Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: Pitching Comparison

Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: Totals

Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: 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	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	153	80	.657	3.18	317	317	0	8	5	0	1954.0	1627	740	690	217	500	7	2251	61	9	58	7861	2233	130	3.16	1.089	7.5	1.0	2.3	10.4

Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: 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	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	11	6	.647	2.77	22	22	0	0	0	0	133.1	100	50	41	19	36	1	156	3	0	1	537	145		2.84	1.020	6.8	1.3	2.4	10.5

Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: Value

Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: 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	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	317	317	1954.0	42.7	26.1

Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: Totals Against

Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: 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	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	317	317	1954.0	2233	7231	1069	316	25	158	46	77.45	4	140	36	31	.225	.280	.366	.645	77	.141	.294	746	2644	558	2188	2233

Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: 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	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	22	22	133.1	145	495	62	17	2	5	1	83.33	0	6	0	3	.202	.259	.360	.618		.158	.251	51	178	38	139	145

Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: Starting & Relieving

Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: 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	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	210	66	58.9				0		0	0

Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: 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	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	13	59	60.4						0	0

Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: Ratios

Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: 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	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	317	317	1954.0	28.6	6.4	22.3

Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: 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	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	22	22	133.1	29.1	6.7	22.3

Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: Pitch Summary

Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: 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	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	317	317	1954.0	29643	98	19519	65.85

Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: 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	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	22	22	133.1	2083	95	1383	66.39

Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: Head-to-Head Pitching

Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: Totals

Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: 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	Gerrit Cole	1	0	1.000	3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	6	2	2	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	27	1.667	9.0	0.0	6.0	6.0
2	Matt Cain	0	1	.000	4.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	6	6	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	19	1.750	13.5	2.3	2.3	2.3

Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: Game Logs

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Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: 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	2017-07-24	GS-4, L	4.0	6	6	2	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	19	8	17	3	2	0	1	0	0	11	1	1	0	3	34	72	44	-0.3	-3.97			0.72
2	Gerrit Cole	PIT	2017-07-24	GS-6, W	6.0	6	2	2	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	27	10	23	5	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	52	115	67	0.1	1.04			0.72

Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: Batter vs. Pitcher

Gerrit Cole (Pitcher) vs. Matt Cain (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Gerrit Cole (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	2017	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Gerrit Cole (Pitcher) vs. Matt Cain (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Gerrit Cole (Pitcher) vs. Matt Cain (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2017	2017-07-24	PIT	SFG	ahead 0-2	t2	1--	1	1 (0-0)	Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice (Short 1B Line); J. Mercer to 2B
2	2017	2017-07-24	PIT	SFG	ahead 0-6	t4	---	1	3 (1-1)	Groundout: SS-1B

Matt Cain (Pitcher) vs. Gerrit Cole (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Matt Cain (Pitcher) vs. Gerrit Cole (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	2017	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Matt Cain (Pitcher) vs. Gerrit Cole (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Matt Cain (Pitcher) vs. Gerrit Cole (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2017	2017-07-24	SFG	PIT	down 6-0	b3	---	0	6 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: Batting Comparison

Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: Batting Totals

Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: 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	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	128	286	251	17	41	2	0	3	15	0	0	6	112	.163	.186	.207	.393	8	52	4	1	28	0	0

Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: 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	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	22	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	0	0	0

Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: Batting Value

Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: 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	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	128	286	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.0	-34	0	-1	0

Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: Batting Sabermetric

Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: 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	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	128	286	5	48	50	242	12	.279	29	-32	-3.4	.044	2.2		0

Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: 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	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	22	8	0	1	1	7	0	.250	1			.000	2.0		0

Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: Batting Win Probability

Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: 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	Gerrit Cole	22-33	2013	2024	128	286	-3.2	-3.5	0.2	-35.62	-3.7	-37.23	0.98

Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: Head-to-Head Batting

Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: Totals

Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: 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	Gerrit Cole	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Matt Cain	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: Game Logs

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Gerrit Cole vs. Matt Cain: 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	2017-07-24	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.43	-0.011	0.00	0.00%	-0.24			P
2	Gerrit Cole	PIT	2017-07-24	*	7	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.52	-0.032	0.51	-0.02%	-0.87			P

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