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Les Cain
Leslie Cain

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 200 lb.

Debut April 28, 1968
  vs. NYY 7.0 IP, 6 H, 2 SO, 4 BB, 1 ER
Final Game May 28, 1972
Born January 13, 1948 in San Luis Obispo, CA

Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 4th round of the 1966 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1968 20 DET AL   1   0   8   4   0   0   1  0   24.0   25    9    8   1   20   13   0   2   114   1   0  3.00  3.01  100 1.875
 1970 22 DET AL  12   7  29  29   5   0   0  0  180.7  167   92   77  15   98  156   7   9   793   1   1  3.84  3.76   98 1.467
 1971 23 DET AL  10   9  26  26   3   1   0  0  144.7  121   77   70  14   91  118   6   6   635   1   1  4.35  3.64   84 1.465
 1972 24 DET AL   0   3   5   5   0   0   0  0   23.7   18   12   10   2   16   16   0   0   103   0   0  3.80  3.16   83 1.437
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .548  23  19  68  64   8   1   1  0  373.0  331  190  165  32  225  303  13  17  1645   3   2  3.98  3.63   91 1.491
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11   9  35  32   4   0   0  0  192.0  170   97   85  16  115  156   6   8   847   1   1  3.98  3.63   91 1.491
 Career High     12   9  29  29   5   1   1  0  180.7  167   92   77  15   98  156   7   9   793   1   1  3.84  3.76   98 1.465

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1968 20 DET AL   8    7    0    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .143  .143  .286   26    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1970 22 DET AL  29   68    2   11   1  0   1    9   0  0   1  18  .162  .174  .221    8   15   3   0   0   0   1
 1971 23 DET AL  27   55    7    8   1  0   1    2   0  0   1  23  .145  .161  .218    5   12   2   0   0   0   0
 1972 24 DET AL   5    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .143  .143  .143  -16    1   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons       69  137    9   21   3  0   2   11   0  0   2  45  .153  .165  .219    6   30   6   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        322   21   49   7  0   5   26   0  0   5 106  .153  .165  .219    6   70  14   0   0   0   2
 Career High     29   68    7   11   1  0   1    9   0  0   1  23                          15   3   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1968 20 DET AL    7    6    0   0.0    82| .143  .241| .143  .311| .286  .357| .429  .668|  26  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1970 22 DET AL   72   61    3   1.3    98| .162  .259| .174  .334| .221  .395| .395  .729|   8  .103  -8.9  -0.9   0%
 1971 23 DET AL   58   49    2   1.1    96| .145  .261| .161  .333| .218  .387| .379  .720|   5  .085  -7.3  -0.8   0%
 1972 24 DET AL    8    7    0   0.0    85| .143  .250| .143  .319| .143  .361| .286  .680| -16  .000  -1.0  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       145  123    5   1.1    96| .153  .258| .165  .332| .219  .388| .384  .720|   6  .081 -17.9  -1.9   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1968 20 DET AL P 8 0 6 0 0 1.000 .952 0.75 0.72 2.25 1.88 4 24.0 1970 22 DET AL P 29 8 24 2 0 .941 .952 1.10 0.67 1.59 1.86 29 180.7 1971 23 DET AL P 26 5 19 1 2 .960 .956 0.92 0.77 1.49 1.98 26 144.7 1972 24 DET AL P 5 0 3 2 0 .600 .938 0.60 0.76 1.14 1.86 5 23.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1968 20 DET AL P 8 0 6 0 0 1.000 .952 0.75 0.72 2.25 1.88 4 24.0 1970 22 DET AL P 29 8 24 2 0 .941 .952 1.10 0.67 1.59 1.86 29 180.7 1971 23 DET AL P 26 5 19 1 2 .960 .956 0.92 0.77 1.49 1.98 26 144.7 1972 24 DET AL P 5 0 3 2 0 .600 .938 0.60 0.76 1.14 1.86 5 23.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 68 13 52 5 2 .929 .953 0.96 0.72 1.57 1.91 64 373.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 68 13 52 5 2 .929 .953 0.96 0.72 1.57 1.91 64 373
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Strikeouts/9IP
1970 AL-7.77-3

Bases On Balls Allow.
1970 AL-98-7
1971 AL-91-10

Hit Batsmen
1970 AL-7-9

Youngest Player
1968 AL-20-3

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 7, 1966: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 4th round of the 1966 amateur draft.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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