Matthew Thomas Cain (The Horse)
Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 230 lb.
Born: October 1, 1984 in Dothan, AL
High School: Houston HS (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 (Age 20)
vs. COL 5.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 4 BB, 2 ER, L
Team: Giants 2005-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2017, 8 yrs/$139.75M (10-17) & 18 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 7.038, Free Agent: 2018 [*], Agents: Len Hardison, Kyle Rote Jr [*]
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| Rk | Gcar | Gtm | Date | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | |||
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| 1 | 106 | 3 | Apr 9 | SFG | MIL | W,7-1 | GS-7 | W(1-0) | 99 | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.29 | 27 | 90 | 61 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .94 | 0.299 | 2.56 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out a4 | |||
| 2 | 107 | 8 | Apr 15 | SFG | @ | LAD | L,4-5 | GS-6 | 5 | 6.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.08 | 27 | 115 | 65 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.11 | 0.044 | 0.84 | 1b start tie | 6b 3 out d1 | |||
| 3 | 108 | 13 | Apr 21 | SFG | SDP | W,8-3 | GS-6 | W(2-0) | 5 | 6.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.37 | 25 | 102 | 74 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.10 | 0.063 | 1.05 | 1t start tie | 6t 3 out a3 | |||
| 4 | 109 | 17 | Apr 26 | SFG | @ | ARI | L,4-5 | GS-7 | 4 | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2.08 | 27 | 103 | 67 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .94 | 0.331 | 2.66 | 1b start tie | 7b 3 out tie | |||
| May | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 5 | 110 | 22 | May 2 | SFG | COL | L,1-5 | GS-6 | L(2-1) | 5 | 6.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3.09 | 27 | 102 | 61 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .72 | -0.181 | -1.95 | 1t start tie | 6t 3 out d5 | |||
| 6 | 111 | 27 | May 7 | SFG | @ | COL | W,8-3 | GS-6 | W(3-1) | 4 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2.61 | 22 | 107 | 60 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .80 | 0.233 | 3.35 | 1b start tie | 6b 3 out a5 | ||
| 7 | 112 | 32 | May 12 | SFG | WSN | W,9-7 | GS-7 | 4 | 7.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 31 | 100 | 68 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .96 | 0.021 | -0.44 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out a1 | ||||
| 8 | 113 | 37 | May 17 | SFG | NYM | W,2-0 | GS-6 | W(4-1) | 4 | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.65 | 24 | 119 | 69 | 26 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.28 | 0.356 | 3.05 | 1t start tie | 6t 3 out a2 | |||
| 9 | 114 | 42 | May 23 | SFG | @ | SEA | W,5-1 | CG | W(5-1) | 5 | 9.0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2.40 | 34 | 111 | 81 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .81 | 0.266 | 3.59 | 1b start tie | 9b 3 out a4 | ||
| 10 | 115 | 47 | May 29 | SFG | STL | W,4-2 | GS-7 | W(6-1) | 5 | 6.1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.31 | 27 | 105 | 70 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.17 | 0.163 | 1.02 | 1t start tie | 7t 1-- 1 out a2 | |||
| June | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 11 | 116 | 52 | Jun 4(2) | SFG | @ | WSN | W,4-1 | CG(5) | W(7-1) | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2.27 | 22 | 82 | 58 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.06 | 0.142 | 1.47 | 1b start tie | 5b 3 out a3 | ||
| 12 | 117 | 57 | Jun 9 | SFG | @ | ARI | W,9-4 | GS-7 | W(8-1) | 4 | 6.1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2.55 | 30 | 115 | 64 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .97 | -0.141 | -0.89 | 1b start tie | 7b 1-- 1 out a4 | ||
| 13 | 118 | 62 | Jun 14 | SFG | OAK | W,7-1 | CG | W(9-1) | 4 | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2.39 | 31 | 119 | 87 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .40 | 0.144 | 3.57 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out a6 | |||
| 14 | 119 | 67 | Jun 20 | SFG | TEX | W,2-1 | GS-8 | 5 | 8.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2.28 | 30 | 106 | 74 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.16 | 0.397 | 3.06 | 1t start tie | 8t 3 out tie | ||||
| 15 | 120 | 72 | Jun 26 | SFG | @ | MIL | L,1-5 | GS-7 | L(9-2) | 5 | 7.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2.57 | 30 | 100 | 62 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .61 | -0.243 | -1.59 | 1b start a 1 | 7b 3 out d4 | ||
| July | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 16 | 121 | 77 | Jul 1 | SFG | @ | STL | L,1-2 | GS-7 | 4 | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.48 | 28 | 92 | 67 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.06 | 0.208 | 2.41 | 1b start tie | 7b 3 out d1 | |||
| 17 | 122 | 82 | Jul 6 | SFG | FLA | W,5-4 | GS-7 | W(10-2) | 4 | 6.2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2.42 | 27 | 105 | 64 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .89 | 0.275 | 1.32 | 1t start tie | 7t 1-- 2 out a3 | |||
| 18 | 123 | 87 | Jul 11 | SFG | SDP | W,2-1 | GS-2 | 4 | 1.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.38 | 9 | 35 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.14 | 0.048 | 0.51 | 1t start tie | 2t 1-3 2 out tie | ||||
| 19 | 124 | 91 | Jul 19 | SFG | @ | PIT | W,4-3 | GS-7 | W(11-2) | 7 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2.32 | 27 | 107 | 72 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .88 | 0.225 | 2.41 | 1b start tie | 7b 3 out a3 | ||
| 20 | 125 | 96 | Jul 24 | SFG | @ | COL | W,3-1 | GS-7 | W(12-2) | 4 | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.27 | 26 | 117 | 67 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.15 | 0.366 | 2.91 | 1b start tie | 7b 3 out a2 | ||
| 21 | 126 | 101 | Jul 29 | SFG | PIT | W,1-0 | GS-9 | 4 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.12 | 31 | 111 | 75 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 83 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.27 | 0.692 | 4.57 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out tie | ||||
| August | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 22 | 127 | 106 | Aug 3 | SFG | @ | HOU | L,3-4 | CG(8) | L(12-3) | 4 | 8.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 | 32 | 115 | 82 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .93 | -0.162 | -0.10 | 1b start a 1 | 8b 3 out d2 | ||
| 23 | 128 | 111 | Aug 9 | SFG | CIN | L,2-5 | GS-7 | L(12-4) | 5 | 7.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2.44 | 30 | 101 | 69 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .58 | -0.200 | -1.45 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out d4 | |||
| 24 | 129 | 116 | Aug 15 | SFG | @ | NYM | W,5-4 | GS-8 | 5 | 7.1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2.49 | 28 | 100 | 74 | 24 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.14 | 0.131 | 1.20 | 1b start tie | 8b -2- 1 out a2 | |||
| 25 | 130 | 121 | Aug 20 | SFG | @ | CIN | L,1-2 | GS-8 | 4 | 8.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.43 | 33 | 109 | 79 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 64 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.46 | 0.379 | 2.98 | 1b start tie | 8b 3 out tie | |||
| 26 | 131 | 126 | Aug 25 | SFG | ARI | W,5-4 | GS-7 | 4 | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.39 | 28 | 102 | 61 | 18 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.08 | 0.105 | 1.55 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out d1 | ||||
| 27 | 132 | 131 | Aug 30 | SFG | COL | W,9-5 | GS-6 | 4 | 6.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2.50 | 27 | 113 | 75 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .93 | -0.180 | -0.95 | 1t start tie | 6t 3 out d3 | ||||
| September/October | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 28 | 133 | 136 | Sep 5 | SFG | @ | MIL | W,3-2 | GS-8 | W(13-4) | 5 | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.51 | 26 | 108 | 73 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.30 | 0.209 | 1.79 | 1b start tie | 8b -2- 0 out a2 | ||
| 29 | 134 | 141 | Sep 11 | SFG | LAD | L,3-10 | GS-6 | L(13-5) | 5 | 6.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2.61 | 27 | 109 | 63 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .84 | -0.137 | -0.95 | 1t start tie | 6t 3 out d3 | |||
| 30 | 135 | 146 | Sep 16 | SFG | COL | L,3-4 | GS-6 | L(13-6) | 4 | 6.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2.71 | 26 | 90 | 62 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .79 | -0.120 | -0.95 | 1t start tie | 6t 3 out d4 | |||
| 31 | 136 | 151 | Sep 22 | SFG | @ | ARI | L,8-10 | GS-3 | L(13-7) | 5 | 2.1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.99 | 15 | 53 | 39 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.15 | -0.532 | -5.13 | 1b start a 1 | 3b -2- 1 out d2 | ||
| 32 | 137 | 156 | Sep 27 | SFG | CHC | W,5-1 | GS-8 | W(14-7) | 4 | 8.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2.88 | 29 | 112 | 74 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .75 | 0.366 | 4.06 | 1t start tie | 8t 3 out a5 | |||
| 33 | 138 | 161 | Oct 3 | SFG | @ | SDP | L,0-2 | GS-5 | L(14-8) | 5 | 5.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2.89 | 23 | 107 | 77 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .94 | -0.039 | 0.24 | 1b start tie | 5b 3 out d2 | ||
| SFG | 217.2 | 184 | 73 | 70 | 73 | 171 | 22 | 3 | 2.89 | 886 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DH | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Other (days rest listed) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 14 | 1 | 99 days |
| Avg | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Other Game Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.26 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | runs |
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