Mark McGwire vs. Joey Hamilton — Matchup Analysis
Mark McGwire has absolutely raked against Hamilton. With only 9 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward McGwire. McGwire's production against Hamilton has been exceptional: an OPS of 2.238, 128% above the career mark of 0.982, with a batting average of 0.571, 117% above their career average and above Hamilton's career opposing average of 0.273. Despite striking out once every 4.5 plate appearances here, more often than the career rate of once every 4.8 PA, McGwire is still posting above-career production against Hamilton. Edge: McGwire.
How Mark McGwire put the ball into play against Joey Hamilton
Balls and Strikes Thrown by Joey Hamilton to Mark McGwire
Matchup Details for Mark McGwire and Joey Hamilton
Stats that describe the matchup between Mark McGwire and Joey Hamilton including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
9
Mark McGwire Career Plate Appearances
7660
Joey Hamilton Career Batters Faced
5813
In this matchup
0.571
Mark McGwire Career Batting Average
0.263
Joey Hamilton Career Opposing Batting Average
0.273
In this matchup
2
Mark McGwire Career Home Runs
583
Joey Hamilton Career Home Runs Allowed
130
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
0.286
Mark McGwire Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.094
Joey Hamilton Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.025
In this matchup
0.500
Mark McGwire Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.359
Joey Hamilton Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.092
Home Runs Per Strikeout
In this matchup
1.000
Mark McGwire Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.365
Joey Hamilton Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.145
In this matchup
0.667
Mark McGwire Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.255
Joey Hamilton Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.309
In this matchup
0
Mark McGwire Career Hit By Pitch
75
Joey Hamilton Career Batters Hit By Pitch
61
Outs
In this matchup
0
In this matchup
0
Mark McGwire Career Intentional Walks
150
Joey Hamilton Career Intentional Walks Allowed
26
In this matchup
2
Mark McGwire Career Strikeouts
1596
Joey Hamilton Career Strikeouts Thrown
894
In this matchup
4.500
Mark McGwire Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
4.800
Joey Hamilton Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
6.502
In this matchup
1.000
Mark McGwire Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.830
Joey Hamilton Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.550
Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance
In this matchup
0.667
Mark McGwire Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.404
Joey Hamilton Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.331
Batter Reached due to Defensive Indifference
In this matchup
0
Batter Reached due to Error
In this matchup
1
Batter Reached due to Interference
In this matchup
0
In this matchup
0
Mark McGwire Career Sacrifice Hits
3
Joey Hamilton Career Sacrifice Hits
56
In this matchup
0
Mark McGwire Career Sacrifice Flies
78
Joey Hamilton Career Sacrifice Flies
39
In this matchup
0
Mark McGwire Career Ground into Double Play
147
Joey Hamilton Career Double Plays Enabled
144
Ground into Triple Play
In this matchup
0