How Matt Cain's Losses Compares to Similar Players

Matt Cain totaled 118 career Losses, well above the starting pitcher average of 43.6 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest Losses season came in 2005, posting 1, well below the starting pitcher average of 6.6 that year. The highest point came in 2007 at 16, well above the starting pitcher average of 6.0 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Losses total went from 4 in 2015 to 8 in 2016 and 11 in 2017, rising over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Losses profile — ranging from 1 to 16 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Matt Cain Lifetime Losses

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Matt Cain
Losses
Career118
Season Avg.9.08
162 Game Avg.55.89
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Matt Cain Losses Per Season

Matt Cain's Losses 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 Losses per season line chart

Matt Cain Losses by Team

Matt Cain's career Losses totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Matt Cain career Losses by team bar chart

Matt Cain Cumulative Losses — Career Progression

A running total of Matt Cain's career Losses, 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 Losses year-over-year waterfall chart

Matt Cain Losses Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Matt Cain's seasonal Losses 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 Losses distribution box chart versus comparable players

Matt Cain Losses — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Matt Cain's MLB career with Losses 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.
Matt Cain Losses season-by-season breakdown table