Josh Donaldson vs. Bruce Chen — Matchup Analysis
Josh Donaldson has absolutely raked against Chen. With only 7 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Donaldson. Donaldson's production against Chen has been exceptional: an OPS of 2.071, 145% above the career mark of 0.847, with a batting average of 0.500, 92% above their career average and above Chen's career opposing average of 0.266. Despite striking out once every 3.5 plate appearances here, more often than the career rate of once every 4.8 PA, Donaldson is still posting above-career production against Chen. Edge: Donaldson.
How Josh Donaldson put the ball into play against Bruce Chen
Balls and Strikes Thrown by Bruce Chen to Josh Donaldson
Matchup Details for Josh Donaldson and Bruce Chen
Stats that describe the matchup between Josh Donaldson and Bruce Chen including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
7
Josh Donaldson Career Plate Appearances
5856
Bruce Chen Career Batters Faced
6619
In this matchup
0.500
Josh Donaldson Career Batting Average
0.261
Bruce Chen Career Opposing Batting Average
0.266
In this matchup
2
Josh Donaldson Career Home Runs
279
Bruce Chen Career Home Runs Allowed
257
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
0.333
Josh Donaldson Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.056
Bruce Chen Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.043
In this matchup
0.667
Josh Donaldson Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.213
Bruce Chen Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.163
Home Runs Per Strikeout
In this matchup
1.000
Josh Donaldson Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.229
Bruce Chen Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.225
In this matchup
0.500
Josh Donaldson Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.289
Bruce Chen Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.291
In this matchup
0
Josh Donaldson Career Hit By Pitch
58
Bruce Chen Career Batters Hit By Pitch
45
Outs
In this matchup
1
In this matchup
0
Josh Donaldson Career Intentional Walks
22
Bruce Chen Career Intentional Walks Allowed
40
In this matchup
2
Josh Donaldson Career Strikeouts
1221
Bruce Chen Career Strikeouts Thrown
1140
In this matchup
3.500
Josh Donaldson Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
4.800
Bruce Chen Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
5.806
In this matchup
0.500
Josh Donaldson Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.590
Bruce Chen Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.480
Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance
In this matchup
0.571
Josh Donaldson Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.351
Bruce Chen Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.327
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
Josh Donaldson Career Sacrifice Hits
5
Bruce Chen Career Sacrifice Hits
45
In this matchup
0
Josh Donaldson Career Sacrifice Flies
46
Bruce Chen Career Sacrifice Flies
53
In this matchup
0
Josh Donaldson Career Ground into Double Play
135
Bruce Chen Career Double Plays Enabled
92
Ground into Triple Play
In this matchup
0