Matt Cain
Matthew T. Cain
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 231 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
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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
2005 20 SFG NL 2 1 .667 2.33 7 7 0 1 0 0 46.1 24 12 12 4 19 1 30 0 0 1 181 183 0.928 4.7 0.8 3.7 5.8 1.58
2006 21 SFG NL 13 12 .520 4.15 32 31 1 1 1 0 190.2 157 93 88 18 87 1 179 6 2 9 818 108 1.280 7.4 0.8 4.1 8.4 2.06 RoY-5
2007 22 SFG NL 7 16 .304 3.64 32 32 0 1 0 0 200.0 173 84 81 14 79 3 163 5 0 12 832 123 1.260 7.8 0.6 3.6 7.3 2.06
2008 23 SFG NL 8 14 .364 3.76 34 34 0 1 1 0 217.2 206 95 91 19 91 9 186 7 2 7 933 118 1.364 8.5 0.8 3.8 7.7 2.04
2009 24 SFG NL 14 8 .636 2.89 33 33 0 4 0 0 217.2 184 73 70 22 73 6 171 3 0 9 886 151 1.181 7.6 0.9 3.0 7.1 2.34 AS
5 Seasons 44 51 .463 3.53 138 137 1 8 2 0 872.1 744 357 342 77 349 20 729 21 4 38 3650 126 1.253 7.7 0.8 3.6 7.5 2.09
162 Game Avg. 11 13 .463 3.53 34 34 0 2 0 0 216 184 88 85 19 86 5 180 5 1 9 903 126 1.253 7.7 0.8 3.6 7.5 2.09

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2009 SFG NL 24

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
2005 20 SFG NL 7 181 159 12 24 0 1 4 1 1 19 30 .151 .240 .239 .479 .159 38 2 0 2 1 1
2006 21 SFG NL 32 818 708 93 157 38 7 18 15 3 87 179 .222 .310 .371 .681 .269 263 6 6 11 6 1
2007 22 SFG NL 32 832 735 84 173 40 7 14 8 5 79 163 .235 .312 .366 .678 .282 269 16 5 8 5 3
2008 23 SFG NL 34 933 821 95 206 49 8 19 13 10 91 186 .251 .328 .400 .728 .300 328 10 7 7 7 9
2009 24 SFG NL 33 885 793 73 184 36 5 22 11 9 73 171 .232 .297 .373 .670 .267 296 14 3 10 6 6
5 Seasons 138 3649 3216 357 744 163 28 77 48 28 349 729 .231 .309 .371 .680 .274 1194 48 21 38 25 20
162 Game Avg. 34 902 795 88 184 40 7 19 12 7 86 180 .231 .309 .371 .680 .274 295 12 5 9 6 5
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

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
2005 20 SFG NL 7 7 2 1 4 0 0 4 3 .571 2 2 1 0 6 86% 63 86 50 1 1 0 3 3.3 2.7 6.6 102 0 2 5 0 107
2006 21 SFG NL 32 31 13 12 6 4 2 16 15 .516 2 3 1 1 14 45% 53 87 19 18 9 0 16 4.7 4.7 6.1 106 0 11 16 4 131
2007 22 SFG NL 32 32 7 16 9 1 8 9 23 .281 5 4 1 0 22 69% 55 77 13 18 10 0 14 3.2 3.3 6.3 105 2 8 20 2 123
2008 23 SFG NL 34 34 8 14 12 1 6 14 20 .412 3 5 1 1 21 62% 54 85 10 23 4 0 13 3.1 3.0 6.4 106 0 10 22 2 126
2009 24 SFG NL 33 33 14 8 11 2 0 21 12 .636 2 4 4 0 20 61% 58 84 16 8 3 0 16 4.3 3.9 6.6 102 2 4 27 0 119
5 Seasons 138 137 44 51 42 8 16 64 73 .467 14 18 8 2 83 61% 55 87 10 68 27 0 62 3.8 3.6 6.4 104 4 35 90 8 131
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

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
2006 21 SFG NL 32 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.986 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 20
1 Season 32 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.986 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 20

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%
2005 20 SFG NL 181 48% 2.2% 16.6% 10.5% 2.8% 21% 0.39 0.47 70% 18% 5.1% 15% 28 2 7%
2006 21 SFG NL 818 54% 2.2% 21.9% 10.6% 7.7% 40% 0.58 0.73 63% 16% 6.4% 16% 124 6 5%
2007 22 SFG NL 832 47% 1.7% 19.6% 9.5% 7.3% 35% 0.66 0.83 68% 16% 4.7% 13% 139 16 12%
2008 23 SFG NL 933 48% 2.0% 19.9% 9.8% 8.2% 37% 0.50 0.65 67% 21% 5.2% 13% 162 10 6%
2009 24 SFG NL 886 51% 2.5% 19.3% 8.3% 7.1% 34% 0.66 0.88 68% 18% 6.7% 13% 151 14 9%
5 Seasons 3650 50% 2.1% 20.0% 9.6% 7.3% 36% 0.58 0.75 67% 18% 5.7% 14% 604 48 8%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2005 20 SFG NL 181 713 3.94 450 63% 25% 12% 34% 29% 75% 2% 48% 85% 51% 7% 13 9 27% 48 32 3 33% 5 3 0 0 0
2006 21 SFG NL 818 3302 4.04 2055 62% 27% 15% 31% 27% 73% 0% 45% 80% 56% 6% 47 26 24% 196 129 10 27% 29 20 0 0 0
2007 22 SFG NL 832 3345 4.02 2112 63% 25% 14% 33% 28% 75% 1% 47% 81% 57% 5% 40 23 27% 224 115 15 29% 24 14 0 0 0
2008 23 SFG NL 933 3598 3.86 2323 65% 26% 16% 31% 28% 74% 2% 48% 79% 58% 6% 57 34 26% 246 149 10 23% 34 15 0 0 0
2009 24 SFG NL 886 3355 3.79 2216 66% 27% 15% 29% 29% 73% 2% 48% 79% 61% 4% 36 17 27% 238 155 13 23% 44 13 0 0 1
5 Seasons 3650 14313 3.92 9156 64% 26% 15% 31% 28% 74% 1% 47% 80% 58% 5% 193 109 26% 952 580 51 26% 136 65 0 0 1
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

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
2005 20 SFG NL 181 24 2 0 4 0 2 2 2 3 1 4 4 0 100% 1 1 0 56 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
2006 21 SFG NL 818 157 20 2 18 0 19 8 10 6 12 40 18 8 45% 5 9 0 275 15 3 83% 15 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 21 0
2007 22 SFG NL 832 173 22 1 14 0 13 11 3 9 5 33 17 4 52% 3 12 5 292 8 5 62% 7 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 24 0
2008 23 SFG NL 933 206 22 3 19 0 15 9 10 10 9 47 25 7 53% 7 7 1 333 13 10 57% 12 10 1 0 0 0 1 0 21 0
2009 24 SFG NL 886 184 20 5 22 0 8 12 10 13 9 31 20 4 65% 5 9 0 311 11 9 55% 11 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 21 0
5 Seasons 3650 744 86 11 77 0 57 42 35 41 36 155 84 23 54% 21 38 6 1267 48 28 63% 46 28 2 0 0 0 7 0 89 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

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+
2005 20 2 1 .667 2.33 7 7 0 1 0 0 46.1 24 12 12 4 19 1 30 0 0 1 181 183 0.928 4.7 0.8 3.7 5.8 1.58 183
2006 21 15 13 .536 3.80 39 38 1 2 1 0 237.0 181 105 100 22 106 2 209 6 2 10 999 117 1.211 6.9 0.8 4.0 7.9 1.97 117
2007 22 22 29 .431 3.73 71 70 1 3 1 0 437.0 354 189 181 36 185 5 372 11 2 22 1831 120 1.233 7.3 0.7 3.8 7.7 2.01 120
2008 23 30 43 .411 3.74 105 104 1 4 2 0 654.2 560 284 272 55 276 14 558 18 4 29 2764 119 1.277 7.7 0.8 3.8 7.7 2.02 119
2009 24 44 51 .463 3.53 138 137 1 8 2 0 872.1 744 357 342 77 349 20 729 21 4 38 3650 126 1.253 7.7 0.8 3.6 7.5 2.09 126

Neutralized Pitching

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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 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
2005 20 4 1 .800 2.35 46.0 24 13 12 4 19 30 0 0.935 4.7 3.7 5.9 1.58 0.8 7
2006 21 11 10 .524 3.82 191.0 153 90 81 18 85 179 6 1.246 7.2 4.0 8.4 2.11 0.8 32
2007 22 12 9 .571 3.46 195.0 166 83 75 13 76 159 5 1.241 7.7 3.5 7.3 2.09 0.6 32
2008 23 12 11 .522 3.65 212.0 201 96 86 19 89 181 7 1.368 8.5 3.8 7.7 2.03 0.8 34
2009 24 15 8 .652 2.82 211.0 179 73 66 21 71 166 3 1.185 7.6 3.0 7.1 2.34 0.9 33
5 Seasons 54 39 .581 3.37 855.0 723 355 320 75 340 715 21 1.243 7.6 7.5 2.10 0.8 138

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2009

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2007 NL--3.645--10th
2009 NL--2.894--7th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2009 NL--.636--8th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2009 NL--1.181--9th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2006 NL--7.411--3rd
2007 NL--7.785--5th
2009 NL--7.608--10th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2006 NL--8.449--5th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2008 NL--217.7--5th
2009 NL--217.7--7th

Strikeouts s c a p y
2006 NL--179--9th
2008 NL--186--8th

Games Started s c a p y
2008 NL--34--1st
2009 NL--33--7th

Complete Games s c a p y
2009 NL--4--1st

Shutouts s c a p y
2006 NL--1--7th
2008 NL--1--7th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2006 NL--87--3rd
2007 NL--79--7th
2008 NL--91--5th

Hits s c a p y
2008 NL--206--8th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 NL--.630--8th

Losses s c a p y
2007 NL--16--2nd
2008 NL--14--4th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2006 NL--9--6th
2007 NL--12--1st

Batters Faced s c a p y
2008 NL--933--3rd
2009 NL--886--9th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2007 NL--123--10th
2009 NL--151--5th

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 37 (649), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1349), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  8. Zack Greinke (951)
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  10. Don Schwall (949)
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  5. Don Sutton (955) *
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  7. Scott Kazmir (953)
  8. John Smoltz (952)
  9. Jose Rijo (951)
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