Alex Johnson vs. Joe Niekro — Matchup Analysis

Alex Johnson has held their own against Niekro. Johnson is hitting 0.290 in this matchup, 1% above their career average and above Niekro's career opposing average of 0.254. Johnson also posted an OPS of 0.849, modestly above the career mark of 0.718. Johnson has made good contact too, striking out once every 16.5 plate appearances rather than the career rate of once every 7.9 PA, and going deep at or above the career pace. Slight edge: Johnson.

How Alex Johnson put the ball into play against Joe Niekro

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Joe Niekro to Alex Johnson

Matchup Details for Alex Johnson and Joe Niekro

Stats that describe the matchup between Alex Johnson and Joe Niekro including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
33
Alex Johnson Career Plate Appearances
4948
Joe Niekro Career Batters Faced
15166
In this matchup
31
Alex Johnson Career At Bats
4623
Joe Niekro Career At Bats Pitched
13637
In this matchup
0.290
Alex Johnson Career Batting Average
0.288
Joe Niekro Career Opposing Batting Average
0.254
In this matchup
9
Alex Johnson Career Hits
1331
Joe Niekro Career Hits Allowed
3466
In this matchup
6
Alex Johnson Career Singles
1040
In this matchup
1
Alex Johnson Career Doubles
180
In this matchup
0
Alex Johnson Career Triples
33
In this matchup
2
Alex Johnson Career Home Runs
78
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed
276

Grand Slams

In this matchup
0

In the Park Home Runs

In this matchup
0

In the Park Grand Slams

In this matchup
0
In this matchup
3
Alex Johnson Career Extra Base Hits
291
In this matchup
0.065
Alex Johnson Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.017
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.020
In this matchup
0.222
Alex Johnson Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.059
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.080

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
1.000
Alex Johnson Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.125
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.158
In this matchup
16
Alex Johnson Total Bases
1811
In this matchup
11
Alex Johnson Career Times on Base
1611
In this matchup
0.333
Alex Johnson Career On Base Percentage
0.326
In this matchup
0.516
Alex Johnson Career Slugging Percentage
0.392
In this matchup
0.849
Alex Johnson Career OPS
0.718
In this matchup
0.226
Alex Johnson Career Isolated Power
0.104
In this matchup
0.279
Alex Johnson Career Gross Production Average
0.245
In this matchup
0.259
Alex Johnson Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.317
Joe Niekro Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.275
In this matchup
6
Alex Johnson Career RBIs
525
In this matchup
5.333
Alex Johnson Career Runs Created
604.630
In this matchup
0
Alex Johnson Career Hit By Pitch
36
Joe Niekro Career Batters Hit By Pitch
65

Outs

In this matchup
19
In this matchup
2
Alex Johnson Career Walks
244
Joe Niekro Career Walks Allowed
1262
In this matchup
0
Alex Johnson Career Intentional Walks
43
Joe Niekro Career Intentional Walks Allowed
71
In this matchup
2
Alex Johnson Career Strikeouts
626
Joe Niekro Career Strikeouts Thrown
1747
In this matchup
16.500
Alex Johnson Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
7.900
Joe Niekro Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
8.681
In this matchup
1.000
Alex Johnson Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.390
Joe Niekro Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.720

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.333
Alex Johnson Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.327
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

In this matchup
1

Batter Reached due to Interference

In this matchup
0
In this matchup
0
Alex Johnson Career Sacrifice Hits
12
Joe Niekro Career Sacrifice Hits
106
In this matchup
0
Alex Johnson Career Sacrifice Flies
33
Joe Niekro Career Sacrifice Flies
96
In this matchup
2
Alex Johnson Career Ground into Double Play
143
Joe Niekro Career Double Plays Enabled
200

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0