Mark Leonard vs. Jose Rijo — Matchup Analysis
Jose Rijo has had the better of this matchup. With only 8 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Rijo. Despite batting 0.250, 10% above their career average and above Rijo's career opposing average of 0.243, Leonard's OPS of 0.625 sits modestly below the career mark of 0.690. Even with Leonard striking out less often than usual, once every 8 PA versus a career rate of once every 5 PA, the overall production numbers still favor Rijo. Slight edge: Rijo.
How Mark Leonard put the ball into play against Jose Rijo
Balls and Strikes Thrown by Jose Rijo to Mark Leonard
Matchup Details for Mark Leonard and Jose Rijo
Stats that describe the matchup between Mark Leonard and Jose Rijo including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
8
Mark Leonard Career Plate Appearances
374
Jose Rijo Career Batters Faced
7867
In this matchup
0.250
Mark Leonard Career Batting Average
0.227
Jose Rijo Career Opposing Batting Average
0.243
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
0.000
Mark Leonard Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.025
Jose Rijo Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.021
In this matchup
0.000
Mark Leonard Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.110
Jose Rijo Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.086
Home Runs Per Strikeout
In this matchup
0.000
Mark Leonard Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.107
Jose Rijo Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.092
In this matchup
0.286
Mark Leonard Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.266
Jose Rijo Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.295
In this matchup
0
Mark Leonard Career Hit By Pitch
4
Jose Rijo Career Batters Hit By Pitch
28
Outs
In this matchup
5
In this matchup
0
Mark Leonard Career Intentional Walks
2
Jose Rijo Career Intentional Walks Allowed
34
In this matchup
1
Mark Leonard Career Strikeouts
75
Jose Rijo Career Strikeouts Thrown
1606
In this matchup
8.000
Mark Leonard Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
4.990
Jose Rijo Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
4.899
In this matchup
0.000
Mark Leonard Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.560
Jose Rijo Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.410
Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance
In this matchup
0.250
Mark Leonard Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.313
Jose Rijo Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.306
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
Mark Leonard Career Sacrifice Hits
1
Jose Rijo Career Sacrifice Hits
81
In this matchup
0
Mark Leonard Career Sacrifice Flies
6
Jose Rijo Career Sacrifice Flies
45
In this matchup
1
Mark Leonard Career Ground into Double Play
6
Jose Rijo Career Double Plays Enabled
119
Ground into Triple Play
In this matchup
0