Drew Butera vs. Joe Smith — Matchup Analysis
Drew Butera has absolutely raked against Smith. With only 7 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Butera. Butera's production against Smith has been exceptional: an OPS of 0.667, 23% above the career mark of 0.542, with a batting average of 0.333, 70% above their career average and above Smith's career opposing average of 0.232. Butera has made good contact, striking out once every 7 plate appearances, less often than the career rate of once every 4.6 PA. Edge: Butera.
How Drew Butera put the ball into play against Joe Smith
Balls and Strikes Thrown by Joe Smith to Drew Butera
Matchup Details for Drew Butera and Joe Smith
Stats that describe the matchup between Drew Butera and Joe Smith including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
7
Drew Butera Career Plate Appearances
1473
Joe Smith Career Batters Faced
3150
In this matchup
0.333
Drew Butera Career Batting Average
0.196
Joe Smith Career Opposing Batting Average
0.232
Grand Slams
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0
In the Park Home Runs
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0
In the Park Grand Slams
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0
In this matchup
0.000
Drew Butera Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.014
Joe Smith Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.023
In this matchup
0.000
Drew Butera Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.073
Joe Smith Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.101
Home Runs Per Strikeout
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0.000
Drew Butera Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.059
Joe Smith Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.099
In this matchup
0.400
Drew Butera Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.242
Joe Smith Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.281
In this matchup
0
Drew Butera Career Hit By Pitch
15
Joe Smith Career Batters Hit By Pitch
40
Outs
In this matchup
3
In this matchup
0
Drew Butera Career Intentional Walks
1
Joe Smith Career Intentional Walks Allowed
31
In this matchup
7.000
Drew Butera Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
4.570
Joe Smith Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
4.730
In this matchup
0.000
Drew Butera Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.270
Joe Smith Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.380
Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance
In this matchup
0.286
Drew Butera Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.238
Joe Smith Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.298
Batter Reached due to Defensive Indifference
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0
Batter Reached due to Error
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0
Batter Reached due to Interference
In this matchup
0
In this matchup
1
Drew Butera Career Sacrifice Hits
23
Joe Smith Career Sacrifice Hits
23
In this matchup
0
Drew Butera Career Sacrifice Flies
10
Joe Smith Career Sacrifice Flies
12
In this matchup
0
Drew Butera Career Ground into Double Play
27
Joe Smith Career Double Plays Enabled
73
Ground into Triple Play
In this matchup
0