Matt Cain

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 230lb (190cm, 104kg)

Born: October 1, 1984 in Dothan, AL us

Draft: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (25th) of the 2002 MLB June Amateur Draft from Houston HS (Germantown, TN).

High School: Houston HS (Germantown, TN)

Last Game: September 30, 2017 (Age 32-364d)
vs. SDP 5.0 IP, 2 H, 4 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2006 season

Agents: CAA Sports

Full Name: Matthew Thomas Cain

Nicknames: The Horse or Big Sugar

Pronunciation: \mat kayn\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

29.1

104

118

ERA

3.68

342

331

2085.2

1694

WHIP

1.228

2017 Player Pitching Game Log

2017 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	GSc	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	SB	CS	PO	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2017-04-07	Maj-NL	San Francisco Giants	@	San Diego Padres	1-5		4.1	6	4	4	3	3	2	0	35	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	24	85	45	9	6	8	9	3	3
2	2017-04-12	Maj-NL	San Francisco Giants		Arizona Diamondbacks	1-6	W	5.0	5	1	1	3	6	0	0	56	19	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	23	92	51	21	5	7	8	5	0
3	2017-04-18	Maj-NL	San Francisco Giants	@	Kansas City Royals	1-7		7.0	4	1	1	2	3	1	0	66	23	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	25	86	55	11	7	5	15	4	3
4	2017-04-24	Maj-NL	San Francisco Giants		Los Angeles Dodgers	1-6	W	6.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	70	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	70	43	17	3	9	8	4	1
5	2017-04-29	Maj-NL	San Francisco Giants		San Diego Padres	1-5		5.0	6	1	1	0	7	0	0	58	20	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	20	84	56	19	9	7	6	4	0
6	2017-05-05	Maj-NL	San Francisco Giants	@	Cincinnati Reds	1-4	L	3.1	10	9	9	6	2	0	0	0	17	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	24	82	46	15	2	7	11	8	1
7	2017-05-10	Maj-NL	San Francisco Giants	@	New York Mets	1-5		5.0	4	3	2	2	3	1	0	50	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	22	78	47	18	3	8	9	2	4
8	2017-05-15	Maj-NL	San Francisco Giants		Los Angeles Dodgers	1-7	W	6.2	5	1	1	3	5	0	0	62	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	26	112	67	21	7	4	14	7	0
9	2017-05-21	Maj-NL	San Francisco Giants	@	St. Louis Cardinals	1-6	L	5.1	9	7	7	3	1	1	0	20	22	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	27	103	64	18	4	7	15	7	0
10	2017-05-26	Maj-NL	San Francisco Giants		Atlanta Braves	1-7	L	7.0	7	2	1	1	3	0	0	59	27	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	28	96	64	18	3	18	7	4	0
11	2017-05-31	Maj-NL	San Francisco Giants		Washington Nationals	1-5	L	5.0	9	3	3	1	3	1	0	39	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	24	94	59	20	1	11	9	6	0
12	2017-06-06	Maj-NL	San Francisco Giants	@	Milwaukee Brewers	1-5	L	5.0	10	5	5	2	3	1	0	28	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	25	87	56	19	4	11	8	2	1
13	2017-06-11	Maj-NL	San Francisco Giants		Minnesota Twins	1-5		4.1	7	5	5	3	1	2	0	27	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	22	80	49	13	3	8	10	8	0
14	2017-06-17	Maj-NL	San Francisco Giants	@	Colorado Rockies	1-5	L	5.0	9	2	1	2	3	0	0	44	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	26	83	53	20	1	8	13	7	2
15	2017-06-22	Maj-NL	San Francisco Giants	@	Atlanta Braves	1-5	L	4.0	10	7	7	0	1	3	0	15	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	82	58	16	6	6	15	8	0
16	2017-06-27	Maj-NL	San Francisco Giants		Colorado Rockies	1-6		6.0	6	3	3	3	3	1	0	48	22	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	25	98	58	13	3	12	7	4	0
17	2017-07-04	Maj-NL	San Francisco Giants	@	Detroit Tigers	1-7	L	6.1	7	5	5	1	3	1	0	41	25	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	27	89	61	18	3	6	16	8	5
18	2017-07-09	Maj-NL	San Francisco Giants		Miami Marlins	8-8		0.1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	22	12	2	1	0	1	0	0
19	2017-07-19	Maj-NL	San Francisco Giants		Cleveland Indians	1-6		6.0	5	3	3	2	5	0	0	53	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	24	79	52	17	9	6	10	5	1
20	2017-07-24	Maj-NL	San Francisco Giants		Pittsburgh Pirates	1-4	L	4.0	6	6	2	1	1	1	0	34	17	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	19	72	44	14	0	8	8	7	0
21	2017-07-31	Maj-NL	San Francisco Giants	@	Oakland Athletics	1-5		5.0	7	2	2	3	1	0	0	43	20	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	24	92	56	17	2	6	14	7	2
22	2017-08-07	Maj-NL	San Francisco Giants		Chicago Cubs	7-9		3.0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0		12	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	13	53	33	6	4	7	4	2	0
23	2017-08-16	Maj-NL	San Francisco Giants	@	Miami Marlins	1-4	L	4.0	5	5	2	1	7	0	1	44	18	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	21	77	44	17	6	6	5	2	0
24	2017-08-21	Maj-NL	San Francisco Giants		Milwaukee Brewers	7-7		1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	8	2	2	2	0	0	0
25	2017-08-27	Maj-NL	San Francisco Giants	@	Arizona Diamondbacks	8-8		0.2	5	8	8	2	0	2	1		6	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	10	35	20	4	2	2	4	1	0
26	2017-08-31	Maj-NL	San Francisco Giants		St. Louis Cardinals	1-5	L	5.0	7	2	2	0	2	1	0	47	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	83	54	16	4	4	16	6	1
27	2017-09-30	Maj-NL	San Francisco Giants		San Diego Padres	1-5		5.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	66	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	73	47	15	3	6	5	0	2

2017 Player Pitching Splits

2017 Player Pitching Splits
Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Total	27	568	507	85	157	25	3	18	15	4	49	75	.310	.369	.477	.846	.331	242	13	2	3	6	6

Home	15	291	266	27	71	13	2	6	5	2	22	45	.267	.322	.399	.720	.301	106	9	0	2	1	4
Away	12	277	241	58	86	12	1	12	10	2	27	30	.357	.418	.564	.983	.363	136	4	2	1	5	2

April	5	113	103	7	23	3	1	3	5	2	9	22	.223	.283	.359	.642	.253	37	1	0	0	1	0
May	6	151	132	25	44	10	0	3	5	0	16	17	.333	.400	.477	.877	.360	63	4	0	1	2	2
June	5	120	110	22	42	2	0	7	2	1	10	11	.382	.433	.591	1.024	.380	65	4	0	0	0	2
July	5	97	85	16	25	7	0	2	1	0	9	10	.294	.354	.447	.801	.307	38	3	0	1	2	1
August	5	69	61	15	21	3	2	3	2	1	4	11	.344	.397	.607	1.004	.375	37	1	2	0	1	1
September	1	18	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.125	.177	.125	.302	.167	2	0	0	1	0	0

As Starter	23	539	485	77	148	25	2	16	14	3	44	73	.305	.361	.464	.825	.329	225	12	1	3	5	5
As Reliever	4	29	22	8	9	0	1	2	1	1	5	2	.409	.517	.773	1.290	.368	17	1	1	0	1	1

vs RHB as RHP	27	316	289		89	13	2	12			20	43	.308	.351	.491	.843	.325	142	9	1	3	3	3
vs LHB as RHP	27	252	218		68	12	1	6			29	32	.312	.390	.459	.849	.339	100	4	1	0	3	3

Bases Empty	26	290	264		88	15	3	11			24	37	.333	.391	.538	.929	.357	142	0	1	0	0	0
Runners On	26	278	243		69	10	0	7			25	38	.284	.346	.412	.757	.304	100	13	1	3	6	6

vs. Younger Batters	27	465	418		126	19	3	13			37	66	.301	.357	.455	.812	.329	190	10	2	2	5	5
vs. Older Batters	23	103	89		31	6	0	5			12	9	.348	.422	.584	1.006	.342	52	3	0	1	1	1

Table
Split	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	SO9	SO/W
Total	3	11	.214	5.43	27	23	0	124.1	157	85	75	18	49	6	75	2	0	0	568	1.657	5.4	1.53

Home	3	4	.429	2.86	15	12	0	69.1	71	27	22	6	22	4	45	0	0	0	291	1.341	5.8	2.05
Away	0	7	.000	8.67	12	11	0	55.0	86	58	53	12	27	2	30	2	0	0	277	2.055	4.9	1.11

April	2	0	1.000	2.30	5	5	0	27.1	23	7	7	3	9	0	22	0	0	0	113	1.171	7.2	2.44
May	1	4	.200	6.40	6	6	0	32.1	44	25	23	3	16	2	17	0	0	0	151	1.856	4.7	1.06
June	0	3	.000	7.77	5	5	0	24.1	42	22	21	7	10	2	11	0	0	0	120	2.137	4.1	1.10
July	0	2	.000	4.98	5	4	0	21.2	25	16	12	2	9	1	10	0	0	0	97	1.569	4.2	1.11
August	0	2	.000	7.90	5	2	0	13.2	21	15	12	3	4	1	11	2	0	0	69	1.829	7.2	2.75
September	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	18	0.600	7.2	4.00

As Starter	3	11	.214	5.05	23	23	0	119.1	148	77	67	16	44	5	73	1	0	0	539	1.609	5.5	1.66
As Reliever	0	0		14.40	4	0	0	5.0	9	8	8	2	5	1	2	1	0	0	29	2.800	3.6	0.40

Please note that splits include both major and minor league stats. We have decided that the splits across all levels is more useful than just minor league stats.

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