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: 21-11 / in Starts: 21-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2012 Pitching Game Log

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2012 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	205	3	Apr 8	SFG	@	ARI	L,6-7	GS-6		99	6.0	6	5	5	2	4	2	0	7.50	7.09	26	97	60	11	7	4	16	4	3	0	42			1	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.103	.64	-0.06%	-2.06	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
2	206	7	Apr 13	SFG		PIT	W,5-0	SHO	W(1-0)	4	9.0	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	3.00	3.23	28	106	73	18	19	11	6	0	1	0	96			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.379	.49	0.19%	3.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
3	207	12	Apr 18	SFG		PHI	W,1-0	GS-9		4	9.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	1.88	2.97	29	91	64	14	5	7	17	3	6	0	86			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.630	1.03	0.34%	3.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
4	208	17	Apr 24	SFG	@	CIN	L,2-9	GS-7	L(1-1)	5	6.1	5	3	3	2	7	2	0	2.37	3.59	26	116	81	25	8	5	12	3	4	0	56			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.040	.60	-0.02%	0.20	1b start tie	7b --- 1 out d3
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
5	209	23	May 1	SFG		MIA	L,1-2	GS-8	L(1-2)	6	8.0	6	2	2	1	4	1	0	2.35	3.69	30	102	70	22	8	10	15	3	2	0	65			3	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.079	.93	0.05%	1.39	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
6	210	28	May 6	SFG		MIL	W,4-3	GS-7		4	7.0	6	2	2	1	10	0	0	2.38	3.23	28	106	71	20	15	7	10	1	3	0	66			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.42	0.185	1.24	0.10%	0.96	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
7	211	33	May 12	SFG	@	ARI	W,5-2	GS-6	W(2-2)	5	6.0	3	1	1	2	8	0	1	2.28	3.07	23	109	63	15	9	4	8	4	0	0	68			0	1	0	19	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.04	0.223	1.04	0.13%	1.94	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a3
8	212	38	May 17	SFG		STL	W,7-5	GS-6	W(3-2)	4	6.0	8	4	4	1	6	1	1	2.67	3.20	28	112	68	19	13	6	14	3	0	0	45			1	0	0	24	2	0	1	0	2	0	1.17	-0.209	1.06	-0.11%	-1.46	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
9	213	43	May 22	SFG	@	MIL	W,6-4	GS-7	W(4-2)	4	7.0	11	4	4	0	8	0	0	2.94	2.94	31	115	79	25	10	10	13	6	1	0	47			0	0	0	31	5	2	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.091	1.01	0.05%	-0.51	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a2
10	214	48	May 27	SFG	@	MIA	W,3-2	GS-7	W(5-2)	4	6.2	5	2	1	3	4	0	1	2.79	3.01	28	103	62	20	11	10	10	3	2	0	59			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.67	0.108	1.73	0.07%	0.97	1b start a 1	7b 12- 2 out a1
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
11	215	53	Jun 2	SFG		CHC	W,2-1	GS-9	W(6-2)	5	8.0	5	1	1	2	7	1	0	2.62	3.08	29	117	73	22	11	8	12	2	3	0	73			3	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.226	1.27	0.16%	2.02	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a1
12	216	58	Jun 7	SFG	@	SDP	W,8-3	GS-7	W(7-2)	4	7.0	7	3	0	1	9	0	0	2.41	2.91	31	116	76	18	17	8	13	6	0	0	65			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	3	1.54	0.124	1.95	0.09%	0.02	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a3
13	217	63	Jun 13	SFG		HOU	W,10-0	SHO	W(8-2)	5	9.0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	2.18	2.63	27	125	86	29	14	6	7	0	1	0	101			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.124	.23	0.09%	3.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
14	218	68	Jun 18	SFG	@	LAA	W,5-3	GS-5	W(9-2)	4	5.0	6	3	3	4	4	1	1	2.34	2.85	25	100	57	17	7	6	10	3	1	0	43			3	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	2	0	1.76	-0.058	2.18	-0.04%	-0.67	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
15	219	73	Jun 24	SFG	@	OAK	L,2-4	GS-7		5	7.0	3	1	1	2	7	0	1	2.27	2.82	26	112	80	20	12	7	9	2	3	0	72			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.389	1.69	0.32%	2.30	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a1
16	220	78	Jun 29	SFG		CIN	L,1-5	GS-7	L(9-3)	4	6.2	11	5	5	1	7	2	0	2.53	2.97	32	105	71	14	9	6	18	10	1	0	38			1	0	0	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	.50	-0.233	.74	-0.21%	-2.33	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out d5
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
17	221	83	Jul 5	SFG	@	WSN	L,5-6	GS-7		5	6.2	6	3	3	1	4	2	0	2.62	3.15	26	103	62	15	11	8	13	4	0	0	53			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.87	0.136	1.31	0.12%	0.26	1b start tie	7b --- 2 out a2
18	222	89	Jul 15	SFG		HOU	W,3-2	GS-7	W(10-3)	9	6.1	5	2	1	1	6	0	0	2.56	3.08	25	108	74	17	9	11	7	3	2	0	62			0	1	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.19	-0.055	1.88	-0.05%	-0.15	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out a1
19	223	94	Jul 21	SFG	@	PHI	W,6-5	GS-8		5	8.0	5	5	5	2	4	3	1	2.74	3.38	30	97	60	21	6	9	14	4	4	0	54			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.15	-0.244	1.63	-0.21%	-1.12	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
20	224	99	Jul 27	SFG		LAD	L,3-5	GS-7		5	7.0	9	3	3	0	2	0	0	2.80	3.33	29	102	67	12	8	8	19	9	3	0	49			1	0	0	29	3	0	0	1	0	0	.99	-0.132	2.21	-0.18%	-0.04	1t start tie	7t 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
21	225	104	Aug 1	SFG		NYM	L,1-2	GS-5	L(10-4)	4	5.0	7	2	2	3	5	1	0	2.82	3.41	23	97	55	21	6	8	7	4	0	0	47			1	2	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.043	1.73	-0.05%	0.12	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
22	226	109	Aug 6	SFG	@	STL	L,2-8	GS-6	L(10-5)	4	5.2	8	5	5	2	7	1	0	3.01	3.43	27	114	76	13	7	7	11	5	1	0	38			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.07	-0.354	1.93	-0.39%	-2.79	1b start a 1	6b -23 2 out d3
23	227	114	Aug 11	SFG		COL	W,9-3	GS-8	W(11-5)	4	7.1	7	2	2	1	6	1	1	2.99	3.46	29	90	62	17	11	4	17	5	1	0	61			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.188	1.20	0.20%	0.56	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a6
24	228	119	Aug 17	SFG	@	SDP	W,10-1	GS-8	W(12-5)	5	8.0	4	1	1	0	6	0	1	2.90	3.39	29	108	74	17	11	10	12	4	2	0	76			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.114	.32	0.12%	2.46	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a8
25	229	124	Aug 22	SFG	@	LAD	W,8-4	GS-7	W(13-5)	4	7.0	7	1	1	0	5	0	0	2.83	3.32	28	101	65	24	5	8	15	5	3	0	64			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.231	2.37	0.41%	2.19	1b start a 3	7b 3 out a7
26	230	129	Aug 28	SFG	@	HOU	W,3-2	GS-8		5	7.1	6	2	2	3	5	1	0	2.82	3.37	32	118	78	17	18	11	13	4	4	0	60			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.44	-0.036	2.49	-0.04%	0.64	1b start tie	8b 1-3 1 out d1
Sep/Oct				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
27	231	134	Sep 2	SFG	@	CHC	W,7-5	GS-5		4	5.0	6	5	5	2	6	1	0	2.98	3.40	23	91	57	17	7	10	5	2	0	0	39			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.394	1.30	-0.25%	-2.60	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
28	232	139	Sep 8	SFG		LAD	L,2-3	GS-8		5	7.1	6	2	2	2	5	0	0	2.96	3.37	27	103	69	16	12	5	15	5	1	0	61			0	1	0	23	2	0	0	2	1	0	1.49	-0.035	1.92	-0.03%	0.93	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out tie
29	233	144	Sep 14	SFG	@	ARI	W,6-2	GS-6	W(14-5)	5	5.0	4	1	1	5	2	0	1	2.93	3.44	24	106	65	21	9	6	10	3	1	0	52			0	1	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.09	0.119	.23	0.02%	1.46	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out a5
30	234	149	Sep 19	SFG		COL	W,7-1	GS-8	W(15-5)	4	8.0	4	1	1	4	8	0	0	2.86	3.40	31	116	74	16	18	14	5	1	1	0	74			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	1	0	.84	0.158	.08	0.01%	2.39	1t start tie	8t 3 out a6
31	235	155	Sep 26	SFG		ARI	W,6-0	GS-7	W(16-5)	6	7.0	4	0	0	1	6	0	0	2.77	3.35	27	91	67	20	7	10	10	3	0	0	74			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	3	.95	0.250	.06	0.01%	2.96	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
32	236	160	Oct 1	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-3	GS-5		4	5.0	4	2	2	1	2	1	0	2.79	3.40	19	68	47	9	5	11	5	3	0	0	52			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	-0.033	.04	0.00%	0.28	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d1
							21-11		W-L:16-5	4.7	219.1	177	73	68	51	193	21	9	2.79	3.40	876	3345	65%	17%	10%	0.69		19%	9%	0	61		---%	18	9	0	796	41	3	1	14	9	9	1.02	1.785	1.22	0.85%	21.74

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