MLB / Players

Matt Cain

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 3 in · 230 lb

BornOctober 1, 1984 · Dothan, AL, USA

MLB debutAugust 29, 2005

Final gameSeptember 30, 2017

Seasons13 (2005–2017)

San Francisco Giants 2005–2017

Percentile snapshot

2013 season — qualified pitchers

8.8

16.3

1.3

SHO

158

83.8

36.3

158

46.3

27.5

184.3

32.5

ERA

4.00

26.3

WHIP

1.156

71.3

K/9

7.71

57.5

FIP

3.90

32.5

FIP-

111.3

ERA+

87.7

13.8

sWAR

0.5

12.5

of 81 qualified 2013 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

108.6

68.5

sWAR

27.7

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
2005	7	16	15	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	6	.067	.067	.133	.200	-74.3	-49.2	.085	1.4
2006	32	66	57	1	8	2	0	0	1	1	28	.140	.155	.175	.331	-27.1	-14.8	.149	2.5
2007	32	66	57	3	4	0	0	2	4	2	32	.070	.102	.175	.277	-46.5	-30.2	.123	3.6
2008	34	72	62	3	7	1	0	2	3	4	34	.113	.167	.226	.392	-9.1	1.5	.180	3.6
2009	33	73	60	2	9	2	1	0	3	4	31	.150	.203	.217	.420	2.2	11.0	.197	5.6
2010	35	77	66	3	7	1	0	0	1	1	33	.106	.119	.121	.241	-49.0	-33.6	.111	3.9
2011	35	78	66	5	9	1	0	1	6	3	30	.136	.171	.197	.368	-4.4	5.3	.170	4.0
2012	35	84	74	6	13	2	0	1	6	2	33	.176	.197	.243	.441	16.6	24.4	.197	4.6
2013	30	64	52	0	5	0	0	0	2	2	22	.096	.130	.096	.226	-49.6	-33.8	.111	0.5
2014	15	30	27	1	4	0	0	0	0	2	13	.148	.233	.148	.381	11.2	13.0	.194	0.2
2015	13	20	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	-131.8	-100.0	.000	-1.0
2016	21	28	27	1	2	1	0	1	5	0	17	.074	.074	.222	.296	-41.1	-23.9	.121	-0.8
2017	27	34	32	1	5	2	0	0	2	0	20	.156	.156	.219	.375	-15.8	-2.3	.161	-0.3

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
2005	7	7	2	1	1	0	24	12	19	30	4	46.3	2.33	.928	5.83	4.05	95.4	182.2	1.4
2006	32	31	13	12	1	1	157	88	87	179	18	190.7	4.15	1.280	8.45	3.92	87.9	107.5	2.5
2007	32	32	7	16	1	0	173	81	79	163	14	200.0	3.65	1.260	7.34	3.72	83.4	122.3	3.6
2008	34	34	8	14	1	1	206	91	91	186	19	217.7	3.76	1.364	7.69	3.88	89.3	115.5	3.6
2009	33	33	14	8	4	0	184	70	73	171	22	217.7	2.89	1.181	7.07	3.85	91.1	145.8	5.6
2010	33	33	13	11	4	2	181	78	61	177	22	223.3	3.14	1.084	7.13	3.67	94.4	123.9	3.9
2011	33	33	12	11	1	0	177	71	63	179	9	221.7	2.88	1.083	7.27	2.88	81.4	122.7	4.0
2012	32	32	16	5	2	2	177	68	51	193	21	219.3	2.79	1.040	7.92	3.44	94.8	130.2	4.6
2013	30	30	8	10	0	0	158	82	55	158	23	184.3	4.00	1.156	7.71	3.90	111.3	87.7	0.5
2014	15	15	2	7	0	0	81	42	32	70	13	90.3	4.18	1.251	6.97	4.55	130.2	83.6	0.2
2015	13	11	2	4	0	0	71	39	20	41	12	60.7	5.79	1.500	6.08	5.57	146.5	65.7	-1.0
2016	21	17	4	8	0	0	103	56	32	72	16	89.3	5.64	1.511	7.25	5.18	128.9	71.2	-0.8
2017	27	23	3	11	0	0	157	75	49	75	18	124.3	5.43	1.657	5.43	5.08	119.1	78.6	-0.3

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

349

708

611

RBI

308

.1211

OBP

.1512

SLG

.1800

OPS

.3312

Pitching

G (P)

342

331

257th-most career GS

104

118

351st-most career L

SHO

2,086

405th-most career IP

SO (P)

1,694

166th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

712

369th-most career BB allowed

ERA

3.681

WHIP

1.2279

249th-lowest career WHIP

K/9

7.31

165th-highest career K/9

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	TB
2011-09-18	SF @ COL Gameday	3	1	2	1	2	0	5
2016-07-26	CIN @ SF Gameday	2	1	1	1	3	0	4
2007-08-23	CHC @ SF Gameday	2	1	1	1	2	1	4
2007-08-08	WSH @ SF Gameday	2	1	1	1	1	0	4
2008-04-12	STL @ SF Gameday	1	1	1	1	1	1	4

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2012-06-13	HOU @ SF Gameday	9.0	0	0	0	0	14	0
2006-08-06	COL @ SF Gameday	7.0	6	2	2	1	12	1
2011-06-08	WSH @ SF Gameday	9.0	5	1	1	1	11	0
2012-04-13	PIT @ SF Gameday	9.0	1	0	0	0	11	0
2007-08-03	SF @ SD Gameday	7.1	5	2	2	1	11	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

3× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.