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Matt Cain

Giants Career team 2005–2017
Number #18
Position Starting Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 41
Height 6' 3"
Weight 230 lbs
Birth Place Dothan, AL
Born Oct 1, 1984

Key Insights

2017
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Jose Reyes has hit .571/.588/1.214 against Cain over 17 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

8 for 14 with 1 home run and 2 strikeouts, against a .724 OPS median across his matchups.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Jeff Francoeur is 0 for 13 against Cain, a .000 average that is the worst any regular opponent has managed.

14 career plate appearances.
One club he never seems to get going against

The CLE lineup has hit .423 and slugged .660 against Cain across 104 plate appearances, the club that has done the most damage to him.

41 hits, 5 home runs and 22 strikeouts, against a .387 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.
When these two meet, the ball gets hit hard

Miguel Montero squares Cain up like nobody else: 105.3 mph off the bat against him, against a median of 92.0 across the hitters he has faced.

18 plate appearances with tracked contact.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

No hitter swings through more of what Cain throws than Mark Reynolds: 56.3% of the swings between them come up empty.

28 plate appearances between them. 99th percentile of the 105 matchups on his own record.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

Cain has faced Adrian Gonzalez more than any other hitter: 55 plate appearances, and Adrian Gonzalez has hit .300/.364/.520 in them.

15 hits, 2 home runs and 12 strikeouts across 55 plate appearances.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Oct 1, 1984
Birth Place Dothan, AL
Height 6' 3"
Weight 230 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right