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Matt Cain played 13 major-league seasons (2005-2017) as a P (342). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 13 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 21 | SFN | 7 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .067 | .200 | -48 |
| 2006 | 22 | SFN | 32 | 57 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 | .140 | .331 | -12 |
| 2007 | 23 | SFN | 32 | 57 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 32 | .070 | .277 | -28 |
| 2008 | 24 | SFN | 34 | 62 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 34 | .113 | .392 | 5 |
| 2009 | 25 | SFN | 33 | 60 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 31 | .150 | .420 | 14 |
| 2010 | 26 | SFN | 35 | 66 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33 | .106 | .241 | -33 |
| 2011 | 27 | SFN | 35 | 66 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 30 | .136 | .368 | 4 |
| 2012 | 28 | SFN | 35 | 74 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 33 | .176 | .441 | 23 |
| 2013 | 29 | SFN | 30 | 52 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .096 | .226 | -34 |
| 2014 | 30 | SFN | 15 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .148 | .381 | 14 |
| 2015 | 31 | SFN | 13 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 2016 | 32 | SFN | 21 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .074 | .296 | -23 |
| 2017 | 33 | SFN | 27 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .156 | .375 | 0 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 21 | SFN | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 46.1 | 30 | 19 | 2.33 | 181 |
| 2006 | 22 | SFN | 32 | 31 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 190.2 | 179 | 87 | 4.15 | 108 |
| 2007 | 23 | SFN | 32 | 32 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 200 | 163 | 79 | 3.65 | 121 |
| 2008 | 24 | SFN | 34 | 34 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 217.2 | 186 | 91 | 3.76 | 114 |
| 2009 | 25 | SFN | 33 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 217.2 | 171 | 73 | 2.89 | 145 |
| 2010 | 26 | SFN | 33 | 33 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 223.1 | 177 | 61 | 3.14 | 128 |
| 2011 | 27 | SFN | 33 | 33 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 221.2 | 179 | 63 | 2.88 | 132 |
| 2012 | 28 | SFN | 32 | 32 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 219.1 | 193 | 51 | 2.79 | 141 |
| 2013 | 29 | SFN | 30 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 184.1 | 158 | 55 | 4.00 | 93 |
| 2014 | 30 | SFN | 15 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 90.1 | 70 | 32 | 4.18 | 87 |
| 2015 | 31 | SFN | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 60.2 | 41 | 20 | 5.79 | 67 |
| 2016 | 32 | SFN | 21 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 89.1 | 72 | 32 | 5.64 | 74 |
| 2017 | 33 | SFN | 27 | 23 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 124.1 | 75 | 49 | 5.43 | 80 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | P | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 | P | 32 | 31 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| 2007 | P | 32 | 32 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | P | 34 | 34 | 14 | 24 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | P | 33 | 33 | 17 | 22 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | P | 33 | 33 | 9 | 24 | 2 | 0 |
| 2011 | P | 33 | 33 | 14 | 23 | 3 | 0 |
| 2012 | P | 32 | 32 | 10 | 24 | 2 | 1 |
| 2013 | P | 30 | 30 | 12 | 25 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | P | 15 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1 |
| 2015 | P | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | P | 21 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | P | 27 | 23 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 3 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (4 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 2012, 2011, 2010, 2006.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Rookie of the Year | NL | 5 | 4 / 160 | 0 |
| 2010 | Cy Young Award | NL | 13 | 1 / 224 | 0 |
| 2011 | Cy Young Award | NL | 8 | 3 / 224 | 0 |
| 2012 | Cy Young Award | NL | 6 | 22 / 224 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.