Bob Cain
[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
| 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
| 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
| 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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