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: 7-14 / in Starts: 7-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 4

2016 Pitching Game Log

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2016 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	295	5	Apr 8	SFG		LAD	W,3-2	GS-6		99	6.0	6	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.00	2.65	24	89	57	14	6	10	11	4	2	0	54			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.019	1.09	0.01%	0.85	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
2	296	10	Apr 14	SFG	@	COL	L,6-11	GS-5	L(0-1)	5	4.2	6	6	6	1	7	1	0	6.75	3.05	21	91	59	11	14	3	10	2	2	0	34			1	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.151	1.31	-0.12%	-0.95	1b start tie	5b 123 2 out d2
3	297	15	Apr 19	SFG		ARI	L,0-3	GS-5	L(0-2)	4	4.2	5	3	3	4	2	0	0	6.46	3.60	23	87	52	13	4	6	11	5	3	0	40			0	0	0	17	1	1	1	0	1	0	1.11	-0.135	1.18	-0.09%	-1.05	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d3
4	298	20	Apr 24	SFG		MIA	L,4-5	GS-6		4	5.2	10	4	4	2	4	1	0	6.43	4.00	27	99	65	18	5	10	11	6	0	0	35			2	1	0	24	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.17	-0.259	1.03	-0.14%	-1.50	1t start tie	6t --3 2 out d2
5	299	25	Apr 30	SFG	@	NYM	L,5-6	GS-6	L(0-3)	5	6.0	7	6	6	1	5	2	2	7.00	4.74	27	108	68	27	7	6	13	6	2	0	38			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.88	-0.311	.92	-0.20%	-3.15	1b start tie	6b 3 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
6	300	30	May 5	SFG		COL	L,7-17	GS-5	L(0-4)	4	4.0	10	8	6	0	0	2	0	7.84	5.37	23	79	61	14	6	8	15	9	1	0	14			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	0	0	1	.74	-0.458	1.00	-0.37%	-5.08	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out d3
7	301	35	May 10	SFG		TOR	L,0-4	GS-8	L(0-5)	4	8.0	6	2	2	0	7	1	0	6.69	4.89	29	107	70	27	9	6	16	7	4	0	69			0	1	0	28	1	1	0	0	1	0	.75	0.115	.77	0.07%	1.80	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
8	302	40	May 15	SFG	@	ARI	W,2-1	GS-7		4	7.0	7	1	1	2	5	0	0	5.87	4.54	29	111	75	22	10	9	13	6	2	0	62			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	2	1	1	1.39	0.328	1.76	0.25%	2.71	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
9	303	45	May 21	SFG		CHC	W,5-3	GS-6	W(1-5)	5	6.0	6	1	1	2	5	1	0	5.37	4.55	25	105	66	22	10	8	10	4	2	0	59			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.143	1.04	0.11%	1.85	1t start tie	6t 3 out a4
10	304	50	May 27	SFG	@	COL	L,2-5	GS-2		5	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.20	4.51	6	26	15	3	2	3	3	0	0	0	53			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.093	1.31	0.09%	1.03	1b start tie	2b --- 2 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
11	305	65	Jun 13	SFG		MIL	W,11-5	GS-4		16	3.2	5	3	3	5	3	0	0	5.34	4.58	20	83	49	19	7	9	3	1	1	0	37			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.40	-0.199	1.79	-0.15%	-1.68	1t start tie	4t -23 2 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
12	306	95	Jul 20	SFG	@	BOS	L,7-11	GS-3	L(1-6)	36	2.1	6	5	5	1	1	3	0	5.88	5.19	14	53	35	10	2	3	9	4	2	0	25			1	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.275	.63	-0.15%	-3.67	1b start tie	3b --- 1 out d5
13	307	100	Jul 26	SFG		CIN	W,9-7	GS-6	W(2-6)	5	5.1	6	4	4	1	4	2	0	5.95	5.35	23	78	54	11	5	7	11	4	5	0	43			2	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.002	.80	0.00%	-1.40	1t start tie	6t --- 1 out a2
14	308	105	Jul 31	SFG		WSN	W,3-1	GS-5	W(3-6)	4	5.0	0	0	0	4	5	0	1	5.53	5.26	20	93	48	16	9	4	6	1	2	0	68			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.280	1.44	0.23%	2.38	1t start tie	5t 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
15	309	110	Aug 6	SFG	@	WSN	W,7-1	GS-6	W(4-6)	5	5.0	5	0	0	3	4	0	2	5.16	5.21	23	95	51	15	9	11	3	3	0	0	58			0	1	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	0.223	1.77	0.19%	2.16	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out a4
16	310	115	Aug 12	SFG		BAL	L,2-5	GS-5	L(4-7)	5	4.0	10	5	5	1	7	2	0	5.47	5.30	23	87	60	18	12	5	10	10	0	0	28			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	1	0	1	.94	-0.283	1.13	-0.21%	-3.10	1t start tie	5t --- 0 out d4
17	311	120	Aug 17	SFG		PIT	L,5-6	GS-5	L(4-8)	4	4.2	3	6	6	3	4	1	1	5.81	5.38	21	89	56	15	9	5	8	2	1	0	35			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.08	-0.461	1.82	-0.46%	-3.72	1t start tie	5t --- 2 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
18	312	137	Sep 5	SFG	@	COL	L,0-6	3-5		18	2.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.65	5.27	7	33	19	5	6	2	3	2	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.021	.25	0.02%	1.63	3b 12- 2 out d6	5b 3 out d6
19	313	143	Sep 12	SFG		SDP	L,0-4	9-GF		6	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.63	5.30	1	10	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.002	.11	0.00%	0.22	9t 1-- 2 out d4	9t end d 4
20	314	149	Sep 18	SFG		STL	L,0-3	9-GF		5	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.56	5.23	3	12	7	3	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.012	.52	0.02%	0.85	9t 1-- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
21	315	152	Sep 21	SFG	@	LAD	L,3-9	2-3		2	2.0	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	5.64	5.14	8	33	21	7	2	3	4	2	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	.46	-0.030	1.09	-0.04%	-0.70	2b 1-3 0 out d3	3b 3 out d6
							7-14		W-L:4-8	4.5	89.1	103	58	56	32	72	16	6	5.64	5.14	397	1568	63%	19%	9%	0.70		27%	10%	0	44	6	17%	7	5	0	345	18	2	1	8	6	3	.96	-1.324	1.18	-0.94%	-10.50

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