Placido Polanco vs. Jake Westbrook — Matchup Analysis
This matchup has been a genuine battle. Polanco is hitting 0.355 here, 19% above their career average, while Westbrook's career opposing average is 0.279. Polanco also posted an OPS of 0.762, close to the career mark of 0.740. Polanco has avoided the strikeout, going down once every 16.5 plate appearances, less often than the career rate of once every 14.7 PA. No clear edge.
How Placido Polanco put the ball into play against Jake Westbrook
Balls and Strikes Thrown by Jake Westbrook to Placido Polanco
Matchup Details for Placido Polanco and Jake Westbrook
Stats that describe the matchup between Placido Polanco and Jake Westbrook including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
33
Placido Polanco Career Plate Appearances
7886
Jake Westbrook Career Batters Faced
7517
In this matchup
31
Placido Polanco Career At Bats
7214
Jake Westbrook Career At Bats Pitched
6769
In this matchup
0.355
Placido Polanco Career Batting Average
0.297
Jake Westbrook Career Opposing Batting Average
0.279
In this matchup
0
Placido Polanco Career Home Runs
104
Jake Westbrook Career Home Runs Allowed
148
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
0.000
Placido Polanco Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.014
Jake Westbrook Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.022
In this matchup
0.000
Placido Polanco Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.049
Jake Westbrook Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.079
Home Runs Per Strikeout
In this matchup
0.000
Placido Polanco Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.193
Jake Westbrook Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.153
In this matchup
0.379
Placido Polanco Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.308
Jake Westbrook Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.307
In this matchup
0
Placido Polanco Career Hit By Pitch
101
Jake Westbrook Career Batters Hit By Pitch
68
Outs
In this matchup
19
In this matchup
0
Placido Polanco Career Intentional Walks
13
Jake Westbrook Career Intentional Walks Allowed
37
In this matchup
2
Placido Polanco Career Strikeouts
538
Jake Westbrook Career Strikeouts Thrown
965
In this matchup
16.500
Placido Polanco Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
14.660
Jake Westbrook Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
7.790
In this matchup
0.500
Placido Polanco Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.800
Jake Westbrook Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.590
Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance
In this matchup
0.364
Placido Polanco Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.328
Jake Westbrook Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.332
Batter Reached due to Defensive Indifference
In this matchup
0
Batter Reached due to Error
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0
Batter Reached due to Interference
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0
In this matchup
1
Placido Polanco Career Sacrifice Hits
86
Jake Westbrook Career Sacrifice Hits
61
In this matchup
0
Placido Polanco Career Sacrifice Flies
56
Jake Westbrook Career Sacrifice Flies
48
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0
Placido Polanco Career Ground into Double Play
201
Jake Westbrook Career Double Plays Enabled
239
Ground into Triple Play
In this matchup
0