Johnny Bench vs. Tommy John — Matchup Analysis

Tommy John has had the better of this matchup. Bench is hitting just 0.236 in this matchup, 11% below their career average and below John's career opposing average of 0.264. Bench also posted an OPS of 0.661, modestly below the career mark of 0.817. Even with Bench striking out less often than usual, once every 12.6 PA versus a career rate of once every 6.8 PA, the overall production numbers still favor John. Slight edge: John.

How Johnny Bench put the ball into play against Tommy John

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Tommy John to Johnny Bench

Matchup Details for Johnny Bench and Tommy John

Stats that describe the matchup between Johnny Bench and Tommy John including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
63
Johnny Bench Career Plate Appearances
8669
Tommy John Career Batters Faced
19692
In this matchup
55
Johnny Bench Career At Bats
7658
Tommy John Career At Bats Pitched
18101
In this matchup
0.236
Johnny Bench Career Batting Average
0.267
Tommy John Career Opposing Batting Average
0.264
In this matchup
13
Johnny Bench Career Hits
2048
Tommy John Career Hits Allowed
4783
In this matchup
10
Johnny Bench Career Singles
1254
In this matchup
2
Johnny Bench Career Doubles
381
In this matchup
0
Johnny Bench Career Triples
24
In this matchup
1
Johnny Bench Career Home Runs
389
Tommy John Career Home Runs Allowed
302

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
3
Johnny Bench Career Extra Base Hits
794
In this matchup
0.018
Johnny Bench Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.051
Tommy John Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.017
In this matchup
0.077
Johnny Bench Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.190
Tommy John Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.063

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
0.200
Johnny Bench Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.304
Tommy John Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.135
In this matchup
18
Johnny Bench Total Bases
3644
In this matchup
21
Johnny Bench Career Times on Base
2958
In this matchup
0.333
Johnny Bench Career On Base Percentage
0.342
In this matchup
0.327
Johnny Bench Career Slugging Percentage
0.476
In this matchup
0.661
Johnny Bench Career OPS
0.817
In this matchup
0.091
Johnny Bench Career Isolated Power
0.208
In this matchup
0.232
Johnny Bench Career Gross Production Average
0.273
In this matchup
0.245
Johnny Bench Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.273
Tommy John Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.288
In this matchup
4
Johnny Bench Career RBIs
1376
In this matchup
6.000
Johnny Bench Career Runs Created
1241.050
In this matchup
0
Johnny Bench Career Hit By Pitch
19
Tommy John Career Batters Hit By Pitch
98

Outs

In this matchup
34
In this matchup
8
Johnny Bench Career Walks
891
Tommy John Career Walks Allowed
1259
In this matchup
0
Johnny Bench Career Intentional Walks
135
Tommy John Career Intentional Walks Allowed
102
In this matchup
5
Johnny Bench Career Strikeouts
1278
Tommy John Career Strikeouts Thrown
2245
In this matchup
12.600
Johnny Bench Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
6.780
Tommy John Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
8.771
In this matchup
1.600
Johnny Bench Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.700
Tommy John Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.560

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.333
Johnny Bench Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.355
Tommy John Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.312

Batter Reached due to Defensive Indifference

In this matchup
0

Batter Reached due to Error

In this matchup
3

Batter Reached due to Interference

In this matchup
0
In this matchup
0
Johnny Bench Career Sacrifice Hits
11
Tommy John Career Sacrifice Hits
156
In this matchup
0
Johnny Bench Career Sacrifice Flies
90
Tommy John Career Sacrifice Flies
78
In this matchup
1
Johnny Bench Career Ground into Double Play
201
Tommy John Career Double Plays Enabled
383

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0