Ryan Raburn vs. Grant Balfour — Matchup Analysis
Ryan Raburn has absolutely raked against Balfour. With only 5 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Raburn. Raburn's production against Balfour has been exceptional: an OPS of 1.150, 53% above the career mark of 0.752, with a batting average of 0.500, 98% above their career average and above Balfour's career opposing average of 0.209. Despite striking out once every 2.5 plate appearances here, more often than the career rate of once every 4 PA, Raburn is still posting above-career production against Balfour. Edge: Raburn.
How Ryan Raburn put the ball into play against Grant Balfour
Balls and Strikes Thrown by Grant Balfour to Ryan Raburn
Matchup Details for Ryan Raburn and Grant Balfour
Stats that describe the matchup between Ryan Raburn and Grant Balfour including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
5
Ryan Raburn Career Plate Appearances
2734
Grant Balfour Career Batters Faced
2241
In this matchup
0.500
Ryan Raburn Career Batting Average
0.253
Grant Balfour Career Opposing Batting Average
0.209
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
0.000
Ryan Raburn Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.038
Grant Balfour Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.024
In this matchup
0.000
Ryan Raburn Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.149
Grant Balfour Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.116
Home Runs Per Strikeout
In this matchup
0.000
Ryan Raburn Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.136
Grant Balfour Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.082
In this matchup
0.667
Ryan Raburn Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.311
Grant Balfour Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.270
In this matchup
0
Ryan Raburn Career Hit By Pitch
26
Grant Balfour Career Batters Hit By Pitch
8
Outs
In this matchup
1
In this matchup
0
Ryan Raburn Career Intentional Walks
10
Grant Balfour Career Intentional Walks Allowed
14
In this matchup
2
Ryan Raburn Career Strikeouts
683
Grant Balfour Career Strikeouts Thrown
571
In this matchup
2.500
Ryan Raburn Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
4.000
Grant Balfour Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
3.925
In this matchup
0.000
Ryan Raburn Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.310
Grant Balfour Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.440
Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance
In this matchup
0.400
Ryan Raburn Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.309
Grant Balfour Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.300
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
Ryan Raburn Career Sacrifice Hits
9
Grant Balfour Career Sacrifice Hits
15
In this matchup
1
Ryan Raburn Career Sacrifice Flies
17
Grant Balfour Career Sacrifice Flies
19
In this matchup
0
Ryan Raburn Career Ground into Double Play
58
Grant Balfour Career Double Plays Enabled
31
Ground into Triple Play
In this matchup
0