Lance Niekro vs. Eric Milton — Matchup Analysis

This matchup has been a genuine battle. With only 6 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward neither side. Niekro is hitting 0.167 here, 33% below their career average, while Milton's career opposing average is 0.266. Niekro also posted an OPS of 0.833, close to the career mark of 0.709. Niekro has avoided the strikeout, going down once every 6 plate appearances, less often than the career rate of once every 5.9 PA. No clear edge.

How Lance Niekro put the ball into play against Eric Milton

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Eric Milton to Lance Niekro

Matchup Details for Lance Niekro and Eric Milton

Stats that describe the matchup between Lance Niekro and Eric Milton including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
6
Lance Niekro Career Plate Appearances
535
Eric Milton Career Batters Faced
6826
In this matchup
6
Lance Niekro Career At Bats
499
Eric Milton Career At Bats Pitched
6250
In this matchup
0.167
Lance Niekro Career Batting Average
0.247
Eric Milton Career Opposing Batting Average
0.266
In this matchup
1
Lance Niekro Career Hits
123
Eric Milton Career Hits Allowed
1665
In this matchup
0
Lance Niekro Career Singles
75
In this matchup
0
Lance Niekro Career Doubles
26
In this matchup
0
Lance Niekro Career Triples
5
In this matchup
1
Lance Niekro Career Home Runs
17
Eric Milton Career Home Runs Allowed
267

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
1
Lance Niekro Career Extra Base Hits
48
In this matchup
0.167
Lance Niekro Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.034
Eric Milton Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.043
In this matchup
1.000
Lance Niekro Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.138
Eric Milton Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.160

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
1.000
Lance Niekro Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.187
Eric Milton Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.237
In this matchup
4
Lance Niekro Total Bases
210
In this matchup
1
Lance Niekro Career Times on Base
154
In this matchup
0.167
Lance Niekro Career On Base Percentage
0.288
In this matchup
0.667
Lance Niekro Career Slugging Percentage
0.421
In this matchup
0.833
Lance Niekro Career OPS
0.709
In this matchup
0.500
Lance Niekro Career Isolated Power
0.174
In this matchup
0.242
Lance Niekro Career Gross Production Average
0.235
In this matchup
0.000
Lance Niekro Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.268
Eric Milton Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.288
In this matchup
2
Lance Niekro Career RBIs
79
In this matchup
0.667
Lance Niekro Career Runs Created
56.760
In this matchup
0
Lance Niekro Career Hit By Pitch
2
Eric Milton Career Batters Hit By Pitch
35

Outs

In this matchup
4
In this matchup
0
Lance Niekro Career Walks
29
Eric Milton Career Walks Allowed
453
In this matchup
0
Lance Niekro Career Intentional Walks
0
Eric Milton Career Intentional Walks Allowed
14
In this matchup
1
Lance Niekro Career Strikeouts
91
Eric Milton Career Strikeouts Thrown
1127
In this matchup
6.000
Lance Niekro Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
5.880
Eric Milton Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
6.057
In this matchup
0.000
Lance Niekro Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.320
Eric Milton Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.400

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.167
Lance Niekro Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.284
Eric Milton Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.312

Batter Reached due to Defensive Indifference

In this matchup
0

Batter Reached due to Error

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0

Batter Reached due to Interference

In this matchup
0
In this matchup
0
Lance Niekro Career Sacrifice Hits
0
Eric Milton Career Sacrifice Hits
44
In this matchup
0
Lance Niekro Career Sacrifice Flies
5
Eric Milton Career Sacrifice Flies
44
In this matchup
0
Lance Niekro Career Ground into Double Play
19
Eric Milton Career Double Plays Enabled
73

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0