Mark Canha
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Mark Canha with the Oakland Athletics in 2015
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| First baseman / Left fielder | |||
| Born: February 15, 1989 San Jose, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 8, 2015, for the Oakland Athletics | |||
| MLB statistics (through April 23, 2016) |
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| Batting average | .251 | ||
| Home runs | 19 | ||
| Runs batted in | 75 | ||
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Mark D. Canha (/ˈkænə/; born February 15, 1989) is an American professional baseball first baseman and left fielder for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Career
Canha attended Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose, California, and the University of California, Berkeley, where he played college baseball for the California Golden Bears baseball team. The Florida Marlins selected him in the seventh round of the 2010 MLB Draft.[1][2] The Colorado Rockies chose him in the 2014 Rule 5 draft from the Marlins,[3] and then traded him to the Athletics for Austin House.[4]
During spring training in 2015, Canha led the Athletics in home runs, but led all major league players in strikeouts. Due to the team's need for a power hitter following the offseason trades of Josh Donaldson and Brandon Moss,[5] Canha made the Athletics' Opening Day roster.[6] In his major league debut, on April 8, Canha had three hits and four runs batted in (RBIs).[7] Canha remained with the Athletics throughout the 2015 season, and led all American League rookies in RBIs.[8]
Personal life
Canha's wife Marci, is an architect originally from San Jose.[9] They live in San Francisco.[8] Canha is of Portuguese heritage.
References
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External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Mark Canha on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from San Jose, California
- Baseball players from California
- Oakland Athletics players
- California Golden Bears baseball players
- Gulf Coast Marlins players
- Jamestown Jammers players
- Greensboro Grasshoppers players
- Jupiter Hammerheads players
- Jacksonville Suns players
- New Orleans Zephyrs players
- Major League Baseball first basemen
