Matt Cain career ERA

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3.68Career Regular Season

Matt Cain has a career ERA of 3.68 over 13 regular seasons.

• Best season on file: 2.33 in 2005.
• Most recent: 5.43 in 2017.

Average of 13 regular seasons, 2005 through 2017. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 2026.

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Matt Cain career ERA, season by season

Season↓	Team↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	W↓iW: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.	L↓iL: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.	ERA↓iERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.	IP↓iIP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.	K↓iK: Batters this pitcher struck out.	BB↓iBB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.	WHIP↓iWHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.	SV↓iSV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
2005	SF	7	2	1	2.33	46.1	30	19	0.93	0
2006	SF	32	13	12	4.15	190.2	179	87	1.28	0
2007	SF	32	7	16	3.65	200.0	163	79	1.26	0
2008	SF	34	8	14	3.76	217.2	186	91	1.36	0
2009	SF	33	14	8	2.89	217.2	171	73	1.18	0
2010	SF	33	13	11	3.14	223.1	177	61	1.08	0
2011	SF	33	12	11	2.88	221.2	179	63	1.08	0
2012	SF	32	16	5	2.79	219.1	193	51	1.04	0
2013	SF	30	8	10	4.00	184.1	158	55	1.16	0
2014	SF	15	2	7	4.18	90.1	70	32	1.25	0
2015	SF	13	2	4	5.79	60.2	41	20	1.50	0
2016	SF	21	4	8	5.64	89.1	72	32	1.51	0
2017	SF	27	3	11	5.43	124.1	75	49	1.66	0

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV