Matt Cain

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 230lb (190cm, 104kg)

Born: October 1, 1984 in Dothan, AL us

Draft: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (25th) of the 2002 MLB June Amateur Draft from Houston HS (Germantown, TN).

High School: Houston HS (Germantown, TN)

Last Game: September 30, 2017 (Age 32-364d)
vs. SDP 5.0 IP, 2 H, 4 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2006 season

Agents: CAA Sports

Full Name: Matthew Thomas Cain

Nicknames: The Horse or Big Sugar

Pronunciation: \mat kayn\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

29.1

104

118

ERA

3.68

342

331

2085.2

1694

WHIP

1.228

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2002	17	-2.4	Giants	ARIZ	Rk	SFG	0	1	.000	3.72	4.66	8	7	0	0	0	0	19.1	13	10	8	1	11	0	20	4	0	3	83	1.241	6.1	0.5	5.1	9.3	1.82
2003	18	-3.7	Hagerstown	SALL	A	SFG	4	4	.500	2.55	2.92	14	14	0	0	0	0	74.0	57	24	21	5	24	0	90	5	1	1	303	1.095	6.9	0.6	2.9	10.9	3.75
2004	19		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A+	SFG	13	5	.722	2.67	3.91	28	28	0	0	0	0	158.2	131	69	47	12	57	0	161	7	0	4	657	1.185	7.4	0.7	3.2	9.1	2.82
2004	19	-5.3	Norwich	EL	AA	SFG	6	4	.600	3.35	4.60	15	15	0	0	0	0	86.0	73	44	32	7	40	0	72	3	0	4	363	1.314	7.6	0.7	4.2	7.5	1.80
2004	19	-3.9	San Jose	CALL	A+	SFG	7	1	.875	1.86	3.10	13	13	0	0	0	0	72.2	58	25	15	5	17	0	89	4	0	0	294	1.032	7.2	0.6	2.1	11.0	5.24
2005	20	-7.2	Fresno	PCL	AAA	SFG	10	5	.667	4.39	4.76	26	26	0	1	0	0	145.2	118	77	71	22	73	0	176	5	0	5	627	1.311	7.3	1.4	4.5	10.9	2.41
2005	20	-9.2	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	2	1	.667	2.33	2.33	7	7	0	1	0	0	46.1	24	12	12	4	19	1	30	0	0	1	181	0.928	4.7	0.8	3.7	5.8	1.58
2006	21	-8.1	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	13	12	.520	4.15	4.39	32	31	1	1	1	0	190.2	157	93	88	18	87	1	179	6	2	9	818	1.280	7.4	0.8	4.1	8.4	2.06
2007	22	-7.0	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	7	16	.304	3.65	3.78	32	32	0	1	0	0	200.0	173	84	81	14	79	3	163	5	0	12	832	1.260	7.8	0.6	3.6	7.3	2.06
2008	23	-5.9	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	8	14	.364	3.76	3.93	34	34	0	1	1	0	217.2	206	95	91	19	91	9	186	7	2	7	933	1.364	8.5	0.8	3.8	7.7	2.04
2009	24	-4.6	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	14	8	.636	2.89	3.02	33	33	0	4	0	0	217.2	184	73	70	22	73	6	171	3	0	9	886	1.181	7.6	0.9	3.0	7.1	2.34
2010	25	-3.7	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	13	11	.542	3.14	3.39	33	33	0	4	2	0	223.1	181	84	78	22	61	4	177	4	0	8	896	1.084	7.3	0.9	2.5	7.1	2.90
2011	26	-2.5	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	12	11	.522	2.88	3.33	33	33	0	1	0	0	221.2	177	82	71	9	63	5	179	9	0	4	907	1.083	7.2	0.4	2.6	7.3	2.84
2012	27	-1.5	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	16	5	.762	2.79	3.00	32	32	0	2	2	0	219.1	177	73	68	21	51	1	193	9	0	8	876	1.040	7.3	0.9	2.1	7.9	3.78
2013	28	-0.1	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	8	10	.444	4.00	4.15	30	30	0	0	0	0	184.1	158	85	82	23	55	3	158	5	0	1	760	1.156	7.7	1.1	2.7	7.7	2.87
2014	29	0.5	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	2	7	.222	4.18	4.68	15	15	0	0	0	0	90.1	81	47	42	13	32	2	70	2	0	2	374	1.251	8.1	1.3	3.2	7.0	2.19
2015	30		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	SFG	1	2	.333	3.47	3.86	6	4	1	0	0	0	23.1	21	10	9	2	5	0	24	1	0	0	98	1.114	8.1	0.8	1.9	9.3	4.80
2015	30	3.2	Sacramento	PCL	AAA	SFG	1	2	.333	3.20	3.66	5	3	1	0	0	0	19.2	18	8	7	2	4	0	22	1	0	0	83	1.119	8.2	0.9	1.8	10.1	5.50
2015	30	5.4	Richmond	EL	AA	SFG	0	0		4.91	4.91	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	3	2	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	15	1.091	7.4	0.0	2.5	4.9	2.00
2015	30	1.6	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	2	4	.333	5.79	5.79	13	11	0	0	0	0	60.2	71	39	39	12	20	0	41	4	0	1	271	1.500	10.5	1.8	3.0	6.1	2.05
2016	31		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-A+-Rk	SFG	1	2	.333	8.50	9.50	4	4	0	0	0	0	18.0	24	19	17	3	7	0	14	2	0	1	85	1.722	12.0	1.5	3.5	7.0	2.00
2016	31	4.3	Sacramento	PCL	AAA	SFG	1	1	.500	5.06	6.75	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.2	11	8	6	1	4	0	6	1	0	0	47	1.406	9.3	0.8	3.4	5.1	1.50
2016	31	7.9	San Jose	CALL	A+	SFG	0	1	.000	20.25	20.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	10	9	9	1	3	0	2	1	0	0	25	3.250	22.5	2.3	6.8	4.5	0.67
2016	31	10.1	Giants	ARIZ	Rk	SFG	0	0		5.40	5.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	3	2	2	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	13	0.900	8.1	2.7	0.0	16.2
2016	31	2.9	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	4	8	.333	5.64	5.84	21	17	2	0	0	0	89.1	103	58	56	16	32	1	72	6	0	5	397	1.511	10.4	1.6	3.2	7.3	2.25
2017	32	3.6	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	3	11	.214	5.43	6.15	27	23	1	0	0	0	124.1	157	85	75	18	49	6	75	2	0	3	568	1.657	11.4	1.3	3.5	5.4	1.53
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (13 seasons)					Majors		104	118	.468	3.68	3.93	342	331	4	15	6	0	2085.2	1849	910	853	211	712	42	1694	62	4	70	8699	1.228	8.0	0.9	3.1	7.3	2.38
Minors (6 seasons)					Minors		29	19	.604	3.55	4.28	86	83	1	1	0	0	439.0	364	209	173	45	177	0	485	24	1	14	1853	1.232	7.5	0.9	3.6	9.9	2.74
All Levels (16 Seasons)							133	137	.493	3.66	3.99	428	414	5	16	6	0	2524.2	2213	1119	1026	256	889	42	2179	86	5	84	10552	1.229	7.9	0.9	3.2	7.8	2.45

AAA (3 seasons)					Minors		12	8	.600	4.30	4.76	33	31	1	1	0	0	176.0	147	93	84	25	81	0	204	7	0	5	757	1.295	7.5	1.3	4.1	10.4	2.52
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		6	4	.600	3.41	4.62	16	16	0	0	0	0	89.2	76	46	34	7	41	0	74	3	0	4	378	1.305	7.6	0.7	4.1	7.4	1.80
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		7	2	.778	2.82	3.99	14	14	0	0	0	0	76.2	68	34	24	6	20	0	91	5	0	0	319	1.148	8.0	0.7	2.3	10.7	4.55
A (1 season)					Minors		4	4	.500	2.55	2.92	14	14	0	0	0	0	74.0	57	24	21	5	24	0	90	5	1	1	303	1.095	6.9	0.6	2.9	10.9	3.75
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		0	1	.000	3.97	4.76	9	8	0	0	0	0	22.2	16	12	10	2	11	0	26	4	0	4	96	1.191	6.4	0.8	4.4	10.3	2.36