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Canaan Smith-Njigba

Position: Rightfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 230lb (183cm, 104kg)

Born: April 30, 1999 in Dallas, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 4th round of the 2017 MLB June Amateur Draft from Rockwall-Heath HS (Heath, TX).

High School: Rockwall-Heath HS (Heath, TX)

Debut: June 14, 2022 (Age 23-045d, 22,697th in major league history)
vs. STL 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Still Intact through 2024

2024 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2024): 0.147 • Arb Eligible: 2027 • Free Agent: 2030

Full Name: Canaan Elijah Smith-Njigba

Pronunciation: \KAY-nin smith-in-JIG-buh\

Twitter: @CanaanSmith_

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.2

.135

RBI

OBP

.250

SLG

.243

OPS

.493

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	11-4 / in Starts: 7-2
Longest Hitting Streak	1 game
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	11 games
Most Games w/o RBI	2 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 37 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	25 (13-5-7)
Avg. MLBer w/ 37 PAs	4
Avg. Runners on Base	22 (11-7-3)

Most Driven In
K Hayes	2
A McCutchen	1
J Bae	1
J Choi	1

Most Driven In By
J Bae	1
J Suwinski	1
M Mathias	0
T Marcano	0

2023 Batting Game Log

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2023 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	4	1	Mar 30	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-4	GS-9	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	5	1.21	-0.135	1.24	-0.08%	-1.59	3.00	3.00	RF
2	5	2	Apr 1	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	7	.38	-0.010	.39	-0.01%	-0.26	0.00	0.00	PH
3	6	4 (1)	Apr 3	PIT	@	BOS	W,7-6	GS-8	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.375	.708	6	1.16	0.150	1.01	0.08%	1.87	11.00	16.00	LF
4	7	5	Apr 4	PIT	@	BOS	W,4-1	GS-8	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.250	.481	7	.37	-0.014	.34	-0.01%	-0.27	2.00	3.20	LF
5	8	9 (3)	Apr 9	PIT		CHW	W,1-0	CG	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.250	.400	.650	6	.62	0.040	.62	0.02%	0.33	10.00	12.20	RF
6	9	11 (1)	Apr 11	PIT		HOU	W,7-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.167	.200	.333	.533	6	.84	-0.019	.82	-0.01%	-0.64	2.00	3.50	RF
7	10	12	Apr 12	PIT		HOU	L,0-7	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.238	.333	.571	4	.06	0.002	.06	0.00%	0.39	2.00	3.00	PH
8	11	14 (1)	Apr 14	PIT	@	STL	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.182	.240	.318	.558	7	1.02	-0.075	1.19	-0.05%	-0.78	8.00	9.00	RF
9	12	15	Apr 15	PIT	@	STL	W,6-3	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.269	.318	.587	9	1.84	0.060	2.07	0.04%	0.27	2.00	3.00	PH
10	13	16	Apr 16	PIT	@	STL	L,4-5	GS-10	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.258	.269	.527	5	2.53	0.035	2.89	0.02%	-0.44	6.00	9.70	RF
11	14	17	Apr 17	PIT	@	COL	W,14-3	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.258	.269	.527	4						0.00	0.00	RF
12	15	18	Apr 18	PIT	@	COL	W,5-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.138	.235	.241	.477	6	1.30	-0.061	1.41	-0.04%	-0.83	0.00	0.00	RF
13	16	19	Apr 19	PIT	@	COL	W,14-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.229	.233	.462	4	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.10	2.00	3.50	RF
14	17	23 (3)	Apr 23	PIT		CIN	W,2-0	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.216	.219	.435	7	.95	-0.038	1.10	-0.03%	-0.46	0.00	0.00	RF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
15	18	62 (38)	Jun 9	PIT		NYM	W,14-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.216	.219	.435	2						0.00	0.00	RF
							11-4		37	32	3	4	1	1	0	5	4	0	16	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	.125	.216	.219	.435		1.11	-0.065	1.19	-0.06%	-2.52

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