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: 17-17 / in Starts: 16-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 2

1936 Pitching Game Log

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1936 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	122	4	Apr 18	SLB		CLE	L,2-7	6-7		99	2.0	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	9.00	1.32	10	0	4	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	.54	-0.040	1.00	-0.05%	-0.69	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d5
2	123	7	Apr 22	SLB		DET	W,12-4	CG	W(1-0)	3	9.0	10	4	4	4	4	0	0	4.91	3.32	42	16	8	0	0	10	51			0	0	0	38	4	0	0	1	0	2	.71	0.183	1.22	0.19%	1.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
3	124	11	Apr 26	SLB	@	CLE	L,7-8	GS-2		3	2.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	5.54	3.78	10	2	4	2	0	2	42			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.073	1.71	-0.07%	-0.68	1b start tie	2b 3 out d2
4	125	15	Apr 30	SLB	@	PHA	L,8-12	GS-4	L(1-1)	3	3.1	4	5	4	3	2	0	0	6.61	3.99	17	4	4	1	2	4	33			1	1	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.18	-0.294	1.17	-0.18%	-2.81	1b start tie	4b 1-3 1 out a1
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
				Player went from St. Louis Browns to Chicago White Sox
5	126	19	May 9	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	W(2-1)	8	9.0	11	3	3	2	5	2	0	5.33	4.62	37	7	13	2	3	10	56			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	3	0	0	.66	0.215	1.16	0.23%	2.89	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
6	127	22	May 15	CHW		NYY	W,9-7	GS-4		5	3.0	6	4	4	2	0	0	0	6.04	4.69	16	6	4	1	1	4	29			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.236	3.19	-0.38%	-2.36	1t start tie	4t 1-3 0 out tie
7	128	27	May 20	CHW		PHA	W,4-0	SHO	W(3-1)	4	9.0	7	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.58	4.47	38	15	14	1	2	6	72			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.32	0.593	1.81	0.49%	5.94	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
8	129	34	May 26(2)	CHW	@	DET	W,9-2	CG	W(4-1)	5	9.0	7	2	2	3	1	0	1	4.08	4.46	37	9	16	3	5	7	63			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.373	1.68	0.46%	3.77	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
9	130	39	May 30(2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-11	GS-5	L(4-2)	3	4.2	10	7	7	2	1	2	0	4.94	4.94	26	5	10	1	1	8	15			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.286	1.64	-0.32%	-4.29	1b start tie	5b 1-3 2 out d6
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
10	131	44	Jun 5	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-8	GS-7	L(4-3)	5	6.0	11	8	7	3	0	0	0	5.53	4.93	32	14	6	1	3	9	17			0	0	0	29	3	1	2	0	0	0	.77	-0.095	1.39	-0.10%	-2.96	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out d5
11	132	49	Jun 11	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-2	GS-7	L(4-4)	5	7.0	9	2	2	0	2	0	0	5.20	4.69	28	13	7	1	2	6	53			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	1	0	0	.78	0.111	1.04	0.09%	2.22	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
12	133	53	Jun 16	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	W(5-4)	4	9.0	8	2	2	3	4	2	0	4.81	4.89	37	12	11	6	1	7	64			0	1	0	34	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.457	1.87	0.42%	3.94	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
13	134	57	Jun 20	CHW		PHA	L,1-2	CG	L(5-5)	3	9.0	4	2	2	1	2	1	0	4.50	4.86	31	14	10	1	2	4	72			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	1	.68	0.255	.87	0.19%	3.94	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
14	135	61	Jun 24	CHW		NYY	L,11-18	GS-3		3	2.1	7	5	5	2	2	1	0	4.91	5.00	15	3	2	0	0	6	23			0	0	0	13	3	0	2	1	0	0	1.26	-0.365	1.85	-0.32%	-4.08	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out d2
15	136	66	Jun 28(2)	CHW		WSH	W,4-1	CG	W(6-5)	3	9.0	6	1	1	0	3	1	0	4.53	4.91	33	8	16	1	5	6	74			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.489	.35	0.12%	4.94	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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
16	137	71	Jul 4(2)	CHW		CLE	W,8-4	CG	W(7-5)	5	9.0	13	4	4	4	0	0	0	4.49	4.89	44	16	11	1	4	13	41			0	0	0	40	1	0	0	1	0	1	.57	0.205	.12	0.03%	1.94	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
17	138	76	Jul 11	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-1	CG	W(8-5)	6	9.0	6	1	1	2	2	1	0	4.20	4.90	35	13	12	1	4	6	71			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	.67	0.242	.12	0.03%	5.12	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
18	139	81	Jul 16	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-7	GS-6		4	5.1	11	6	6	2	1	0	0	4.47	4.86	28	9	13	6	2	3	21			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	-0.318	.49	-0.09%	-2.41	1b start tie	6b --3 1 out tie
19	140	86	Jul 19(2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	W(9-5)	2	9.0	5	2	1	7	1	0	0	4.23	4.90	38	13	13	0	3	4	65			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	.73	0.338	.72	0.20%	3.60	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
20	141	91	Jul 26(1)	CHW		NYY	L,3-12	GS-6	L(9-6)	6	6.0	7	7	5	3	2	2	1	4.37	5.08	28	7	9	0	0	6	33			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	1	.71	-0.301	1.02	-0.26%	-3.04	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
21	142	93	Jul 27	CHW		PHA	L,8-15	9-GF		0	0.2	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	4.56	5.10	6	0	1	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.33	-0.058	.12	-0.01%	-3.43	9t -23 1 out d2	9t end d 7
22	143	95	Jul 29	CHW		PHA	W,7-5	CG	W(10-6)	1	9.0	10	5	1	4	2	0	0	4.33	5.04	39	13	20	6	5	0	53			0	1	0	34	1	0	2	1	0	2	1.02	0.136	.36	0.03%	0.94	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
23	144	99	Aug 2(1)	CHW		BOS	W,9-1	CG	W(11-6)	3	9.0	6	1	1	4	2	0	0	4.13	4.99	35	14	15	4	4	0	69			0	0	0	31	1	0	1	1	0	0	.86	0.365	.20	0.05%	4.94	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
24	145	104	Aug 6(1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,9-6	GS-7	W(12-6)	3	6.2	8	6	6	5	4	2	0	4.30	5.13	32	9	9	0	0	5	33			1	0	0	27	3	0	0	1	0	0	.97	-0.136	.17	-0.01%	-1.71	1b start a 3	7b 1-- 2 out a1
25	146	110	Aug 11	CHW		SLB	L,2-7	CG	L(12-7)	4	9.0	13	7	7	6	1	1	0	4.45	5.21	42	16	10	1	2	9	28			1	0	0	35	2	1	0	2	0	1	.88	-0.216	.14	-0.02%	-1.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out d5
26	147	114	Aug 15(2)	CHW		DET	L,3-10	GS-8	L(12-8)	3	8.0	11	7	7	3	0	1	0	4.60	5.25	37	10	13	0	6	11	29			3	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	.63	-0.237	.04	-0.01%	-1.72	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
27	148	118	Aug 18	CHW		CLE	W,11-10	10-GF(10)	W(13-8)	2	1.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.58	5.25	5	1	1	0	1	2		0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.32	0.169	.04	0.00%	0.66	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
28	149	119	Aug 21	CHW	@	DET	L,6-8	3-8	L(13-9)	2	5.0	2	3	3	2	0	1	0	4.60	5.30	17	4	10	0	1	1		2	0	0	1	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	0.027	.02	0.00%	1.94	3b 12- 1 out tie	8b 1-3 1 out tie
29	150	123	Aug 25	CHW	@	PHA	L,11-13	GS-2		3	2.0	6	7	6	1	1	0	1	4.85	5.30	15	3	4	1	1	5	18			0	1	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.23	-0.449	.02	0.00%	-5.76	1b start a 1	2b 3 out d5
30	151	127	Aug 29	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG(8)	W(14-9)	3	8.0	7	4	4	1	1	1	2	4.83	5.33	32	19	2	0	0	7	52			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.08	0.160	.00	0.00%	0.82	1b start a 2	8b 3 out a1
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
31	152	132	Sep 3(2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-5	GS-8	L(14-10)	4	7.0	8	4	4	2	2	0	0	4.84	5.26	31	5	14	3	6	8	45			1	0	0	28	2	1	1	1	0	0	1.00	0.179	.00	0.00%	0.85	1b start tie	8b --3 0 out d3
32	153	138	Sep 8	CHW		DET	W,7-5	CG	W(15-10)	4	9.0	16	5	5	3	1	0	0	4.85	5.21	44	15	11	2	1	14	33			0	0	0	41	2	1	1	2	0	0	.86	0.178	.00	0.00%	0.94	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
33	154	144	Sep 15	CHW		NYY	L,1-7	GS-4	L(15-11)	6	3.2	5	3	3	2	0	0	0	4.89	5.21	18	5	8	2	1	3	37			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.098	.00	0.00%	-0.88	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d3
34	155	148	Sep 20(2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-9			4	2.0	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.89	5.21	9												7					0
							17-17		W-L:15-11	3.7	211.2	248	125	115	84	50	18	5	4.89	5.21	944	0.98		8%	11%	194	45	4	50%	8	7	0	849	42	8	9	26	0	15	.90	1.473	.74	0.69%	13.44

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