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Les
Cain		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 210
 
Born: January 13, 1948 in Usa, CA, SAN LUIS OBIS
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1968 20 CLE AL   7 7 7 7 3 2 2 7 6 7
1969 21 CLE AL   7 7 7 7 3 2 2 6 6 6
1970 22 CLE AL   7 5 5 5 2 1 2 3 3 3
1971 23 CLE AL   7 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4
1972 24 CLE AL   7 6 6 6 3 2 2 6 5 5
1973 25 CLE AL   7 8 8 8 3 2 2 7 7 7
1974 26 CLE AL $ 300,000 7 9 9 9 3 2 3 8 7 7
1975 27 CLE AL $ 300,000 7 9 9 9 3 2 2 8 7 7
1976 28 MON NL $ 300,000 7 9 8 8 3 2 2 8 7 7
1977 29 MON NL $ 350,000 7 9 8 8 3 2 2 7 7 7
1978 30 MON NL $ 350,000 7 9 8 8 3 2 2 8 7 7
1979 31 MON NL $ 350,000 7 9 8 9 3 2 2 7 6 7
1980 32 PHN NL $ 1,600,000 6 9 8 8 3 2 2 7 6 6
1981 33 MON NL $ 1,600,000 6 9 8 8 3 2 2 7 6 7
1982 34 MON NL $ 1,600,000 6 8 8 8 2 2 2 8 7 7
1983 35 MON NL $ 1,600,000 4 8 7 7 2 1 1 7 6 6
1984 36 MON NL $ 300,000 3 6 6 6 2 1 1 5 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   3 5 5 5 2 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,600,000 7 9 9 9 3 2 3 8 7 7
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1968 20 AAA   10 8 .556 24 24 0 0 0 164.7 136 51 10 85 159 2.79 .223 .318 .314 .632  
1969 21 AAA   8 14 .364 29 29 0 0 0 185.7 157 88 24 117 196 4.27 .225 .336 .378 .714  
1970 22 AA   11 2 .846 19 19 3 3 0 124.7 70 24 6 53 135 1.73 .163 .255 .240 .494  
1971 23 A   15 10 .600 29 29 2 1 0 209.7 163 59 11 74 196 2.53 .211 .280 .303 .583  
1972 24 AA   2 1 .667 6 6 1 0 0 43.0 33 13 2 16 38 2.72 .210 .283 .274 .557  
    A   12 6 .667 24 24 4 2 0 174.3 116 44 9 73 190 2.27 .187 .272 .269 .541  
1973 25 AA   12 8 .600 30 30 2 0 0 213.0 129 73 12 117 224 3.08 .174 .287 .258 .545  
1974 26 CLE AL 2 1 .667 28 1 0 0 2 57.0 58 45 6 57 49 7.11 .264 .416 .418 .835 0.0
1975 27 CLE AL 2 2 .500 25 0 0 0 3 39.0 41 31 5 31 31 7.15 .279 .407 .449 .856 0.0
1976 28 CLE AL 2 1 .667 24 11 0 0 4 25.0 31 14 5 10 20 5.04 .298 .362 .519 .881 1.0
  MON NL 4 11 .267 20 9 0 0 0 119.3 122 84 21 80 106 6.34 .260 .368 .469 .837 0.0
  TOT   6 12 .333 44 20 0 0 4 144.3 153 98 26 90 126 6.11 .267 .367 .478 .845 1.0
1977 29 MON NL 5 10 .333 43 8 0 0 8 113.7 114 69 10 58 87 5.46 .265 .350 .406 .756 1.8
1978 30 MON NL 8 13 .381 42 13 0 0 4 113.3 108 76 17 105 78 6.04 .254 .400 .419 .818 0.0
1979 31 MON NL 3 0 1.000 28 0 0 0 0 29.7 37 20 3 19 21 6.07 .311 .403 .420 .823 0.3
1980 32 PHN NL 8 6 .571 78 2 0 0 2 114.7 119 68 17 81 70 5.34 .272 .381 .446 .828 1.1
1981 33 PHN NL 0 0 .000 13 7 0 0 1 30.7 20 12 3 25 21 3.52 .190 .348 .305 .653 1.7
  MON NL 4 7 .364 13 7 0 0 0 82.3 68 46 9 51 46 5.03 .231 .344 .369 .713 1.7
  TOT   4 7 .364 26 14 0 0 1 113.0 88 58 12 76 67 4.62 .220 .345 .353 .698 3.4
    AAA   1 1 .500 15 0 0 0 1 11.3 9 5 2 6 9 3.97 .231 .333 .436 .769  
1982 34 MON NL 8 12 .400 30 30 0 0 0 178.3 164 93 16 101 147 4.69 .246 .348 .390 .739 7.4
1983 35 MON NL 1 6 .143 37 0 0 0 1 43.7 39 25 4 22 29 5.15 .225 .315 .382 .696 1.2
1984 36 AAA   3 1 .750 40 0 0 0 0 71.7 49 18 5 42 55 2.26 .192 .306 .271 .577  
10 Years Sim 47 69 .405 381 88 0 0 25 946.6 921 583 116 640 705 5.54 .256 .369 .417 .785 16.1
4 Years AAA 22 24 .478 108 53 0 0 1 433.3 351 162 41 250 419 3.36 .219 .325 .338 .663  
3 Years AA 25 11 .694 55 55 6 3 0 380.7 232 110 20 186 397 2.60 .175 .276 .254 .530  
2 Years A 27 16 .628 53 53 6 3 0 384.0 279 103 20 147 386 2.41 .200 .277 .288 .564  
9 Years Minors 74 51 .592 216 161 12 6 1 1198.0 862 375 81 583 1202 2.82 .199 .295 .296 .591  
Season Average 4 6 .400 38 8 0 0 2 94.7 92 58 11 64 70 5.54 .256 .369 .417 .785  
Career Highs 8 13 1.000 78 30 0 0 8 178.3 164 98 26 105 147 7.15 .311 .416 .478 .856  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   676 435 91 475 504   .261 .376 .425 .801
vs LH   245 148 25 165 201   .245 .351 .396 .748
Home 29 33 .468 189 42 1 1 11 452.3 449 294 56 328 335 5.85 .260 .378 .421 .799
Away 18 36 .333 192 47 0 0 15 494.3 472 289 60 312 370 5.26 .253 .360 .413 .773
Mar/Apr 4 5 .444 66 8 0 0 6 153.0 122 74 11 102 128 4.35 .219 .339 .332 .671
May 13 12 .520 86 10 0 0 7 169.6 156 98 18 116 139 5.20 .247 .364 .397 .761
June 5 17 .227 63 13 0 0 3 159.0 159 105 19 114 101 5.94 .262 .379 .431 .810
July 4 7 .364 60 14 0 0 2 122.6 124 87 15 96 84 6.38 .262 .387 .423 .809
August 11 15 .423 53 20 1 1 2 148.0 176 105 25 107 102 6.39 .300 .408 .497 .905
Sep/Oct 10 13 .435 53 24 0 0 6 194.3 184 114 28 105 151 5.28 .250 .344 .419 .763
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1974 26 CLE AL P 28 1 57.0 4 10 0 0 1.000 2.21    
1975 27 CLE AL P 25 0 39.0 2 3 0 1 1.000 1.15    
1976 28 CLE AL P 24 11 25.0 1 4 1 0 .833 1.80    
  MON NL P 20 9 119.3 6 21 2 1 .931 2.04    
  TOT   P 44 20 144.3 7 25 3 1 .914 2.00    
1977 29 MON NL P 43 8 113.7 4 17 0 1 1.000 1.66    
1978 30 MON NL P 42 13 113.3 3 32 2 0 .946 2.78    
1979 31 MON NL P 28 0 29.7 0 2 1 0 .667 0.61    
1980 32 PHN NL P 78 2 114.7 9 20 1 1 .967 2.28    
1981 33 PHN NL P 13 7 30.7 2 5 0 1 1.000 2.05    
  MON NL P 13 7 82.3 4 14 0 1 1.000 1.97    
  TOT   P 26 14 113.0 6 19 0 2 1.000 1.99    
1982 34 MON NL P 30 30 178.3 11 30 2 2 .953 2.07    
1983 35 MON NL P 37 0 43.7 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.65    
Career Totals   381 88 946.6 48 164 9 8 .959 2.02    
Career Highs   78 30 178.3 11 32 3 2 1.000 2.78    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1976 28 MON NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 7.7 5 3 1 5 3 3.52 .208 .345 .333 .678
1978 30 MON NL 1 0 1.000 2 0 0 0 1 4.3 2 0 0 4 3 0.00 .143 .333 .143 .476
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 1 12.0 7 3 1 9 6 2.25 .184 .340 .263 .604
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games Pitched
1980-3-78
 Walks Allowed
1978-7-105
1982-3-101
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1982-3-7.4
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  2. Rex Barney (935)
  3. Bob Turley (929)
  4. Tommy Byrne (929)
  5. Mickey McDermott (925)
  6. Bob Lemon (924)
  7. Paul Erickson (921)
  8. Chris Van Cuyk (919)
  9. Billy O'Dell (915)
  10. Joe Sparma (913)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 34th overall pick, by Cleveland (A) in 1968
Injured on 4/28/1970 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 6 weeks
Injured on 8/9/1970 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/19/1970 with a Torn Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for full season
Injured on 6/14/1971 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Earned first career win on 5/23/1974
Injured on 6/6/1975 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for one week
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Montreal on 6/1/1976 (Going to MON: P Les Cain, P Jim Merritt. Going to CLE: RF Brian Asselstine, P Rick Rhoden, CF Gary Thomasson)
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia on 2/5/1980 to a 4-year deal worth $1,600,000 per year
Traded from Philadelphia to Montreal on 6/1/1981 (Going to MON: C Jerry Narron, RF Reggie Jackson, 2B Felix Millan, P Les Cain, C Charlie Sands. Going to PHN: C John Ellis, P Tom Underwood, 1B Hal Mcrae)
3/4/1982: Signed a minor league contract extension with Montreal
Injured on 7/28/1982 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
 
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