Joe Niekro vs. Gary Peters — Matchup Analysis
Joe Niekro has held their own against Peters. With only 5 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Niekro. Despite a batting average of 0.200, 28% above their career average and below Peters's career opposing average of 0.240, Niekro's OPS of 0.400 sits modestly above the career mark of 0.376. Despite striking out once every 1.7 plate appearances here, more often than the career rate of once every 4.4 PA, Niekro is still posting above-career production against Peters. Slight edge: Niekro.
How Joe Niekro put the ball into play against Gary Peters
Balls and Strikes Thrown by Gary Peters to Joe Niekro
Matchup Details for Joe Niekro and Gary Peters
Stats that describe the matchup between Joe Niekro and Gary Peters including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
5
Joe Niekro Career Plate Appearances
1165
Gary Peters Career Batters Faced
8707
In this matchup
0.200
Joe Niekro Career Batting Average
0.156
Gary Peters Career Opposing Batting Average
0.240
Grand Slams
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0
In the Park Home Runs
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0
In the Park Grand Slams
In this matchup
0
In this matchup
0.000
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.001
Gary Peters Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.020
In this matchup
0.000
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.007
Gary Peters Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.083
Home Runs Per Strikeout
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0.000
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.004
Gary Peters Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.111
In this matchup
0.500
Joe Niekro Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.211
Gary Peters Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.275
In this matchup
0
Joe Niekro Career Hit By Pitch
1
Gary Peters Career Batters Hit By Pitch
62
Outs
In this matchup
1
In this matchup
0
Joe Niekro Career Intentional Walks
0
Gary Peters Career Intentional Walks Allowed
53
In this matchup
3
Joe Niekro Career Strikeouts
262
Gary Peters Career Strikeouts Thrown
1420
In this matchup
1.667
Joe Niekro Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
4.450
Gary Peters Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
6.132
In this matchup
0.000
Joe Niekro Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.150
Gary Peters Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.500
Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance
In this matchup
0.200
Joe Niekro Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.163
Gary Peters Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.305
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
In this matchup
0
In this matchup
0
Joe Niekro Career Sacrifice Hits
147
Gary Peters Career Sacrifice Hits
22
In this matchup
0
Joe Niekro Career Sacrifice Flies
6
Gary Peters Career Sacrifice Flies
14
In this matchup
0
Joe Niekro Career Ground into Double Play
17
Gary Peters Career Double Plays Enabled
0
Ground into Triple Play
In this matchup
0