Les Cain
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[edit] Biography
Born on January 13, 1948 in San Luis Obispo, California, Les Cain (Leslie Cain) played for the Detroit Tigers for his entire 4 year career. Cain broke into the bigs on April 28, 1968 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 3.84 ERA in 180.2 innings pitched in 1970, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Les Cain's best season was 1970, when he posted a 3.84 ERA, won 12 games and struck out 156 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | DET | A | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 25 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1970 | DET | A | 29 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 3.84 | 156 | 92 | 77 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 180.2 | 167 | 15 | 98 | 1 | 9 | 7 |
| 1971 | DET | A | 26 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 4.35 | 118 | 77 | 70 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 144.2 | 121 | 14 | 91 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 1972 | DET | A | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3.80 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.2 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 68 | 64 | 23 | 19 | 3.98 | 303 | 190 | 165 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 373 | 331 | 32 | 225 | 3 | 17 | 13 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | DET | A | P | 8 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1970 | DET | A | P | 29 | 29 | 180.2 | 8 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 1 | .941 |
| 1971 | DET | A | P | 26 | 26 | 144.2 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .960 |
| 1972 | DET | A | P | 5 | 5 | 23.2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .600 |
| Total | P | 68 | 64 | 373 | 13 | 52 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 9 | 2 | .929 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | DET | A | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | DET | A | 29 | 68 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 9 | .162 | .174 | .221 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1971 | DET | A | 27 | 55 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .145 | .161 | .218 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | DET | A | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 69 | 137 | 9 | 21 | 2 | 11 | .153 | .165 | .219 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Detroit Tigers in the 4th round of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1966).
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