Jay Bruce vs. Junior Guerra — Matchup Analysis
Junior Guerra has completely neutralized Bruce in this matchup. With only 9 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Guerra. Bruce's numbers against Guerra tell a stark story: an OPS of 0.222, 72% below the career mark of 0.781, with a batting average of just 0.000, 100% below their career average and below Guerra's career opposing average of 0.235. Even with Bruce striking out less often than usual, once every 4.5 PA versus a career rate of once every 4.2 PA, the overall production numbers still favor Guerra. Edge: Guerra.
How Jay Bruce put the ball into play against Junior Guerra
Balls and Strikes Thrown by Junior Guerra to Jay Bruce
Matchup Details for Jay Bruce and Junior Guerra
Stats that describe the matchup between Jay Bruce and Junior Guerra including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
9
Jay Bruce Career Plate Appearances
6641
Junior Guerra Career Batters Faced
2189
In this matchup
0.000
Jay Bruce Career Batting Average
0.244
Junior Guerra Career Opposing Batting Average
0.235
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
0.000
Jay Bruce Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.054
Junior Guerra Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.035
In this matchup
0.000
Jay Bruce Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.219
Junior Guerra Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.148
Home Runs Per Strikeout
In this matchup
0.000
Jay Bruce Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.203
Junior Guerra Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.142
In this matchup
0.000
Jay Bruce Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.276
Junior Guerra Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.278
In this matchup
0
Jay Bruce Career Hit By Pitch
28
Junior Guerra Career Batters Hit By Pitch
20
Outs
In this matchup
5
In this matchup
0
Jay Bruce Career Intentional Walks
71
Junior Guerra Career Intentional Walks Allowed
8
In this matchup
2
Jay Bruce Career Strikeouts
1572
Junior Guerra Career Strikeouts Thrown
465
In this matchup
4.500
Jay Bruce Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
4.220
Junior Guerra Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
4.708
In this matchup
1.000
Jay Bruce Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.380
Junior Guerra Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.510
Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance
In this matchup
0.222
Jay Bruce Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.320
Junior Guerra Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.317
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
Jay Bruce Career Sacrifice Hits
3
Junior Guerra Career Sacrifice Hits
14
In this matchup
0
Jay Bruce Career Sacrifice Flies
46
Junior Guerra Career Sacrifice Flies
12
In this matchup
0
Jay Bruce Career Ground into Double Play
101
Junior Guerra Career Double Plays Enabled
44
Ground into Triple Play
In this matchup
0