Kyle Joseph McCann was originally signed by A¡¯s scout Jemel Spearman¡graduated from Lambert High School¡played at Georgia Tech where he was a 2019 All-ACC first team selection¡hit .276 with 47 home runs and 136 RBI in 164 games in three seasons with the Yellow Jackets¡his father, Joe, pitched in the New York Mets farm system from 1989-93.
2024
Made his Major League debut and spent the entire season with the A¡¯s¡played in just 54 games as the back-up catcher and hit .236 with five home runs and 15 RBI...Was one of six Athletics to spend the entire season on the active roster (Bleday, Langeliers, McFarland, Sears, Spence)...Struck out 59 times in 157 plate appearances and his average of 2.66 plate appearances per strikeout was fourth lowest in the Majors among batters with 150 or more plate appearances¡using the same minimum, it was the lowest in Athletics history (previous: Matt Chapman, 2.81 in 2020)...Made all 41 of his starts in games in which the opponent started a right-handed pitcher¡hit .244 with all five of his home runs, 14 of his 15 RBI and 15 of his 16 walks against righties¡was 1-for-9 against left-handers...Had 39 starts at catcher and two at designated hitter¡committed four errors in 44 games overall behind the plate for a .987 fielding percentage¡opponents were successful if 34-of-42 (81.0%) stolen base attempts with him catching...Was also 4-for-7 (.571) with a home run, two RBI and a walk as a pinch hitter...Was batting .293 with four home runs, 11 RBI and an .843 OPS in 36 games before the All-Star Break¡then hit .125 with one home run, four RBI and a .385 OPS in 18 games after the break...Hit .197 with the bases empty, .281 with runners on...Three of his five home runs gave the A¡¯s the lead as did six of his 15 RBI...Batted .389 in interleague play, .183 against American League competition...Had a .119 batting average with two strikes¡was 9-for-17 (.529) when putting the first pitch in play and 7-for-9 (.778) on an 0-1 count...Started games at each of the bottom five spots in the order, with his most action coming with 16 starts in the seven spot.
2023
Spent the entire season at Triple-A Las Vegas where he batted a career-high .270 with 17 home runs, 57 RBI and a career-high .825 OPS in 97 games...Also had career highs in on-base percentage (.351), slugging (.474), hits (93) and stolen bases (3)...Tied for seventh in the A¡¯s farm system in home runs...Struck out 125 times but his average of 3.10 plate appearances per strikeout was the best mark of his career...Hit .278 (74-for-266) with a .834 OPS against right-handed pitchers compared to .244 (19-for78) with a .791 OPS against left-handers...Connected for 11 of his 17 home runs at home...Batted .207 with runners in scoring position...Started 53 games at catcher, 25 at designated hitter and 10 at first base¡opponents were 51-for-65 (78.5%) in stolen bases attempts with him behind the plate¡made four errors at catcher for a .992 fielding percentage¡also had one error as a first baseman (.986)...Was 0-for-3 with two strikeouts as a pinch hitter...Started games in each of the bottom six spots in the order and had his most starts batting ninth (20)¡hit .383 with six home runs and 19 RBI in 17 games from the eight spot.
2022
Spent most of the season at Double-A Midland where he hit .238 with 20 home runs and 65 RBI in 98 games¡was moved up to Las Vegas on Sept. 19 and went 4-for-24 (.167) in seven games in his Triple-A debut¡combined to hit .234 with 21 home runs, 66 RBI and a .782 OPS in 105 games....Had career highs in every category as he hit .184 with 17 home runs and 71 RBI in 153 games over his first two seasons....Ranked third in the A¡¯s farm system in home runs, tied for fourth in RBI and walks (56), tied for fifth in extra base hits (41), sixth in slugging (.444), seventh in total bases (175) and ninth in runs (65)¡struck out 153 times, which was second most...Hit .236 (71-for-301) with a .774 OPS against right-handed pitchers, .226 (21-for-93) with an .809 OPS against left-handers....His average improved to .263 with runners in scoring position¡hit 11 of his 21 home runs with runners on base....Connected for 15 of his 21 home runs in road ballparks.....Had a .106 batting average with two strikes....Started 51 games at catcher, 42 at first base, 10 at designated hitter and one at third base¡made two errors as a catcher (.995 fielding percentage), four as a first baseman (.987) and one at third base....Made starts at every spot in the order except second and fourth¡had his most starts from the three spot (48)....Hit safely in each of his first five games (9-for-19, .474), including April 12 against Corpus Christi when he had a career-high tying three hits¡it was his first of five three-hit games in 2022¡equaled his career high with three walks in the second game of an April 16 doubleheader against Corpus Christi (also April 23 at Wichita)¡went 3-for-26 (.115) but walked seven times over a nine-game stretch from April 19 to May 5¡batted .306 in 11 games in April¡had a season-high 20-game reaching base streak from May 13 to June 10¡batted .239 with a .372 on-base percentage during the streak¡went 0-for-4 with a career-high four strikeouts on June 11 against Springfield¡it was his first of four four-strikeout games¡was on the Covid-19 list from June 21 to July 1¡finished June with a .167 average in 13 games¡ then had his best month in July when he batted .293 with seven home runs, 20 RBI, 13 walks and a 1.004 OPS in 18 games¡had a season-best 16-game hitting streak from July 12 to Aug. 5¡went 24-for-69 (.348) with 18 runs, three doubles, six home runs and 19 RBI during the streak¡began the streak by homering in six consecutive games from July 12 to 22 (six home runs total)¡had a grand slam and a career-high six RBI July 16 at Frisco¡connected for his first career two-homer game Aug. 13 at Tulsa¡batted .151 over his final 22 Double-A games beginning Aug. 23¡was moved up to Las Vegas on Sept. 19 and went 4-for-24 (.167) in seven games with the Aviators¡combined with both clubs to bat .188 in September.
2021
Made his Double-A debut and batted .166 with eight home runs and 39 RBI in 93 games with Midland¡walked 47 times for a .283 on-base percentage... Ranked last among Double-A Central qualifiers in batting, on-base percentage, slugging percentage (.275) and OPS (.558)¡had the second most strikeouts (139).... Was 10th in the A¡¯s farm system in walks (47)... Hit .168 (43-for-256) with seven of his eight home runs and 34 of his 39 RBI against righthanded pitchers compared to .156 (10-for-64) against left-handers¡had a .558 OPS against righties, .555 against lefties.... Had a .206 batting average with runners in scoring position¡five of his eight home runs came with runners on base¡however, was 1-for-13 (.077) with the bases loaded.... Batted .200 in May but hit under .200 in each of the remaining months (.165 in June, .145 in July, .161 in August, .139 in September)... Hit .199 at home, .132 on the road.... Had a .074 batting average with two strikes... Started 56 games at catcher, 24 at first base and 13 at designated hitter¡tossed out 24-of-66 (36.4%) attempted base stealers¡made just one error at catcher (.998 fielding percentage) and had four at first base (.982).... Hit in every spot in the order from fourth through eighth¡saw his most action with 32 games in the eight spot, 25 hitting seventh and 20 batting sixth.
DAY-BY-DAY: Went 3-for-23 (.130) over his first seven games through May 11¡then matched his career high with two doubles on May 13 against San Antonio¡hit safely in a season-high six consecutive games from May 28-June 3 (6-for-20, .300)¡stole the first base of his career June 5 against Corpus Christi¡drew a career-high tying three walks June 10 at San Antonio¡was batting .203 at the conclusion of play on June 17 but that would be his last day above .200¡had his first career four-strikeout game on June 20 at Amarillo¡hit second came 10 days later at Frisco¡went 5-for-50 (.100) over a 15-game stretch from June 27-July 16¡had a grand slam and a career-high tying four RBI July 6 at Corpus Christi¡struck out at least once in 21 consecutive games from July 30-Sept. 2 (30 strikeouts total)¡committed his only error as a catcher on Aug. 29 at San Antonio, snapping a season-opening 45-game errorless streak behind the plate¡homered in his third at bat on Sept. 8 at Corpus Christi but that would be his final hit of the season as he finished the year on an 0-for-21 streak.
2020
Was added to the A¡¯s 60-man player pool on June 29 but did not play in 2020.
2019
Began his professional career with the A¡¯s Gold squad in the Arizona Rookie League and went 8-for-20 (.400) with two home runs and seven RBI in five games before he was moved up to Short Season Single-A Vermont on June 24¡hit .192 with seven home runs and 25 RBI with the Lake Monsters¡tied for eighth in the New York-Penn League in home runs¡combined with both clubs to bat .211 with nine home runs and 32 RBI in 60 games¡added 30 walks for a .312 onbase percentage¡21 of his 46 hits (45.7%) were for extra bases (also had nine doubles and three triples)¡his batting average included a mark of .220 with eight of his nine home runs against right-handed pitchers compared to .178 against left-handers¡hit .267 with runners in scoring position¡started 21 games at catcher, 20 at first base and 18 at designated hitter¡committed three errors as a catcher (.984 fielding percentage) and four as a first baseman (.973)¡tossed out 7-of-37 (18.9%) attempted base stealers¡hit in every spot in the order from third through seventh and saw his most playing time with 35 games batting fourth¡collected his first professional hit in his second game, a third inning home run on June 19 against the Giants-Orange¡ had season highs in runs (4), hits (3) and RBI (4) on June 20 at Cubs1¡was moved up to Vermont on June 24 and went 1-for-2 with two walks, a home run and two RBI in his first game with the Lake Monsters on June 25 against Connecticut¡had his first of three season-best four-game hitting streaks from July 5 to 9 (6-for-15, .400)¡matched his career high with four RBI July 30 at State College.
