Sugar Cain

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 190lb (180cm, 86kg)

Born: April 5, 1907 in Macon, GA us

Died: April 3, 1975 in Atlanta, GA

Buried: Cremated

Last Game: May 28, 1938 (Age 31-053d)
vs. DET 2.1 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1933 season

Full Name: Merritt Patrick Cain

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.7

ERA

4.83

178

137

987.1

279

WHIP

1.710

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1930	23	-3.8	Carrollton	GAAL	D		8	10	.444	4.80	6.85	21						163.0	185	124	87		58							1.491	10.2		3.2
1931	24	-5.2	Harrisburg	NYPL	B		9	5	.643	3.97	4.85	24						143.0	14	77	63		64							0.545	0.9		4.0
1932	25	-2.5	Baltimore	IL	AA		16	5	.762	4.18	4.86	30						185.0	179	100	86		85							1.427	8.7		4.1
1932	25	-3.3	PHA	AL	Maj	PHA	3	4	.429	5.00	5.40	10	6	1	3	0	0	45.0	42	27	25	1	28	0	24	0	0	0	197	1.556	8.4	0.2	5.6	4.8	0.86
1933	26	-2.9	PHA	AL	Maj	PHA	13	12	.520	4.25	5.45	38	32	2	16	1	1	218.0	244	132	103	18	137	1	43	3	0	4	1030	1.748	10.1	0.7	5.7	1.8	0.31
1934	27	-1.4	PHA	AL	Maj	PHA	9	17	.346	4.41	4.99	36	32	2	15	0	0	230.2	235	128	113	15	128	1	66	3	0	3	1035	1.574	9.2	0.6	5.0	2.6	0.52
1935	28		2 Teams	AL	Maj	SLB-PHA	9	13	.409	5.44	6.23	37	29	1	8	0	0	193.2	236	134	117	8	123	6	73	4	0	2	922	1.854	11.0	0.4	5.7	3.4	0.59
1935	28	-0.1	PHA	AL	Maj	PHA	0	5	.000	6.58	7.62	6	5	0	0	0	0	26.0	39	22	19	1	19	0	5	0	0	0	127	2.231	13.5	0.3	6.6	1.7	0.26
1935	28	-0.1	SLB	AL	Maj	SLB	9	8	.529	5.26	6.01	31	24	1	8	0	0	167.2	197	112	98	7	104	6	68	4	0	2	795	1.795	10.6	0.4	5.6	3.7	0.65
1936	29		2 Teams	AL	Maj	SLB-CHW	15	11	.577	4.89	5.31	34	29	2	15	1	0	211.2	248	125	115	18	84	8	50	5	0	1	943	1.569	10.5	0.8	3.6	2.1	0.60
1936	29	0.4	SLB	AL	Maj	SLB	1	1	.500	6.61	7.16	4	3	0	1	0	0	16.1	20	13	12	0	9	0	8	0	0	0	79	1.776	11.0	0.0	5.0	4.4	0.89
1936	29	0.4	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	14	10	.583	4.75	5.16	30	26	2	14	1	0	195.1	228	112	103	18	75	8	42	5	0	1	864	1.551	10.5	0.8	3.5	1.9	0.56
1937	30	1.2	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	4	2	.667	6.16	6.29	18	6	4	1	0	0	68.2	88	48	47	7	51	1	17	0	0	1	328	2.024	11.5	0.9	6.7	2.2	0.33
1938	31	2.9	St. Paul	AA	AA	CHW	12	11	.522	4.04	4.29	28	18	7	12	0		147.0	147	70	66		53		65	0	0	0		1.361	9.0		3.2	4.0	1.23
1938	31	2.3	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	0	1	.000	4.58	7.78	5	3	2	0	0	0	19.2	26	17	10	0	18	2	6	0	0	1	101	2.237	11.9	0.0	8.2	2.7	0.33
1939	32	4.2	St. Paul	AA	AA	CHW	11	13	.458	4.11	4.94	32	28	3	14	1		206.0	243	113	94		82		86	1	0	2		1.578	10.6		3.6	3.8	1.05
1940	33	6.0	Knoxville	SOUA	A1	NYG	10	14	.417	5.13	5.85	40	29					223.0	257	145	127		83							1.525	10.4		3.3
1941	34	7.0	Knoxville	SOUA	A1		0	2	.000	6.75	6.75	3						12.0	18	9	9		6							2.000	13.5		4.5
1942	35	9.8	Anniston	SEAL	B		9	13	.409	4.16	4.89	22						173.0	212	94	80		51							1.520	11.0		2.7
1943	36	8.2	Birmingham	SOUA	A1	CIN	3	4	.429	5.02	7.95	11	6	4	3	1		43.0	50	38	24		22		10	0	0	1		1.674	10.5		4.6	2.1	0.45
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (7 seasons)					Majors		53	60	.469	4.83	5.57	178	137	14	58	2	1	987.1	1119	611	530	67	569	19	279	15	0	12	4556	1.710	10.2	0.6	5.2	2.5	0.49
Minors (9 seasons)					Minors		78	77	.503	4.42	5.35	211	81	14	29	2		1295.0	1305	770	636		504		161	1	0	3		1.397	9.1		3.5
All Levels (14 Seasons)							131	137	.489	4.60	5.45	389	218	28	87	4	1	2282.1	2424	1381	1166	67	1073	19	440	16	0	15	4556	1.532	9.6		4.2

AA (3 seasons)					Minors		39	29	.574	4.12	4.73	90	46	10	26	1		538.0	569	283	246		220		151	1	0	2		1.467	9.5		3.7
A1 (3 seasons)					Minors		13	20	.394	5.18	6.22	54	35	4	3	1		278.0	325	192	160		111		10	0	0	1		1.568	10.5		3.6
B (2 seasons)					Minors		18	18	.500	4.07	4.87	46						316.0	226	171	143		115							1.079	6.4		3.3
D (1 season)					Minors		8	10	.444	4.80	6.85	21						163.0	185	124	87		58							1.491	10.2		3.2