Sugar Cain Notable

b. April 5, 1907 · Philadelphia Athletics 1932–1935, St. Louis Browns 1935–1936, Chicago White Sox 1936–1938

Sugar Cain played for three clubs across seven seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1932 and closing with the Chicago White Sox in 1938.

He went 53 and 60 with a 4.83 earned run average, pitching 987.3 innings in 178 games. He struck out 279, completed 58 of his 137 starts and threw 2 shutouts. Across 180 games he batted .163, with 56 hits and 18 runs. He finished with 4 doubles.

He was born in Macon, GA, USA on April 5, 1907, and died on April 3, 1975. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1932	PHA	10	12	0	3	0	0	2	3	.250
1933	PHA	39	80	3	16	2	4	2	17	.200
1934	PHA	36	82	4	13	1	6	1	23	.159
1935	PHA/SLB	37	65	3	11	1	5	1	16	.169
1936	CHW/SLB	35	75	6	9	0	4	7	15	.120
1937	CHW	18	22	2	4	0	2	0	4	.182
1938	CHW	5	8	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000
Career	—	180	344	18	56	4	21	13	83	.163

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1932	PHA	3	4	10	6	0	45.0	42	25	28	24	5.00
1933	PHA	13	12	38	32	1	218.0	244	103	137	43	4.25
1934	PHA	9	17	36	32	0	230.2	235	113	128	66	4.41
1935	PHA/SLB	9	13	37	29	0	193.2	236	117	123	73	5.44
1936	CHW/SLB	15	11	34	29	0	211.2	248	115	84	50	4.89
1937	CHW	4	2	18	6	0	68.2	88	47	51	17	6.16
1938	CHW	0	1	5	3	0	19.2	26	10	18	6	4.58
Career	—	53	60	178	137	1	987.1	1119	530	569	279	4.83

On this day & linked events

1907

Born April 5, 1907

Macon, GA, USA

1975

Died April 3, 1975

Image: Associated Press Photos via Yi Auctions, public domain