Sugar Cain

Full Name: Merritt Patrick Cain	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/190	First Game: April 15, 1932
Birthdate: April 5, 1907	Final Game: May 28, 1938
Birthplace: Macon, Georgia	MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: April 3, 1975
Deathplace: Atlanta, Georgia
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Born on April 5, 1907 in Macon, Georgia, Sugar Cain (Merritt Patrick Cain) played for the Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 7 year career. Cain broke into the bigs on April 15, 1932 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 4.25 ERA in 218 innings pitched in 1933, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Sugar Cain's best season was 1936, when he posted a 4.89 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 50 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1932	PHI	A	10	6	3	4	5.00	24	27	25	3	0	0	45	42	1	28	0	0
1933	PHI	A	38	32	13	12	4.25	43	132	103	16	1	1	218	244	18	137	4	3
1934	PHI	A	36	32	9	17	4.41	66	128	113	15	0	0	230.2	235	15	128	3	3
1935	STL	A	31	24	9	8	5.26	68	112	98	8	0	0	167.2	197	7	104	2	4
1935	PHI	A	6	5	0	5	6.58	5	22	19	0	0	0	26	39	1	19	0	0
1935	TOT	A	37	29	9	13	5.44	73	134	117	8	0	0	193.2	236	8	123	2	4
1936	STL	A	4	3	1	1	6.61	8	13	12	1	0	0	16.1	20	0	9	0	0
1936	CHI	A	30	26	14	10	4.75	42	112	103	14	1	0	195.1	228	18	75	1	5
1936	TOT	A	34	29	15	11	4.89	50	125	115	15	1	0	211.2	248	18	84	1	5
1937	CHI	A	18	6	4	2	6.16	17	48	47	1	0	0	68.2	88	7	51	1	0
1938	CHI	A	5	3	0	1	4.58	6	17	10	0	0	0	19.2	26	0	18	1	0
Total			178	137	53	60	4.83	279	611	530	58	2	1	987.1	1119	67	569	12	15

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1932	PHI	A	P	10	1	8	0	0	1.000
1933	PHI	A	P	38	6	45	2	5	.962
1934	PHI	A	P	36	4	47	5	2	.911
1935	STL	A	P	31	2	19	2	3	.913
1935	PHI	A	P	6	0	7	1	1	.875
1935	TOT	A	P	37	2	26	3	4	.903
1936	STL	A	P	4	1	1	0	0	1.000
1936	CHI	A	P	30	2	27	3	3	.906
1936	TOT	A	P	34	3	28	3	3	.912
1937	CHI	A	P	18	0	14	0	1	1.000
1938	CHI	A	P	5	1	0	1	0	.500
Total			P	178	17	168	14	15	.930

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	HBP	SH
1932	PHI	A	10	12	0	3	0	.250	.357	.250	0	2	3	0	0
1933	PHI	A	39	80	3	16	4	.200	.229	.225	2	2	17	1	4
1934	PHI	A	36	82	4	13	6	.159	.169	.171	1	1	23	0	5
1935	STL	A	31	57	3	11	5	.193	.207	.211	1	1	15	0	3
1935	PHI	A	6	8	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0
1935	TOT	A	37	65	3	11	5	.169	.182	.185	1	1	16	0	3
1936	STL	A	4	7	1	2	0	.286	.286	.286	0	0	1	0	0
1936	CHI	A	31	68	5	7	4	.103	.187	.103	0	7	14	0	4
1936	TOT	A	35	75	6	9	4	.120	.195	.120	0	7	15	0	4
1937	CHI	A	18	22	2	4	2	.182	.182	.182	0	0	4	0	2
1938	CHI	A	5	8	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	0	0
Total			180	344	18	56	21	.163	.196	.174	4	13	83	1	18

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Philadelphia Athletics with Ed Coleman to St. Louis Browns in exchange for George Blaeholder (May 21, 1935).
Traded by St. Louis Browns to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Les Tietje (May 5, 1936).

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