Gail Hopkins vs. Joe Niekro — Matchup Analysis

Gail Hopkins has absolutely raked against Niekro. With only 9 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Hopkins. Hopkins's production against Niekro has been exceptional: an OPS of 1.475, 103% above the career mark of 0.727, with a batting average of 0.500, 88% above their career average and above Niekro's career opposing average of 0.254. Edge: Hopkins.

How Gail Hopkins put the ball into play against Joe Niekro

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Joe Niekro to Gail Hopkins

Matchup Details for Gail Hopkins and Joe Niekro

Stats that describe the matchup between Gail Hopkins and Joe Niekro including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
9
Gail Hopkins Career Plate Appearances
1400
Joe Niekro Career Batters Faced
15166
In this matchup
8
Gail Hopkins Career At Bats
1219
Joe Niekro Career At Bats Pitched
13637
In this matchup
0.500
Gail Hopkins Career Batting Average
0.266
Joe Niekro Career Opposing Batting Average
0.254
In this matchup
4
Gail Hopkins Career Hits
324
Joe Niekro Career Hits Allowed
3466
In this matchup
2
Gail Hopkins Career Singles
246
In this matchup
1
Gail Hopkins Career Doubles
47
In this matchup
1
Gail Hopkins Career Triples
6
In this matchup
0
Gail Hopkins Career Home Runs
25
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed
276

Grand Slams

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0

In the Park Home Runs

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0

In the Park Grand Slams

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0
In this matchup
2
Gail Hopkins Career Extra Base Hits
78
In this matchup
0.000
Gail Hopkins Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.021
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.020
In this matchup
0.000
Gail Hopkins Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.077
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.080

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
0.000
Gail Hopkins Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.301
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.158
In this matchup
7
Gail Hopkins Total Bases
458
In this matchup
6
Gail Hopkins Career Times on Base
492
In this matchup
0.600
Gail Hopkins Career On Base Percentage
0.352
In this matchup
0.875
Gail Hopkins Career Slugging Percentage
0.376
In this matchup
1.475
Gail Hopkins Career OPS
0.727
In this matchup
0.375
Gail Hopkins Career Isolated Power
0.110
In this matchup
0.489
Gail Hopkins Career Gross Production Average
0.252
In this matchup
0.500
Gail Hopkins Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.266
Joe Niekro Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.275
In this matchup
4
Gail Hopkins Career RBIs
145
In this matchup
4.200
Gail Hopkins Career Runs Created
177.270
In this matchup
0
Gail Hopkins Career Hit By Pitch
8
Joe Niekro Career Batters Hit By Pitch
65

Outs

In this matchup
4
In this matchup
1
Gail Hopkins Career Walks
160
Joe Niekro Career Walks Allowed
1262
In this matchup
1
Gail Hopkins Career Intentional Walks
21
Joe Niekro Career Intentional Walks Allowed
71
In this matchup
0
Gail Hopkins Career Strikeouts
83
Joe Niekro Career Strikeouts Thrown
1747
In this matchup
0.000
Gail Hopkins Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
16.870
Joe Niekro Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
8.681
In this matchup
0.000
Gail Hopkins Career Walks Per Strikeout
1.930
Joe Niekro Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.720

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.667
Gail Hopkins Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.361
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

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0

Batter Reached due to Interference

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0
In this matchup
0
Gail Hopkins Career Sacrifice Hits
1
Joe Niekro Career Sacrifice Hits
106
In this matchup
0
Gail Hopkins Career Sacrifice Flies
12
Joe Niekro Career Sacrifice Flies
96
In this matchup
0
Gail Hopkins Career Ground into Double Play
33
Joe Niekro Career Double Plays Enabled
200

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0