1990
Born June 13, 1990
Santa Barbara, CA, USA
James McCann Notable
b. June 13, 1990 · Detroit Tigers 2014–2018, Chicago White Sox 2019–2020, New York Mets 2021–2022, Baltimore Orioles 2023–2024, Arizona Diamondbacks 2025
James McCann played for five clubs across 12 seasons as a catcher, opening with the Detroit Tigers in 2014 and closing with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2025.
Across 961 games he batted .242, with 765 hits and 335 runs. He finished with 97 home runs, 134 doubles and 15 stolen bases. He went 0 and 0 with a 9.00 earned run average, pitching 2 innings in 2 games.
He played 901 games behind the plate, with 6,888 putouts and 44 errors. He turned 50 double plays.
He was an All-Star in 2019.
He was born in Santa Barbara, CA, USA on June 13, 1990. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed. He has not retired; our record has no final game for him.
Honors
| Award | Times | Years |
|---|---|---|
| All-Star selection | 1 | 2019 |
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | DET | 9 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .250 |
| 2015 | DET | 114 | 401 | 32 | 106 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 41 | 16 | 90 | 0 | .264 |
| 2016 | DET | 105 | 344 | 31 | 76 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 48 | 23 | 109 | 0 | .221 |
| 2017 | DET | 106 | 352 | 39 | 89 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 49 | 26 | 89 | 1 | .253 |
| 2018 | DET | 118 | 427 | 31 | 94 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 39 | 26 | 116 | 0 | .220 |
| 2019 | CHW | 118 | 439 | 62 | 120 | 26 | 1 | 18 | 60 | 30 | 137 | 4 | .273 |
| 2020 | CHW | 31 | 97 | 20 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 30 | 1 | .289 |
| 2021 | NYM | 121 | 375 | 29 | 87 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 46 | 32 | 115 | 1 | .232 |
| 2022 | NYM | 61 | 174 | 19 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 46 | 3 | .195 |
| 2023 | BAL | 70 | 207 | 25 | 46 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 9 | 57 | 3 | .222 |
| 2024 | BAL | 66 | 214 | 27 | 50 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 31 | 13 | 56 | 1 | .234 |
| 2025 | ARI | 42 | 123 | 18 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 33 | 0 | .260 |
| Career | — | 961 | 3165 | 335 | 765 | 134 | 10 | 97 | 390 | 202 | 880 | 15 | .242 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | BAL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2024 | BAL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 |
| Career | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 |
On this day & linked events
2014
Major-league debut: James McCann
James McCann made a major-league debut on September 1, 2014.
Image: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0