Rick Auerbach vs. Phil Niekro — Matchup Analysis

Rick Auerbach has absolutely raked against Niekro. With only 6 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Auerbach. Auerbach's production against Niekro has been exceptional: an OPS of 0.833, 46% above the career mark of 0.572, with a batting average of 0.167, 24% below their career average and below Niekro's career opposing average of 0.246. Auerbach has also gone deep at or above the career pace. Edge: Auerbach.

How Rick Auerbach put the ball into play against Phil Niekro

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Phil Niekro to Rick Auerbach

Matchup Details for Rick Auerbach and Phil Niekro

Stats that describe the matchup between Rick Auerbach and Phil Niekro including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
6
Rick Auerbach Career Plate Appearances
1567
Phil Niekro Career Batters Faced
22677
In this matchup
6
Rick Auerbach Career At Bats
1407
Phil Niekro Career At Bats Pitched
20491
In this matchup
0.167
Rick Auerbach Career Batting Average
0.220
Phil Niekro Career Opposing Batting Average
0.246
In this matchup
1
Rick Auerbach Career Hits
309
Phil Niekro Career Hits Allowed
5044
In this matchup
0
Rick Auerbach Career Singles
239
In this matchup
0
Rick Auerbach Career Doubles
56
In this matchup
0
Rick Auerbach Career Triples
5
In this matchup
1
Rick Auerbach Career Home Runs
9
Phil Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed
482

Grand Slams

In this matchup
0

In the Park Home Runs

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0

In the Park Grand Slams

In this matchup
0
In this matchup
1
Rick Auerbach Career Extra Base Hits
70
In this matchup
0.167
Rick Auerbach Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.006
Phil Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.024
In this matchup
1.000
Rick Auerbach Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.029
Phil Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.096

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
0.000
Rick Auerbach Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.045
Phil Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.144
In this matchup
4
Rick Auerbach Total Bases
402
In this matchup
1
Rick Auerbach Career Times on Base
442
In this matchup
0.167
Rick Auerbach Career On Base Percentage
0.286
In this matchup
0.667
Rick Auerbach Career Slugging Percentage
0.286
In this matchup
0.833
Rick Auerbach Career OPS
0.572
In this matchup
0.500
Rick Auerbach Career Isolated Power
0.066
In this matchup
0.242
Rick Auerbach Career Gross Production Average
0.200
In this matchup
0.000
Rick Auerbach Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.249
Phil Niekro Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.274
In this matchup
1
Rick Auerbach Career RBIs
86
In this matchup
0.667
Rick Auerbach Career Runs Created
118.850
In this matchup
0
Rick Auerbach Career Hit By Pitch
6
Phil Niekro Career Batters Hit By Pitch
123

Outs

In this matchup
4
In this matchup
0
Rick Auerbach Career Walks
127
Phil Niekro Career Walks Allowed
1809
In this matchup
0
Rick Auerbach Career Intentional Walks
10
Phil Niekro Career Intentional Walks Allowed
86
In this matchup
0
Rick Auerbach Career Strikeouts
198
Phil Niekro Career Strikeouts Thrown
3342
In this matchup
0.000
Rick Auerbach Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
7.910
Phil Niekro Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
6.785
In this matchup
0.000
Rick Auerbach Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.640
Phil Niekro Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.540

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.167
Rick Auerbach Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.285
Phil Niekro Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.306

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
Rick Auerbach Career Sacrifice Hits
22
Phil Niekro Career Sacrifice Hits
167
In this matchup
0
Rick Auerbach Career Sacrifice Flies
5
Phil Niekro Career Sacrifice Flies
87
In this matchup
0
Rick Auerbach Career Ground into Double Play
36
Phil Niekro Career Double Plays Enabled
292

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0