Matt Cain

Position: 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)

Debut: August 29, 2005 (Age 20-332d, 18,749th in major league history)
vs. COL 5.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 4 BB, 2 ER, L

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

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2008 Pitching Game Log

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2008 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	72	2	Apr 1	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-3	GS-6		99	5.2	3	0	0	4	5	0	0	0.00	3.48	24	114	70	19	7	7	8	1	2	0	64			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.252	1.09	0.15%	2.23	1b start tie	6b 123 2 out tie
2	73	7	Apr 7	SFG		SDP	L,4-8	GS-5	L(0-1)	5	4.1	7	5	4	5	5	1	0	3.60	5.13	25	97	56	14	5	4	11	6	0	0	31			0	0	0	18	1	0	1	0	1	1	.89	-0.335	.78	-0.18%	-4.00	1t start tie	5t 123 1 out d4
3	74	12	Apr 12	SFG		STL	L,7-8	GS-7		4	6.2	3	2	2	3	5	0	0	3.24	4.27	26	95	56	14	8	8	10	1	1	0	62			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.286	.73	0.14%	1.13	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out a3
4	75	17	Apr 18	SFG	@	STL	L,1-11	GS-4	L(0-2)	5	3.2	8	9	9	3	4	2	0	6.64	5.39	22	80	48	14	5	4	11	6	1	0	10			0	0	0	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.385	.58	-0.17%	-6.32	1b start tie	4b -2- 2 out d7
5	76	22	Apr 23	SFG	@	SDP	W,3-2	GS-7		4	7.0	5	1	1	3	7	0	0	5.27	4.63	27	98	57	15	13	5	12	7	2	0	67			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	0.170	.78	0.08%	2.10	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
6	77	27	Apr 28	SFG		COL	W,4-0	GS-6	W(1-2)	4	5.1	4	0	0	5	3	0	0	4.41	4.66	23	108	63	12	8	6	9	4	2	0	58			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.238	.78	0.11%	2.19	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out a4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
7	78	31	May 3	SFG	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS-8		4	7.0	3	2	2	1	8	2	0	4.08	4.72	25	93	60	17	13	5	11	2	5	0	70			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.115	.67	0.05%	1.25	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 0 out tie
8	79	35	May 8	SFG	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS-7	L(1-3)	4	6.1	9	5	5	1	5	0	0	4.50	4.35	30	113	74	20	9	7	17	6	3	0	39			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	1	1	1.44	-0.296	.90	-0.11%	-1.24	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out tie
9	80	40	May 13	SFG		HOU	W,4-2	GS-8	W(2-3)	4	8.0	7	2	2	4	5	1	0	4.17	4.45	35	114	74	19	8	10	16	4	4	0	61			0	0	0	31	2	0	1	0	0	0	.97	0.290	.59	0.11%	2.16	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
10	81	45	May 18	SFG		CHW	L,8-13	GS-7		4	7.0	6	6	6	3	6	4	0	4.57	5.10	30	115	72	19	12	4	17	2	3	0	44			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.426	.34	-0.10%	-2.36	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
11	82	51	May 25(2)	SFG	@	FLA	L,4-5	GS-6		6	6.0	5	2	2	2	6	1	0	4.43	5.03	24	98	64	10	13	2	14	3	3	0	58			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.29	0.147	.54	0.04%	1.09	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a2
12	83	55	May 30	SFG		SDP	L,3-7	GS-7		4	7.0	7	3	3	1	6	0	0	4.38	4.73	29	103	72	12	12	12	10	3	1	0	56			0	0	0	27	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.029	.68	0.01%	0.64	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	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
13	84	60	Jun 4	SFG		NYM	L,3-5	GS-5	L(2-4)	4	5.0	5	5	5	4	3	1	1	4.67	4.90	24	93	55	15	9	5	11	4	1	0	36			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	1	0	0	.66	-0.276	.39	-0.10%	-2.40	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
14	85	64	Jun 9	SFG	@	WSN	W,3-2	GS-7	W(3-4)	4	6.1	8	1	1	1	6	0	0	4.43	4.67	26	107	78	16	7	9	10	5	0	0	58			0	2	0	24	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.20	0.119	.83	0.05%	1.31	1b start a 1	7b 1-3 1 out a2
15	86	69	Jun 14	SFG		OAK	L,0-4	GS-8	L(3-5)	4	7.0	6	3	3	1	11	0	0	4.39	4.34	28	108	73	23	22	4	12	5	2	0	63			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	1	0	.79	0.101	.50	0.04%	1.25	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out d2
16	87	74	Jun 20	SFG	@	KCR	W,9-4	GS-8	W(4-5)	5	8.0	5	4	3	1	8	0	1	4.31	4.15	29	108	76	18	14	4	15	4	1	0	65			1	1	0	26	2	0	0	0	1	0	.66	-0.028	.31	-0.01%	0.18	1b start tie	8b 3 out a4
17	88	79	Jun 26	SFG	@	CLE	L,1-4	GS-5	L(4-6)	5	5.0	8	4	4	2	4	0	0	4.44	4.08	24	101	67	14	6	6	12	4	3	0	37			0	0	0	22	3	1	1	1	0	0	1.00	-0.183	.72	-0.08%	-1.39	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
18	89	84	Jul 1	SFG		CHC	W,2-1	GS-8	W(5-6)	4	8.0	2	0	0	3	10	0	0	4.13	3.92	29	114	72	27	11	7	9	3	0	0	85			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.21	0.523	.85	0.22%	4.16	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
19	90	89	Jul 6	SFG		LAD	L,3-5	GS-6	L(5-7)	4	6.0	8	5	5	3	5	0	0	4.30	3.87	27	95	62	20	7	7	12	4	1	0	38			2	0	0	23	2	0	1	1	1	0	1.04	-0.273	1.12	-0.18%	-1.88	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
20	91	93	Jul 11	SFG	@	CHC	L,1-3	GS-7		4	7.0	3	0	0	3	9	0	1	4.06	3.78	27	115	77	19	16	2	12	2	4	0	77			0	1	0	23	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.16	0.460	.48	0.11%	3.82	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
21	92	96	Jul 18	SFG		MIL	L,1-9	GS-7	L(5-8)	6	6.0	7	4	3	5	5	0	0	4.08	3.79	29	110	66	13	8	8	11	0	0	0	44			0	1	0	24	3	1	1	1	0	1	1.18	-0.052	.50	-0.01%	-0.51	1t start tie	7t -2- 0 out d3
22	93	101	Jul 24	SFG		WSN	W,1-0	SHO	W(6-8)	5	9.0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.82	3.69	31	113	81	24	4	13	14	1	2	0	83			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	0.726	.49	0.14%	4.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
23	94	106	Jul 29	SFG	@	LAD	L,0-2	GS-7	L(6-9)	4	7.0	8	2	1	0	8	0	0	3.70	3.56	29	118	89	16	15	12	9	4	0	0	63			3	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	.98	0.059	.22	0.01%	1.50	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	95	111	Aug 4	SFG		ATL	W,4-2	GS-7	W(7-9)	5	6.2	5	1	1	5	6	0	1	3.60	3.58	30	108	64	15	8	9	9	6	0	0	61			1	0	0	24	1	1	0	1	0	0	.98	0.207	.07	0.01%	1.86	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out a3
25	96	116	Aug 10	SFG		LAD	W,5-4	GS-7		5	7.0	6	4	4	4	4	0	1	3.67	3.60	33	126	81	15	5	6	18	5	2	0	49			1	0	0	28	2	2	1	0	0	1	1.36	-0.178	.22	-0.02%	-0.36	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
26	97	121	Aug 15	SFG	@	ATL	W,5-1	GS-7	W(8-9)	4	7.0	6	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.57	3.54	27	110	73	24	9	7	14	2	0	0	65			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.31	0.347	.03	0.01%	2.50	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a1
27	98	126	Aug 20	SFG		FLA	W,6-5	GS-8		4	7.2	5	2	2	4	4	1	0	3.52	3.62	32	125	81	28	8	4	20	4	7	0	61			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.176	.02	0.00%	1.92	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a3
28	99	131	Aug 25	SFG		COL	L,2-4	GS-6	L(8-10)	4	6.0	6	3	3	4	4	1	0	3.55	3.70	27	112	69	16	11	7	12	5	1	0	48			0	1	0	22	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.000	.06	0.00%	0.12	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
29	100	136	Aug 31	SFG	@	CIN	L,3-9	GS-5	L(8-11)	5	5.0	8	5	5	5	3	0	1	3.69	3.74	27	111	64	12	12	4	14	9	0	0	29			2	1	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.283	.05	-0.01%	-2.40	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
30	101	141	Sep 6	SFG		PIT	W,7-6	GS-7		5	6.2	10	4	4	1	2	0	1	3.75	3.73	30	113	70	24	7	11	15	6	0	0	39			2	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.157	.00	0.00%	-0.60	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out d3
31	102	146	Sep 11	SFG	@	SDP	L,3-11	GS-4	L(8-12)	4	3.1	9	6	6	1	3	2	0	3.96	3.84	20	82	55	19	4	6	10	4	2	0	20			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	.52	-0.440	.01	-0.01%	-4.70	1b start a 1	4b 1-- 1 out d5
32	103	151	Sep 16	SFG	@	ARI	L,0-2	GS-7	L(8-13)	4	7.0	7	2	2	0	7	2	0	3.91	3.87	27	87	63	18	11	10	10	3	1	0	62			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.66	0.097	.00	0.00%	1.82	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
33	104	156	Sep 21	SFG	@	LAD	W,1-0	GS-6		4	6.0	5	0	0	4	4	0	0	3.80	3.87	26	108	73	20	8	6	12	7	3	0	62			0	0	0	21	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.40	0.355	.00	0.00%	3.00	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
34	105	161	Sep 27	SFG		LAD	L,1-2	GS-7	L(8-14)	5	7.0	8	2	2	4	6	1	0	3.76	3.91	31	114	71	19	14	6	15	6	1	0	55			0	1	0	27	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.45	0.100	.00	0.00%	1.64	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
							14-20		W-L:8-14	4.4	217.2	206	95	91	91	186	19	7	3.76	3.91	933	3606	65%	17%	9%	0.54		21%	9%	0	54		---%	13	10	0	821	49	8	9	10	7	7	1.07	1.485	.44	0.31%	14.42

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