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Carlos Zambrano

29.1

342

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2085.2

104-118

3.68

108

1694

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712

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Matt Cain vs. Carlos Zambrano: Pitching Comparison

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Zambrano: Totals

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Zambrano: 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 Zambrano	20-31	2001	2012	132	91	.592	3.66	354	302	11	10	5	0	1959.0	1709	879	797	161	898	41	1637	102	5	58	8389	2794	120	4.01	1.331	7.9	0.7	4.1	7.5

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Zambrano: 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	Carlos Zambrano	22-27	2003	2008	0	2	.000	4.34	5	5	0	0	0	0	29.0	35	19	14	6	8	0	27	2	0	1	132	45		4.96	1.483	10.9	1.9	2.5	8.4

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Zambrano: Value

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Zambrano: 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 Zambrano	20-31	2001	2012	354	302	1959.0	38.3	23.0

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Zambrano: Totals Against

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Zambrano: 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 Zambrano	20-31	2001	2012	354	302	1959.0	2794	7244	1189	319	40	53	50	51.46	16	174	100	44	.236	.327	.358	.685	82	.122	.282	854	2591	520	2709	2794

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Zambrano: 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	Carlos Zambrano	22-27	2003	2008	5	5	29.0	45	120											.292	.346					.333				45	45

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Zambrano: Starting & Relieving

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Zambrano: 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 Zambrano	20-31	2001	2012	185	61	54.3	35	10	29	1	0.0	11	52

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Zambrano: 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	Carlos Zambrano	22-27	2003	2008									0	0

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Zambrano: Ratios

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Zambrano: 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 Zambrano	20-31	2001	2012	354	302	1959.0	19.5	10.7	8.8

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Zambrano: 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 Zambrano	22-27	2003	2008	5	5	29.0	20.5	6.1	14.4

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Zambrano: Pitch Summary

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Zambrano: 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 Zambrano	20-31	2001	2012	354	302	1959.0	32693	105	19881	60.81

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Zambrano: 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	Carlos Zambrano	22-27	2003	2008	5	5	29.0

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

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Zambrano: Totals

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Zambrano: 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 Zambrano	2	1	.667	1.78	5	5	0	0	0	0	25.1	18	6	5	1	18	0	22	2	0	0	113	1.421	6.4	0.4	6.4	7.8
2	Matt Cain	1	2	.333	4.30	5	5	0	0	0	0	29.1	25	15	14	1	10	0	17	1	0	1	121	1.193	7.7	0.3	3.1	5.2

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Zambrano: Game Logs

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Matt Cain vs. Carlos Zambrano: 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	2011-06-30	GS-7	7.0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	26	5	24	4	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	74	111	68	0.5	3.23			1.30
2	Carlos Zambrano	CHC	2011-06-30	GS-2	1.0	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	7	4	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	46	33	15	-0.2	-1.88			1.12
3	Matt Cain	SFG	2010-09-21	GS-6	6.0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	21	5	19	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	69	82	49	0.4	3.05			0.99
4	Carlos Zambrano	CHC	2010-09-21	GS-6	6.0	3	0	0	0	0	5	0	8	1	0	0	26	9	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	69	116	60	0.4	3.05			1.35
5	Matt Cain	SFG	2007-08-23	GS-7, W	7.0	8	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	29	10	28	4	4	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	4	60	104	75	0.4	2.72			1.06
6	Carlos Zambrano	CHC	2007-08-23	GS-6, L	5.1	6	4	4	0	1	4	0	4	1	0	0	28	12	23	3	2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	3	40	103	67	-0.1	-1.36			1.20
7	Matt Cain	SFG	2007-07-18	GS-5, L	4.0	4	6	6	0	0	5	0	3	0	0	1	20	9	15	3	1	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	1	28	92	52	-0.2	-3.14			0.95
8	Carlos Zambrano	CHC	2007-07-18	GS-5, W	5.0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	19	4	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	64	80	52	0.3	2.76			0.82
9	Matt Cain	SFG	2006-05-10	GS-6, L	5.1	7	8	7	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	25	9	21	4	2	0	1	0	0	12	0	2	0	3	24	87	56	-0.3	-4.21			0.82
10	Carlos Zambrano	CHC	2006-05-10	GS-8, W	8.0	5	1	1	0	0	5	0	6	0	0	0	33	10	27	3	2	0	0	0	0	7	1	1	0	2	69	110	63	0.2	3.32			1.05

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Zambrano: Batter vs. Pitcher

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

Matt Cain (Pitcher) vs. Carlos Zambrano (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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	2007	5	4	1	0	0	1	2	1	2	.250	.400	1.000	1.400	0	0	0	0	0
3	2010	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	9	6	1	0	0	1	2	1	4	.167	.286	.667	.952	2	0	0	0	0

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

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Matt Cain (Pitcher) vs. Carlos Zambrano (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2006	2006-05-10	SFG	CHC	down 3-1	b2	-23	0	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Looking
2	2006	2006-05-10	SFG	CHC	down 3-1	b4	1-3	1	1 (0-0)	Bunt Groundout: 1B unassisted/Sacrifice; M. Matheny to 2B
3	2007	2007-07-18	SFG	CHC	tied 0-0	t2	1--	2	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
4	2007	2007-07-18	SFG	CHC	down 4-0	t5	---	1	5 (1-2)	Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak SS)
5	2007	2007-08-23	SFG	CHC	tied 0-0	b2	12-	2	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
6	2007	2007-08-23	SFG	CHC	tied 0-0	b4	12-	2	6 (3-2)	Walk; R. Aurilia to 3B; O. Vizquel to 2B
7	2007	2007-08-23	SFG	CHC	ahead 0-2	b6	-2-	1	3 (1-1)	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Rodríguez Scores
8	2010	2010-09-21	SFG	CHC	tied 0-0	t2	123	2	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging
9	2010	2010-09-21	SFG	CHC	tied 0-0	t5	1--	0	1 (0-0)	Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice (Front of Home); J. Uribe to 2B

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

Carlos Zambrano (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	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	2007	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	2010	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

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

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Carlos Zambrano (Pitcher) vs. Matt Cain (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2006	2006-05-10	CHC	SFG	ahead 1-3	t2	---	2	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	2006	2006-05-10	CHC	SFG	ahead 1-3	t5	1--	1	2 (0-1)	Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; J. Jones to 2B
3	2007	2007-07-18	CHC	SFG	tied 0-0	b3	1--	1	6 (3-2)	Strikeout Swinging
4	2007	2007-07-18	CHC	SFG	ahead 0-4	b4	--3	2	1 (0-0)	Flyball: LF (Short LF-CF)
5	2007	2007-08-23	CHC	SFG	tied 0-0	t2	-23	2	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
6	2007	2007-08-23	CHC	SFG	down 2-0	t5	---	1	3 (0-2)	Reached on E5 (throw) (Ground Ball to Weak 3B); C. Zambrano to 1B
7	2010	2010-09-21	CHC	SFG	tied 0-0	b3	---	1	3 (2-0)	Flyball: LF (Deep LF Line)

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Zambrano: Batting Comparison

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Zambrano: Batting Totals

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Zambrano: 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 Zambrano	20-31	2001	2012	365	744	693	75	165	26	3	24	71	1	0	10	240	.238	.248	.388	.636	62	269	14	0	37	4	0

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Zambrano: 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 Zambrano	22-27	2003	2008	5	11	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.100	.182	.200	.382	2	0	0	0	0	0

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Zambrano: Batting Value

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Zambrano: 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 Zambrano	20-31	2001	2012	365	744	5.6	5.3	5.6	0.0	-42	1	-2	0

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Zambrano: Batting Sabermetric

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Zambrano: 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 Zambrano	20-31	2001	2012	365	744	53	175	180	583	66	.326	122	-43	-4.1	.150	2.9	100.00	1

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Zambrano: 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	Carlos Zambrano	22-27	2003	2008	5	11	1	2	2	9		.250	0			.100	1.7		0

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Zambrano: Batting Win Probability

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Zambrano: 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 Zambrano	20-31	2001	2012	365	744	-4.0	-3.8	-0.7	-48.09	-4.6	-43.85	0.90

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

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Zambrano: Totals

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Zambrano: 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 Zambrano	5	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0
2	Matt Cain	5	11	8	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	5	.125	.222	.500	.722	4	0	0	2	0	0

Matt Cain vs. Carlos Zambrano: Game Logs

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Matt Cain vs. Carlos Zambrano: 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	2011-06-30	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.057	1.65	-0.05%	-0.56			P
2	Carlos Zambrano	CHC	2011-06-30	*	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Matt Cain	SFG	2010-09-21	*	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.46	-0.098	8.76	-0.21%	-0.98			P
4	Carlos Zambrano	CHC	2010-09-21	*	6	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.72	-0.018	0.00	0.00%	-0.16			P
5	Matt Cain	SFG	2007-08-23	*	7	9	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	2.000	2.667	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	0.080	0.00	0.00%	1.46			P
6	Carlos Zambrano	CHC	2007-08-23	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.029	2.99	-0.04%	-0.36			P
7	Matt Cain	SFG	2007-07-18	*	5	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.66	-0.037	0.06	0.00%	-0.43			P
8	Carlos Zambrano	CHC	2007-07-18	*	6	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.60	-0.047	0.91	-0.04%	-1.05			P
9	Matt Cain	SFG	2006-05-10	*	6	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.97	-0.127	1.76	-0.07%	-1.18			P
10	Carlos Zambrano	CHC	2006-05-10	*	9	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.45	-0.025	0.29	-0.01%	-0.55			P

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Season data: Since 1871. Stats relying on play-by-play data are complete back to 1969, nearly complete back to 1950, and mostly complete back to 1912. Postseason data since 1903.

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