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Dave LaRoche vs. Les Cain: Pitching Comparison

Dave LaRoche vs. Les Cain: Totals

Dave LaRoche 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	Dave LaRoche	22-35	1970	1983	65	58	.528	3.53	647	15	381	1	0	126	1049.1	919	448	411	94	459	81	819	29	7	18	4459	1445	106	3.62	1.313	7.9	0.8	3.9	7.0

Dave LaRoche 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	Dave LaRoche	31-33	1979	1981	0	0		3.86	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	9	3		1.99	1.286	7.7	0.0	3.9	11.6

Dave LaRoche vs. Les Cain: Value

Dave LaRoche 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	Dave LaRoche	22-35	1970	1983	647	15	1049.1	14.4	4.0

Dave LaRoche vs. Les Cain: Totals Against

Dave LaRoche 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	Dave LaRoche	22-35	1970	1983	647	15	1049.1	1445	3844	637	158	30	76	39	66.09	22	53	85	40	.239	.322	.369	.691	96	.130	.278	468	1419	282	1407	1445

Dave LaRoche 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	Dave LaRoche	31-33	1979	1981	2	0	2.1	3	5											.400	.500					1.000				3	3

Dave LaRoche vs. Les Cain: Starting & Relieving

Dave LaRoche 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	Dave LaRoche	22-35	1970	1983	2	13	44.1	628	183	29	41	75.4	381	632

Dave LaRoche 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	Dave LaRoche	31-33	1979	1981									1	2

Dave LaRoche vs. Les Cain: Ratios

Dave LaRoche 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	Dave LaRoche	22-35	1970	1983	647	15	1049.1	18.4	10.3	8.1

Dave LaRoche vs. Les Cain: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Dave LaRoche	31-33	1979	1981	2	0	2.1	33.3	11.1	22.2

Dave LaRoche vs. Les Cain: Pitch Summary

Dave LaRoche 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	Dave LaRoche	22-35	1970	1983	647	15	1049.1

Dave LaRoche vs. Les Cain: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Dave LaRoche	31-33	1979	1981	2	0	2.1

Dave LaRoche vs. Les Cain: Head-to-Head Pitching

Dave LaRoche vs. Les Cain: Totals

Dave LaRoche 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	Dave LaRoche	0	0		1.13	3	0	1	0	0	1	8.0	3	1	1	0	5	0	6	0	0	2	30	1.000	3.4	0.0	5.6	6.8
2	Les Cain	1	0	1.000	3.05	3	3	0	1	0	0	20.2	18	8	7	1	7	1	21	0	0	1	85	1.210	7.8	0.4	3.0	9.1

Dave LaRoche vs. Les Cain: Game Logs

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Dave LaRoche 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	1971-08-01	GS-4	3.2	5	3	3	0	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	19	8	15	2	2	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	3	38			-0.2	-1.60			1.14
2	Dave LaRoche	CAL	1971-08-01	3-7	5.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	2	17	2	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.3	1.64	1	1	1.39
3	Les Cain	DET	1970-08-25 (1)	GS-9	8.0	9	4	3	1	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	32	10	31	6	3	0	0	0	0	12	2	0	0	3	58			0.1	0.77			1.13
4	Dave LaRoche	CAL	1970-08-25 (1)	12-GF(12), S	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.47	0	0	1.13
5	Les Cain	DET	1970-08-16	CG, W	9.0	4	1	1	0	0	3	0	10	0	0	1	34	7	30	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	1	82			0.2	3.01			0.55
6	Dave LaRoche	CAL	1970-08-16	6-7	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	10	6	6	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0				0.0	-0.11	0	0	0.21

Dave LaRoche vs. Les Cain: Batter vs. Pitcher

Dave LaRoche (Pitcher) vs. Les Cain (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Dave LaRoche (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	1970	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Dave LaRoche (Pitcher) vs. Les Cain (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Dave LaRoche (Pitcher) vs. Les Cain (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1970	1970-08-16	DET	CAL	ahead 1-5	t7	1-3	1		Popfly: SS

Les Cain (Pitcher) vs. Dave LaRoche (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Les Cain (Pitcher) vs. Dave LaRoche (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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0

Les Cain (Pitcher) vs. Dave LaRoche (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Les Cain (Pitcher) vs. Dave LaRoche (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1971	1971-08-01	CAL	DET	ahead 2-3	t4	1--	1		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; J. Moses to 2B

Dave LaRoche vs. Les Cain: Batting Comparison

Dave LaRoche vs. Les Cain: Batting Totals

Dave LaRoche 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	Dave LaRoche	22-35	1970	1983	254	70	61	7	15	3	0	0	2	0	0	7	13	.246	.324	.295	.619	76	18	1	0	2	0	0

Dave LaRoche vs. Les Cain: Batting Value

Dave LaRoche 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	Dave LaRoche	22-35	1970	1983	254	70	0.7	0.7	0.7	-0.1	-1	0	0	0

Dave LaRoche vs. Les Cain: Batting Sabermetric

Dave LaRoche 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	Dave LaRoche	22-35	1970	1983	254	70	3	22	24	49	7	.313	9	-2	-0.2	.049	4.7		0

Dave LaRoche 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	Dave LaRoche	31-33	1979	1981	2	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Dave LaRoche vs. Les Cain: Batting Win Probability

Dave LaRoche 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		-14.15	0.92
2	Dave LaRoche	22-35	1970	1983	254	70	0.0	-0.2	0.3	0.91		-0.78	0.76

Dave LaRoche vs. Les Cain: Head-to-Head Batting

Dave LaRoche vs. Les Cain: Totals

Dave LaRoche 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	Dave LaRoche	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Les Cain	3	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	0	0	0

Dave LaRoche vs. Les Cain: Game Logs

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Dave LaRoche 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	1971-08-01	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.031	0.37	-0.01%	-0.27			P
2	Dave LaRoche	CAL	1971-08-01		6	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.81	-0.028	0.07	0.00%	-0.27			P
3	Les Cain	DET	1970-08-25 (1)	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.79	-0.066	0.08	0.00%	-0.83			P
4	Dave LaRoche	CAL	1970-08-25 (1)		1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
5	Les Cain	DET	1970-08-16	*	9	9	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.33	-0.045	0.05	0.00%	-1.24			P
6	Dave LaRoche	CAL	1970-08-16		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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