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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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	15-22 / in Starts: 15-14
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	28 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 69 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	43 (21-9-13) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 69 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	46 (23-14-8)

Most Driven In
H Clift	3
T Carey	1

Most Driven In By
M Solters	2
J Burns	1

1935 Batting Game Log

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1935 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	86	1	Apr 17	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.63	-0.035	1.60	-0.05%	-0.51	P
2	87	6 (4)	Apr 23	PHA		WSH	L,4-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.58	-0.155	2.89	-0.17%	-1.22	P
3	88	11 (4)	Apr 28	PHA		NYY	L,5-7	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	89	13 (1)	May 1	PHA		BOS	L,6-8	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
5	90	15 (1)	May 7	PHA	@	DET	L,3-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.84	-0.043	.71	-0.02%	-0.43	P
6	91	20 (4)	May 15	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.47	-0.013	.38	-0.01%	-0.12	P
				Player went from Philadelphia Athletics to St. Louis Browns
7	92	26	May 25 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	9	.94	-0.019	.34	0.00%	-0.15	P
8	93	31 (4)	May 30 (1)	SLB	@	DET	W,10-7	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.071	.071	.071	.143	9	.88	-0.041	.25	-0.01%	-0.43	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	94	37 (5)	Jun 3	SLB		CLE	L,4-11	11-12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.071	.071	.071	.143	9						P
10	95	40 (2)	Jun 8	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.071	.071	.071	.143	9	1.35	-0.024	.26	0.00%	-0.24	P
11	96	43 (2)	Jun 11 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,3-9	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.071	.071	.071	.143	6						P
12	97	47 (3)	Jun 14	SLB		NYY	L,3-4	GS-0	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0	0	.158	.158	.158	.316	9						P
13	98	52 (4)	Jun 19 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.174	.174	.174	.348	9						P
14	99	56 (3)	Jun 23 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,3-13	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	1.73	-0.047	.02	0.00%	-0.48	P
15	100	58 (1)	Jun 28 (1)	SLB		DET	L,1-10	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.160	.160	.160	.320	9	1.05	-0.031	.01	0.00%	-0.39	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	101	63 (4)	Jul 1	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.148	.148	.148	.296	9	1.09	-0.078	.00	0.00%	-0.87	P
17	102	68 (4)	Jul 6	SLB	@	DET	L,6-7	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.148	.148	.148	.296	9						P
18	103	69	Jul 7	SLB	@	DET	L,5-12	0-0	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0	0	.207	.207	.207	.414	9						P
19	104	72 (2)	Jul 11 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,9-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.194	.194	.387	9	.75	-0.040	.00	0.00%	-0.53	P
20	105	77 (4)	Jul 16	SLB	@	WSH	W,6-4	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	9	1.68	-0.071	.00	0.00%	-0.68	P
21	106	78	Jul 17	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-8	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	9						P
22	107	89 (10)	Jul 29	SLB		CHW	L,2-7	4-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.176	.176	.353	9	.98	-0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.40	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	108	93 (3)	Aug 2	SLB	@	CHW	W,10-8	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.62	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.60	P
24	109	97 (3)	Aug 8 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,8-14	GS-3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.162	.162	.162	.324	9	2.66	-0.075	.00	0.00%	-0.84	P
25	110	101 (3)	Aug 11 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,7-10	1-7	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.179	.205	.385	9	1.14	0.079	.00	0.00%	1.03	P
26	111	106 (4)	Aug 16	SLB		PHA	W,7-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.186	.186	.209	.395	9	.43	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.75	P
27	112	111 (4)	Aug 20 (1)	SLB		BOS	W,8-5	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.222	.422	9	.49	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.16	P
28	113	117 (5)	Aug 24	SLB		NYY	W,7-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.188	.208	.396	9	1.49	-0.142	.00	0.00%	-1.34	P
29	114	125 (7)	Aug 30	SLB		DET	W,8-7	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.188	.208	.396	9						P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	115	129 (3)	Sep 6 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,11-8	GS-4	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.220	.420	9	.86	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.14	P
31	116	133 (3)	Sep 8 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.189	.204	.208	.411	9	.54	-0.056	.00	0.00%	-0.57	P
32	117	137 (3)	Sep 12	SLB	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1		0		0	0	.196	.211	.214	.425	9	1.27	-0.040	.00	0.00%	-0.25	P
33	118	142 (4)	Sep 16	SLB	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.186	.200	.203	.403	9	.39	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.60	P
34	119	145 (2)	Sep 18 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-6	6-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.186	.200	.203	.403	9						P
35	120	146	Sep 21 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,2-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.180	.194	.197	.390	9	1.00	-0.055	.00	0.00%	-0.50	P
36	121	151 (4)	Sep 25	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.172	.185	.188	.372	9	1.55	-0.134	.00	0.00%	-1.09	P
37	122	154 (2)	Sep 29 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	W,9-7	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.169	.182	.185	.366	9						P
							15-22		69	65	3	11	1	0	0	5	1	0	16	0	3		0		0	0	.169	.182	.185	.366		.99	-1.106	.28	-0.27%	-11.68

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