Bob Cain
Robert Max Cain (Sugar)
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
Final Game: September 11, 1954
Died: April 8, 1997 in Cleveland, OH
    About biographical information

Standard Pitching

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
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 44 169 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 15 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 1 119 107 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 12 82 58 11 2 4 663 89 1.453 8.1 0.7 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 94 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 67 1.746 11.6 0.7 4.1 3.3 0.80
5 Seasons 37 44 .457 4.50 140 89 28 27 3 8 628.0 618 338 314 50 316 249 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 4 915 115 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 12 82 58 11 2 4 663 89 1.453 8.1 0.7 4.9 3.5 0.71

Ratio Pitching*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
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
1950 25 CHW AL
1951 26 TOT AL
1951 26 CHW AL
1951 26 DET AL
1952 27 SLB AL
1953 28 SLB AL
5 Seasons
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
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 7 0 0
1950 25 CHW AL 153 12 3
1951 26 TOT AL 160 15 5
1951 26 CHW AL 25 3 1
1951 26 DET AL 135 12 4
1952 27 SLB AL 169 15 1
1953 28 SLB AL 129 8 1
5 Seasons 618 50 10
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
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 44 169 1.091 5.7 0.0 4.1 4.1 1.00 169
1950 25 9 12 .429 3.84 40 23 13 11 1 3 182.2 160 83 78 12 114 82 5 0 3 796 116 1.500 7.9 0.6 5.6 4.0 0.72 116
1951 26 21 24 .467 4.19 79 49 19 18 2 5 358.1 320 185 167 27 209 143 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 42 271 213 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 50 316 249 22 2 10 2761 93 1.487 8.9 0.7 4.5 3.6 0.79 93

Neutralized Pitching

SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons ·

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 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 4.40 182.0 165 99 89 15 98 63 14 1.445 8.2 4.8 3.1 0.64 0.7 39
1952 27 8 10 .444 4.37 169.0 176 91 82 16 65 70 2 1.426 9.4 3.5 3.7 1.08 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 Seasons 31 38 .449 4.39 639.0 630 347 312 51 322 253 22 1.490 8.9 3.6 0.79 0.7 140

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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--.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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2282), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Kent Greenfield (965)
  2. Bill Posedel (962)
  3. Jose Rosado (962)
  4. Eli Grba (962)
  5. John Farrell (961)
  6. Horacio Ramirez (961)
  7. Paul Maholm (960)
  8. Kazuhisa Ishii (960)
  9. Dave Fleming (960)
  10. Bob Milacki (959)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Mike Mason (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Damian Moss (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ken Heintzelman (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Carl Fischer (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Bob Cain    

Viewed 16,574 times through November 16, 2009.
Name and misspellings: Robert Bob bobby Max robert Sugar Cain

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.