James McCann
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 235LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 2, #76, Detroit Tigers | Arkansas Fayetteville
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 191 174 19 34 3 3 .195 .257 .282 .539
2023 226 207 25 46 6 3 .222 .269 .377 .646
2024 233 214 27 50 8 1 .234 .279 .388 .667
11 Seasons 3,307 3,042 317 733 92 15 .241 .293 .380 .673
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .195 3 3 .539
2023 .222 6 3 .646
2024 .234 8 1 .667
11 Seasons .241 92 15 .673
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart
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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 25 1501 316 11 3.5 2.6 88.3 108.3 8.6 30.1 .246 .362 .297 .284 .342 37.3 21.2 3.8
2016 26 1454 239 23 9.6 6.2 88.4 109.5 16.2 29.3 .221 .413 .273 .296 .392 36.8 29.2 6.2
2017 27 1466 267 21 7.9 5.4 87.2 109.2 15.7 40.4 .264 .461 .316 .340 .406 34.1 22.8 6.6
2018 28 1832 313 16 5.1 3.5 87.8 111.4 16.2 37.7 .231 .361 .256 .285 .354 37.4 25.4 5.7
2019 29 1966 303 28 9.2 5.9 90.2 112.0 10.8 36.0 .257 .447 .333 .323 .427 44.2 28.8 6.3
2020 30 451 69 6 8.7 5.4 90.5 108.5 15.0 40.6 .256 .455 .378 .343 .429 47.8 27.0 7.2
2021 31 1623 263 16 6.1 3.9 87.3 112.5 9.3 32.3 .219 .339 .281 .280 .350 40.7 27.9 7.8
2022 32 713 130 9 6.9 4.7 90.2 108.4 16.3 33.8 .237 .411 .243 .309 .373 40.8 24.1 5.8
2023 33 847 155 11 7.1 4.9 89.8 112.1 16.6 37.4 .262 .431 .279 .319 .404 43.9 25.2 4.0
2024 34 875 162 14 8.6 6.0 87.4 110.5 14.4 38.9 .247 .426 .288 .315 .390 37.7 24.0 5.6
Player 12728 2217 155 7.0 4.7 88.5 112.5 13.4 35.1 .242 .404 .292 .305 .382 39.2 25.6 5.9
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 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 50.9 17.7 25.6 5.7 33.9 38.9 26.3 2.5 38.9 18.7 29.4 3.5 3.5 2.6
2016 41.4 31.0 22.2 5.4 36.4 36.0 27.6 2.9 29.7 27.6 23.4 5.0 9.6 6.2
2017 40.8 24.7 27.7 6.7 39.7 33.0 27.3 3.7 26.6 25.1 30.7 5.2 7.9 5.4
2018 39.6 22.0 26.2 12.1 29.7 41.2 28.1 4.2 29.1 27.8 26.8 6.4 5.1 3.5
2019 43.9 20.8 29.7 5.6 34.3 35.3 30.4 1.3 34.0 19.8 29.7 5.6 9.2 5.9
2020 39.1 29.0 26.1 5.8 30.4 37.7 31.9 2.9 27.5 26.1 29.0 5.8 8.7 5.4
2021 52.1 24.0 20.2 3.8 35.4 39.2 25.5 6.8 37.3 20.2 23.2 6.1 6.1 3.9
2022 36.9 30.8 26.2 6.2 30.0 45.4 24.6 3.8 26.2 29.2 24.6 9.2 6.9 4.7
2023 40.0 30.3 24.5 5.2 34.2 45.8 20.0 5.2 22.6 24.5 31.0 9.0 7.1 4.9
2024 38.9 29.0 25.9 5.6 33.3 36.4 29.6 5.6 29.6 24.7 21.0 9.3 8.6 6.0
Player 43.4 24.6 25.5 6.5 34.1 38.4 27.2 3.8 31.3 23.7 27.1 6.1 7.0 4.7
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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 1 323 36.9 67 .333 .474 .382 19.6 16.4 11.2 .292 .460 .369 47.9
2024 Slider 1.0 1 149 17.0 48 .255 .489 .323 29.5 27.1 27.1 .263 .479 .320 29.4
2024 Sinker -1.7 -2 138 15.8 41 .211 .289 .298 19.4 14.6 23.1 .231 .340 .278 28.1
2024 Sweeper -3.9 -3 72 8.2 20 .111 .167 .143 42.1 40.0 30.8 .218 .462 .320 54.5
2024 Changeup 3.5 2 69 7.9 21 .286 .714 .455 44.2 33.3 29.2 .193 .497 .287 35.7
2024 Cutter -4.2 -3 62 7.1 14 .071 .071 .064 32.3 21.4 25.0 .270 .373 .275 27.3
2024 Curveball -4.3 -2 50 5.7 17 .133 .200 .209 30.4 29.4 22.7 .206 .377 .299 40.0
2024 Split-Finger -8.3 -1 12 1.4 5 .000 .000 .000 37.5 60.0 37.5 .013 .014 .130 50.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.2 -4 301 35.5 86 .200 .387 .288 21.5 15.1 13.5 .283 .533 .371 53.8
2023 Slider -0.7 -1 153 18.1 35 .188 .344 .300 36.7 31.4 21.2 .189 .356 .271 42.9
2023 Sinker -0.4 0 117 13.8 38 .278 .306 .320 19.0 15.8 22.2 .329 .412 .333 32.3
2023 Changeup 3.2 3 106 12.5 24 .292 .625 .383 50.9 37.5 20.9 .302 .546 .359 40.0
2023 Curveball 1.4 1 60 7.1 13 .364 .545 .385 33.3 38.5 20.8 .282 .346 .310 42.9
2023 Sweeper -1.3 -1 57 6.7 15 .143 .214 .250 63.0 60.0 50.0 .100 .154 .146 40.0
2023 Cutter -4.6 -2 42 5.0 12 .167 .250 .179 28.6 25.0 27.3 .217 .256 .209 22.2
2023 Split-Finger -11.3 0 4 0.5 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 100.0 .034 .034 .030 0.0
2023 Slurve -6.7 0 3 0.4 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball -2.2 -5 222 31.1 53 .191 .234 .232 24.3 26.4 18.9 .213 .342 .279 50.0
2022 Sinker -0.3 0 158 22.2 49 .238 .357 .324 15.4 8.2 14.8 .345 .652 .451 51.3
2022 Slider 0.2 0 143 20.1 36 .188 .219 .263 45.0 33.3 21.8 .194 .274 .260 30.0
2022 Curveball 1.9 1 59 8.3 19 .263 .474 .361 37.5 36.8 29.2 .213 .389 .260 33.3
2022 Changeup -4.7 -2 51 7.2 15 .133 .133 .120 29.6 33.3 38.5 .138 .163 .132 20.0
2022 Cutter 1.9 1 40 5.6 11 .091 .364 .182 19.0 18.2 22.2 .291 .712 .423 44.4
2022 Sweeper -2.2 -1 36 5.0 8 .125 .125 .113 31.3 25.0 18.2 .150 .195 .149 0.0
2022 Split-Finger -1.4 0 4 0.6 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2021 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 2 588 36.2 138 .261 .403 .333 24.7 30.4 24.0 .262 .432 .350 59.5
2021 Sinker -1.9 -6 327 20.1 88 .229 .277 .291 12.7 18.2 23.2 .200 .242 .224 28.4
2021 Slider -2.6 -8 302 18.6 82 .197 .289 .261 36.3 28.0 23.5 .183 .290 .239 28.3
2021 Changeup -0.9 -1 141 8.7 33 .219 .344 .256 25.3 21.2 17.5 .217 .304 .239 32.0
2021 Curveball -2.4 -3 130 8.0 36 .206 .235 .204 38.2 41.7 24.6 .191 .265 .232 45.0
2021 Cutter 1.8 2 109 6.7 28 .240 .560 .371 31.3 28.6 30.8 .239 .503 .353 47.1
2021 Sweeper 7.7 1 14 0.9 4 .250 1.000 .500 62.5 75.0 50.0 .143 .362 .205 100.0
2021 Split-Finger 4.1 0 11 0.7 2 .500 .500 .450 66.7 50.0 25.0 .291 .343 .285 0.0
2021 Slurve 2.7 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2020 4-Seam Fastball 0.5 1 162 35.9 33 .240 .360 .373 27.5 24.2 19.0 .248 .423 .366 50.0
2020 Slider -2.2 -2 84 18.6 27 .160 .400 .267 40.0 33.3 30.0 .206 .384 .282 31.3
2020 Sinker 1.6 1 75 16.6 19 .412 .471 .387 20.0 15.8 16.7 .251 .305 .275 40.0
2020 Curveball 3.5 2 53 11.8 14 .385 1.154 .632 32.0 35.7 26.3 .250 .644 .388 62.5
2020 Cutter 2.3 1 32 7.1 5 .500 1.250 .720 36.4 20.0 11.1 .582 1.388 .788 100.0
2020 Changeup 3.5 1 31 6.9 9 .333 .444 .339 16.7 22.2 28.6 .311 .366 .302 42.9
2020 Sweeper -7.1 0 7 1.6 2 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 40.0 -- -- .000 --
2020 Split-Finger 2.8 0 7 1.6 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .447 .752 .487 100.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball -0.4 -3 770 39.2 161 .264 .431 .340 27.1 36.6 22.3 .267 .474 .349 56.5
2019 Slider 0.6 2 379 19.3 105 .220 .410 .296 39.9 36.2 25.5 .227 .430 .293 37.1
2019 Sinker 0.5 1 294 15.0 80 .324 .473 .391 15.6 16.3 22.4 .246 .390 .296 51.6
2019 Curveball 0.4 1 183 9.3 51 .261 .391 .340 34.1 25.5 18.1 .246 .399 .313 39.4
2019 Changeup 2.5 5 179 9.1 44 .279 .488 .395 26.6 20.5 13.0 .279 .412 .301 29.4
2019 Cutter 2.0 2 107 5.4 20 .389 .722 .495 21.6 10.0 6.9 .288 .458 .353 18.8
2019 Slurve -2.1 0 23 1.2 6 .167 .667 .333 33.3 16.7 10.0 .141 .448 .235 20.0
2019 Sweeper 8.8 1 16 0.8 4 .500 1.250 .725 42.9 25.0 20.0 .522 1.383 .779 66.7
2019 Knuckleball -0.1 0 8 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 20.0 0.0 0.0 .329 .373 .296 0.0
2019 Split-Finger 25.2 2 7 0.4 3 .667 1.000 .717 50.0 33.3 33.3 .562 1.013 .655 100.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball -0.4 -3 666 36.4 140 .226 .339 .305 23.7 22.1 17.3 .251 .427 .338 40.9
2018 Sinker -1.9 -7 382 20.9 102 .232 .326 .279 11.9 20.6 21.4 .246 .367 .294 45.3
2018 Slider -1.9 -5 287 15.7 79 .216 .257 .242 38.7 27.8 26.8 .200 .278 .246 26.4
2018 Curveball -0.8 -2 200 10.9 56 .232 .286 .228 32.3 33.9 22.1 .239 .334 .246 35.1
2018 Changeup 0.2 0 166 9.1 49 .271 .500 .353 28.6 24.5 21.1 .227 .367 .264 38.9
2018 Cutter -5.7 -5 89 4.9 20 .105 .105 .125 25.0 15.0 16.7 .267 .486 .338 25.0
2018 Split-Finger -8.6 -1 12 0.7 4 .000 .000 .000 55.6 75.0 50.0 .007 .011 .007 0.0
2018 Slurve -2.4 0 9 0.5 2 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 Sweeper -8.4 -1 9 0.5 3 .000 .000 .000 50.0 66.7 40.0 .069 .092 .073 0.0
2018 Knuckleball -0.3 0 7 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball -0.9 -5 512 34.9 114 .252 .447 .330 22.5 26.3 22.9 .243 .435 .319 35.1
2017 Sinker 1.4 4 307 20.9 86 .333 .522 .422 7.0 7.0 9.8 .357 .558 .445 36.9
2017 Slider 0.7 2 242 16.5 71 .265 .426 .327 36.8 36.6 30.2 .285 .559 .367 40.5
2017 Curveball -0.7 -1 142 9.7 43 .225 .250 .287 28.6 27.9 22.2 .163 .209 .199 21.4
2017 Changeup -0.9 -1 124 8.5 32 .200 .300 .273 21.7 12.5 12.5 .269 .444 .325 23.1
2017 Cutter -2.4 -2 95 6.5 28 .120 .240 .259 33.3 25.0 24.1 .160 .271 .213 26.3
2017 Split-Finger 0.0 0 17 1.2 6 .333 .333 .300 25.0 16.7 20.0 .504 .847 .569 80.0
2017 Slurve 18.9 2 11 0.8 5 .200 .800 .400 14.3 20.0 20.0 .182 .637 .328 25.0
2017 Sweeper -6.2 0 8 0.5 3 .000 .000 .000 75.0 66.7 66.7 .013 .019 .015 0.0
2017 Knuckleball 12.6 1 7 0.5 3 .333 1.333 .667 0.0 0.0 -- .405 1.386 .718 66.7
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2015 424 1,496 -2 -14 -1 4 -12
2016 373 1,454 -6 -15 6 2 -14
2017 391 1,465 2 -11 4 4 -1
2018 457 1,829 -10 -22 5 3 -24
2019 475 1,966 24 -25 5 7 11
2020 118 480 5 -7 4 2 3
2021 411 1,623 -11 -12 4 7 -13
2022 191 713 -3 -10 3 4 -7
2023 226 847 0 -8 0 3 -4
2024 235 886 0 -8 -1 3 -7
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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 1,501 51.5 67.2 83.0 36.7 57.7 44.5 33.4 52.4 24.9 7.7 80.9
2016 1,454 51.7 61.4 79.9 30.6 52.1 42.8 24.9 46.6 28.1 9.1 66.7
2017 1,466 51.6 67.1 85.4 32.4 54.8 42.0 30.4 50.3 24.0 8.5 81.5
2018 1,832 49.8 64.2 83.4 31.6 51.7 44.0 21.9 47.8 26.5 7.4 68.4
2019 1,966 48.0 67.8 81.1 32.9 52.7 40.7 27.2 49.6 28.7 7.5 82.3
2020 451 48.8 67.7 81.2 27.3 46.0 39.0 24.3 47.0 29.2 5.8 69.2
2021 1,623 45.8 71.3 82.3 32.3 54.6 42.0 31.9 50.2 27.0 6.7 79.6
2022 713 49.1 68.9 82.2 35.0 52.0 41.7 25.1 51.6 28.3 9.1 70.8
2023 847 49.6 70.0 81.6 38.6 44.8 42.3 34.1 54.2 31.4 7.4 69.8
2024 875 51.5 69.6 81.5 33.4 50.0 43.7 28.8 52.1 27.4 7.2 76.2
Player 12,728 49.7 67.1 82.3 33.1 52.6 42.5 28.3 50.0 27.2 7.7 75.4
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 24.9 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 17 36 28 29 9 27 33 41 62 60 32 4 27 10 49
2016 20 4 45 65 3 47 78 38 71 50 7 22 20 36 48
2017 62 60 66 65 51 45 64 32 69 40 31 25 45 18 46
2018 10 21 21 25 5 24 31 31 81 48 19 15 34 27 27
2019 43 49 51 48 28 51 64 69 84 79 9 23 19 24 36
2020 54 31
2021 5 7 9 15 5 18 28 19 85 48 13 35 33 17 42
2022 44 23
2023 78 21
2024 65 7
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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 23.1 12 13.8 -2 10 8 7 58.3
2017 24.2 13 14.7 -2 5 9 9 69.2
2018 24.1 8 9.9 -2 4 6 6 75.0
2019 23.9 18 18.0 0 10 12 9 50.0
2020 23.3 7 5.3 2 3 3 3 42.9
2021 23.4 10 8.9 1 2 13 2 20.0
2022 25.4 3 3.1 0 1 0 3 100.0
2023 22.2 6 7.1 -1 2 6 2 33.3
2024 24.5 8 8.7 -1 3 5 4 50.0
Player 23.7 85 89.4 -4 40 62 45 52.9
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 12 16 10 14 12 11 13 16 11 9 13 17 16 12 13 16 9 11 15 12 14 14 18 21 13 13 13 19 18 14 11
2017 13 15 11 16 15 14 19 15 11 11 14 19 13 15 14 14 14 13 18 15 14 15 18 16 15 12 14 18 15 15 12
2018 8 14 9 9 9 8 10 12 9 6 9 11 10 9 10 9 10 9 10 11 12 9 14 12 8 6 8 11 12 11 9
2019 18 22 14 20 17 19 21 17 14 11 15 21 23 16 18 16 17 15 20 21 17 18 27 19 17 15 15 21 24 18 12
2020 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 5 4 3 4 6 4 4 6 4 6 6 5 7 5 6 8 4 5 4 5 6 6 5 5
2021 10 12 8 9 12 9 13 8 5 4 7 13 9 5 9 13 8 6 9 11 7 8 15 7 5 5 15 11 6 7 11
2022 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 4
2023 6 6 7 4 5 7 8 6 5 7 7 7 9 7 8 8 9 6 8 8 8 8 9 9 6 6 6 6 9 7 7
2024 8 4 10 9 9 9 9 8 9 8 9 9 10 8 9 7 7 8 9 9 9 10 10 9 7 9 9 9 10 9 9
Player 85 98 78 90 88 86 103 90 71 62 81 106 97 79 90 90 83 77 97 97 89 91 122 100 79 73 88 105 103 89 80
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.