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: 21-12 / in Starts: 21-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2009 Pitching Game Log

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2009 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	106	3	Apr 9	SFG		MIL	W,7-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	7.0	4	1	1	2	5	0	0	1.29	2.53	27	90	61	23	7	7	13	4	1	0	68			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	1	0	.94	0.299	.88	0.17%	2.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
2	107	8	Apr 15	SFG	@	LAD	L,4-5	GS-6		5	6.0	7	2	2	4	3	1	0	2.08	4.25	27	115	65	18	6	10	10	0	2	0	49			0	1	0	23	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.11	0.044	1.01	0.02%	0.84	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
3	108	13	Apr 21	SFG		SDP	W,8-3	GS-6	W(2-0)	5	6.0	9	2	2	0	5	0	0	2.37	3.36	25	102	74	16	6	4	16	7	3	0	51			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.063	.87	0.03%	1.05	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
4	109	17	Apr 26	SFG	@	ARI	L,4-5	GS-7		4	7.0	4	1	1	4	5	1	0	2.08	3.87	27	103	67	20	8	7	11	3	2	0	66			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.331	.94	0.20%	2.66	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
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	110	22	May 2	SFG		COL	L,1-5	GS-6	L(2-1)	5	6.0	7	5	5	4	3	3	0	3.09	5.13	27	102	61	20	9	6	14	2	3	0	37			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.181	.77	-0.12%	-1.95	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
6	111	27	May 7	SFG	@	COL	W,8-3	GS-6	W(3-1)	4	6.0	1	0	0	5	7	0	0	2.61	4.83	22	107	60	15	13	5	5	0	1	0	72			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	2	0	0	.80	0.234	.83	0.15%	3.35	1b start tie	6b 3 out a5
7	112	32	May 12	SFG		WSN	W,9-7	GS-7		4	7.0	9	4	4	1	4	1	0	3.00	4.74	31	100	68	19	7	10	16	7	3	0	46			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	1	0	.96	0.021	1.13	0.01%	-0.45	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
8	113	37	May 17	SFG		NYM	W,2-0	GS-6	W(4-1)	4	6.0	3	0	0	5	2	0	0	2.65	4.76	24	119	69	26	2	10	7	2	0	0	63			0	1	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	0.356	1.22	0.20%	3.05	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
9	114	42	May 23	SFG	@	SEA	W,5-1	CG	W(5-1)	5	9.0	10	1	1	0	7	0	0	2.40	4.28	34	111	81	19	10	13	14	5	2	0	70			1	1	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	0	.81	0.266	.55	0.11%	3.59	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
10	115	47	May 29	SFG		STL	W,4-2	GS-7	W(6-1)	5	6.1	6	2	1	2	5	0	0	2.31	4.11	27	105	70	16	7	10	10	2	2	0	58			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.163	1.09	0.09%	1.02	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a2
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	116	52	Jun 4(2)	SFG	@	WSN	W,4-1	CG(5)	W(7-1)	5	5.0	5	1	1	2	7	0	0	2.27	3.92	22	82	58	14	11	2	11	4	2	0	58			0	0	0	19	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.06	0.142	.99	0.08%	1.47	1b start tie	5b 3 out a3
12	117	57	Jun 9	SFG	@	ARI	W,9-4	GS-7	W(8-1)	4	6.1	6	4	4	5	6	2	0	2.55	4.23	30	115	64	15	13	9	10	3	3	0	46			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.141	1.10	-0.10%	-0.89	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out a4
13	118	62	Jun 14	SFG		OAK	W,7-1	CG	W(9-1)	4	9.0	4	1	1	0	9	1	0	2.39	4.05	31	119	87	18	14	5	17	3	2	0	84			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	1	.40	0.144	.53	0.11%	3.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
14	119	67	Jun 20	SFG		TEX	W,2-1	GS-8		5	8.0	3	1	1	3	8	1	0	2.28	4.04	30	106	74	20	17	5	14	2	2	0	77			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.398	1.43	0.29%	3.06	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
15	120	72	Jun 26	SFG	@	MIL	L,1-5	GS-7	L(9-2)	5	7.0	6	5	5	4	9	1	0	2.57	4.04	30	100	62	23	12	8	9	3	1	0	50			1	0	0	25	2	1	0	1	1	0	.61	-0.243	.96	-0.23%	-1.59	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d4
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
16	121	77	Jul 1	SFG	@	STL	L,1-2	GS-7		4	7.0	6	1	1	3	3	0	0	2.48	4.01	28	92	67	18	7	10	12	7	1	0	61			0	0	0	25	0	0	2	1	0	0	1.06	0.208	1.70	0.20%	2.41	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
17	122	82	Jul 6	SFG		FLA	W,5-4	GS-7	W(10-2)	4	6.2	5	2	1	2	5	0	1	2.42	3.95	27	105	64	13	12	6	13	4	1	0	61			0	0	0	24	2	0	1	0	0	1	.89	0.275	1.44	0.27%	1.32	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out a3
18	123	87	Jul 11	SFG		SDP	W,2-1	GS-2		4	1.2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.38	3.90	9	35	26	10	3	3	4	2	0	0	49			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.048	1.73	0.04%	0.51	1t start tie	2t 1-3 2 out tie
19	124	91	Jul 19	SFG	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS-7	W(11-2)	7	7.0	5	1	1	2	8	1	0	2.32	3.88	27	107	72	25	13	10	7	1	0	0	69			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.225	1.32	0.20%	2.41	1b start tie	7b 3 out a3
20	125	96	Jul 24	SFG	@	COL	W,3-1	GS-7	W(12-2)	4	7.0	3	1	1	4	5	0	0	2.27	3.85	26	117	67	22	8	6	11	2	2	0	68			0	1	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.366	2.15	0.41%	2.91	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
21	126	101	Jul 29	SFG		PIT	W,1-0	GS-9		4	9.0	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	2.12	3.79	31	111	75	23	11	10	15	2	4	0	83			1	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.692	1.94	0.63%	4.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
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	127	106	Aug 3	SFG	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(12-3)	4	8.0	8	4	4	0	5	2	0	2.25	3.86	32	115	82	17	12	13	14	2	3	0	55			1	0	0	32	1	2	0	1	0	1	.93	-0.162	1.59	-0.17%	-0.10	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d2
23	128	111	Aug 9	SFG		CIN	L,2-5	GS-7	L(12-4)	5	7.0	7	5	5	2	7	2	0	2.44	3.94	30	101	69	17	11	7	14	9	0	0	48			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.200	1.05	-0.22%	-1.45	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
24	129	116	Aug 15	SFG	@	NYM	W,5-4	GS-8		5	7.1	6	3	3	0	2	0	1	2.49	3.90	28	100	74	24	3	12	13	7	0	0	56			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.14	0.131	1.75	0.12%	1.20	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out a2
25	130	121	Aug 20	SFG	@	CIN	L,1-2	GS-8		4	8.0	8	1	1	1	3	1	0	2.43	3.92	33	109	79	21	6	10	19	9	2	0	64			1	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.46	0.379	2.62	0.41%	2.98	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
26	131	126	Aug 25	SFG		ARI	W,5-4	GS-7		4	7.0	4	2	1	4	4	0	0	2.39	3.91	28	102	61	18	5	12	7	2	1	0	63			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.105	1.49	0.09%	1.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
27	132	131	Aug 30	SFG		COL	W,9-5	GS-6		4	6.0	8	4	4	2	8	2	0	2.50	3.97	27	113	75	19	18	8	9	2	1	0	46			1	1	0	24	2	1	1	0	1	0	.93	-0.180	2.91	-0.34%	-0.95	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
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
28	133	136	Sep 5	SFG	@	MIL	W,3-2	GS-8	W(13-4)	5	7.0	4	2	2	2	5	0	0	2.51	3.92	26	108	73	17	8	13	6	0	1	0	64			0	1	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.209	2.79	0.27%	1.79	1b start tie	8b -2- 0 out a2
29	134	141	Sep 11	SFG		LAD	L,3-10	GS-6	L(13-5)	5	6.0	7	4	4	3	5	1	0	2.61	3.95	27	109	63	21	6	9	10	4	0	0	44			0	0	0	23	2	0	1	1	0	0	.84	-0.137	1.27	-0.13%	-0.95	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
30	135	146	Sep 16	SFG		COL	L,3-4	GS-6	L(13-6)	4	6.0	5	4	4	2	4	2	0	2.71	4.05	26	90	62	13	11	7	13	1	1	0	48			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	.79	-0.120	2.47	-0.23%	-0.95	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
31	136	151	Sep 22	SFG	@	ARI	L,8-10	GS-3	L(13-7)	5	2.1	8	7	7	0	3	0	0	2.99	4.01	15	53	39	8	9	4	8	4	1	0	16			0	0	0	15	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.532	.87	-0.24%	-5.13	1b start a 1	3b -2- 1 out d2
32	137	156	Sep 27	SFG		CHC	W,5-1	GS-8	W(14-7)	4	8.0	3	0	0	2	8	0	0	2.88	3.92	29	112	74	18	12	4	15	4	1	0	82			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.366	.02	0.01%	4.06	1t start tie	8t 3 out a5
33	138	161	Oct 3	SFG	@	SDP	L,0-2	GS-5	L(14-8)	5	5.0	6	2	2	1	5	0	1	2.89	3.89	23	107	77	19	6	9	7	2	3	0	51			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.039	.00	0.00%	0.24	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
							21-12		W-L:14-8	4.5	217.2	184	73	70	73	171	22	3	2.89	3.89	886	3362	66%	18%	9%	0.71		17%	8%	0	58		---%	11	9	0	793	36	5	6	14	6	5	.97	3.530	1.33	2.36%	37.77

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