Jim Davenport vs. Joe Niekro — Matchup Analysis
Jim Davenport has held their own against Niekro. With only 5 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Davenport. Despite a batting average of 0.200, 22% below their career average and below Niekro's career opposing average of 0.254, Davenport's OPS of 0.800 sits modestly above the career mark of 0.685. Despite striking out once every 5 plate appearances here, more often than the career rate of once every 7.4 PA, Davenport is still posting above-career production against Niekro. Slight edge: Davenport.
How Jim Davenport put the ball into play against Joe Niekro
Balls and Strikes Thrown by Joe Niekro to Jim Davenport
Matchup Details for Jim Davenport and Joe Niekro
Stats that describe the matchup between Jim Davenport and Joe Niekro including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
5
Jim Davenport Career Plate Appearances
4981
Joe Niekro Career Batters Faced
15166
In this matchup
0.200
Jim Davenport Career Batting Average
0.258
Joe Niekro Career Opposing Batting Average
0.254
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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0.000
Jim Davenport Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.017
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.020
In this matchup
0.000
Jim Davenport Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.067
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.080
Home Runs Per Strikeout
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0.000
Jim Davenport Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.114
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.158
In this matchup
0.250
Jim Davenport Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.287
Joe Niekro Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.275
In this matchup
0
Jim Davenport Career Hit By Pitch
23
Joe Niekro Career Batters Hit By Pitch
65
Outs
In this matchup
3
In this matchup
0
Jim Davenport Career Intentional Walks
23
Joe Niekro Career Intentional Walks Allowed
71
In this matchup
1
Jim Davenport Career Strikeouts
673
Joe Niekro Career Strikeouts Thrown
1747
In this matchup
5.000
Jim Davenport Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
7.400
Joe Niekro Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
8.681
In this matchup
0.000
Jim Davenport Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.570
Joe Niekro Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.720
Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance
In this matchup
0.200
Jim Davenport Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.311
Joe Niekro Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.316
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
Jim Davenport Career Sacrifice Hits
111
Joe Niekro Career Sacrifice Hits
106
In this matchup
0
Jim Davenport Career Sacrifice Flies
38
Joe Niekro Career Sacrifice Flies
96
In this matchup
1
Jim Davenport Career Ground into Double Play
104
Joe Niekro Career Double Plays Enabled
200
Ground into Triple Play
In this matchup
0