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Matt Cain

Matthew Thomas Cain

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: October 1, 1984 in Dothan, AL
High School: Houston (Germantown, TN)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 26, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 29, 2005
Team: Giants 2005-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 3 yrs/$27.25M (10-12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.038, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Len Hardison, Kyle Rote Jr [*]
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All-Star

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
2005 20 SFG NL 7 16 15 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .067 .067 .133 .200 -49 2 0 0 1 0 0 /1
2006 21 SFG NL 32 66 57 1 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 28 .140 .155 .175 .331 -15 10 0 0 8 0 0 1 RoY-5
2007 22 SFG NL 32 66 57 3 4 0 0 2 4 0 0 2 32 .070 .102 .175 .277 -30 10 0 0 7 0 0 1
2008 23 SFG NL 34 72 62 3 7 1 0 2 3 0 0 4 34 .113 .167 .226 .392 1 14 0 0 6 0 0 1
2009 24 SFG NL 33 73 60 2 9 2 1 0 3 0 0 4 31 .150 .203 .217 .420 10 13 0 0 9 0 0 1 AS
2010 25 SFG NL 35 77 66 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 33 .106 .119 .121 .241 -34 8 0 0 10 0 0 1 CYA-12
2011 26 SFG NL 34 78 66 5 9 1 0 1 6 0 0 3 30 .136 .171 .197 .368 4 13 0 0 8 1 0 1 AS,CYA-8
7 Seasons 207 448 383 18 45 8 1 5 18 0 0 15 194 .117 .150 .183 .333 -12 70 0 0 49 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 351 300 14 35 6 1 4 14 0 0 12 152 .117 .150 .183 .333 -12 55 0 0 38 1 0

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
2005 20 SFG NL 16 -3 -1 1 0 0 2 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
2006 21 SFG NL 66 -10 0 -1 0 0 7 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $328,000 1 RoY-5
2007 22 SFG NL 66 -11 0 0 0 0 7 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $650,000 1
2008 23 SFG NL 72 -9 0 0 0 0 7 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $950,000 1
2009 24 SFG NL 73 -8 -0 0 0 0 7 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $2,900,000 1 AS
2010 25 SFG NL 77 -13 -0 0 1 0 8 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $4,583,333 1 CYA-12
2011 26 SFG NL 78 -9 0 1 0 0 8 2 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $7,333,333 1 AS,CYA-8
7 Seasons 448 -62 -1 1 1 0 46 12 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $16,744,666

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
2005 20 SFG NL 16 15 0 0.0 109 .111 .067 .270 .067 .340 .133 .430 .200 .770 -49 .000 -3.3 -0.3 .143 .067 .067
2006 21 SFG NL 66 57 2 0.9 113 .276 .140 .272 .155 .343 .175 .442 .331 .785 -15 .043 -10.0 -1.0 .224 .053 .035
2007 22 SFG NL 66 60 1 0.4 112 .087 .070 .274 .102 .343 .175 .438 .277 .781 -30 .012 -11.6 -1.1 .226 .140 .105 .0
2008 23 SFG NL 72 61 3 1.3 110 .192 .113 .270 .167 .342 .226 .430 .392 .772 1 .083 -9.5 -0.9 .327 .177 .113 .0
2009 24 SFG NL 73 60 3 1.3 108 .310 .150 .268 .203 .342 .217 .426 .420 .767 10 .088 -8.2 -0.8 .333 .133 .067
2010 25 SFG NL 77 69 1 0.4 100 .212 .106 .258 .119 .328 .121 .407 .241 .735 -34 .011 -12.4 -1.2 .153 .030 .015
2011 26 SFG NL 78 66 3 1.2 93 .222 .136 .252 .171 .318 .197 .392 .368 .711 4 .086 -8.6 -0.9 .281 .106 .061 .0
7 Seasons 448 388 13 0.9 106 .216 .117 .265 .150 .336 .183 .422 .333 .758 -12 .045 -63.7 -6.2 .251 .104 .065 .0
162 Game Avg. 351 304 10 0.9 106 .216 .117 .265 .150 .336 .183 .422 .333 .758 -12 .045 -63.7 -6.2 .251 .104 .065

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2010 25 SFG NL NLDS ATL W 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2010 25 SFG NL NLCS PHI W 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 25 SFG NL WS TEX W 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season (3 Series) 3 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .286 .286 .286 .571 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2009 SFG NL 24 DNP
2011 SFG NL 26 DNP

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
2005 20 SFG NL 16 0.0% 37.5% 0.0% 6.3% 100% 2.5 2.50 3.50 56% 10% 0.0% 0%
2006 21 SFG NL 66 0.0% 42.4% 1.5% 3.0% 25% 28.00 2.0 57.0 2.00 6.50 44% 11% 0.0% 0%
2007 22 SFG NL 66 3.0% 48.5% 3.0% 3.0% 50% 16.00 1.8 28.5 14.3 0.56 1.33 35% 16% 16.7% 25%
2008 23 SFG NL 72 2.8% 47.2% 5.6% 4.2% 43% 8.50 1.8 31.0 20.7 0.69 1.15 36% 12% 14.3% 13%
2009 24 SFG NL 73 0.0% 42.5% 5.5% 4.1% 33% 7.75 1.9 20.0 0.93 1.55 40% 5% 0.0% 21%
2010 25 SFG NL 77 0.0% 42.9% 1.3% 1.3% 14% 33.00 2.0 66.0 1.25 2.00 43% 7% 0.0% 25%
2011 26 SFG NL 78 1.3% 38.5% 3.9% 2.6% 22% 10.00 2.2 66.0 11.0 0.64 0.94 46% 16% 5.3% 14%
7 Seasons 448 1.1% 43.3% 3.4% 3.1% 31% 12.93 2.0 76.6 21.3 0.93 1.70 41% 11% 6.6% 16%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.6% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 2.07 5.1 33.8 7.8 0.80 1.07 70% 19% 7.6% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2005 20 SFG NL -3.3 -0.3 16 -0.4 0.1 -0.4 1.19 -0.2 -0.1 -3.5 -0.3 1.04 -2.7 0
2006 21 SFG NL -10.0 -1.0 67 -1.1 0.2 -1.4 .88 -1.2 -0.1 -12.8 -1.2 0.91 -13.0 0
2007 22 SFG NL -11.6 -1.1 66 -1.2 0.3 -1.5 .95 -1.0 -0.2 -12.4 -1.2 0.92 -12.2 0
2008 23 SFG NL -9.5 -0.9 72 -1.0 0.5 -1.5 1.04 -0.9 -0.1 -9.8 -0.9 0.88 -10.0 0
2009 24 SFG NL -8.2 -0.8 73 -0.7 0.6 -1.3 .91 -0.9 0.1 -7.4 -0.7 0.91 -9.1 0
2010 25 SFG NL -12.8 -1.3 77 -1.1 0.3 -1.4 .86 -1.3 -0.0 -13.9 -1.4 0.97 -13.9 1.34 1
2011 26 SFG NL -8.6 -0.9 79 -0.5 0.8 -1.3 .95 -0.7 0.2 -7.9 -0.8 1.03 -7.3 2.78 1
7 Seasons -64.1 -6.3 450 -6.1 2.7 -8.9 .94 -6.2 -0.3 -67.9 -6.7 0.94 -68.4 2.06 2

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
2005 20 SFG NL 1 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
2006 21 SFG NL 0 0 11% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 22 SFG NL 0 0 25% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 23 SFG NL 0 0 11% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
2009 24 SFG NL 1 0 15% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2010 25 SFG NL 1 0 38% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
2011 26 SFG NL 2 0 36% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 33% 4 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 0
7 Seasons 5 0 24% 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 17% 15 12 3 4 4 0 5 4 1

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
2005 20 SFG NL 16 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 4 0 0% 4 0 0% 11 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2006 21 SFG NL 66 11% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 8 73% 13 0 0% 17 2 12% 42 1 2% 7 1 14% 1 0 0% 0
2007 22 SFG NL 66 21% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 7 7 100% 7 0 0% 12 3 25% 47 2 4% 4 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
2008 23 SFG NL 72 26% 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 7 6 86% 8 0 0% 10 5 50% 35 1 3% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
2009 24 SFG NL 73 38% 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 9 90% 9 0 0% 17 6 35% 41 3 7% 4 1 25% 5 4 80% 0
2010 25 SFG NL 77 30% 7 3 2 1 0 0 0 1.34 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 16 10 63% 19 0 0% 23 3 13% 53 1 2% 3 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
2011 26 SFG NL 78 31% 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.78 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 9 8 89% 12 0 0% 15 6 40% 53 5 9% 6 3 50% 5 3 60% 0
7 Seasons 448 26% 45 7 3 2 0 0 0 2.06 5 0 17 5 0 4 1 0 64 49 77% 72 0 0% 98 25 26% 282 13 5% 24 5 21% 14 10 71% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 15% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2005 20 SFG NL 16 64 4.00 45 70% 24% 20% 33% 22% 76% 0% 53% 74% 44% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 6% 1 1 17% 0 0 0
2006 21 SFG NL 66 243 3.68 169 70% 34% 22% 22% 22% 66% 0% 46% 66% 32% 3% 2 0 9% 6 1 8% 5 3 32% 0 0 0
2007 22 SFG NL 66 238 3.61 168 71% 35% 30% 17% 19% 65% 0% 46% 55% 30% 0% 0 0 5% 3 0 3% 2 1 22% 0 0 0
2008 23 SFG NL 72 294 4.08 189 64% 38% 21% 23% 18% 62% 0% 40% 66% 26% 3% 2 0 6% 4 1 8% 6 2 38% 0 0 0
2009 24 SFG NL 73 276 3.78 186 67% 37% 24% 19% 20% 63% 0% 43% 62% 29% 4% 3 0 10% 7 2 7% 5 3 26% 0 0 0
2010 25 SFG NL 77 265 3.44 190 72% 34% 23% 21% 23% 66% 0% 47% 66% 34% 1% 1 0 6% 5 1 6% 5 3 33% 0 0 0
2011 26 SFG NL 78 268 3.44 184 69% 32% 26% 18% 24% 68% 0% 47% 63% 36% 1% 1 0 8% 6 4 1% 1 0 30% 0 0 0
7 Seasons 448 1648 3.68 1131 69% 34% 24% 21% 21% 66% 0% 45% 63% 32% 2% 9 0 7% 31 9 6% 25 13 30% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

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
2005 20 7 16 15 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .067 .067 .133 .200 -49 2 0 0 1 0 0
2006 21 39 82 72 2 9 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 34 .125 .137 .167 .304 -22 12 0 0 9 0 0
2007 22 71 148 129 5 13 3 0 2 5 0 0 3 66 .101 .121 .171 .292 -26 22 0 0 16 0 0
2008 23 105 220 191 8 20 4 0 4 8 0 0 7 100 .105 .136 .188 .325 -17 36 0 0 22 0 0
2009 24 138 293 251 10 29 6 1 4 11 0 0 11 131 .116 .153 .195 .348 -10 49 0 0 31 0 0
2010 25 173 370 317 13 36 7 1 4 12 0 0 12 164 .114 .146 .180 .326 -15 57 0 0 41 0 0
2011 26 207 448 383 18 45 8 1 5 18 0 0 15 194 .117 .150 .183 .333 -12 70 0 0 49 1 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
2005 20 7 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7
2006 21 32 56 55 1 6 2 0 0 1 0 1 28 .109 .125 .145 .270 1 32
2007 22 32 59 57 3 4 0 0 2 4 0 2 32 .070 .102 .175 .277 1 32
2008 23 34 64 61 3 6 1 0 2 3 0 3 34 .098 .141 .213 .354 2 34
2009 24 33 65 61 2 10 2 1 0 3 0 4 31 .164 .215 .230 .445 3 33
2010 25 35 67 66 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 33 .106 .119 .121 .241 1 35
2011 26 34 73 68 7 11 1 0 1 8 0 4 30 .162 .205 .221 .426 3 34
7 Seasons 207 399 383 19 44 7 1 5 20 0 15 194 .115 .148 .178 .325 11 207
162 Game Avg. 162 312 300 15 34 5 1 4 16 0 12 152 .115 .148 .178 .325 9 207

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2009
2011

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2010 NL (12, 0%)
2011 NL (8, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (283rd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
Active  49 (44th)

Youngest s c a p y
2005 NL  born 1984-10-01 (1st)
2006 NL  born 1984-10-01 (7th)

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