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: 5-10 / in Starts: 5-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2014 Pitching Game Log

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2014 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	267	2	Apr 1	SFG	@	ARI	L,4-5	GS-5		99	5.0	7	3	2	2	2	0	0	3.60	3.53	23	99	57	17	5	12	7	4	2	0	43			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.002	1.46	0.00%	-0.75	1b start a 4	5b 3 out a1
2	268	7	Apr 6	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-6	GS-6	L(0-1)	4	6.0	6	5	5	0	3	3	0	5.73	6.31	24	81	58	14	7	9	12	3	1	0	43			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	1	0	.51	-0.254	.67	-0.20%	-2.46	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
3	269	12	Apr 12	SFG		COL	L,0-1	GS-7	L(0-2)	5	7.0	4	1	1	3	8	0	0	4.00	4.69	28	116	73	20	12	8	9	3	3	0	70			2	0	0	23	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.12	0.190	1.40	0.14%	1.94	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
4	270	17	Apr 18	SFG	@	SDP	L,1-2	GS-7	L(0-3)	5	7.0	4	1	0	2	8	0	0	2.88	3.85	26	104	70	17	16	8	8	3	0	0	73			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	1	0	0	.70	0.152	.87	0.11%	1.85	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
5	271	22	Apr 23	SFG	@	COL	W,12-10	GS-7		4	6.0	10	7	7	3	4	2	0	4.35	4.58	30	104	64	15	11	9	14	8	2	0	25			1	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.639	1.29	-0.49%	-4.92	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 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
6	272	37	May 10	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-6	GS-6		16	5.0	3	2	0	4	4	0	1	3.75	4.58	21	92	53	12	6	4	8	4	2	0	57			3	1	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.46	-0.025	2.19	-0.02%	0.32	1b start tie	6b 123 0 out a2
7	273	42	May 15	SFG		MIA	W,6-4	GS-8	W(1-3)	4	7.2	6	4	4	3	7	2	0	3.92	4.80	33	107	65	18	13	9	14	4	1	0	55			0	0	0	30	3	0	1	0	0	1	.93	-0.061	1.21	-0.05%	-0.93	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out a2
8	274	47	May 21	SFG	@	COL	W,5-1	GS-3		5	3.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	3.66	4.63	10	36	24	9	2	4	2	2	0	0	62			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.155	1.18	0.16%	1.54	1b start tie	3b 3 out tie
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
9	275	62	Jun 6	SFG		NYM	W,4-2	GS-7		15	7.0	3	2	2	1	3	1	0	3.52	4.62	23	96	57	19	3	10	9	3	1	0	65			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.00	-0.055	.74	-0.02%	0.94	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
10	276	67	Jun 11	SFG		WSN	L,2-6	GS-5	L(1-4)	4	5.0	3	4	4	5	4	1	0	3.84	4.84	23	102	59	20	7	7	7	1	0	0	44			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.260	.53	-0.12%	-1.90	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
11	277	72	Jun 17	SFG	@	CHW	L,2-8	GS-5	L(1-5)	5	5.0	10	8	7	1	3	2	0	4.52	5.06	26	91	65	14	8	7	15	6	4	0	19			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.472	.94	-0.26%	-5.75	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d6
12	278	77	Jun 23	SFG		SDP	L,0-6	GS-8	L(1-6)	5	7.1	7	6	6	1	7	0	0	4.82	4.71	29	102	73	23	13	13	8	4	1	0	46			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	2	0	1	.73	-0.169	.77	-0.11%	-2.52	1t start tie	8t --3 1 out d5
13	279	82	Jun 28	SFG		CIN	L,3-7	GS-7		4	7.0	6	0	0	2	4	0	0	4.38	4.54	26	99	59	15	11	7	13	6	3	0	67			1	2	1	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	0.424	1.73	0.34%	2.94	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
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
14	280	87	Jul 4	SFG	@	SDP	L,0-2	GS-7	L(1-7)	5	6.1	7	2	2	3	6	1	0	4.27	4.55	27	106	61	20	10	7	11	7	0	0	54			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	.58	-0.081	.92	-0.08%	-0.61	1b start tie	7b 123 1 out d2
15	281	92	Jul 9	SFG		OAK	W,5-2	GS-6	W(2-7)	4	6.0	5	2	2	2	4	1	0	4.18	4.58	25	105	68	18	8	10	9	2	1	0	56			0	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.35	0.093	2.10	0.09%	0.52	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
							5-10		W-L:2-7	4.5	90.1	81	47	42	32	70	13	2	4.18	4.58	374	1440	63%	17%	9%	0.85		22%	8%	0	52		---%	8	5	1	335	17	1	2	9	2	3	.98	-1.000	1.21	-0.50%	-9.80

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