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James McCann

2026
D-backs· 4.0 IP· 11.25 ERA· 3.00 WHIP· 23 BF

Grade

How good he's been, and at what

Too few batters faced to grade

James McCann has faced 23 batters this season. A rate built on that few swings wildly on a single result, so this page shows no grade and no comparison to the league average or the league best — there is nothing here those numbers could honestly be put next to.

A grade needs 40 batters faced. League averages and percentiles are measured over pitchers with at least 100 batters faced. What follows is what actually happened, with no grade attached to it.

Arsenal

What he throws, and what it does

Pitch mix & swing-and-miss

Eephus
97%
38.0 mph
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cost 23.2 per 10012.8 total

Rarely used: curveball, fastball (4%)

How to read this chart
What they throw, how hard, and what misses bats — from pitch tracking, regular season only.

By appearance

How the stuff has held up outing to outing

One point per outing — how his velocity, movement, and pitch mix have moved across the season, with league context for scale. Each pitch keeps the same color in every chart.

Contact allowed

What hitters do when they connect

Batters go up the middle off him most often, but the hardest contact goes to the pull side.

Pull and oppo are relative to each batter's stance, so this pools all the hitters he faced.

Batted balls allowed

Where every ball hit off James McCann landed this season.
hit · out
EBlowhigh
vs Matt OlsonDouble
EV 105 mph · LA 27° · EB 3.6
04/02 vs Braves
vs Jorge MateoHome run
EV 105 mph · LA 24° · EB 3.5
04/02 vs Braves
vs Michael Harris IIOutRobbed
EV 112 mph · LA 21° · EB 3.4
04/02 vs Braves
vs Michael Harris IISingle
EV 112 mph · LA 22° · EB 3.1
04/02 vs Braves
vs Ozzie AlbiesSingle
EV 108 mph · LA 11° · EB 1.0
04/02 vs Braves

Luck check

Escaped damage once — a crushed ball the simulator scores as a near-certain hit died in a glove behind him.

vs Michael Harris IIOutRobbed
EV 112 mph · LA 21° · EB 3.4
04/02 vs Braves

Burned once — a ball with a hit probability under 20% that found grass anyway.

vs Drake BaldwinSingleCheap hit
EV 81 mph · LA 1° · EB 0.2 · xBA .116
04/02 vs Braves
How to read this chart
Dot color is estimated bases (EB) — what the contact was worth, regardless of what the defense did with it. So a dark hollow ring in the outfield is a crushed ball his defense ran down. Tap or hover a dot or a row to link the two, and use the ▶ links to watch a play on Baseball Savant.

Best games

His biggest outings this year

Best games

His best outings this season by bases saved vs a replacement arm.