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Boots Poffenberger vs. Sugar Cain: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Boots Poffenberger

5.7

178

137

987.1

53-60

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4.83

96

279

6.1

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Boots Poffenberger vs. Sugar Cain: Pitching Comparison

Boots Poffenberger vs. Sugar Cain: Totals

Boots Poffenberger vs. Sugar 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	Sugar Cain	25-31	1932	1938	53	60	.469	4.83	178	137	14	58	2	1	987.1	1119	611	530	67	569	19	279	15	0	12	4556	1788	96	5.22	1.710	10.2	0.6	5.2	2.5
2	Boots Poffenberger	21-23	1937	1939	16	12	.571	4.75	57	32	17	13	1	4	267.1	301	160	141	17	149	4	65	6	0	4	1220	473	103	5.20	1.683	10.1	0.6	5.0	2.2

Boots Poffenberger vs. Sugar Cain: Value

Boots Poffenberger vs. Sugar Cain: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Sugar Cain	25-31	1932	1938	178	137	987.1	7.5	-2.1
2	Boots Poffenberger	21-23	1937	1939	57	32	267.1	2.7	0.3

Boots Poffenberger vs. Sugar Cain: Totals Against

Boots Poffenberger vs. Sugar 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	Sugar Cain	25-31	1932	1938	178	137	987.1	1788	3903	820	195	37	38	30	55.88	1	115	70	0	.287	.380	.407	.787	107	.120	.296	604	1589	299	1703	1788
2	Boots Poffenberger	21-23	1937	1939	57	32	267.1	473	1045	238	41	5	7	4	63.64	1	34	17	0	.288	.380	.386	.766	95	.098	.295	153	403	63	456	473

Boots Poffenberger vs. Sugar Cain: Starting & Relieving

Boots Poffenberger vs. Sugar Cain: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Sugar Cain	25-31	1932	1938	50	36	43.9	28	19	68	3	25.0	14	41
2	Boots Poffenberger	21-23	1937	1939	8	25	41.4	26	7	27	0	100.0	17	25

Boots Poffenberger vs. Sugar Cain: Ratios

Boots Poffenberger vs. Sugar Cain: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Sugar Cain	25-31	1932	1938	178	137	987.1	6.1	12.5	-6.4
2	Boots Poffenberger	21-23	1937	1939	57	32	267.1	5.3	12.2	-6.9

Boots Poffenberger vs. Sugar Cain: Pitch Summary

Boots Poffenberger vs. Sugar Cain: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Sugar Cain	25-31	1932	1938	178	137	987.1		112
2	Boots Poffenberger	21-23	1937	1939	57	32	267.1

Boots Poffenberger vs. Sugar Cain: Head-to-Head Pitching

Boots Poffenberger vs. Sugar Cain: Totals

Boots Poffenberger vs. Sugar 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	Sugar Cain	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	0.250	0.0	0.0	2.3	0.0
2	Boots Poffenberger	1	0	1.000	4.70	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.2	9	4	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	33	1.565	10.6	0.0	3.5	1.2

Boots Poffenberger vs. Sugar Cain: Game Logs

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Boots Poffenberger vs. Sugar 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	Sugar Cain	CHW	1937-07-05 (1)	3-6	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	1	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	2.42	0	0	0.18
2	Boots Poffenberger	DET	1937-07-05 (1)	GS-8, W	7.2	9	4	4	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	33	12	30	8	1	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	43			0.1	0.48			0.87

Boots Poffenberger vs. Sugar Cain: Batter vs. Pitcher

Boots Poffenberger (Pitcher) vs. Sugar Cain (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Boots Poffenberger (Pitcher) vs. Sugar 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	1937	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

Boots Poffenberger (Pitcher) vs. Sugar Cain (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Boots Poffenberger (Pitcher) vs. Sugar Cain (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1937	1937-07-05 (1)	CHW	DET	down 6-0	t5	---	1		Groundout: 2B-1B

Sugar Cain (Pitcher) vs. Boots Poffenberger (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Sugar Cain (Pitcher) vs. Boots Poffenberger (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	1937	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

Sugar Cain (Pitcher) vs. Boots Poffenberger (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Sugar Cain (Pitcher) vs. Boots Poffenberger (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1937	1937-07-05 (1)	DET	CHW	ahead 0-6	b4	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B

Boots Poffenberger vs. Sugar Cain: Batting Comparison

Boots Poffenberger vs. Sugar Cain: Batting Totals

Boots Poffenberger vs. Sugar 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	Sugar Cain	25-31	1932	1938	180	376	344	18	56	4	0	0	21	0	0	13	83	.163	.196	.174	.370	-5	60		1	18		0
2	Boots Poffenberger	21-23	1937	1939	57	101	96	5	19	3	0	0	5	0	0	2	18	.198	.214	.229	.443	10	22	0	0	3		0

Boots Poffenberger vs. Sugar Cain: Batting Value

Boots Poffenberger vs. Sugar Cain: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Sugar Cain	25-31	1932	1938	180	376	-1.7	-1.7	-1.7	0.0	-59	1	-1	0
2	Boots Poffenberger	21-23	1937	1939	57	101	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	-14	1	0	0

Boots Poffenberger vs. Sugar Cain: Batting Sabermetric

Boots Poffenberger vs. Sugar 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	Sugar Cain	25-31	1932	1938	180	376	4	70	71	306	12	.215	39	-56	-5.3	.012	4.1		0
2	Boots Poffenberger	21-23	1937	1939	57	101	3	21	22	80	5	.244	10	-13	-1.3	.031	5.3		0

Boots Poffenberger vs. Sugar Cain: Batting Win Probability

Boots Poffenberger vs. Sugar Cain: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Sugar Cain	25-31	1932	1938	180	376	-4.9	-5.4	0.0	-58.72		-65.00	0.91
2	Boots Poffenberger	21-23	1937	1939	57	101	-0.9	-1.1	0.1	-12.78		-12.74	0.93

Boots Poffenberger vs. Sugar Cain: Head-to-Head Batting

Boots Poffenberger vs. Sugar Cain: Totals

Boots Poffenberger vs. Sugar 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	Sugar Cain	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0
2	Boots Poffenberger	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0

Boots Poffenberger vs. Sugar Cain: Game Logs

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Boots Poffenberger vs. Sugar 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	Sugar Cain	CHW	1937-07-05 (1)		5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	0.25	-0.007	1.16	-0.02%	-0.20			P
2	Boots Poffenberger	DET	1937-07-05 (1)	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0		0	0.36	-0.043	1.29	-0.09%	-1.01			P

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