Ron Oester vs. Joe Niekro — Matchup Analysis

This matchup has been a genuine battle. Oester is hitting 0.291 here, 10% above their career average, while Niekro's career opposing average is 0.254. Oester also posted an OPS of 0.739, close to the career mark of 0.679. Oester has avoided the strikeout, going down once every 19.7 plate appearances, less often than the career rate of once every 6.9 PA. No clear edge.

How Ron Oester put the ball into play against Joe Niekro

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Joe Niekro to Ron Oester

Matchup Details for Ron Oester and Joe Niekro

Stats that describe the matchup between Ron Oester and Joe Niekro including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
59
Ron Oester Career Plate Appearances
4665
Joe Niekro Career Batters Faced
15166
In this matchup
55
Ron Oester Career At Bats
4214
Joe Niekro Career At Bats Pitched
13637
In this matchup
0.291
Ron Oester Career Batting Average
0.265
Joe Niekro Career Opposing Batting Average
0.254
In this matchup
16
Ron Oester Career Hits
1118
Joe Niekro Career Hits Allowed
3466
In this matchup
12
Ron Oester Career Singles
853
In this matchup
3
Ron Oester Career Doubles
190
In this matchup
0
Ron Oester Career Triples
33
In this matchup
1
Ron Oester Career Home Runs
42
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed
276

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
4
Ron Oester Career Extra Base Hits
265
In this matchup
0.018
Ron Oester Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.010
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.020
In this matchup
0.063
Ron Oester Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.038
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.080

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
0.333
Ron Oester Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.062
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.158
In this matchup
22
Ron Oester Total Bases
1500
In this matchup
20
Ron Oester Career Times on Base
1491
In this matchup
0.339
Ron Oester Career On Base Percentage
0.323
In this matchup
0.400
Ron Oester Career Slugging Percentage
0.356
In this matchup
0.739
Ron Oester Career OPS
0.679
In this matchup
0.109
Ron Oester Career Isolated Power
0.091
In this matchup
0.253
Ron Oester Career Gross Production Average
0.234
In this matchup
0.294
Ron Oester Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.306
Joe Niekro Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.275
In this matchup
3
Ron Oester Career RBIs
344
In this matchup
7.458
Ron Oester Career Runs Created
507.760
In this matchup
0
Ron Oester Career Hit By Pitch
4
Joe Niekro Career Batters Hit By Pitch
65

Outs

In this matchup
36
In this matchup
4
Ron Oester Career Walks
369
Joe Niekro Career Walks Allowed
1262
In this matchup
0
Ron Oester Career Intentional Walks
93
Joe Niekro Career Intentional Walks Allowed
71
In this matchup
3
Ron Oester Career Strikeouts
681
Joe Niekro Career Strikeouts Thrown
1747
In this matchup
19.667
Ron Oester Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
6.850
Joe Niekro Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
8.681
In this matchup
1.333
Ron Oester Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.540
Joe Niekro Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.720

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.339
Ron Oester Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.339
Joe Niekro Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.316

Batter Reached due to Defensive Indifference

In this matchup
0

Batter Reached due to Error

In this matchup
0

Batter Reached due to Interference

In this matchup
0
In this matchup
0
Ron Oester Career Sacrifice Hits
51
Joe Niekro Career Sacrifice Hits
106
In this matchup
0
Ron Oester Career Sacrifice Flies
27
Joe Niekro Career Sacrifice Flies
96
In this matchup
0
Ron Oester Career Ground into Double Play
116
Joe Niekro Career Double Plays Enabled
200

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0