Mike Easler vs. Joe Niekro — Matchup Analysis

Mike Easler has had Niekro's number. Easler is hitting 0.379 in this matchup, 29% above their career average and above Niekro's career opposing average of 0.254. Easler also posted an OPS of 0.902, well above the career mark of 0.804. Easler has made good contact, striking out once every 7.8 plate appearances, less often than the career rate of once every 5.8 PA. Edge: Easler.

How Mike Easler put the ball into play against Joe Niekro

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Joe Niekro to Mike Easler

Matchup Details for Mike Easler and Joe Niekro

Stats that describe the matchup between Mike Easler and Joe Niekro including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
31
Mike Easler Career Plate Appearances
4061
Joe Niekro Career Batters Faced
15166
In this matchup
29
Mike Easler Career At Bats
3677
Joe Niekro Career At Bats Pitched
13637
In this matchup
0.379
Mike Easler Career Batting Average
0.293
Joe Niekro Career Opposing Batting Average
0.254
In this matchup
11
Mike Easler Career Hits
1078
Joe Niekro Career Hits Allowed
3466
In this matchup
8
Mike Easler Career Singles
746
In this matchup
3
Mike Easler Career Doubles
189
In this matchup
0
Mike Easler Career Triples
25
In this matchup
0
Mike Easler Career Home Runs
118
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed
276

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
3
Mike Easler Career Extra Base Hits
332
In this matchup
0.000
Mike Easler Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.032
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.020
In this matchup
0.000
Mike Easler Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.110
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.080

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
0.000
Mike Easler Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.170
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.158
In this matchup
14
Mike Easler Total Bases
1671
In this matchup
13
Mike Easler Career Times on Base
1416
In this matchup
0.419
Mike Easler Career On Base Percentage
0.349
In this matchup
0.483
Mike Easler Career Slugging Percentage
0.454
In this matchup
0.902
Mike Easler Career OPS
0.804
In this matchup
0.103
Mike Easler Career Isolated Power
0.161
In this matchup
0.309
Mike Easler Career Gross Production Average
0.271
In this matchup
0.440
Mike Easler Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.331
Joe Niekro Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.275
In this matchup
1
Mike Easler Career RBIs
522
In this matchup
5.871
Mike Easler Career Runs Created
590.360
In this matchup
0
Mike Easler Career Hit By Pitch
17
Joe Niekro Career Batters Hit By Pitch
65

Outs

In this matchup
13
In this matchup
2
Mike Easler Career Walks
321
Joe Niekro Career Walks Allowed
1262
In this matchup
0
Mike Easler Career Intentional Walks
46
Joe Niekro Career Intentional Walks Allowed
71
In this matchup
4
Mike Easler Career Strikeouts
696
Joe Niekro Career Strikeouts Thrown
1747
In this matchup
7.750
Mike Easler Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
5.830
Joe Niekro Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
8.681
In this matchup
0.500
Mike Easler Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.460
Joe Niekro Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.720

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.419
Mike Easler 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
1

Batter Reached due to Interference

In this matchup
0
In this matchup
0
Mike Easler Career Sacrifice Hits
6
Joe Niekro Career Sacrifice Hits
106
In this matchup
0
Mike Easler Career Sacrifice Flies
40
Joe Niekro Career Sacrifice Flies
96
In this matchup
0
Mike Easler Career Ground into Double Play
85
Joe Niekro Career Double Plays Enabled
200

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0