Tito Francona vs. Johnny Kucks — Matchup Analysis

Johnny Kucks has had the better of this matchup. Despite batting 0.279, 3% above their career average and above Kucks's career opposing average of 0.263, Francona's OPS of 0.680 sits modestly below the career mark of 0.746. Even with Francona striking out less often than usual, once every 12 PA versus a career rate of once every 8.3 PA, the overall production numbers still favor Kucks. Slight edge: Kucks.

How Tito Francona put the ball into play against Johnny Kucks

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Johnny Kucks to Tito Francona

Matchup Details for Tito Francona and Johnny Kucks

Stats that describe the matchup between Tito Francona and Johnny Kucks including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
48
Tito Francona Career Plate Appearances
5776
Johnny Kucks Career Batters Faced
4030
In this matchup
43
Tito Francona Career At Bats
5121
Johnny Kucks Career At Bats Pitched
3683
In this matchup
0.279
Tito Francona Career Batting Average
0.272
Johnny Kucks Career Opposing Batting Average
0.263
In this matchup
12
Tito Francona Career Hits
1395
Johnny Kucks Career Hits Allowed
970
In this matchup
10
Tito Francona Career Singles
1012
In this matchup
2
Tito Francona Career Doubles
224
In this matchup
0
Tito Francona Career Triples
34
In this matchup
0
Tito Francona Career Home Runs
125
Johnny Kucks Career Home Runs Allowed
91

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
2
Tito Francona Career Extra Base Hits
383
In this matchup
0.000
Tito Francona Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.024
Johnny Kucks Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.025
In this matchup
0.000
Tito Francona Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.090
Johnny Kucks Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.094

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
0.000
Tito Francona Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.180
Johnny Kucks Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.269
In this matchup
14
Tito Francona Total Bases
2062
In this matchup
17
Tito Francona Career Times on Base
1971
In this matchup
0.354
Tito Francona Career On Base Percentage
0.344
In this matchup
0.326
Tito Francona Career Slugging Percentage
0.403
In this matchup
0.680
Tito Francona Career OPS
0.746
In this matchup
0.047
Tito Francona Career Isolated Power
0.130
In this matchup
0.241
Tito Francona Career Gross Production Average
0.255
In this matchup
0.308
Tito Francona Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.292
Johnny Kucks Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.270
In this matchup
4
Tito Francona Career RBIs
656
In this matchup
4.958
Tito Francona Career Runs Created
762.180
In this matchup
0
Tito Francona Career Hit By Pitch
32
Johnny Kucks Career Batters Hit By Pitch
39

Outs

In this matchup
27
In this matchup
5
Tito Francona Career Walks
544
Johnny Kucks Career Walks Allowed
308
In this matchup
0
Tito Francona Career Intentional Walks
59
Johnny Kucks Career Intentional Walks Allowed
12
In this matchup
4
Tito Francona Career Strikeouts
694
Johnny Kucks Career Strikeouts Thrown
338
In this matchup
12.000
Tito Francona Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
8.320
Johnny Kucks Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
11.923
In this matchup
1.250
Tito Francona Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.780
Johnny Kucks Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.910

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.354
Tito Francona Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.346
Johnny Kucks Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.320

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
Tito Francona Career Sacrifice Hits
38
Johnny Kucks Career Sacrifice Hits
0
In this matchup
0
Tito Francona Career Sacrifice Flies
41
Johnny Kucks Career Sacrifice Flies
0
In this matchup
2
Tito Francona Career Ground into Double Play
103
Johnny Kucks Career Double Plays Enabled
0

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0