Thomas Howard vs. Dave Burba — Matchup Analysis
Thomas Howard has absolutely raked against Burba. With only 9 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Howard. Howard's production against Burba has been exceptional: an OPS of 1.000, 44% above the career mark of 0.695, with a batting average of 0.333, 26% above their career average and above Burba's career opposing average of 0.260. Despite striking out once every 4.5 plate appearances here, more often than the career rate of once every 6.2 PA, Howard is still posting above-career production against Burba. Edge: Howard.
How Thomas Howard put the ball into play against Dave Burba
Balls and Strikes Thrown by Dave Burba to Thomas Howard
Matchup Details for Thomas Howard and Dave Burba
Stats that describe the matchup between Thomas Howard and Dave Burba including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
9
Thomas Howard Career Plate Appearances
2696
Dave Burba Career Batters Faced
7749
In this matchup
0.333
Thomas Howard Career Batting Average
0.264
Dave Burba Career Opposing Batting Average
0.260
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
0.111
Thomas Howard Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.018
Dave Burba Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.029
In this matchup
0.333
Thomas Howard Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.067
Dave Burba Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.113
Home Runs Per Strikeout
In this matchup
0.500
Thomas Howard Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.102
Dave Burba Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.144
In this matchup
0.333
Thomas Howard Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.302
Dave Burba Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.302
In this matchup
0
Thomas Howard Career Hit By Pitch
11
Dave Burba Career Batters Hit By Pitch
58
Outs
In this matchup
4
In this matchup
0
Thomas Howard Career Intentional Walks
10
Dave Burba Career Intentional Walks Allowed
53
In this matchup
2
Thomas Howard Career Strikeouts
432
Dave Burba Career Strikeouts Thrown
1398
In this matchup
4.500
Thomas Howard Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
6.240
Dave Burba Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
5.543
In this matchup
0.000
Thomas Howard Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.380
Dave Burba Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.550
Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance
In this matchup
0.333
Thomas Howard Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.308
Dave Burba Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.334
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
Thomas Howard Career Sacrifice Hits
21
Dave Burba Career Sacrifice Hits
51
In this matchup
0
Thomas Howard Career Sacrifice Flies
16
Dave Burba Career Sacrifice Flies
55
In this matchup
0
Thomas Howard Career Ground into Double Play
39
Dave Burba Career Double Plays Enabled
130
Ground into Triple Play
In this matchup
0