No, the Two Max Muncys Are Not Related
They do share a birthday, a former organization and one hilariously matched lineup card. Baseball has produced a coincidence with excellent comic timing.
On June 29, 2026, Max Muncy started at third base and batted seventh. Across the field, Max Muncy started at third base and batted seventh. The Athletics had one; the Dodgers had the other. If a scoreboard operator briefly considered a career in something less mischievous, nobody could blame them.
The direct answer is no. Maxwell Price Muncy of the Athletics and Maxwell Steven Muncy of the Dodgers are not related. MLB's report on their first major-league meeting confirms that point and then makes the coincidence stranger: both were born on August 25, exactly 12 years apart, and both were drafted by the Athletics.
| Detail | Athletics Max Muncy | Dodgers Max Muncy |
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Maxwell Price Muncy | Maxwell Steven Muncy |
| Birthday | August 25, 2002 | August 25, 1990 |
| Athletics draft | First round, 25th overall, 2021 | Fifth round, 2012 |
| Relationship | None | None |
The Athletics drafted the name twice
Oakland selected the older Muncy from Baylor in the fifth round in 2012. Nine years later, the club used the 25th overall pick on the younger Muncy from Thousand Oaks High School. CBS Sports covered the second selection and immediately had to explain that, no, the new pick was not a relative. The shared date of birth was already sitting there like an extra punch line.
Their middle names do some useful work. Price belongs to the younger player. Steven belongs to the older. The Sporting News lays out those identifiers, while FanGraphs lists the Athletics player as a right-handed infielder born in 2002. Once the middle names enter, the baseball universe becomes manageable again.
They met in Triple-A before the big-league mirror game
The first professional meeting came in August 2024, when the Dodgers veteran joined Oklahoma City for a rehab assignment against Las Vegas. The younger Muncy had four hits, including two doubles, and three RBIs. MiLB's account also preserves a terrific earlier misunderstanding: at a golf event, somebody working a ticket counter saw the younger player's name and expected the Dodgers slugger. Imagine the tiny pause.
Before that Triple-A game, the players took a photograph together. Afterward, they ran into each other at a nearby restaurant, where the older Muncy offered encouragement. That exchange kept the coincidence from becoming a tedious ownership dispute over a name neither man chose. They could simply enjoy the oddity and get back to hitting.
The June 2026 lineup was the coincidence in formal wear
MLB says the June 29 game was only the third since 1901 with same-named players at the same position and in the same batting-order spot. A ground ball from the younger Muncy even struck third base before the older Muncy could field it. The Dodgers veteran later homered. Everybody got a scene.
So: unrelated, unmistakably. Also linked by a set of facts that would sound overworked in a screenplay. Baseball did not stop at two Max Muncys. It gave them the same birthday, the same drafting club and, for one evening, matching jobs on matching lines of the lineup card. Charming excess.
Sources
Every factual claim above traces to one of these. Links open in a new tab.
- Max Muncy Playing 3B and Batting 7th ... for Both Teams?
- Rehabbing Dodger Max Muncy, Meet A's Prospect Max Muncy
- Athletics Select Max Muncy in First Round Nine Years After Drafting Max Muncy
- Dodgers' Max Muncy and A's Max Muncy Have So Much in Common Even if They Aren't Related
- Max Muncy Stats and Player Profile
