Matt Cain vs. Carlos Fisher — Career Comparison

Matt Cain
MillenialAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Carlos Fisher
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Matt Cain built a career as a starting pitcher and Carlos Fisher as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Matt Cain posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.68 and WHIP 1.248 compared to 4.74 and 1.591 for Carlos Fisher. By the career numbers, Matt Cain had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Matt Cain and Carlos Fisher

Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
342
1.48
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
6.75
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.43
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.45
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
0.51
Carlos Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.46
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.85
46.85
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.78
96.78
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.06
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
853
3.68
Carlos Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
4.74
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6257
27
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
296
27
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2085.2
9
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.2
9
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1849
7.98
Carlos Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
8.85
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.98
7.98
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.85
8.85
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
211
0.91
Carlos Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.73
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Carlos Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Carlos Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
3.07
Carlos Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
5.02
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.18
Carlos Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.46
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1694
7.31
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
7.84
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.31
7.31
Carlos Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.84
7.84
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.154
1.154
Carlos Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.429
1.429
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.3
Carlos Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.82
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.27
Carlos Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.27
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Carlos Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8699
37.54
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
39.77
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Carlos Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.74
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
910
3.93
Carlos Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
5.02
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.38
Carlos Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.36
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.29
Carlos Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.18
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
0.54
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.91
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.228
1.228
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.541
1.541
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7771
33.53
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
33.93
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Carlos Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54
Carlos Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.77
39.77

Fielding Stats for Matt Cain and Carlos Fisher

Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
342
1.48
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
6.75
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.43
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6257
27
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
296
27
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2085.2
9
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.2
9
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
0.57
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.27
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
0.99
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.28
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Carlos Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
377
1.63
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.73
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.55
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.55
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.49
95.49
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.47
89.47
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.053
1.053
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.78
96.78
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Matt Cain and Carlos Fisher

Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
349
295.76
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
6342.86
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
708
600
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
611
517.8
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
62.71
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
44.92
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
11.02
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.85
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
5.93
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
17.8
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.82
17.64
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
93.22
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
81.36
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.151
0.151
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.331
0.331
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
22.88
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
28.81
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
45.76
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.63
2.23
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.76
-65.49
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.85
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
17.8
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
308
261.02
Carlos Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.3
2.3
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
1.17
1.17
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
61.86
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.69
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.85
Carlos Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
Carlos Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA