Jordy Mercer vs. Matt Cain — Matchup Analysis

Jordy Mercer has absolutely raked against Cain. With only 7 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Mercer. Mercer's production against Cain has been exceptional: an OPS of 1.262, 80% above the career mark of 0.701, with a batting average of 0.333, 30% above their career average and above Cain's career opposing average of 0.238. Mercer has also gone deep at or above the career pace. Edge: Mercer.

How Jordy Mercer put the ball into play against Matt Cain

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Matt Cain to Jordy Mercer

Matchup Details for Jordy Mercer and Matt Cain

Stats that describe the matchup between Jordy Mercer and Matt Cain including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
7
Jordy Mercer Career Plate Appearances
3416
Matt Cain Career Batters Faced
8699
In this matchup
6
Jordy Mercer Career At Bats
3104
Matt Cain Career At Bats Pitched
7771
In this matchup
0.333
Jordy Mercer Career Batting Average
0.256
Matt Cain Career Opposing Batting Average
0.238
In this matchup
2
Jordy Mercer Career Hits
796
Matt Cain Career Hits Allowed
1849
In this matchup
1
Jordy Mercer Career Singles
542
In this matchup
0
Jordy Mercer Career Doubles
173
In this matchup
0
Jordy Mercer Career Triples
15
In this matchup
1
Jordy Mercer Career Home Runs
66
Matt Cain Career Home Runs Allowed
211

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
1
Jordy Mercer Career Extra Base Hits
254
In this matchup
0.167
Jordy Mercer Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.021
Matt Cain Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.027
In this matchup
0.500
Jordy Mercer Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.083
Matt Cain Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.114

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
0.000
Jordy Mercer Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.112
Matt Cain Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.125
In this matchup
5
Jordy Mercer Total Bases
1197
In this matchup
3
Jordy Mercer Career Times on Base
1069
In this matchup
0.429
Jordy Mercer Career On Base Percentage
0.315
In this matchup
0.833
Jordy Mercer Career Slugging Percentage
0.386
In this matchup
1.262
Jordy Mercer Career OPS
0.701
In this matchup
0.500
Jordy Mercer Career Isolated Power
0.129
In this matchup
0.401
Jordy Mercer Career Gross Production Average
0.238
In this matchup
0.200
Jordy Mercer Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.296
Matt Cain Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.279
In this matchup
1
Jordy Mercer Career RBIs
308
In this matchup
2.143
Jordy Mercer Career Runs Created
382.910
In this matchup
0
Jordy Mercer Career Hit By Pitch
27
Matt Cain Career Batters Hit By Pitch
62

Outs

In this matchup
4
In this matchup
1
Jordy Mercer Career Walks
246
Matt Cain Career Walks Allowed
712
In this matchup
0
Jordy Mercer Career Intentional Walks
56
Matt Cain Career Intentional Walks Allowed
42
In this matchup
0
Jordy Mercer Career Strikeouts
589
Matt Cain Career Strikeouts Thrown
1694
In this matchup
0.000
Jordy Mercer Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
5.800
Matt Cain Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
5.135
In this matchup
0.000
Jordy Mercer Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.420
Matt Cain Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.420

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.429
Jordy Mercer Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.321
Matt Cain Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.299

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
Jordy Mercer Career Sacrifice Hits
22
Matt Cain Career Sacrifice Hits
87
In this matchup
0
Jordy Mercer Career Sacrifice Flies
17
Matt Cain Career Sacrifice Flies
67
In this matchup
0
Jordy Mercer Career Ground into Double Play
73
Matt Cain Career Double Plays Enabled
124

Ground into Triple Play

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0