Melky Cabrera vs. Jon Lester — Matchup Analysis

Jon Lester has dominated this matchup. Cabrera is hitting just 0.246 in this matchup, 14% below their career average and below Lester's career opposing average of 0.252. Cabrera also posted an OPS of 0.598, well below the career mark of 0.751. Lester has been equally punishing in the strikeout column, sending Cabrera down once every 6.3 plate appearances, more often than the career rate of once every 8.4 PA. Edge: Lester.

How Melky Cabrera put the ball into play against Jon Lester

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Jon Lester to Melky Cabrera

Matchup Details for Melky Cabrera and Jon Lester

Stats that describe the matchup between Melky Cabrera and Jon Lester including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
63
Melky Cabrera Career Plate Appearances
7527
Jon Lester Career Batters Faced
11487
In this matchup
61
Melky Cabrera Career At Bats
6878
Jon Lester Career At Bats Pitched
10377
In this matchup
0.246
Melky Cabrera Career Batting Average
0.285
Jon Lester Career Opposing Batting Average
0.252
In this matchup
15
Melky Cabrera Career Hits
1962
Jon Lester Career Hits Allowed
2610
In this matchup
12
Melky Cabrera Career Singles
1390
In this matchup
2
Melky Cabrera Career Doubles
383
In this matchup
0
Melky Cabrera Career Triples
45
In this matchup
1
Melky Cabrera Career Home Runs
144
Jon Lester Career Home Runs Allowed
294

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
3
Melky Cabrera Career Extra Base Hits
572
In this matchup
0.016
Melky Cabrera Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.021
Jon Lester Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.028
In this matchup
0.067
Melky Cabrera Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.073
Jon Lester Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.113

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
0.100
Melky Cabrera Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.162
Jon Lester Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.118
In this matchup
20
Melky Cabrera Total Bases
2867
In this matchup
17
Melky Cabrera Career Times on Base
2499
In this matchup
0.270
Melky Cabrera Career On Base Percentage
0.334
In this matchup
0.328
Melky Cabrera Career Slugging Percentage
0.417
In this matchup
0.598
Melky Cabrera Career OPS
0.751
In this matchup
0.082
Melky Cabrera Career Isolated Power
0.132
In this matchup
0.203
Melky Cabrera Career Gross Production Average
0.255
In this matchup
0.280
Melky Cabrera Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.308
Jon Lester Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.305
In this matchup
4
Melky Cabrera Career RBIs
854
In this matchup
5.397
Melky Cabrera Career Runs Created
989.970
In this matchup
0
Melky Cabrera Career Hit By Pitch
27
Jon Lester Career Batters Hit By Pitch
90

Outs

In this matchup
35
In this matchup
2
Melky Cabrera Career Walks
510
Jon Lester Career Walks Allowed
892
In this matchup
0
Melky Cabrera Career Intentional Walks
41
Jon Lester Career Intentional Walks Allowed
13
In this matchup
10
Melky Cabrera Career Strikeouts
891
Jon Lester Career Strikeouts Thrown
2488
In this matchup
6.300
Melky Cabrera Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
8.450
Jon Lester Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
4.617
In this matchup
0.200
Melky Cabrera Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.570
Jon Lester Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.360

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.270
Melky Cabrera Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.334
Jon Lester Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.306

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
Melky Cabrera Career Sacrifice Hits
48
Jon Lester Career Sacrifice Hits
61
In this matchup
0
Melky Cabrera Career Sacrifice Flies
64
Jon Lester Career Sacrifice Flies
67
In this matchup
0
Melky Cabrera Career Ground into Double Play
181
Jon Lester Career Double Plays Enabled
250

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0