Jay Bruce vs. Luke Hochevar — Matchup Analysis

Jay Bruce has absolutely raked against Hochevar. With only 6 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Bruce. Bruce's production against Hochevar has been exceptional: an OPS of 1.333, 71% above the career mark of 0.781, with a batting average of 0.333, 37% above their career average and above Hochevar's career opposing average of 0.263. Bruce has made good contact too, striking out once every 6 plate appearances rather than the career rate of once every 4.2 PA, and going deep at or above the career pace. Edge: Bruce.

How Jay Bruce put the ball into play against Luke Hochevar

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Luke Hochevar to Jay Bruce

Matchup Details for Jay Bruce and Luke Hochevar

Stats that describe the matchup between Jay Bruce and Luke Hochevar including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
6
Jay Bruce Career Plate Appearances
6641
Luke Hochevar Career Batters Faced
3963
In this matchup
6
Jay Bruce Career At Bats
5964
Luke Hochevar Career At Bats Pitched
3593
In this matchup
0.333
Jay Bruce Career Batting Average
0.244
Luke Hochevar Career Opposing Batting Average
0.263
In this matchup
2
Jay Bruce Career Hits
1455
Luke Hochevar Career Hits Allowed
946
In this matchup
0
Jay Bruce Career Singles
792
In this matchup
1
Jay Bruce Career Doubles
312
In this matchup
0
Jay Bruce Career Triples
32
In this matchup
1
Jay Bruce Career Home Runs
319
Luke Hochevar Career Home Runs Allowed
116

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
Jay Bruce Career Extra Base Hits
663
In this matchup
0.167
Jay Bruce Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.054
Luke Hochevar Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.032
In this matchup
0.500
Jay Bruce Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.219
Luke Hochevar Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.123

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
1.000
Jay Bruce Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.203
Luke Hochevar Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.165
In this matchup
6
Jay Bruce Total Bases
2788
In this matchup
2
Jay Bruce Career Times on Base
2083
In this matchup
0.333
Jay Bruce Career On Base Percentage
0.314
In this matchup
1.000
Jay Bruce Career Slugging Percentage
0.468
In this matchup
1.333
Jay Bruce Career OPS
0.781
In this matchup
0.667
Jay Bruce Career Isolated Power
0.224
In this matchup
0.400
Jay Bruce Career Gross Production Average
0.258
In this matchup
0.250
Jay Bruce Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.276
Luke Hochevar Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.299
In this matchup
1
Jay Bruce Career RBIs
951
In this matchup
2.000
Jay Bruce Career Runs Created
868.300
In this matchup
0
Jay Bruce Career Hit By Pitch
28
Luke Hochevar Career Batters Hit By Pitch
45

Outs

In this matchup
3
In this matchup
0
Jay Bruce Career Walks
600
Luke Hochevar Career Walks Allowed
299
In this matchup
0
Jay Bruce Career Intentional Walks
71
Luke Hochevar Career Intentional Walks Allowed
10
In this matchup
1
Jay Bruce Career Strikeouts
1572
Luke Hochevar Career Strikeouts Thrown
702
In this matchup
6.000
Jay Bruce Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
4.220
Luke Hochevar Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
5.645
In this matchup
0.000
Jay Bruce Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.380
Luke Hochevar Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.430

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.333
Jay Bruce Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.320
Luke Hochevar 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
Luke Hochevar Career Sacrifice Hits
15
In this matchup
0
Jay Bruce Career Sacrifice Flies
46
Luke Hochevar Career Sacrifice Flies
11
In this matchup
1
Jay Bruce Career Ground into Double Play
101
Luke Hochevar Career Double Plays Enabled
86

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0