Orlando Cepeda vs. Joe Niekro — Matchup Analysis

This matchup has been a genuine battle. Cepeda is hitting 0.310 here, 4% above their career average, while Niekro's career opposing average is 0.254. Cepeda also posted an OPS of 0.803, close to the career mark of 0.849. Cepeda has avoided the strikeout, going down once every 31 plate appearances, less often than the career rate of once every 7.4 PA. No clear edge.

How Orlando Cepeda put the ball into play against Joe Niekro

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Joe Niekro to Orlando Cepeda

Matchup Details for Orlando Cepeda and Joe Niekro

Stats that describe the matchup between Orlando Cepeda and Joe Niekro including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
31
Orlando Cepeda Career Plate Appearances
8695
Joe Niekro Career Batters Faced
15166
In this matchup
29
Orlando Cepeda Career At Bats
7927
Joe Niekro Career At Bats Pitched
13637
In this matchup
0.310
Orlando Cepeda Career Batting Average
0.297
Joe Niekro Career Opposing Batting Average
0.254
In this matchup
9
Orlando Cepeda Career Hits
2351
Joe Niekro Career Hits Allowed
3466
In this matchup
7
Orlando Cepeda Career Singles
1528
In this matchup
1
Orlando Cepeda Career Doubles
417
In this matchup
0
Orlando Cepeda Career Triples
27
In this matchup
1
Orlando Cepeda Career Home Runs
379
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed
276

Grand Slams

In this matchup
1

In the Park Home Runs

In this matchup
0

In the Park Grand Slams

In this matchup
0
In this matchup
2
Orlando Cepeda Career Extra Base Hits
823
In this matchup
0.034
Orlando Cepeda Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.048
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.020
In this matchup
0.111
Orlando Cepeda Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.161
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.080

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
1.000
Orlando Cepeda Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.324
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.158
In this matchup
13
Orlando Cepeda Total Bases
3959
In this matchup
11
Orlando Cepeda Career Times on Base
3041
In this matchup
0.355
Orlando Cepeda Career On Base Percentage
0.350
In this matchup
0.448
Orlando Cepeda Career Slugging Percentage
0.499
In this matchup
0.803
Orlando Cepeda Career OPS
0.849
In this matchup
0.138
Orlando Cepeda Career Isolated Power
0.203
In this matchup
0.272
Orlando Cepeda Career Gross Production Average
0.282
In this matchup
0.296
Orlando Cepeda Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.306
Joe Niekro Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.275
In this matchup
9
Orlando Cepeda Career RBIs
1365
In this matchup
4.333
Orlando Cepeda Career Runs Created
1350.330
In this matchup
1
Orlando Cepeda Career Hit By Pitch
102
Joe Niekro Career Batters Hit By Pitch
65

Outs

In this matchup
19
In this matchup
1
Orlando Cepeda Career Walks
588
Joe Niekro Career Walks Allowed
1262
In this matchup
0
Orlando Cepeda Career Intentional Walks
154
Joe Niekro Career Intentional Walks Allowed
71
In this matchup
1
Orlando Cepeda Career Strikeouts
1169
Joe Niekro Career Strikeouts Thrown
1747
In this matchup
31.000
Orlando Cepeda Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
7.440
Joe Niekro Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
8.681
In this matchup
1.000
Orlando Cepeda Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.500
Joe Niekro Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.720

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.323
Orlando Cepeda Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.356
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
Orlando Cepeda Career Sacrifice Hits
4
Joe Niekro Career Sacrifice Hits
106
In this matchup
0
Orlando Cepeda Career Sacrifice Flies
74
Joe Niekro Career Sacrifice Flies
96
In this matchup
0
Orlando Cepeda Career Ground into Double Play
218
Joe Niekro Career Double Plays Enabled
200

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0