Maxwell Price Muncy (born August 25, 2002) is an American professional baseball shortstop in the

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organization. He was selected in the first round of the

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by the Athletics.

Early life and amateur career

Muncy grew up in

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and attended Thousand Oaks High School. He made the varsity baseball team as a freshman and hit for .382 average with 13 extra-base hits as a sophomore. As a senior, Muncy batted .469 with 45 hits, 49 RBIs and 11 home runs, and scored 34 runs in 28 games played and was named the Baseball Player of the Year by the '' Los Angeles Times'' and ''

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''. Muncy committed to play college baseball at the University of Arkansas.

Professional career

Muncy was selected 25th overall in the

by the

. He signed with Oakland for a $2.85 million bonus. Muncy made his professional debut with the Rookie-level

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, slashing .129/.206/.129 with four hits, 12 strikeouts, three walks, and four RBIs over 31

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s. He opened the 2022 season with the

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of the Single-A

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. Muncy batted .230 with 16 doubles, 16 home runs, and 51 RBIs in 81 games with Stockton before being promoted to the Lansing Lugnuts of the High-A Midwest League.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Muncy, Max 2002 births Baseball shortstops Living people Arizona Complex League Athletics players Stockton Ports players Baseball players from Ventura County, California Lansing Lugnuts players Mesa Solar Sox players Midland RockHounds players Thousand Oaks High School alumni