Brian McCann
Brian Michael McCann
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: February 20, 1984 in Athens, GA
High School: Duluth (Duluth, GA)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed July 11, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 10, 2005
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2005 21 ATL NL 59 204 180 20 50 7 0 5 23 1 1 18 26 .278 .345 .400 .745 95 72 5 1 4 1 5 2
2006 22 ATL NL 130 492 442 61 147 34 0 24 93 2 0 41 54 .333 .388 .572 .961 143 253 12 3 0 6 8 *2 AS,SS
2007 23 ATL NL 139 552 504 51 136 38 0 18 92 0 1 35 74 .270 .320 .452 .772 99 228 19 5 2 6 7 *2 AS
2008 24 ATL NL 145 573 509 68 153 42 1 23 87 5 0 57 64 .301 .373 .523 .896 135 266 17 4 0 3 4 *2 AS,SS
2009 25 ATL NL 138 551 488 63 137 35 1 21 94 4 1 49 83 .281 .349 .486 .834 120 237 17 5 3 6 3 *2/D AS,SS
5 Seasons 611 2372 2123 263 623 156 2 91 389 12 3 200 301 .293 .356 .497 .853 121 1056 70 18 9 22 27
162 Game Avg. 162 629 563 70 165 41 1 24 103 3 1 53 80 .293 .356 .497 .853 121 280 19 5 2 6 7

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2005 21 ATL NL 204 141 24 4.5 109 .300 .278 .270 .345 .340 .400 .430 .745 .770 95 .473 -1.5 -0.1 .669 .222 .122 1.7
2006 22 ATL NL 492 313 97 8.3 113 .332 .333 .272 .388 .343 .572 .442 .961 .785 143 .710 29.2 2.7 .974 .337 .240 3.7
2007 23 ATL NL 552 396 68 4.6 109 .282 .270 .270 .320 .339 .452 .432 .772 .771 99 .457 -0.9 -0.1 .688 .250 .183 .0
2008 24 ATL NL 573 376 98 7.0 106 .306 .301 .265 .373 .336 .523 .423 .896 .759 135 .657 26.7 2.5 .890 .344 .222 8.2
2009 25 ATL NL 551 378 81 5.7 105 .297 .281 .263 .349 .336 .486 .418 .834 .754 120 .580 14.4 1.4 .797 .311 .205 6.7
5 Seasons 2372 1604 368 6.2 108 .303 .293 .268 .356 .339 .497 .429 .853 .767 121 .598 68.0 6.4 .816 .302 .204 21.2
162 Game Avg. 629 425 98 6.2 108 .303 .293 .268 .356 .339 .497 .429 .853 .767 121 .598 18 2 .816 .302 .204 6

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2005 21 ATL NL NLDS HOU L 3 16 16 2 3 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 6 .188 .188 .563 .750 9 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 3 16 16 2 3 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 6 .188 .188 .563 .750 9 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2006 ATL NL 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 ATL NL 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 ATL NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 ATL NL 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (4 Appearances) 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2005 21 ATL NL 204 2.5% 12.8% 8.8% 5.9% 24% 1.44 6.9 36.0 7.8 0.70 0.89 74% 18% 6.0% 8%
2006 22 ATL NL 492 4.9% 11.0% 8.3% 11.8% 40% 1.32 8.2 18.4 4.8 0.55 0.82 75% 21% 10.4% 9%
2007 23 ATL NL 552 3.3% 13.4% 6.3% 10.1% 41% 2.11 6.8 28.0 5.5 0.65 0.92 76% 16% 8.0% 15%
2008 24 ATL NL 573 4.0% 11.2% 10.0% 11.5% 43% 1.12 8.0 22.1 5.9 0.58 0.84 74% 19% 9.2% 12%
2009 25 ATL NL 551 3.8% 15.1% 8.9% 10.3% 42% 1.69 5.9 23.2 5.2 0.63 0.99 71% 19% 9.5% 12%
5 Seasons 2372 3.8% 12.7% 8.4% 10.5% 40% 1.51 7.1 23.3 5.5 0.61 0.89 74% 19% 9.0% 12%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2005 21 ATL NL 0 0 23% 63 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 31% 6 4 2 1 0 0 6 4 2
2006 22 ATL NL 2 0 22% 194 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 21% 30 24 5 2 1 0 16 10 5
2007 23 ATL NL 3 0 21% 182 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 28% 15 9 6 13 10 3 11 9 2
2008 24 ATL NL 6 0 24% 175 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 8 19% 24 19 5 10 8 1 19 12 4
2009 25 ATL NL 7 0 25% 207 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 27% 36 25 11 12 11 1 15 9 5
5 Seasons 18 0 23% 821 12 3 80% 11 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 23 36 24% 111 81 29 38 30 5 67 44 18
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2005 21 ATL NL 204 80% 50 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.94 5 0 7 3 2 2 3 0 4 4 100% 51 5 10% 18 4 22% 129 18 14% 11 6 55% 11 4 36% 0
2006 22 ATL NL 492 78% 147 6 0 8 2 0 0 1.82 24 2 20 21 3 10 14 0 0 0 99 12 12% 45 18 40% 323 69 21% 25 14 56% 27 17 63% 0
2007 23 ATL NL 552 66% 136 8 0 6 1 0 0 2.16 18 2 30 10 8 6 12 0 2 2 100% 100 19 19% 52 19 37% 406 74 18% 32 17 53% 35 17 49% 0
2008 24 ATL NL 573 68% 153 8 1 11 3 0 0 2.34 23 1 22 20 3 10 13 0 0 0 142 17 12% 56 19 34% 453 68 15% 36 21 58% 29 15 52% 0
2009 25 ATL NL 551 67% 137 5 1 12 4 0 2 1.81 21 0 18 17 4 12 9 0 3 3 100% 119 17 14% 41 21 51% 399 74 19% 25 16 64% 24 11 46% 0
5 Seasons 2372 70% 623 28 2 38 10 0 2 2.00 91 5 97 71 20 40 51 0 9 9 100% 511 70 14% 212 81 38% 1710 303 18% 129 74 57% 126 64 51% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2005 21 ATL NL 204 760 3.73 463 61% 23% 14% 29% 34% 77% 6% 47% 82% 32% 8% 16 1 18% 36 12 12% 25 18 27% 0 0 0
2006 22 ATL NL 492 1789 3.64 1084 61% 22% 12% 30% 36% 78% 4% 47% 84% 32% 5% 27 3 18% 91 46 10% 47 31 28% 0 0 0
2007 23 ATL NL 552 2032 3.68 1285 63% 23% 12% 31% 34% 77% 3% 49% 84% 31% 7% 38 4 17% 95 45 10% 55 37 27% 0 0 0
2008 24 ATL NL 573 2131 3.72 1284 60% 24% 11% 30% 35% 76% 1% 46% 85% 32% 6% 37 9 18% 101 45 10% 56 26 30% 0 0 0
2009 25 ATL NL 551 2145 3.89 1345 63% 25% 14% 31% 31% 75% 1% 47% 82% 27% 5% 30 2 16% 90 42 9% 51 24 25% 0 0 0
5 Seasons 2372 8857 3.73 5461 62% 23% 12% 30% 34% 77% 2% 47% 84% 31% 6% 148 19 17% 413 190 10% 234 136 27% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2005 21 59 204 180 20 50 7 0 5 23 1 1 18 26 .278 .345 .400 .745 95 72 5 1 4 1 5
2006 22 189 696 622 81 197 41 0 29 116 3 1 59 80 .317 .376 .523 .898 129 325 17 4 4 7 13
2007 23 328 1248 1126 132 333 79 0 47 208 3 2 94 154 .296 .351 .491 .842 116 553 36 9 6 13 20
2008 24 473 1821 1635 200 486 121 1 70 295 8 2 151 218 .297 .358 .501 .859 122 819 53 13 6 16 24
2009 25 611 2372 2123 263 623 156 2 91 389 12 3 200 301 .293 .356 .497 .853 121 1056 70 18 9 22 27

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2005 21 59 199 179 20 49 7 0 5 23 1 18 26 .274 .342 .397 .738 24 59
2006 22 130 482 434 57 139 32 0 23 86 2 39 54 .320 .376 .553 .929 90 130
2007 23 139 540 496 49 128 36 0 17 88 0 33 74 .258 .307 .433 .741 65 139
2008 24 145 570 507 67 151 41 1 23 86 5 56 64 .298 .370 .519 .889 97 145
2009 25 138 545 486 62 135 34 1 21 93 4 48 83 .278 .345 .481 .826 80 138
5 Seasons 611 2336 2102 255 602 150 2 89 376 12 194 301 .286 .348 .487 .835 356 611
162 Game Avg. 162 619 557 68 160 40 1 24 100 3 51 80 .286 .348 .487 .835 94 611

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2006 *
2007 *
2008 *
2009 *

Silver Sluggers
2006 NL (C)
2008 NL (C)
2009 NL (C)
All multiple winners

Batting Average s c a p y
2006 NL  .333 (6th)**

Slugging % s c a p y
2006 NL  .572 (10th)**

Doubles s c a p y
2008 NL  42 (7th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2008 NL  135 (10th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2007 NL  19 (8th)

Youngest s c a p y
2005 NL  born 1984-02-20 (8th)

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 9 (1431), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 20 (774), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (853), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Babe Phelps (926)
  2. Earl Smith (893)
  3. Butch Henline (887)
  4. Bubbles Hargrave (877)
  5. Johnny Estrada (877)
  6. Eddie Taubensee (876)
  7. Harry Danning (873)
  8. Russell Martin (869)
  9. Jim Pagliaroni (869)
  10. Joe Mauer (868)
Similar Batters through 25 
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  1. Frankie Hayes (922)
  2. Yogi Berra (908) *
  3. Shanty Hogan (885)
  4. Tim McCarver (881)
  5. Ivan Rodriguez (878)
  6. Bill Dickey (878) *
  7. Rich Gedman (877)
  8. Joe Mauer (875)
  9. Jason Kendall (875)
  10. Mickey Cochrane (873) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Shanty Hogan (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bill DeLancey (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Frankie Hayes (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Frankie Hayes (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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