Kirby Puckett vs. Roger McDowell — Matchup Analysis

Kirby Puckett has absolutely raked against McDowell. With only 7 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Puckett. Puckett's production against McDowell has been exceptional: an OPS of 1.571, 88% above the career mark of 0.837, with a batting average of 0.429, 35% above their career average and above McDowell's career opposing average of 0.263. Despite striking out once every 7 plate appearances here, more often than the career rate of once every 8.1 PA, Puckett is still posting above-career production against McDowell. Edge: Puckett.

How Kirby Puckett put the ball into play against Roger McDowell

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Roger McDowell to Kirby Puckett

Matchup Details for Kirby Puckett and Roger McDowell

Stats that describe the matchup between Kirby Puckett and Roger McDowell including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
7
Kirby Puckett Career Plate Appearances
7831
Roger McDowell Career Batters Faced
4517
In this matchup
7
Kirby Puckett Career At Bats
7244
Roger McDowell Career At Bats Pitched
3971
In this matchup
0.429
Kirby Puckett Career Batting Average
0.318
Roger McDowell Career Opposing Batting Average
0.263
In this matchup
3
Kirby Puckett Career Hits
2304
Roger McDowell Career Hits Allowed
1045
In this matchup
0
Kirby Puckett Career Singles
1626
In this matchup
2
Kirby Puckett Career Doubles
414
In this matchup
0
Kirby Puckett Career Triples
57
In this matchup
1
Kirby Puckett Career Home Runs
207
Roger McDowell Career Home Runs Allowed
50

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
3
Kirby Puckett Career Extra Base Hits
678
In this matchup
0.143
Kirby Puckett Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.029
Roger McDowell Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.013
In this matchup
0.333
Kirby Puckett Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.090
Roger McDowell Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.048

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
1.000
Kirby Puckett Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.215
Roger McDowell Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.095
In this matchup
8
Kirby Puckett Total Bases
3453
In this matchup
3
Kirby Puckett Career Times on Base
2810
In this matchup
0.429
Kirby Puckett Career On Base Percentage
0.360
In this matchup
1.143
Kirby Puckett Career Slugging Percentage
0.477
In this matchup
1.571
Kirby Puckett Career OPS
0.837
In this matchup
0.714
Kirby Puckett Career Isolated Power
0.159
In this matchup
0.479
Kirby Puckett Career Gross Production Average
0.281
In this matchup
0.400
Kirby Puckett Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.342
Roger McDowell Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.293
In this matchup
5
Kirby Puckett Career RBIs
1085
In this matchup
3.429
Kirby Puckett Career Runs Created
1236.060
In this matchup
0
Kirby Puckett Career Hit By Pitch
56
Roger McDowell Career Batters Hit By Pitch
28

Outs

In this matchup
3
In this matchup
0
Kirby Puckett Career Walks
450
Roger McDowell Career Walks Allowed
410
In this matchup
0
Kirby Puckett Career Intentional Walks
85
Roger McDowell Career Intentional Walks Allowed
98
In this matchup
1
Kirby Puckett Career Strikeouts
965
Roger McDowell Career Strikeouts Thrown
524
In this matchup
7.000
Kirby Puckett Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
8.120
Roger McDowell Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
8.620
In this matchup
0.000
Kirby Puckett Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.470
Roger McDowell Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.780

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.429
Kirby Puckett Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.363
Roger McDowell Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.344

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
Roger McDowell Career Sacrifice Hits
75
In this matchup
0
Kirby Puckett Career Sacrifice Flies
58
Roger McDowell Career Sacrifice Flies
33
In this matchup
2
Kirby Puckett Career Ground into Double Play
188
Roger McDowell Career Double Plays Enabled
132

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0