Sugar Cain Stats

Sugar Cain was born on Friday, April 5, 1907, in Macon, Georgia. Cain was 25 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 15, 1932, with the Philadelphia Athletics. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Sugar Cain baseball stats page.

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Birth Name:   Merritt Patrick Cain
Nickname:   Sugar
Born On:   04-05-1907  (Aries)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Macon, Georgia
Year of Death Data Died On:   04-03-1975 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Atlanta, Georgia
Cemetery:   Cremated
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11   Player Weight Chart Weight:   190
First Game:   04-15-1932 (Age 25)
Last Game:   05-28-1938
Draft:   Not Applicable

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Sugar Cain Pitching Stats

1932 25 Athletics 10 6 1 3 4 .429 5.00 3 0 0 45.0 197 42 25 27 1 28 - 24 0 0 0 -
1933 26 Athletics 38 32 2 13 12 .520 4.25 16 1 1 218.0 1,030 244 103 132 18 137 - 43 4 3 0 -
1934 27 Athletics 36 32 2 9 17 .346 4.41 15 0 0 230.2 1,035 235 113 128 15 128 - 66 3 3 0 -
1935 28 Athletics 6 5 0 0 5 .000 6.58 0 0 0 26.0 127 39 19 22 1 19 - 5 0 0 0 -
1935 28 Browns 31 24 1 9 8 .529 5.26 8 0 0 167.2 795 197 98 112 7 104 - 68 2 4 0 -
1936 29 Browns 4 3 0 1 1 .500 6.61 1 0 0 16.1 79 20 12 13 0 9 - 8 0 0 0 -
1936 29 White Sox 30 26 2 14 10 .583 4.75 14 1 0 195.1 864 228 103 112 18 75 - 42 1 5 0 -
1937 30 White Sox 18 6 4 4 2 .667 6.16 1 0 0 68.2 328 88 47 48 7 51 - 17 1 0 0 -
1938 31 White Sox 5 3 2 0 1 .000 4.58 0 0 0 19.2 101 26 10 17 0 18 - 6 1 0 0 -
7 Years 178 137 14 53 60 .469 4.83 58 2 1 987.1 4,556 1,119 530 611 67 569 - 279 12 15 0 -

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Sugar Cain Hitting Stats

1932 25 Athletics 10 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 3 0 0 0 - .250 .357 .250
1933 26 Athletics 39 80 3 16 2 0 0 0 4 2 - 17 4 - 1 - .200 .229 .225
1934 27 Athletics 36 82 4 13 1 0 0 0 6 1 - 23 5 - 0 - .159 .169 .171
1935 28 Athletics 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - .000 .000 .000
1935 28 Browns 31 57 3 11 1 0 0 0 5 1 - 15 3 - 0 - .193 .207 .211
1936 29 Browns 4 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - .286 .286 .286
1936 29 White Sox 31 68 5 7 0 0 0 0 4 7 - 14 4 - 0 - .103 .187 .103
1937 30 White Sox 18 22 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 - 0 - .182 .182 .182
1938 31 White Sox 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 - .000 .000 .000
7 Years 180 344 18 56 4 0 0 0 21 13 0 83 18 0 1 - .163 .196 .174

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Sugar Cain Fielding Stats

1932 Athletics P 10 6 135 9 0.9 9 1 8 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.80
1933 Athletics P 38 32 654 53 1.4 51 6 45 2 5 n/a n/a n/a .962 2.11
1934 Athletics P 36 32 692 56 1.6 51 4 47 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .911 1.99
1935 Athletics P 6 5 78 8 1.3 7 0 7 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .875 2.42
1935 Browns P 31 24 503 23 0.7 21 2 19 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .913 1.13
1936 Browns P 4 3 49 2 0.5 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.10
1936 White Sox P 30 26 586 32 1.1 29 2 27 3 3 n/a n/a n/a .906 1.34
1937 White Sox P 18 6 206 14 0.8 14 0 14 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.83
1938 White Sox P 5 3 59 2 0.4 1 1 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 0.46
P Totals 178 137 2,962 199 1.1 185 17 168 14 15 n/a n/a n/a .930 1.69
7 Years 178 137 2,962 199 1.1 185 17 168 14 15 n/a n/a n/a .930 1.69

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Sugar Cain Miscellaneous Stats

1932 Athletics 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.0 0.0 0.86 4.80 5.60
1933 Athletics 0 0 .000 1 0 n/a 0.0 4.7 20.0 0.31 1.78 5.66
1934 Athletics 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.6 13.7 0.52 2.58 4.99
1935 Athletics 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 8.0 0.0 0.26 1.73 6.58
1935 Browns 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.8 11.4 0.65 3.65 5.58
1936 Browns 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 7.0 0.0 0.89 4.41 4.96
1936 White Sox 0 0 .000 0 1 n/a 0.0 4.9 17.0 0.56 1.94 3.46
1937 White Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 5.5 11.0 0.33 2.23 6.68
1938 White Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.33 2.75 8.24
7 Years 0 0 .000 1 1 n/a 0.0 4.1 16.4 0.49 2.54 5.19

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Sugar Cain Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1932 Philadelphia Athletics 16 $1,500.00 n/a -
1933 Philadelphia Athletics 16 $3,000.00 - -
1934 Philadelphia Athletics 11 $4,000.00 - -
1935 Philadelphia Athletics 11 $5,500.00 - -
1935 St. Louis Browns 12 "     "     - -
1936 St. Louis Browns 19 $5,500.00 - -
1936 Chicago White Sox 17 "     "     - -
1937 Chicago White Sox 17 $8,000.00 - -
1938 Chicago White Sox 17 $7,000.00 - -

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