Steve Blass vs. Nolan Ryan — Matchup Analysis

Steve Blass has absolutely raked against Ryan. With only 7 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Blass. Blass's production against Ryan has been exceptional: an OPS of 0.667, 71% above the career mark of 0.389, with a batting average of 0.333, 94% above their career average and above Ryan's career opposing average of 0.203. Despite striking out once every 2.3 plate appearances here, more often than the career rate of once every 4.3 PA, Blass is still posting above-career production against Ryan. Edge: Blass.

How Steve Blass put the ball into play against Nolan Ryan

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Nolan Ryan to Steve Blass

Matchup Details for Steve Blass and Nolan Ryan

Stats that describe the matchup between Steve Blass and Nolan Ryan including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
7
Steve Blass Career Plate Appearances
600
Nolan Ryan Career Batters Faced
22575
In this matchup
6
Steve Blass Career At Bats
546
Nolan Ryan Career At Bats Pitched
19291
In this matchup
0.333
Steve Blass Career Batting Average
0.172
Nolan Ryan Career Opposing Batting Average
0.203
In this matchup
2
Steve Blass Career Hits
94
Nolan Ryan Career Hits Allowed
3923
In this matchup
2
Steve Blass Career Singles
83
In this matchup
0
Steve Blass Career Doubles
7
In this matchup
0
Steve Blass Career Triples
3
In this matchup
0
Steve Blass Career Home Runs
1
Nolan Ryan Career Home Runs Allowed
321

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
0
Steve Blass Career Extra Base Hits
11
In this matchup
0.000
Steve Blass Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.002
Nolan Ryan Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.017
In this matchup
0.000
Steve Blass Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.011
Nolan Ryan Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.082

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
0.000
Steve Blass Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.007
Nolan Ryan Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.056
In this matchup
2
Steve Blass Total Bases
110
In this matchup
2
Steve Blass Career Times on Base
105
In this matchup
0.333
Steve Blass Career On Base Percentage
0.188
In this matchup
0.333
Steve Blass Career Slugging Percentage
0.202
In this matchup
0.667
Steve Blass Career OPS
0.389
In this matchup
0.000
Steve Blass Career Isolated Power
0.029
In this matchup
0.233
Steve Blass Career Gross Production Average
0.135
In this matchup
0.667
Steve Blass Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.228
Nolan Ryan Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.272
In this matchup
1
Steve Blass Career RBIs
37
In this matchup
0.667
Steve Blass Career Runs Created
14.930
In this matchup
0
Steve Blass Career Hit By Pitch
0
Nolan Ryan Career Batters Hit By Pitch
158

Outs

In this matchup
2
In this matchup
0
Steve Blass Career Walks
11
Nolan Ryan Career Walks Allowed
2795
In this matchup
0
Steve Blass Career Intentional Walks
0
Nolan Ryan Career Intentional Walks Allowed
78
In this matchup
3
Steve Blass Career Strikeouts
140
Nolan Ryan Career Strikeouts Thrown
5714
In this matchup
2.333
Steve Blass Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
4.290
Nolan Ryan Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
3.951
In this matchup
0.000
Steve Blass Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.080
Nolan Ryan Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.490

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.286
Steve Blass Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.175
Nolan Ryan Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.301

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
1
Steve Blass Career Sacrifice Hits
40
Nolan Ryan Career Sacrifice Hits
191
In this matchup
0
Steve Blass Career Sacrifice Flies
3
Nolan Ryan Career Sacrifice Flies
140
In this matchup
0
Steve Blass Career Ground into Double Play
6
Nolan Ryan Career Double Plays Enabled
263

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0