James McCann makes solid contact more often than 68% of qualified hitters. Walks are scarce, though — only 1% of qualified hitters draw them less often. Early-season read — only 69 plate appearances so far.
Each spoke is a skill estimate adjusted for sample size — not raw season stats — so farther out = better.
Percentiles vs. 463 qualified hitters.
Data through 2026-07-15.
Plays like…
Same archetype, nearest by rate — the hitters whose profile looks most like this one.
Every plate appearance ends one of three ways: a strikeout (0 bases), a walk (1 base), or a ball in play worth its estimated bases.
The bar splits his value into those pieces, versus the league.
More bases is better. In the table, 100th percentile = best in MLB.
Ball-in-play basesWalk bases
Bases per plate appearance
.320
James McCann
.351
.084
League average
What a replacement bat would have done
over James McCann's 69 plate appearances
23
James McCann
25
Replacement level
▼ −2 bases below replacement (created 23 vs 25)
James McCann
League
Percentile
Bases per ball in play(higher = better)
.442
.510
10th
Walk rate(higher = better)
1%
8%
1st
Strikeout rate(fewer = better)
26%
23%
31st
Platoon splits
Platoon splits (EB/PA)
Dot = shrunk true-talent estimate; bar = 89% credible interval.
Faint diamond = his raw, unshrunk rate against that hand — small samples make it noisy, which is why the model pulls the dot toward a more trustworthy estimate.
Shrunk splits beat raw splits decisively at low PA counts and converge with them as playing time builds — individual platoon gaps need roughly 1,000+ PA vs a hand before the raw number alone can be trusted.
Headline EB/PA (0.344)
vs LHP29 PA0.366
vs LHP: shrunk estimate 0.366 EB/PA, 89% credible interval 0.294 to 0.435, based on 29 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.267 EB/PA.
vs RHP40 PA0.334
vs RHP: shrunk estimate 0.334 EB/PA, 89% credible interval 0.267 to 0.400, based on 40 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.384 EB/PA.
0.2470.2990.3510.4030.455
0.032 EB/PA better vs LHP than vs RHP (shrunk estimate).
89% credible interval: -0.007 to +0.070
That interval crosses zero, so the model can’t confidently say which side he’s actually better against.
How he hits
Hits it to Oppo most often, and does the most damage to Pull.
Best batted balls
Where every ball James McCann put in play landed this season.
Dots are colored by estimated bases (EB) — pale slate (easy out) to dark teal (home-run territory).
Filled dots are hits; hollow rings are outs — a dark ring in the outfield is a crushed ball that got caught.
Hover a dot or a row to link the two; click to watch on Baseball Savant.
