James McCann

Bats R Throws R6'2" 232 lbBorn 1990 Santa Barbara, USADebut 2014Team ARI1x All-StarDraft 2008 R31 #930 Chicago White Sox, Dos Pueblos HSContract 1 y/$2.75M (26) 2026: $2,750,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 104.1FIELD+ 92.1 at CTotal 0.67 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	146	134	31	6	0	4	9	38	1	0.235	0.287	0.373	0.660	0.138	0.289	25.8	5.9	81.9	0.13
2027	179	164	37	7	0	4	10	45	1	0.228	0.280	0.350	0.630	0.122	0.277	25.3	5.8	73.2	-0.03

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 35

His ten closest age-35 comparables averaged 41 HIT+ the next season; 8 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Hank Severeid	1926	90.1	did not play
2	Clyde McCullough	1952	87.5	70.7	247
3	Rick Cerone	1989	74.7	99.1	146
4	Ray Mueller	1947	96.2	47.8	38
5	Phil Roof	1976	71.5	-118.9	5
6	John Flaherty	2003	72.9	87.9	135
7	Rod Barajas	2011	75.5	72.2	361
8	Jerry McNertney	1972	78.4	35.7	4
9	Kelly Stinnett	2005	82.2	34.8	99
10	Tom Pagnozzi	1998	76.3	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			179		37	7	0	4		1	10	45	0.228	0.280	0.350	0.630	73.2
2026*	ARI	38	123	11	34	5	0	4		0	5	29	0.296	0.331	0.443	0.774	111.0
2025	ARI	42	137	18	32	6	0	5	17	0	8	33	0.260	0.324	0.431	0.754	108.0
2024	BAL	66	233	27	50	9	0	8	31	1	13	56	0.234	0.279	0.388	0.667	91.0
2023	BAL	70	226	25	46	14	0	6	26	3	9	57	0.222	0.269	0.377	0.646	78.5
2022	NYM	61	191	19	34	6	0	3	18	3	11	46	0.195	0.257	0.282	0.538	55.1
2021	NYM	121	412	29	87	12	1	10	46	1	32	115	0.232	0.294	0.349	0.643	77.5
2020	CWS	31	111	20	28	3	0	7	15	1	8	30	0.289	0.360	0.536	0.896	142.0
2019	CWS	118	476	62	120	26	1	18	60	4	30	137	0.273	0.328	0.460	0.789	109.6
2018	DET	118	457	31	94	16	0	8	39	0	26	116	0.220	0.267	0.314	0.581	56.2
2017	DET	106	391	39	89	14	2	13	49	1	26	89	0.253	0.318	0.415	0.733	92.4
2016	DET	105	373	31	76	9	1	12	48	0	23	109	0.221	0.272	0.358	0.629	65.8
2015	DET	114	425	32	106	18	5	7	41	0	16	90	0.264	0.297	0.387	0.683	88.6
2014	DET	9	12	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0.250	0.250	0.333	0.583	52.6
Career		961	3444	335	765	134	10	97	390	15	202	880	0.242	0.294	0.382	0.677	83.8

Pitching

Year	Team	ERA	G	IP	BF	HR
2024	BAL	18.00	1	1.0	5	1
2023	BAL	0.00	1	1.0	5	0
Career		9.00	2	2.0	10	1

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	123	89.2	9.9	8.0	40.9	29.2	39.7	0.225	0.371	0.277	25.4
2025	137	92.3	8.3	7.6	52.2	30.2	32.7	0.239	0.408	0.313	26.4
2024	233	87.4	14.4	8.8	37.7	27.6	33.6	0.241	0.424	0.315	25.1
2023	226	89.8	16.6	7.1	43.9	31.4	38.6	0.259	0.433	0.318	26.1
2022	191	90.2	16.3	6.9	40.8	28.3	34.9	0.237	0.429	0.313	26.1
2021	412	87.3	9.3	6.1	40.7	27.0	32.3	0.216	0.342	0.280	26.7
2020	111	90.5	15.0	8.7	47.8	29.2	27.5	0.256	0.455	0.343	26.2
2019	476	90.2	10.8	9.6	44.2	28.7	32.9	0.257	0.447	0.323	26.2
2018	457	87.8	16.2	5.5	37.4	26.6	31.6	0.231	0.361	0.285	25.8
2017	391	87.2	15.7	8.5	34.1	24.0	32.4	0.264	0.461	0.340	26.7
2016	373	88.4	16.2	10.5	36.8	28.1	30.7	0.221	0.413	0.296	26.7
2015	425	88.3	8.6	3.9	37.3	24.9	36.8	0.246	0.362	0.284	26.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	ARI	C	40	316	260	14	1	1	0.996	-1.8
2025	ARI	1B	1	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.0
2024	BAL	C	65	560	528	28	8	2	0.986	-3.6
2024	BAL	P	1	1	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2023	BAL	C	59	479	472	22	3	2	0.994	-1.4
2023	BAL	1B	2	1	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2023	BAL	P	1	1	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2022	NYM	C	60	461	524	16	4	4	0.993	+3.7
2022	NYM	1B	3	15	9	2	0	2	1.000	-0.7
2021	NYM	C	107	826	877	33	6	2	0.993	-1.9
2021	NYM	1B	6	45	37	5	0	4	1.000	-0.2
2020	CWS	C	30	246	250	7	4	0	0.985	+5.2
2019	CWS	C	106	905	884	39	7	8	0.992	-10.3
2018	DET	C	114	987	847	50	5	10	0.994	-3.0
2017	DET	C	103	836	745	34	2	7	0.997	-0.3
2016	DET	C	99	844	756	44	4	9	0.995	-0.1
2015	DET	C	112	943	723	54	0	5	1.000	-0.2
2014	DET	C	6	24	22	1	0	0	1.000

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2025	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Bat	160	6 HR, 0 SB	0.297	0.824
2022	AA	Binghamton Rumble Ponies	Bat	41	1 HR, 0 SB	0.263	0.712
2016	AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	Bat	27	0 HR, 0 SB	0.091	0.350
2014	AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	Bat	460	7 HR, 9 SB	0.295	0.770
2013	AA	Erie SeaWolves	Bat	486	8 HR, 3 SB	0.277	0.732
2012	AA	Erie SeaWolves	Bat	230	2 HR, 2 SB	0.200	0.509
2012	A+	Lakeland Flying Tigers	Bat	177	0 HR, 3 SB	0.288	0.695
2011	A	West Michigan Whitecaps	Bat	38	0 HR, 0 SB	0.059	0.220

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.302	0.375	0.290	0.406
2025	0.350	0.328	0.356	0.311
2024	0.279	0.311	0.330	0.270
2023	0.260	0.339	0.245	0.356
2022	0.176	0.306	0.251	0.265
2021	0.331	0.282	0.288	0.306
2020	0.542	0.317	0.451	0.334
2019	0.396	0.339	0.341	0.369

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2024	1	2	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
2022	1	0	0	0	0
2020	2	6	1	1	3	0.167	0.286	0.167	0.452
Career	4	8	1	1	5	0.125	0.222	0.125	0.347

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2016	DET	$519,500
2015	DET	$507,500

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.