Kazuo Matsui vs. Joel Hanrahan — Matchup Analysis
Kazuo Matsui has absolutely raked against Hanrahan. With only 8 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Matsui. Matsui's production against Hanrahan has been exceptional: an OPS of 1.500, 114% above the career mark of 0.701, with a batting average of 0.500, 87% above their career average and above Hanrahan's career opposing average of 0.240. Matsui has made good contact, striking out once every 8 plate appearances, less often than the career rate of once every 6.3 PA. Edge: Matsui.
How Kazuo Matsui put the ball into play against Joel Hanrahan
Balls and Strikes Thrown by Joel Hanrahan to Kazuo Matsui
Matchup Details for Kazuo Matsui and Joel Hanrahan
Stats that describe the matchup between Kazuo Matsui and Joel Hanrahan including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
8
Kazuo Matsui Career Plate Appearances
2555
Joel Hanrahan Career Batters Faced
1767
In this matchup
0.500
Kazuo Matsui Career Batting Average
0.267
Joel Hanrahan Career Opposing Batting Average
0.240
In this matchup
0
Kazuo Matsui Career Home Runs
32
Joel Hanrahan Career Home Runs Allowed
40
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
In this matchup
0.000
Kazuo Matsui Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.014
Joel Hanrahan Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.026
In this matchup
0.000
Kazuo Matsui Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.052
Joel Hanrahan Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.108
Home Runs Per Strikeout
In this matchup
0.000
Kazuo Matsui Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.079
Joel Hanrahan Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.091
In this matchup
0.667
Kazuo Matsui Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.310
Joel Hanrahan Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.311
In this matchup
0
Kazuo Matsui Career Hit By Pitch
11
Joel Hanrahan Career Batters Hit By Pitch
10
Outs
In this matchup
1
In this matchup
0
Kazuo Matsui Career Intentional Walks
9
Joel Hanrahan Career Intentional Walks Allowed
10
In this matchup
1
Kazuo Matsui Career Strikeouts
403
Joel Hanrahan Career Strikeouts Thrown
441
In this matchup
8.000
Kazuo Matsui Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
6.340
Joel Hanrahan Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
4.007
In this matchup
4.000
Kazuo Matsui Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.440
Joel Hanrahan Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.450
Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance
In this matchup
0.750
Kazuo Matsui Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.314
Joel Hanrahan Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.327
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
In this matchup
0
Kazuo Matsui Career Sacrifice Hits
47
Joel Hanrahan Career Sacrifice Hits
9
In this matchup
0
Kazuo Matsui Career Sacrifice Flies
16
Joel Hanrahan Career Sacrifice Flies
11
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0
Kazuo Matsui Career Ground into Double Play
14
Joel Hanrahan Career Double Plays Enabled
19
Ground into Triple Play
In this matchup
0