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Brian McCann

Brian Michael McCann

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: February 20, 1984 in Athens, GA
High School: Duluth HS (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 (Age 21)
Team: Braves 2005-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 7 yrs/$41.3M (07-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 7.117, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: BB Abbott, previously: Jack Toffey [*]
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 15, 2013 1:17AM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #529. Freddie Lindstrom… #530. Bob Boone… #531. Phil Garner… #532. BRIAN MCCANN… #533. Pinky Higgins… #534. Lonny Frey… #535. Hank Sauer… 

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 .834 119 237 17 5 3 6 3 *2/D AS,SS
2010 26 ATL NL 143 566 479 63 129 25 0 21 77 5 2 74 98 .269 .375 .453 .828 124 217 12 9 0 4 10 *2/D AS,MVP-21,SS
2011 27 ATL NL 128 527 466 51 126 19 0 24 71 3 2 57 89 .270 .351 .466 .817 122 217 10 2 0 2 14 *2/D AS,SS
2012 28 ATL NL 121 487 439 44 101 14 0 20 67 3 0 44 76 .230 .300 .399 .698 87 175 15 1 0 3 7 *2/D
2013 29 ATL NL 6 26 21 4 7 0 0 3 10 0 0 4 2 .333 .423 .762 1.185 215 16 0 0 0 1 0 /2
9 Yrs 1009 3978 3528 425 986 214 2 159 614 23 7 379 566 .279 .351 .476 .828 118 1681 107 30 9 32 58
162 Game Avg. 162 639 566 68 158 34 0 26 99 4 1 61 91 .279 .351 .476 .828 118 270 17 5 1 5 9

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2005 21 ATL NL 59 204 -3 -1 -0 -2 3 -3 -0.3 6 3 0.3 .495 .498 0.5 0.1 5 2
2006 22 ATL NL 130 492 26 -1 -1 -1 7 30 2.8 15 45 4.3 .522 .518 4.4 0.6 46 $333,500 *2 AS,SS
2007 23 ATL NL 139 552 -4 -2 -3 -5 8 -5 -0.6 17 12 1.0 .496 .497 1.5 0.3 17 $440,000 *2 AS
2008 24 ATL NL 145 573 27 -2 -2 8 8 39 3.8 18 57 5.5 .527 .524 4.7 1.6 49 $966,666 *2 AS,SS
2009 25 ATL NL 138 551 15 -1 -2 -5 8 15 1.5 17 32 3.2 .511 .510 3.7 0.2 37 $3,700,000 *2/D AS,SS
2010 26 ATL NL 143 566 18 -6 -0 -1 8 19 1.9 18 37 3.6 .514 .512 3.7 0.7 38 $5,700,000 *2/D AS,MVP-21,SS
2011 27 ATL NL 128 527 11 -4 -1 -4 8 10 1.0 16 26 2.7 .508 .506 3.0 0.4 30 $6,700,000 *2/D AS,SS
2012 28 ATL NL 121 487 -11 -1 -1 -1 7 -7 -0.7 15 8 0.8 .494 .495 0.8 0.7 9 $11,500,000 *2/D
2013 29 ATL NL 6 26 4 0 0 1 0 5 0.5 1 6 0.6 .591 .503 0.5 0.1 5 $12,000,000 /2
9 Seasons 1009 3978 82 -18 -10 -10 58 103 9.9 124 227 21.9 .510 .507 22.7 4.6 237 $41,340,166

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
2010 26 ATL NL NLDS SFG L 4 16 14 2 6 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 4 .429 .438 .714 1.152 10 0 0 0 1 0
2012 28 ATL NL NLWC STL L 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 8 33 30 4 9 1 0 3 8 0 0 2 10 .300 .333 .633 .967 19 0 0 0 1 0
1 NLWC 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLDS 7 32 30 4 9 1 0 3 8 0 0 1 10 .300 .313 .633 .946 19 0 0 0 1 0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
2005 ATL NL 21 C 57 49 39 449.1 334 310 21 3 1 .991 -1 -2 -3 -5 6.63 5.81 .992 7.26 7.16 5 10 22 5 19% 29% 2
2006 ATL NL 22 C 124 118 99 1016.1 826 778 39 9 6 .989 -2 -1 -2 -1 7.23 6.59 .992 7.37 7.32 5 29 70 21 23% 28% 1 AS,SS
2007 ATL NL 23 C 132 130 114 1139.0 973 907 53 13 9 .987 -2 -5 -2 -5 7.59 7.27 .991 7.39 7.36 6 36 70 19 21% 25% 0 AS
2008 ATL NL 24 C 138 132 116 1143.1 958 879 70 9 9 .991 -3 8 -3 8 7.47 6.88 .993 7.65 7.60 7 33 93 27 23% 27% 2 AS,SS
2009 ATL NL 25 C 127 124 107 1078.2 994 924 58 12 7 .988 -5 -5 -6 -5 8.19 7.73 .993 7.77 7.70 7 33 76 24 24% 29% 1 AS,SS
2009 ATL NL 25 DH 1 1 AS,SS
2010 ATL NL 26 C 136 129 104 1109.2 1050 972 64 14 12 .987 3 -1 3 -1 8.40 7.62 .992 8.05 7.97 5 32 84 36 30% 29% 0 AS,MVP-21,SS
2010 ATL NL 26 DH 2 2 AS,MVP-21,SS
2011 ATL NL 27 C 126 118 111 1083.0 1061 978 78 5 14 .995 -7 -4 -8 -4 8.78 8.38 .992 7.98 7.96 7 44 104 29 22% 28% 1 AS,SS
2011 ATL NL 27 DH 2 2 AS,SS
2012 ATL NL 28 C 114 113 105 994.2 898 845 51 2 4 .998 0 -1 0 -1 8.11 7.86 .992 8.36 8.26 6 34 76 24 24% 27% 1
2012 ATL NL 28 DH 3 3
2013 ATL NL 29 C 6 6 6 51.2 44 38 6 0 1 1.000 1 1 35 26 7.66 7.33 .992 8.13 8.07 0 1 2 3 60% 28% 0
9 Seasons C 960 919 801 8065.2 7138 6631 440 67 63 .991 -16 -8 -2 -1 7.89 7.37 .992 7.76 7.70 48 252 597 188 24% 27% 8
9 Seasons TOT 960 919 801 8065.2 7138 6631 440 67 63 .991 -16 -8 -2 -1 7.89 7.37 .992 7.76 7.70 48 252 597 188 24% 27% 8
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2006 *
2007 *
2008 *
2009 *
2010 *
2011 (C)

Awards (yr lg award)
2010 ML AS MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2010 NL (21, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1402nd)

Silver Sluggers
2006 NL (C)
2008 NL (C)
2009 NL (C)
2010 NL (C)
2011 NL (C)
All multiple winners

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2008 NL  5.5 (9th)

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

On-Base% s c a p y
Active  .351 (47th)

Slugging % s c a p y
2006 NL  .572 (10th)**
Active  .476 (40th)
Career  .476 (206th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
Active  .828 (44th)

Doubles s c a p y
2008 NL  42 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
Active  159 (47th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
Active  118 (40th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
Active  .590 (43rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2010 NL  9 (8th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2011 NL  14 (8th)
Active  58 (28th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2007 NL  19 (8th)
Active  107 (50th)

AB per SO s c a p y
Active  6.2 (48th)

AB per HR s c a p y
Active  22.2 (37th)
Career  22.2 (193rd)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2006 NL  40.28 (8th)
Active  140.29 (36th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2006 NL  3.7 (8th)
Active  13.4 (38th)

Putouts† s c a p y
Active  6,631 (19th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
2006 NL  124 (3rd)
2007 NL  132 (2nd)
2008 NL  138 (3rd)
2009 NL  127 (4th)
2010 NL  136 (1st)
2012 NL  114 (4th)
Active  960 (5th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
2006 NL  778 (5th)
2007 NL  907 (2nd)
2008 NL  879 (5th)
2009 NL  924 (3rd)
2010 NL  972 (1st)
2011 NL  978 (2nd)
Active  6,631 (4th)
Career  6,631 (51st)

Assists as C s c a p y
2008 NL  70 (3rd)
2010 NL  64 (2nd)
2011 NL  78 (3rd)
Active  440 (7th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
2006 NL  9 (3rd)
2007 NL  13 (2nd)
2008 NL  9 (3rd)
2009 NL  12 (1st)
2010 NL  14 (1st)
Active  67 (3rd)

Double Plays Turned as C s c a p y
2007 NL  9 (2nd)
2008 NL  9 (2nd)
2010 NL  12 (1st)
2011 NL  14 (1st)
Active  63 (5th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
2008 NL  7 (3rd)
2009 NL  7 (1st)
2011 NL  7 (5th)
Active  48 (8th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
2006 NL  70 (5th)
2008 NL  93 (1st)
2009 NL  76 (3rd)
2010 NL  84 (1st)
2011 NL  104 (1st)
2012 NL  76 (3rd)
Active  597 (3rd)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
2008 NL  27 (3rd)
2009 NL  24 (3rd)
2010 NL  36 (1st)
Active  188 (9th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
2011 NL  8.78 (3rd)
Active  7.89 (7th)
Career  7.89 (10th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
2007 NL  7.27 (5th)
2011 NL  8.38 (1st)
Active  7.37 (3rd)
Career  7.37 (4th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
2012 NL  .998 (1st)
Active  .991 (18th)
Career  .991 (74th)

Youngest s c a p y
2005 NL  born 1984-02-20 (8th)
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.
† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 9 (1499), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 26 (675), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 34 (240), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Catcher (58th), 21.3 career WAR/21.0 7yr-peak WAR/21.1 JAWS
Average HOF C (out of 13) = 52.4 career WAR/33.7 7yr-peak WAR/43.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Mike Lieberthal (918)
  2. Darrin Fletcher (909)
  3. Charles Johnson (904)
  4. Ed Bailey (901)
  5. Chris Hoiles (892)
  6. Mike Macfarlane (891)
  7. Earl Battey (883)
  8. Ernie Whitt (879)
  9. Yadier Molina (874)
  10. Tom Haller (873)
Similar Batters through 28 
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  1. Lance Parrish (914)
  2. Gary Carter (896) *
  3. Yogi Berra (888) *
  4. Frankie Hayes (878)
  5. Bill Freehan (875)
  6. Bill Dickey (869) *
  7. Tim McCarver (854)
  8. Benito Santiago (846)
  9. Thurman Munson (843)
  10. Darrell Porter (842)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Shanty Hogan (940)  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
  5. Frankie Hayes (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Lance Parrish (905)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Lance Parrish (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

  • June 4, 2002: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed July 11, 2002.
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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
200622Atlanta Braves$333,500
200723Atlanta Braves$440,000
200824Atlanta Braves$966,666
200925Atlanta Braves$3,700,000
201026Atlanta Braves$5,700,000
201127Atlanta Braves$6,700,000
201228Atlanta Braves$11,500,000contracts
201329Atlanta Braves$12,000,000
2013 StatusSigned thru 2013, Earliest Free Agent: 2014
Career to date (may be incomplete)$41,340,166
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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