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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 7, 2012, 12:00AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #286. John Hiller… #287. Charlie Leibrandt… #288. Pat Hentgen… #289. MATT CAIN… #290. Orval Overall… #291. Teddy Higuera… #292. John Wetteland… 

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 1 181 185 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 3.65 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 9 886 148 1.181 7.6 0.9 3.0 7.1 2.34 AS
2010 25 SFG NL 13 11 .542 3.14 33 33 0 4 2 0 223.1 181 84 78 22 61 4 177 4 0 8 896 124 1.084 7.3 0.9 2.5 7.1 2.90 CYA-12
2011 26 SFG NL 12 11 .522 2.88 33 33 0 1 0 0 221.2 177 82 71 9 63 5 179 9 0 4 907 123 1.083 7.2 0.4 2.6 7.3 2.84 AS,CYA-8
7 Seasons 69 73 .486 3.35 204 203 1 13 4 0 1317.1 1102 523 491 108 473 29 1085 34 4 50 5453 125 1.196 7.5 0.7 3.2 7.4 2.29
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .486 3.35 34 34 0 2 1 0 220 184 87 82 18 79 5 181 6 1 8 911 125 1.196 7.5 0.7 3.2 7.4 2.29

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2005 20 SFG NL 46.1 7 12 26 1 1.2 14 1.6 $
2006 21 SFG NL 190.2 31 93 118 2 1.0 25 2.4 $328,000 RoY-5
2007 22 SFG NL 200.0 32 84 124 2 1.0 40 3.9 $650,000
2008 23 SFG NL 217.2 34 95 133 -2 1.1 38 4.0 $950,000
2009 24 SFG NL 217.2 33 73 124 9 1.0 51 5.1 $2,900,000 AS
2010 25 SFG NL 223.1 33 84 125 4 .9 41 4.1 $4,583,333 CYA-12
2011 26 SFG NL 221.2 33 82 116 3 1.1 34 3.9 $7,333,333 AS,CYA-8
7 Seasons 1317.1 203 523 766 19 1.0 243 25.0 $16,744,666

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G 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
2010 25 SFG NL NLDS W ATL 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 7 1 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 28 1.350 9.5 0.0 2.7 8.1 3.00
2010 25 SFG NL NLCS W PHI 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 5 2 0 0 28 0.714 2.6 0.0 3.9 6.4 1.67
2010 25 SFG NL WS W TEX 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.2 4 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 29 0.783 4.7 0.0 2.3 2.3 1.00
1 Season (3 Series) 2 0 1.000 0.00 3 3 0 0 0 0 21.1 13 1 0 0 7 1 13 2 0 1 85 0.938 5.5 0.0 3.0 5.5 1.86
1 NLDS 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 7 1 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 28 1.350 9.5 0.0 2.7 8.1 3.00
1 NLCS 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 5 2 0 0 28 0.714 2.6 0.0 3.9 6.4 1.67
1 WS 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.2 4 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 29 0.783 4.7 0.0 2.3 2.3 1.00

Standard Batting

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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

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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
2005 SFG NL 20 P 7 46.1 4 1 2 1 0 .750 0 0 0.58 0.43 .960 1.75 1.73
2006 SFG NL 21 P 32 190.2 35 17 15 3 0 .914 -3 -3 1.51 1.00 .958 1.72 1.71 RoY-5
2007 SFG NL 22 P 32 200.0 31 6 25 0 2 1.000 -1 -1 1.40 0.97 .965 1.68 1.67
2008 SFG NL 23 P 34 217.2 38 14 24 0 3 1.000 -1 -1 1.57 1.12 .959 1.73 1.72
2009 SFG NL 24 P 33 217.2 39 17 22 0 1 1.000 1 1 1.61 1.18 .955 1.72 1.70 AS
2010 SFG NL 25 P 33 223.1 35 9 24 2 0 .943 2 2 1.33 1.00 .954 1.73 1.72 CYA-12
2011 SFG NL 26 P 33 33 1 221.2 40 14 23 3 0 .925 0 0 1.50 1.12 .955 1.80 1.79 18 5 22% 0 AS,CYA-8
7 Seasons P 204 33 1 1317.1 222 78 135 9 6 .959 -2 0 1.46 1.04 .958 1.73 1.72 18 5 22% 0
7 Seasons TOT 204 33 1 1317.1 222 78 135 9 6 .959 -2 -1 1.46 1.04 .958 1.73 1.72 18 5 22% 0
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2007 NL  3.9 (9th)
2009 NL  5.1 (8th)
2011 NL  3.9 (10th)
Active  25.0 (27th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2007 NL  3.65 (10th)
2009 NL  2.89 (7th)
2011 NL  2.88 (8th)
Active  3.35 (9th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2009 NL  .636 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2009 NL  1.181 (9th)
2010 NL  1.084 (6th)
2011 NL  1.083 (5th)
Active  1.196 (11th)
Career  1.196 (131st)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2006 NL  7.411 (3rd)
2007 NL  7.785 (5th)
2009 NL  7.608 (10th)
2010 NL  7.294 (6th)
2011 NL  7.187 (3rd)
Active  7.529 (4th)
Career  7.529 (38th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2006 NL  8.449 (5th)
Active  7.413 (25th)
Career  7.413 (66th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2008 NL  217.7 (5th)
2009 NL  217.7 (7th)
2010 NL  223.3 (6th)
2011 NL  221.7 (7th)
Active  1,317.3 (48th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2006 NL  179 (9th)
2008 NL  186 (8th)
Active  1,085 (46th)

Games Started s c a p y
2008 NL  34 (1st)
2009 NL  33 (7th)
2010 NL  33 (6th)
2011 NL  33 (4th)
Active  203 (47th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2009 NL  4 (1st)
2010 NL  4 (3rd)
Active  13 (24th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2006 NL  1 (7th)
2008 NL  1 (7th)
2010 NL  2 (2nd)
Active  4 (35th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2006 NL  87 (3rd)
2007 NL  79 (7th)
2008 NL  91 (5th)
Active  473 (43rd)

Hits s c a p y
2008 NL  206 (8th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
Active  2.294 (34th)
Career  2.294 (151st)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 NL  0.630 (8th)
2011 NL  0.365 (2nd)
Active  0.738 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
2007 NL  16 (2nd)
2008 NL  14 (4th)
Active  73 (49th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2006 NL  9 (6th)
2007 NL  12 (1st)
Active  50 (37th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2011 NL  9 (6th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2008 NL  933 (3rd)
2009 NL  886 (9th)
2010 NL  896 (9th)
2011 NL  907 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2007 NL  123 (10th)
2009 NL  148 (5th)
2011 NL  123 (9th)
Active  125 (12th)
Career  125 (77th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2009 NL  34 (5th)
2010 NL  23 (9th)
Active  127 (16th)
Career  127 (170th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2009 NL  3.6 (5th)
2010 NL  2.4 (10th)
Active  13.2 (15th)
Career  13.2 (173rd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2007 NL  25.96 (10th)
2009 NL  37.80 (5th)
2010 NL  28.56 (7th)
2011 NL  20.49 (10th)
Active  153.11 (13th)
Career  153.11 (77th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2009 NL  3.5 (5th)
Active  14.5 (19th)
Career  14.5 (108th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2007 NL  2.6 (6th)
2009 NL  2.5 (10th)
2010 NL  3.1 (6th)
2011 NL  3.3 (5th)
Active  15.2 (10th)
Career  15.2 (63rd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2007 NL  2.6 (9th)
2009 NL  4.0 (5th)
2010 NL  3.0 (7th)
2011 NL  2.3 (9th)
Active  16.1 (11th)
Career  16.1 (79th)

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)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 56 (448), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 14 (824), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 13 (613), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Dave Boswell (950)
  6. Jim Nash (948)
  7. Jim McGlothlin (948)
  8. Bert Gallia (946)
  9. Chuck Dobson (944)
  10. Cy Blanton (943)
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  3. Andy Benes (955)
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  5. Billy Pierce (946)
  6. Don Sutton (945) *
  7. Burt Hooton (945)
  8. Claude Osteen (941)
  9. Ramon Martinez (938)
  10. Nolan Ryan (938) *
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  4. Clay Kirby (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. John Smoltz (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200621San Francisco Giants$328,000
200722San Francisco Giants$650,000
200823San Francisco Giants$950,000
200924San Francisco Giants$2,900,000
201025San Francisco Giants$4,583,333
201126San Francisco Giants$7,333,333
201227San Francisco Giants$15,000,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$16,744,666Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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