Danny Valencia #26

Daniel Paul Valencia…at Spanish River High School (Boca Raton, FL), earned three 1st-team All-Palm honors…named team MVP, 1st-team All-County, and 2nd-team All-State as a senior; Offensive Player of the Year, 1st-team All-County, and 2nd-team All-State as a junior; and team MVP and 1st-team All-Palm Beach County honors as a sophomore…Freshman of the Year by Southern Conference Sports Media Association and 2nd-team All-Southern Conference selection while at UNC-Greensboro after hitting .338 with 8 home runs, 36 RBI and 39 runs in 55 games…transferred to the University of Miami…named to the All-Regional team as a sophomore in 2005 after batting .300 with 6 home runs, 15 doubles, 63 RBI and 39 runs scored in 60 games (56 starts at 1st base and 2 starts at 3rd base)…hit .324 with 9 home runs and 61 RBI as a junior.

Hit .287 (135x471) with 72 runs, 22 doubles, 1 triple, 17 home runs, 51 RBI and 41 walks in 130 games with Oakland...Hit .318 (41x129) with 7 doubles, 7 home runs, 19 RBI and a .924 OPS against left-handed pitchers…his .924 OPS vs. LHP ranked 14th in the American League...Hit .317 (70x221) with 12 doubles, 1 triple, 13 home runs and 33 RBI in 59 road games…ranked 6th in the AL in road batting average (min. 200 AB)...Hit 3 home runs on May 15 at Tampa Bay, his first career 3-home run game… marked the 15th 3-homer game in Oakland history, 27th in Athletics history and the 2nd by an Athletics 3rd baseman (also: Pinky Higgins, 6/27/35 vs. BOS w/PHA)…also matched a career-high with 5 RBI (also: 9/25/10 at DET w/MIN)...Hit .359 (28x78) with 18 runs, 2 doubles, 8 home runs, 19 RBI and 4 walks in 21 games in the month of May…among American League leaders in the month of May, ranked T5th in home runs and 7th in batting…his 8 home runs in May are the most of any single month in his career (previous: 5, 2x, last: August 2015 w/OAK…hit 6 home runs with Oakland in September/October 2015)...Posted 6 straight multi-hit games, Aug. 14-20, batting .480 (12x25) with 4 runs, 2 doubles, 1 home run and 3 RBI…equaled the longest such streak of the season (also: Xander Bogaerts, Jackie Bradley Jr., J.D. Martinez, Kendrys Morales & Trea Turner)…equaled the longest such streak of his career (also: 6, 8/4-9/1/13 w/BAL)...Had 5 home runs in 3-game series at Tampa Bay on May 13-15…2nd Oakland player with 5+ in 3-game series (also: Mark McGwire, 3x, last: 6/9-11/95 at BOS)...On 15-day disabled list, April 21 - May 6 with a strained left hamstring… appeared in 2 games on a rehab assignment with High-A Stockton.

Began the season with Toronto and was batting .296 with seven home runs and 29 RBI in 58 games when he was claimed off waivers by Oakland Aug. 3…hit .284 with 11 home runs and 37 RBI in 47 games with the A's…combined for a .290 average, a career-high 18 home runs and 66 RBI in 105 games overall…his 37 RBI in 47 games with the A's are the most in Athletics history by a player with fewer than 60 games played…his 11 home runs match the most (Rico Carty, 41 games in 1978)…only three players in Oakland history had more RBI over their first 47 games with Oakland (Dye 47, Kingman 45, Payton 38)…made 45 of his 47 starts with the A's at third base (two at designated hitter)…made most of his starts with Toronto in left field (27)…overall, made 54 starts at third base, 27 in left field, two at designated hitter and one each in right field and at first base…also appeared in three games at second base…committed three errors as a third baseman, all with the A's…had a .980 fielding percentage in 55 games overall at third base, which was the highest mark among Major League third basemen with 50 or more games…also had one error as an outfielder…batted .298 (39-for-131) against left-handed pitching compared to .285 (61-for-214) against right-handers…hit 13 of his 18 home runs off right-handers for a .556 slugging percentage…entered the season with a .351 career slugging percentage against righties… has a .321 (206-for-641) career batting average against lefties compared to .237 (272-for-1146) against righties…had six home runs in 50 games before the All-Star Break, 12 in 55 contests after the break… batted .313 in his home ballparks and .301 during the day…has a .303 (257-for-848) career average at home compared to .235 (221-for-939) on the road…hit .400 in interleague play, which tied for the third best interleague mark in the majors…now has a .344 (62-for-180) career average against the National League compared to .259 (416-for-1607) against the AL…batted .322 with 12 of his 18 home runs against AL West competition…went 2-for-12 (.167) with a home run as a pinch hitter, all with Toronto… is 6-for-39 (.154) in the pinch in his career…started games in every spot in the order except first, second and ninth…saw his most action with 42 starts batting clean-up.

Hit .240 (37-154) after joining TOR…14 of his 37 hits with the Blue Jays went for XBH (11-2B, 1-3B, 2-HR)...Hit .321 with an .835 OPS vs. LHP, with eight doubles, one triple, and two home runs in 112 AB, 124 PA...In home games, hit .301/.351/.407/.757 in 123 AB, 134 PA… On the road, hit just .220/.247/.340/.587 in 141 AB, 150 PA...Had two season-high seven game hit streaks, the second of which lasted from 9/8-15...Stole his 1st base since May 8, 2011 at BOS Sept. 27 vs. BAL...Snapped a 0-for-16 with a bases loaded 2R-2B Sept. 20 at NYY.