Jay Payton vs. Steve Kline — Matchup Analysis
Jay Payton has absolutely raked against Kline. With only 8 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Payton. Payton's production against Kline has been exceptional: an OPS of 0.929, 24% above the career mark of 0.748, with a batting average of 0.429, 54% above their career average and above Kline's career opposing average of 0.253. Edge: Payton.
How Jay Payton put the ball into play against Steve Kline
Balls and Strikes Thrown by Steve Kline to Jay Payton
Matchup Details for Jay Payton and Steve Kline
Stats that describe the matchup between Jay Payton and Steve Kline including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
8
Jay Payton Career Plate Appearances
4489
Steve Kline Career Batters Faced
2940
In this matchup
0.429
Jay Payton Career Batting Average
0.279
Steve Kline Career Opposing Batting Average
0.253
Grand Slams
In this matchup
0
In the Park Home Runs
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0
In the Park Grand Slams
In this matchup
0
In this matchup
0.000
Jay Payton Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.029
Steve Kline Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.023
In this matchup
0.000
Jay Payton Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.103
Steve Kline Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.092
Home Runs Per Strikeout
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0.000
Jay Payton Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.237
Steve Kline Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.122
In this matchup
0.429
Jay Payton Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.291
Steve Kline Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.293
In this matchup
0
Jay Payton Career Hit By Pitch
32
Steve Kline Career Batters Hit By Pitch
26
Outs
In this matchup
4
In this matchup
0
Jay Payton Career Intentional Walks
10
Steve Kline Career Intentional Walks Allowed
48
In this matchup
0
Jay Payton Career Strikeouts
503
Steve Kline Career Strikeouts Thrown
493
In this matchup
0.000
Jay Payton Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
8.920
Steve Kline Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
5.963
In this matchup
0.000
Jay Payton Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.510
Steve Kline Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.600
Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance
In this matchup
0.500
Jay Payton Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.317
Steve Kline 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
0
Jay Payton Career Sacrifice Hits
16
Steve Kline Career Sacrifice Hits
33
In this matchup
0
Jay Payton Career Sacrifice Flies
32
Steve Kline Career Sacrifice Flies
19
In this matchup
0
Jay Payton Career Ground into Double Play
108
Steve Kline Career Double Plays Enabled
82
Ground into Triple Play
In this matchup
0