About James McCann (baseball)
James Thomas McCann (born June 13, 1990), nicknamed "McCannon", is an American professional baseball catcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, New York Mets, and Baltimore Orioles. Prior to his professional career, McCann played college baseball at the University of Arkansas. He has also competed for the United States national baseball team. In 2019, as a member of the White Sox, he was named to the MLB All-Star Game. McCann has caught two no-hitters in the major leagues: one pitched by Lucas Giolito in 2020 with the White Sox, and one pitched by Tylor Megill, Drew Smith, Joely Rodríguez, Seth Lugo, and Edwin Díaz in 2022 with the Mets. 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. McCann got his first MLB start on September 19, 2014, catching for Justin Verlander against the Kansas City Royals.
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