Sugar Cain
[edit] Biography
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.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1932
| PHI
| A
| 10
| 6
| 3
| 4
| 5.00
| 24
| 27
| 25
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 45
| 42
| 1
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1933
| PHI
| A
| 38
| 32
| 13
| 12
| 4.25
| 43
| 132
| 103
| 16
| 1
| 1
| 218
| 244
| 18
| 137
| 0
| 4
| 3
|
| 1934
| PHI
| A
| 36
| 32
| 9
| 17
| 4.41
| 66
| 128
| 113
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 230.2
| 235
| 15
| 128
| 0
| 3
| 3
|
| 1935
| STL
| A
| 31
| 24
| 9
| 8
| 5.26
| 68
| 112
| 98
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 167.2
| 197
| 7
| 104
| 0
| 2
| 4
|
| 1935
| PHI
| A
| 6
| 5
| 0
| 5
| 6.58
| 5
| 22
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 26
| 39
| 1
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1935
| TOT
| A
| 37
| 29
| 9
| 13
| 5.44
| 73
| 134
| 117
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 193.2
| 236
| 8
| 123
| 0
| 2
| 4
|
| 1936
| STL
| A
| 4
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 6.61
| 8
| 13
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 16.1
| 20
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1936
| CHI
| A
| 30
| 26
| 14
| 10
| 4.75
| 42
| 112
| 103
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 195.1
| 228
| 18
| 75
| 0
| 1
| 5
|
| 1936
| TOT
| A
| 34
| 29
| 15
| 11
| 4.89
| 50
| 125
| 115
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 211.2
| 248
| 18
| 84
| 0
| 1
| 5
|
| 1937
| CHI
| A
| 18
| 6
| 4
| 2
| 6.16
| 17
| 48
| 47
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 68.2
| 88
| 7
| 51
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1938
| CHI
| A
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 4.58
| 6
| 17
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 19.2
| 26
| 0
| 18
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 178
| 137
| 53
| 60
| 4.83
| 279
| 611
| 530
| 58
| 2
| 1
| 987.1
| 1119
| 67
| 569
| 0
| 12
| 15
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1932
| PHI
| A
| P
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1933
| PHI
| A
| P
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 45
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| 1934
| PHI
| A
| P
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 47
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .911
|
| 1935
| STL
| A
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 19
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .913
|
| 1935
| PHI
| A
| P
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1935
| TOT
| A
| P
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 26
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .903
|
| 1936
| STL
| A
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1936
| CHI
| A
| P
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 27
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .906
|
| 1936
| TOT
| A
| P
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 28
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .912
|
| 1937
| CHI
| A
| P
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1938
| CHI
| A
| P
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 178
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 168
| 14
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .930
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1932
| PHI
| A
| 10
| 12
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .250
| .357
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1933
| PHI
| A
| 39
| 80
| 3
| 16
| 0
| 4
| .200
| .229
| .225
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 17
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1934
| PHI
| A
| 36
| 82
| 4
| 13
| 0
| 6
| .159
| .169
| .171
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 23
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1935
| STL
| A
| 31
| 57
| 3
| 11
| 0
| 5
| .193
| .207
| .211
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 15
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1935
| PHI
| A
| 6
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1935
| TOT
| A
| 37
| 65
| 3
| 11
| 0
| 5
| .169
| .182
| .185
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 16
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1936
| STL
| A
| 4
| 7
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .286
| .286
| .286
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1936
| CHI
| A
| 31
| 68
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 4
| .103
| .187
| .103
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 14
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1936
| TOT
| A
| 35
| 75
| 6
| 9
| 0
| 4
| .120
| .195
| .120
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 15
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| CHI
| A
| 18
| 22
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 2
| .182
| .182
| .182
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| CHI
| A
| 5
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 180
| 344
| 18
| 56
| 0
| 21
| .163
| .196
| .174
| 4
| 0
| 13
| 83
| 1
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[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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