Ruben Rivera vs. John Burkett — Matchup Analysis

John Burkett has dominated this matchup. With only 6 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Burkett. Rivera is hitting just 0.167 in this matchup, 23% below their career average and below Burkett's career opposing average of 0.277. Rivera also posted an OPS of 0.500, well below the career mark of 0.701. Burkett has been equally punishing in the strikeout column, sending Rivera down once every 2 plate appearances, more often than the career rate of once every 3.6 PA. Edge: Burkett.

How Ruben Rivera put the ball into play against John Burkett

Balls and Strikes Thrown by John Burkett to Ruben Rivera

Matchup Details for Ruben Rivera and John Burkett

Stats that describe the matchup between Ruben Rivera and John Burkett including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
6
Ruben Rivera Career Plate Appearances
1818
John Burkett Career Batters Faced
11324
In this matchup
6
Ruben Rivera Career At Bats
1586
John Burkett Career At Bats Pitched
10358
In this matchup
0.167
Ruben Rivera Career Batting Average
0.216
John Burkett Career Opposing Batting Average
0.277
In this matchup
1
Ruben Rivera Career Hits
343
John Burkett Career Hits Allowed
2866
In this matchup
0
Ruben Rivera Career Singles
201
In this matchup
1
Ruben Rivera Career Doubles
67
In this matchup
0
Ruben Rivera Career Triples
11
In this matchup
0
Ruben Rivera Career Home Runs
64
John Burkett Career Home Runs Allowed
257

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
1
Ruben Rivera Career Extra Base Hits
142
In this matchup
0.000
Ruben Rivera Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.040
John Burkett Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.025
In this matchup
0.000
Ruben Rivera Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.187
John Burkett Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.090

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
0.000
Ruben Rivera Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.125
John Burkett Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.146
In this matchup
2
Ruben Rivera Total Bases
624
In this matchup
1
Ruben Rivera Career Times on Base
557
In this matchup
0.167
Ruben Rivera Career On Base Percentage
0.307
In this matchup
0.333
Ruben Rivera Career Slugging Percentage
0.393
In this matchup
0.500
Ruben Rivera Career OPS
0.701
In this matchup
0.167
Ruben Rivera Career Isolated Power
0.177
In this matchup
0.158
Ruben Rivera Career Gross Production Average
0.237
In this matchup
0.333
Ruben Rivera Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.273
John Burkett Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.313
In this matchup
0
Ruben Rivera Career RBIs
203
In this matchup
0.333
Ruben Rivera Career Runs Created
199.400
In this matchup
0
Ruben Rivera Career Hit By Pitch
29
John Burkett Career Batters Hit By Pitch
90

Outs

In this matchup
2
In this matchup
0
Ruben Rivera Career Walks
185
John Burkett Career Walks Allowed
700
In this matchup
0
Ruben Rivera Career Intentional Walks
4
John Burkett Career Intentional Walks Allowed
59
In this matchup
3
Ruben Rivera Career Strikeouts
510
John Burkett Career Strikeouts Thrown
1766
In this matchup
2.000
Ruben Rivera Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
3.560
John Burkett Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
6.412
In this matchup
0.000
Ruben Rivera Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.360
John Burkett Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.400

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.167
Ruben Rivera Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.293
John Burkett Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.320

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
Ruben Rivera Career Sacrifice Hits
6
John Burkett Career Sacrifice Hits
107
In this matchup
0
Ruben Rivera Career Sacrifice Flies
12
John Burkett Career Sacrifice Flies
69
In this matchup
1
Ruben Rivera Career Ground into Double Play
28
John Burkett Career Double Plays Enabled
224

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0