Larry Christenson vs. Andy Messersmith — Matchup Analysis

Larry Christenson has held their own against Messersmith. With only 8 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Christenson. Despite a batting average of 0.167, 11% above their career average and below Messersmith's career opposing average of 0.212, Christenson's OPS of 0.542 sits modestly above the career mark of 0.462. Christenson has made good contact, striking out once every 2.7 plate appearances, less often than the career rate of once every 2.3 PA. Slight edge: Christenson.

How Larry Christenson put the ball into play against Andy Messersmith

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Andy Messersmith to Larry Christenson

Matchup Details for Larry Christenson and Andy Messersmith

Stats that describe the matchup between Larry Christenson and Andy Messersmith including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
8
Larry Christenson Career Plate Appearances
506
Andy Messersmith Career Batters Faced
9120
In this matchup
6
Larry Christenson Career At Bats
427
Andy Messersmith Career At Bats Pitched
8126
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0.167
Larry Christenson Career Batting Average
0.150
Andy Messersmith Career Opposing Batting Average
0.212
In this matchup
1
Larry Christenson Career Hits
64
Andy Messersmith Career Hits Allowed
1719
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1
Larry Christenson Career Singles
38
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0
Larry Christenson Career Doubles
13
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0
Larry Christenson Career Triples
2
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0
Larry Christenson Career Home Runs
11
Andy Messersmith Career Home Runs Allowed
174

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
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0
Larry Christenson Career Extra Base Hits
26
In this matchup
0.000
Larry Christenson Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.026
Andy Messersmith Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.021
In this matchup
0.000
Larry Christenson Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.172
Andy Messersmith Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.101

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
0.000
Larry Christenson Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.049
Andy Messersmith Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.107
In this matchup
1
Larry Christenson Total Bases
114
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3
Larry Christenson Career Times on Base
88
In this matchup
0.375
Larry Christenson Career On Base Percentage
0.195
In this matchup
0.167
Larry Christenson Career Slugging Percentage
0.267
In this matchup
0.542
Larry Christenson Career OPS
0.462
In this matchup
0.000
Larry Christenson Career Isolated Power
0.117
In this matchup
0.210
Larry Christenson Career Gross Production Average
0.154
In this matchup
0.333
Larry Christenson Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.273
Andy Messersmith Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.244
In this matchup
0
Larry Christenson Career RBIs
46
In this matchup
0.375
Larry Christenson Career Runs Created
18.790
In this matchup
0
Larry Christenson Career Hit By Pitch
0
Andy Messersmith Career Batters Hit By Pitch
40

Outs

In this matchup
2
In this matchup
2
Larry Christenson Career Walks
24
Andy Messersmith Career Walks Allowed
831
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0
Larry Christenson Career Intentional Walks
0
Andy Messersmith Career Intentional Walks Allowed
44
In this matchup
3
Larry Christenson Career Strikeouts
223
Andy Messersmith Career Strikeouts Thrown
1625
In this matchup
2.667
Larry Christenson Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
2.270
Andy Messersmith Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
5.612
In this matchup
0.667
Larry Christenson Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.110
Andy Messersmith Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.510

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.375
Larry Christenson Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.174
Andy Messersmith Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.284

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

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0
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0
Larry Christenson Career Sacrifice Hits
54
Andy Messersmith Career Sacrifice Hits
87
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0
Larry Christenson Career Sacrifice Flies
1
Andy Messersmith Career Sacrifice Flies
36
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1
Larry Christenson Career Ground into Double Play
2
Andy Messersmith Career Double Plays Enabled
80

Ground into Triple Play

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0