Davey Lopes vs. Joe Niekro — Matchup Analysis

Davey Lopes has held their own against Niekro. Despite a batting average of 0.250, 5% below their career average and below Niekro's career opposing average of 0.254, Lopes's OPS of 0.878 sits modestly above the career mark of 0.737. Lopes has made good contact too, striking out once every 15.8 plate appearances rather than the career rate of once every 8.6 PA, and going deep at or above the career pace. Slight edge: Lopes.

How Davey Lopes put the ball into play against Joe Niekro

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Joe Niekro to Davey Lopes

Matchup Details for Davey Lopes and Joe Niekro

Stats that describe the matchup between Davey Lopes and Joe Niekro including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
63
Davey Lopes Career Plate Appearances
7340
Joe Niekro Career Batters Faced
15166
In this matchup
48
Davey Lopes Career At Bats
6354
Joe Niekro Career At Bats Pitched
13637
In this matchup
0.250
Davey Lopes Career Batting Average
0.263
Joe Niekro Career Opposing Batting Average
0.254
In this matchup
12
Davey Lopes Career Hits
1671
Joe Niekro Career Hits Allowed
3466
In this matchup
8
Davey Lopes Career Singles
1234
In this matchup
0
Davey Lopes Career Doubles
232
In this matchup
2
Davey Lopes Career Triples
50
In this matchup
2
Davey Lopes Career Home Runs
155
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
4
Davey Lopes Career Extra Base Hits
437
In this matchup
0.042
Davey Lopes Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.024
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.020
In this matchup
0.167
Davey Lopes Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.093
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.080

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
0.500
Davey Lopes Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.182
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.158
In this matchup
22
Davey Lopes Total Bases
2468
In this matchup
26
Davey Lopes Career Times on Base
2535
In this matchup
0.419
Davey Lopes Career On Base Percentage
0.349
In this matchup
0.458
Davey Lopes Career Slugging Percentage
0.388
In this matchup
0.878
Davey Lopes Career OPS
0.737
In this matchup
0.208
Davey Lopes Career Isolated Power
0.125
In this matchup
0.303
Davey Lopes Career Gross Production Average
0.254
In this matchup
0.238
Davey Lopes Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.281
Joe Niekro Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.275
In this matchup
5
Davey Lopes Career RBIs
614
In this matchup
9.226
Davey Lopes Career Runs Created
996.490
In this matchup
0
Davey Lopes Career Hit By Pitch
31
Joe Niekro Career Batters Hit By Pitch
65

Outs

In this matchup
32
In this matchup
14
Davey Lopes Career Walks
833
Joe Niekro Career Walks Allowed
1262
In this matchup
0
Davey Lopes Career Intentional Walks
38
Joe Niekro Career Intentional Walks Allowed
71
In this matchup
4
Davey Lopes Career Strikeouts
852
Joe Niekro Career Strikeouts Thrown
1747
In this matchup
15.750
Davey Lopes Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
8.620
Joe Niekro Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
8.681
In this matchup
3.500
Davey Lopes Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.980
Joe Niekro Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.720

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.413
Davey Lopes Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.346
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
1

Batter Reached due to Interference

In this matchup
0
In this matchup
1
Davey Lopes Career Sacrifice Hits
74
Joe Niekro Career Sacrifice Hits
106
In this matchup
0
Davey Lopes Career Sacrifice Flies
48
Joe Niekro Career Sacrifice Flies
96
In this matchup
0
Davey Lopes Career Ground into Double Play
126
Joe Niekro Career Double Plays Enabled
200

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0