Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: Pitching Comparison

Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: Totals

Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: 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	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
2	Johan Santana	21-33	2000	2012	139	78	.641	3.20	360	284	23	15	10	1	2025.2	1726	773	721	220	567	13	1988	36	12	68	8262	2388	136	3.44	1.132	7.7	1.0	2.5	8.8

Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: 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
2	Johan Santana	23-27	2002	2006	1	3	.250	3.97	11	5	0	0	0	0	34.0	35	15	15	2	10	1	32	1	0	2	143	46		2.90	1.324	9.3	0.5	2.6	8.5

Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: Value

Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Matt Cain	20-32	2005	2017	342	331	2085.2	29.3	12.7
2	Johan Santana	21-33	2000	2012	360	284	2025.2	51.1	32.8

Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: Totals Against

Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: 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	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
2	Johan Santana	21-33	2000	2012	360	284	2025.2	2388	7562	1120	352	34	47	39	54.65	20	122	58	38	.228	.284	.371	.655	74	.143	.279	806	2806	606	2329	2388

Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: 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
2	Johan Santana	23-27	2002	2006	11	5	34.0	46	132											.265	.322					.337				46	46

Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: Starting & Relieving

Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: 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	20-32	2005	2017	194	59	54.6	7	1	14	0		4	11
2	Johan Santana	21-33	2000	2012	184	65	58.9	39	10	26	0	100.0	23	76

Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: 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
2	Johan Santana	23-27	2002	2006									0	6

Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: Ratios

Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Matt Cain	20-32	2005	2017	342	331	2085.2	19.5	8.2	11.3
2	Johan Santana	21-33	2000	2012	360	284	2025.2	24.1	6.9	17.2

Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: 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
2	Johan Santana	23-27	2002	2006	11	5	34.0	22.4	7.0	15.4

Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: Pitch Summary

Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Matt Cain	20-32	2005	2017	342	331	2085.2	32987	101	21144	64.10
2	Johan Santana	21-33	2000	2012	360	284	2025.2	31271	100	20791	66.49

Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: 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
2	Johan Santana	23-27	2002	2006	11	5	34.0

Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: Head-to-Head Pitching

Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: Totals

Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: 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	Johan Santana	0	0		5.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.2	9	4	4	1	1	0	6	1	0	0	31	1.500	12.2	1.4	1.4	8.1
2	Matt Cain	0	0		3.68	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.1	6	3	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	28	0.818	7.4	0.0	0.0	2.5

Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: Game Logs

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Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: 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	Matt Cain	SFG	2009-08-15	GS-8	7.1	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	28	7	26	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	56	100	74	0.1	1.20			1.14
2	Johan Santana	NYM	2009-08-15	GS-7	6.2	9	4	4	0	1	1	0	6	1	0	0	31	11	29	6	2	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	3	45	110	73	-0.2	-0.84			1.15

Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: Batter vs. Pitcher

Matt Cain (Pitcher) vs. Johan Santana (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Matt Cain (Pitcher) vs. Johan Santana (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	2009	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Matt Cain (Pitcher) vs. Johan Santana (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Matt Cain (Pitcher) vs. Johan Santana (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2009	2009-08-15	SFG	NYM	tied 0-0	t3	---	1	4 (1-2)	Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
2	2009	2009-08-15	SFG	NYM	down 1-0	t5	-2-	1	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging
3	2009	2009-08-15	SFG	NYM	ahead 1-3	t6	12-	2	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Johan Santana (Pitcher) vs. Matt Cain (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Johan Santana (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	2009	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Johan Santana (Pitcher) vs. Matt Cain (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Johan Santana (Pitcher) vs. Matt Cain (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2009	2009-08-15	NYM	SFG	tied 0-0	b3	---	1	6 (0-2)	Groundout: 2B-1B
2	2009	2009-08-15	NYM	SFG	ahead 0-1	b5	---	2	3 (0-2)	Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)

Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: Batting Comparison

Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: Batting Totals

Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: 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	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
2	Johan Santana	21-33	2000	2012	117	279	248	11	40	12	1	1	9	0	0	9	78	.161	.191	.230	.421	13	57	1	0	22	0	0

Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: 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. Johan Santana: Batting Value

Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Matt Cain	20-32	2005	2017	332	708	-0.2	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	-100	2	-2	0
2	Johan Santana	21-33	2000	2012	117	279	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.0	-32	1	-2	0

Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: Batting Sabermetric

Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: 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	20-32	2005	2017	332	708	21	96	104	613	20	.225	54	-96	-9.8	.059	2.0		0
2	Johan Santana	21-33	2000	2012	117	279	14	49	51	231	12	.231	19	-30	-3.0	.069	3.2		0

Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: 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
2	Johan Santana	23-27	2002	2006	11	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: Batting Win Probability

Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Matt Cain	20-32	2005	2017	332	708	-9.0	-9.7	0.1	-97.81	-9.7	-104.75	0.94
2	Johan Santana	21-33	2000	2012	117	279	-2.5	-3.1	0.2	-35.22	-3.6	-34.25	0.85

Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: Head-to-Head Batting

Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: Totals

Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: 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	Johan Santana	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Matt Cain	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: Game Logs

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Matt Cain vs. Johan Santana: 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	Matt Cain	SFG	2009-08-15	*	8	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.109	1.57	-0.10%	-1.25			P
2	Johan Santana	NYM	2009-08-15	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.56	-0.028	0.06	0.00%	-0.26			P

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