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Bob Cain

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 165lb (183cm, 74kg)

Born: October 16, 1924 in Longford, KS us

Died: April 8, 1997 in Cleveland, OH

Buried: Cremated

Debut: September 18, 1949 (Age 24-337d, 10,651st in major league history)
vs. BOS 3.0 IP, 1 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 11, 1954 (Age 29-330d)
vs. NYY 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1950 season

Full Name: Robert Max Cain

Nicknames: Sugar

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.2

ERA

4.50

140

628.0

249

WHIP

1.487

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 24	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	11 (4)	May 1	CHW		NYY	L,3-8	GS	25	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
3	15 (3)	May 5	CHW		WSH	W,7-0	GS	28	6.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	22 (6)	May 13 (2)	CHW		CLE	T,4-4	GS	28	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
				Player went from Chicago White Sox to Detroit Tigers
5	25	May 18	DET	@	PHA	W,9-6		13	3.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
6	29 (3)	May 24	DET	@	NYY	L,1-11	GS	23	5.1	3	2	1	6	1	P
7	31 (1)	May 26	DET		SLB	L,2-3	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
8	35 (3)	May 29	DET		CLE	L,1-2	GS	31	7.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	38 (2)	Jun 2	DET		NYY	L,7-8	GS	39	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	P
10	43 (4)	Jun 6	DET		BOS	W,6-4	GS	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
11	47 (3)	Jun 10 (2)	DET		PHA	W,9-5	GS	27	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
12	51 (3)	Jun 16	DET	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
13	56 (4)	Jun 21	DET	@	PHA	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	60 (3)	Jun 26	DET	@	CHW	L,3-11	GS	23	4.1	0	3	0	3	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	64 (3)	Jul 1 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
16	70 (5)	Jul 7	DET		CLE	W,13-3	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
17	73 (2)	Jul 12	DET		WSH	W,5-4	GS	27	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
18	78 (4)	Jul 16	DET		NYY	L,6-8	GS	13	1.2	0	1	0	1	0
19	80 (1)	Jul 18	DET		PHA	L,9-16		7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	85 (4)	Jul 22	DET		BOS	L,9-10	GS	18	3.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
21	88 (2)	Jul 26	DET	@	WSH	W,6-3	GS	20	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	95 (6)	Aug 1 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,6-10	GS	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	96	Aug 2	DET	@	NYY	W,6-0	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	100 (3)	Aug 5 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,8-5		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	102 (1)	Aug 7	DET		CHW	L,1-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	106 (3)	Aug 11	DET		SLB	W,7-4	GF	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
27	107	Aug 12	DET		SLB	W,2-1	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	108	Aug 13	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	115 (6)	Aug 19 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,6-2	GS	0	8.1	1	1	0	2	0
30	119 (3)	Aug 22	DET		NYY	W,7-6		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	121 (1)	Aug 24	DET		WSH	L,7-10	GS	23	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	125 (3)	Aug 28	DET		BOS	W,5-4	GS	16	3.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
33	126	Aug 29	DET		BOS	L,5-7		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	133 (6)	Sep 5	DET	@	CLE	L,2-5		17	4.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
35	137 (3)	Sep 9	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	141 (3)	Sep 14	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	GS	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	143 (1)	Sep 16 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
38	148 (4)	Sep 22	DET		CLE	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
39	153 (4)	Sep 29	DET	@	CLE	L,6-7	GS	33	7.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
							39gm		175.2	9	30	1	40	2