Jose Canseco vs. Joe Niekro — Matchup Analysis

This matchup has been a genuine battle. Canseco is hitting 0.200 here, 25% below their career average, while Niekro's career opposing average is 0.254. Canseco also posted an OPS of 0.833, close to the career mark of 0.867. Canseco has avoided the strikeout, going down once every 6 plate appearances, less often than the career rate of once every 4.2 PA. No clear edge.

How Jose Canseco put the ball into play against Joe Niekro

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Joe Niekro to Jose Canseco

Matchup Details for Jose Canseco and Joe Niekro

Stats that describe the matchup between Jose Canseco and Joe Niekro including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
12
Jose Canseco Career Plate Appearances
8129
Joe Niekro Career Batters Faced
15166
In this matchup
10
Jose Canseco Career At Bats
7057
Joe Niekro Career At Bats Pitched
13637
In this matchup
0.200
Jose Canseco Career Batting Average
0.266
Joe Niekro Career Opposing Batting Average
0.254
In this matchup
2
Jose Canseco Career Hits
1877
Joe Niekro Career Hits Allowed
3466
In this matchup
1
Jose Canseco Career Singles
1061
In this matchup
0
Jose Canseco Career Doubles
340
In this matchup
0
Jose Canseco Career Triples
14
In this matchup
1
Jose Canseco Career Home Runs
462
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed
276

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
1
Jose Canseco Career Extra Base Hits
816
In this matchup
0.100
Jose Canseco Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.066
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.020
In this matchup
0.500
Jose Canseco Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.246
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.080

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
0.500
Jose Canseco Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.238
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.158
In this matchup
5
Jose Canseco Total Bases
3631
In this matchup
4
Jose Canseco Career Times on Base
2867
In this matchup
0.333
Jose Canseco Career On Base Percentage
0.353
In this matchup
0.500
Jose Canseco Career Slugging Percentage
0.515
In this matchup
0.833
Jose Canseco Career OPS
0.867
In this matchup
0.300
Jose Canseco Career Isolated Power
0.249
In this matchup
0.275
Jose Canseco Career Gross Production Average
0.287
In this matchup
0.143
Jose Canseco Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.299
Joe Niekro Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.275
In this matchup
2
Jose Canseco Career RBIs
1407
In this matchup
1.667
Jose Canseco Career Runs Created
1261.850
In this matchup
0
Jose Canseco Career Hit By Pitch
84
Joe Niekro Career Batters Hit By Pitch
65

Outs

In this matchup
6
In this matchup
2
Jose Canseco Career Walks
906
Joe Niekro Career Walks Allowed
1262
In this matchup
0
Jose Canseco Career Intentional Walks
63
Joe Niekro Career Intentional Walks Allowed
71
In this matchup
2
Jose Canseco Career Strikeouts
1942
Joe Niekro Career Strikeouts Thrown
1747
In this matchup
6.000
Jose Canseco Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
4.190
Joe Niekro Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
8.681
In this matchup
1.000
Jose Canseco Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.470
Joe Niekro Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.720

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.333
Jose Canseco Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.350
Joe Niekro Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.316

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
Jose Canseco Career Sacrifice Hits
1
Joe Niekro Career Sacrifice Hits
106
In this matchup
0
Jose Canseco Career Sacrifice Flies
81
Joe Niekro Career Sacrifice Flies
96
In this matchup
0
Jose Canseco Career Ground into Double Play
178
Joe Niekro Career Double Plays Enabled
200

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0