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
0.250
Phil Niekro Career Batting Average
0.169
Luke Walker Career Opposing Batting Average
0.246
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
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
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0.000
Phil Niekro Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.022
Luke Walker Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.077
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 Hit By Pitch
12
Luke Walker Career Batters Hit By Pitch
10
Outs
In this matchup
3
In this matchup
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
In this matchup
0
Batter Reached due to Interference
In this matchup
0
In this matchup
1
Phil Niekro Career Sacrifice Hits
129
Luke Walker Career Sacrifice Hits
25
In this matchup
0
Phil Niekro Career Sacrifice Flies
12
Luke Walker Career Sacrifice Flies
18
In this matchup
0
Phil Niekro Career Ground into Double Play
35
Luke Walker Career Double Plays Enabled
26
Ground into Triple Play
In this matchup
0