Brian McCann
C | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 3" 225LBS | Age: 40
Draft: 2002 | Rd: 2, #64, Atlanta Braves | Duluth HS (GA)
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2017 399 349 47 84 18 1 .241 .323 .436 .759
2018 216 189 22 40 7 0 .212 .301 .339 .640
2019 316 277 28 69 12 0 .249 .323 .412 .735
15 Seasons 6,850 6,067 742 1,590 282 25 .262 .337 .452 .789
AVG HR SB OPS
2017 .241 18 1 .759
2018 .212 7 0 .640
2019 .249 12 0 .735
15 Seasons .262 282 25 .789
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA 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 .245 .421 .326 .331 .366 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 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 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, Sweeper, Slurve, 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 45.9 33.9 17.6 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 41.7 32.5 23.8 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 44.7 35.6 18.6 2.7 27.4 32.4 24.2 6.8 5.3 3.7
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! 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-Seam Fastball -1.0 -5 497 38.8 124 .212 .389 .290 21.8 16.9 17.4 .226 .387 .291 29.0
2019 Sinker 0.4 1 241 18.8 71 .362 .552 .443 4.3 2.8 3.6 .318 .542 .419 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 -0.9 -1 156 12.2 38 .273 .303 .314 29.5 34.2 21.0 .198 .264 .264 40.0
2019 Curveball 1.8 2 141 11.0 23 .238 .571 .337 21.2 30.4 18.9 .190 .459 .296 46.7
2019 Cutter 0.9 0 46 3.6 10 .143 .143 .300 10.5 0.0 0.0 .222 .319 .368 14.3
2019 Split-Finger 7.5 2 32 2.5 11 .364 .636 .427 43.8 36.4 57.1 .259 .337 .256 14.3
2019 Slurve -12.6 -1 5 0.4 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .095 .106 .095 50.0
2019 Sweeper -13.2 0 3 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .060 .060 .054 0.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball -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 -3 133 15.9 35 .100 .100 .177 36.2 22.9 19.5 .159 .197 .231 13.6
2018 Curveball -3.5 -4 111 13.3 22 .143 .143 .155 14.8 36.4 30.8 .219 .269 .233 38.5
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 Split-Finger 6.3 1 23 2.7 9 .400 .600 .550 28.6 11.1 33.3 .381 .478 .517 50.0
2018 Knuckleball 5.5 0 5 0.6 1 -- -- .700 -- 0.0 -- -- -- .700 --
2018 Slurve -18.3 0 2 0.2 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 50.0 50.0 .210 .469 .285 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 558 2,085 -11 13 10 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 17.3 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 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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 		Bat
Speed 		Squared-up
Rate 		Swing
Length
2015 43 8 41 59 45 52 51 63 90 58 55 77 77 42 6
2016 57 30 50 53 68 36 40 47 67 44 46 85 65 39 5
2017 45 31 48 55 51 28 38 42 50 38 83 61 83 48 3
2018 39 4
2019 58 2
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 23.6 20 14.0 6 6 12 4 20.0
2017 24.7 19 17.6 1 8 13 6 31.6
2018 23.3 7 5.6 1 1 4 2 28.6
2019 24.2 12 11.6 0 10 6 6 50.0
Player 24.1 58 48.8 9 25 35 18 31.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 20 16 8 19 15 13 16 13 11 12 15 14 15 13 15 17 11 13 15 15 13 9 17 17 13 14 15 17 14 13 11
2017 19 16 17 20 17 17 18 22 13 14 17 23 17 17 17 20 17 15 19 17 19 14 24 20 18 15 16 21 21 16 11
2018 7 6 4 6 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 7 7 5 6 7 6 6 5 6 5 6 7 6 5 5 6 6 7 5 3
2019 12 12 9 16 11 11 12 13 11 8 10 12 16 10 11 13 12 11 11 12 12 12 16 16 10 9 9 12 15 10 7
Player 58 50 38 61 49 46 52 53 40 39 47 56 55 45 49 57 46 45 50 50 49 41 64 59 46 43 46 56 57 44 32
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.5 88.9 -0.6 ↓ 87.6 -1.3 ↓ 86.3 -1.3 ↓ 88.8 2.5 ↑
Launch Angle 17.5 18.9 1.4 ↑ 14.5 -4.4 ↓ 23.6 9.1 ↑ 11.4 -12.2 ↓
Barrel % 5.3 5.7 0.4 ↑ 5.4 -0.3 ↓ 3.3 -2.1 ↓ 5.7 2.4 ↑
Hard Hit % 36.5 35.8 -0.7 ↓ 33.8 -2.0 ↓ 26.5 -7.3 ↓ 35.2 8.7 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 29.1 31.9 2.8 ↑ 33.8 1.9 ↑ 36.4 2.6 ↑ 32.2 -4.2 ↓
xBA .221 .245 0.024 ↑ .246 0.001 ↑ .216 -0.030 ↓ .237 0.021 ↑
BA .232 .242 0.010 ↑ .241 -0.001 ↓ .212 -0.029 ↓ .249 0.037 ↑
xwOBA .307 .331 0.024 ↑ .326 -0.005 ↓ .284 -0.042 ↓ .313 0.029 ↑
wOBA .327 .326 -0.001 ↓ .323 -0.003 ↓ .286 -0.037 ↓ .311 0.025 ↑
xSLG .381 .421 0.040 ↑ .428 0.007 ↑ .324 -0.104 ↓ .400 0.076 ↑
SLG .437 .413 -0.024 ↓ .436 0.023 ↑ .339 -0.097 ↓ .412 0.073 ↑
K% 18.1 20.1 2.0 ↑ 14.5 -5.6 ↓ 18.5 4.0 ↑ 16.8 -1.7 ↓
BB% 9.7 11.0 1.3 ↑ 9.5 -1.5 ↓ 8.8 -0.7 ↓ 9.8 1.0 ↑
Swing % 42.1 43.0 0.9 ↑ 43.2 0.2 ↑ 41.1 -2.1 ↓ 44.0 2.9 ↑
Whiff% 17.3 19.7 2.4 ↑ 17.0 -2.7 ↓ 21.2 4.2 ↑ 19.0 -2.2 ↓
In Zone % 44.7 43.6 -1.1 ↓ 44.4 0.8 ↑ 48.4 4.0 ↑ 44.8 -3.6 ↓
Out of Zone % 55.3 56.4 1.1 ↑ 55.6 -0.8 ↓ 51.6 -4.0 ↓ 55.2 3.6 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 30.4 30.3 -0.1 ↓ 27.4 -2.9 ↓ 26.0 -1.4 ↓ 27.3 1.3 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 17.2 20.7 3.5 ↑ 21.9 1.2 ↑ 18.1 -3.8 ↓ 20.9 2.8 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 55.9 54.3 -1.6 ↓ 54.2 -0.1 ↓ 51.9 -2.3 ↓ 53.2 1.3 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 483 380 78.7 .298 .331
2017 Shifts L 394 271 68.8 .331 .319
2018 Shifts L 216 146 67.6 .327 .266
2019 Shifts L 315 222 70.5 .275 .327
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2010 483 15.0 47.2% 4.1% 583 21.0 6.9% 10.3%
2011 542 15.3 47.4% 1.8% 366 21.2 4.4% 8.7%
2012 487 15.2 48.0% 2.1% 432 21.0 4.9% 11.6%
2013 435 14.9 51.0% 3.2% 360 20.8 2.5% 11.4%
2014 592 15.5 43.1% 2.2% 422 21.8 4.0% 10.2%
2015 618 16.7 37.9% 4.9% 439 22.8 11.4% 20.5%
2016 627 16.5 36.4% 4.3% 368 23.8 6.0% 21.2%
2017 437 16.9 28.4% 3.2% 346 22.4 1.4% 12.7%
2018 256 16.3 36.3% 2.7% 162 23.3 0.6% 15.4%
2019 353 16.4 33.7% 0.8% 269 22.4 3.0% 7.1%
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