Bob Cain

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 165lb (183cm, 74kg)

Born: October 16, 1924 in Longford, KS us

Died: April 8, 1997 in Cleveland, OH

Buried: Cremated

Debut: September 18, 1949 (Age 24-337d, 10,651st in major league history)
vs. BOS 3.0 IP, 1 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 11, 1954 (Age 29-330d)
vs. NYY 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1950 season

Full Name: Robert Max Cain

Nicknames: Sugar

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.2

ERA

4.50

140

628.0

249

WHIP

1.487

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Team Record in Appearances: 18-20 / in Starts: 12-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 6

1951 Pitching Game Log

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1951 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	41	6	Apr 24	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG(8)	L(0-1)	99	8.0	8	5	4	6	1	0	1	4.50	4.85	38	8	14	2	0	8	43			0	0	0	30	4	0	2	2	0	1	.75	-0.237	2.57	-0.49%	-1.12	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
2	42	11	May 1	CHW		NYY	L,3-8	GS-5	L(0-2)	6	5.0	6	5	3	1	1	1	2	4.85	5.48	25	11	5	0	0	5	39			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.20	-0.295	3.63	-0.53%	-2.47	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
3	43	15	May 5	CHW		WSH	W,7-0	GS-7	W(1-2)	3	6.1	3	0	0	5	0	0	0	3.26	5.27	28	7	13	2	0	3	62			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.03	0.257	2.45	0.37%	1.97	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out a5
4	44	22	May 13(2)	CHW		CLE	T,4-4	GS-7		7	7.0	8	4	4	1	1	2	0	3.76	5.55	28	3	16	2	0	7	45			0	0	1	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.127	1.74	-0.19%	-0.45	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
				Player went from Chicago White Sox to Detroit Tigers
5	45	25	May 18	DET	@	PHA	W,9-6	5-8	W(2-2)	4	3.2	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	3.30	5.21	13	5	3	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	2	0	0	.26	0.051	.69	0.08%	1.84	5b --- 1 out d3	8b 3 out d3
6	46	29	May 24	DET	@	NYY	L,1-11	GS-6	L(2-3)	5	5.1	5	6	4	2	6	2	1	3.82	5.45	23	4	5	2	0	5	42			0	0	1	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.77	-0.206	2.65	-0.42%	-2.55	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out d4
7	47	31	May 26	DET		SLB	L,2-3	9-GF		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.75	5.40	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.011	.37	0.01%	0.27	9t --- 1 out d2	9t end d 2
8	48	35	May 29	DET		CLE	L,1-2	GS-8	L(2-4)	2	7.1	5	2	2	5	1	0	0	3.53	5.20	31	7	13	0	0	5	56			0	1	0	26	2	0	1	0	0	0	.98	0.163	1.21	0.12%	1.54	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	49	38	Jun 2	DET		NYY	L,7-8	GS-8		3	8.0	8	3	1	4	3	0	2	3.16	5.01	39	12	10	1	0	8	57			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.44	-0.077	1.46	-0.05%	1.13	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
10	50	43	Jun 6	DET		BOS	W,6-4	GS-9	W(3-4)	3	8.0	6	4	3	5	2	1	0	3.19	5.07	34	9	12	2	0	6	53			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	2	1.29	0.374	1.10	0.19%	1.13	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a4
11	51	47	Jun 10(2)	DET		PHA	W,9-5	GS-6	W(4-4)	3	5.0	7	5	4	3	1	0	1	3.50	5.03	27	5	10	0	0	7	33			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	1	.89	0.050	.78	0.03%	-2.04	1t start tie	6t -2- 0 out a4
12	52	51	Jun 16	DET	@	NYY	W,4-0	SHO	W(5-4)	5	9.0	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.07	4.80	33	12	15	1	0	4	75			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.657	1.40	0.45%	4.46	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
13	53	56	Jun 21	DET	@	PHA	W,9-3	CG	W(6-4)	4	9.0	7	3	3	2	1	1	1	3.06	4.79	35	9	15	2	3	7	60			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	2	0	0	.66	0.213	.42	0.08%	1.70	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a6
14	54	60	Jun 26	DET	@	CHW	L,3-11	GS-5	L(6-5)	4	4.1	9	6	5	2	1	0	0	3.43	4.72	23	5	6	1	0	9	22			0	0	1	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.366	1.38	-0.28%	-2.66	1b start tie	5b 1-3 1 out d1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	55	64	Jul 1(1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(6-6)	4	8.0	6	2	2	3	3	0	0	3.33	4.56	33	8	13	2	0	6	62			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.076	.81	0.03%	1.88	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
16	56	70	Jul 7	DET		CLE	W,13-3	CG	W(7-6)	5	9.0	5	3	3	2	6	2	0	3.30	4.57	32	8	11	4	0	5	69			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	.54	0.290	.18	0.06%	1.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
17	57	73	Jul 12	DET		WSH	W,5-4	GS-7	W(8-6)	4	6.0	5	3	2	6	5	0	0	3.28	4.53	27	6	5	1	0	5	51			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.77	0.055	.14	0.01%	0.26	1t start tie	7t 123 0 out a4
18	58	78	Jul 16	DET		NYY	L,6-8	GS-2	L(8-7)	3	1.2	4	6	6	3	0	1	1	3.72	4.72	13	2	3	1	0	4	20			0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.43	-0.471	.24	-0.05%	-5.07	1t start tie	2t --- 2 out d4
19	59	80	Jul 18	DET		PHA	L,9-16	8-8		1	0.2	3	5	5	2	1	0	0	4.10	4.75	7	1	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	-0.220	.15	-0.01%	-2.99	8t --- 0 out d1	8t 1-3 2 out d4
20	60	85	Jul 22	DET		BOS	L,9-10	GS-4		3	3.1	5	6	6	2	0	0	1	4.45	4.76	18	5	5	0	0	5	24			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.295	.06	-0.01%	-4.63	1t start tie	4t -2- 1 out d6
21	61	88	Jul 26	DET	@	WSH	W,6-3	GS-5		3	4.0	2	3	3	6	3	0	0	4.53	4.78	20	3	6	0	0	2	43			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.020	.03	0.00%	0.19	1b start a 1	5b 123 0 out a2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	62	95	Aug 1(2)	DET	@	NYY	L,6-10	GS-1	L(8-8)	5	0.1	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.66	4.80	5	1	0	0	0	3	36			0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.235	.05	-0.01%	-2.41	1b start a 1	1b 12- 1 out d1
23	63	96	Aug 2	DET	@	NYY	W,6-0	7-GF	S(1)	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	4.55	4.66	9	1	3	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	0.401	.02	0.00%	3.33	7b 123 0 out a2	9b end a 6
24	64	100	Aug 5(2)	DET	@	BOS	W,8-5	6-6	BS(1)	2	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	4.61	4.68	4	1	0	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.59	-0.350	.05	0.00%	-2.82	6b 123 1 out a4	6b 12- 2 out tie
25	65	102	Aug 7	DET		CHW	L,1-2	13-GF(13)	L(8-9)	1	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.65	4.69	5	1	2	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.31	-0.294	.01	0.00%	-0.48	13t --- 0 out tie	13t end d 1
26	66	106	Aug 11	DET		SLB	W,7-4		S(2)	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.63	4.67	1												1			0		0
27	67	107	Aug 12	DET		SLB	W,2-1		W(9-9)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.60	4.65	3												3			0		0
28	68	108	Aug 13	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.52	4.60	8	4	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.052	.00	0.00%	0.97	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 1
29	69	115	Aug 19(2)	DET	@	SLB	W,6-2	GS-	W(10-9)	5	8.1	7	2	0	5	1	0	0	4.25	4.56	38						61						33			0		0
30	70	119	Aug 22	DET		NYY	W,7-6	8-8		2	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.24	4.56	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.24	8t 1-- 2 out d3	8t 3 out d3
31	71	121	Aug 24	DET		WSH	L,7-10	GS-5	L(10-10)	1	4.0	8	7	6	2	1	2	0	4.50	4.71	23	6	6	1	0	8	19			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.18	-0.437	.00	0.00%	-4.32	1t start tie	5t 1-- 0 out d3
32	72	125	Aug 28	DET		BOS	W,5-4	GS-4		3	3.1	2	1	1	4	3	0	0	4.46	4.70	16	1	6	0	2	2	51			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.053	.00	0.00%	-0.53	1t start tie	4t 123 1 out a2
33	73	126	Aug 29	DET		BOS	L,5-7	7-9	L(10-11)	0	2.0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.52	4.69	8	5	1	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.63	0.125	.00	0.00%	1.53	7t -23 1 out d1	9t 12- 1 out tie
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
34	74	133	Sep 5	DET	@	CLE	L,2-5	3-7		6	4.1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	4.39	4.66	17	5	6	0	0	1		1	0	1	0	1	13	0	0	1	0	0	1	.25	0.047	.00	0.00%	2.17	3b 1-- 2 out d5	7b 3 out d3
35	75	137	Sep 9	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	5-5		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.38	4.66	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.009	.00	0.00%	0.33	5b -2- 2 out d4	5b 3 out d4
36	76	141	Sep 14	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	GS-1	L(10-12)	4	0.1	2	4	4	1	0	1	1	4.61	4.78	5	0	1	0	0	2	30			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	-0.311	.00	0.00%	-3.77	1b start tie	1b --- 1 out d4
37	77	143	Sep 16(1)	DET	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	W(11-12)	1	9.0	7	1	1	7	2	0	0	4.41	4.76	39	13	10	3	0	7	64			1	1	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	0.505	.00	0.00%	3.56	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
38	78	148	Sep 22	DET		CLE	W,9-4	CG	W(12-12)	5	9.0	4	4	3	6	1	1	1	4.33	4.83	37	14	11	1	0	4	60			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.01	0.026	.00	0.00%	0.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
39	79	153	Sep 29	DET	@	CLE	L,6-7	GS-8		6	7.1	9	6	6	2	7	2	0	4.46	4.83	33	9	6	0	0	9	41			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.573	.00	0.00%	-2.63	1b start a 2	8b 1-- 1 out tie
							18-20		W-L:12-12,Sv:2,BSv:1	3.2	175.2	160	102	87	95	61	16	14	4.46	4.83	782	0.82		7%	1%	149	47	11	27%	3	3	4	665	26	4	4	17	0	11	1.04	-1.197	.90	-0.62%	-10.14

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