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Bob Cain
Robert Max Cain (Sugar)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 165 lb.

Debut September 18, 1949
Final Game September 11, 1954
Born October 16, 1924 in Longford, KS
Died April 8, 1997 in Cleveland, OH

Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1949 24 CHW AL   0   0   6   0   0   0   4  1   11.0    7    3    3   0    5    5   0   0    44       0  2.45  4.16  169 1.091
 1950 25 CHW AL   9  12  34  23  11   1   9  2  171.7  153   80   75  12  109   77   5   3   752       0  3.93  4.49  114 1.526
 1951 26 TOT AL  12  12  39  26   7   1   6  2  175.7  160  102   89  15   95   61  14   5   782       2  4.56  4.14   91 1.452
         CHW AL   1   2   4   4   1   0   0  0   26.3   25   14   11   3   13    3   3   1   119       0  3.76  4.04  107 1.443
         DET AL  11  10  35  22   6   1   6  2  149.3  135   88   78  12   82   58  11   4   663       2  4.70  4.16   89 1.453
 1952 27 SLB AL  12  10  29  27   8   1   2  2  170.0  169   79   78  15   62   70   2   1   718       0  4.13  3.90   94 1.359
 1953 28 SLB AL   4  10  32  13   1   0   7  1   99.7  129   74   69   8   45   36   1   1   465       0  6.23  4.20   67 1.746
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .457  37  44 140  89  27   3  28  8  628.0  618  338  314  50  316  249  22  10  2761       2  4.50  4.18   93 1.487
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  13  41  26   8   0   8  2  186.3  183  100   93  14   93   73   6   2   819   0   0  4.50  4.18   93 1.487
 Career High     12  12  39  27  11   1   9  2  175.7  169  102   89  15  109   77  14   5   782   0   2  3.93  4.49  114 1.359

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1949 24 CHW AL   6    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1950 25 CHW AL  35   61    7   12   2  0   0    2   0  0   3  15  .197  .234  .230   21   14   3           0   0
 1951 26 TOT AL  39   62   10   16   4  0   0    9   0  0   6  12  .258  .324  .323   75   20   2           0   2
         CHW AL   4    9    1    3   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .333  .333  .444  111    4   0           0   0
         DET AL  35   53    9   13   3  0   0    9   0  0   6   9  .245  .322  .302   69   16   2           0   2
 1952 27 SLB AL  35   58    7    8   0  1   0    1   0  0   4  14  .138  .194  .172    1   10   5           0   1
 1953 28 SLB AL  34   30    3    6   2  0   0    2   0  0   1   3  .200  .226  .267   31    8   0           0   1
 1954 29 CHW AL   1    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0   0       0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      150  214   28   42   8  1   0   14   0  0  14  45  .196  .246  .243   31   52  10   0   0   0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        231   30   45   9  1   0   15   0  0  15  49  .196  .246  .243   31   56  11   0   0   0   4
 Career High     39   62   10   16   4  1   0    9   0  0   6  15                          20   5   0   0   0   2

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1949 24 CHW AL    3    3    0   0.0   104| .000  .267| .000  .358| .000  .388| .000  .746|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1950 25 CHW AL   67   52    3   1.5   111| .197  .275| .234  .361| .230  .412| .464  .773|  21  .104  -7.4  -0.7   0%
 1951 26 TOT AL   70   50    6   3.2   102| .258  .267| .324  .348| .323  .392| .647  .740|  75  .351  -2.0  -0.2   0%
         CHW AL    9    6    1   4.5   100| .333  .265| .333  .346| .444  .389| .777  .735| 111  .497   0.1   0.0   0%
         DET AL   61   44    5   3.0   102| .245  .267| .322  .349| .302  .392| .624  .741|  69  .328  -2.1  -0.2   0%
 1952 27 SLB AL   67   56    2   1.0    99| .138  .264| .194  .344| .172  .385| .366  .729|   1  .064  -8.2  -0.9   0%
 1953 28 SLB AL   31   25    2   2.2   104| .200  .272| .226  .348| .267  .400| .493  .749|  31  .208  -3.0  -0.3   0%
 1954 29 CHW AL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       238  186   13   1.9   104| .196  .269| .246  .351| .243  .397| .489  .748|  31  .165 -21.4  -2.2   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1949 24 CHW AL   P    6      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.17  1.02  0.82  2.13    0   11.0
 1950 25 CHW AL   P   34      7   31    1    1  .974  .950  1.12  0.96  1.99  2.03   23  171.7
 1951 26 TOT AL   P   39      9   30    1    2  .975  .954  1.00  0.99  2.00  2.07   26  175.6
         CHW AL   P    4      0    4    0    1 1.000  .952  1.00  1.00  1.37  2.05    4   26.3
         DET AL   P   35      9   26    1    1  .972  .954  1.00  0.99  2.11  2.07   22  149.3
 1952 27 SLB AL   P   29      7   21    1    1  .966  .966  0.97  1.03  1.48  2.10   27  170.0
 1953 28 SLB AL   P   32      4    9    0    1 1.000  .956  0.41  0.88  1.17  1.95   13   99.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1949 24 CHW AL   P    6      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.17  1.02  0.82  2.13    0   11.0
 1950 25 CHW AL   P   34      7   31    1    1  .974  .950  1.12  0.96  1.99  2.03   23  171.7
 1951 26 TOT AL   P   39      9   30    1    2  .975  .954  1.00  0.99  2.00  2.07   26  175.6
         CHW AL   P    4      0    4    0    1 1.000  .952  1.00  1.00  1.37  2.05    4   26.3
         DET AL   P   35      9   26    1    1  .972  .954  1.00  0.99  2.11  2.07   22  149.3
 1952 27 SLB AL   P   29      7   21    1    1  .966  .966  0.97  1.03  1.48  2.10   27  170.0
 1953 28 SLB AL   P   32      4    9    0    1 1.000  .956  0.41  0.88  1.17  1.95   13   99.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 140     28   91    3    5  .975  .956  0.85  0.97  1.71  2.05   89  628.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       140     28   91    3    5  .975  .956  0.85  0.97  1.71  2.05   89    628

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Hits Allowed/9IP
1950 AL-8.02-3
1951 AL-8.20-9

Games
1951 AL-39-10

Home Runs Allow.
1952 AL-15-8

Bases On Balls Allow.
1950 AL-109-9
1951 AL-95-8

Losses
1951 AL-12-9

Wild Pitches
1951 AL-5-7

Hit Batsmen
1951 AL-14-2

Gray Ink: Pitching - 5 (1834) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1635) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
Before 1943 Season: Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent.
May, 1949: Sent from the New York Giants to the Chicago White Sox in an unknown transaction. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
May 15, 1951: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Saul Rogovin.
February 14, 1952: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Gene Bearden and Dick Kryhoski to the St. Louis Browns for Dick Littlefield, Ben Taylor, Cliff Mapes, and Matt Batts.
December 17, 1953: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Philadelphia Athletics for Frank Fanovich and Joe Coleman.
May 15, 1954: Released by the Philadelphia Athletics. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
August 16, 1954: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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Hits Allowed/9IP 1950 AL-8.02-3 1951 AL-8.20-9	Games 1951 AL-39-10	Home Runs Allow. 1952 AL-15-8	Bases On Balls Allow. 1950 AL-109-9 1951 AL-95-8	Losses 1951 AL-12-9	Wild Pitches 1951 AL-5-7
Hit Batsmen 1951 AL-14-2