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: 9-18 / in Starts: 8-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 24, Entered with runners on base: 1

2017 Pitching Game Log

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2017 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	316	5	Apr 7	SFG	@	SDP	L,6-7	GS-5		99	4.1	6	4	4	3	3	2	0	8.31	9.85	24	85	45	9	6	9	9	3	3	0	35			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	2	.95	-0.261	.90	-0.15%	-3.11	1b start a 1	5b 123 1 out d3
2	317	10	Apr 12	SFG		ARI	W,6-2	GS-6	W(1-0)	4	5.0	5	1	1	3	6	0	0	4.82	5.94	23	92	51	21	5	6	7	4	0	1	56			1	0	0	19	1	1	0	0	1	0	.88	0.008	.80	0.00%	0.54	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out a2
3	318	15	Apr 18	SFG	@	KCR	W,2-1	GS-7		5	7.0	4	1	1	2	3	1	0	3.31	5.55	25	86	55	11	7	5	15	4	3	0	66			1	1	1	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.299	.80	0.13%	2.74	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
4	319	20	Apr 24	SFG		LAD	W,2-1	GS-6	W(2-0)	5	6.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.42	4.77	21	70	43	17	3	9	8	4	1	0	70			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.369	.63	0.14%	3.04	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
5	320	25	Apr 29	SFG		SDP	L,4-12	GS-5		4	5.0	6	1	1	0	7	0	0	2.30	3.96	20	86	57	19	9	7	6	4	0	0	58			2	1	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.135	.70	0.06%	1.53	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
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
6	321	30	May 5	SFG	@	CIN	L,3-13	GS-4	L(2-1)	5	3.1	10	9	9	6	2	0	0	4.70	4.33	24			15	2	6	10	7	1	0	0			4	0	0	17	0	0	1	0	1	0	.78	-0.382	.46	-0.13%	-5.51	1b start tie	4b 123 1 out d5
7	322	35	May 10	SFG	@	NYM	W,6-5	GS-5		4	5.0	4	3	2	2	3	1	0	4.54	4.53	22	78	47	18	3	8	9	2	4	0	50			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	-0.122	.36	-0.03%	-0.57	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
8	323	40	May 15	SFG		LAD	W,8-4	GS-7	W(3-1)	4	6.2	5	1	1	3	5	0	0	4.04	4.29	26	112	67	21	7	4	14	7	0	0	62			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	.76	0.172	.39	0.05%	2.31	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out a5
9	324	45	May 21	SFG	@	STL	L,3-8	GS-6	L(3-2)	5	5.1	9	7	7	3	1	1	0	4.91	4.58	27	103	64	18	4	8	15	7	0	0	20			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	1	1	0	.64	-0.294	.36	-0.10%	-4.65	1b start tie	6b -2- 1 out d6
10	325	50	May 26	SFG		ATL	L,0-2	GS-7	L(3-3)	4	7.0	7	2	1	1	3	0	0	4.45	4.35	28			18	3	17	7	4	0	0	59			0	0	0	27	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.23	0.075	.42	0.02%	1.55	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
11	326	55	May 31	SFG		WSN	L,1-3	GS-5	L(3-4)	4	5.0	9	3	3	1	3	1	0	4.53	4.41	24	94	59	20	1	11	9	6	0	0	39			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	.74	-0.107	.20	-0.02%	-0.47	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
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
12	327	60	Jun 6	SFG	@	MIL	L,2-5	GS-5	L(3-5)	5	5.0	10	5	5	2	3	1	0	4.87	4.52	25	87	56	19	4	12	8	2	1	0	28			0	1	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	.66	-0.264	.17	-0.04%	-2.39	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
13	328	65	Jun 11	SFG		MIN	W,13-8	GS-5		4	4.1	7	5	5	3	1	2	0	5.22	4.91	22			13	3	8	10	8	0	0	27			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	-0.266	.15	-0.02%	-2.00	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out d1
14	329	70	Jun 17	SFG	@	COL	L,1-5	GS-5	L(3-6)	5	5.0	9	2	1	2	3	0	0	4.99	4.79	26			20	1	8	13	7	2	0	44			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.051	.06	0.00%	1.02	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
15	330	75	Jun 22	SFG	@	ATL	L,11-12	GS-5	L(3-7)	4	4.0	10	7	7	0	1	3	0	5.54	5.18	22			16	6	7	14	7	0	0	15			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.442	.02	0.00%	-3.93	1b start tie	5b 12- 0 out a1
16	331	80	Jun 27	SFG		COL	W,4-3	GS-6		4	6.0	6	3	3	3	3	1	0	5.46	5.23	25			13	3	12	7	4	0	0	48			1	0	0	22	0	0	2	2	0	0	1.26	-0.117	.01	0.00%	0.04	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
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	332	85	Jul 4	SFG	@	DET	L,3-5	GS-7	L(3-8)	6	6.1	7	5	5	1	3	1	0	5.58	5.19	27	89	61	18	3	7	16	8	5	0	41			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.05	-0.120	.02	0.00%	-0.21	1b start a 1	7b 12- 1 out tie
18	333	90	Jul 9	SFG		MIA	L,8-10	8-8		4	0.1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5.56	5.25	3			2	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.60	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.37	8t --3 2 out d3	8t 3 out d3
19	334	96	Jul 19	SFG		CLE	W,5-4	GS-6		9	6.0	5	3	3	2	5	0	0	5.49	5.08	24			17	9	7	10	5	1	0	53			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	-0.053	.00	0.00%	0.04	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
20	335	101	Jul 24	SFG		PIT	L,3-10	GS-4	L(3-9)	4	4.0	6	6	2	1	1	1	0	5.45	5.14	19	72	44	14	0	9	8	7	0	0	34			1	0	0	17	2	0	0	1	0	1	.72	-0.349	.00	0.00%	-3.97	1t start tie	4t 3 out d6
21	336	107	Jul 31	SFG	@	OAK	L,5-8	GS-5		6	5.0	7	2	2	3	1	0	0	5.37	5.12	24	92	56	17	2	6	14	7	2	0	43			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.22	0.070	.00	0.00%	0.51	1b start a 1	5b 3 out a1
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
22	337	114	Aug 7	SFG		CHC	L,3-5	7-GF		6	3.0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.22	5.07	13	56	33	6	4	7	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	12	0	1	0	1	0	0	.62	0.068	.00	0.00%	1.52	7t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 2
23	338	122	Aug 16	SFG	@	MIA	L,1-8	GS-4	L(3-10)	8	4.0	5	5	2	1	7	0	1	5.19	4.93	21			17	6	6	5	2	0	0	44			1	0	0	18	1	1	1	0	0	1	.65	-0.319	.00	0.00%	-3.14	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
24	339	127	Aug 21	SFG		MIL	W,2-0	7-7	H(1)	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.15	4.90	3			2	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.071	.00	0.00%	0.51	7t --- 0 out a2	7t 3 out a2
25	340	132	Aug 27	SFG	@	ARI	L,0-11	8-8		5	0.2	5	8	8	2	0	2	1	5.75	5.20	10	35	20	4	2	3	4	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	.16	-0.065	.00	0.00%	-7.56	8b --- 0 out d2	8b --- 2 out d10
26	341	136	Aug 31	SFG		STL	L,2-5	GS-5	L(3-11)	3	5.0	7	2	2	0	2	1	0	5.66	5.19	22	83	54	16	4	4	16	6	1	0	47			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.53	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
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
27	342	161	Sep 30	SFG		SDP	L,2-3	GS-5		29	5.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	5.43	5.06	18	73	47	15	3	8	5	0	2	0	66			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.289	.00	0.00%	2.53	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
							9-18		W-L:3-11,Hld:1	4.8	124.1	157	85	75	49	75	18	2	5.43	5.06	568	1393	62%	28%	7%	0.80		27%	6%	1	44	1	0%	15	4	1	507	25	3	6	13	6	5	.95	-1.536	.27	-0.09%	-18.73

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