Willie Mays vs. Jim Bouton — Matchup Analysis
Willie Mays has absolutely raked against Bouton. With only 6 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Mays. Mays's production against Bouton has been exceptional: an OPS of 1.167, 24% above the career mark of 0.940, with a batting average of 0.500, 66% above their career average and above Bouton's career opposing average of 0.239. Despite striking out once every 6 plate appearances here, more often than the career rate of once every 8.2 PA, Mays is still posting above-career production against Bouton. Edge: Mays.
How Willie Mays put the ball into play against Jim Bouton
Balls and Strikes Thrown by Jim Bouton to Willie Mays
Matchup Details for Willie Mays and Jim Bouton
Stats that describe the matchup between Willie Mays and Jim Bouton including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
6
Willie Mays Career Plate Appearances
12541
Jim Bouton Career Batters Faced
5200
In this matchup
0.500
Willie Mays Career Batting Average
0.301
Jim Bouton Career Opposing Batting Average
0.239
Grand Slams
In this matchup
0
In the Park Home Runs
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0
In the Park Grand Slams
In this matchup
0
In this matchup
0.000
Willie Mays Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.060
Jim Bouton Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.027
In this matchup
0.000
Willie Mays Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.200
Jim Bouton Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.112
Home Runs Per Strikeout
In this matchup
0.000
Willie Mays Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.433
Jim Bouton Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.176
In this matchup
0.667
Willie Mays Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.298
Jim Bouton Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.258
In this matchup
0
Willie Mays Career Hit By Pitch
45
Jim Bouton Career Batters Hit By Pitch
23
Outs
In this matchup
1
In this matchup
0
Willie Mays Career Intentional Walks
192
Jim Bouton Career Intentional Walks Allowed
27
In this matchup
1
Willie Mays Career Strikeouts
1526
Jim Bouton Career Strikeouts Thrown
720
In this matchup
6.000
Willie Mays Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
8.220
Jim Bouton Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
7.222
In this matchup
2.000
Willie Mays Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.960
Jim Bouton Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.600
Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance
In this matchup
0.667
Willie Mays Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.395
Jim Bouton Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.306
Batter Reached due to Defensive Indifference
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0
Batter Reached due to Error
In this matchup
0
Batter Reached due to Interference
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0
In this matchup
0
Willie Mays Career Sacrifice Hits
13
Jim Bouton Career Sacrifice Hits
6
In this matchup
0
Willie Mays Career Sacrifice Flies
91
Jim Bouton Career Sacrifice Flies
2
In this matchup
0
Willie Mays Career Ground into Double Play
251
Jim Bouton Career Double Plays Enabled
3
Ground into Triple Play
In this matchup
0