Bruce Kison vs. Joe Niekro — Matchup Analysis

Bruce Kison has absolutely raked against Niekro. With only 6 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Kison. Kison's production against Niekro has been exceptional: an OPS of 1.100, 146% above the career mark of 0.448, with a batting average of 0.400, 145% above their career average and above Niekro's career opposing average of 0.254. Kison has made good contact, striking out once every 6 plate appearances, less often than the career rate of once every 2.9 PA. Edge: Kison.

How Bruce Kison put the ball into play against Joe Niekro

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Joe Niekro to Bruce Kison

Matchup Details for Bruce Kison and Joe Niekro

Stats that describe the matchup between Bruce Kison and Joe Niekro including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
6
Bruce Kison Career Plate Appearances
457
Joe Niekro Career Batters Faced
15166
In this matchup
5
Bruce Kison Career At Bats
404
Joe Niekro Career At Bats Pitched
13637
In this matchup
0.400
Bruce Kison Career Batting Average
0.163
Joe Niekro Career Opposing Batting Average
0.254
In this matchup
2
Bruce Kison Career Hits
66
Joe Niekro Career Hits Allowed
3466
In this matchup
1
Bruce Kison Career Singles
43
In this matchup
1
Bruce Kison Career Doubles
15
In this matchup
0
Bruce Kison Career Triples
5
In this matchup
0
Bruce Kison Career Home Runs
3
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
1
Bruce Kison Career Extra Base Hits
23
In this matchup
0.000
Bruce Kison Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.007
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.020
In this matchup
0.000
Bruce Kison Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.046
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.080

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
0.000
Bruce Kison Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.019
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.158
In this matchup
3
Bruce Kison Total Bases
100
In this matchup
3
Bruce Kison Career Times on Base
85
In this matchup
0.500
Bruce Kison Career On Base Percentage
0.201
In this matchup
0.600
Bruce Kison Career Slugging Percentage
0.248
In this matchup
1.100
Bruce Kison Career OPS
0.448
In this matchup
0.200
Bruce Kison Career Isolated Power
0.084
In this matchup
0.375
Bruce Kison Career Gross Production Average
0.152
In this matchup
0.500
Bruce Kison Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.258
Joe Niekro Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.275
In this matchup
1
Bruce Kison Career RBIs
31
In this matchup
1.500
Bruce Kison Career Runs Created
15.230
In this matchup
0
Bruce Kison Career Hit By Pitch
3
Joe Niekro Career Batters Hit By Pitch
65

Outs

In this matchup
2
In this matchup
1
Bruce Kison Career Walks
16
Joe Niekro Career Walks Allowed
1262
In this matchup
0
Bruce Kison Career Intentional Walks
0
Joe Niekro Career Intentional Walks Allowed
71
In this matchup
1
Bruce Kison Career Strikeouts
158
Joe Niekro Career Strikeouts Thrown
1747
In this matchup
6.000
Bruce Kison Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
2.890
Joe Niekro Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
8.681
In this matchup
1.000
Bruce Kison Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.100
Joe Niekro Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.720

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.500
Bruce Kison Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.179
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
0

Batter Reached due to Interference

In this matchup
0
In this matchup
0
Bruce Kison Career Sacrifice Hits
33
Joe Niekro Career Sacrifice Hits
106
In this matchup
0
Bruce Kison Career Sacrifice Flies
1
Joe Niekro Career Sacrifice Flies
96
In this matchup
0
Bruce Kison Career Ground into Double Play
5
Joe Niekro Career Double Plays Enabled
200

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0