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Brad Penny vs. Matt Cain: Pitching Comparison

Brad Penny vs. Matt Cain: Totals

Brad Penny 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	Brad Penny	22-36	2000	2014	121	101	.545	4.29	349	319	10	4	2	0	1925.0	2030	990	917	194	619	38	1273	53	6	54	8218	2769	99	4.12	1.376	9.5	0.9	2.9	6.0

Brad Penny 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	Brad Penny	25-33	2003	2011	3	2	.600	7.66	9	4	0	0	0	0	24.2	38	22	21	5	13	2	15	0	0	1	120	51		3.95	2.068	13.9	1.8	4.7	5.5

Brad Penny vs. Matt Cain: Value

Brad Penny 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	Brad Penny	22-36	2000	2014	349	319	1925.0	18.8	2.9

Brad Penny vs. Matt Cain: Totals Against

Brad Penny 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	Brad Penny	22-36	2000	2014	349	319	1925.0	2769	7419	1351	435	50	167	54	75.57	4	218	78	47	.274	.332	.424	.756	102	.151	.306	1057	3147	679	2702	2769

Brad Penny 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	Brad Penny	25-33	2003	2011	9	4	24.2	51	104	29	4	0	3	0	100.00	0	3	2	1	.365	.432	.548	.980		.183	.388	28	57	9	51	51

Brad Penny vs. Matt Cain: Starting & Relieving

Brad Penny 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	Brad Penny	22-36	2000	2014	168	53	49.8	12	2	17	0		10	30

Brad Penny 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	Brad Penny	25-33	2003	2011	1	25	39.3	1	1	100	1	0.0	0	5

Brad Penny vs. Matt Cain: Ratios

Brad Penny 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	Brad Penny	22-36	2000	2014	349	319	1925.0	15.5	7.5	8.0

Brad Penny 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	Brad Penny	25-33	2003	2011	9	4	24.2	12.5	10.8	1.7

Brad Penny vs. Matt Cain: Pitch Summary

Brad Penny 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	Brad Penny	22-36	2000	2014	349	319	1925.0	30985	95	19666	63.47

Brad Penny 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	Brad Penny	25-33	2003	2011	9	4	24.2	419	77	254	60.62

Brad Penny vs. Matt Cain: Head-to-Head Pitching

Brad Penny vs. Matt Cain: Totals

Brad Penny 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	Brad Penny	2	0	1.000	2.18	3	3	0	0	0	0	20.2	23	6	5	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	84	1.161	10.0	0.0	0.4	4.4
2	Matt Cain	0	2	.000	5.63	3	3	0	0	0	0	16.0	22	10	10	4	5	1	12	1	0	0	74	1.688	12.4	2.3	2.8	6.8

Brad Penny vs. Matt Cain: Game Logs

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Brad Penny 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	2010-04-25	GS-5, L	5.0	6	2	2	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	22	7	19	4	1	0	1	0	0	10	0	1	1	2	50	98	68	0.0	0.37			0.82
2	Brad Penny	STL	2010-04-25	GS-8, W	7.2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	30	8	29	6	2	0	0	0	0	10	1	1	0	2	65	99	61	0.5	3.57			1.16
3	Matt Cain	SFG	2007-09-09	GS-7	7.0	6	2	2	0	2	1	1	4	1	0	0	28	8	26	3	0	1	0	1	0	14	0	0	0	3	60	109	75	0.1	1.72			1.05
4	Brad Penny	LAD	2007-09-09	GS-8	7.0	8	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	29	9	27	5	3	0	0	0	0	11	1	1	0	3	53	82	53	0.2	2.09			1.18
5	Matt Cain	SFG	2006-08-12	GS-5, L	4.0	10	6	6	0	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	24	13	20	6	2	1	1	0	0	17	1	1	0	4	19	95	56	-0.5	-3.82			1.03
6	Brad Penny	LAD	2006-08-12	GS-6, W	6.0	7	4	3	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	25	8	24	5	2	0	1	0	0	9	1	1	0	2	51	103	66	-0.1	-0.73			1.07

Brad Penny vs. Matt Cain: Batter vs. Pitcher

Brad Penny (Pitcher) vs. Matt Cain (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Brad Penny (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	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	2007	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	1	0
3	2010	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	7	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	.200	.333	.200	.533	1	0	0	1	0

Brad Penny (Pitcher) vs. Matt Cain (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Brad Penny (Pitcher) vs. Matt Cain (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2006	2006-08-12	LAD	SFG	ahead 0-2	b2	--3	1	2 (0-1)	Single to 2B (Pop Fly); J. Loney Scores
2	2006	2006-08-12	LAD	SFG	tied 3-3	b4	-2-	0	1 (0-0)	Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; J. Loney to 3B
3	2007	2007-09-09	LAD	SFG	tied 1-1	t2	12-	2	1 (0-0)	Groundout: 2B-1B
4	2007	2007-09-09	LAD	SFG	tied 1-1	t5	---	2	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
5	2007	2007-09-09	LAD	SFG	ahead 1-2	t7	1-3	2	1 (0-0)	Hit By Pitch; N. Garciaparra to 2B
6	2010	2010-04-25	STL	SFG	ahead 0-1	t2	12-	2	4 (1-2)	Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
7	2010	2010-04-25	STL	SFG	ahead 0-2	t5	---	0	7 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Matt Cain (Pitcher) vs. Brad Penny (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Matt Cain (Pitcher) vs. Brad Penny (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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	2007	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	2010	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Matt Cain (Pitcher) vs. Brad Penny (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Matt Cain (Pitcher) vs. Brad Penny (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2006	2006-08-12	SFG	LAD	down 3-0	t3	---	2	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	2006	2006-08-12	SFG	LAD	down 4-3	t5	---	1	5 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
3	2007	2007-09-09	SFG	LAD	tied 1-1	b2	1--	2	3 (1-1)	Popfly: 3B
4	2007	2007-09-09	SFG	LAD	tied 1-1	b4	--3	2	1 (0-0)	Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
5	2010	2010-04-25	SFG	STL	down 1-0	b3	1--	1	2 (1-0)	Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice (Short 1B Line); A. Torres to 2B

Brad Penny vs. Matt Cain: Batting Comparison

Brad Penny vs. Matt Cain: Batting Totals

Brad Penny 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	Brad Penny	22-36	2000	2014	288	578	529	27	83	17	2	3	34	0	0	3	173	.157	.166	.214	.380	-1	113	4	3	43	0	0

Brad Penny 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	Brad Penny	25-33	2003	2011	9	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	1	0	0

Brad Penny vs. Matt Cain: Batting Value

Brad Penny 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	Brad Penny	22-36	2000	2014	288	578	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-83	2	0	0

Brad Penny vs. Matt Cain: Batting Sabermetric

Brad Penny 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	Brad Penny	22-36	2000	2014	288	578	22	89	90	493	23	.227	58	-80	-7.9	.057	3.1		0

Brad Penny 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	Brad Penny	25-33	2003	2011	9	5	0	2	2	3	2	.667	2			.000	4.0		0

Brad Penny vs. Matt Cain: Batting Win Probability

Brad Penny 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	Brad Penny	22-36	2000	2014	288	578	-7.3	-8.0	0.2	-87.95	-8.5	-88.69	0.94

Brad Penny vs. Matt Cain: Head-to-Head Batting

Brad Penny vs. Matt Cain: Totals

Brad Penny 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	Brad Penny	3	9	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.143	.250	.143	.393	1	0	1	1	0	0
2	Matt Cain	3	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Brad Penny vs. Matt Cain: Game Logs

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Brad Penny 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	2010-04-25	*	5	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0	1.44	-0.022	1.63	-0.02%	-0.19			P
2	Brad Penny	STL	2010-04-25	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.092	1.40	-0.07%	-1.13			P
3	Matt Cain	SFG	2007-09-09	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.071	0.00	0.00%	-0.62			P
4	Brad Penny	LAD	2007-09-09	*	8	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.45	-0.039	3.15	-0.05%	-0.29			P
5	Matt Cain	SFG	2006-08-12	*	5	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.64	-0.033	0.49	-0.02%	-0.29			P
6	Brad Penny	LAD	2006-08-12	*	7	9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.89	0.016	1.97	0.02%	0.27			P

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