Jeffrey Leonard vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Matchup Analysis

Fernando Valenzuela has had the better of this matchup. Despite batting 0.260, 2% below their career average and above Valenzuela's career opposing average of 0.248, Leonard's OPS of 0.646 sits modestly below the career mark of 0.723. Valenzuela has been equally punishing in the strikeout column, sending Leonard down once every 4.2 plate appearances, more often than the career rate of once every 5.5 PA. Slight edge: Valenzuela.

How Jeffrey Leonard put the ball into play against Fernando Valenzuela

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Fernando Valenzuela to Jeffrey Leonard

Matchup Details for Jeffrey Leonard and Fernando Valenzuela

Stats that describe the matchup between Jeffrey Leonard and Fernando Valenzuela including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
84
Jeffrey Leonard Career Plate Appearances
5476
Fernando Valenzuela Career Batters Faced
12398
In this matchup
77
Jeffrey Leonard Career At Bats
5045
Fernando Valenzuela Career At Bats Pitched
10971
In this matchup
0.260
Jeffrey Leonard Career Batting Average
0.266
Fernando Valenzuela Career Opposing Batting Average
0.248
In this matchup
20
Jeffrey Leonard Career Hits
1342
Fernando Valenzuela Career Hits Allowed
2718
In this matchup
17
Jeffrey Leonard Career Singles
938
In this matchup
2
Jeffrey Leonard Career Doubles
223
In this matchup
0
Jeffrey Leonard Career Triples
37
In this matchup
1
Jeffrey Leonard Career Home Runs
144
Fernando Valenzuela Career Home Runs Allowed
226

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
Jeffrey Leonard Career Extra Base Hits
404
In this matchup
0.013
Jeffrey Leonard Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.029
Fernando Valenzuela Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.021
In this matchup
0.050
Jeffrey Leonard Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.107
Fernando Valenzuela Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.083

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
0.050
Jeffrey Leonard Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.144
Fernando Valenzuela Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.109
In this matchup
25
Jeffrey Leonard Total Bases
2071
In this matchup
27
Jeffrey Leonard Career Times on Base
1707
In this matchup
0.321
Jeffrey Leonard Career On Base Percentage
0.312
In this matchup
0.325
Jeffrey Leonard Career Slugging Percentage
0.411
In this matchup
0.646
Jeffrey Leonard Career OPS
0.723
In this matchup
0.065
Jeffrey Leonard Career Isolated Power
0.145
In this matchup
0.226
Jeffrey Leonard Career Gross Production Average
0.243
In this matchup
0.339
Jeffrey Leonard Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.303
Fernando Valenzuela Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.287
In this matchup
9
Jeffrey Leonard Career RBIs
723
In this matchup
8.036
Jeffrey Leonard Career Runs Created
655.010
In this matchup
0
Jeffrey Leonard Career Hit By Pitch
23
Fernando Valenzuela Career Batters Hit By Pitch
25

Outs

In this matchup
35
In this matchup
7
Jeffrey Leonard Career Walks
342
Fernando Valenzuela Career Walks Allowed
1151
In this matchup
0
Jeffrey Leonard Career Intentional Walks
41
Fernando Valenzuela Career Intentional Walks Allowed
65
In this matchup
20
Jeffrey Leonard Career Strikeouts
1000
Fernando Valenzuela Career Strikeouts Thrown
2074
In this matchup
4.200
Jeffrey Leonard Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
5.480
Fernando Valenzuela Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
5.978
In this matchup
0.350
Jeffrey Leonard Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.340
Fernando Valenzuela Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.560

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.321
Jeffrey Leonard Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.315
Fernando Valenzuela Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.317

Batter Reached due to Defensive Indifference

In this matchup
0

Batter Reached due to Error

In this matchup
2

Batter Reached due to Interference

In this matchup
0
In this matchup
0
Jeffrey Leonard Career Sacrifice Hits
8
Fernando Valenzuela Career Sacrifice Hits
182
In this matchup
0
Jeffrey Leonard Career Sacrifice Flies
58
Fernando Valenzuela Career Sacrifice Flies
69
In this matchup
1
Jeffrey Leonard Career Ground into Double Play
146
Fernando Valenzuela Career Double Plays Enabled
209

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0