Sugar Cain
1932–1938 · bats L / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns
180G
.163AVG
.196OBP
.174SLG
More career statistics
56H
0HR
21RBI
0SB
53–60W–L
987.1IP
279K
4.83ERA
137GS
1SV
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pitching · Batters faced | 4,556 | 4,557 |
| Pitching · p er | 530 | 528 |
| Pitching · p hr | 67 | 68 |
| Pitching · p k | 279 | 280 |
| Pitching · p w | 569 | 570 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 180 | 376 | 344 | 18 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 13 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 60 | .163 | .196 | .174 | .370 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 987.3 | 178 | 137 | 58 | 53 | 60 | 1 | 1,119 | 611 | 530 | 67 | 569 | 279 | 0 | 0 | 4.83 | 1.710 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1933-05-04 to 1933-05-24
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1933-06-04 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1933-04-27 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 45 | 13 strikeouts | 1935-08-16 | 1 in 861 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 92 | 192 | 29 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 47 | .160 | .172 | .166 |
| Away | 88 | 184 | 27 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 36 | .166 | .196 | .184 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 20 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | .094 | .091 | .094 |
| May | 35 | 69 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 14 | .203 | .217 | .219 |
| June | 30 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 14 | .109 | .179 | .109 |
| July | 35 | 74 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 17 | .171 | .203 | .200 |
| August | 32 | 72 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 18 | .194 | .194 | .209 |
| September | 28 | 72 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | .154 | .167 | .154 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 29 | 55 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14 | .140 | .182 | .140 |
| detroit-tigers | 29 | 62 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 | .167 | .161 | .167 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 24 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | .087 | .127 | .087 |
| cleveland-guardians | 24 | 48 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 | .244 | .250 | .267 |
| boston-red-sox | 24 | 49 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | .178 | .204 | .200 |
| chicago-white-sox | 19 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .100 | .097 | .100 |
| st-louis-browns | 16 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | .250 | .238 | .300 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 15 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .107 | .206 | .107 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 10 | 12 | 3 | – | – | – | .250 | 45 | 25 |
| 1933 | Philadelphia Athletics | 39 | 80 | 16 | – | 4 | – | .200 | 218 | 43 |
| 1934 | Philadelphia Athletics | 36 | 82 | 13 | – | 6 | – | .159 | 230 | 67 |
| 1935 | Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns | 37 | 65 | 11 | – | 5 | – | .169 | 193 | 72 |
| 1936 | Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns | 35 | 75 | 9 | – | 4 | – | .120 | 211 | 50 |
| 1937 |  Chicago White Sox | 18 | 22 | 4 | – | 2 | – | .182 | 68 | 17 |
| 1938 | Chicago White Sox | 5 | 8 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 19 | 6 |