Brian McCann
C | B/T: L/R | 6' 3" 225LBS | Age: 38
Draft: 2002 | Rd: 2, #64, Atlanta Braves | Duluth HS (GA)

Stats

PA AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2019 316 277 28 69 12 45 0 .249 .323 .412 .735
15 Seasons 6850 6067 742 1590 282 1018 25 .262 .337 .452 .789
AVG HR RBI SB OPS
2019 .249 12 45 0 .735
15 Seasons .262 282 1018 25 .789

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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 Sweet
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2015 31 2094 375 20 5.3 3.7 89.5 112.6 17.5 29.1 .221 .381 .327 .307 .326 36.5 18.1 9.7
2016 32 2013 332 19 5.7 3.9 88.9 109.0 18.9 31.9 .246 .422 .326 .332 .367 35.8 20.1 11.0
2017 33 1582 296 16 5.4 4.0 87.6 106.4 14.5 33.8 .246 .428 .323 .326 .337 33.8 14.5 9.5
2018 34 837 151 5 3.3 2.3 86.3 104.5 23.6 36.4 .216 .324 .286 .284 .291 26.5 18.5 8.8
2019 35 1281 230 13 5.7 4.1 88.8 108.2 11.4 32.2 .237 .400 .311 .313 .333 35.2 16.8 9.8
Player 7807 1384 73 5.3 3.7 88.5 112.6 16.8 32.1 .234 .398 .319 .316 .335 34.5 17.7 9.9
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 35.8 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 37.6 28.8 22.1 11.5 46.4 34.7 18.4 2.9 26.1 33.9 21.9 6.9 5.3 3.7
2016 35.2 30.1 22.6 12.0 47.6 34.3 18.1 1.2 25.6 33.4 26.2 6.3 5.7 3.9
2017 42.9 23.6 24.0 9.5 42.9 38.2 18.6 4.4 29.7 29.4 23.0 8.1 5.4 4.0
2018 30.5 25.8 25.8 17.9 42.4 32.5 24.5 1.3 20.5 42.4 26.5 5.3 3.3 2.3
2019 45.2 23.5 23.0 8.3 43.0 39.1 17.8 3.0 33.5 26.1 25.2 6.5 5.7 4.1
Player 38.7 26.8 23.2 11.3 44.9 35.8 18.9 2.7 27.4 32.4 24.2 6.8 5.3 3.7
MLB 44.9 23.1 25.0 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.8 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.7 6.7 4.6
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2019 4-Seamer -0.9 -5 498 38.9 125 .212 .389 .293 21.8 16.8 17.2 .226 .387 .294 29.0
2019 Sinker 0.3 1 241 18.8 70 .362 .552 .439 4.3 2.9 3.6 .318 .542 .415 48.3
2019 Changeup -1.4 -2 160 12.5 35 .161 .258 .200 20.8 17.1 10.9 .210 .354 .273 29.6
2019 Slider -1.7 -3 156 12.2 37 .250 .281 .299 29.5 32.4 20.0 .189 .238 .254 35.0
2019 Curveball 1.3 2 145 11.3 25 .217 .522 .310 20.0 28.0 18.4 .182 .429 .280 47.1
2019 Cutter 2.5 1 50 3.9 12 .222 .222 .325 9.5 8.3 6.3 .236 .377 .365 25.0
2019 Splitter 7.9 2 31 2.4 11 .364 .636 .427 46.7 36.4 57.1 .259 .337 .256 14.3
2018 4-Seamer -0.7 -2 249 29.7 69 .203 .458 .338 18.3 11.6 12.5 .184 .332 .290 29.4
2018 Sinker -1.5 -3 172 20.5 50 .200 .289 .270 16.2 16.0 28.6 .233 .352 .285 23.7
2018 Slider -1.9 -3 132 15.8 37 .097 .097 .186 36.2 24.3 22.5 .167 .221 .253 18.2
2018 Curveball -3.3 -4 117 14.0 24 .136 .136 .171 14.3 33.3 26.7 .209 .257 .243 35.7
2018 Changeup 1.9 2 96 11.5 18 .294 .471 .361 24.3 22.2 17.4 .249 .387 .260 28.6
2018 Cutter 3.4 2 45 5.4 10 .600 .700 .575 16.0 20.0 16.7 .356 .431 .342 12.5
2018 Splitter 4.8 1 20 2.4 7 .400 .600 .507 28.6 14.3 50.0 .381 .478 .464 50.0
2018 Knuckleball 5.5 0 5 0.6 1 -- -- .700 -- 0.0 -- -- -- .700 --
2017 4-Seamer -1.3 -6 463 29.3 115 .200 .480 .328 13.9 13.0 12.9 .227 .448 .318 31.5
2017 Sinker -0.3 -1 388 24.5 116 .301 .495 .381 9.0 7.8 10.2 .304 .550 .396 43.6
2017 Slider 0.6 1 240 15.2 48 .154 .231 .266 32.6 25.0 15.2 .194 .323 .307 25.9
2017 Curveball -0.2 0 224 14.2 44 .275 .375 .322 26.2 31.8 20.3 .230 .297 .273 26.9
2017 Changeup 0.6 1 152 9.6 43 .225 .400 .343 14.0 7.0 9.4 .205 .305 .235 21.1
2017 Cutter 0.7 0 69 4.4 20 .176 .353 .295 26.7 15.0 13.0 .233 .393 .329 28.6
2017 Splitter 1.6 1 44 2.8 10 .400 .700 .470 22.2 20.0 20.0 .309 .451 .326 62.5
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 558 2,085 -11 12 11 13 25
2009 543 2,134 -13 15 14 12 27
2010 566 2,268 5 -11 12 14 20
2011 513 2,021 3 -8 7 9 11
2012 481 1,924 -3 -19 8 7 -6
2013 415 1,699 -3 -13 13 11 9
2014 537 2,059 -11 -11 19 10 7
2015 536 2,101 -7 -3 14 10 14
2016 490 2,006 -15 -20 21 12 -1
2017 461 1,834 -17 -15 20 8 -4
2018 224 866 -13 -7 7 5 -8
2019 331 1,331 -15 0 5 5 -5
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 2,094 44.7 56.6 89.8 30.4 69.9 39.4 17.2 42.1 17.2 6.4 67.7
2016 2,013 43.6 59.4 88.5 30.3 67.4 40.4 20.7 43.0 19.7 6.1 69.7
2017 1,582 44.4 62.8 88.0 27.4 72.6 44.6 21.9 43.2 17.0 4.6 62.5
2018 837 48.4 57.3 84.5 26.0 66.1 40.7 18.1 41.1 21.2 8.0 67.2
2019 1,281 44.8 64.6 83.8 27.3 73.6 43.9 20.9 44.0 19.0 6.3 71.6
Player 7,807 44.8 59.9 87.4 28.8 70.0 41.6 19.7 42.8 18.5 6.1 68.0
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.3 42.6 29.5 47.1 24.7 7.2 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		Speed OAA Arm
Strength
2015 43 8 41 59 45 52 51 63 90 58 55 78 77 42 6
2016 59 31 50 53 67 36 40 47 67 44 46 85 65 39 5
2017 45 30 48 55 51 28 38 42 50 38 83 61 83 48 3
2018 39 3
2019 58 2
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 23.6 20 15.3 5 4 14 4 20.0
2017 24.7 19 18.1 1 6 15 6 31.6
2018 23.3 7 5.5 2 1 4 2 28.6
2019 24.2 12 11.9 0 7 6 8 66.7
Player 24.1 58 50.8 7 18 39 20 34.5

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 20 16 15 13 16 17 15 17 17 9 20 14 12 13 15 18 17 17 12 15 20 13 14 16 13 17 18 16 9 16 19
2017 19 18 23 17 17 20 18 17 17 14 22 24 14 13 17 22 18 21 11 16 22 16 17 20 19 17 20 15 15 20 24
2018 7 7 7 5 6 6 5 6 6 4 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 5 6 5 6 5 5 6 6 5 6 5 7
2019 12 16 13 10 11 12 11 12 11 8 16 13 8 11 9 12 10 14 10 10 13 12 11 13 12 13 16 9 12 10 18
Player 58 57 58 45 50 55 49 52 51 35 64 56 39 42 46 58 51 58 36 46 61 46 48 54 49 53 60 45 42 51 68
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.5 88.9 -0.6 ↓ 87.6 -1.3 ↓ 86.3 -1.3 ↓ 2.5 ↑
Launch Angle 17.5 18.9 1.4 ↑ 14.5 -4.4 ↓ 23.6 9.1 ↑ -12.2 ↓
Barrel % 5.3 5.7 0.4 ↑ 5.4 -0.3 ↓ 3.3 -2.1 ↓ 2.4 ↑
Hard Hit % 36.5 35.8 -0.7 ↓ 33.8 -2 ↓ 26.5 -7.3 ↓ 8.7 ↑
Sweet Spot % 29.1 31.9 2.8 ↑ 33.8 1.9 ↑ 36.4 2.6 ↑ -4.2 ↓
xBA .221 .246 0.025 ↑ .246 0 .216 -0.03 ↓ 0.021 ↑
BA .232 .242 0.01 ↑ .241 -0.001 ↓ .212 -0.029 ↓ 0.037 ↑
xwOBA .307 .332 0.025 ↑ .326 -0.006 ↓ .284 -0.042 ↓ 0.029 ↑
wOBA .327 .326 -0.001 ↓ .323 -0.003 ↓ .286 -0.037 ↓ 0.025 ↑
xSLG .381 .422 0.041 ↑ .428 0.006 ↑ .324 -0.104 ↓ 0.076 ↑
SLG .437 .413 -0.024 ↓ .436 0.023 ↑ .339 -0.097 ↓ 0.073 ↑
K% 18.1 20.1 2 ↑ 14.5 -5.6 ↓ 18.5 4 ↑ -1.7 ↓
BB% 9.7 11 1.3 ↑ 9.5 -1.5 ↓ 8.8 -0.7 ↓ 1 ↑
Swing % 42.1 43 0.9 ↑ 43.2 0.2 ↑ 41.1 -2.1 ↓ 2.9 ↑
Whiff% 17.2 19.7 2.5 ↑ 17 -2.7 ↓ 21.2 4.2 ↑ -2.2 ↓
In Zone % 44.7 43.6 -1.1 ↓ 44.4 0.8 ↑ 48.4 4 ↑ -3.6 ↓
Out of Zone % 55.3 56.4 1.1 ↑ 55.6 -0.8 ↓ 51.6 -4 ↓ 3.6 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 30.4 30.3 -0.1 ↓ 27.4 -2.9 ↓ 26 -1.4 ↓ 1.3 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 17.2 20.7 3.5 ↑ 21.9 1.2 ↑ 18.1 -3.8 ↓ 2.8 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 55.9 54.3 -1.6 ↓ 54.2 -0.1 ↓ 51.9 -2.3 ↓ 1.3 ↑
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Statcast Shift Statistics

SeasonBat SidePAShifts%wOBA - No ShiftwOBA - Shift
2016 L 483 380 78.7 .298 .331
2017 L 394 271 68.8 .331 .319
2018 L 216 146 67.6 .327 .266
2019 L 315 222 70.5 .275 .327

Pitch Tempo