hits (75) in his third season in the majors…won his second consecutive Rawlings Gold Glove for American League third basemen, his second straight Wilson Defensive Player of the Year for Major League third basemen and his second straight AL Platinum Glove Award…tied for sixth in the AL in extra-base hits and tied for seventh in home runs and games played (156)…set an Athletics record for home runs by a third baseman, breaking the previous mark of 32 by Eric Chavez in 2001…led AL third basemen and ranked fourth among Major League third basemen in home runs…was second among AL third basemen in RBI…scored 100 runs in 2018 and is the fifth player in Oakland history with two seasons of 100 or more runs (Henderson 7, Tejada and Giambi 3, Canseco 2)…his 75 extra-base hits tied for ninth-most in Oakland history…his 36 home runs are third-most in Athletics history by a player in his first three seasons in the majors behind Mark McGwire (49 in 1987) and Reggie Jackson (47 in 1969)…17 of his 36 home runs came in the seventh inning or later, which was the most in the AL, tied for second in the majors and second-most in Oakland history to Khris Davis' 19 last year…was fourth in the AL in RBI in the seventh or later…17 of his home runs put the A's ahead, which was second-most in the AL…ranked 10th in the AL in game-winning RBI (13) and tied for 10th in go-ahead RBI (23)…had 36 doubles and joins Marcus Semien as the first Athletics with at least 30 doubles and 30 homers in a season since 2002 when both Eric Chavez and Miguel Tejada did it…75 of his 145 hits (51.7%) went for extra bases as have 186 of his 365 career hits (51.0%)…also had career highs in hit by pitches (11), sacrifice flies (3), games (156), at-bats (583) and strikeouts (147) and matched his high in stolen bases (1)…tied with Olson for the team-lead in home runs and led the club in strikeouts…batted .249 with an .848 OPS…was named to his first AL All-Star team and also participated in the Home Run Derby…finished sixth in AL MVP voting after placing seventh in 2018…led ML third basemen in fielding percentage (.981), total chances (466), putouts (146) and defensive runs saved (18) and his 311 assists were second to the Rockies Nolan Arenado (337)… led all players, regardless of position, in ultimate zone rating (14.8)…was second among AL third basemen in double plays (27)…his fielding percentage was second-best in Oakland history by a third baseman to Eric Chavez (.987 in 2006) and third in Athletics history (Hank Majeski, .988 in 1947)…ranked fourth in Oakland history in putouts, fifth in games (156), seventh in total chances and eighth in assists…had the most games by an A's third baseman since Sal Bando had 160 in 1975 and the most putouts since Bando had 158 in 1970…his 146 putouts were the most by a ML third baseman since Ryan Zimmerman had 152 for Washington in 2006 and the most by an AL third baseman since Gary Gaetti also had 146 in 1985 for Minnesota…has 66 DRS over the last three years, which is twice as many as the next third baseman (Arenado, 33)...was named best third baseman in the Fielding Bible Awards for the second consecutive season…batted .254 (109- for-429) with an .848 OPS against right-handed pitchers compared to .234 (36-for-154) with an .848 OPS against left-handers…his career splits are .257 with an .850 OPS against righties, .258 with an .819 OPS against lefties…hit .263 with 21 of his 36 home runs and a .926 OPS at home, .235 with a .770 OPS on the road…tied for the AL lead in home runs at home…hit .296 with runners in scoring position but that mark dropped to .200 with RISP and two outs…is a .279 career hitter with RISP, including .189 with RISP and two outs…was batting .268 with 21 home runs and 52 RBI in 89 games before the All-Star Break…then hit .222 with 15 home runs and 39 RBI in 67 games after the break…entered the season with a .236 career average before the break, .280 after the break…batted .230 with 19 home runs and 55 RBI over innings 1-6 and .293 with 17 home runs and 36 RBI in the seventh inning or later…hit safely in each of his five games against Cleveland (7-for-22, .318) and has now hit safely in all 11 of his career games against the Indians…is 18-for-43 (.419) with 12 runs, six doubles, a triple, four home runs and eight RBI (.884 slugging percentage, 1.363 OPS)…averaged 4.19 pitches per plate appearance, which was sixth-most in the AL…made a team-leading 88 starts hitting second and also had 64 starts batting third. OAKLAND: Made his second consecutive Opening Day start at third base on March 20 against Seattle in Tokyo and had a double, home run and three RBI…homered in the A's 1-0 win over Boston April 2 to become the first player in Athletics history to hit a first-inning home run in a 1-0 victory…had six putouts the next day against the Red Sox to set an Oakland record for putouts in a nine-inning game by a third baseman…the last Athletic to do it was Joe Burns on Aug. 2, 1944 at Chicago…was batting .306 with nine home runs and 22 RBI over his first 35 games through May 4…that would be his last day over .300 as he went 0-for-5 the next day at Pittsburgh to fall to .295…was 0-for-4 with four strikeouts May 7 against Cincinnati…it was the first four-strikeout game of his career (his second came on Sept. 19 at Houston)…hit .176 over a 16-game stretch from May 5 to 24…had his first career game-ending RBI May 10 against Cleveland, a walk-off home run off Brad Hand to lead off the 12th…it was the third time he was at the plate for a walk-off (single and error on July 22, 2018; wild pitch on Sept. 22, 2018)…homered in a career-high-tying three consecutive games from May 25-27 (also July 22-24, 2017)…went 1-for-27 over a seven-game span from June 6 to 12…then had a season-best nine-game hitting streak from June 14 to 22 (14-for-34, .412)…that began a 25-game stretch where he hit .366 with 22 runs, 11 doubles, two triples, six home runs, 23 RBI and 13 walks (.443 obp, .770 slug, 1.164 OPS)…hit his second career walk-off home run June 20 against Tampa Bay, a three-run shot off Diego Castillo… had a career-high 41-game errorless streak from June 23 to Aug. 15…had a career-high six RBI June 30 at Los Angeles (AL) when he went 3-for-5 with a double, triple and home run…became the 10th player in Oakland history to fall a single short of the cycle (last: Canha, May 19, 2017)… drove in five runs nine games later against Seattle on July 16…was named to his first AL All-Star team June 30…finished second on the Player Ballot to Alex Bregman, who was voted in by the fans…walked in his only at-bat in the All-Star Game July 9 at Cleveland and also scored a run… is the fifth third baseman in Oakland history to be named to the All-Star team (Bando, 1969, 72-74; Gross, 1977; Lansford, 1988; Donaldson, 2014)…also participated in the Home Run Derby on July 8 and hit 13 home runs in a first-round loss to Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. (29)…went 2-for-47 (.043) over a 13-game stretch from July 24 to Aug. 7 and both of the hits were home runs…had back-to-back two-homer games Aug. 14 at San Francisco and Aug. 15 against Houston, the third and fourth multi-homer games of his career…it marks the 12th time in Oakland history a player had back-to-back multi-homer games…the last was Khris Davis (April 10-11, 2019)…scored three runs in each of those two games, marking the 16th time in Oakland history a player scored three or more runs in back-to-back games (last: Ben Zobrist, June 14-15, 2015)…then hit .209 over his final 38 games…collected his 100th career double Aug. 31 at New York (AL)…finished the month of September with a .178 batting average, which was the lowest single-month batting average of his career…however, walked 16 times in 24 games for a .315 on-base percentage…started at third base in the AL Wild Card Game on Oct. 2 against Tampa Bay and went 1-for-3 with a walk.
2018
Was one of the top fielders in the game and one of the top hitters in the game after the All-Star Break…earned the American League Gold Glove for third baseman after leading all Major League fielders with 29 defensive runs saved and topping ML third basemen in total chances (484) and assists (331)…also won the Platinum Glove for all AL fielders and was named Defensive Player of the Year by Wilson…hit .309 with 14 home runs, 39 RBI and a .961 OPS in 64 games after the break after batting .250 with 10 home runs, 29 RBI and a .776 OPS in 81 games before the break… led the majors in doubles after the break (25) and led the AL in runs (52) and extra base hits (42)…
also ranked third in the AL in hits (80) and OPS (.961), fifth in slugging (.591), seventh in batting and tied for ninth in home runs and RBI…the 25 doubles set an Oakland post-break record and were the most since Ferris Fain had 26 in 87 games in 1952…the 42 extra base hits tied the Oakland record (Jackson, 1975; Giambi, 2001)…overall, hit .278 with 24 home runs and 68 RBI in 145 games…tied for seventh in the AL in doubles (42), tied for eighth in triples (6), ranked ninth in OPS (.864) and 10th in runs (100) and extra base hits (72)…finished seventh in AL MVP voting and was one of seven players to be named on all 30 ballots…led the A's in batting, on-base percentage, runs, doubles and triples…the doubles tied for fifth in Oakland history and he became the first Athletic to score 100 runs since Nick Swisher had 106 in 2006…72 of his 152 hits (47.4%) went for extra bases as have 111 of his 220 (50.5%) career hits…hit .274 (106-for-387) with 20 of
his 24 home runs against right-handed pitchers, .288 (46-for-160) against left-handers…batted .311 with 16 of his 24 home runs and a .984 OPS on the road…hit .246 with a .749 OPS at home… ranked third in the AL in OPS on the road and eighth in batting…in 2017, hit .284 at home, .183 on the road…11 of his 24 home runs and 35 of his 68 RBI came with two strikes…tied for eighth in the AL in two-strike home runs and tied for ninth in RBI…16 of his 38 career home runs and 57 of his 108 RBI have come with two strikes…in addition to leading ML third basemen in total chances and assists, he ranked second in putouts (133) and third in double plays (37) and games (145)… his 20 errors were second most (Devers, BOS 24)…the total chances were second most in Oakland history to the record of 523 set by Sal Bando in 1969…the assists and double plays ranked third and the putouts were seventh…the errors tied for sixth most…made a team-leading 60 starts batting second where hit .291 with 12 home runs and 35 RBI…batted .239 with five home runs with two outs, .293 with 19 home runs with zero or one out…hit .359 with a 1.074 OPS against AL Central teams…had the ninth most grounded into double plays in the AL (18).
OAKLAND: Made his first career Opening Day start March 29 against Los Angeles (AL) and became the A's fifth different Opening Day starter at third base in the last five years (Plouffe, Valencia, Lawrie, Donaldson)…had a nine-game hitting streak from March 30 to April 7…went 15-for-33 (.455) with nine runs, three home runs, eight RBI and six multiple hit games during the streak…had a career-best streak of five consecutive multiple hit games from April 2-6…was batting .358 with five home runs and 12 RBI over his first 14 games through April 13…then hit .187 with four home runs and 12 RBI over his next 48 games from April 14 to June 6 to drop his overall batting average to .228…singled in the second inning May 27 to snap a career-high 0-for17 streak (previous: 15, April 28-May 3)…hit .186 in 29 games in May…had a career-high 18-game homerless streak from June 12 to July 22…tied an Oakland record June 12 against Houston with three doubles and did it again Aug. 13 against Seattle…there are now 30 three-double games in Oakland history and he is the third player in Oakland history with two three-double games in a season (Rudi, 1974; Grieve, 1998)…had his consecutive games played streak of 149 end on June 15…was placed on the 10-day disabled list June 16 retroactive to June 15 with a right thumb contusion…was hitting .250 with 10 home runs, 26 RBI and a .793 OPS in 69 games when he was placed on the DL…had a one-game rehab assignment with Single-A Stockton on July 2 against Lancaster (1-for-4, one strikeout), was reinstated July 3 and hit .300 with 14 home runs, 42 RBI and a .921 OPS over his final 76 games…went 4-for-4 with two doubles, a walk and a stolen base July 7 at Cleveland…it was his first career four-hit game, his first stolen base and the first time he reached base safely five times in a game…reached base safely in a career-high 30 consecutive
games from July 11 to Aug. 17…hit .342 with a .415 on-base percentage and .658 slugging percentage during the streak, which was the longest by an Athletic since Jack Cust had a 39-game streak from Aug. 26, 2008-April 18, 2009…had his first career four RBI game July 23 at Texas…tied an Oakland record with two triples July 26 at Texas…it was the 11th two-triple game in Oakland history, the first since Rajai Davis on Sept. 9, 2008 at Detroit…also homered to join Adam Piatt (April 30, 2000 vs. Minnesota) as the only players in Oakland history to homer in a two-triple game…23 of his 33 hits from July 26 to Aug. 24 were for extra bases (13 doubles, three triples, seven home runs)…had a career-high and A's season-high tying 14-game hitting streak from July 31 to Aug. 17…hit .328 (19-for-58) with 12 runs, eight doubles, a triple, three home runs and nine RBI during the streak…batted .322 in July…tied for the AL lead in doubles (9) and ranked second in runs (22)…the runs were the most in July by an Athletic since 1999 (Giambi 23, Jaha 22)…had his only two-homer game of the season and the second of his career Aug. 26 at Minnesota (July 15, 2017 vs. Cleveland)…batted .319 with 22 runs, 12 doubles, one triple, nine home runs and 18 RBI in 27 games in August…led the majors with 22 extra base hits, which match the most by an Athletic in August since at least 1907 (Bob Johnson, 1938)…it was the second highest total in any month in Oakland history to Reggie Jackson's 24 in June of 1969…tied for the Major League lead with 12 doubles, which fell one short of the Oakland record for August (13, Lowrie in 2013)… tied for third in the AL in home runs, which also fell one short of the Oakland record of 10 (Davis in 2018, Chavez in 2002, Brosius in 1995)…tied for fifth in the AL in runs and hits (36)…had seven doubles over a 10-game stretch from Sept. 3 to 14…hit .213 with two doubles, one home run and four RBI over his final 12 games beginning Sept. 16…went 1-for-5 in a start at third base in the Wild Card game at New York on Oct. 3…had surgery on his right thumb following the season… Dr. Steven Shin performed an ulnar sided sesamoid bone excision along the right thumb at the Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute in Los Angeles on Oct. 16…also had surgery on his left shoulder two months later…Dr. William Workman performed a distal clavicle resection procedure at the Bass Surgical Center in Walnut Creek, Calif. on Dec. 14
2017
Was selected from Triple-A Nashville June 15 and started 83 of the A's 84 games at third base while on the active roster following his promotion (had a 14-day stint on the DL)…led Major League rookies in doubles (21) and extra base hits (37) after the All-Star Break and ranked third among American League rookies in runs (37), home runs (14) and RBI (37)…batted .234 with 14 home runs and 40 RBI in 84 games overall in his ML debut…ranked sixth among AL rookies in walks (32), seventh in doubles (23), eighth in extra base hits (39), ninth in total bases (137), 10th in home runs and tied for 10th in RBI…was the third baseman on
Baseball America's All-Rookie Team…had 68 hits, 39 of which went for extra bases (57.4%)…that was the second highest per-centage of hits going for extra bases in Athletics history among players with 250 or more plate appearances (59.8%, McGwire in 1995)…turned 34 double plays in 84 games as a third baseman, which ranked fourth among AL third basemen and fifth in Oakland history…they were the most in ML history among third basemen with fewer than 100 games played…averaged 3.57 total chances per nine innings, which is the best mark in Oakland history by a third baseman with 40 or more games played…committed 13 errors, which tied for sixth most among AL third base-men…his 83 starts were the most by an A's rookie third baseman since Eric Chavez had 98 in 1999…hit .284 at home compared to .183 on the road…batted .244 (20-for-82) against left-hand-ed pitching, .231 (48-for-208) against right-handers…had a .266 batting average with runners in scoring position, but that dropped to .156 with RISP and two outs…10 of his 14 home runs were solo shots…hit .197 against a pitcher the first time he saw him in a game, .309 after that…batted .220 in 39 games hitting seventh and .291 in 24 games in the eight spot.
OAKLAND:
Was selected from Nashville June 15 and made his ML debut that night against New York (AL)…went 0-for-3 with two walks…collected his first big league RBI on a second inning ground out against the Yankees on June 16…then had the game-winning two-run single in the bottom of the eighth inning off Jonathan Holder for his first hit…started all four games at third base in the series against New York and went 3-for-14 (.214) with three RBI and seven strikeouts before he was placed on the 10-day disabled list June 22 retroactive to June 19 with left knee cellulitis…went 0-for-7 on a two-game rehab assignment with Single-A Stockton on July 1 and 2 and was reinstated from the DL July 3…went 2-for-24 (.083) with 13 strikeouts over his first seven games to lower his overall batting average to .132…then went 5-for-9 with two doubles, a triple and two home runs in a three-game series against Cleveland July 14-16…hit his first Major League home run July 15 off Corey Kluber, a solo blast in the third inning…added his second home run in the eighth inning and the two-homer game came in the 13th game of his career…the only other player in Oakland history with a two-homer game that early in his career is Mitchell Page, who did it is his sixth game on April 13, 1977…also doubled in the fifth inning for the first three-hit game of his career…homered in three straight games July 22-24 to become the first A's rookie to homer in three straight games since Josh Donaldson (Aug. 29-31, 2012)…hit .193 in July but 12 of his 16 hits were for extra bases (.494 slugging percentage)…that gave him a .196 batting average overall…then batted .277 with 15 RBI in 27 games in August…added 10 doubles and four home runs for a .511 slugging percentage…tied for third in the AL in doubles in August…was ejected from the game in the fourth inning Sept. 6 by home plate umpire Mike Everitt…hit .391 (9-for-23) with two home runs and six RBI during a career-best six-game hitting streak from Sept. 4-10…then went 5-for-42 (.119) over his next 13 games before finishing the season with another six-game hitting streak (7-for-22, .318).
NASHVILLE:
Hit .257 with 16 home runs and 30 RBI in 49 games with Nashville…added six dou-bles and two triples for a .589 slugging percentage…the home runs were tied for third most in the Pacific Coast League and tied for fifth in all of the minor leagues at the time of his June 15 promotion to Oakland…also ranked fifth in the PCL in slugging…had a .192 batting average with five home runs and 11 RBI over his first 21 games through May 14, .304 with 11 home runs and 19 RBI over his final 28 contests…hit .320 (8-for-25) against left-handed pitching and .247 (37-for-150) with 15 of his 16 home runs against right-handers…batted .301 with 12 home runs and 20 RBI in 27 games on the road, .194 with four home runs and 10 RBI in 22 games at home…had a .338 batting average in the six inning or later, .189 over the first five innings…batted .417 with a .475 on-base percentage when leading off an inning…hit .337 with 12 of his 16 home runs with the bases empty, .156 with runners on…had a .140 average with runners in scoring position…went 0-for-7 with six strikeouts over his first two games before going on the disabled list April 8 with a sprained left wrist…had a season-high four strikeouts April 6 at Round Rock (matched June 7 at Omaha)…was reinstated from the DL April 22…stole two of his five bases for the season on April 28 against New Orleans…batted .115 in eight games in the month of April…had two home runs and drove in a season-high three runs May 2 at Round Rock…homered in three straight games from May 16-18 and had six home runs, all solo shots, over a 10-game span from May 16-25…batted .272 with 11 home runs and 20 RBI in 29 games in May…the home runs led all of minor league baseball…hit safely in each of his final 11 Triple-A games beginning June 2…went 14-for-42 (.333) with five home runs and 10 RBI during the streak…singled and walked a season-high three times in four plate appearances against Iowa June 13.
2016
Was named Texas League Player of the Year after bat-ting .244 with 29 home runs and 83 RBI in 117 games with Double-A Midland…led the league in runs (78), home runs, slugging percentage (.521), extra base hits (59) and strikeouts (147), ranked second in RBI, tied for third in walks (59), tied for fourth in total bases (228) and 10th in doubles (26)…was named to the TL Midseason and Postseason All-Star teams and was a Baseball America Double-A All-Star…was promoted to Triple-A Nashville in mid-August and hit .197 with seven home runs and 13 RBI in 18 games with the Sounds…combined to hit .237 with 36 home runs and 96 RBI in 135 games…the home runs were third most in all of minor league baseball behind Dylan Cozens (40) and Rhys Hoskins (38) of the Phillies organization…also tied for fourth in the minors in extra base hits (68), ranked sixth in total bases (267) and tied for 10th in RBI…led the A's farm system in home runs, RBI, runs (92), extra base hits and total bases, ranked second in slugging (.519), third in walks (68), tied for sixth in triples (5) and 10th in hits (122) and doubles (27)…the 36 home runs tied for fourth most by an A's minor leaguer since the club moved to Oakland in 1968…had 15 home runs and 36 RBI in 68 games through June 20…then hit 21 home runs and drove in 60 runs over his final 67 contests…batted .282 (31-for-110) against left-handed pitching compared to .225 (91-for-404) against right-handers…24 of his 31 hits against lefties were for extra bases (11 doubles, three triples, 10 home runs)…slugged .709 against lefties, .468 against righties…with Midland, he hit .282 at home compared to .209 on the road…led TL third basemen in fielding (.971), total chances (342), putouts (87), assists (245) and double plays (41)…overall, he appeared in 118 games a third base and 10 at shortstop…committed 11 errors as a third baseman (.973 fielding percentage) and five as a shortstop (.911)…hit in every spot in the order from second through seventh and saw his most action with 57 games in the clean-up spot and 33 hitting fifth…was rated as the A's No. 3 prospect by Baseball America following the 2016 season.
