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Sugar Cain
Merritt Patrick Cain
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 5, 1907 in Macon, GA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1932
Final Game: May 28, 1938
Died: April 3, 1975 in Atlanta, GA
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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
1932 25 PHA AL 3 4 .429 5.00 10 6 1 3 0 0 45.0 42 27 25 1 28 24 0 0 0 197 90 1.556 8.4 0.2 5.6 4.8 0.86
1933 26 PHA AL 13 12 .520 4.25 38 32 2 16 1 1 218.0 244 132 103 18 137 43 3 0 4 1030 101 1.748 10.1 0.7 5.7 1.8 0.31
1934 27 PHA AL 9 17 .346 4.41 36 32 2 15 0 0 230.2 235 128 113 15 128 66 3 0 3 1035 99 1.574 9.2 0.6 5.0 2.6 0.52
1935 28 TOT AL 9 13 .409 5.44 37 29 1 8 0 0 193.2 236 134 117 8 123 73 4 0 2 922 87 1.854 11.0 0.4 5.7 3.4 0.59
1935 28 PHA AL 0 5 .000 6.58 6 5 0 0 0 0 26.0 39 22 19 1 19 5 0 0 0 127 69 2.231 13.5 0.3 6.6 1.7 0.26
1935 28 SLB AL 9 8 .529 5.26 31 24 1 8 0 0 167.2 197 112 98 7 104 68 4 0 2 795 91 1.795 10.6 0.4 5.6 3.7 0.65
1936 29 TOT AL 15 11 .577 4.89 34 29 2 15 1 0 211.2 248 125 115 18 84 50 5 0 1 943 106 1.569 10.5 0.8 3.6 2.1 0.60
1936 29 SLB AL 1 1 .500 6.61 4 3 0 1 0 0 16.1 20 13 12 0 9 8 0 0 0 79 82 1.776 11.0 0.0 5.0 4.4 0.89
1936 29 CHW AL 14 10 .583 4.75 30 26 2 14 1 0 195.1 228 112 103 18 75 42 5 0 1 864 109 1.551 10.5 0.8 3.5 1.9 0.56
1937 30 CHW AL 4 2 .667 6.16 18 6 4 1 0 0 68.2 88 48 47 7 51 17 0 0 1 328 75 2.024 11.5 0.9 6.7 2.2 0.33
1938 31 CHW AL 0 1 .000 4.58 5 3 2 0 0 0 19.2 26 17 10 0 18 6 0 0 1 101 107 2.237 11.9 0.0 8.2 2.7 0.33
7 Seasons 53 60 .469 4.83 178 137 14 58 2 1 987.1 1119 611 530 67 569 279 15 0 12 4556 96 1.710 10.2 0.6 5.2 2.5 0.49
162 Game Avg. 11 13 .469 4.83 38 30 3 13 0 0 213 242 132 114 14 123 60 3 0 3 984 96 1.710 10.2 0.6 5.2 2.5 0.49
PHA (4 yrs) 25 38 .397 4.50 90 75 5 34 1 1 519.2 560 309 260 35 312 138 6 0 7 2389 97 1.678 9.7 0.6 5.4 2.4 0.44
CHW (3 yrs) 18 13 .581 5.08 53 35 8 15 1 0 283.2 342 177 160 25 144 65 5 0 3 1293 99 1.713 10.9 0.8 4.6 2.1 0.45
SLB (2 yrs) 10 9 .526 5.38 35 27 1 9 0 0 184.0 217 125 110 7 113 76 4 0 2 874 90 1.793 10.6 0.3 5.5 3.7 0.67

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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
1932 25 PHA AL 10 14 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .250 .357 .250 .607 57 3 0 0 1
1933 26 PHA AL 39 87 80 3 16 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 17 .200 .229 .225 .454 20 18 1 4 1
1934 27 PHA AL 36 88 82 4 13 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 23 .159 .169 .171 .339 -11 14 0 5 1
1935 28 TOT AL 37 69 65 3 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 16 .169 .182 .185 .366 -6 12 0 3 1
1935 28 PHA AL 6 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
1935 28 SLB AL 31 61 57 3 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 15 .193 .207 .211 .417 6 12 0 3 1
1936 29 TOT AL 35 86 75 6 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 7 15 .120 .195 .120 .315 -22 9 0 4 1
1936 29 SLB AL 4 7 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 40 2 0 0 /1
1936 29 CHW AL 31 79 68 5 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 7 14 .103 .187 .103 .290 -28 7 0 4 1
1937 30 CHW AL 18 24 22 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .182 .182 .182 .364 -8 4 0 2 1
1938 31 CHW AL 5 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
7 Seasons 180 376 344 18 56 4 0 0 21 0 0 13 83 .163 .196 .174 .370 -5 60 1 18
162 Game Avg. 162 338 310 16 50 4 0 0 19 0 0 12 75 .163 .196 .174 .370 -5 54 1 16
PHA (4 yrs) 91 197 182 7 32 3 0 0 10 0 0 5 44 .176 .202 .192 .394 4 35 1 9
CHW (3 yrs) 54 111 98 7 11 0 0 0 6 0 0 7 23 .112 .171 .112 .284 -29 11 0 6
SLB (2 yrs) 35 68 64 4 13 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 16 .203 .215 .219 .434 10 14 0 3

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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
1932 PHA AL 25 P 10 9 1 8 0 0 1.000 0.90 .956 1.21
1933 PHA AL 26 P 38 53 6 45 2 5 .962 1.34 .960 1.18
1934 PHA AL 27 P 36 56 4 47 5 2 .911 1.42 .959 1.11
1935 TOT AL 28 P 37 31 2 26 3 4 .903 0.76 .952 1.12
1935 PHA AL 28 P 6 8 0 7 1 1 .875 1.17 .950 1.12
1935 SLB AL 28 P 31 23 2 19 2 3 .913 0.68 .952 1.12
1936 TOT AL 29 P 34 34 3 28 3 3 .912 0.91 .959 1.04
1936 SLB AL 29 P 4 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 .950 1.05
1936 CHW AL 29 P 30 32 2 27 3 3 .906 0.97 .959 1.04
1937 CHW AL 30 P 18 14 0 14 0 1 1.000 0.78 .950 1.09
1938 CHW AL 31 P 5 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.20 .950 1.12
7 Seasons P 178 199 17 168 14 15 .930 1.04 .957 1.12
7 Seasons TOT 178 199 17 168 14 15 .930 1.04 .887 1.12

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Started s c a p y
1933 AL--32--5th
1934 AL--32--5th
1935 AL--29--10th

Complete Games s c a p y
1933 AL--16--7th

Home Runs s c a p y
1933 AL--18--4th
1936 AL--18--9th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1933 AL--137--2nd
1934 AL--128--3rd
1935 AL--123--1st

Hits s c a p y
1933 AL--244--8th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1935 AL--.372--9th

Losses s c a p y
1934 AL--17--4th
1935 AL--13--8th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1933 AL--103--8th
1934 AL--113--7th
1935 AL--117--6th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1934 AL--3--10th
1935 AL--4--6th
1936 AL--5--7th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1933 AL--1030--7th
1934 AL--1035--9th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 5 (1819), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  5. Mike Sullivan (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

May 21, 1935: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Ed Coleman to the St. Louis Browns for George Blaeholder.

May 5, 1936: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the Chicago White Sox for Les Tietje.

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