Steve Garvey vs. Steve Barber — Matchup Analysis
Steve Garvey has absolutely raked against Barber. With only 5 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Garvey. Garvey's production against Barber has been exceptional: an OPS of 1.000, 29% above the career mark of 0.776, with a batting average of 0.400, 36% above their career average and above Barber's career opposing average of 0.240. Despite striking out once every 2.5 plate appearances here, more often than the career rate of once every 9.4 PA, Garvey is still posting above-career production against Barber. Edge: Garvey.
How Steve Garvey put the ball into play against Steve Barber
Balls and Strikes Thrown by Steve Barber to Steve Garvey
Matchup Details for Steve Garvey and Steve Barber
Stats that describe the matchup between Steve Garvey and Steve Barber including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
5
Steve Garvey Career Plate Appearances
9466
Steve Barber Career Batters Faced
8591
In this matchup
0.400
Steve Garvey Career Batting Average
0.294
Steve Barber Career Opposing Batting Average
0.240
In this matchup
0
Steve Garvey Career Home Runs
272
Steve Barber Career Home Runs Allowed
125
Grand Slams
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0
In the Park Home Runs
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0
In the Park Grand Slams
In this matchup
0
In this matchup
0.000
Steve Garvey Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.031
Steve Barber Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.017
In this matchup
0.000
Steve Garvey Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.105
Steve Barber Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.069
Home Runs Per Strikeout
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0.000
Steve Garvey Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.271
Steve Barber Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.095
In this matchup
0.667
Steve Garvey Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.304
Steve Barber Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.276
In this matchup
0
Steve Garvey Career Hit By Pitch
29
Steve Barber Career Batters Hit By Pitch
42
Outs
In this matchup
1
In this matchup
0
Steve Garvey Career Intentional Walks
113
Steve Barber Career Intentional Walks Allowed
59
In this matchup
2
Steve Garvey Career Strikeouts
1003
Steve Barber Career Strikeouts Thrown
1309
In this matchup
2.500
Steve Garvey Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
9.440
Steve Barber Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
6.563
In this matchup
0.000
Steve Garvey Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.480
Steve Barber Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.730
Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance
In this matchup
0.400
Steve Garvey Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.337
Steve Barber Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.329
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
Steve Garvey Career Sacrifice Hits
33
Steve Barber Career Sacrifice Hits
24
In this matchup
0
Steve Garvey Career Sacrifice Flies
90
Steve Barber Career Sacrifice Flies
6
In this matchup
1
Steve Garvey Career Ground into Double Play
251
Steve Barber Career Double Plays Enabled
10
Ground into Triple Play
In this matchup
0