Johnny Ray vs. Joe Niekro — Matchup Analysis

Joe Niekro has had the better of this matchup. Ray is hitting just 0.222 in this matchup, 23% below their career average and below Niekro's career opposing average of 0.254. Ray also posted an OPS of 0.643, modestly below the career mark of 0.724. Niekro has been equally punishing in the strikeout column, sending Ray down once every 13 plate appearances, more often than the career rate of once every 17.2 PA. Slight edge: Niekro.

How Johnny Ray put the ball into play against Joe Niekro

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Joe Niekro to Johnny Ray

Matchup Details for Johnny Ray and Joe Niekro

Stats that describe the matchup between Johnny Ray and Joe Niekro including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
39
Johnny Ray Career Plate Appearances
5657
Joe Niekro Career Batters Faced
15166
In this matchup
36
Johnny Ray Career At Bats
5188
Joe Niekro Career At Bats Pitched
13637
In this matchup
0.222
Johnny Ray Career Batting Average
0.290
Joe Niekro Career Opposing Batting Average
0.254
In this matchup
8
Johnny Ray Career Hits
1502
Joe Niekro Career Hits Allowed
3466
In this matchup
5
Johnny Ray Career Singles
1119
In this matchup
2
Johnny Ray Career Doubles
294
In this matchup
0
Johnny Ray Career Triples
36
In this matchup
1
Johnny Ray Career Home Runs
53
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed
276

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
Johnny Ray Career Extra Base Hits
383
In this matchup
0.028
Johnny Ray Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.010
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.020
In this matchup
0.125
Johnny Ray Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.035
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.080

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
0.333
Johnny Ray Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.161
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.158
In this matchup
13
Johnny Ray Total Bases
2027
In this matchup
11
Johnny Ray Career Times on Base
1867
In this matchup
0.282
Johnny Ray Career On Base Percentage
0.333
In this matchup
0.361
Johnny Ray Career Slugging Percentage
0.391
In this matchup
0.643
Johnny Ray Career OPS
0.724
In this matchup
0.139
Johnny Ray Career Isolated Power
0.101
In this matchup
0.217
Johnny Ray Career Gross Production Average
0.248
In this matchup
0.219
Johnny Ray Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.298
Joe Niekro Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.275
In this matchup
2
Johnny Ray Career RBIs
594
In this matchup
3.667
Johnny Ray Career Runs Created
710.240
In this matchup
0
Johnny Ray Career Hit By Pitch
12
Joe Niekro Career Batters Hit By Pitch
65

Outs

In this matchup
25
In this matchup
2
Johnny Ray Career Walks
353
Joe Niekro Career Walks Allowed
1262
In this matchup
1
Johnny Ray Career Intentional Walks
39
Joe Niekro Career Intentional Walks Allowed
71
In this matchup
3
Johnny Ray Career Strikeouts
329
Joe Niekro Career Strikeouts Thrown
1747
In this matchup
13.000
Johnny Ray Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
17.190
Joe Niekro Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
8.681
In this matchup
1.000
Johnny Ray Career Walks Per Strikeout
1.070
Joe Niekro Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.720

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.282
Johnny Ray Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.335
Joe Niekro Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.316

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
1
Johnny Ray Career Sacrifice Hits
48
Joe Niekro Career Sacrifice Hits
106
In this matchup
0
Johnny Ray Career Sacrifice Flies
56
Joe Niekro Career Sacrifice Flies
96
In this matchup
1
Johnny Ray Career Ground into Double Play
126
Joe Niekro Career Double Plays Enabled
200

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0