Matt Cain vs Sandy Alcantara

Matt Cain and Sandy Alcantara compared on their MLB careers: Matt Cain played 13 seasons, 2005 to 2017, Sandy Alcantara 9 seasons, 2017 to 2026. Matt Cain has 104 wins to Sandy Alcantara's 65. Matt Cain won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Matt Cain and Sandy Alcantara career totals
342GP211
104W65
118L78
3.7ERA3.7
2085.2IP1287.1
1,694K1,083
712BB389
1.2WHIP1.2
0SV1

How do they compare in the postseason?

Matt Cain and Sandy Alcantara postseason
8GP2
13R6
40H11

Where each stands all time

Matt Cain and Sandy Alcantara all-time places
Matt CainAll-time rankSandy Alcantara
163rd (1,694)Strikeouts (pitching)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • Matt Cain: 3 championships; none on file
  • Sandy Alcantara: 0 championships; NL Cy Young

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Matt Cain and Sandy Alcantara season by season
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.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.
1st2005212.332017004.32
2nd200613124.152018233.44
3rd20077163.6520196143.88
4th20088143.762020323.00
5th20091482.8920219153.19
6th201013113.1420221492.28
7th201112112.8820237124.14
8th20121652.79202511125.36
9th20138104.00202613113.91
10th2014274.18
11th2015245.79
12th2016485.64
13th20173115.43

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA