Placido Polanco vs. Joe Saunders — Matchup Analysis
Placido Polanco has absolutely raked against Saunders. Polanco's production against Saunders has been exceptional: an OPS of 1.005, 36% above the career mark of 0.740, with a batting average of 0.391, 32% above their career average and above Saunders's career opposing average of 0.283. Despite striking out once every 12.5 plate appearances here, more often than the career rate of once every 14.7 PA, Polanco is still posting above-career production against Saunders. Edge: Polanco.
How Placido Polanco put the ball into play against Joe Saunders
Balls and Strikes Thrown by Joe Saunders to Placido Polanco
Matchup Details for Placido Polanco and Joe Saunders
Stats that describe the matchup between Placido Polanco and Joe Saunders including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
25
Placido Polanco Career Plate Appearances
7886
Joe Saunders Career Batters Faced
5962
In this matchup
23
Placido Polanco Career At Bats
7214
Joe Saunders Career At Bats Pitched
5418
In this matchup
0.391
Placido Polanco Career Batting Average
0.297
Joe Saunders Career Opposing Batting Average
0.283
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0
Placido Polanco Career Home Runs
104
Joe Saunders Career Home Runs Allowed
179
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
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0.000
Placido Polanco Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.014
Joe Saunders Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.033
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0.000
Placido Polanco Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.049
Joe Saunders Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.117
Home Runs Per Strikeout
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0.000
Placido Polanco Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.193
Joe Saunders Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.226
In this matchup
0.429
Placido Polanco Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.308
Joe Saunders Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.305
In this matchup
1
Placido Polanco Career Hit By Pitch
101
Joe Saunders Career Batters Hit By Pitch
30
Outs
In this matchup
12
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0
Placido Polanco Career Intentional Walks
13
Joe Saunders Career Intentional Walks Allowed
19
In this matchup
2
Placido Polanco Career Strikeouts
538
Joe Saunders Career Strikeouts Thrown
792
In this matchup
12.500
Placido Polanco Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
14.660
Joe Saunders Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
7.528
In this matchup
0.500
Placido Polanco Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.800
Joe Saunders Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.550
Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance
In this matchup
0.400
Placido Polanco Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.328
Joe Saunders Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.334
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
Placido Polanco Career Sacrifice Hits
86
Joe Saunders Career Sacrifice Hits
40
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0
Placido Polanco Career Sacrifice Flies
56
Joe Saunders Career Sacrifice Flies
35
In this matchup
1
Placido Polanco Career Ground into Double Play
201
Joe Saunders Career Double Plays Enabled
170
Ground into Triple Play
In this matchup
0