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Matt Cain vs. Ben Sheets: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Matt Cain vs. Ben Sheets: Pitching Comparison

Matt Cain vs. Ben Sheets: Totals

Matt Cain vs. Ben Sheets: 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	Ben Sheets	22-33	2001	2012	94	96	.495	3.78	250	250	0	18	4	0	1596.2	1577	736	670	184	369	28	1325	32	1	53	6640	2033	113	3.66	1.219	8.9	1.0	2.1	7.5

Matt Cain vs. Ben Sheets: 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	61		3.14	1.052	7.0	1.1	2.5	5.8

Matt Cain vs. Ben Sheets: Value

Matt Cain vs. Ben Sheets: 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	Ben Sheets	22-33	2001	2012	250	250	1596.2	26.1	13.3

Matt Cain vs. Ben Sheets: Totals Against

Matt Cain vs. Ben Sheets: 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	Ben Sheets	22-33	2001	2012	250	250	1596.2	2033	6137	989	362	42	125	45	73.53	10	95	64	37	.257	.301	.420	.720	91	.163	.299	783	2575	588	1978	2033

Matt Cain vs. Ben Sheets: 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	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. Ben Sheets: Starting & Relieving

Matt Cain vs. Ben Sheets: 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	Ben Sheets	22-33	2001	2012	153	61	53.9				0		0	0

Matt Cain vs. Ben Sheets: 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	5	63	59.4						0	0

Matt Cain vs. Ben Sheets: Ratios

Matt Cain vs. Ben Sheets: 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	Ben Sheets	22-33	2001	2012	250	250	1596.2	20.0	5.6	14.4

Matt Cain vs. Ben Sheets: 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. Ben Sheets: Pitch Summary

Matt Cain vs. Ben Sheets: 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	Ben Sheets	22-33	2001	2012	250	250	1596.2	24697	99	16190	65.55

Matt Cain vs. Ben Sheets: 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	798	100	506	63.41

Matt Cain vs. Ben Sheets: Head-to-Head Pitching

Matt Cain vs. Ben Sheets: Totals

Matt Cain vs. Ben Sheets: 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	Ben Sheets	1	0	1.000	2.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	5	2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	28	0.625	5.6	0.0	0.0	6.8
2	Matt Cain	0	1	.000	6.43	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	5	5	5	1	5	0	7	0	0	0	31	1.429	6.4	1.3	6.4	9.0

Matt Cain vs. Ben Sheets: Game Logs

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Matt Cain vs. Ben Sheets: 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	2006-09-24	GS-7, L	7.0	5	5	5	0	1	5	0	7	0	0	0	31	10	26	2	2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	3	49	120	76	-0.2	-1.18			1.00
2	Ben Sheets	MIL	2006-09-24	GS-8, W	8.0	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	28	5	28	1	4	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	4	70	98	63	0.2	2.37			0.97

Matt Cain vs. Ben Sheets: Batter vs. Pitcher

Matt Cain (Pitcher) vs. Ben Sheets (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Matt Cain (Pitcher) vs. Ben Sheets (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	2006	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. Ben Sheets (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Matt Cain (Pitcher) vs. Ben Sheets (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2006	2006-09-24	SFG	MIL	down 2-1	t3	---	0	5 (2-2)	Groundout: SS-1B
2	2006	2006-09-24	SFG	MIL	tied 2-2	t5	---	2	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Looking

Ben Sheets (Pitcher) vs. Matt Cain (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ben Sheets (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	2006	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0

Ben Sheets (Pitcher) vs. Matt Cain (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ben Sheets (Pitcher) vs. Matt Cain (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2006	2006-09-24	MIL	SFG	ahead 1-2	b2	1--	2	3 (1-1)	Bunt Popfly: P
2	2006	2006-09-24	MIL	SFG	tied 2-2	b5	---	1	5 (3-1)	Walk
3	2006	2006-09-24	MIL	SFG	ahead 2-5	b6	-2-	2	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Matt Cain vs. Ben Sheets: Batting Comparison

Matt Cain vs. Ben Sheets: Batting Totals

Matt Cain vs. Ben Sheets: 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	Ben Sheets	22-33	2001	2012	222	513	449	12	34	3	0	0	12	0	0	19	212	.076	.113	.082	.196	-47	37	2	0	45	0	0

Matt Cain vs. Ben Sheets: 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. Ben Sheets: Batting Value

Matt Cain vs. Ben Sheets: 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	Ben Sheets	22-33	2001	2012	222	513	-2.8	-2.8	-2.8	0.0	-102	2	-1	0

Matt Cain vs. Ben Sheets: Batting Sabermetric

Matt Cain vs. Ben Sheets: 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	Ben Sheets	22-33	2001	2012	222	513	3	53	58	462	6	.143	24	-98	-9.6	.007	2.1		0

Matt Cain vs. Ben Sheets: 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	2	.571	2			.000	1.8		0

Matt Cain vs. Ben Sheets: Batting Win Probability

Matt Cain vs. Ben Sheets: 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	Ben Sheets	22-33	2001	2012	222	513	-9.5	-9.8	-0.3	-104.70	-10.3	-107.99	0.94

Matt Cain vs. Ben Sheets: Head-to-Head Batting

Matt Cain vs. Ben Sheets: Totals

Matt Cain vs. Ben Sheets: 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	Ben Sheets	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Matt Cain	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Matt Cain vs. Ben Sheets: Game Logs

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Matt Cain vs. Ben Sheets: 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	2006-09-24	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.81	-0.042	0.01	0.00%	-0.37			P
2	Ben Sheets	MIL	2006-09-24	*	9	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.70	-0.003	0.00	0.00%	-0.32			P

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