Tommy John vs. Les Cain: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Tommy John vs. Les Cain: Pitching Comparison

Tommy John vs. Les Cain: Totals

Tommy John vs. Les 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	Les Cain	20-24	1968	1972	23	19	.548	3.98	68	64	1	8	1	0	373.0	331	190	165	32	225	3	303	13	2	17	1645	591	91	3.94	1.491	8.0	0.8	5.4	7.3
2	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	288	231	.555	3.34	760	700	22	162	46	3	4710.1	4783	2017	1749	302	1259	102	2245	98	16	187	19692	6479	111	3.38	1.283	9.1	0.6	2.4	4.3

Tommy John vs. Les 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	Tommy John	34-39	1977	1982	6	3	.667	2.65	14	13	1	3	1	0	88.1	82	36	26	6	24	1	48	4	0	4	367	115		2.46	1.200	8.4	0.6	2.4	4.9

Tommy John vs. Les Cain: Value

Tommy John vs. Les Cain: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Les Cain	20-24	1968	1972	68	64	373.0	1.8	-1.6
2	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	760	700	4710.1	62.1	21.7

Tommy John vs. Les Cain: Totals Against

Tommy John vs. Les 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	Les Cain	20-24	1968	1972	68	64	373.0	591	1384	236	55	8	21	9	70.00	2	42	13	10	.239	.349	.360	.708	104	.121	.282	175	498	95	569	591
2	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	760	700	4710.1	6479	18042	3665	699	117	240	154	60.91	20	604	196	96	.265	.315	.367	.682	94	.102	.287	2112	6622	1118	6140	6479

Tommy John vs. Les 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	Tommy John	34-39	1977	1982	14	13	88.1	115	335	67	9	0	2	3	40.00	1	11	3	1	.245	.302	.325	.628		.081	.270	32	109	15	110	115

Tommy John vs. Les Cain: Starting & Relieving

Tommy John vs. Les Cain: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Les Cain	20-24	1968	1972	34	53	51.4	2	0	0	0		1	4
2	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	431	62	52.5	56	15	27	0	100.0	22	60

Tommy John vs. Les Cain: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Tommy John	34-39	1977	1982	8	62	54.8	3	2	67			1	1

Tommy John vs. Les Cain: Ratios

Tommy John vs. Les Cain: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Les Cain	20-24	1968	1972	68	64	373.0	18.4	13.7	4.7
2	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	760	700	4710.1	11.4	6.4	5.0

Tommy John vs. Les Cain: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Tommy John	34-39	1977	1982	14	13	88.1	13.1	6.5	6.5

Tommy John vs. Les Cain: Pitch Summary

Tommy John vs. Les Cain: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Les Cain	20-24	1968	1972	68	64	373.0
2	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	760	700	4710.1		88

Tommy John vs. Les Cain: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Tommy John	34-39	1977	1982	14	13	88.1	1180	96	718	60.85

Tommy John vs. Les Cain: Head-to-Head Pitching

Tommy John vs. Les Cain: Totals

Tommy John vs. Les 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	Tommy John	1	1	.500	2.61	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.1	14	7	3	1	3	1	4	4	0	0	54	1.645	12.2	0.9	2.6	3.5
2	Les Cain	1	0	1.000	4.32	2	1	0	0	0	0	8.1	8	5	4	0	3	1	5	0	0	0	34	1.320	8.6	0.0	3.2	5.4

Tommy John vs. Les Cain: Game Logs

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Tommy John vs. Les 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	Les Cain	DET	1971-06-05	GS-7, W	6.1	4	3	2	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	24	6	22	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	57			0.1	-0.01			0.62
2	Tommy John	CHW	1971-06-05	GS-5, L	4.2	9	6	2	4	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	28	14	26	7	2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	2	30			-0.3	-4.34			0.91
3	Les Cain	DET	1968-06-15	6-7	2.0	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	10	5	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0				0.0	-1.20	0	0	0.17
4	Tommy John	CHW	1968-06-15	GS-6, W	5.2	5	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	4	0	0	26	11	21	4	0	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	1	56			0.1	0.69			0.99

Tommy John vs. Les Cain: Batter vs. Pitcher

Tommy John (Pitcher) vs. Les Cain (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Tommy John (Pitcher) vs. Les 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	1971	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	0	0	0	0	0

Tommy John (Pitcher) vs. Les Cain (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Tommy John (Pitcher) vs. Les Cain (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1971	1971-06-05	DET	CHW	tied 0-0	t3	---	0		Reached on E4 (Ground Ball)
2	1971	1971-06-05	DET	CHW	ahead 1-4	t4	---	0		Double to RF
3	1971	1971-06-05	DET	CHW	ahead 1-5	t5	12-	1		Flyball: RF; B. Freehan to 3B

Les Cain (Pitcher) vs. Tommy John (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Les Cain (Pitcher) vs. Tommy John (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	1971	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0

Les Cain (Pitcher) vs. Tommy John (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Les Cain (Pitcher) vs. Tommy John (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1971	1971-06-05	CHW	DET	down 4-0	b3	-2-	1		Single to CF; W. Williams Scores/unER

Tommy John vs. Les Cain: Batting Comparison

Tommy John vs. Les Cain: Batting Totals

Tommy John vs. Les 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	Les Cain	20-24	1968	1972	69	145	137	9	21	3	0	2	11	0	0	2	45	.153	.165	.219	.384	6	30	1	0	6	0	0
2	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	452	1030	900	43	141	13	0	5	54	0	0	33	211	.157	.187	.188	.375	7	169	20	1	93	3	0

Tommy John vs. Les 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	Tommy John	34-39	1977	1982	14	14	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.083	.083	.083	.167	1	0	0	2	0	0

Tommy John vs. Les Cain: Batting Value

Tommy John vs. Les Cain: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Les Cain	20-24	1968	1972	69	145	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.0	-14	0	0	0
2	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	452	1030	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.1	-113	-1	-4	0

Tommy John vs. Les Cain: Batting Sabermetric

Tommy John vs. Les 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	Les Cain	20-24	1968	1972	69	145	5	23	28	123	5	.211	18	-18	-1.9	.066	3.0		0
2	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	452	1030	18	175	185	875	33	.198	92	-114	-12.2	.031	4.3		0

Tommy John vs. Les 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	Tommy John	34-39	1977	1982	14	14	0	1	1	13	0	.125	0			.000	3.0		0

Tommy John vs. Les Cain: Batting Win Probability

Tommy John vs. Les Cain: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Les Cain	20-24	1968	1972	69	145	-1.3	-1.4	0.0	-13.04	-1.4	-14.15	0.92
2	Tommy John	20-46	1963	1989	452	1030	-8.9	-11.2	1.3	-102.43	-11.0	-112.93	0.90

Tommy John vs. Les Cain: Head-to-Head Batting

Tommy John vs. Les Cain: Totals

Tommy John vs. Les 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	Tommy John	2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Les Cain	2	4	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0	0	0

Tommy John vs. Les Cain: Game Logs

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Tommy John vs. Les 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	Les Cain	DET	1971-06-05	*	7	9	4	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.50	0.061	0.74	0.05%	0.25			P
2	Tommy John	CHW	1971-06-05	*	5	9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.99	0.061	0.32	0.01%	0.84			P
3	Les Cain	DET	1968-06-15		3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Tommy John	CHW	1968-06-15	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.65	-0.031	0.37	-0.01%	-0.51			P

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