Jim Gosger vs. Al Downing — Matchup Analysis

This matchup has been a genuine battle. With only 7 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward neither side. Gosger is hitting 0.286 here, 26% above their career average, while Downing's career opposing average is 0.230. Gosger also posted an OPS of 0.571, close to the career mark of 0.640. Gosger has avoided the strikeout, going down once every 7 plate appearances, less often than the career rate of once every 6.5 PA. No clear edge.

How Jim Gosger put the ball into play against Al Downing

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Al Downing to Jim Gosger

Matchup Details for Jim Gosger and Al Downing

Stats that describe the matchup between Jim Gosger and Al Downing including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
7
Jim Gosger Career Plate Appearances
2066
Al Downing Career Batters Faced
9539
In this matchup
7
Jim Gosger Career At Bats
1815
Al Downing Career At Bats Pitched
8481
In this matchup
0.286
Jim Gosger Career Batting Average
0.226
Al Downing Career Opposing Batting Average
0.230
In this matchup
2
Jim Gosger Career Hits
411
Al Downing Career Hits Allowed
1946
In this matchup
2
Jim Gosger Career Singles
298
In this matchup
0
Jim Gosger Career Doubles
67
In this matchup
0
Jim Gosger Career Triples
16
In this matchup
0
Jim Gosger Career Home Runs
30
Al Downing Career Home Runs Allowed
177

Grand Slams

In this matchup
0

In the Park Home Runs

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0

In the Park Grand Slams

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0
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0
Jim Gosger Career Extra Base Hits
113
In this matchup
0.000
Jim Gosger Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.017
Al Downing Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.021
In this matchup
0.000
Jim Gosger Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.073
Al Downing Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.091

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
0.000
Jim Gosger Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.095
Al Downing Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.108
In this matchup
2
Jim Gosger Total Bases
600
In this matchup
2
Jim Gosger Career Times on Base
634
In this matchup
0.286
Jim Gosger Career On Base Percentage
0.309
In this matchup
0.286
Jim Gosger Career Slugging Percentage
0.331
In this matchup
0.571
Jim Gosger Career OPS
0.640
In this matchup
0.000
Jim Gosger Career Isolated Power
0.104
In this matchup
0.200
Jim Gosger Career Gross Production Average
0.222
In this matchup
0.333
Jim Gosger Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.257
Al Downing Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.265
In this matchup
0
Jim Gosger Career RBIs
177
In this matchup
0.571
Jim Gosger Career Runs Created
202.840
In this matchup
0
Jim Gosger Career Hit By Pitch
6
Al Downing Career Batters Hit By Pitch
31

Outs

In this matchup
4
In this matchup
0
Jim Gosger Career Walks
217
Al Downing Career Walks Allowed
933
In this matchup
0
Jim Gosger Career Intentional Walks
25
Al Downing Career Intentional Walks Allowed
32
In this matchup
1
Jim Gosger Career Strikeouts
316
Al Downing Career Strikeouts Thrown
1639
In this matchup
7.000
Jim Gosger Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
6.540
Al Downing Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
5.820
In this matchup
0.000
Jim Gosger Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.690
Al Downing Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.570

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.286
Jim Gosger Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.316
Al Downing Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.305

Batter Reached due to Defensive Indifference

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0

Batter Reached due to Error

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0

Batter Reached due to Interference

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0
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0
Jim Gosger Career Sacrifice Hits
17
Al Downing Career Sacrifice Hits
69
In this matchup
0
Jim Gosger Career Sacrifice Flies
11
Al Downing Career Sacrifice Flies
25
In this matchup
0
Jim Gosger Career Ground into Double Play
29
Al Downing Career Double Plays Enabled
34

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0