Bob Cain

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Full Name: Robert Max Cain	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/165	First Game: September 18, 1949
Birthdate: October 16, 1924	Final Game: September 11, 1954
Birthplace: Longford, Kansas	MLB Experience: 5 years
Died: April 8, 1997
Deathplace: Cleveland, Ohio
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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[edit] Biography

Born on October 16, 1924 in Longford, Kansas, Bob Cain (Robert Max Cain) played for the Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 5 year career. Cain broke into the bigs on September 18, 1949 with the Chicago White Sox, and put up a 3.93 ERA in 171.2 innings pitched in 1950, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bob Cain's best season was 1952, when he posted a 4.13 ERA, won 12 games and struck out 70 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1949	CHI	A	6	0	0	0	2.45	5	3	3	0	0	1	11	7	0	5	0	0	0
1950	CHI	A	34	23	9	12	3.93	77	80	75	11	1	2	171.2	153	12	109	0	3	5
1951	DET	A	35	22	11	10	4.70	58	88	78	6	1	2	149.1	135	12	82	0	4	11
1951	CHI	A	4	4	1	2	3.76	3	14	11	1	0	0	26.1	25	3	13	0	1	3
1951	TOT	A	39	26	12	12	4.56	61	102	89	7	1	2	175.2	160	15	95	0	5	14
1952	STL	A	29	27	12	10	4.13	70	79	78	8	1	2	170	169	15	62	0	1	2
1953	STL	A	32	13	4	10	6.23	36	74	69	1	0	1	99.2	129	8	45	0	1	1
Total			140	89	37	44	4.50	249	338	314	27	3	8	628	618	50	316	0	10	22

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1949	CHI	A	P	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1950	CHI	A	P	34	0	0	7	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.974
1951	DET	A	P	35	0	0	9	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.972
1951	CHI	A	P	4	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1951	TOT	A	P	39	0	0	9	30	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.975
1952	STL	A	P	29	0	0	7	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.966
1953	STL	A	P	32	0	0	4	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	140	0	0	28	91	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	.975

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1949	CHI	A	6	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1950	CHI	A	35	61	7	12	0	2	.197	.234	.230	2	0	3	15	0	3	0	0	0
1951	DET	A	35	53	9	13	0	9	.245	.322	.302	3	0	6	9	0	2	0	0	2
1951	CHI	A	4	9	1	3	0	0	.333	.333	.444	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
1951	TOT	A	39	62	10	16	0	9	.258	.324	.323	4	0	6	12	0	2	0	0	2
1952	STL	A	35	58	7	8	0	1	.138	.194	.172	0	1	4	14	0	5	0	0	1
1953	STL	A	34	30	3	6	0	2	.200	.226	.267	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1
1954	CHI	A	1	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			150	214	28	42	0	14	.196	.246	.243	8	1	14	45	0	10	0	0	4

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Giants (1943).
Traded by Chicago White Sox to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Saul Rogovin (May 15, 1951).
Traded by Detroit Tigers with Gene Bearden and Dick Kryhoski to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Dick Littlefield, Ben Taylor, Cliff Mapes and Matt Batts (February 14, 1952).
Traded by Baltimore Orioles to Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for Frank Fanovich and Joe Coleman (December 17, 1953).
Released by Philadelphia Athletics (@May 15, 1954).
Signed by Chicago White Sox (August 16, 1954).

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