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Henderson Alvarez III

8.5

95

95

577.2

27-35

3.82

104

302

12.5

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IP

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3.68

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1694

19.5

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Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: Pitching Comparison

Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: Totals

Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: 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	Henderson Alvarez III	21-27	2011	2017	27	35	.435	3.82	95	95	0	5	5	0	577.2	610	268	245	56	140	8	302	22	4	16	2425	796	104	4.15	1.298	9.5	0.9	2.2	4.7
2	Matt Cain	20-32	2005	2017	104	118	.468	3.68	342	331	4	15	6	0	2085.2	1849	910	853	211	712	42	1694	62	4	70	8699	2686	108	3.92	1.228	8.0	0.9	3.1	7.3

Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: 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	Matt Cain	25-27	2010	2012	4	2	.667	2.10	8	8	0	0	0	0	51.1	40	13	12	6	14	2	33	6	0	1	210	60		3.14	1.052	7.0	1.1	2.5	5.8

Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: Value

Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Henderson Alvarez III	21-27	2011	2017	95	95	577.2	7.8	2.8
2	Matt Cain	20-32	2005	2017	342	331	2085.2	29.3	12.7

Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: Totals Against

Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: 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	Henderson Alvarez III	21-27	2011	2017	95	95	577.2	796	2234	419	125	10	15	6	71.43	0	75	14	15	.273	.320	.413	.733	103	.140	.293	299	923	191	772	796
2	Matt Cain	20-32	2005	2017	342	331	2085.2	2686	7767	1181	398	59	157	71	68.86	5	124	87	67	.238	.305	.386	.691	90	.148	.276	931	2998	668	2623	2686

Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: 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	Matt Cain	25-27	2010	2012	8	8	51.1	60	189											.212	.287					.227				60	60

Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: Starting & Relieving

Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Henderson Alvarez III	21-27	2011	2017	50	53	50.4				0		0	0
2	Matt Cain	20-32	2005	2017	194	59	54.6	7	1	14	0		4	11

Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Matt Cain	25-27	2010	2012									0	0

Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: Ratios

Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Henderson Alvarez III	21-27	2011	2017	95	95	577.2	12.5	5.8	6.7
2	Matt Cain	20-32	2005	2017	342	331	2085.2	19.5	8.2	11.3

Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Matt Cain	25-27	2010	2012	8	8	51.1	15.7	6.7	9.0

Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: Pitch Summary

Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Henderson Alvarez III	21-27	2011	2017	95	95	577.2	8314	89	5428	65.29
2	Matt Cain	20-32	2005	2017	342	331	2085.2	32987	101	21144	64.10

Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Matt Cain	25-27	2010	2012	8	8	51.1

Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: Head-to-Head Pitching

Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: Totals

Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: 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	Henderson Alvarez III	0	1	.000	5.14	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	4	4	4	0	4	0	4	0	1	1	27	1.143	5.1	0.0	5.1	5.1
2	Matt Cain	1	0	1.000	2.57	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	4	2	2	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	27	0.857	5.1	1.3	2.6	6.4

Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: Game Logs

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Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: 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	Henderson Alvarez III	MIA	2013-08-17	GS-7, L	7.0	4	4	4	0	0	4	0	4	0	1	1	27	8	23	3	0	1	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	1	53	101	60	-0.2	-0.84			0.94
2	Matt Cain	SFG	2013-08-17	GS-7, W	7.0	4	2	2	0	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	27	6	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	64	112	77	0.2	1.16			0.96

Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: Batter vs. Pitcher

Matt Cain (Pitcher) vs. Henderson Alvarez III (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Matt Cain (Pitcher) vs. Henderson Alvarez III (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	2013	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Matt Cain (Pitcher) vs. Henderson Alvarez III (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Matt Cain (Pitcher) vs. Henderson Alvarez III (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2013	2013-08-17	MIA	SFG	tied 0-0	b3	---	2	2 (0-1)	Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
2	2013	2013-08-17	MIA	SFG	down 4-0	b5	1--	1	3 (0-2)	Strikeout (foul bunt)

Henderson Alvarez III (Pitcher) vs. Matt Cain (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Henderson Alvarez III (Pitcher) vs. Matt 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	2013	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Henderson Alvarez III (Pitcher) vs. Matt Cain (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Henderson Alvarez III (Pitcher) vs. Matt Cain (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2013	2013-08-17	SFG	MIA	tied 0-0	t3	12-	0	3 (0-2)	Strikeout (foul bunt)
2	2013	2013-08-17	SFG	MIA	ahead 0-4	t4	--3	2	3 (1-1)	Foul Popfly: 1B (1B into Foul Terr.)
3	2013	2013-08-17	SFG	MIA	ahead 2-4	t7	---	2	3 (1-1)	Groundout: SS-1B

Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: Batting Comparison

Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: Batting Totals

Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: 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	Henderson Alvarez III	21-27	2011	2017	54	115	100	5	22	4	0	1	9	0	0	1	36	.220	.223	.290	.513	42	29	0	0	12	2	0
2	Matt Cain	20-32	2005	2017	332	708	611	27	74	13	1	7	34	0	0	21	308	.121	.151	.180	.331	-10	110	1	1	73	2	0

Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: 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	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Matt Cain	25-27	2010	2012	8	17	16	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	.250	.250	.250	.500	4	0	0	1	0	0

Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: Batting Value

Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Henderson Alvarez III	21-27	2011	2017	54	115	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.0	-9	0	0	0
2	Matt Cain	20-32	2005	2017	332	708	-0.2	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	-100	2	-2	0

Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: Batting Sabermetric

Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: 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	Henderson Alvarez III	21-27	2011	2017	54	115	5	23	23	92	9	.323	13	-8	-0.8	.070	2.8		0
2	Matt Cain	20-32	2005	2017	332	708	21	96	104	613	20	.225	54	-96	-9.8	.059	2.0		0

Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: 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	Matt Cain	25-27	2010	2012	8	17	0	4	4	13		.571	2			.000	1.8		0

Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: Batting Win Probability

Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Henderson Alvarez III	21-27	2011	2017	54	115	-1.3	-1.1	-0.2	-11.59		-11.40	1.04
2	Matt Cain	20-32	2005	2017	332	708	-9.0	-9.7	0.1	-97.81		-104.75	0.94

Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: Head-to-Head Batting

Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: Totals

Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: 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	Henderson Alvarez III	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Matt Cain	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: Game Logs

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Matt Cain vs. Henderson Alvarez III: 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	Henderson Alvarez III	MIA	2013-08-17	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.70	-0.033	0.00	0.00%	-0.37			P
2	Matt Cain	SFG	2013-08-17	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.081	0.00	0.00%	-1.00			P

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