Jerry Grote vs. Andy Messersmith — Matchup Analysis

This matchup has been a genuine battle. Grote is hitting 0.296 here, 18% above their career average, while Messersmith's career opposing average is 0.212. Grote also posted an OPS of 0.678, close to the career mark of 0.642. Grote has avoided the strikeout, going down once every 14 plate appearances, less often than the career rate of once every 8.1 PA. No clear edge.

How Jerry Grote put the ball into play against Andy Messersmith

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Andy Messersmith to Jerry Grote

Matchup Details for Jerry Grote and Andy Messersmith

Stats that describe the matchup between Jerry Grote and Andy Messersmith including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
28
Jerry Grote Career Plate Appearances
4844
Andy Messersmith Career Batters Faced
9120
In this matchup
27
Jerry Grote Career At Bats
4339
Andy Messersmith Career At Bats Pitched
8126
In this matchup
0.296
Jerry Grote Career Batting Average
0.252
Andy Messersmith Career Opposing Batting Average
0.212
In this matchup
8
Jerry Grote Career Hits
1092
Andy Messersmith Career Hits Allowed
1719
In this matchup
7
Jerry Grote Career Singles
871
In this matchup
1
Jerry Grote Career Doubles
160
In this matchup
0
Jerry Grote Career Triples
22
In this matchup
0
Jerry Grote Career Home Runs
39
Andy Messersmith Career Home Runs Allowed
174

Grand Slams

In this matchup
0

In the Park Home Runs

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0

In the Park Grand Slams

In this matchup
0
In this matchup
1
Jerry Grote Career Extra Base Hits
221
In this matchup
0.000
Jerry Grote Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.009
Andy Messersmith Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.021
In this matchup
0.000
Jerry Grote Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.036
Andy Messersmith Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.101

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
0.000
Jerry Grote Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.065
Andy Messersmith Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.107
In this matchup
9
Jerry Grote Total Bases
1413
In this matchup
10
Jerry Grote Career Times on Base
1517
In this matchup
0.345
Jerry Grote Career On Base Percentage
0.316
In this matchup
0.333
Jerry Grote Career Slugging Percentage
0.326
In this matchup
0.678
Jerry Grote Career OPS
0.642
In this matchup
0.037
Jerry Grote Career Isolated Power
0.074
In this matchup
0.239
Jerry Grote Career Gross Production Average
0.224
In this matchup
0.320
Jerry Grote Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.282
Andy Messersmith Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.244
In this matchup
2
Jerry Grote Career RBIs
404
In this matchup
3.103
Jerry Grote Career Runs Created
474.840
In this matchup
0
Jerry Grote Career Hit By Pitch
26
Andy Messersmith Career Batters Hit By Pitch
40

Outs

In this matchup
17
In this matchup
1
Jerry Grote Career Walks
399
Andy Messersmith Career Walks Allowed
831
In this matchup
1
Jerry Grote Career Intentional Walks
77
Andy Messersmith Career Intentional Walks Allowed
44
In this matchup
2
Jerry Grote Career Strikeouts
600
Andy Messersmith Career Strikeouts Thrown
1625
In this matchup
14.000
Jerry Grote Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
8.070
Andy Messersmith Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
5.612
In this matchup
1.000
Jerry Grote Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.670
Andy Messersmith Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.510

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.357
Jerry Grote Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.324
Andy Messersmith Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.284

Batter Reached due to Defensive Indifference

In this matchup
0

Batter Reached due to Error

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0

Batter Reached due to Interference

In this matchup
0
In this matchup
0
Jerry Grote Career Sacrifice Hits
47
Andy Messersmith Career Sacrifice Hits
87
In this matchup
0
Jerry Grote Career Sacrifice Flies
33
Andy Messersmith Career Sacrifice Flies
36
In this matchup
0
Jerry Grote Career Ground into Double Play
131
Andy Messersmith Career Double Plays Enabled
80

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0