Rick Burleson vs. Doug Bird — Matchup Analysis

This matchup has been a genuine battle. Burleson is hitting 0.250 here, 8% below their career average, while Bird's career opposing average is 0.273. Burleson also posted an OPS of 0.636, close to the career mark of 0.689. Burleson has avoided the strikeout, going down once every 21 plate appearances, less often than the career rate of once every 12 PA. No clear edge.

How Rick Burleson put the ball into play against Doug Bird

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Doug Bird to Rick Burleson

Matchup Details for Rick Burleson and Doug Bird

Stats that describe the matchup between Rick Burleson and Doug Bird including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
21
Rick Burleson Career Plate Appearances
5717
Doug Bird Career Batters Faced
5104
In this matchup
20
Rick Burleson Career At Bats
5139
Doug Bird Career At Bats Pitched
4672
In this matchup
0.250
Rick Burleson Career Batting Average
0.273
Doug Bird Career Opposing Batting Average
0.273
In this matchup
5
Rick Burleson Career Hits
1401
Doug Bird Career Hits Allowed
1273
In this matchup
3
Rick Burleson Career Singles
1072
In this matchup
2
Rick Burleson Career Doubles
256
In this matchup
0
Rick Burleson Career Triples
23
In this matchup
0
Rick Burleson Career Home Runs
50
Doug Bird Career Home Runs Allowed
122

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
Rick Burleson Career Extra Base Hits
329
In this matchup
0.000
Rick Burleson Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.010
Doug Bird Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.026
In this matchup
0.000
Rick Burleson Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.036
Doug Bird Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.096

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
0.000
Rick Burleson Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.105
Doug Bird Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.179
In this matchup
7
Rick Burleson Total Bases
1853
In this matchup
6
Rick Burleson Career Times on Base
1849
In this matchup
0.286
Rick Burleson Career On Base Percentage
0.328
In this matchup
0.350
Rick Burleson Career Slugging Percentage
0.361
In this matchup
0.636
Rick Burleson Career OPS
0.689
In this matchup
0.100
Rick Burleson Career Isolated Power
0.088
In this matchup
0.216
Rick Burleson Career Gross Production Average
0.238
In this matchup
0.263
Rick Burleson Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.290
Doug Bird Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.297
In this matchup
3
Rick Burleson Career RBIs
449
In this matchup
1.750
Rick Burleson Career Runs Created
643.520
In this matchup
1
Rick Burleson Career Hit By Pitch
28
Doug Bird Career Batters Hit By Pitch
22

Outs

In this matchup
13
In this matchup
0
Rick Burleson Career Walks
420
Doug Bird Career Walks Allowed
296
In this matchup
0
Rick Burleson Career Intentional Walks
11
Doug Bird Career Intentional Walks Allowed
56
In this matchup
1
Rick Burleson Career Strikeouts
477
Doug Bird Career Strikeouts Thrown
680
In this matchup
21.000
Rick Burleson Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
11.990
Doug Bird Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
7.506
In this matchup
0.000
Rick Burleson Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.880
Doug Bird Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.440

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.238
Rick Burleson Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.320
Doug Bird Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.318

Batter Reached due to Defensive Indifference

In this matchup
0

Batter Reached due to Error

In this matchup
1

Batter Reached due to Interference

In this matchup
0
In this matchup
0
Rick Burleson Career Sacrifice Hits
84
Doug Bird Career Sacrifice Hits
51
In this matchup
0
Rick Burleson Career Sacrifice Flies
46
Doug Bird Career Sacrifice Flies
63
In this matchup
2
Rick Burleson Career Ground into Double Play
138
Doug Bird Career Double Plays Enabled
97

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0