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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 Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1949 24 CHW AL 0 0 2.45 6 0 4 0 0 1 11.0 7 3 3 0 5 5 0 0 0 44 175 1.091 5.7 0.0 4.1 4.1 1.00
1950 25 CHW AL 9 12 .429 3.93 34 23 9 11 1 2 171.2 153 80 75 12 109 77 5 0 3 752 114 1.526 8.0 0.6 5.7 4.0 0.71
1951 26 TOT AL 12 12 .500 4.56 39 26 6 7 1 2 175.2 160 102 89 16 95 61 14 2 5 782 91 1.452 8.2 0.8 4.9 3.1 0.64
1951 26 CHW AL 1 2 .333 3.76 4 4 0 1 0 0 26.1 25 14 11 3 13 3 3 0 1 119 109 1.443 8.5 1.0 4.4 1.0 0.23
1951 26 DET AL 11 10 .524 4.70 35 22 6 6 1 2 149.1 135 88 78 13 82 58 11 2 4 663 89 1.453 8.1 0.8 4.9 3.5 0.71
1952 27 SLB AL 12 10 .545 4.13 29 27 2 8 1 2 170.0 169 79 78 15 62 70 2 0 1 718 95 1.359 8.9 0.8 3.3 3.7 1.13
1953 28 SLB AL 4 10 .286 6.23 32 13 7 1 0 1 99.2 129 74 69 8 45 36 1 0 1 465 68 1.746 11.6 0.7 4.1 3.3 0.80
5 Yrs 37 44 .457 4.50 140 89 28 27 3 8 628.0 618 338 314 51 316 249 22 2 10 2761 93 1.487 8.9 0.7 4.5 3.6 0.79
162 Game Avg. 11 13 .457 4.50 42 26 8 8 1 2 186 184 100 93 15 94 74 7 1 3 820 93 1.487 8.9 0.7 4.5 3.6 0.79
CHW (3 yrs) 10 14 .417 3.83 44 27 13 12 1 3 209.0 185 97 89 15 127 85 8 0 4 915 116 1.493 8.0 0.6 5.5 3.7 0.67
SLB (2 yrs) 16 20 .444 4.91 61 40 9 9 1 3 269.2 298 153 147 23 107 106 3 0 2 1183 82 1.502 9.9 0.8 3.6 3.5 0.99
DET (1 yr) 11 10 .524 4.70 35 22 6 6 1 2 149.1 135 88 78 13 82 58 11 2 4 663 89 1.453 8.1 0.8 4.9 3.5 0.71

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1949 24 CHW AL 11.0 6 0 3 2.45 4.94 0.14 0.00 103.0 4.95 3 0.3 1.3 0.0 0.4 4 .553 .502 $
1950 25 CHW AL 171.2 34 23 80 4.19 5.55 0.12 0.00 95.6 5.19 18 1.8 1.2 -0.1 3.0 37 .552 .511 $
1951 26 CHW AL 26.1 4 4 14 4.78 4.89 0.16 0.00 92.2 4.35 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.0 1 .465 .499 $
1951 26 DET AL 149.1 35 22 88 5.30 4.82 -0.06 0.00 98.4 4.80 -9 -0.9 1.3 -0.1 0.1 6 .474 .494 $
1952 27 SLB AL 170.0 29 27 79 4.18 4.24 -0.05 0.00 104.8 4.50 5 0.6 2.1 -0.1 1.7 20 .520 .504 $
1953 28 SLB AL 99.2 32 13 74 6.68 4.85 -0.29 0.00 100.7 5.17 -17 -1.7 1.1 -0.1 -1.0 -8 .447 .490 $
5 Seasons 628.0 140 89 338 4.84 4.87 -0.03 0.00 99.6 4.87 -1 -0.1 1.2 -0.4 4.2 60 .499 .500 $
CHW (3 yrs) 209.0 44 27 97 4.18 5.43 0.13 0.00 95.6 5.07 20 1.9 1.2 -0.1 3.4 42 .544 .504 $
SLB (2 yrs) 269.2 61 40 153 5.11 4.46 -0.14 0.00 103.3 4.75 -12 -1.1 1.2 -0.2 0.7 12 .482 .497 $
DET (1 yr) 149.1 35 22 88 5.30 4.82 -0.06 0.00 98.4 4.80 -9 -0.9 1.3 -0.1 0.1 6 .474 .494 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1949 24 CHW AL 6 33 39 3 7 1 1 0 0 0 5 5 .179 .273 .256 .529 .206 10 1 0 0 0 0
1950 25 CHW AL 34 586 626 80 153 24 6 12 5 2 109 77 .244 .361 .359 .720 .263 225 19 5 12 0 3
1951 26 TOT AL 39 698 665 102 160 24 3 16 3 3 95 61 .241 .348 .358 .705 .245 238 17 14 8 0 10
1951 26 CHW AL 4 119 101 14 25 6 0 3 1 0 13 3 .248 .350 .396 .746 .232 40 3 3 2 0 4
1951 26 DET AL 35 579 564 88 135 18 3 13 2 3 82 58 .239 .347 .351 .698 .247 198 14 11 6 0 6
1952 27 SLB AL 29 414 639 79 169 16 2 15 5 3 62 70 .264 .331 .366 .698 .278 234 12 2 14 0 3
1953 28 SLB AL 32 444 416 74 129 22 10 8 3 2 45 36 .310 .379 .469 .848 .325 195 9 1 3 0 5
5 Yrs 140 2175 2385 338 618 87 22 51 16 10 316 249 .259 .351 .378 .729 .272 902 58 22 37 0 21
162 Game Avg. 42 646 708 100 184 26 7 15 5 3 94 74 .259 .351 .378 .729 .272 268 17 7 11 0 6
MLB Averages .261 .337 .379 .716 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1949 24 CHW AL 2.4 0.2 35 0.3 0.5 -0.2 .51 0.2 0.3 3.8 0.4 0.67 2.1 1 2 2
1950 25 CHW AL 12.8 1.2 600 0.8 12.8 -12.0 1.19 0.4 0.3 19.6 1.9 1.19 7.9 4 1 2
1951 26 TOT AL -8.4 -0.8 717 -0.8 12.2 -12.9 1.05 -0.0 -0.7 -3.0 -0.3 1.05 1.7 4 1 5
1951 26 CHW AL 0.3 0.0 122 -0.4 1.7 -2.1 .90 -0.5 0.1 -2.0 -0.2 0.90 -4.2 0 0 0
1951 26 DET AL -8.6 -0.8 595 -0.4 10.5 -10.9 1.08 0.5 -0.8 -1.0 -0.1 1.08 5.9 4 1 5
1952 27 SLB AL 0.0 0.0 442 0.3 7.7 -7.4 .99 -0.3 0.6 -2.0 -0.2 0.99 -2.0 1 0 0
1953 28 SLB AL -19.2 -1.9 450 -2.4 5.9 -8.3 .88 -1.3 -1.5 -20.3 -1.9 0.88 -13.1 5 3 9
5 Yrs -12.3 -1.2 2244 -1.8 39.1 -40.9 1.03 -1.0 -0.7 -2.0 -0.1 1.04 -3.4 15 7 18

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1950 25 CHW AL 34 23 8 11 4 1 6 9 14 .391 1 1 11 1 14 61% 51.2 76 27 10 5 10 9 4.6 4.8 6.7
1951 26 TOT AL 39 26 10 10 6 1 2 12 13 .480 1 3 7 1 12 46% 46.9 75 19 31 16 11 10 5.4 5.3 6.0
1951 26 CHW AL 4 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 1 1 0 1 25% 47.2 62 39 3 0 1 3 4.1 3.8 6.6
1951 26 DET AL 35 22 9 8 5 1 2 11 11 .500 1 2 6 1 11 50% 46.8 75 19 28 16 10 7 5.6 5.7 5.9
1952 27 SLB AL 29 27 12 10 5 2 1 14 13 .519 0 1 8 1 13 48% 49.6 89 20 10 7 6 16 4.5 5.4 6.1
1953 28 SLB AL 32 13 4 6 3 0 1 4 9 .308 0 2 1 0 5 38% 38.9 69 13 19 10 2 6 4.9 4.8 4.9
4 Yrs 134 89 34 37 18 4 10 39 49 .443 2 7 27 3 44 49% 48 89 13 70 38 29 41 4.8 5.1 6.1
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 109 -9 4.6 4.5 6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1949 24 CHW AL 6 6 4 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 10 4 40% 9 .511 1 2 2 1 0 4 4 1 4 2 3 0 5.5
1950 25 CHW AL 34 11 9 1 1 1 2 0 200% 1 0 8 5 63% 1.189 4 1 2 1 1 5 3 4 4 2 4 3 4.5
1951 26 TOT AL 39 13 6 2 2 2 2 1 100% 2 0 11 3 27% 1.047 4 1 5 2 1 7 6 4 5 6 5 4 4.5
1951 26 DET AL 35 13 6 2 2 2 2 1 100% 2 0 11 3 27% 1.077 4 1 5 2 1 7 6 4 5 6 5 4 4.5
1952 27 SLB AL 29 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 200% 1 0 2 0 0% .985 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 9.0
1953 28 SLB AL 32 19 7 0 4 1 1 0 100% 1 0 11 4 36% 4 .880 5 3 9 1 5 12 5 13 12 3 12 4 5.6
5 Yrs 136 51 28 3 7 6 8 1 133% 6 0 42 16 38% 1.039 15 7 18 6 7 28 19 22 27 13 25 11 5.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1949 24 CHW AL 44 39% 0.0% 15.2% 15.2% 6.1% 29% 0.75 103% 10 1 10%
1950 25 CHW AL 752 33% 2.1% 13.1% 18.6% 7.2% 28% 0.76 92% 125 19 15%
1951 26 TOT AL 782 34% 2.3% 8.7% 13.6% 6.2% 27% 0.85 84% 147 17 12%
1951 26 CHW AL 119 34% 2.5% 2.5% 10.9% 7.6% 36% 0.56 80% 22 3 14%
1951 26 DET AL 663 34% 2.3% 10.0% 14.2% 5.9% 25% 0.93 85% 125 14 11%
1952 27 SLB AL 717 29% 3.6% 16.9% 15.0% 8.0% 20% 0.87 134% 90 12 13%
1953 28 SLB AL 465 28% 1.8% 8.1% 10.1% 9.0% 31% 0.73 84% 94 9 10%
5 Yrs 2760 32% 2.3% 11.5% 14.5% 7.4% 26% 0.80 96% 466 58 12%
MLB Averages 50% 2.3% 12.0% 11.4% 6.8% 25% 0.95 89% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1949 24 CHW AL 33 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 50% 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
1950 25 CHW AL 586 153 12 0 12 9 1 5 5 35 15 6 43% 3 3 0 234 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 166
1951 26 TOT AL 698 160 16 3 25 8 7 9 6 44 25 3 57% 10 5 0 266 3 3 50% 3 2 0 1 0 0 4 0 7 84
1951 26 CHW AL 119 25 3 0 3 2 1 3 0 6 3 0 50% 4 1 0 47 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1951 26 DET AL 579 135 13 3 22 6 6 6 6 38 22 3 58% 6 4 0 219 2 3 40% 2 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 6 84
1952 27 SLB AL 414 169 15 0 5 6 5 6 5 13 8 0 62% 3 1 1 163 5 3 63% 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 303
1953 28 SLB AL 444 129 8 2 14 5 0 2 3 34 21 1 62% 5 1 0 175 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21
5 Yrs 2175 618 51 5 57 28 13 22 19 130 71 11 55% 21 10 1 854 16 10 62% 14 9 2 1 0 0 4 0 14 585
MLB Averages 52% 55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1949 24 0 0 2.45 6 0 4 0 0 1 11.0 7 3 3 0 5 5 0 0 0 44 175 1.091 5.7 0.0 4.1 4.1 1.00 175
1950 25 9 12 .429 3.84 40 23 13 11 1 3 182.2 160 83 78 12 114 82 5 0 3 796 117 1.500 7.9 0.6 5.6 4.0 0.72 117
1951 26 21 24 .467 4.19 79 49 19 18 2 5 358.1 320 185 167 28 209 143 19 2 8 1578 103 1.476 8.0 0.7 5.2 3.6 0.68 103
1952 27 33 34 .493 4.17 108 76 21 26 3 7 528.1 489 264 245 43 271 213 21 2 9 2296 100 1.438 8.3 0.7 4.6 3.6 0.79 100
1953 28 37 44 .457 4.50 140 89 28 27 3 8 628.0 618 338 314 51 316 249 22 2 10 2761 93 1.487 8.9 0.7 4.5 3.6 0.79 93

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1949 24 1 0 1.000 2.45 11.0 7 3 3 0 5 5 0 1.091 5.7 4.1 4.1 1.00 0.0 6
1950 25 10 9 .526 3.62 174.0 151 78 70 12 108 78 5 1.489 7.8 5.6 4.0 0.72 0.6 34
1951 26 9 11 .450 4.38 183.0 164 99 89 16 97 63 14 1.426 8.1 4.8 3.1 0.65 0.8 39
1952 27 8 10 .444 4.31 169.0 177 90 81 16 65 69 2 1.432 9.4 3.5 3.7 1.06 0.9 29
1953 28 3 8 .273 5.94 103.0 131 76 68 8 46 37 1 1.718 11.4 4.0 3.2 0.80 0.7 32
5 Yrs 31 38 .449 4.37 640.0 630 346 311 52 321 252 22 1.486 8.9 3.5 0.79 0.7 140

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1950 AL  8.021 (3rd)
1951 AL  8.197 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1951 AL  39 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1952 AL  15 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1950 AL  109 (9th)
1951 AL  95 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1950 AL  0.629 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
1951 AL  12 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1951 AL  5 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1951 AL  14 (2nd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1950 AL  19.61 (6th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1950 AL  1.9 (6th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 5 (1889), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1711), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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