Luis Alvarado vs. Andy Messersmith — Matchup Analysis

Andy Messersmith has had the better of this matchup. Alvarado is hitting just 0.176 in this matchup, 18% below their career average and below Messersmith's career opposing average of 0.212. Alvarado also posted an OPS of 0.471, modestly below the career mark of 0.517. Messersmith has been dominant in the strikeout department too, sending Alvarado down once every 4.3 plate appearances against a career rate of once every 7.7 PA, and Alvarado has yet to take Messersmith deep. Slight edge: Messersmith.

How Luis Alvarado put the ball into play against Andy Messersmith

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Andy Messersmith to Luis Alvarado

Matchup Details for Luis Alvarado and Andy Messersmith

Stats that describe the matchup between Luis Alvarado and Andy Messersmith including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
17
Luis Alvarado Career Plate Appearances
1231
Andy Messersmith Career Batters Faced
9120
In this matchup
17
Luis Alvarado Career At Bats
1160
Andy Messersmith Career At Bats Pitched
8126
In this matchup
0.176
Luis Alvarado Career Batting Average
0.214
Andy Messersmith Career Opposing Batting Average
0.212
In this matchup
3
Luis Alvarado Career Hits
248
Andy Messersmith Career Hits Allowed
1719
In this matchup
2
Luis Alvarado Career Singles
196
In this matchup
0
Luis Alvarado Career Doubles
43
In this matchup
1
Luis Alvarado Career Triples
4
In this matchup
0
Luis Alvarado Career Home Runs
5
Andy Messersmith Career Home Runs Allowed
174

Grand Slams

In this matchup
0

In the Park Home Runs

In this matchup
0

In the Park Grand Slams

In this matchup
0
In this matchup
1
Luis Alvarado Career Extra Base Hits
52
In this matchup
0.000
Luis Alvarado Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.004
Andy Messersmith Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.021
In this matchup
0.000
Luis Alvarado Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.020
Andy Messersmith Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.101

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
0.000
Luis Alvarado Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.031
Andy Messersmith Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.107
In this matchup
5
Luis Alvarado Total Bases
314
In this matchup
3
Luis Alvarado Career Times on Base
300
In this matchup
0.176
Luis Alvarado Career On Base Percentage
0.247
In this matchup
0.294
Luis Alvarado Career Slugging Percentage
0.271
In this matchup
0.471
Luis Alvarado Career OPS
0.517
In this matchup
0.118
Luis Alvarado Career Isolated Power
0.057
In this matchup
0.153
Luis Alvarado Career Gross Production Average
0.179
In this matchup
0.231
Luis Alvarado Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.243
Andy Messersmith Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.244
In this matchup
2
Luis Alvarado Career RBIs
84
In this matchup
0.882
Luis Alvarado Career Runs Created
71.710
In this matchup
0
Luis Alvarado Career Hit By Pitch
3
Andy Messersmith Career Batters Hit By Pitch
40

Outs

In this matchup
10
In this matchup
0
Luis Alvarado Career Walks
49
Andy Messersmith Career Walks Allowed
831
In this matchup
0
Luis Alvarado Career Intentional Walks
10
Andy Messersmith Career Intentional Walks Allowed
44
In this matchup
4
Luis Alvarado Career Strikeouts
160
Andy Messersmith Career Strikeouts Thrown
1625
In this matchup
4.250
Luis Alvarado Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
7.690
Andy Messersmith Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
5.612
In this matchup
0.000
Luis Alvarado Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.310
Andy Messersmith Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.510

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.176
Luis Alvarado Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.249
Andy Messersmith Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.284

Batter Reached due to Defensive Indifference

In this matchup
0

Batter Reached due to Error

In this matchup
0

Batter Reached due to Interference

In this matchup
0
In this matchup
0
Luis Alvarado Career Sacrifice Hits
14
Andy Messersmith Career Sacrifice Hits
87
In this matchup
0
Luis Alvarado Career Sacrifice Flies
5
Andy Messersmith Career Sacrifice Flies
36
In this matchup
0
Luis Alvarado Career Ground into Double Play
27
Andy Messersmith Career Double Plays Enabled
80

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0