Robert Max "Sugar" Cain (October 16, 1924 – April 8, 1997) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher with the Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Browns between 1949 and 1954. He batted and threw left-handed. On August 19, 1951, Cain was the pitcher who issued a base on balls to Eddie Gaedel, at 3 feet 7 inches (109 cm) the shortest person to appear in a major league game. More about Bob Cain
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Cain was born on October 16, 1924, in Longford, Kansas. He was signed to a contract with the New York Giants in 1943. Cain shut out the New York Yankees in his first major league start in 1949. On April 23, 1952, he matched one-hitters with Bob Feller and won, 1–0 at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis.In total, we tracked 179 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Bob Cain (Bob Cain Signed OML Baseball W/ Story Of Midget Eddie Gaedel PSA/DNA #AA16159) was sold in April 2016 for $499.99 while the cheapest item (Bob Cain 1953 Topps 1991 Topps Archives #266 - Browns - Signed Autograph Auto) found a new owner for $0.99 in December 2018. The month with the most items sold (4) was April 2008 with an average selling price of $8.83 for an autographed item of Bob Cain. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2020 with $59.49 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was September 2008. In average, an autographed item from Bob Cain is worth $9.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Bob Cain were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Item Title | Price | Store | |
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1951 BOWMAN BOB CAIN SIGNED AUTO AUTOGRAPHED PSA/DNA | $39.99 | ||
1953 1991 Topps Archives Bob Cain Auto Autograph Signed | $15.00 | ||
1991 Topps Archives 1953 St. Louis Browns Pitcher #266 Bob Cain Autographed | $10.00 | ||
20 autographed photo Lot Bob Cain, Phil Cary, Gavin Newsome, Linda Connell ++#17 | $32.00 | ||
Autographed Bob Cain Greeting Card Tiger LHP v Gaedel 3'7 Browns Pinch Hitter | $29.95 | ||
BOB CAIN AUTHENTIC BASEBALL AUTOGRAPH 3 1/2 X 2 1/2 HEAVY STOCK CARD index | $3.49 | ||
bob cain autograph 8x10 photo detroit tigers pitched to eddie gaedel midget | $10.99 | ||
bob cain autograph 8x10 photo detroit tigers pitched to eddie gaedel the midget | $9.99 | ||
Bob Cain Signed 1953 Topps Archives #266 Autograph Card - Browns | $2.99 | ||
Bob Cain Signed 8X10 Photograph Autograph St. Louis Browns | $10.50 |
Bob Cain 80th birthday party (01/16/14): On hand to celebrate Bob Cain's 80th Birthday at his party were son in law Bill Vonverahe, niece Molly DiCicco who traveled here from Cleveland, Ohio, Bob Cain, Daughter Susan Vonverahe and Renee Cain.
Bob Cain celebrates 80 years young (01/10/14): Bob Herrmann, a very special friend since the two were in 9th grade, came in from Florida to share in celebrating Bob Cain's birthday. Catching up with the latest, lovely Sun Lakes ladies (l to r) Fran Kramarski, Susan Fitzpatrick, Bobbie Hammer and Helen Browning.