Kirby Puckett vs. Bert Blyleven — Matchup Analysis

Kirby Puckett has had Blyleven's number. Puckett is hitting 0.415 in this matchup, 30% above their career average and above Blyleven's career opposing average of 0.248. Puckett also posted an OPS of 1.000, well above the career mark of 0.837. Puckett has made good contact, striking out once every 10.3 plate appearances, less often than the career rate of once every 8.1 PA. Edge: Puckett.

How Kirby Puckett put the ball into play against Bert Blyleven

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Bert Blyleven to Kirby Puckett

Matchup Details for Kirby Puckett and Bert Blyleven

Stats that describe the matchup between Kirby Puckett and Bert Blyleven including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
41
Kirby Puckett Career Plate Appearances
7831
Bert Blyleven Career Batters Faced
20491
In this matchup
41
Kirby Puckett Career At Bats
7244
Bert Blyleven Career At Bats Pitched
18717
In this matchup
0.415
Kirby Puckett Career Batting Average
0.318
Bert Blyleven Career Opposing Batting Average
0.248
In this matchup
17
Kirby Puckett Career Hits
2304
Bert Blyleven Career Hits Allowed
4632
In this matchup
13
Kirby Puckett Career Singles
1626
In this matchup
2
Kirby Puckett Career Doubles
414
In this matchup
1
Kirby Puckett Career Triples
57
In this matchup
1
Kirby Puckett Career Home Runs
207
Bert Blyleven Career Home Runs Allowed
430

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
4
Kirby Puckett Career Extra Base Hits
678
In this matchup
0.024
Kirby Puckett Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.029
Bert Blyleven Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.023
In this matchup
0.059
Kirby Puckett Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.090
Bert Blyleven Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.093

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
0.250
Kirby Puckett Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.215
Bert Blyleven Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.116
In this matchup
24
Kirby Puckett Total Bases
3453
In this matchup
17
Kirby Puckett Career Times on Base
2810
In this matchup
0.415
Kirby Puckett Career On Base Percentage
0.360
In this matchup
0.585
Kirby Puckett Career Slugging Percentage
0.477
In this matchup
1.000
Kirby Puckett Career OPS
0.837
In this matchup
0.171
Kirby Puckett Career Isolated Power
0.159
In this matchup
0.333
Kirby Puckett Career Gross Production Average
0.281
In this matchup
0.444
Kirby Puckett Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.342
Bert Blyleven Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.288
In this matchup
6
Kirby Puckett Career RBIs
1085
In this matchup
9.951
Kirby Puckett Career Runs Created
1236.060
In this matchup
0
Kirby Puckett Career Hit By Pitch
56
Bert Blyleven Career Batters Hit By Pitch
155

Outs

In this matchup
20
In this matchup
0
Kirby Puckett Career Walks
450
Bert Blyleven Career Walks Allowed
1322
In this matchup
0
Kirby Puckett Career Intentional Walks
85
Bert Blyleven Career Intentional Walks Allowed
71
In this matchup
4
Kirby Puckett Career Strikeouts
965
Bert Blyleven Career Strikeouts Thrown
3701
In this matchup
10.250
Kirby Puckett Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
8.120
Bert Blyleven Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
5.537
In this matchup
0.000
Kirby Puckett Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.470
Bert Blyleven Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.360

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.415
Kirby Puckett Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.363
Bert Blyleven Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.294

Batter Reached due to Defensive Indifference

In this matchup
0

Batter Reached due to Error

In this matchup
0

Batter Reached due to Interference

In this matchup
0
In this matchup
0
Kirby Puckett Career Sacrifice Hits
23
Bert Blyleven Career Sacrifice Hits
176
In this matchup
0
Kirby Puckett Career Sacrifice Flies
58
Bert Blyleven Career Sacrifice Flies
121
In this matchup
3
Kirby Puckett Career Ground into Double Play
188
Bert Blyleven Career Double Plays Enabled
338

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0