Phil Niekro vs. Luke Walker — Matchup Analysis

Phil Niekro has absolutely raked against Walker. With only 5 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Niekro. Niekro's production against Walker has been exceptional: an OPS of 0.500, 27% above the career mark of 0.395, with a batting average of 0.250, 48% above their career average and above Walker's career opposing average of 0.246. Despite striking out once every 5 plate appearances here, more often than the career rate of once every 5.4 PA, Niekro is still posting above-career production against Walker. Edge: Niekro.

How Phil Niekro put the ball into play against Luke Walker

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Luke Walker to Phil Niekro

Matchup Details for Phil Niekro and Luke Walker

Stats that describe the matchup between Phil Niekro and Luke Walker including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
5
Phil Niekro Career Plate Appearances
1707
Luke Walker Career Batters Faced
3559
In this matchup
4
Phil Niekro Career At Bats
1537
Luke Walker Career At Bats Pitched
3098
In this matchup
0.250
Phil Niekro Career Batting Average
0.169
Luke Walker Career Opposing Batting Average
0.246
In this matchup
1
Phil Niekro Career Hits
260
Luke Walker Career Hits Allowed
763
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1
Phil Niekro Career Singles
210
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0
Phil Niekro Career Doubles
42
In this matchup
0
Phil Niekro Career Triples
1
In this matchup
0
Phil Niekro Career Home Runs
7
Luke Walker Career Home Runs Allowed
43

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
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0
Phil Niekro Career Extra Base Hits
50
In this matchup
0.000
Phil Niekro Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.005
Luke Walker Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.014
In this matchup
0.000
Phil Niekro Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.027
Luke Walker Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.056

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
0.000
Phil Niekro Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.022
Luke Walker Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.077
In this matchup
1
Phil Niekro Total Bases
325
In this matchup
1
Phil Niekro Career Times on Base
289
In this matchup
0.250
Phil Niekro Career On Base Percentage
0.183
In this matchup
0.250
Phil Niekro Career Slugging Percentage
0.212
In this matchup
0.500
Phil Niekro Career OPS
0.395
In this matchup
0.000
Phil Niekro Career Isolated Power
0.042
In this matchup
0.175
Phil Niekro Career Gross Production Average
0.135
In this matchup
0.333
Phil Niekro Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.206
Luke Walker Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.288
In this matchup
0
Phil Niekro Career RBIs
109
In this matchup
0.250
Phil Niekro Career Runs Created
34.770
In this matchup
0
Phil Niekro Career Hit By Pitch
12
Luke Walker Career Batters Hit By Pitch
10

Outs

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3
In this matchup
0
Phil Niekro Career Walks
17
Luke Walker Career Walks Allowed
408
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0
Phil Niekro Career Intentional Walks
0
Luke Walker Career Intentional Walks Allowed
28
In this matchup
1
Phil Niekro Career Strikeouts
314
Luke Walker Career Strikeouts Thrown
558
In this matchup
5.000
Phil Niekro Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
5.440
Luke Walker Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
6.378
In this matchup
0.000
Phil Niekro Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.050
Luke Walker Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.730

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.200
Phil Niekro Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.162
Luke Walker Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.337

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
1
Phil Niekro Career Sacrifice Hits
129
Luke Walker Career Sacrifice Hits
25
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0
Phil Niekro Career Sacrifice Flies
12
Luke Walker Career Sacrifice Flies
18
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0
Phil Niekro Career Ground into Double Play
35
Luke Walker Career Double Plays Enabled
26

Ground into Triple Play

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0