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Matt Cain

Matthew Thomas Cain

All-Star Player

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 245 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 2005-2009
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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

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 31 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 30 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 32 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 32 73 60 2 9 2 1 0 3 0 0 4 31 .150 .203 .217 .420 9 13 0 0 9 0 0 1 AS
5 Seasons 132 293 251 10 29 6 1 4 11 0 0 11 131 .116 .153 .195 .348 -11 49 0 0 31 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 360 308 12 36 7 1 5 14 0 0 14 161 .116 .153 .195 .348 -11 60 0 0 38 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2005 SFG NL 20 P 7 7 46.1 4 1 2 1 0 .750 0.58 0.43 .975 1.75 0.46
2006 SFG NL 21 P 32 31 190.2 35 17 15 3 0 .914 1.51 1.00 .960 1.72 0.43 RoY-5
2007 SFG NL 22 P 32 32 200.0 31 6 25 0 2 1.000 1.40 0.97 .965 1.68 0.40
2008 SFG NL 23 P 34 34 217.2 38 14 24 0 3 1.000 1.57 1.12 .958 1.73 0.43
2009 SFG NL 24 P 33 33 217.2 39 17 22 0 1 1.000 1.61 1.18 .954 1.73 0.42 AS
5 Seasons P 138 137 872.1 147 55 88 4 6 .973 1.48 1.04 .959 1.72 0.42
5 Seasons TOT 138 137 872.1 147 55 88 4 6 .973 1.48 1.04 .932 1.72 0.42

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  3.65 (10th)
2009 NL  2.89 (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 (546), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 37 (648), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1349), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3920), Average HOFer ≈ 50
Pitching - 10 (815), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Bart Johnson (953)
  7. Dennis Bennett (952)
  8. Zack Greinke (951)
  9. Ed Halicki (950)
  10. Don Schwall (949)
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  8. John Smoltz (952)
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Transactions

June 4, 2002: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 26, 2002.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2006San Francisco Giants$328,000
2007San Francisco Giants$650,000
2008San Francisco Giants$950,000
2009San Francisco Giants$2,900,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,828,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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