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	Pos
1943	18	SFG-min	D	50	133	133		38	10	1	0						.286	.286	.376	.662		50					BRS · APPY
1946	21	SFG-min	B	25	60	60		15	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500		15					MAN · NENL
1947	22	SFG-min	AAA	31	40	37	4	5	3	0	0	5	1		3	6	.135	.200	.216	.416		8		0	0		JER · IL
1948	23	SFG-min	AAA	47	65	59	4	15	3	0	1	11	1		5	8	.254	.313	.356	.668		21		0	1		MNE,JER · AA,IL
1949	24	CHW-SFG-min	AA,AAA	42	54	52	0	11	0	0	0	0	0		1	3	.212	.226	.212	.438		11	0	0	1		MEM,MNE · SOUA,AA
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	OAK-NYY-min	AA,AAA	17	22	22		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0					BIR,OTT,KCY · SOUA,IL,AA
1954	29	CHW	AL	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0
1955	30	CHW-min	AA,Opn	40	51	46	1	10	1	0	0	0	0		4	4	.217	.280	.239	.519		11	0	0	1	0	MEM,OLD · SOUA,PCL
1956	31	CLE-PHI-min	AA,AAA	10	8	8		1	0	0	0						.125	.125	.000	.125		0					MOB,MIA · SOUA,IL
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
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
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	GO/AO	IP%
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	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1950	25	CHW	AL	4	47%	22	0	0	50%	2	2	0	1	0	1	3	0	2
1951	26	TOT	AL	2	46%	21	0	0	55%	6	4	2	1	0	1	4	1	3
1951	26	CHW	AL	0	33%	5	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1951	26	DET	AL	2	47%	16	0	0	56%	5	3	2	1	0	1	3	1	2
1952	27	SLB	AL	1	58%	15	1	1	29%	3	3	0	2	2	0	2	0	2
1953	28	SLB	AL	0	43%	10	3	1	33%	3	2	1	2	1	1	1	0	0
6 Seasons				7	50%	71	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	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF
1949	24	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1950	25	41	70	64	7	12	2	0	2	3	16	.188	.224	.219	.443	15	14	0	3
1951	26	80	140	126	17	28	6	0	11	9	28	.222	.274	.270	.544	45	34	2	5
1952	27	115	207	184	24	36	6	1	12	13	42	.196	.249	.239	.488	31	44	3	10
1953	28	149	238	214	27	42	8	1	14	14	45	.196	.246	.243	.489	31	52	4	10
1954	29	150	238	214	28	42	8	1	14	14	45	.196	.246	.243	.489	31	52	4	10	0

Neutralized Batting

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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	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1949	24	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
1950	25	37	66	63	7	12	2	0	2	3	16	.190	.227	.222	.449	3	35
1951	26	41	70	64	10	16	4	0	9	6	13	.250	.314	.313	.627	6	39
1952	27	37	65	61	8	9	0	1	1	4	15	.148	.200	.180	.380	2	35
1953	28	36	33	32	3	7	2	0	2	1	3	.219	.242	.281	.524	2	34
5 Seasons		157	237	223	28	44	8	1	14	14	48	.197	.245	.242	.487	13	149
162 Game Avg.		162	245	230	29	45	8	1	14	14	50	.197	.245	.242	.487	13	149

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