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Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Pitching Comparison

Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Totals

Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Les Cain	20-24	1968	1972	23	19	.548	3.98	68	64	1	8	1	0	373.0	331	190	165	32	225	3	303	13	2	17	1645	591	91	3.94	1.491	8.0	0.8	5.4	7.3
2	Jim Slaton	21-36	1971	1986	151	158	.489	4.03	496	360	71	86	22	14	2683.2	2773	1335	1202	277	1004	65	1191	48	6	97	11535	3951	94	4.27	1.407	9.3	0.9	3.4	4.0

Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Jim Slaton	31-32	1981	1982	1	0	1.000	2.03	8	0	2	0	0	1	13.1	10	4	3	2	3	0	6	0	0	0	51	13		3.55	0.975	6.8	1.4	2.0	4.1

Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Value

Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Les Cain	20-24	1968	1972	68	64	373.0	1.8	-1.6
2	Jim Slaton	21-36	1971	1986	496	360	2683.2	17.5	-6.5

Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Totals Against

Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Les Cain	20-24	1968	1972	68	64	373.0	591	1384	236	55	8	21	9	70.00	2	42	13	10	.239	.349	.360	.708	104	.121	.282	175	498	95	569	591
2	Jim Slaton	21-36	1971	1986	496	360	2683.2	3951	10284	1985	441	70	168	128	56.76	14	230	96	102	.270	.334	.407	.741	108	.137	.280	1415	4185	788	3825	3951

Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Jim Slaton	31-32	1981	1982	8	0	13.1	13	48											.208	.255					.200				13	13

Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Starting & Relieving

Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Les Cain	20-24	1968	1972	34	53	51.4	2	0	0	0		1	4
2	Jim Slaton	21-36	1971	1986	169	47	49.2	129	42	33	10	58.3	71	136

Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Jim Slaton	31-32	1981	1982								100.0	2	8

Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Ratios

Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Les Cain	20-24	1968	1972	68	64	373.0	18.4	13.7	4.7
2	Jim Slaton	21-36	1971	1986	496	360	2683.2	10.3	8.7	1.6

Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jim Slaton	31-32	1981	1982	8	0	13.1	11.8	5.9	5.9

Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Pitch Summary

Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Les Cain	20-24	1968	1972	68	64	373.0
2	Jim Slaton	21-36	1971	1986	496	360	2683.2		71

Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jim Slaton	31-32	1981	1982	8	0	13.1

Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Head-to-Head Pitching

Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Totals

Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Les Cain	0	1	.000	4.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	5	3	3	1	4	0	5	0	0	0	25	1.500	7.5	1.5	6.0	7.5
2	Jim Slaton	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	5	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	22	1.600	9.0	0.0	5.4	5.4

Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Game Logs

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Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	Les Cain	DET	1972-04-23	GS-6, L	6.0	5	3	3	0	1	4	0	5	0	0	0	25	9	21	3	1	0	1	0	0	9	1	0	0	2	51			-0.1	-0.75			0.80
2	Jim Slaton	MIL	1972-04-23	GS-5, W	5.0	5	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	22	8	19	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	57			0.2	1.88			1.35

Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Batter vs. Pitcher

Les Cain (Pitcher) vs. Jim Slaton (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Les Cain (Pitcher) vs. Jim Slaton (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1972	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Les Cain (Pitcher) vs. Jim Slaton (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Les Cain (Pitcher) vs. Jim Slaton (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1972	1972-04-23	MIL	DET	tied 0-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout Looking

Jim Slaton (Pitcher) vs. Les Cain (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jim Slaton (Pitcher) vs. Les Cain (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1972	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0

Jim Slaton (Pitcher) vs. Les Cain (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jim Slaton (Pitcher) vs. Les Cain (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1972	1972-04-23	DET	MIL	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Single to CF
2	1972	1972-04-23	DET	MIL	tied 0-0	t4	12-	2		Strikeout

Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Batting Comparison

Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Batting Totals

Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Les Cain	20-24	1968	1972	69	145	137	9	21	3	0	2	11	0	0	2	45	.153	.165	.219	.384	6	30	1	0	6	0	0
2	Jim Slaton	21-36	1971	1986	38	68	57	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	23	.105	.164	.105	.269	-21	6	0	0	7	0	0

Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Batting Value

Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Les Cain	20-24	1968	1972	69	145	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.0	-14	0	0	0
2	Jim Slaton	21-36	1971	1986	38	68	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	-10	0	0	0

Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Batting Sabermetric

Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Les Cain	20-24	1968	1972	69	145	5	23	28	123	5	.211	18	-18	-1.9	.066	3.0		0
2	Jim Slaton	21-36	1971	1986	38	68	0	10	10	58	1	.176	4	-9	-1.0	.000	2.5		0

Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Jim Slaton	31-32	1981	1982	8	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Batting Win Probability

Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Les Cain	20-24	1968	1972	69	145	-1.3	-1.4	0.0	-13.04		-14.15	0.92
2	Jim Slaton	21-36	1971	1986	38	68	-1.0	-1.0	-0.1	-11.03		-9.91	0.93

Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Head-to-Head Batting

Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Totals

Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Les Cain	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Jim Slaton	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Game Logs

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Les Cain vs. Jim Slaton: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Les Cain	DET	1972-04-23	*	7	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	-0.007	2.66	-0.01%	-0.01			P
2	Jim Slaton	MIL	1972-04-23	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.68	-0.015	0.97	-0.01%	-0.12			P

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