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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-18 / in Starts: 16-13
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	28 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 86 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	62 (32-20-10)
Avg. MLBer w/ 86 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	59 (30-18-10)

Most Driven In
M Kreevich	1
L Appling	1
J Dykes	1
T Piet	1
L Sewell	0
H Clift	0
T Carey	0

Most Driven In By
Z Bonura	1
M Haas	1
L Rosenthal	1
M Kreevich	1
R Radcliff	1
S West	0

1936 Batting Game Log

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1936 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	123	4 (3)	Apr 18	SLB		CLE	L,2-7	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
2	124	7 (2)	Apr 22	SLB		DET	W,12-4	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.25	-0.030	.43	-0.03%	0.58	P
3	125	11 (3)	Apr 26	SLB	@	CLE	L,7-8	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9						P
4	126	15 (3)	Apr 30	SLB	@	PHA	L,8-12	GS-4	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	9	1.47	0.010	1.45	0.01%	0.06	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
				Player went from St. Louis Browns to Chicago White Sox
5	127	19	May 9	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.37	-0.036	.65	-0.04%	-1.01	P
6	128	22 (2)	May 15	CHW		NYY	W,9-7	GS-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.273	.273	.545	9	.42	0.012	1.14	0.02%	0.15	P
7	129	27 (4)	May 20	CHW		PHA	W,4-0	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.231	.286	.231	.516	9	.99	-0.032	1.35	-0.03%	-0.48	P
8	130	34 (6)	May 26 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,9-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.222	.176	.399	9	.61	-0.111	1.24	-0.14%	-1.72	P
9	131	39 (4)	May 30 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-11	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.158	.200	.158	.358	9	.37	-0.021	.69	-0.02%	-0.29	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	132	44 (4)	Jun 5	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-8	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.136	.174	.136	.310	9	1.13	-0.082	2.04	-0.09%	-0.80	P
11	133	45	Jun 6	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-10	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.136	.174	.136	.310	3		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
12	134	49 (3)	Jun 11	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-2	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.130	.200	.130	.330	9	1.25	-0.041	1.67	-0.03%	-0.35	P
13	135	53 (3)	Jun 16	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.160	.222	.160	.382	9	.90	0.047	1.39	0.04%	0.25	P
14	136	57 (3)	Jun 20	CHW		PHA	L,1-2	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.148	.207	.148	.355	9	1.20	-0.063	1.52	-0.05%	-0.51	P
15	137	61 (3)	Jun 24	CHW		NYY	L,11-18	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.200	.143	.343	9	1.21	-0.070	1.78	-0.06%	-0.93	P
16	138	66 (4)	Jun 28 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,4-1	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.212	.133	.345	9	.73	0.002	.29	0.00%	-0.18	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	139	71 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,8-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.121	.194	.121	.316	9	.29	-0.024	.06	0.00%	-1.07	P
18	140	76 (4)	Jul 11	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-1	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.108	.195	.108	.303	9	.39	-0.088	.07	-0.01%	-1.63	P
19	141	81 (4)	Jul 16	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-7	GS-6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.103	.205	.103	.307	9	.67	-0.018	.30	-0.01%	-0.23	P
20	142	86 (4)	Jul 19 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.093	.188	.093	.281	9	.79	-0.086	.78	-0.05%	-1.35	P
21	143	91 (4)	Jul 26 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,3-12	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	9	.51	0.002	.73	0.00%	0.01	P
22	144	93 (1)	Jul 27	CHW		PHA	L,8-15	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	9						P
23	145	95 (1)	Jul 29	CHW		PHA	W,7-5	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.104	.204	.104	.308	9	1.22	-0.080	.43	-0.02%	-0.61	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	146	99 (3)	Aug 2 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,9-1	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.113	.203	.113	.317	9	.70	-0.071	.16	-0.01%	-0.51	P
25	147	104 (4)	Aug 6 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,9-6	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.107	.194	.107	.301	9	.67	-0.068	.12	-0.01%	-1.08	P
26	148	110 (5)	Aug 11	CHW		SLB	L,2-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.102	.185	.102	.286	9	.71	-0.058	.11	-0.01%	-0.66	P
27	149	114 (3)	Aug 15 (2)	CHW		DET	L,3-10	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.097	.176	.097	.273	9	.91	-0.102	.05	0.00%	-1.18	P
28	150	118 (3)	Aug 18	CHW		CLE	W,11-10	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.097	.176	.097	.273	9						P
29	151	119	Aug 21	CHW	@	DET	L,6-8	3-8	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.200	.125	.325	9	1.63	-0.019	.03	0.00%	0.03	P
30	152	123 (3)	Aug 25	CHW	@	PHA	L,11-13	GS-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.211	.125	.336	9	1.18	0.023	.02	0.00%	0.25	P
31	153	127 (3)	Aug 29	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG(8)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.119	.203	.119	.322	9	.75	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-1.01	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	154	132 (4)	Sep 3 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.114	.195	.114	.309	9	1.63	-0.126	.00	0.00%	-0.90	P
33	155	138 (5)	Sep 8	CHW		DET	W,7-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.122	.198	.122	.319	9	.40	0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.41	P
34	156	144 (5)	Sep 15	CHW		NYY	L,1-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.120	.195	.120	.315	9	.76	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.22	P
35	157	148 (3)	Sep 20 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-9	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.120	.195	.120	.315	9						P
							17-18		86	75	6	9	0	0	0	4	7	0	15	0	4		0		0	0	.120	.195	.120	.315		.78	-1.188	.57	-0.53%	-15.78

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