Matt Cain vs. Jordan Zimmermann — Career Comparison

Matt Cain
MillenialAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Jordan Zimmermann
MillenialWisconsinThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Matt Cain a clear advantage over Jordan Zimmermann across the core pitching metrics. Matt Cain led in run prevention (ERA+ 113 vs 87), strikeout rate (K%+ 101 vs 82), and home run suppression (HR9+ 106 vs 91). Jordan Zimmermann held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 148 vs 101). Matt Cain was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Matt Cain and Jordan Zimmermann

Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
342
1.48
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
1.56
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
331
1.43
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
1.53
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
0.45
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.53
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
0.51
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
0.51
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.85
46.85
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.08
51.08
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.78
96.78
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.57
98.57
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.06
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
853
3.68
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
730
4.07
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6257
27
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4842
27
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2085.2
9
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
1614
9
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1849
7.98
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1673
9.33
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.98
7.98
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.33
9.33
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
0.91
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
1.09
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
712
3.07
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
346
1.93
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.18
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.07
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.07
3.07
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1694
7.31
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
1271
7.09
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.09
7.09
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.154
1.154
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.002
1.002
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.3
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.14
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.27
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.33
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8699
37.54
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6766
37.73
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
910
3.93
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
789
4.4
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.38
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.3
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.29
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.23
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
0.54
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.63
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.228
1.228
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.251
1.251
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7771
33.53
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6266
34.94
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.83
2.83
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.73
37.73

Fielding Stats for Matt Cain and Jordan Zimmermann

Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
342
1.48
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
1.56
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
331
1.43
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
1.53
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6257
27
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4842
27
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2085.2
9
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
1614
9
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
0.57
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.58
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
0.99
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
1.1
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.08
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
377
1.63
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
1.76
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.55
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
301
1.68
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.49
95.49
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.56
95.56
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.053
1.053
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.079
1.079
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.78
96.78
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.57
98.57
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Matt Cain and Jordan Zimmermann

Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
349
295.76
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
282
432.74
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
708
600
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
391
600
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
611
517.8
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
335
514.07
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.412
0.412
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
62.71
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
56
85.93
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
44.92
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
75.19
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
11.02
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
6
9.21
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.85
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
5.93
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.53
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
17.8
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
7
10.74
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.018
0.018
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20.82
17.64
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12.27
18.83
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110
93.22
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
65
99.74
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
96
81.36
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
66
101.28
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.331
0.331
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
22.88
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
27.62
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
28.81
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
15
23.02
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
45.76
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
49.1
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
2.63
2.23
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.71
14.9
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.85
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
17.8
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
10
15.35
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
308
261.02
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
161.13
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
2.3
2.3
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
3.72
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
61.86
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
44
67.52
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.69
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.07
Matt Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.85
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.07
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PA