John Olerud vs. Brandon Lyon — Matchup Analysis

John Olerud has absolutely raked against Lyon. With only 5 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Olerud. Olerud's production against Lyon has been exceptional: an OPS of 1.400, 62% above the career mark of 0.863, with a batting average of 0.400, 36% above their career average and above Lyon's career opposing average of 0.271. Despite striking out once every 5 plate appearances here, more often than the career rate of once every 8.9 PA, Olerud is still posting above-career production against Lyon. Edge: Olerud.

How John Olerud put the ball into play against Brandon Lyon

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Brandon Lyon to John Olerud

Matchup Details for John Olerud and Brandon Lyon

Stats that describe the matchup between John Olerud and Brandon Lyon including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
5
John Olerud Career Plate Appearances
9063
Brandon Lyon Career Batters Faced
2951
In this matchup
5
John Olerud Career At Bats
7592
Brandon Lyon Career At Bats Pitched
2658
In this matchup
0.400
John Olerud Career Batting Average
0.295
Brandon Lyon Career Opposing Batting Average
0.271
In this matchup
2
John Olerud Career Hits
2239
Brandon Lyon Career Hits Allowed
721
In this matchup
1
John Olerud Career Singles
1471
In this matchup
0
John Olerud Career Doubles
500
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0
John Olerud Career Triples
13
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1
John Olerud Career Home Runs
255
Brandon Lyon Career Home Runs Allowed
69

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
1
John Olerud Career Extra Base Hits
768
In this matchup
0.200
John Olerud Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.034
Brandon Lyon Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.026
In this matchup
0.500
John Olerud Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.114
Brandon Lyon Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.096

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
1.000
John Olerud Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.251
Brandon Lyon Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.148
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5
John Olerud Total Bases
3530
In this matchup
2
John Olerud Career Times on Base
3602
In this matchup
0.400
John Olerud Career On Base Percentage
0.398
In this matchup
1.000
John Olerud Career Slugging Percentage
0.465
In this matchup
1.400
John Olerud Career OPS
0.863
In this matchup
0.600
John Olerud Career Isolated Power
0.170
In this matchup
0.430
John Olerud Career Gross Production Average
0.295
In this matchup
0.333
John Olerud Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.309
Brandon Lyon Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.307
In this matchup
2
John Olerud Career RBIs
1230
In this matchup
2.000
John Olerud Career Runs Created
1456.480
In this matchup
0
John Olerud Career Hit By Pitch
88
Brandon Lyon Career Batters Hit By Pitch
16

Outs

In this matchup
2
In this matchup
0
John Olerud Career Walks
1275
Brandon Lyon Career Walks Allowed
220
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0
John Olerud Career Intentional Walks
157
Brandon Lyon Career Intentional Walks Allowed
47
In this matchup
1
John Olerud Career Strikeouts
1016
Brandon Lyon Career Strikeouts Thrown
465
In this matchup
5.000
John Olerud Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
8.920
Brandon Lyon Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
6.346
In this matchup
0.000
John Olerud Career Walks Per Strikeout
1.250
Brandon Lyon Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.470

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.400
John Olerud Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.405
Brandon Lyon Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.335

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
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0
John Olerud Career Sacrifice Hits
12
Brandon Lyon Career Sacrifice Hits
31
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0
John Olerud Career Sacrifice Flies
96
Brandon Lyon Career Sacrifice Flies
26
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0
John Olerud Career Ground into Double Play
232
Brandon Lyon Career Double Plays Enabled
49

Ground into Triple Play

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0