John Jaso vs. Grant Balfour — Matchup Analysis
John Jaso has absolutely raked against Balfour. With only 7 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Jaso. Jaso's production against Balfour has been exceptional: an OPS of 0.929, 22% above the career mark of 0.763, with a batting average of 0.333, 29% above their career average and above Balfour's career opposing average of 0.209. Jaso has made good contact, striking out once every 7 plate appearances, less often than the career rate of once every 6.3 PA. Edge: Jaso.
How John Jaso put the ball into play against Grant Balfour
Balls and Strikes Thrown by Grant Balfour to John Jaso
Matchup Details for John Jaso and Grant Balfour
Stats that describe the matchup between John Jaso and Grant Balfour including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
7
John Jaso Career Plate Appearances
2591
Grant Balfour Career Batters Faced
2241
In this matchup
0.333
John Jaso Career Batting Average
0.258
Grant Balfour Career Opposing Batting Average
0.209
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
John Jaso Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.025
Grant Balfour Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.024
In this matchup
0.000
John Jaso Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.096
Grant Balfour Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.116
Home Runs Per Strikeout
In this matchup
0.000
John Jaso Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.133
Grant Balfour Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.082
In this matchup
0.400
John Jaso Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.292
Grant Balfour Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.270
In this matchup
0
John Jaso Career Hit By Pitch
28
Grant Balfour Career Batters Hit By Pitch
8
Outs
In this matchup
3
In this matchup
0
John Jaso Career Intentional Walks
6
Grant Balfour Career Intentional Walks Allowed
14
In this matchup
1
John Jaso Career Strikeouts
412
Grant Balfour Career Strikeouts Thrown
571
In this matchup
7.000
John Jaso Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
6.290
Grant Balfour Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
3.925
In this matchup
1.000
John Jaso Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.770
Grant Balfour Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.440
Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance
In this matchup
0.429
John Jaso Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.347
Grant Balfour Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.300
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
In this matchup
0
John Jaso Career Sacrifice Hits
5
Grant Balfour Career Sacrifice Hits
15
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0
John Jaso Career Sacrifice Flies
15
Grant Balfour Career Sacrifice Flies
19
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0
John Jaso Career Ground into Double Play
52
Grant Balfour Career Double Plays Enabled
31
Ground into Triple Play
In this matchup
0