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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	20-12 / in Starts: 20-12
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	20 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 73 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	41 (16-19-6)
Avg. MLBer w/ 73 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	45 (22-15-8)

Most Driven In
A Rowand	1
R Garko	1
K Frandsen	1
E Burriss	0
J Uribe	0
T Ishikawa	0

Most Driven In By
P Sandoval	1
E Burriss	0

2009 Batting Game Log

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2009 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	101	3 (2)	Apr 9	SFG		MIL	W,7-1	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	9	.54	-0.004	.51	0.00%	0.04	P
2	102	8 (4)	Apr 15	SFG	@	LAD	L,4-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	9	.87	-0.042	.80	-0.02%	-0.30	P
3	103	13 (4)	Apr 21	SFG		SDP	W,8-3	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	9	1.05	0.060	.83	0.03%	0.45	P
4	104	17 (3)	Apr 26	SFG	@	ARI	L,4-5	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	9	1.32	0.051	1.31	0.03%	0.45	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
5	105	22 (4)	May 2	SFG		COL	L,1-5	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.300	.125	.425	9	1.06	-0.004	1.13	0.00%	0.02	P
6	106	27 (4)	May 7	SFG	@	COL	W,8-3	GS-7	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	9	.44	0.043	.46	0.03%	1.23	P
7	107	32 (4)	May 12	SFG		WSN	W,9-7	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.267	.154	.421	9	.56	-0.072	.66	-0.05%	-1.15	P
8	108	37 (4)	May 17	SFG		NYM	W,2-0	GS-7	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.353	.214	.567	9	1.11	0.087	1.06	0.05%	0.97	P
9	109	47 (9)	May 29	SFG		STL	W,4-2	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.368	.250	.618	9	.28	-0.002	.26	0.00%	0.10	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	110	52 (4)	Jun 4 (2)	SFG	@	WSN	W,4-1	CG(6)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.364	.263	.627	9	.98	-0.044	.91	-0.03%	-0.54	P
11	111	57 (4)	Jun 9	SFG	@	ARI	W,9-4	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.320	.227	.547	9	.82	-0.067	.93	-0.05%	-0.72	P
12	112	62 (4)	Jun 14	SFG		OAK	W,7-1	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.321	.280	.601	9	.18	0.011	.23	0.01%	-0.26	P
13	113	67 (4)	Jun 20	SFG		TEX	W,2-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.259	.559	9	1.09	-0.059	1.34	-0.04%	-0.60	P
14	114	72 (4)	Jun 26	SFG	@	MIL	L,1-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.281	.241	.523	9	1.32	-0.076	2.08	-0.07%	-0.69	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
15	115	77 (4)	Jul 1	SFG	@	STL	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.265	.226	.491	9	.80	-0.041	1.28	-0.04%	-0.33	P
16	116	82 (4)	Jul 6	SFG		FLA	W,5-4	GS-7	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.278	.219	.497	9	1.11	-0.007	1.80	-0.01%	0.01	P
17	117	87 (4)	Jul 11	SFG		SDP	W,2-1	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.278	.219	.497	9						P
18	118	91 (3)	Jul 19	SFG	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS-8	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.282	.257	.539	9	.65	-0.004	.97	0.00%	-0.25	P
19	119	96 (4)	Jul 24	SFG	@	COL	W,3-1	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.286	.263	.549	9	.48	-0.038	.90	-0.04%	-0.42	P
20	120	101 (4)	Jul 29	SFG		PIT	W,1-0	GS-10	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.250	.523	9	2.14	-0.153	3.26	-0.14%	-1.07	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
21	121	106 (4)	Aug 3	SFG	@	HOU	L,3-4	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.261	.238	.499	9	1.41	-0.107	2.40	-0.11%	-1.15	P
22	122	111 (4)	Aug 9	SFG		CIN	L,2-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.227	.477	9	.63	-0.032	1.14	-0.04%	-0.35	P
23	123	116 (4)	Aug 15	SFG	@	NYM	W,5-4	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.208	.439	9	1.02	-0.109	1.57	-0.10%	-1.25	P
24	124	121 (4)	Aug 20	SFG	@	CIN	L,1-2	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.222	.200	.422	9	1.21	-0.056	2.19	-0.06%	-0.57	P
25	125	126 (4)	Aug 25	SFG		ARI	W,5-4	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.157	.218	.196	.414	9	1.63	-0.056	2.24	-0.05%	-0.53	P
26	126	131 (4)	Aug 30	SFG		COL	W,9-5	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.192	.407	9	.49	-0.013	1.54	-0.02%	-0.11	P
Sep/Oct		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
27	127	136 (4)	Sep 5	SFG	@	MIL	W,3-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.145	.203	.182	.385	9	1.18	-0.086	2.53	-0.11%	-1.02	P
28	128	141 (4)	Sep 11	SFG		LAD	L,3-10	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.200	.179	.379	9	1.08	-0.028	1.63	-0.03%	-0.24	P
29	129	146 (4)	Sep 16	SFG		COL	L,3-4	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.140	.197	.175	.372	9	.47	-0.012	1.48	-0.02%	-0.11	P
30	130	151 (4)	Sep 22	SFG	@	ARI	L,8-10	GS-3	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.155	.210	.224	.434	9	1.54	0.173	1.17	0.08%	1.92	P
31	131	156 (4)	Sep 27	SFG		CHC	W,5-1	GS-9	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.153	.206	.220	.427	9	.43	-0.023	.01	0.00%	-0.84	P
32	132	161 (4)	Oct 3	SFG	@	SDP	L,0-2	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.203	.217	.420	9	.72	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.14	P
							20-12		73	60	2	9	2	1	0	3	4	0	31	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	.150	.203	.217	.420		.91	-0.727	1.24	-0.81%	-7.44

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