Matt Cain career strikeouts (pitching)
1,694Career Regular Season
Matt Cain has recorded 1,694 strikeouts (pitching) over 13 regular seasons, 163rd among 8,575 MLB players on file.
- Best season on file: 193 in 2012.
- Most recent: 75 in 2017.
Sum of 13 regular seasons, 2005 through 2017. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: 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