Jeff Baker vs. Clayton Kershaw — Matchup Analysis

This matchup has been a genuine battle. Baker is hitting 0.235 here, 11% below their career average, while Kershaw's career opposing average is 0.211. Baker also posted an OPS of 0.748, close to the career mark of 0.750. Kershaw has had the edge in strikeouts, with Baker going down once every 3 plate appearances here, more often than the career rate of once every 4.1 PA. No clear edge.

How Jeff Baker put the ball into play against Clayton Kershaw

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Clayton Kershaw to Jeff Baker

Matchup Details for Jeff Baker and Clayton Kershaw

Stats that describe the matchup between Jeff Baker and Clayton Kershaw including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
18
Jeff Baker Career Plate Appearances
1958
Clayton Kershaw Career Batters Faced
11279
In this matchup
17
Jeff Baker Career At Bats
1793
Clayton Kershaw Career At Bats Pitched
10391
In this matchup
0.235
Jeff Baker Career Batting Average
0.264
Clayton Kershaw Career Opposing Batting Average
0.211
In this matchup
4
Jeff Baker Career Hits
474
Clayton Kershaw Career Hits Allowed
2193
In this matchup
2
Jeff Baker Career Singles
297
In this matchup
1
Jeff Baker Career Doubles
108
In this matchup
0
Jeff Baker Career Triples
15
In this matchup
1
Jeff Baker Career Home Runs
54
Clayton Kershaw Career Home Runs Allowed
235

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
2
Jeff Baker Career Extra Base Hits
177
In this matchup
0.059
Jeff Baker Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.030
Clayton Kershaw Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.023
In this matchup
0.250
Jeff Baker Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.114
Clayton Kershaw Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.107

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
0.167
Jeff Baker Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.114
Clayton Kershaw Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.077
In this matchup
8
Jeff Baker Total Bases
774
In this matchup
5
Jeff Baker Career Times on Base
622
In this matchup
0.278
Jeff Baker Career On Base Percentage
0.318
In this matchup
0.471
Jeff Baker Career Slugging Percentage
0.432
In this matchup
0.748
Jeff Baker Career OPS
0.750
In this matchup
0.235
Jeff Baker Career Isolated Power
0.167
In this matchup
0.243
Jeff Baker Career Gross Production Average
0.251
In this matchup
0.300
Jeff Baker Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.327
Clayton Kershaw Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.276
In this matchup
2
Jeff Baker Career RBIs
235
In this matchup
2.222
Jeff Baker Career Runs Created
243.260
In this matchup
0
Jeff Baker Career Hit By Pitch
9
Clayton Kershaw Career Batters Hit By Pitch
46

Outs

In this matchup
7
In this matchup
1
Jeff Baker Career Walks
139
Clayton Kershaw Career Walks Allowed
713
In this matchup
0
Jeff Baker Career Intentional Walks
6
Clayton Kershaw Career Intentional Walks Allowed
28
In this matchup
6
Jeff Baker Career Strikeouts
472
Clayton Kershaw Career Strikeouts Thrown
3052
In this matchup
3.000
Jeff Baker Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
4.150
Clayton Kershaw Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
3.696
In this matchup
0.167
Jeff Baker Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.290
Clayton Kershaw Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.230

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.278
Jeff Baker Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.316
Clayton Kershaw Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.260

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
Jeff Baker Career Sacrifice Hits
1
Clayton Kershaw Career Sacrifice Hits
92
In this matchup
0
Jeff Baker Career Sacrifice Flies
16
Clayton Kershaw Career Sacrifice Flies
37
In this matchup
2
Jeff Baker Career Ground into Double Play
55
Clayton Kershaw Career Double Plays Enabled
209

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0