Willie McCovey vs. Tom Underwood — Matchup Analysis
Tom Underwood has dominated this matchup. With only 8 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Underwood. Despite batting 0.286, 6% above their career average and above Underwood's career opposing average of 0.259, McCovey's OPS of 0.661 is 26% below the career mark of 0.889. Even with McCovey striking out less often than usual, once every 8 PA versus a career rate of once every 6.2 PA, the overall production numbers still favor Underwood. Edge: Underwood.
How Willie McCovey put the ball into play against Tom Underwood
Balls and Strikes Thrown by Tom Underwood to Willie McCovey
Matchup Details for Willie McCovey and Tom Underwood
Stats that describe the matchup between Willie McCovey and Tom Underwood including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
8
Willie McCovey Career Plate Appearances
9686
Tom Underwood Career Batters Faced
6814
In this matchup
7
Willie McCovey Career At Bats
8197
Tom Underwood Career At Bats Pitched
5994
In this matchup
0.286
Willie McCovey Career Batting Average
0.270
Tom Underwood Career Opposing Batting Average
0.259
In this matchup
0
Willie McCovey Career Home Runs
521
Tom Underwood Career Home Runs Allowed
130
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
Willie McCovey Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.064
Tom Underwood Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.022
In this matchup
0.000
Willie McCovey Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.236
Tom Underwood Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.084
Home Runs Per Strikeout
In this matchup
0.000
Willie McCovey Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.336
Tom Underwood Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.137
In this matchup
0.333
Willie McCovey Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.273
Tom Underwood Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.290
In this matchup
0
Willie McCovey Career Hit By Pitch
69
Tom Underwood Career Batters Hit By Pitch
28
Outs
In this matchup
4
In this matchup
0
Willie McCovey Career Intentional Walks
260
Tom Underwood Career Intentional Walks Allowed
38
In this matchup
1
Willie McCovey Career Strikeouts
1550
Tom Underwood Career Strikeouts Thrown
948
In this matchup
8.000
Willie McCovey Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
6.250
Tom Underwood Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
7.188
In this matchup
1.000
Willie McCovey Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.870
Tom Underwood Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.700
Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance
In this matchup
0.375
Willie McCovey Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.394
Tom Underwood Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.331
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
Willie McCovey Career Sacrifice Hits
5
Tom Underwood Career Sacrifice Hits
79
In this matchup
0
Willie McCovey Career Sacrifice Flies
70
Tom Underwood Career Sacrifice Flies
51
In this matchup
0
Willie McCovey Career Ground into Double Play
176
Tom Underwood Career Double Plays Enabled
164
Ground into Triple Play
In this matchup
0