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: 4-3 / in Starts: 4-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2005 Pitching Game Log

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2005 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	1	130	Aug 29	SFG		COL	L,1-2	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	3	2	2	4	2	1	0	3.60	7.22	21	103	66	10	4	1	14	4	5	0	51			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.027	.44	0.01%	0.56	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
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
2	2	135	Sep 4	SFG	@	ARI	W,3-2	GS-7	W(1-1)	5	7.0	3	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.25	4.35	25	101	64	17	4	4	16	1	4	0	70			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	.97	0.376	.59	0.14%	2.66	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a2
3	3	140	Sep 9	SFG		CHC	W,2-1	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	2	1	1	1	8	1	0	1.71	3.78	31	105	77	21	10	10	12	3	3	0	86			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.619	.61	0.17%	3.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
4	4	145	Sep 14	SFG		SDP	L,4-5	GS-6		4	6.0	3	2	2	6	2	0	0	2.00	4.13	27	107	56	15	2	7	12	4	3	0	54			0	0	0	21	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.32	0.060	1.58	0.04%	1.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
5	5	150	Sep 20	SFG	@	WSN	W,4-3	GS-7		5	7.0	4	2	2	2	7	0	0	2.12	3.67	27	91	62	17	10	6	12	4	0	0	66			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	.95	0.069	.27	0.01%	1.37	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
6	6	155	Sep 25	SFG	@	COL	W,6-2	GS-6		4	6.0	3	1	1	3	4	1	0	2.03	3.92	24	102	64	17	12	8	9	3	0	0	63			0	1	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.36	0.295	.49	0.06%	2.41	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a1
7	7	160	Sep 30	SFG		ARI	L,3-7	GS-7		4	6.1	6	3	3	2	3	1	0	2.33	4.08	26	107	63	14	7	3	18	5	5	0	50			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.162	.00	0.00%	1.05	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a1
							4-3		W-L:2-1	4.3	46.1	24	12	12	19	30	4	0	2.33	4.08	181	716	63%	16%	7%	0.42		18%	15%	0	63		---%	1	1	0	159	0	1	1	2	1	1	1.17	1.608	.58	0.43%	12.73

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