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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 (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
Team: Braves 2005-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent (team option), 6 yrs/$29.8M (07-12) & 13 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.117, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: BB Abbott, previously: Jack Toffey [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 1:20PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #421. Terry Pendleton… #422. Mike Lowell… #423. Tino Martinez… #424. BRIAN MCCANN… #425. Lloyd Waner… #426. Roy Thomas… #427. Mike Donlin… 

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 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 AS,MVP-21,SS
2011 27 ATL NL 128 527 466 51 126 19 0 24 71 3 2 57 89 .270 .351 .466 .817 124 217 10 2 0 2 14 *2/D AS,SS
7 Seasons 882 3465 3068 377 878 200 2 136 537 20 7 331 488 .286 .358 .486 .844 122 1490 92 29 9 28 51
162 Game Avg. 162 636 564 69 161 37 0 25 99 4 1 61 90 .286 .358 .486 .844 122 274 17 5 2 5 9

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2005 21 ATL NL 204 -1 -1 -1 0 -1 3 6 5 0.5 6 0.6 -0.1 $ 2
2006 22 ATL NL 492 29 -1 -2 -1 -2 8 14 45 4.5 47 4.7 -0.2 $333,500 *2 AS,SS
2007 23 ATL NL 552 -3 -2 -2 -3 -2 8 16 12 1.2 14 1.4 -0.2 $440,000 *2 AS
2008 24 ATL NL 573 22 -3 1 -2 -3 8 16 39 4.0 42 4.3 -0.3 $966,666 *2 AS,SS
2009 25 ATL NL 551 15 -1 2 -2 -5 8 16 32 3.2 37 3.7 -0.5 $3,700,000 *2 AS,SS
2010 26 ATL NL 566 19 -6 1 -0 3 8 16 41 4.1 38 3.8 0.3 $5,700,000 *2 AS,MVP-21,SS
2011 27 ATL NL 527 15 -4 -2 -1 -8 8 15 24 2.5 31 3.2 -0.7 $6,700,000 *2/D AS,SS
7 Seasons 3465 97 -18 -3 -9 -18 51 98 198 20.0 215 21.7 -1.7 $17,840,166

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
2 Seasons (2 Series) 7 32 30 4 9 1 0 3 8 0 0 1 10 .300 .313 .633 .946 19 0 0 0 1 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% PO Awards
2005 ATL NL 21 C 57 334 310 21 3 1 .991 -1 -2 5.81 .992 7.16 5 22 5 19%
2006 ATL NL 22 C 124 826 778 39 9 6 .989 -2 1 6.59 .992 7.32 5 70 21 23% AS,SS
2007 ATL NL 23 C 132 973 907 53 13 9 .987 -2 -1 7.27 .991 7.36 6 70 19 21% AS
2008 ATL NL 24 C 138 958 879 70 9 9 .991 -3 7 6.88 .993 7.60 7 93 27 23% AS,SS
2009 ATL NL 25 C 127 994 924 58 12 7 .988 -5 -4 7.73 .993 7.70 7 76 24 24% AS,SS
2009 ATL NL 25 DH 1 1 AS,SS
2010 ATL NL 26 C 136 1050 972 64 14 12 .987 3 -2 7.62 .992 7.97 5 84 36 30% 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 -5 -8 -6 8.78 8.38 .992 7.98 7.96 7 44 104 29 22% 0 AS,SS
2011 ATL NL 27 DH 2 2 AS,SS
7 Seasons C 840 118 111 1083.0 6196 5748 383 65 58 .990 -17 -6 -19 -6 8.78 7.30 .992 7.98 7.62 42 44 519 161 24% 0
7 Seasons TOT 840 118 111 1083.0 6196 5748 383 65 58 .990 -17 -6 -19 -6 8.78 7.30 .992 7.98 7.62 42 44 519 161 24% 0
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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 (1362nd)

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

Batting Average s c a p y
2006 NL  .333 (6th)**
Active  .286 (38th)

On-Base% s c a p y
Active  .358 (49th)

Slugging % s c a p y
2006 NL  .572 (10th)**
Active  .486 (41st)
Career  .486 (160th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
Active  .844 (38th)
Career  .844 (192nd)

Doubles s c a p y
2008 NL  42 (7th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2008 NL  135 (10th)
Active  122 (37th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
Active  .606 (41st)

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  51 (44th)

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

AB per HR s c a p y
Active  22.6 (45th)
Career  22.6 (204th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2006 NL  40.28 (8th)
Active  134.40 (50th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2006 NL  3.7 (8th)
Active  12.8 (48th)

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)
Active  840 (12th)

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  5,748 (9th)
Career  5,748 (74th)

Assists as C s c a p y
2008 NL  70 (3rd)
2010 NL  64 (2nd)
2011 NL  78 (3rd)
Active  383 (11th)

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  65 (6th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
2008 NL  7 (3rd)
2009 NL  7 (1st)
2011 NL  7 (5th)
Active  42 (13th)

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)
Active  519 (7th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
2008 NL  27 (3rd)
2009 NL  24 (3rd)
2010 NL  36 (1st)
Active  161 (16th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
2009 NL  8.19 (5th)
2010 NL  8.40 (4th)
2011 NL  8.78 (2nd)
Active  8.78 (3rd)
Career  8.78 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
2007 NL  7.27 (5th)
2009 NL  7.73 (4th)
2011 NL  8.38 (1st)
Active  7.30 (2nd)
Career  7.30 (3rd)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
Active  .990 (23rd)
Career  .990 (97th)

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.
† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 (1457), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 26 (676), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (917), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Chris Hoiles (898)
  2. Darrin Fletcher (891)
  3. Ed Taubensee (886)
  4. John Romano (886)
  5. Damian Miller (883)
  6. Harry Danning (882)
  7. Mike Macfarlane (880)
  8. Jody Davis (876)
  9. Earl Battey (874)
  10. Ed Bailey (873)
Similar Batters through 27 
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  1. Lance Parrish (906)
  2. Yogi Berra (901) *
  3. Frankie Hayes (900)
  4. Gary Carter (881) *
  5. Gabby Hartnett (871) *
  6. Joe Torre (869)
  7. Bill Dickey (866) *
  8. Bill Freehan (865)
  9. Javy Lopez (863)
  10. Joe Mauer (860)
* - 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 (906)  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.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
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$11,500,000
201329Atlanta Braves*$12,000,000$12M Team Option, $500k Buyout
Career to date (may be incomplete)$17,840,166Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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