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Bob Cain

Robert Max Cain (Sugar)

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

Born: October 16, 1924 in Longford, KS
Signed
by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1949
Teams (by GP): Browns/WhiteSox/Tigers 1949-1954

Final Game: September 11, 1954
Died: April 8, 1997 in Cleveland, OH
Cremated
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1949 24 CHW AL 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1950 25 CHW AL 35 67 61 7 12 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 15 .197 .234 .230 .464 21 14 0 0 3 1
1951 26 TOT AL 39 70 62 10 16 4 0 0 9 0 0 6 12 .258 .324 .323 .646 75 20 2 0 2 1
1951 26 CHW AL 4 9 9 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .444 .778 111 4 0 0 0 /1
1951 26 DET AL 35 61 53 9 13 3 0 0 9 0 0 6 9 .245 .322 .302 .624 69 16 2 0 2 1
1952 27 SLB AL 35 67 58 7 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 14 .138 .194 .172 .366 1 10 1 0 5 1
1953 28 SLB AL 34 31 30 3 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .200 .226 .267 .492 31 8 1 0 0 1
1954 29 CHW AL 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 150 238 214 28 42 8 1 0 14 0 0 14 45 .196 .246 .243 .489 31 52 4 0 10 0
162 Game Avg. 162 257 231 30 45 9 1 0 15 0 0 15 49 .196 .246 .243 .489 31 56 4 0 11
CHW (4 yrs) 46 79 73 9 15 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 19 .205 .237 .247 .483 26 18 0 0 3 0
SLB (2 yrs) 69 98 88 10 14 2 1 0 3 0 0 5 17 .159 .204 .205 .409 12 18 2 0 5
DET (1 yr) 35 61 53 9 13 3 0 0 9 0 0 6 9 .245 .322 .302 .624 69 16 2 0 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1949 24 CHW AL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1950 25 CHW AL 67 -8 0 0 0 0 5 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1951 26 CHW AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /1
1951 26 DET AL 61 -2 0 0 0 0 4 2 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 1
1952 27 SLB AL 67 -7 1 0 0 0 5 2 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1953 28 SLB AL 31 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
5 Seasons 238 -21 1 0 0 0 17 7 4 0.3 4 0.4 -0.1 $
CHW (3 yrs) 79 -9 0 0 0 0 6 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $
SLB (2 yrs) 98 -10 1 0 0 0 7 3 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $
DET (1 yr) 61 -2 0 0 0 0 4 2 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1949 24 CHW AL 3 3 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .266 .000 .357 .000 .386 .000 .743 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1950 25 CHW AL 67 52 3 1.5 111 .261 .197 .275 .234 .361 .230 .412 .464 .773 21 .104 -7.4 -0.7 .347 .082 .033
1951 26 TOT AL 70 50 6 3.2 102 .320 .258 .267 .324 .348 .323 .392 .646 .740 75 .351 -2.0 -0.2 .542 .161 .065
1951 26 CHW AL 9 6 1 4.5 100 .500 .333 .265 .333 .346 .444 .389 .778 .735 111 .497 0.1 0.0 .667 .111 .111
1951 26 DET AL 61 44 5 3.0 102 .295 .245 .268 .322 .349 .302 .392 .624 .741 69 .328 -2.1 -0.2 .524 .170 .057
1952 27 SLB AL 67 56 2 1.0 99 .182 .138 .264 .194 .344 .172 .385 .366 .729 1 .064 -8.2 -0.9 .275 .103 .034
1953 28 SLB AL 31 25 2 2.2 104 .222 .200 .272 .226 .349 .267 .400 .492 .749 31 .208 -3.0 -0.3 .360 .100 .067
6 Seasons 238 186 13 1.9 104 .249 .196 .269 .246 .351 .243 .397 .489 .748 31 .165 -21.5 -2.2 .375 .112 .047
162 Game Avg. 257 201 14 1.9 104 .249 .196 .269 .246 .351 .243 .397 .489 .748 31 .165 -21.5 -2.2 .375 .112 .047
CHW (4 yrs) 79 61 4 1.7 109 .278 .205 .273 .237 .359 .247 .408 .483 .767 26 .131 -8.2 -0.8 .362 .082 .041
SLB (2 yrs) 98 81 4 1.3 101 .197 .159 .266 .204 .345 .205 .390 .409 .736 12 .107 -11.2 -1.2 .303 .102 .045
DET (1 yr) 61 44 5 3.1 102 .295 .245 .268 .322 .349 .302 .392 .624 .741 69 .329 -2.1 -0.2 .524 .170 .057

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1949 24 CHW AL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 67%
1950 25 CHW AL 67 0.0% 22.4% 4.5% 3.0% 17% 5.00 4.1 30.5 1.08 69%
1951 26 TOT AL 70 0.0% 17.1% 8.6% 5.7% 25% 2.00 5.2 6.9 1.92 71%
1951 26 CHW AL 9 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 11.1% 33% 3.0 2.00 67%
1951 26 DET AL 61 0.0% 14.8% 9.8% 4.9% 23% 1.50 5.9 5.9 1.91 72%
1952 27 SLB AL 67 0.0% 20.9% 6.0% 1.5% 13% 3.50 4.1 58.0 2.00 66%
1953 28 SLB AL 31 0.0% 9.7% 3.2% 6.5% 33% 3.00 10.0 15.0 2.50 87%
6 Seasons 238 0.0% 18.9% 5.9% 3.8% 21% 3.21 4.8 15.3 1.74 71%
MLB Averages 2.0% 10.2% 9.7% 6.5% 28% 1.05 8.7 44.7 8.1 0.95 76%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1949 24 CHW AL -0.9 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1950 25 CHW AL -7.4 -0.7 52 -0.5 0.5 -1.0 1.01 -0.3 -0.1 -4.1 -0.4 1.00 -3.9 0.11 1
1951 26 TOT AL -2.0 -0.2 62 -0.2 0.8 -1.0 .99 -0.3 0.0 -2.0 -0.2 1.04 -2.8 0
1951 26 CHW AL 0.1 0.0 9 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .80 -0.0 -0.0 -0.7 -0.1 0.81 -0.3 0
1951 26 DET AL -2.1 -0.2 53 -0.2 0.7 -0.9 1.02 -0.2 0.1 -1.3 -0.1 1.08 -2.5 0
1952 27 SLB AL -8.2 -0.9 40 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 .78 -0.4 0.1 -4.8 -0.5 0.98 -5.0 0
1953 28 SLB AL -3.0 -0.3 32 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 .85 -0.3 0.0 -3.4 -0.3 0.94 -3.4 0
1954 29 CHW AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 Seasons -21.5 -2.2 186 -1.1 1.9 -3.0 .93 -1.2 0.0 -14.3 -1.4 1.00 -15.0 0.11 1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1950 25 CHW AL 4 0 47% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 2 0 1 0 1 3 0 2
1951 26 TOT AL 2 0 46% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55% 6 4 2 1 0 1 4 1 3
1951 26 CHW AL 0 0 33% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1951 26 DET AL 2 0 47% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56% 5 3 2 1 0 1 3 1 2
1952 27 SLB AL 1 0 58% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 29% 3 3 0 2 2 0 2 0 2
1953 28 SLB AL 0 0 43% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 0
6 Seasons 7 0 50% 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 43% 14 11 3 6 3 3 10 1 7

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1950 25 CHW AL 52 79% 12 1 0 0 0 0.11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 14 0 0% 13 4 31% 45 3 7% 3 2 67% 2 1 50% 15
1951 26 TOT AL 62 68% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 10 2 20% 9 2 22% 52 10 19% 4 3 75% 1 1 100% 7
1951 26 CHW AL 9 67% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1951 26 DET AL 53 68% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 10 2 20% 8 2 25% 49 10 20% 3 3 100% 1 1 100% 7
1952 27 SLB AL 35 71% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 125% 12 1 8% 11 2 18% 22 1 5% 2 1 50% 3 2 67% 32
1953 28 SLB AL 31 61% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 4 0 0% 18 2 11% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
6 Seasons 180 71% 42 1 0 0 0 0.11 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 9 10 111% 40 4 10% 37 8 22% 137 16 12% 10 7 70% 6 4 67% 54
MLB Averages 50% 111% 14% 32% 15% 51% 55%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1949 24 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1950 25 41 70 64 7 12 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 16 .188 .224 .219 .443 15 14 0 0 3
1951 26 80 140 126 17 28 6 0 0 11 0 0 9 28 .222 .274 .270 .544 45 34 2 0 5
1952 27 115 207 184 24 36 6 1 0 12 0 0 13 42 .196 .249 .239 .488 31 44 3 0 10
1953 28 149 238 214 27 42 8 1 0 14 0 0 14 45 .196 .246 .243 .489 31 52 4 0 10
1954 29 150 238 214 28 42 8 1 0 14 0 0 14 45 .196 .246 .243 .489 31 52 4 0 10 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1949 24 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
1950 25 37 66 63 7 12 2 0 0 2 0 3 16 .190 .227 .222 .449 3 35
1951 26 41 70 64 10 16 4 0 0 9 0 6 13 .250 .314 .313 .627 6 39
1952 27 37 65 61 8 9 0 1 0 1 0 4 15 .148 .200 .180 .380 2 35
1953 28 36 33 32 3 7 2 0 0 2 0 1 3 .219 .242 .281 .524 2 34
5 Seasons 157 237 223 28 44 8 1 0 14 0 14 48 .197 .245 .242 .487 13 149
162 Game Avg. 162 245 230 29 45 8 1 0 14 0 14 50 .197 .245 .242 .487 13 149

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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