Les Cain
Leslie Cain
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: January 13, 1948 in San Luis Obispo, CA
High School: El Cerrito (El Cerrito, CA)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 4th round of the 1966 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 28, 1968
Final Game: May 28, 1972
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Standard Pitching

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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
1968 20 DET AL 1 0 1.000 3.00 8 4 1 0 0 0 24.0 25 9 8 1 20 1 13 0 0 2 114 100 1.875 9.4 0.4 7.5 4.9 0.65
1970 22 DET AL 12 7 .632 3.84 29 29 0 5 0 0 180.2 167 92 77 15 98 1 156 7 1 9 793 98 1.467 8.3 0.7 4.9 7.8 1.59
1971 23 DET AL 10 9 .526 4.35 26 26 0 3 1 0 144.2 121 77 70 14 91 1 118 6 1 6 635 84 1.465 7.5 0.9 5.7 7.3 1.30
1972 24 DET AL 0 3 .000 3.80 5 5 0 0 0 0 23.2 18 12 10 2 16 0 16 0 0 0 103 83 1.437 6.8 0.8 6.1 6.1 1.00
4 Seasons 23 19 .548 3.98 68 64 1 8 1 0 373.0 331 190 165 32 225 3 303 13 2 17 1645 91 1.491 8.0 0.8 5.4 7.3 1.35
162 Game Avg. 12 10 .548 3.98 35 33 1 4 1 0 192 171 98 85 16 116 2 156 7 1 9 847 91 1.491 8.0 0.8 5.4 7.3 1.35

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1968 20 DET AL 8 114 93 9 25 2 1 1 0 1 20 13 .269 .398 .344 .742 .304 32 3 0 1 0 1
1970 22 DET AL 29 793 675 92 167 28 3 15 11 5 98 156 .247 .346 .364 .711 .298 246 19 7 7 6 1
1971 23 DET AL 26 635 530 77 121 21 3 14 8 2 91 118 .228 .346 .358 .705 .267 190 18 6 5 3 1
1972 24 DET AL 5 103 86 12 18 4 1 2 2 1 16 16 .209 .330 .349 .679 .232 30 2 0 0 1 0
4 Seasons 68 1645 1384 190 331 55 8 32 21 9 225 303 .239 .349 .360 .708 .282 498 42 13 13 10 3
162 Game Avg. 35 847 713 98 171 28 4 16 11 5 116 156 .239 .349 .360 .708 .282 257 22 7 7 5 2
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1968 20 DET AL 8 4 1 0 3 0 0 4 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 2 50% 48 64 25 7 1 2 2 5.0 5.8 4.1
1970 22 DET AL 29 29 12 7 10 3 4 17 12 .586 3 2 5 0 16 55% 52 82 28 30 15 14 6 5.0 5.3 6.2
1971 23 DET AL 26 26 10 9 7 2 4 15 11 .577 2 4 3 1 13 50% 51 83 22 25 10 17 6 4.8 4.1 5.6
1972 24 DET AL 5 5 0 3 2 0 3 2 3 .400 1 0 0 0 3 60% 51 56 45 6 4 2 2 2.7 2.3 4.7
4 Seasons 68 64 23 19 22 5 11 38 26 .594 6 7 8 1 34 53% 51 83 22 68 30 35 16 4.7 4.6 5.7
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1968 20 DET AL 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 6 1.060 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 3 0 3 0 5.8
1 Season 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1.060 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 3 0 3 0 5.8

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1968 20 DET AL 114 80% 0.9% 11.4% 17.5% 3.5% 16% 0.73 69% 32 3 9%
1970 22 DET AL 793 85% 1.9% 19.7% 12.4% 5.8% 28% 1.20 64% 186 19 10%
1971 23 DET AL 635 82% 2.2% 18.6% 14.3% 6.0% 31% 1.05 63% 141 18 13%
1972 24 DET AL 103 81% 1.9% 15.5% 15.5% 6.8% 39% 0.89 67% 20 2 10%
4 Seasons 1645 83% 2.0% 18.4% 13.7% 5.8% 29% 1.08 64% 379 42 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1968 20 DET AL 114 25 1 0 8 1 0 0 1 9 1 4 11% 3 2 0 49 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1970 22 DET AL 793 167 15 1 22 12 3 10 5 43 15 8 35% 11 9 3 333 11 5 69% 9 4 2 1 0 0 4 0 23 0
1971 23 DET AL 635 121 14 1 17 14 0 8 6 28 16 4 57% 6 6 2 258 8 2 80% 8 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 13 0
1972 24 DET AL 103 18 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 4 3 0 75% 2 0 0 38 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 Seasons 1645 331 32 2 47 29 3 19 13 84 35 16 42% 22 17 5 678 21 9 70% 19 7 2 1 0 1 6 1 40 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1968 20 1 0 1.000 3.00 8 4 1 0 0 0 24.0 25 9 8 1 20 1 13 0 0 2 114 100 1.875 9.4 0.4 7.5 4.9 0.65 100
1969 21 1 0 1.000 3.00 8 4 1 0 0 0 24.0 25 9 8 1 20 1 13 0 0 2 114 100 1.875 9.4 0.4 7.5 4.9 0.65 100
1970 22 13 7 .650 3.74 37 33 1 5 0 0 204.2 192 101 85 16 118 2 169 7 1 11 907 98 1.515 8.4 0.7 5.2 7.4 1.43 98
1971 23 23 16 .590 3.99 63 59 1 8 1 0 349.1 313 178 155 30 209 3 287 13 2 17 1542 92 1.494 8.1 0.8 5.4 7.4 1.37 92
1972 24 23 19 .548 3.98 68 64 1 8 1 0 373.0 331 190 165 32 225 3 303 13 2 17 1645 91 1.491 8.0 0.8 5.4 7.3 1.35 91

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1968 20 1 1 .500 4.29 21.0 28 11 10 1 22 11 0 2.381 12.0 9.4 4.7 0.50 0.4 8
1970 22 9 10 .474 4.26 171.0 172 90 81 15 101 148 7 1.596 9.1 5.3 7.8 1.47 0.8 29
1971 23 6 9 .400 5.10 136.0 128 86 77 15 96 111 6 1.647 8.5 6.4 7.3 1.16 1.0 26
1972 24 1 1 .500 4.70 23.0 21 13 12 2 19 16 0 1.739 8.2 7.4 6.3 0.84 0.8 5
4 Seasons 17 21 .447 4.62 351.0 349 200 180 33 238 286 13 1.672 8.9 7.3 1.20 0.8 68

* 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

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1970 AL  .632 (9th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1970 AL  7.771 (3rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1970 AL  98 (7th)
1971 AL  91 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1970 AL  .747 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1970 AL  7 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1968 AL  born 1948-01-13 (3rd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 3 (2059), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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