Willie McCovey vs. Randy Lerch — Matchup Analysis
Willie McCovey has absolutely raked against Lerch. With only 9 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward McCovey. McCovey's production against Lerch has been exceptional: an OPS of 1.792, 102% above the career mark of 0.889, with a batting average of 0.625, 131% above their career average and above Lerch's career opposing average of 0.289. Despite striking out once every 4.5 plate appearances here, more often than the career rate of once every 6.2 PA, McCovey is still posting above-career production against Lerch. Edge: McCovey.
How Willie McCovey put the ball into play against Randy Lerch
Balls and Strikes Thrown by Randy Lerch to Willie McCovey
Matchup Details for Willie McCovey and Randy Lerch
Stats that describe the matchup between Willie McCovey and Randy Lerch including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
9
Willie McCovey Career Plate Appearances
9686
Randy Lerch Career Batters Faced
4829
In this matchup
0.625
Willie McCovey Career Batting Average
0.270
Randy Lerch Career Opposing Batting Average
0.289
In this matchup
1
Willie McCovey Career Home Runs
521
Randy Lerch Career Home Runs Allowed
101
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
0.125
Willie McCovey Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.064
Randy Lerch Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.024
In this matchup
0.200
Willie McCovey Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.236
Randy Lerch Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.082
Home Runs Per Strikeout
In this matchup
0.500
Willie McCovey Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.336
Randy Lerch Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.199
In this matchup
0.800
Willie McCovey Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.273
Randy Lerch Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.309
In this matchup
0
Willie McCovey Career Hit By Pitch
69
Randy Lerch Career Batters Hit By Pitch
10
Outs
In this matchup
1
In this matchup
0
Willie McCovey Career Intentional Walks
260
Randy Lerch Career Intentional Walks Allowed
26
In this matchup
2
Willie McCovey Career Strikeouts
1550
Randy Lerch Career Strikeouts Thrown
507
In this matchup
4.500
Willie McCovey Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
6.250
Randy Lerch Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
9.525
In this matchup
0.500
Willie McCovey Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.870
Randy Lerch Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.850
Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance
In this matchup
0.667
Willie McCovey Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.394
Randy Lerch Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.350
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
Willie McCovey Career Sacrifice Hits
5
Randy Lerch Career Sacrifice Hits
62
In this matchup
0
Willie McCovey Career Sacrifice Flies
70
Randy Lerch Career Sacrifice Flies
61
In this matchup
0
Willie McCovey Career Ground into Double Play
176
Randy Lerch Career Double Plays Enabled
102
Ground into Triple Play
In this matchup
0