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Mike Thompson vs. Les Cain: Pitching Comparison

Mike Thompson vs. Les Cain: Totals

Mike Thompson 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	Mike Thompson	21-25	1971	1975	1	15	.063	4.86	54	29	4	0	0	0	164.2	158	97	89	6	128	6	113	5	3	15	753	298	74	4.05	1.737	8.6	0.3	7.0	6.2

Mike Thompson vs. Les Cain: Value

Mike Thompson 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	Mike Thompson	21-25	1971	1975	54	29	164.2	-0.6	-2.2

Mike Thompson vs. Les Cain: Totals Against

Mike Thompson 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	Mike Thompson	21-25	1971	1975	54	29	164.2	298	601	129	22	1	13	13	50.00	1	18	15	4	.263	.394	.333	.727	112	.070	.313	79	200	29	291	298

Mike Thompson vs. Les Cain: Starting & Relieving

Mike Thompson 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	Mike Thompson	21-25	1971	1975	6	21	43.7	8	4	50	0		4	25

Mike Thompson vs. Les Cain: Ratios

Mike Thompson 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	Mike Thompson	21-25	1971	1975	54	29	164.2	15.0	17.0	-2.0

Mike Thompson vs. Les Cain: Pitch Summary

Mike Thompson 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	Mike Thompson	21-25	1971	1975	54	29	164.2		50

Mike Thompson vs. Les Cain: Head-to-Head Pitching

Mike Thompson vs. Les Cain: Totals

Mike Thompson 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	Les Cain	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	3	0	0	0	4	0	6	0	0	0	25	1.167	4.5	0.0	6.0	9.0
2	Mike Thompson	0	1	.000	11.57	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.2	4	6	6	2	5	1	2	0	0	0	22	1.929	7.7	3.9	9.6	3.9

Mike Thompson vs. Les Cain: Game Logs

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Mike Thompson 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	1971-05-23 (2)	GS-6, W	6.0	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	6	0	0	0	25	7	21	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	68			0.3	2.72			0.94
2	Mike Thompson	WSA	1971-05-23 (2)	GS-5, L	4.2	4	6	6	0	2	5	1	2	0	0	0	22	9	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	4	29			-0.1	-1.47			0.88

Mike Thompson vs. Les Cain: Batter vs. Pitcher

Mike Thompson (Pitcher) vs. Les Cain (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Mike Thompson (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	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0

Mike Thompson (Pitcher) vs. Les Cain (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Mike Thompson (Pitcher) vs. Les Cain (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1971	1971-05-23 (2)	DET	WSA	tied 0-0	b3	1--	0		Foul Popfly: 3B
2	1971	1971-05-23 (2)	DET	WSA	ahead 0-2	b5	---	1		Walk

Les Cain (Pitcher) vs. Mike Thompson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Les Cain (Pitcher) vs. Mike Thompson (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	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0

Les Cain (Pitcher) vs. Mike Thompson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Les Cain (Pitcher) vs. Mike Thompson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1971	1971-05-23 (2)	WSA	DET	tied 0-0	t3	1--	0		Strikeout
2	1971	1971-05-23 (2)	WSA	DET	down 2-0	t5	---	1		Single to RF

Mike Thompson vs. Les Cain: Batting Comparison

Mike Thompson vs. Les Cain: Batting Totals

Mike Thompson 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	Mike Thompson	21-25	1971	1975	54	46	41	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	28	.098	.159	.098	.257	-26	4	1	1	2	0	0

Mike Thompson vs. Les Cain: Batting Value

Mike Thompson 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	Mike Thompson	21-25	1971	1975	54	46	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	-7	0	0	0

Mike Thompson vs. Les Cain: Batting Sabermetric

Mike Thompson 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	Mike Thompson	21-25	1971	1975	54	46	0	7	7	40	2	.308	1	-7	-0.6	.000	1.5		0

Mike Thompson vs. Les Cain: Batting Win Probability

Mike Thompson 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	Mike Thompson	21-25	1971	1975	54	46	-0.8	-0.7	-0.1	-8.51		-7.60	1.01

Mike Thompson vs. Les Cain: Head-to-Head Batting

Mike Thompson vs. Les Cain: Totals

Mike Thompson 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	Les Cain	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Mike Thompson	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0

Mike Thompson vs. Les Cain: Game Logs

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Mike Thompson 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	1971-05-23 (2)	*	6	9	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.023	1.39	-0.02%	-0.10			P
2	Mike Thompson	WSA	1971-05-23 (2)	*	5	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.006	0.41	0.00%	-0.10			P

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