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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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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[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.

[edit] Statistics

[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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