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Les Cain vs. Bill Parsons: Pitching Comparison

Les Cain vs. Bill Parsons: Totals

Les Cain vs. Bill Parsons: 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	Bill Parsons	22-25	1971	1974	29	36	.446	3.89	93	82	1	22	6	0	520.1	473	247	225	52	231	19	282	7	3	19	2224	735	85	4.03	1.353	8.2	0.9	4.0	4.9

Les Cain vs. Bill Parsons: Value

Les Cain vs. Bill Parsons: 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	Bill Parsons	22-25	1971	1974	93	82	520.1	0.6	-4.2

Les Cain vs. Bill Parsons: Totals Against

Les Cain vs. Bill Parsons: 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	Bill Parsons	22-25	1971	1974	93	82	520.1	735	1953	338	73	10	22	17	56.41	1	38	16	17	.242	.322	.370	.692	107	.127	.257	233	722	135	711	735

Les Cain vs. Bill Parsons: Starting & Relieving

Les Cain vs. Bill Parsons: 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	Bill Parsons	22-25	1971	1974	43	52	52.1	12	5	42	0		1	11

Les Cain vs. Bill Parsons: Ratios

Les Cain vs. Bill Parsons: 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	Bill Parsons	22-25	1971	1974	93	82	520.1	12.7	10.4	2.3

Les Cain vs. Bill Parsons: Pitch Summary

Les Cain vs. Bill Parsons: 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	Bill Parsons	22-25	1971	1974	93	82	520.1

Les Cain vs. Bill Parsons: Head-to-Head Pitching

Les Cain vs. Bill Parsons: Totals

Les Cain vs. Bill Parsons: 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	Les Cain	1	0	1.000	3.75	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	6	5	5	1	8	0	11	0	0	0	48	1.167	4.5	0.8	6.0	8.3
2	Bill Parsons	0	1	.000	4.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	10	7	6	0	7	2	10	0	0	1	53	1.417	7.5	0.0	5.3	7.5

Les Cain vs. Bill Parsons: Game Logs

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Les Cain vs. Bill Parsons: 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	1972-05-24	GS-6	5.1	0	3	3	0	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	21	5	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	56			0.1	0.94			1.04
2	Bill Parsons	MIL	1972-05-24	GS-5	5.0	5	3	3	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	0	25	11	19	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	1	1	42			-0.2	-1.01			0.90
3	Les Cain	DET	1971-05-28	GS-7, W	6.2	6	2	2	0	1	3	0	6	0	0	0	27	9	24	3	2	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	3	57			0.1	0.57			0.88
4	Bill Parsons	MIL	1971-05-28	GS-7, L	7.0	5	4	3	1	0	3	0	9	0	0	1	28	8	25	4	0	1	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	1	59			-0.2	-1.04			0.74

Les Cain vs. Bill Parsons: Batter vs. Pitcher

Les Cain (Pitcher) vs. Bill Parsons (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Les Cain (Pitcher) vs. Bill Parsons (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	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1972	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	0	0	0	0	0

Les Cain (Pitcher) vs. Bill Parsons (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Les Cain (Pitcher) vs. Bill Parsons (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1971	1971-05-28	MIL	DET	down 4-0	b3	---	2		Walk
2	1971	1971-05-28	MIL	DET	down 4-2	b5	---	2		Single to CF
3	1972	1972-05-24	MIL	DET	down 2-0	t3	---	0		Groundout: 3B-1B

Bill Parsons (Pitcher) vs. Les Cain (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bill Parsons (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	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1972	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Bill Parsons (Pitcher) vs. Les Cain (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bill Parsons (Pitcher) vs. Les Cain (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1971	1971-05-28	DET	MIL	tied 0-0	t3	1--	0		Strikeout
2	1971	1971-05-28	DET	MIL	ahead 0-4	t5	---	0		Strikeout
3	1971	1971-05-28	DET	MIL	ahead 2-4	t7	---	1		Strikeout
4	1972	1972-05-24	DET	MIL	ahead 0-2	b2	1--	0		Reached on E2/Sacrifice Bunt; E. Brinkman to 2B
5	1972	1972-05-24	DET	MIL	ahead 0-3	b3	123	2		Groundout: 1B unassisted

Les Cain vs. Bill Parsons: Batting Comparison

Les Cain vs. Bill Parsons: Batting Totals

Les Cain vs. Bill Parsons: 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	Bill Parsons	22-25	1971	1974	69	166	139	8	23	4	0	1	15	0	0	11	61	.165	.224	.216	.440	30	30	2	0	14	2	0

Les Cain vs. Bill Parsons: Batting Value

Les Cain vs. Bill Parsons: 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	Bill Parsons	22-25	1971	1974	69	166	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.0	-11	1	-1	0

Les Cain vs. Bill Parsons: Batting Sabermetric

Les Cain vs. Bill Parsons: 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	Bill Parsons	22-25	1971	1974	69	166	5	34	37	134	8	.278	22	-12	-1.4	.050	2.3		0

Les Cain vs. Bill Parsons: Batting Win Probability

Les Cain vs. Bill Parsons: 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	Bill Parsons	22-25	1971	1974	69	166	-0.7	-1.1	0.3	-8.49		-10.42	0.92

Les Cain vs. Bill Parsons: Head-to-Head Batting

Les Cain vs. Bill Parsons: Totals

Les Cain vs. Bill Parsons: 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	Les Cain	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Bill Parsons	2	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	0	0	0

Les Cain vs. Bill Parsons: Game Logs

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Les Cain vs. Bill Parsons: 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	1972-05-24	*	6	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.007	1.97	0.01%	-0.11			P
2	Bill Parsons	MIL	1972-05-24	*	6	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.96	-0.023	0.68	-0.01%	-0.19			P
3	Les Cain	DET	1971-05-28	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.78	-0.053	1.19	-0.05%	-0.67			P
4	Bill Parsons	MIL	1971-05-28	*	7	9	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.36	0.026	0.22	0.01%	0.23			P

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