Brendan Donovan vs. Clayton Kershaw — Matchup Analysis
Brendan Donovan has absolutely raked against Kershaw. With only 7 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Donovan. Donovan's production against Kershaw has been exceptional: an OPS of 1.238, 60% above the career mark of 0.772, with a batting average of 0.500, 77% above their career average and above Kershaw's career opposing average of 0.211. Despite striking out once every 7 plate appearances here, more often than the career rate of once every 7.4 PA, Donovan is still posting above-career production against Kershaw. Edge: Donovan.
How Brendan Donovan put the ball into play against Clayton Kershaw
Balls and Strikes Thrown by Clayton Kershaw to Brendan Donovan
Matchup Details for Brendan Donovan and Clayton Kershaw
Stats that describe the matchup between Brendan Donovan and Clayton Kershaw including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
7
Brendan Donovan Career Plate Appearances
2006
Clayton Kershaw Career Batters Faced
11279
In this matchup
6
Brendan Donovan Career At Bats
1765
Clayton Kershaw Career At Bats Pitched
10391
In this matchup
0.500
Brendan Donovan Career Batting Average
0.282
Clayton Kershaw Career Opposing Batting Average
0.211
In this matchup
0
Brendan Donovan Career Home Runs
40
Clayton Kershaw Career Home Runs Allowed
235
Grand Slams
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0
In the Park Home Runs
In this matchup
0
In the Park Grand Slams
In this matchup
0
In this matchup
0.000
Brendan Donovan Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.023
Clayton Kershaw Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.023
In this matchup
0.000
Brendan Donovan Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.080
Clayton Kershaw Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.107
Home Runs Per Strikeout
In this matchup
0.000
Brendan Donovan Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.148
Clayton Kershaw Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.077
In this matchup
0.600
Brendan Donovan Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.312
Clayton Kershaw Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.276
In this matchup
0
Brendan Donovan Career Hit By Pitch
43
Clayton Kershaw Career Batters Hit By Pitch
46
Outs
In this matchup
2
In this matchup
0
Brendan Donovan Career Intentional Walks
6
Clayton Kershaw Career Intentional Walks Allowed
28
In this matchup
1
Brendan Donovan Career Strikeouts
271
Clayton Kershaw Career Strikeouts Thrown
3052
In this matchup
7.000
Brendan Donovan Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
7.400
Clayton Kershaw Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
3.696
In this matchup
1.000
Brendan Donovan Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.670
Clayton Kershaw Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.230
Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance
In this matchup
0.571
Brendan Donovan Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.342
Clayton Kershaw Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.260
Batter Reached due to Defensive Indifference
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0
Batter Reached due to Error
In this matchup
0
Batter Reached due to Interference
In this matchup
0
In this matchup
0
Brendan Donovan Career Sacrifice Hits
4
Clayton Kershaw Career Sacrifice Hits
92
In this matchup
0
Brendan Donovan Career Sacrifice Flies
12
Clayton Kershaw Career Sacrifice Flies
37
In this matchup
0
Brendan Donovan Career Ground into Double Play
20
Clayton Kershaw Career Double Plays Enabled
209
Ground into Triple Play
In this matchup
0