Jose Lopez vs. Clayton Kershaw — Matchup Analysis
Jose Lopez has absolutely raked against Kershaw. With only 6 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Lopez. Lopez's production against Kershaw has been exceptional: an OPS of 1.000, 45% above the career mark of 0.688, with a batting average of 0.500, 91% above their career average and above Kershaw's career opposing average of 0.211. Despite striking out once every 6 plate appearances here, more often than the career rate of once every 8.7 PA, Lopez is still posting above-career production against Kershaw. Edge: Lopez.
How Jose Lopez put the ball into play against Clayton Kershaw
Balls and Strikes Thrown by Clayton Kershaw to Jose Lopez
Matchup Details for Jose Lopez and Clayton Kershaw
Stats that describe the matchup between Jose Lopez and Clayton Kershaw including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
6
Jose Lopez Career Plate Appearances
4089
Clayton Kershaw Career Batters Faced
11279
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0.500
Jose Lopez Career Batting Average
0.262
Clayton Kershaw Career Opposing Batting Average
0.211
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0
Jose Lopez Career Home Runs
92
Clayton Kershaw Career Home Runs Allowed
235
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
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0.000
Jose Lopez Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.024
Clayton Kershaw Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.023
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0.000
Jose Lopez Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.092
Clayton Kershaw Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.107
Home Runs Per Strikeout
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0.000
Jose Lopez Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.195
Clayton Kershaw Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.077
In this matchup
0.600
Jose Lopez Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.276
Clayton Kershaw Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.276
In this matchup
0
Jose Lopez Career Hit By Pitch
31
Clayton Kershaw Career Batters Hit By Pitch
46
Outs
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2
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0
Jose Lopez Career Intentional Walks
13
Clayton Kershaw Career Intentional Walks Allowed
28
In this matchup
1
Jose Lopez Career Strikeouts
471
Clayton Kershaw Career Strikeouts Thrown
3052
In this matchup
6.000
Jose Lopez Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
8.680
Clayton Kershaw Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
3.696
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0.000
Jose Lopez Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.320
Clayton Kershaw Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.230
Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance
In this matchup
0.500
Jose Lopez Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.286
Clayton Kershaw Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.260
Batter Reached due to Defensive Indifference
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0
Batter Reached due to Error
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0
Batter Reached due to Interference
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0
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0
Jose Lopez Career Sacrifice Hits
33
Clayton Kershaw Career Sacrifice Hits
92
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0
Jose Lopez Career Sacrifice Flies
34
Clayton Kershaw Career Sacrifice Flies
37
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0
Jose Lopez Career Ground into Double Play
113
Clayton Kershaw Career Double Plays Enabled
209
Ground into Triple Play
In this matchup
0