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Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Carlos Villanueva

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Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: Pitching Comparison

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: Totals

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: 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	Carlos Villanueva	22-32	2006	2016	51	55	.481	4.31	476	76	110	0	0	11	998.2	967	491	478	139	323	35	862	34	1	32	4234	1360	96	4.27	1.292	8.7	1.3	2.9	7.8

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: 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
2	Carlos Villanueva	24-31	2008	2015	0	0		0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	5.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	18	1		2.60	0.176	0.0	0.0	1.6	4.8

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: Value

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: 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	Carlos Villanueva	22-32	2006	2016	476	76	998.2	6.9	-0.6

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: Totals Against

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: 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	Carlos Villanueva	22-32	2006	2016	476	76	998.2	1360	3819	590	214	24	75	26	74.26	1	80	34	24	.253	.315	.431	.746	102	.178	.291	523	1646	377	1324	1360

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: 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
2	Carlos Villanueva	24-31	2008	2015	3	0	5.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		1.000					.000	0	0	0	1	1

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: Starting & Relieving

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: 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	Carlos Villanueva	22-32	2006	2016	31	41	47.6	151	51	34	13	45.8	110	400

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: 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
2	Carlos Villanueva	24-31	2008	2015	0			0	0		0		0	3

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: Ratios

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: 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	Carlos Villanueva	22-32	2006	2016	476	76	998.2	20.4	7.6	12.7

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: 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	Carlos Villanueva	24-31	2008	2015	3	0	5.2	16.7	5.6	11.1

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: Pitch Summary

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: 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	Carlos Villanueva	22-32	2006	2016	476	76	998.2	16220	90	10156	62.61

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: 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
2	Carlos Villanueva	24-31	2008	2015	3	0	5.2	63		43	68.25

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: Head-to-Head Pitching

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: Totals

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: 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	Carlos Villanueva	0	0		0.00	3	1	1	0	0	0	10.1	4	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	35	0.484	3.5	0.0	0.9	6.1
2	Matt Cain	1	1	.500	3.86	3	3	0	0	0	0	21.0	17	9	9	3	8	1	20	0	0	0	86	1.190	7.3	1.3	3.4	8.6

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: Game Logs

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Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: 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	2013-04-12	GS-7	7.0	7	2	2	0	2	2	1	6	0	0	0	30	9	28	3	2	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	4	59	113	72	0.0	1.16			0.81
2	Carlos Villanueva	CHC	2013-04-12	GS-8	7.1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	25	4	23	3	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	74	93	55	0.4	3.13			1.07
3	Matt Cain	SFG	2009-09-05	GS-8, W	7.0	4	2	2	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	26	6	24	2	2	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	2	64	108	73	0.2	1.79			1.30
4	Carlos Villanueva	MIL	2009-09-05	7-8	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	1	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		31	21	0.1	0.98	0	0	0.59
5	Matt Cain	SFG	2009-06-26	GS-7, L	7.0	6	5	5	0	1	4	0	9	0	0	0	30	10	25	2	2	1	1	0	0	13	1	0	1	4	50	100	62	-0.2	-1.59			0.61
6	Carlos Villanueva	MIL	2009-06-26	9-GF	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13	8	0.0	0.49	0	0	0.18

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: Batter vs. Pitcher

Matt Cain (Pitcher) vs. Carlos Villanueva (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Matt Cain (Pitcher) vs. Carlos Villanueva (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

Matt Cain (Pitcher) vs. Carlos Villanueva (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Matt Cain (Pitcher) vs. Carlos Villanueva (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2013	2013-04-12	CHC	SFG	tied 0-0	b2	12-	2	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	2013	2013-04-12	CHC	SFG	ahead 0-1	b4	12-	2	3 (0-2)	Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS-2B)
3	2013	2013-04-12	CHC	SFG	ahead 0-2	b6	1-3	2	1 (0-0)	Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)

Carlos Villanueva (Pitcher) vs. Matt Cain (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Carlos Villanueva (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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	2013	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Carlos Villanueva (Pitcher) vs. Matt Cain (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Carlos Villanueva (Pitcher) vs. Matt Cain (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2009	2009-09-05	SFG	MIL	ahead 1-3	t7	---	0	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	2013	2013-04-12	SFG	CHC	tied 0-0	t3	---	2	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
3	2013	2013-04-12	SFG	CHC	down 2-0	t6	1--	0	1 (0-0)	Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice (Front of Home); B. Crawford to 2B

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: Batting Comparison

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: Batting Totals

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: 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	Carlos Villanueva	22-32	2006	2016	385	142	120	6	11	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	61	.092	.114	.092	.205	-44	11	1	0	19	0	0

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: 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
2	Carlos Villanueva	24-31	2008	2015	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: Batting Value

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: 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	Carlos Villanueva	22-32	2006	2016	385	142	-0.8	-0.8	-0.8	-0.2	-27	0	-1	0

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: Batting Sabermetric

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: 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	Carlos Villanueva	22-32	2006	2016	385	142	0	14	15	129	3	.186	10	-25	-2.5	.000	2.0		0

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: 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
2	Carlos Villanueva	24-31	2008	2015	3	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.000	0			.000			0

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: Batting Win Probability

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: 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	Carlos Villanueva	22-32	2006	2016	385	142	-1.7	-2.3	0.4	-24.13	-2.4	-25.63	0.91

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: Head-to-Head Batting

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: Totals

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: 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	Carlos Villanueva	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Matt Cain	3	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: Game Logs

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Matt Cain vs. Carlos Villanueva: 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	2013-04-12	*	8	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	-0.040	1.46	-0.03%	-0.28			P
2	Carlos Villanueva	CHC	2013-04-12	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	-0.109	1.21	-0.06%	-1.29			P
3	Matt Cain	SFG	2009-09-05	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.086	2.53	-0.11%	-1.02			P
4	Carlos Villanueva	MIL	2009-09-05		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Matt Cain	SFG	2009-06-26	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.076	2.08	-0.07%	-0.69			P
6	Carlos Villanueva	MIL	2009-06-26		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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