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Matt Cain
Matthew T. Cain

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 231 lb.

Debut August 29, 2005

Born October 1, 1984 in Dothan, AL

Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 26, 2002. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2005 20 SFG NL   2   1   7   7   1   0   0  0   46.3   24   12   12   4   19   30   0   1   181   1   0  2.33  4.27  183 0.928
 2006 21 SFG NL  13  12  32  31   1   1   1  0  190.7  157   93   88  18   87  179   6   9   818   1   2  4.15  4.49  108 1.280 RoY-5
 2007 22 SFG NL   7  16  32  32   1   0   0  0  200.0  173   84   81  14   79  163   5  12   832   3   0  3.65  4.44  122 1.260
 2008 23 SFG NL   8  14  34  34   1   1   0  0  217.7  206   95   91  19   91  186   7   7   933   9   2  3.76  4.38  116 1.364
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .411  30  43 105 104   4   2   1  0  654.7  560  284  272  55  276  558  18  29  2764  14   4  3.74  4.42  118 1.277
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9  13  34  33   1   0   0  0  213.0  182   92   88  17   89  181   5   9   899   4   1  3.74  4.42  118 1.277
 Career High     13  16  34  34   1   1   1  0  217.7  206   95   91  19   91  186   7  12   933   9   2  2.33  4.49  183 0.928

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2005 20 SFG NL   7   15    1    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   6  .067  .067  .133  -49    2   1   0   0   0   0
 2006 21 SFG NL  31   57    1    8   2  0   0    1   0  0   1  28  .140  .155  .175  -15   10   8   0   0   0   0 RoY-5
 2007 22 SFG NL  30   57    3    4   0  0   2    4   0  0   2  32  .070  .102  .175  -30   10   7   0   0   0   0
 2008 23 SFG NL  32   62    3    7   1  0   2    3   0  0   4  34  .113  .167  .226    1   14   6   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      100  191    8   20   4  0   4    8   0  0   7 100  .105  .136  .188  -17   36  22   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        309   13   32   6  0   6   13   0  0  11 162  .105  .136  .188  -17   58  36   0   0   0   0
 Career High     32   62    3    8   2  0   2    4   0  0   4  34                          14   8   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2005 20 SFG NL   16   15    0   0.0   109| .067  .270| .067  .340| .133  .430| .200  .770| -49  .000  -3.3  -0.3   0%
 2006 21 SFG NL   66   57    2   0.9   113| .140  .272| .155  .343| .175  .442| .330  .785| -15  .043 -10.0  -1.0   0%
 2007 22 SFG NL   66   60    1   0.4   111| .070  .273| .102  .342| .175  .436| .277  .778| -30  .012 -11.5  -1.1   0%
 2008 23 SFG NL   72   61    3   1.3   110| .113  .270| .167  .342| .226  .430| .393  .772|   1  .083  -9.5  -0.9   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       220  193    6   0.8   111| .105  .271| .136  .342| .188  .435| .324  .778| -17  .036 -34.4  -3.3   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2005 20 SFG NL P 7 1 2 1 0 .750 .968 0.43 0.46 0.58 1.75 7 46.3 2006 21 SFG NL P 32 17 15 3 0 .914 .958 1.00 0.43 1.51 1.72 31 190.7 2007 22 SFG NL P 32 6 25 0 2 1.000 .966 0.97 0.40 1.40 1.68 32 200.0 2008 23 SFG NL P 34 14 24 0 3 1.000 .960 1.12 0.43 1.57 1.73 34 217.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2005 20 SFG NL P 7 1 2 1 0 .750 .968 0.43 0.46 0.58 1.75 7 46.3 2006 21 SFG NL P 32 17 15 3 0 .914 .958 1.00 0.43 1.51 1.72 31 190.7 2007 22 SFG NL P 32 6 25 0 2 1.000 .966 0.97 0.40 1.40 1.68 32 200.0 2008 23 SFG NL P 34 14 24 0 3 1.000 .960 1.12 0.43 1.57 1.73 34 217.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 105 38 66 4 5 .963 .961 0.99 0.42 1.43 1.71 104 654.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 105 38 66 4 5 .963 .961 0.99 0.42 1.43 1.71 104 655
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
2007 NL-3.65-10

Hits Allowed/9IP
2006 NL-7.41-3
2007 NL-7.79-5

Strikeouts/9IP
2006 NL-8.45-5

Innings
2008 NL-217.7-5

Strikeouts
2006 NL-179-9
2008 NL-186-8

Games Started
2008 NL-34-1

Shutouts
2006 NL-1-7
2008 NL-1-7

Bases On Balls Allow.
2006 NL-87-3
2007 NL-79-7
2008 NL-91-5

Hits Allowed
2008 NL-206-8

Losses
2007 NL-16-2
2008 NL-14-4

Wild Pitches
2006 NL-9-6
2007 NL-12-1

Batters Faced
2008 NL-933-3

Youngest Player
2005 NL-20-1
2006 NL-21-7

         

Black Ink: Pitching - 1 (822) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 22 (986) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 8.0 (981) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 4, 2002: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 26, 2002.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2006San Francisco Giants$328,000
2007San Francisco Giants$650,000
2008San Francisco Giants$950,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,928,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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