How Matt Cain's Batters Faced Compares to Similar Players
Matt Cain totaled 8,699 career Batters Faced, well above the starting pitcher average of 3,279.0 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Batters Faced season came in 2008, posting 933, well above the starting pitcher average of 459.3 that year. The lowest point came in 2005 at 181, well below the starting pitcher average of 489.9 that year. The Batters Faced trended upward through the final seasons. The Batters Faced total went from 271 in 2015 to 397 in 2016 and 568 in 2017, rising over the span. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batters Faced profile — ranging from 181 to 933 — though the career average remained well above league norms.
Matt Cain Lifetime Batters Faced and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batters Faced for Matt Cain
| Matt Cain
Batters Faced | Matt Cain
Batters Faced Per 9 Innings |
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| Career | 8699 | 37.54 |
| Season Avg. | 669.15 | 37.54 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 4120.58 | 37.54 |
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Matt Cain Batters Faced Per Season
Matt Cain's Batters Faced for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Matt Cain Batters Faced by Team
Matt Cain's career Batters Faced totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Matt Cain Cumulative Batters Faced — Career Progression
A running total of Matt Cain's career Batters Faced, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Matt Cain Batters Faced Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Matt Cain's seasonal Batters Faced alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Matt Cain Batters Faced — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Matt Cain's MLB career with Batters Faced alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
