Brian McCann
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Brian Michael McCann (born February 20, 1984) is an American former professional baseball catcher.
He appeared in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves, the New York Yankees, and the Houston Astros.
He was a seven-time All-Star and a six-time Silver Slugger Award winner, and the Astros were among the 2017 World Series winners.
Early life
In Athens, Georgia, McCann was born to Howard and Sherry McCann. At the time, his father served as an assistant baseball coach for the Georgia Bulldogs Baseball team, and his mother worked at Athens Regional Hospital. Both of his parents attended Oswego High School in Oswego, New York, where they will be admitted to the school's athletic hall of fame later this year. McCann's father played college baseball at Mississippi State. Howard McCann will eventually be Marshall's head coach.
Brad McCann, McCann's older brother, was drafted in the sixth round of the 2004 Major League Baseball draft by the Florida Marlins but was out of professional baseball by 2007.
McCann attended Duluth High School in Duluth, Georgia. He was rated as the 26th best high school prospect by Baseball America and had initially committed to playing college baseball for Alabama.
Personal life
In December 2007, McCann married Ashley Jarusinski. In July 2012, the couple's first child, a boy, was born. In September 2013, the couple's second child, a daughter, was born. They live in Gwinnett County, Georgia.
Professional career
In the second round of the 2002 MLB draft, the Atlanta Braves selected him.
After being active in the Rome Braves' minor leagues, McCann made his MLB debut with the Braves on June 10, 2005. McCann, the first Braves player to hit a home run in his first playoff appearance in 2005, was a personal catcher for John Smoltz for the majority of the 2005 season. In Game 2 of the 2005 National League Division Series, he achieved the feat in the second inning of a 7–1 victory over Roger Clemens and the Houston Astros. When the Braves cut Johnny Estrada to the Diamondbacks, McCann was named the everyday starter.
McCann hit.333 with 24 home runs and 94 RBI during the 2006 season. He led all Major League catchers in home runs, but his RBI total was matched only by Jorge Posada and Victor Martinez. McCann was rewarded by the Braves for buying out his arbitration years with a six-year, $27.8 million contract in spring training in 2007.
McCann was selected to play in the 2006 MLB All-Star Game for his first full major league season, as well as in 2007 and 2008, making him the first Braves player to be selected to the National League All-Star team in each of his first three seasons. With 93, he allowed more stolen bases in 2008 than any other NL catcher.
Following a modest vision change after 2007 LASIK surgery, McCann was bothered by blurry vision in his left eye beginning in April 2009. After contact lenses became invasive, he decided against glasses. Oakley, Inc. designed special glasses for McCann in May 2009 to fix the vision issue and allow for warmth under the catcher's mask. "I need my Oakleys," McCann said. My peripheral vision has to be covered." He made more errors at catcher in 2009 than in any other major leaguer, with 12, and had the lowest fielding percentage among them (.998).
In 2009 and 2010, McCann was nominated for the All-Star Game. Matt Thornton, a Chicago White Sox reliever, won the National League for the first time since 1996 after scoring in all three of the National League's runs with a bases-clearing double in the seventh inning (driving in Scott Rolen, Matt Holliday, and Marlon Byrd), winning by the NL with a 3–1 win. McCann's first walk-off home run was reviewed by instant replay on August 29, the first walk-off home run that was considered by instant replay. McCann hit a line drive to right field on a line drive. The ball collided with the right field wall at the top of the right field wall. The umpires called it a double, but McCann and Braves bench coach Chino Cadahia argued for the call. The umpires had to request a replay. The ball was found on the right field wall, bounced into the stands, and then stepped onto the field, according to replays. The umpires called the call back and called it a walk-off home run. With 84, he stole more bases in 2010 than any other NL catcher with 84.
McCann struck a line drive foul ball in minor league Luis Salazar's blind eye during spring training on March 9, 2011. McCann defeated the Houston Astros 3–1 on May 17, 2011, despite a ninth-inning, game-tying, pinch-hit home run and an 11th-inning game-winning two-run home run. He stole 104 bases in 2011, more than any other major league catcher.
He became the first player since Jim Thome in 2007 to homer in six straight games against an adversary on July 27, 2012. He did this on the same day Chipper Jones tied Pete Rose's major league record for extra base hits by a switch hitter.
In the 2013 All-Star Game, McCann was chosen by National League boss Bruce Bochy to replace injured Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman.
McCann agreed to a five-year, $85 million contract with the New York Yankees on November 23, 2013, with a vesting option for a sixth year. On December 3, the Yankees officially announced the contract. In honor of Whitey Ford, McCann retired the number 34 as the number 16 is renamed.
Manager Joe Girardi slotted McCann into his first appearance in his career against the St. Louis Cardinals on May 28, 2014, going 2-for-4 with an RBI, a run run, and a walk in a 7–4 Yankee win. After Jeter's last game against the Boston Red Sox as a pinch runner, McCann made the game against Derek Jeter on September 28, 2014. McCann led the Yankees in home runs (23) and RBI (75).
McCann's career-high 25th home run of the season on September 6, 2015, his game-tying three-run shot off of Tampa Bay Ray Chris Archer of the Tampa Bay Rays. McCann ended the season with 26 home runs and a career-best 96 RBI. He received his sixth Silver Slugger Award at catcher on November 12, 2015 (his first in the American League).
McCann's early on in the 2016 season, he had a rough start. Gary Sánchez, the Yankees' rookie catcher, was given the opportunity to share in catching duties. McCann became the team's primary designated hitter after Sánchez had a major impact on offense and defense. McCann batted.242 with 20 home runs and 58 RBI in his ninth season in a row in which McCann had at least 20 home runs in 130 games.
The Yankees traded McCann to the Houston Astros for Albert Abdo and Jorge Guzmán on November 17, 2016. McCann was the 14th catcher to reach over 10,000 putouts at the position on April 14, 2017. Houston placed McCann on the seven-day disabled list for players who have sustained a concussion on May 21. McCann played in only 97 games, scoring 18 home runs. For the first time since 2007, he didn't get to 20 home runs for the first time since 2007, snapping his streak of nine straight 20-home run seasons.
McCann scored RBI doubles in Games 6 and 7 against his former team, the Yankees, to help the Astros win the 2017 World Series. In Game 5, McCann scored every inning of the World Series and scored 5-for-25 for a crucial home run as the Astros defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in 7 games.
McCann became the 10th catcher all-time with 11,000 career putouts at the position on April 23, 2018. He batted.212/301/.389 on the season. He had the slowest base running sprint of all major league catchers and was second-slowest of all major league players at 22.7 feet per second.
The Astros declined the 2019 option on his deal on October 31, 2018, effectively making him a free agent.
McCann signed with the Atlanta Braves for one year and $2 million, marking his return to the team on November 26, 2018. He was given uniform number 16, the number he wore during his first stint with the Braves; Charlie Culberson, who had worn the number before the 2018 season, changed his number to 8.
McCann had his 1,000th appearance in his career on June 14, 2019, a walk-off single against the Philadelphia Phillies.
He batted.249/.323/.412 for the season. He had the fastest sprint speed of all major league players in 2019, at 22.2 feet per second.
McCann announced his retirement from baseball on October 9, 2019, less than a game 5 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Division Series.
McCann competed for the national baseball team in the 2009 World Baseball Classic.