George Banks vs. Al Downing — Matchup Analysis
George Banks has absolutely raked against Downing. With only 7 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Banks. Banks's production against Downing has been exceptional: an OPS of 1.071, 44% above the career mark of 0.743, with a batting average of 0.250, 14% above their career average and above Downing's career opposing average of 0.230. Despite striking out once every 2.3 plate appearances here, more often than the career rate of once every 4.2 PA, Banks is still posting above-career production against Downing. Edge: Banks.
How George Banks put the ball into play against Al Downing
Balls and Strikes Thrown by Al Downing to George Banks
Matchup Details for George Banks and Al Downing
Stats that describe the matchup between George Banks and Al Downing including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
7
George Banks Career Plate Appearances
245
Al Downing Career Batters Faced
9539
In this matchup
0.250
George Banks Career Batting Average
0.219
Al Downing Career Opposing Batting Average
0.230
Grand Slams
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0
In the Park Home Runs
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0
In the Park Grand Slams
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0
In this matchup
0.000
George Banks Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.045
Al Downing Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.021
In this matchup
0.000
George Banks Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.205
Al Downing Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.091
Home Runs Per Strikeout
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0.000
George Banks Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.153
Al Downing Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.108
In this matchup
1.000
George Banks Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.256
Al Downing Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.265
In this matchup
0
George Banks Career Hit By Pitch
2
Al Downing Career Batters Hit By Pitch
31
Outs
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0
In this matchup
0
George Banks Career Intentional Walks
1
Al Downing Career Intentional Walks Allowed
32
In this matchup
3
George Banks Career Strikeouts
59
Al Downing Career Strikeouts Thrown
1639
In this matchup
2.333
George Banks Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
4.150
Al Downing Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
5.820
In this matchup
1.000
George Banks Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.630
Al Downing Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.570
Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance
In this matchup
0.571
George Banks Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.335
Al Downing Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.305
Batter Reached due to Defensive Indifference
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0
Batter Reached due to Error
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0
Batter Reached due to Interference
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0
In this matchup
0
George Banks Career Sacrifice Hits
1
Al Downing Career Sacrifice Hits
69
In this matchup
0
George Banks Career Sacrifice Flies
4
Al Downing Career Sacrifice Flies
25
In this matchup
0
George Banks Career Ground into Double Play
8
Al Downing Career Double Plays Enabled
34
Ground into Triple Play
In this matchup
0