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Matt Cain

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Matt Cain

2005–2017 · Bats R · Throws R · 6'3", 230 lb · b. 1984 Dothan, AL

Also in Triple-A · Double-A · High-A · Single-A

Career 104–118 · 3.68 ERA · 1,694 SO · 2085.2 IP · 349 G · 74 H · 7 HR · 34 RBI · .121 AVG

Seasons leading his league

4

3 best in baseball 1 league only

14 Top-5 finishes

3 Title seasons

2 Categories led

2009 Best season

Spanning 2007–2009, peaking at 2 titles in 2009.

Team records #6 Giants career SO

Led in Pitcher Fielding Percentage for 3 straight seasons (2007–2009) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

1,384th League titles 4
897th Best in baseball 3
2,086th Top-5 finishes 14

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

165th Strikeouts 1,694
172nd Strikeouts / 9 7.31
247th Walks + Hits / IP 1.23
325th Pitcher Putouts 131
409th Innings Pitched 2085.2

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Pitcher Fielding Percentage	3	1st	3 yrs (2007–2009)	2007 1.000 2008 1.000 2009 1.000
Complete Games	1	1st	—	2009 NL 4 2010 #3
Shutouts	—	#2	—	2010 #2 2012 #2
Innings Pitched	—	#3	—	2012 #3
Walks + Hits / IP	—	#2	—	2012 #2

Title Seasons

3 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
2009	2	CG 4 P FPCT 1.000
2008	1	P FPCT 1.000
2007	1	P FPCT 1.000

Pitching

13 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2005	SFN	NL	2	1	2.33	7	7	0	46.1	24	12	4	19	30	0.93
2006	SFN	NL	13	12	4.15	32	31	0	190.2	157	88	18	87	179	1.28
2007	SFN	NL	7	16	3.65	32	32	0	200.0	173	81	14	79	163	1.26
2008	SFN	NL	8	14	3.76	34	34	0	217.2	206	91	19	91	186	1.36
2009	SFN	NL	14	8	2.89	33	33	0	217.2	184	70	22	73	171	1.18
2010	SFN	NL	13	11	3.14	33	33	0	223.1	181	78	22	61	177	1.08
2011	SFN	NL	12	11	2.88	33	33	0	221.2	177	71	9	63	179	1.08
2012	SFN	NL	16	5	2.79	32	32	0	219.1	177	68	21	51	193	1.04
2013	SFN	NL	8	10	4.00	30	30	0	184.1	158	82	23	55	158	1.16
2014	SFN	NL	2	7	4.18	15	15	0	90.1	81	42	13	32	70	1.25
2015	SFN	NL	2	4	5.79	13	11	0	60.2	71	39	12	20	41	1.50
2016	SFN	NL	4	8	5.64	21	17	0	89.1	103	56	16	32	72	1.51
2017	SFN	NL	3	11	5.43	27	23	0	124.1	157	75	18	49	75	1.66
Career	—	—	104	118	3.68	342	331	0	2085.2	1,849	853	211	712	1,694	1.23

Batting

13 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2005	SFN	NL	7	15	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	.067	.067	.133	.200
2006	SFN	NL	32	57	1	8	2	0	0	1	1	28	0	.140	.155	.175	.331
2007	SFN	NL	32	57	3	4	0	0	2	4	2	32	0	.070	.102	.175	.277
2008	SFN	NL	34	62	3	7	1	0	2	3	4	34	0	.113	.167	.226	.392
2009	SFN	NL	33	60	2	9	2	1	0	3	4	31	0	.150	.203	.217	.420
2010	SFN	NL	35	66	3	7	1	0	0	1	1	33	0	.106	.119	.121	.241
2011	SFN	NL	35	66	5	9	1	0	1	6	3	30	0	.136	.171	.197	.368
2012	SFN	NL	35	74	6	13	2	0	1	6	2	33	0	.176	.197	.243	.441
2013	SFN	NL	30	52	0	5	0	0	0	2	2	22	0	.096	.130	.096	.226
2014	SFN	NL	15	27	1	4	0	0	0	0	2	13	0	.148	.233	.148	.381
2015	SFN	NL	13	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2016	SFN	NL	21	27	1	2	1	0	1	5	0	17	0	.074	.074	.222	.296
2017	SFN	NL	27	32	1	5	2	0	0	2	0	20	0	.156	.156	.219	.375
Career	—	—	349	611	27	74	13	1	7	34	21	308	0	.121	.151	.180	.331

Fielding

1 position

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
2005	SFN	NL	P	7	7	46.1	1	2	1	0	4	.750	0.43
2006	SFN	NL	P	32	31	190.2	17	15	3	0	35	.914	1.00
2007	SFN	NL	P	32	32	200.0	6	25	0	2	31	1.000	0.97
2008	SFN	NL	P	34	34	217.2	14	24	0	3	38	1.000	1.12
2009	SFN	NL	P	33	33	217.2	17	22	0	1	39	1.000	1.18
2010	SFN	NL	P	33	33	223.1	9	24	2	0	35	.943	1.00
2011	SFN	NL	P	33	33	221.2	14	23	3	0	40	.925	1.12
2012	SFN	NL	P	32	32	219.1	10	24	2	1	36	.944	1.06
2013	SFN	NL	P	30	30	184.1	12	25	1	2	38	.974	1.23
2014	SFN	NL	P	15	15	90.1	12	12	2	1	26	.923	1.60
2015	SFN	NL	P	13	11	60.2	2	4	0	0	6	1.000	0.46
2016	SFN	NL	P	21	17	89.1	5	11	2	3	18	.889	0.76
2017	SFN	NL	P	27	23	124.1	12	18	1	3	31	.968	1.11
Career	—	—	P	342	331	2085.2	131	229	17	16	377	.955	1.05