James Thomas McCann (born June 13, 1990), nicknamed "McCannon", is an American professional baseball catcher who is a free agent.

He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, New York Mets and Baltimore Orioles.

[1] His mother Carla suffered a torn amniotic sac while she was pregnant with McCann, and she spent the bulk of the pregnancy on bed rest.

After McCann was born, his mother served as his tee ball coach and drove him to and from Little League Baseball games and tournaments.

As a freshman in 2009, he teamed with future big leaguers Dallas Keuchel, Drew Smyly, Mike Bolsinger, Brett Eibner and Andy Wilkins to help the Razorbacks reach the 2009 College World Series.

[10] As a team captain in his sophomore season, McCann hit a walk-off home run to beat the #14 LSU Tigers, 4–3, in front of a Baum Stadium record crowd of 11,103.

After adjusting his offensive approach, McCann responded with a .283 average through July 14 of the 2013 season, and appeared in the All-Star Futures Game.

[27][28] On June 28, 2015, McCann hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Tigers a 5–4 victory over the Chicago White Sox.

He finished the 2015 season with a .264 average (106-for-401), 18 doubles, five triples, seven home runs and 41 RBIs, while throwing out 41 percent of potential base stealers.

McCann threw out 45 percent of would-be base stealers, second-highest among AL catchers, and led his position with nine double plays.

His nine Defensive Runs Saved rating also ranked second in the AL.[36] On May 26, 2017, McCann was put on the 10 day DL because of a left hand laceration.

However, a hot July including a ten-game hitting streak to finish off the month and four multi-hit games pushed McCann's average to the .246 mark with a .321 on-base percentage.

[citation needed] In May 2022, McCann had surgery to repair a broken hamate bone in his left wrist, missing six weeks,[44] and returned to the injured list in July with a strained oblique muscle.

[47][48] On January 13, 2023, minor league outfielder Luis De La Cruz was sent to the Mets to complete the trade.

His first was a scoreless eighth inning in a 10–3 loss to the San Diego Padres at Petco Park on August 15, 2023 when he got three ground-ball outs around a pair of one-out hits.

[52] The second was another eighth-inning outing the following year in a 19–8 away defeat to the Oakland Athletics on July 6, 2024 when he surrendered a two-out, two-run homer to Kyle McCann who was pinch-hitting for Brent Rooker.

[53] He played the entirety of an 11–5 home victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in game 1 of a twi-night doubleheader on July 29, 2024 despite being hit in the nose by a Yariel Rodríguez fastball in the first inning.

[54][55] Instead of going on the injured list, he played an entire game as starting catcher in a 10–4 win over the same opponent two days later on July 31, wearing a protective face mask while batting.