Curt Flood vs. Joe Niekro — Matchup Analysis
Joe Niekro has dominated this matchup. Despite batting 0.273, 7% below their career average and above Niekro's career opposing average of 0.254, Flood's OPS of 0.545 is 25% below the career mark of 0.732. Flood has yet to take Niekro deep across 23 plate appearances. Edge: Niekro.
How Curt Flood put the ball into play against Joe Niekro
Balls and Strikes Thrown by Joe Niekro to Curt Flood
Matchup Details for Curt Flood and Joe Niekro
Stats that describe the matchup between Curt Flood and Joe Niekro including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
23
Curt Flood Career Plate Appearances
6958
Joe Niekro Career Batters Faced
15166
In this matchup
0.273
Curt Flood Career Batting Average
0.293
Joe Niekro Career Opposing Batting Average
0.254
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
0.000
Curt Flood Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.013
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.020
In this matchup
0.000
Curt Flood Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.046
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.080
Home Runs Per Strikeout
In this matchup
0.000
Curt Flood Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.140
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.158
In this matchup
0.273
Curt Flood Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.312
Joe Niekro Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.275
In this matchup
0
Curt Flood Career Hit By Pitch
52
Joe Niekro Career Batters Hit By Pitch
65
Outs
In this matchup
17
In this matchup
0
Curt Flood Career Intentional Walks
22
Joe Niekro Career Intentional Walks Allowed
71
In this matchup
0
Curt Flood Career Strikeouts
609
Joe Niekro Career Strikeouts Thrown
1747
In this matchup
0.000
Curt Flood Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
11.430
Joe Niekro Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
8.681
In this matchup
0.000
Curt Flood Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.730
Joe Niekro Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.720
Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance
In this matchup
0.261
Curt Flood Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.334
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
0
Batter Reached due to Interference
In this matchup
0
In this matchup
1
Curt Flood Career Sacrifice Hits
72
Joe Niekro Career Sacrifice Hits
106
In this matchup
0
Curt Flood Career Sacrifice Flies
33
Joe Niekro Career Sacrifice Flies
96
In this matchup
1
Curt Flood Career Ground into Double Play
117
Joe Niekro Career Double Plays Enabled
200
Ground into Triple Play
In this matchup
0