2016 Baseball Roster
Roster
Griffin Canning
- Position:
- Right Handed Pitcher
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 170
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Coto de Caza, Calif.
- High School:
- Santa Margarita HS
Notes
Selected by the Los Angeles Angels as the 47th overall pick in the second round of the 2017 MLB Draft … finishes sixth all-time at UCLA in career strikeouts (301).
2017
Golden Spikes Award semifinalist … D1Baseball, Collegiate Baseball and Perfect Game/Rawlings All-American second team selection … Baseball America All-American third team honoree ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove Award Recipient … Named to ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Second Team … Named to ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove Team … All-Pac-12 team selection … named to Pac-12 All-Defensive Team … team leader in innings pitched, strikeouts and ERA … made 17 starts on the mound, good for top-10 in the NCAA … posted a 7-4 record with a 2.34 ERA … struck out 140 batters compared to just 32 walks over 119.0 innings … threw seven or more innings in 12 starts … tallied four complete games, including three complete game shutouts on the road … held opponents to a .213 batting average against … recorded eight games with double-digit strikeouts … 140 strikeouts ranks second in the country while strikeouts per nine inning was 55th and strikeout-to-walk ratio was 78th … The 140 strikeouts ranks sixth on UCLA’s single-season strikeout list … sixth pitcher in UCLA history to surpass 300 career strikeouts, finishing with 301 … ranked ninth in the NCAA with four shutouts … ERA was 51st in the nation, while WHIP was 53rd at 1.05 … ranked in several categories on NCAA’s active career leader list including second in shutouts (4), fifth in complete games (8), eighth in strikeouts (301), 28th in innings pitched (292.0) and 49th in wins (19) … made 11 starts during Pac-12 play … posted a 6-3 record with a 3.01 ERA … struck out 86 batters with just 18 walks in 74.2 innings … held conference opponents to a .239 batting average against … ranked top-10 during Pac-12 play in innings pitched (T1st, 74.2), strikeouts (2nd, 86), wins, (T3rd, 6), opponent average (7th, .239) and ERA (9th, 3.01) … named Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week twice … began season on 23.0 scoreless inning streak … tossed first complete game shutout of the season and tied career-high with 12 strikeout at No. 18 Stanford on April 13 … struck out 10 batters and scattered seven hits in complete game shutout at USC on May 4 … threw 9.0 scoreless innings with 10 punch outs in final regular-season start at Oregon on May 25 … Tied career-high 12 strikeouts against Gonzaga (Feb. 24) and Michigan (March 3) in back-to-back starts.
2016
Honorable mention All-Pac-12 selection...third team NCBWA Preseason All-American...made a team-high 15 starts, posting a 5-8 record with a 3.70 ERA…led the team and finished fourth in the Pac-12 with 95 strikeouts and just 21 walks over a team-high 109.1 innings…struck out at least five batters in 14 of 15 starts, including four starts of eight strikeouts or more…lasted at least five innings in all 15 starts, including eight starts of seven or more innings…led the team with four complete games…held opponents to a .262 batting average against, fourth best on the team…posted the best strikeout-to-walk ratio on the team (4.5/1)…had one pickoff and allowed just two stolen bases on five attempts…made 10 starts during Pac-12 play, posting a 3-7 record with a 4.26 ERA…led the team and ranked second in the Pac-12 with 61 strikeouts during conference play…also led the team in innings (74) and starts…posted a team-best strikeout-to-walk ratio of 4.7/1 during conference play…earned his first win of the season with a seven inning shutout with nine strikeouts at Cal Poly on February 27…struck out a career-high 12 batters over 8.2 innings, allowing just one run on five hits in a win over Mississippi State on March 4…pitched back-to-back complete games on April 7 against Stanford and April 15 at Washington becoming the first UCLA pitcher to do that since Trevor Bauer in 2011…was named Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week (April 11-17)…allowed just one run on four hits with six strikeouts over eight innings in his final start of the season at Oregon State on May 27.
2015
Appeared in 15 games (11 starts), posting a 7-1 record with a 2.97 ERA before suffering a season-ending injury…named a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American and a second team Baseball America, NCBWA and Perfect Game USA Freshman All-American…honorable mention All-Pac-12 selection…struck out 66 and walked just six over 63.2 innings pitched…posted the second-best strikeout-to-walk ratio in the nation (11/1)…logged a 0.94 WHIP and held opponents to a .226 batting average against…retired 10 or more consecutive batters in six different games, including a three-game span (3/10, 3/14, 3/22) where he retired 28 in-a-row…struck out six or more batters in six of his 11 starts…in Pac-12 play, went 4-0 with a 2.65 ERA in seven appearances (six starts)…walked just one batter, while striking out 26 in conference appearances…made his first career start, allowing three runs, while striking out six, in a no decision at CSUN on February 17…threw six scoreless innings with six strikeouts, allowing just three hits, to earn his first collegiate victory against Long Beach State on February 24…allowed just one run over six innings, striking out six, to claim his second win against CSUN on March 3…struck out a season-high nine batters over six scoreless innings to garner his third victory at Pepperdine on March 10…followed with four perfect innings of relief against Washington, adding six strikeouts on March 14…moved from midweek starting and relief duties to Sunday starter on March 22…lasted at least five innings in five of his seven Sunday starts…struck out eight over four innings in his final start of the year against Gonzaga on May 3…overall, in games that Canning started, the Bruins went 11-0.
2014 (Summer)
Played for the Wenatchee AppleSox in the West Coast League…went 1-1 with a 1.61 ERA in five games (four starts) for Wenatchee…allowed five runs (four earned) and 18 hits in 22.2 innings…registered 27 strikeouts and three walks…Wenatchee concluded the summer with a 30-24 record and second-place finish in the West Coast League’s East Division.
High School
Three-year varsity baseball letterwinner at Santa Margarita Catholic High School (Santa Margarita, Calif.) under head coach Dave Bacani ... Drafted in the 38th round of the 2014 MLB Draft by the Colorado Rockies … 2014 Perfect Game All-Region first team selection … ranked No. 224 on Perfect Game USA’s list of Top 500 High School prospects for 2014 ... 2014 All-State first team selection … MaxPreps 2014 California Large Schools All-State Baseball first team selection … 2014 All-CIF Southern Section first team selection … 2014 All-Orange County first team selection … 2014 OC Register Pitcher of the Year … 2014 Trinity League Pitcher of the Year … as a senior, led Santa Margarita High School to the 2014 CIF SS Division I Championship … went 10-3 with a 1.27 ERA, 123 strikeouts and just 34 walks in 88 innings pitched … was one of 40 players selected to attend the USA Baseball 18U National Team Trials … in two outings during the team trials, pitched five innings, allowing just one hit and one unearned run while striking out six … 2013 second-team Perfect Game Underclass All-American … participated in the 2012 17U USA Baseball National Team Development Program.
Personal
Full name: Griffin Alexander Canning…Born in Mission Viejo, Calif….parents are Kevin and Julie Canning…has an older brother Spencer (24)…decided to attend UCLA because he felt it would give him the best chance to succeed both academically and athletically…admires Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke…lists his hobbies as hiking, surfing and photography…majoring in Political Science.
Career Highs
Innings - 9.0 (six times), last at Oregon (5/25/17)
Strikeouts - 12 (four times) at Stanford (4/13/17)
