Sugar Cain

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 190lb (180cm, 86kg)

Born: April 5, 1907 in Macon, GA us

Died: April 3, 1975 in Atlanta, GA

Buried: Cremated

Debut: April 15, 1932 (Age 25-010d, 7,456th in major league history)
vs. NYY 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: May 28, 1938 (Age 31-053d)
vs. DET 2.1 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1933 season

Full Name: Merritt Patrick Cain

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.7

ERA

4.83

178

137

987.1

279

WHIP

1.710

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Team Record in Appearances: 14-22 / in Starts: 12-20

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 1

1934 Pitching Game Log

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1934 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	49	1	Apr 17	PHA		NYY	W,6-5	GS-8		99	8.0	8	5	4	6	4	0	0	4.50	4.43	35	12	5	0	3	8	46			0	1	0	27	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.49	-0.326	3.89	-0.51%	-0.56	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
2	50	5	Apr 21	PHA		WSH	W,7-2	CG	W(1-0)	3	9.0	10	2	2	5	0	0	1	3.18	4.83	41	15	10	0	5	10	54			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.093	2.63	0.14%	2.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
3	51	10	Apr 28	PHA	@	WSH	L,6-7	GS-2		6	1.1	3	4	3	3	0	1	0	4.42	5.91	11	3	2	0	1	3	31			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.76	-0.296	1.63	-0.38%	-3.86	1b start tie	2b 12- 1 out d4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	52	13	May 1	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-7	GS-7	L(1-1)	2	6.1	10	6	6	3	1	1	0	5.47	6.02	32	13	5	2	1	10	27			0	0	0	28	1	2	0	1	0	1	.81	-0.085	1.79	-0.11%	-2.30	1b start tie	7b -23 1 out d5
5	53	15	May 5	PHA		CHW	W,10-4	GS-4		3	3.0	3	2	1	4	3	1	0	5.20	6.40	15	1	5	1	1	2	46			0	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.082	1.95	-0.10%	-0.73	1t start tie	4t 1-- 0 out d2
6	54	17	May 7	PHA		CLE	W,7-3	CG	W(2-1)	1	9.0	8	3	3	3	1	0	0	4.66	5.80	35	11	12	1	1	8	57			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	3	0	0	.88	0.179	1.84	0.22%	1.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
7	55	21	May 11	PHA		DET	L,5-10	GS-5		3	5.0	8	5	5	4	4	1	0	5.18	5.90	25	8	1	1	0	8	31			0	1	0	19	2	1	0	1	0	0	.81	-0.202	2.33	-0.35%	-2.23	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
8	56	24	May 17	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-7	GS-6	L(2-2)	5	5.0	8	4	4	4	0	0	0	5.40	5.86	26	9	7	0	3	6	31			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.04	-0.156	2.35	-0.21%	-1.91	1b start tie	6b 123 0 out d2
9	57	28	May 21	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	W(3-2)	3	9.0	7	3	3	4	2	1	0	5.01	5.81	38	17	8	0	1	7	59			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	.75	0.274	1.32	0.29%	2.56	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
10	58	32	May 25	PHA	@	DET	W,9-7	GS-6		3	5.1	7	5	3	3	1	0	0	5.02	5.69	29	9	9	0	3	7	36			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.06	-0.414	2.06	-0.48%	-2.79	1b start a 2	6b 1-3 1 out tie
11	59	36	May 29	PHA		BOS	L,1-2	CG(7)	L(3-3)	3	7.0	8	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.76	5.52	30	8	12	1	2	8	51			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.31	0.174	1.68	0.13%	1.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	60	41	Jun 3	PHA		NYY	L,3-5	GS-8	L(3-4)	4	8.0	8	5	5	4	1	2	0	4.86	5.75	35	7	15	1	2	8	43			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.107	1.04	-0.08%	-0.56	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
13	61	44	Jun 7	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-7	GS-6	L(3-5)	3	6.0	6	6	5	4	0	0	1	5.05	5.74	29	6	12	0	3	6	34			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.26	-0.379	1.10	-0.20%	-2.67	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
14	62	48	Jun 13	PHA		CLE	W,11-2	CG	W(4-5)	5	9.0	5	2	2	3	3	0	0	4.75	5.52	34	16	7	0	2	5	69			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	1	0	0	.51	0.311	.32	0.12%	2.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
15	63	52	Jun 16(2)	PHA		CHW	W,7-6	7-8	BS(1)	2	1.1	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	4.68	5.59	9	3	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	2.44	-0.309	.71	-0.05%	-1.53	7t --- 0 out a1	8t 123 1 out tie
16	64	54	Jun 18(1)	PHA		CHW	L,2-3	GS-8	L(4-6)	1	8.0	7	3	1	2	1	0	0	4.40	5.44	34	14	10	4	0	7	59			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	3	1.59	-0.075	.68	-0.02%	1.44	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	65	69	Jul 3	PHA		WSH	L,6-12	GS-6	L(4-7)	14	6.0	8	8	8	3	1	1	0	4.82	5.50	30	7	12	0	2	7	22			0	0	0	24	2	1	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.274	.03	-0.01%	-4.67	1t start tie	6t 3 out d7
18	66	74	Jul 7	PHA	@	BOS	L,10-11	GS-7		3	6.2	6	7	6	6	2	0	0	5.02	5.48	32	8	10	0	4	6	32			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	2	1.20	-0.037	.05	0.00%	-0.63	1b start tie	7b 123 2 out a4
19	67	77	Jul 12	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	L(4-8)	4	8.1	7	3	3	5	2	0	0	4.90	5.42	35	15	6	1	1	7	54			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	3	0	1	1.38	-0.115	.01	0.00%	1.70	1b start tie	9b 1-- 1 out d1
20	68	81	Jul 16	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(4-9)	3	8.0	7	3	2	2	3	0	0	4.73	5.28	33	11	10	1	1	7	59			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.27	0.071	.01	0.00%	1.94	1b start a 2	8b 3 out d1
21	69	84	Jul 20	PHA	@	DET	W,5-4	7-GF	W(5-9)	3	3.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.62	5.25	11	4	4	1	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.29	0.474	.01	0.00%	1.73	7b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 1
22	70	88	Jul 23	PHA	@	CLE	W,11-9	GS-6		2	6.0	8	7	6	2	3	1	0	4.81	5.26	28	7	8	0	2	8	31			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	-0.415	.00	0.00%	-3.50	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
23	71	92	Jul 28(2)	PHA		NYY	L,1-2	CG	L(5-10)	4	9.0	9	2	2	8	4	0	0	4.64	5.24	42	11	11	3	2	8	57			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.57	0.154	.00	0.00%	2.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	72	96	Aug 3	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-5	GS-6	L(5-11)	5	6.0	5	2	2	3	3	1	0	4.58	5.26	24	9	5	0	2	4	54			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	2	0	0	.83	0.050	.00	0.00%	1.26	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
25	73	101	Aug 9	PHA		BOS	L,2-15	GS-3	L(5-12)	5	2.0	6	6	4	3	0	0	0	4.75	5.29	15	6	1	0	0	5	21			2	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	.92	-0.297	.00	0.00%	-4.24	1t start tie	3t 1-3 0 out d4
26	74	106	Aug 15(1)	PHA		CHW	W,7-4	CG	W(6-12)	5	9.0	9	4	4	7	1	0	0	4.71	5.29	44	17	13	0	2	6	47			1	0	0	36	2	0	0	1	0	2	1.21	0.109	.00	0.00%	0.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
27	75	109	Aug 17(2)	PHA		CHW	L,2-3	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.68	5.28	4	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.044	.00	0.00%	0.56	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
28	76	112	Aug 19	PHA		CLE	W,9-5	CG	W(7-12)	1	9.0	7	5	4	6	2	1	0	4.65	5.32	41	17	9	1	3	7	51			1	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	2	.48	0.163	.00	0.00%	-0.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
29	77	113	Aug 21	PHA		CLE	L,11-12	9-9	BL(7-13)	1	0.1	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	4.74	5.34	4	1	0	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.76	-0.423	.00	0.00%	-3.17	9t 123 0 out a5	9t 1-- 1 out tie
30	78	116	Aug 24	PHA		SLB	L,1-2	CG	L(7-14)	2	9.0	8	2	2	3	3	1	0	4.61	5.32	36	8	14	1	0	8	63			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.112	.00	0.00%	2.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
31	79	121	Aug 29(1)	PHA		DET	L,7-12	GS-8	L(7-15)	4	7.0	15	8	8	1	7	2	0	4.81	5.32	35	5	9	2	2	13	21			1	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.655	.00	0.00%	-4.12	1t start tie	8t --- 0 out d2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
32	80	126	Sep 3(2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,10-3	CG	W(8-15)	4	9.0	10	3	3	5	3	0	0	4.73	5.27	40	9	13	1	3	10	53			0	0	0	35	3	0	1	2	0	0	.76	0.113	.00	0.00%	1.89	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a7
33	81	131	Sep 8(2)	PHA	@	DET	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(8-16)	4	8.0	2	2	2	4	6	0	1	4.64	5.20	29	7	9	0	3	2	72			2	0	0	23	0	0	0	2	0	0	.70	0.123	.00	0.00%	2.62	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
34	82	139	Sep 16(1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	W(9-16)	7	9.0	5	1	1	5	3	0	0	4.49	5.16	36	10	13	0	2	5	71			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.68	0.749	.00	0.00%	4.56	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
35	83	146	Sep 23(1)	PHA		WSH	L,1-2	CG	L(9-17)	6	9.0	9	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.39	5.08	36	10	15	0	2	9	61			1	1	0	35	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.296	.00	0.00%	2.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
36	84	151	Sep 26	PHA		NYY	L,3-4	GS-5		2	5.0	3	2	2	4	0	0	0	4.37	5.09	22	8	7	1	1	3	49			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.01	0.031	.00	0.00%	0.78	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
							14-22		W-L:9-17,BSv:2	3.3	230.2	235	128	112	128	67	14	3	4.37	5.09	1035	1.10		4%	10%	223	47	3	100%	10	5	0	885	45	5	1	33	0	22	1.11	-1.127	.77	-1.60%	1.42

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