Brian McRae vs. Hideki Irabu — Matchup Analysis
Brian McRae has absolutely raked against Irabu. With only 5 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward McRae. McRae's production against Irabu has been exceptional: an OPS of 1.400, 93% above the career mark of 0.727, with a batting average of 0.250, 4% below their career average and below Irabu's career opposing average of 0.272. Despite striking out once every 2.5 plate appearances here, more often than the career rate of once every 7 PA, McRae is still posting above-career production against Irabu. Edge: McRae.
How Brian McRae put the ball into play against Hideki Irabu
Balls and Strikes Thrown by Hideki Irabu to Brian McRae
Matchup Details for Brian McRae and Hideki Irabu
Stats that describe the matchup between Brian McRae and Hideki Irabu including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
5
Brian McRae Career Plate Appearances
5737
Hideki Irabu Career Batters Faced
2236
In this matchup
0.250
Brian McRae Career Batting Average
0.261
Hideki Irabu Career Opposing Batting Average
0.272
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
0.250
Brian McRae Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.020
Hideki Irabu Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.045
In this matchup
1.000
Brian McRae Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.077
Hideki Irabu Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.166
Home Runs Per Strikeout
In this matchup
0.500
Brian McRae Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.125
Hideki Irabu Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.225
In this matchup
0.000
Brian McRae Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.292
Hideki Irabu Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.301
In this matchup
0
Brian McRae Career Hit By Pitch
57
Hideki Irabu Career Batters Hit By Pitch
18
Outs
In this matchup
1
In this matchup
0
Brian McRae Career Intentional Walks
20
Hideki Irabu Career Intentional Walks Allowed
3
In this matchup
2
Brian McRae Career Strikeouts
824
Hideki Irabu Career Strikeouts Thrown
405
In this matchup
2.500
Brian McRae Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
6.960
Hideki Irabu Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
5.521
In this matchup
0.500
Brian McRae Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.590
Hideki Irabu Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.430
Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance
In this matchup
0.400
Brian McRae Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.321
Hideki Irabu Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.324
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
Brian McRae Career Sacrifice Hits
46
Hideki Irabu Career Sacrifice Hits
14
In this matchup
0
Brian McRae Career Sacrifice Flies
32
Hideki Irabu Career Sacrifice Flies
17
In this matchup
0
Brian McRae Career Ground into Double Play
87
Hideki Irabu Career Double Plays Enabled
29
Ground into Triple Play
In this matchup
0