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

Debut: April 15, 1932 (Age 25-010d, 7,456th in major league history)
vs. NYY 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W

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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Team Record in Appearances: 15-22 / in Starts: 15-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 3

1935 Pitching Game Log

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1935 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	85	1	Apr 17	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-4	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	6.0	6	4	3	3	1	0	0	4.50	4.35	27	8	9	1	2	6	44			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.189	1.49	-0.29%	-0.68	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
2	86	6	Apr 23	PHA		WSH	L,4-6	GS-8	L(0-2)	5	8.0	11	5	4	6	3	0	0	4.50	4.54	38	13	5	1	0	11	39			0	2	0	29	2	0	0	2	0	2	1.17	-0.071	2.14	-0.08%	-0.48	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
3	87	11	Apr 28	PHA		NYY	L,5-7	GS-3	L(0-3)	4	2.1	7	6	6	4	0	1	0	7.16	5.88	16	2	3	0	0	7	15			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	-0.378	1.62	-0.28%	-4.61	1t start tie	3t --- 1 out d5
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
4	88	13	May 1	PHA		BOS	L,6-8	8-8		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.88	5.77	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.95	0.130	1.59	0.06%	1.25	8t 1-3 1 out d1	8t 3 out d1
5	89	15	May 7	PHA	@	DET	L,3-5	GS-5	L(0-4)	5	5.0	8	4	3	5	1	0	0	6.55	5.77	26	9	4	1	1	7	33			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	3	0	1	.92	-0.151	.78	-0.08%	-1.27	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
6	90	20	May 15	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-5	GS-4	L(0-5)	7	4.0	7	3	3	1	0	0	0	6.58	5.49	19	9	3	0	1	6	35			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	-0.092	.98	-0.04%	-0.68	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
				Player went from Philadelphia Athletics to St. Louis Browns
7	91	26	May 25(1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(0-6)	9	8.0	6	3	2	3	1	0	1	5.56	5.24	33	11	13	4	3	4	58			1	0	0	29	3	0	0	1	0	2	1.14	0.000	.42	0.00%	1.33	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d2
8	92	31	May 30(1)	SLB	@	DET	W,10-7	GS-6	W(1-6)	4	5.1	8	6	4	4	4	1	0	5.72	5.39	30	8	7	1	1	7	32			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.30	-0.430	.37	-0.07%	-3.18	1b start a 2	6b -23 1 out a2
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	93	37	Jun 3	SLB		CLE	L,4-11	11-12		3	2.0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	5.44	5.24	8	4	2	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.92	-0.116	.37	-0.01%	0.17	11t --- 0 out tie	12t 3 out tie
10	94	40	Jun 8	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS-5	L(1-7)	4	5.0	7	3	3	3	1	0	0	5.44	5.17	23	7	7	0	1	5	39			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	2	0	0	.95	-0.068	.18	-0.01%	-0.09	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
11	95	43	Jun 11(2)	SLB		NYY	L,3-9	8-8		2	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.32	5.19	4	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.003	.01	0.00%	0.59	8t --- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d6
12	96	47	Jun 14	SLB		NYY	L,3-4	CG	L(1-8)	2	13.0	9	4	4	7	6	0	0	4.77	4.91	52						72						45	1	1			0
13	97	52	Jun 19(2)	SLB		BOS	W,6-3	CG	W(2-8)	4	9.0	7	3	0	1	3	0	0	4.15	4.64	34						69						33	0	1			0
14	98	56	Jun 23(2)	SLB		PHA	L,3-13	GS-4	L(2-9)	3	3.2	9	7	7	3	1	0	0	4.81	4.66	22	6	3	1	0	9	13			0	0	0	17	4	0	0	1	0	0	.87	-0.449	.01	0.00%	-5.14	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d4
15	99	58	Jun 28(1)	SLB		DET	L,1-10	GS-4	L(2-10)	4	3.2	6	6	6	1	1	2	0	5.28	4.94	18	3	7	1	0	6	25			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.280	.01	0.00%	-3.92	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d6
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
16	100	63	Jul 1	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-4	GS-6	L(2-11)	2	6.0	8	3	3	1	2	1	0	5.23	4.96	25	11	4	0	0	7	45			0	0	0	24	3	1	0	1	0	1	.68	-0.043	.00	0.00%	0.49	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
17	101	68	Jul 6	SLB	@	DET	L,6-7	GS-1		4	0.2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	5.40	5.02	6	1	1	0	1	2	38			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.175	.00	0.00%	-1.98	1b start a 3	1b 1-3 2 out a1
18	102	69	Jul 7	SLB	@	DET	L,5-12			0	7.0	10	8	7	9	2	0	0	5.68	5.13	40												31					0
19	103	72	Jul 11(2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,9-6	GS-5	W(3-11)	3	5.0	6	4	3	4	2	1	1	5.66	5.28	27	7	7	0	0	6	39			0	0	0	22	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.15	-0.105	.00	0.00%	-1.18	1b start a 1	5b 3 out tie
20	104	77	Jul 16	SLB	@	WSH	W,6-4	GS-5		4	4.1	8	4	4	2	0	0	0	5.78	5.25	22	6	7	3	0	7	29			0	0	0	20	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.04	-0.330	.00	0.00%	-2.21	1b start tie	5b --3 1 out d1
21	105	78	Jul 17	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-8	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	2	2	2	3	1	0	0	5.90	5.30	8	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-1.45	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 4
22	106	89	Jul 29	SLB		CHW	L,2-7	4-8		11	4.1	5	2	2	3	0	0	0	5.83	5.30	21	6	7	1	1	5		1	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	1	0	0	0	.33	0.018	.00	0.00%	0.71	4t -2- 2 out d5	8t 3 out d5
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
23	107	93	Aug 2	SLB	@	CHW	W,10-8	GS-4		3	3.1	4	4	4	2	2	0	0	5.98	5.25	16	4	5	1	1	3	36			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.080	.00	0.00%	-0.94	1b start tie	4b 1-3 1 out a2
24	108	97	Aug 8(1)	SLB		CLE	L,8-14	GS-3	L(3-12)	5	2.1	8	6	6	0	2	0	0	6.34	5.17	15	3	3	1	0	7	19			1	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.310	.00	0.00%	-3.24	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out a1
25	109	101	Aug 11(1)	SLB		CLE	L,7-10	1-7		2	7.0	9	4	4	2	4	1	0	6.27	5.15	31	14	2	0	0	9		2	1	0	0	0	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.075	.00	0.00%	0.46	1t 1-3 0 out d2	7t 3 out d3
26	110	106	Aug 16	SLB		PHA	W,7-2	CG	W(4-12)	4	9.0	10	2	2	3	13	0	0	5.97	4.87	39	5	8	2	0	10	69			1	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.320	.00	0.00%	3.28	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
27	111	111	Aug 20(1)	SLB		BOS	W,8-5	GS-7	W(5-12)	3	6.2	7	3	3	4	3	0	0	5.87	4.83	29	6	9	2	3	7	47			0	1	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.07	0.160	.00	0.00%	0.56	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out a2
28	112	117	Aug 24	SLB		NYY	W,7-6	GS-8		3	8.0	9	6	4	9	4	0	0	5.79	4.87	43	9	13	2	1	8	39			0	0	0	33	2	0	3	0	0	1	1.29	-0.210	.00	0.00%	-1.31	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
29	113	125	Aug 30	SLB		DET	W,8-7	GS-3		5	2.0	1	5	5	5	0	0	0	6.03	4.95	12	2	4	0	2	1	29			0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.244	.00	0.00%	-2.85	1t start tie	3t 12- 0 out d2
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
30	114	129	Sep 6(1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,11-8	GS-4		6	3.2	7	3	3	3	1	0	0	6.06	4.96	21	5	6	0	2	6	33			0	0	0	18	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.03	-0.103	.00	0.00%	-1.60	1b start tie	4b 123 2 out a3
31	115	133	Sep 8(1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	W(6-12)	1	9.0	8	4	4	5	3	1	1	5.94	5.02	40	11	12	1	0	8	53			0	1	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.285	.00	0.00%	1.08	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
32	116	137	Sep 12	SLB	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	W(7-12)	3	9.0	7	2	2	3	3	0	0	5.73	4.93	36	12	12	1	3	6	65			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.29	0.462	.00	0.00%	3.44	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
33	117	142	Sep 16	SLB	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	W(8-12)	3	9.0	7	2	2	7	2	1	0	5.53	5.02	42	11	15	2	3	7	60			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	0.322	.00	0.00%	2.87	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
34	118	145	Sep 18(2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-6	6-7		1	2.0	4	2	1	1	2	1	0	5.52	5.06	12	0	5	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	.79	-0.113	.00	0.00%	-0.92	6b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d3
35	119	146	Sep 21(1)	SLB	@	DET	L,2-6	GS-6	L(8-13)	2	6.0	8	4	4	7	1	0	0	5.54	5.11	32	7	10	3	2	7	34			0	0	0	24	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.04	-0.139	.00	0.00%	-0.72	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
36	120	151	Sep 25	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	W(9-13)	3	9.0	10	3	2	5	1	0	0	5.37	5.08	40	13	12	3	2	9	53			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	3	0	1	1.70	0.455	.00	0.00%	2.23	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
37	121	154	Sep 29(1)	SLB	@	CLE	W,9-7	GS-		3	2.2	4	4	3	1	2	0	1	5.44	5.07	14						37						12					0
							15-22		W-L:9-13	3.4	193.2	236	134	117	123	73	10	4	5.44	5.07	922	1.06		8%	8%	190	41	5	20%	4	4	0	781	40	6	7	18	0	15	1.03	-2.044	.28	-0.80%	-19.95

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