Bob Cain Baseball player

Robert Max Cain (October 16, 1924 – April 8, 1997), nicknamed "Sugar", was a left-handed pitcher who played Major League Baseball from 1949 to 1954. In 1951, Cain was the pitcher who issued a base on balls to Eddie Gaedel, whose single plate appearance made him the shortest person to appear in a major league game.

Personal facts

Bob Cain
Birth dateOctober 16, 1924
Date of deathApril 08, 1997
Place of death
Cleveland

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Baseball player

Career startSeptember 18, 1949
Career endSeptember 11, 1954
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former teams
Chicago White Sox
position
Pitcher
teams
Baltimore Orioles
Chicago White Sox
Detroit Tigers
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Bob Cain on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://static.espn.go.com/mlb/s/2001/0816/1240553.html