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Matt Cain vs. Brandon Backe: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Matt Cain vs. Brandon Backe: Pitching Comparison

Matt Cain vs. Brandon Backe: Totals

Matt Cain vs. Brandon Backe: 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	Brandon Backe	24-31	2002	2009	31	29	.517	5.23	145	79	23	1	1	0	525.1	574	313	305	87	238	9	360	18	2	15	2332	843	82	5.33	1.546	9.8	1.5	4.1	6.2
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. Brandon Backe: 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	Brandon Backe	26-27	2004	2005	1	0	1.000	2.95	7	6	0	0	0	0	36.2	24	12	12	3	12	1	32	3	0	1	145	39		3.39	0.982	5.9	0.7	2.9	7.9
2	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	61		3.14	1.052	7.0	1.1	2.5	5.8

Matt Cain vs. Brandon Backe: Value

Matt Cain vs. Brandon Backe: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Brandon Backe	24-31	2002	2009	145	79	525.1	0.5	-4.0
2	Matt Cain	20-32	2005	2017	342	331	2085.2	29.3	12.7

Matt Cain vs. Brandon Backe: Totals Against

Matt Cain vs. Brandon Backe: 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	Brandon Backe	24-31	2002	2009	145	79	525.1	843	2048	351	127	9	13	19	40.63	1	47	19	9	.280	.359	.479	.837	123	.198	.303	354	980	223	830	843
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. Brandon Backe: 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	Brandon Backe	26-27	2004	2005	7	6	36.2	39	128	11	8	2	0	0		0	3	0	2	.188	.269	.352	.621		.164	.221	14	45	13	39	39
2	Matt Cain	25-27	2010	2012	8	8	51.1	61	189	30	4	0	4	1	80.00	0	4	1	0	.212	.287	.328	.615		.116	.227	19	62	10	60	61

Matt Cain vs. Brandon Backe: Starting & Relieving

Matt Cain vs. Brandon Backe: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Brandon Backe	24-31	2002	2009	32	41	46.3	43	6	14	0		23	66
2	Matt Cain	20-32	2005	2017	194	59	54.6	7	1	14	0		4	11

Matt Cain vs. Brandon Backe: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Brandon Backe	26-27	2004	2005	3	50	58.7	0	0				0	1
2	Matt Cain	25-27	2010	2012	5	63	59.4						0	0

Matt Cain vs. Brandon Backe: Ratios

Matt Cain vs. Brandon Backe: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Brandon Backe	24-31	2002	2009	145	79	525.1	15.4	10.2	5.2
2	Matt Cain	20-32	2005	2017	342	331	2085.2	19.5	8.2	11.3

Matt Cain vs. Brandon Backe: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Brandon Backe	26-27	2004	2005	7	6	36.2	22.1	8.3	13.8
2	Matt Cain	25-27	2010	2012	8	8	51.1	15.7	6.7	9.0

Matt Cain vs. Brandon Backe: Pitch Summary

Matt Cain vs. Brandon Backe: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Brandon Backe	24-31	2002	2009	145	79	525.1	8488	89	5248	61.83
2	Matt Cain	20-32	2005	2017	342	331	2085.2	32987	101	21144	64.10

Matt Cain vs. Brandon Backe: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Brandon Backe	26-27	2004	2005	7	6	36.2	532	88	334	62.78
2	Matt Cain	25-27	2010	2012	8	8	51.1	798	100	506	63.41

Matt Cain vs. Brandon Backe: Head-to-Head Pitching

Matt Cain vs. Brandon Backe: Totals

Matt Cain vs. Brandon Backe: 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	Brandon Backe	0	1	.000	4.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	7	4	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	26	1.333	10.5	1.5	1.5	4.5
2	Matt Cain	1	0	1.000	2.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	7	2	2	1	4	1	5	0	0	0	35	1.375	7.9	1.1	4.5	5.6

Matt Cain vs. Brandon Backe: Game Logs

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Matt Cain vs. Brandon Backe: 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	Brandon Backe	HOU	2008-05-13	GS-6, L	6.0	7	4	3	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	26	8	24	2	3	1	0	0	0	15	0	1	0	5	46	86	57	-0.2	-0.88			0.57
2	Matt Cain	SFG	2008-05-13	GS-8, W	8.0	7	2	2	0	1	4	1	5	0	0	0	35	11	31	4	2	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	3	61	114	74	0.3	2.16			0.97

Matt Cain vs. Brandon Backe: Batter vs. Pitcher

Matt Cain (Pitcher) vs. Brandon Backe (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Matt Cain (Pitcher) vs. Brandon Backe (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	2008	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0

Matt Cain (Pitcher) vs. Brandon Backe (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Matt Cain (Pitcher) vs. Brandon Backe (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2008	2008-05-13	HOU	SFG	down 3-0	t2	1--	2	8 (3-2)	Walk; J. Towles to 2B
2	2008	2008-05-13	HOU	SFG	down 3-1	t4	---	1	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Brandon Backe (Pitcher) vs. Matt Cain (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Brandon Backe (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	2008	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	.500	.500	2.000	2.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	.500	.500	2.000	2.500	0	0	0	0	0

Brandon Backe (Pitcher) vs. Matt Cain (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Brandon Backe (Pitcher) vs. Matt Cain (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2008	2008-05-13	SFG	HOU	ahead 0-3	b2	---	2	6 (2-2)	Strikeout Looking
2	2008	2008-05-13	SFG	HOU	ahead 1-3	b5	---	0	1 (0-0)	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)

Matt Cain vs. Brandon Backe: Batting Comparison

Matt Cain vs. Brandon Backe: Batting Totals

Matt Cain vs. Brandon Backe: 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	Brandon Backe	24-31	2002	2009	109	158	133	22	34	5	2	4	16	1	0	10	48	.256	.317	.414	.731	90	55	1	2	13	0	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. Brandon Backe: 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	Brandon Backe	26-27	2004	2005	8	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	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. Brandon Backe: Batting Value

Matt Cain vs. Brandon Backe: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Brandon Backe	24-31	2002	2009	109	158	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	-1	0	1	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. Brandon Backe: Batting Sabermetric

Matt Cain vs. Brandon Backe: 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	Brandon Backe	24-31	2002	2009	109	158	11	46	48	113	19	.370	34	-2	-0.2	.158	2.8	100.00	1
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. Brandon Backe: 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	Brandon Backe	26-27	2004	2005	8	12	0	0	0	12	0	.000	0			.000	2.2		0
2	Matt Cain	25-27	2010	2012	8	17	0	4	4	13	2	.571	2			.000	1.8		0

Matt Cain vs. Brandon Backe: Batting Win Probability

Matt Cain vs. Brandon Backe: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Brandon Backe	24-31	2002	2009	109	158	0.2	-0.1	0.2	-1.58	-0.1	-1.48	0.96
2	Matt Cain	20-32	2005	2017	332	708	-9.0	-9.7	0.1	-97.81	-9.7	-104.75	0.94

Matt Cain vs. Brandon Backe: Head-to-Head Batting

Matt Cain vs. Brandon Backe: Totals

Matt Cain vs. Brandon Backe: 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	Brandon Backe	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Matt Cain	1	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	4	0	0	0	0	0

Matt Cain vs. Brandon Backe: Game Logs

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Matt Cain vs. Brandon Backe: 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	Brandon Backe	HOU	2008-05-13	*	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.71	0.000	0.87	0.00%	0.04			P
2	Matt Cain	SFG	2008-05-13	*	9	9	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.35	0.060	0.21	0.02%	0.65			P

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