Bob Cain
1949–1954 · bats L / throws L · Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns
150G
.196AVG
.246OBP
.243SLG
More career statistics
42H
0HR
14RBI
0SB
37–44W–L
628.0IP
249K
4.50ERA
89GS
8SV
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Plate appearances | 238 | 237 |
| Batting · Walks | 14 | 13 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,761 | 2,759 |
| Pitching · p er | 314 | 307 |
| Pitching · p k | 249 | 248 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 150 | 238 | 214 | 28 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | .196 | .246 | .243 | .489 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 628.0 | 140 | 89 | 27 | 37 | 44 | 8 | 618 | 338 | 314 | 51 | 316 | 249 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1.487 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1951-06-06 to 1951-06-21
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1952-04-23 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1952-07-31 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | 8 walks allowed | 1950-08-27 | 1 in 511 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 78 | 111 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 26 | .196 | .225 | .206 |
| Away | 72 | 126 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 19 | .196 | .238 | .277 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 12 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .167 | .231 | .250 |
| May | 27 | 43 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | .275 | .279 | .325 |
| June | 24 | 53 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | .178 | .264 | .244 |
| July | 27 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | .119 | .156 | .143 |
| August | 31 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | .212 | .231 | .303 |
| September | 28 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | .214 | .227 | .214 |
| October | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 31 | 53 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14 | .163 | .189 | .265 |
| cleveland-guardians | 27 | 49 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 9 | .261 | .286 | .304 |
| detroit-tigers | 21 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .303 | .324 | .364 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 21 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .069 | .094 | .069 |
| boston-red-sox | 14 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .250 | .304 | .250 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 14 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .200 | .304 | .250 |
| st-louis-browns | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .125 | .200 | .125 |
| chicago-white-sox | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 |  Chicago White Sox | 6 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 11 | 5 |
| 1950 | Chicago White Sox | 35 | 61 | 12 | – | 2 | – | .197 | 171 | 77 |
| 1951 | Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers | 39 | 62 | 16 | – | 9 | – | .258 | 175 | 61 |
| 1952 |  St. Louis Browns | 35 | 58 | 8 | – | 1 | – | .138 | 170 | 70 |
| 1953 | St. Louis Browns | 34 | 30 | 6 | – | 2 | – | .200 | 99 | 35 |
| 1954 | Chicago White Sox | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |