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James McCann

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 235lb (190cm, 106kg)

Born: June 13, 1990 in Santa Barbara, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 31st round of the 2008 MLB June Amateur Draft from Dos Pueblos HS (Goleta, CA) and the Detroit Tigers in the 2nd round of the 2011 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR).

High School: Dos Pueblos HS (Goleta, CA)

School: University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR)

Debut: September 1, 2014 (Age 24-080d, 20,742nd in major league history)
vs. CLE 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2015 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 4 yrs/$40.6M (21-24)

Service Time (01/2024): 9.028 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: Ballengee Group • Previously: Relativity Baseball

National Team: us USA (Pro)

Full Name: James Thomas McCann

Nicknames: McCannon

Twitter: @mccannon33

Instagram: @mccannon33

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

-0.3

7.1

2897

698

.217

.241

297

RBI

350

OBP

.217

.292

SLG

.333

.379

OPS

.551

.671

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2017 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2017 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	DET	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
2	2	Apr 6	DET	@	CHW	L,2-11	CG	42	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
3	3	Apr 7	DET		BOS	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
4	4	Apr 8	DET		BOS	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
5	6 (1)	Apr 10	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
6	7	Apr 11	DET		MIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
7	8	Apr 12	DET		MIN	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
8	9	Apr 13	DET		MIN	L,5-11	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
9	11 (1)	Apr 15	DET	@	CLE	L,6-13	CG	46	8.0	8	2	0	10	0
10	14 (2)	Apr 19	DET	@	TBR	L,7-8	CG	42	8.2	8	0	0	8	0
11	15	Apr 20	DET	@	TBR	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
12	16	Apr 21	DET	@	MIN	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	7	0	1	8	0
13	17	Apr 22	DET	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
14	19 (1)	Apr 25	DET		SEA	W,19-9	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	20	Apr 26	DET		SEA	L,0-8	CG	46	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
16	21	Apr 27	DET		SEA	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
17	23 (1)	Apr 29	DET		CHW	L,4-6	GS	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	25 (1)	May 1	DET		CLE	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
19	27 (1)	May 3	DET		CLE	L,2-3	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	28	May 5	DET	@	OAK	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
21	30 (1)	May 7	DET	@	OAK	L,6-8	CG	40	8.1	6	0	0	6	0
22	31	May 9	DET	@	ARI	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
23	32	May 10	DET	@	ARI	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
24	33	May 11	DET	@	LAA	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
25	35 (1)	May 13	DET	@	LAA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
26	36	May 14	DET	@	LAA	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
27	37	May 16	DET		BAL	L,11-13	CG	63	13.0	11	0	0	11	0
28	38	May 17	DET		BAL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
29	40 (1)	May 19	DET		TEX	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
30	41	May 20	DET		TEX	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
31	42	May 21	DET		TEX	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
32	44 (1)	May 23	DET	@	HOU	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
33	46 (1)	May 25	DET	@	HOU	L,6-7	GS	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	60 (13)	Jun 9	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
35	61	Jun 10	DET	@	BOS	L,3-11	CG	46	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
36	62	Jun 11	DET	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	42	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
37	66 (3)	Jun 16	DET		TBR	W,13-4	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
38	68 (1)	Jun 18	DET		TBR	L,1-9	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
39	70 (1)	Jun 20	DET	@	SEA	L,4-5	GS	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
40	71	Jun 21	DET	@	SEA	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	13	0	0	13	0
41	73 (1)	Jun 23	DET	@	SDP	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	75 (1)	Jun 25	DET	@	SDP	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
43	76	Jun 27	DET		KCR	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	79 (2)	Jul 1 (1)	DET		CLE	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
45	81 (1)	Jul 2	DET		CLE	L,8-11	GF	13	3.0	4	0	0	4	0
46	83 (1)	Jul 5	DET		SFG	L,4-5	GS	33	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	84	Jul 6	DET		SFG	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
48	89 (4)	Jul 15	DET		TOR	W,11-1	CG	29	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
49	90	Jul 16	DET		TOR	W,6-5	GS	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
50	92 (1)	Jul 18	DET	@	KCR	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
51	94 (1)	Jul 20	DET	@	KCR	L,4-16	CG	48	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
52	96 (1)	Jul 22	DET	@	MIN	L,5-6	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	97	Jul 23	DET	@	MIN	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	16	1	0	17	0
54	99 (1)	Jul 25	DET		KCR	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
55	100	Jul 26	DET		KCR	L,2-16	CG	55	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
56	101	Jul 28	DET		HOU	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
57	103 (1)	Jul 30	DET		HOU	W,13-1	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
58	104	Jul 31	DET	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	105	Aug 1	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
60	106	Aug 2	DET	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
61	107	Aug 3	DET	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
62	108	Aug 4	DET	@	BAL	W,5-2	GS	27	7.0	10	0	0	10	0
63	109	Aug 5	DET	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
64	111 (1)	Aug 7	DET	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
65	112	Aug 8	DET	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
66	113	Aug 9	DET		PIT	W,10-0	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	114	Aug 10	DET		PIT	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
68	115	Aug 11	DET		MIN	L,4-9	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
69	116	Aug 12	DET		MIN	W,12-11	CG	49	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
70	117	Aug 13	DET		MIN	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
71	118	Aug 14	DET	@	TEX	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
72	120 (1)	Aug 16	DET	@	TEX	L,6-12	CG	48	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
73	121	Aug 18	DET		LAD	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
74	122	Aug 19	DET		LAD	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
75	124 (1)	Aug 22	DET		NYY	L,4-13	CG	49	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
76	126 (1)	Aug 24	DET		NYY	W,10-6	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
77	127	Aug 25	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
78	128	Aug 26	DET	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
79	130 (1)	Aug 28	DET	@	COL	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
80	131	Aug 29	DET	@	COL	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
81	132	Aug 30	DET	@	COL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	133	Sep 1 (1)	DET		CLE	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
83	136 (2)	Sep 3	DET		CLE	L,1-11	GS	46	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
84	137	Sep 4	DET		KCR	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
85	138	Sep 5	DET		KCR	W,13-2	GS	27	7.0	6	0	0	6	0
86	139	Sep 6	DET		KCR	L,2-13	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
87	140	Sep 8	DET	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
88	141	Sep 9	DET	@	TOR	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	10	2	0	12	1
89	142	Sep 10	DET	@	TOR	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
90	143	Sep 11	DET	@	CLE	L,0-11	GS	38	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
91	145 (1)	Sep 13	DET	@	CLE	L,3-5	GS	14	2.2	6	0	0	6	0
92	146	Sep 14	DET		CHW	L,7-17	GS	43	7.0	6	0	0	6	0
93	147	Sep 15	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
94	148	Sep 16	DET		CHW	L,4-10	CG	48	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
95	150 (1)	Sep 18	DET		OAK	L,3-8	CG	48	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
96	151	Sep 19	DET		OAK	L,8-9	CG	46	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
97	153 (1)	Sep 21	DET		MIN	L,1-12	GS	45	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
98	154	Sep 22	DET		MIN	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
99	156 (1)	Sep 24	DET		MIN	L,4-10	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
100	157	Sep 26	DET	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	7	2	0	9	1
101	158	Sep 27	DET	@	KCR	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
102	160 (1)	Sep 29	DET	@	MIN	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
103	161	Sep 30	DET	@	MIN	W,3-2	GF	8	2.2	2	0	0	2	0
							103gm		836.1	745	34	2	781	7