Matt Cain stats

Last played for the San Francisco Giants, 2017

Starting Pitcher · #18

Age 42 · 6' 3"

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Matt Cain played 13 MLB seasons, 2005 to 2017.

Stats

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Career regular season

GP
342
W
104
L
118
ERA
3.68
IP
2,085.2
K
1,694
BB
712
WHIP
1.23

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
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.
2005SF7212.3346.130190.93
2006SF3213124.15190.2179871.28
2007SF327163.65200.0163791.26
2008SF348143.76217.2186911.36
2009SF331482.89217.2171731.18
2010SF3313113.14223.1177611.08
2011SF3312112.88221.2179631.08
2012SF321652.79219.1193511.04
2013SF308104.00184.1158551.16
2014SF15274.1890.170321.25
2015SF13245.7960.241201.50
2016SF21485.6489.172321.51
2017SF273115.43124.175491.66

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

Career Postseason

GP
8
W
4
L
2
ERA
2.10
IP
51.1
K
33
BB
14
WHIP
1.05

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
194
CG
15
SHO
6
K/9
7.3
GB
2,492
FB
3,729
G/F
0.70
WP
70

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP; G/F: 50+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs.CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last.SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed.K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched.GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher.FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher.G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher.WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop.
2005SF6105.839930.41
2006SF14118.42113350.69
2007SF22107.32403450.712
2008SF21117.72234260.57
2009SF20407.12633740.79
2010SF25427.12464060.68
2011SF26107.32893640.84
2012SF21227.92553670.78
2013SF20007.72153260.71
2014SF6007.01241460.82
2015SF3006.1751310.61
2016SF4007.31171700.75
2017SF6005.41952460.83

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
42 yearsOct 1, 1984
Height
6' 3"
Debut
2005
Birthplace
Dothan, AL
Draft
2002Rd 1, Pk 25

Latest performance

Matt Cain

Sep 30 · vs SD · L 3-2

IP
5.0
H
2
R
0
ER
0
BB
1
K
4
HR
0
ERA
5.43

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentIPHRERK
Sat, Sep 30vsSDL 3-252004
Thu, Aug 31vsSTLL 5-257222
Sun, Aug 27atARIL 11-00.25880
Mon, Aug 21vsMILW 2-010001
Wed, Aug 16atMIAL 8-145527
Mon, Aug 07vsCHCL 5-334001

What were Matt Cain's career stats?

Matt Cain played 13 seasons for the Giants. He had 104 wins and 1,694 strikeouts with a 3.68 ERA over 2,085.2 innings. His best season was 2012: 16 wins, a 2.79 ERA and 193 strikeouts.

League leaderboards and awards

13 seasons, 2 postseasons, 2005 to 2017

Matt Cain finished top 10 in a stat 4 times.

Championships ×3

All-time career rank

  • 163rd in strikeouts (pitching) (1,694)

Among the 9,243 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

More on Matt Cain

Playoff series

Matt Cain played 8 games across 2 MLB postseasons in 6 series — 3 won, 3 lost.

Matt Cain's line in each playoff series
IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.
2012CINLost 1-1210.21169
2012STLLost 1-1212.11136
2012DETWon 1-017.0535
2010ATLLost 0-116.2706
2010PHIWon 1-017.0205
2010TEXWon 1-017.2402

What the columns mean: IP · H · ER · K

Matt Cain’s playoff series, round by round

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.