Davey Johnson vs. Jim Merritt — Matchup Analysis

This matchup has been a genuine battle. Johnson is hitting 0.286 here, 9% above their career average, while Merritt's career opposing average is 0.254. Johnson also posted an OPS of 0.726, close to the career mark of 0.744. Johnson has avoided the strikeout, going down once every 30 plate appearances, less often than the career rate of once every 8.1 PA. No clear edge.

How Davey Johnson put the ball into play against Jim Merritt

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Jim Merritt to Davey Johnson

Matchup Details for Davey Johnson and Jim Merritt

Stats that describe the matchup between Davey Johnson and Jim Merritt including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
30
Davey Johnson Career Plate Appearances
5465
Jim Merritt Career Batters Faced
6168
In this matchup
28
Davey Johnson Career At Bats
4797
Jim Merritt Career At Bats Pitched
5782
In this matchup
0.286
Davey Johnson Career Batting Average
0.261
Jim Merritt Career Opposing Batting Average
0.254
In this matchup
8
Davey Johnson Career Hits
1252
Jim Merritt Career Hits Allowed
1468
In this matchup
7
Davey Johnson Career Singles
856
In this matchup
0
Davey Johnson Career Doubles
242
In this matchup
0
Davey Johnson Career Triples
18
In this matchup
1
Davey Johnson Career Home Runs
136
Jim Merritt Career Home Runs Allowed
160

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
1
Davey Johnson Career Extra Base Hits
396
In this matchup
0.036
Davey Johnson Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.028
Jim Merritt Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.028
In this matchup
0.125
Davey Johnson Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.109
Jim Merritt Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.109

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
1.000
Davey Johnson Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.201
Jim Merritt Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.172
In this matchup
11
Davey Johnson Total Bases
1938
In this matchup
10
Davey Johnson Career Times on Base
1851
In this matchup
0.333
Davey Johnson Career On Base Percentage
0.340
In this matchup
0.393
Davey Johnson Career Slugging Percentage
0.404
In this matchup
0.726
Davey Johnson Career OPS
0.744
In this matchup
0.107
Davey Johnson Career Isolated Power
0.143
In this matchup
0.248
Davey Johnson Career Gross Production Average
0.254
In this matchup
0.269
Davey Johnson Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.277
Jim Merritt Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.279
In this matchup
3
Davey Johnson Career RBIs
609
In this matchup
3.667
Davey Johnson Career Runs Created
689.190
In this matchup
0
Davey Johnson Career Hit By Pitch
40
Jim Merritt Career Batters Hit By Pitch
25

Outs

In this matchup
17
In this matchup
2
Davey Johnson Career Walks
559
Jim Merritt Career Walks Allowed
322
In this matchup
0
Davey Johnson Career Intentional Walks
57
Jim Merritt Career Intentional Walks Allowed
45
In this matchup
1
Davey Johnson Career Strikeouts
675
Jim Merritt Career Strikeouts Thrown
932
In this matchup
30.000
Davey Johnson Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
8.100
Jim Merritt Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
6.618
In this matchup
2.000
Davey Johnson Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.830
Jim Merritt Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.350

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.333
Davey Johnson Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.342
Jim Merritt Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.298

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
Davey Johnson Career Sacrifice Hits
26
Jim Merritt Career Sacrifice Hits
20
In this matchup
0
Davey Johnson Career Sacrifice Flies
43
Jim Merritt Career Sacrifice Flies
19
In this matchup
1
Davey Johnson Career Ground into Double Play
126
Jim Merritt Career Double Plays Enabled
17

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0