Placido Polanco vs. Clayton Richard — Matchup Analysis

Clayton Richard has had the better of this matchup. Polanco is hitting just 0.250 in this matchup, 16% below their career average and below Richard's career opposing average of 0.280. Polanco also posted an OPS of 0.669, modestly below the career mark of 0.740. Even with Polanco striking out less often than usual, once every 17 PA versus a career rate of once every 14.7 PA, the overall production numbers still favor Richard. Slight edge: Richard.

How Placido Polanco put the ball into play against Clayton Richard

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Clayton Richard to Placido Polanco

Matchup Details for Placido Polanco and Clayton Richard

Stats that describe the matchup between Placido Polanco and Clayton Richard including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
17
Placido Polanco Career Plate Appearances
7886
Clayton Richard Career Batters Faced
5543
In this matchup
16
Placido Polanco Career At Bats
7214
Clayton Richard Career At Bats Pitched
4999
In this matchup
0.250
Placido Polanco Career Batting Average
0.297
Clayton Richard Career Opposing Batting Average
0.280
In this matchup
4
Placido Polanco Career Hits
2142
Clayton Richard Career Hits Allowed
1398
In this matchup
2
Placido Polanco Career Singles
1658
In this matchup
2
Placido Polanco Career Doubles
348
In this matchup
0
Placido Polanco Career Triples
32
In this matchup
0
Placido Polanco Career Home Runs
104
Clayton Richard Career Home Runs Allowed
149

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
2
Placido Polanco Career Extra Base Hits
484
In this matchup
0.000
Placido Polanco Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.014
Clayton Richard Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.030
In this matchup
0.000
Placido Polanco Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.049
Clayton Richard Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.107

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
0.000
Placido Polanco Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.193
Clayton Richard Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.181
In this matchup
6
Placido Polanco Total Bases
2866
In this matchup
5
Placido Polanco Career Times on Base
2672
In this matchup
0.294
Placido Polanco Career On Base Percentage
0.343
In this matchup
0.375
Placido Polanco Career Slugging Percentage
0.397
In this matchup
0.669
Placido Polanco Career OPS
0.740
In this matchup
0.125
Placido Polanco Career Isolated Power
0.100
In this matchup
0.226
Placido Polanco Career Gross Production Average
0.254
In this matchup
0.267
Placido Polanco Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.308
Clayton Richard Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.310
In this matchup
0
Placido Polanco Career RBIs
723
In this matchup
1.765
Placido Polanco Career Runs Created
1043.640
In this matchup
0
Placido Polanco Career Hit By Pitch
101
Clayton Richard Career Batters Hit By Pitch
40

Outs

In this matchup
10
In this matchup
1
Placido Polanco Career Walks
429
Clayton Richard Career Walks Allowed
438
In this matchup
0
Placido Polanco Career Intentional Walks
13
Clayton Richard Career Intentional Walks Allowed
26
In this matchup
1
Placido Polanco Career Strikeouts
538
Clayton Richard Career Strikeouts Thrown
824
In this matchup
17.000
Placido Polanco Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
14.660
Clayton Richard Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
6.727
In this matchup
1.000
Placido Polanco Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.800
Clayton Richard Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.530

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.294
Placido Polanco Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.328
Clayton Richard Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.336

Batter Reached due to Defensive Indifference

In this matchup
0

Batter Reached due to Error

In this matchup
1

Batter Reached due to Interference

In this matchup
0
In this matchup
0
Placido Polanco Career Sacrifice Hits
86
Clayton Richard Career Sacrifice Hits
38
In this matchup
0
Placido Polanco Career Sacrifice Flies
56
Clayton Richard Career Sacrifice Flies
28
In this matchup
0
Placido Polanco Career Ground into Double Play
201
Clayton Richard Career Double Plays Enabled
164

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0