Al Kaline vs. Ted Wills — Matchup Analysis
Al Kaline has absolutely raked against Wills. With only 8 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Kaline. Kaline's production against Wills has been exceptional: an OPS of 1.375, 61% above the career mark of 0.855, with a batting average of 0.500, 68% above their career average and above Wills's career opposing average of 0.284. Despite striking out once every 8 plate appearances here, more often than the career rate of once every 11.4 PA, Kaline is still posting above-career production against Wills. Edge: Kaline.
How Al Kaline put the ball into play against Ted Wills
Balls and Strikes Thrown by Ted Wills to Al Kaline
Matchup Details for Al Kaline and Ted Wills
Stats that describe the matchup between Al Kaline and Ted Wills including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
8
Al Kaline Career Plate Appearances
11597
Ted Wills Career Batters Faced
847
In this matchup
0.500
Al Kaline Career Batting Average
0.297
Ted Wills Career Opposing Batting Average
0.284
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
0.125
Al Kaline Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.039
Ted Wills Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.039
In this matchup
0.250
Al Kaline Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.133
Ted Wills Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.138
Home Runs Per Strikeout
In this matchup
1.000
Al Kaline Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.391
Ted Wills Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.218
In this matchup
0.500
Al Kaline Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.296
Ted Wills Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.313
In this matchup
0
Al Kaline Career Hit By Pitch
55
Ted Wills Career Batters Hit By Pitch
10
Outs
In this matchup
3
In this matchup
0
Al Kaline Career Intentional Walks
131
Ted Wills Career Intentional Walks Allowed
5
In this matchup
8.000
Al Kaline Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
11.370
Ted Wills Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
6.368
In this matchup
0.000
Al Kaline Career Walks Per Strikeout
1.250
Ted Wills Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.730
Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance
In this matchup
0.500
Al Kaline Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.381
Ted Wills Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.368
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
Al Kaline Career Sacrifice Flies
104
Ted Wills Career Sacrifice Flies
0
In this matchup
0
Al Kaline Career Ground into Double Play
271
Ted Wills Career Double Plays Enabled
0
Ground into Triple Play
In this matchup
0