Rod Carew vs. Bert Blyleven — Matchup Analysis
Bert Blyleven has dominated this matchup. Despite batting 0.260, 21% below their career average and above Blyleven's career opposing average of 0.248, Carew's OPS of 0.582 is 29% below the career mark of 0.822. Even with Carew striking out less often than usual, once every 13.3 PA versus a career rate of once every 10.3 PA, the overall production numbers still favor Blyleven. Edge: Blyleven.
How Rod Carew put the ball into play against Bert Blyleven
Balls and Strikes Thrown by Bert Blyleven to Rod Carew
Matchup Details for Rod Carew and Bert Blyleven
Stats that describe the matchup between Rod Carew and Bert Blyleven including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
53
Rod Carew Career Plate Appearances
10550
Bert Blyleven Career Batters Faced
20491
In this matchup
0.260
Rod Carew Career Batting Average
0.328
Bert Blyleven Career Opposing Batting Average
0.248
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
0.000
Rod Carew Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.010
Bert Blyleven Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.023
In this matchup
0.000
Rod Carew Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.030
Bert Blyleven Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.093
Home Runs Per Strikeout
In this matchup
0.000
Rod Carew Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.089
Bert Blyleven Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.116
In this matchup
0.283
Rod Carew Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.359
Bert Blyleven Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.288
In this matchup
0
Rod Carew Career Hit By Pitch
25
Bert Blyleven Career Batters Hit By Pitch
155
Outs
In this matchup
33
In this matchup
0
Rod Carew Career Intentional Walks
144
Bert Blyleven Career Intentional Walks Allowed
71
In this matchup
4
Rod Carew Career Strikeouts
1028
Bert Blyleven Career Strikeouts Thrown
3701
In this matchup
13.250
Rod Carew Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
10.260
Bert Blyleven Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
5.537
In this matchup
0.750
Rod Carew Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.990
Bert Blyleven Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.360
Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance
In this matchup
0.302
Rod Carew Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.400
Bert Blyleven Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.294
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
Rod Carew Career Sacrifice Hits
128
Bert Blyleven Career Sacrifice Hits
176
In this matchup
0
Rod Carew Career Sacrifice Flies
64
Bert Blyleven Career Sacrifice Flies
121
In this matchup
1
Rod Carew Career Ground into Double Play
216
Bert Blyleven Career Double Plays Enabled
338
Ground into Triple Play
In this matchup
0