Bill Russell vs. Joe Niekro — Matchup Analysis

This matchup has been a genuine battle. Russell is hitting 0.266 here, 1% above their career average, while Niekro's career opposing average is 0.254. Russell also posted an OPS of 0.651, close to the career mark of 0.648. Niekro has had the edge in strikeouts, with Russell going down once every 11.5 plate appearances here, more often than the career rate of once every 12 PA. No clear edge.

How Bill Russell put the ball into play against Joe Niekro

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Joe Niekro to Bill Russell

Matchup Details for Bill Russell and Joe Niekro

Stats that describe the matchup between Bill Russell and Joe Niekro including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
69
Bill Russell Career Plate Appearances
8020
Joe Niekro Career Batters Faced
15166
In this matchup
64
Bill Russell Career At Bats
7318
Joe Niekro Career At Bats Pitched
13637
In this matchup
0.266
Bill Russell Career Batting Average
0.263
Joe Niekro Career Opposing Batting Average
0.254
In this matchup
17
Bill Russell Career Hits
1926
Joe Niekro Career Hits Allowed
3466
In this matchup
14
Bill Russell Career Singles
1530
In this matchup
3
Bill Russell Career Doubles
293
In this matchup
0
Bill Russell Career Triples
57
In this matchup
0
Bill Russell Career Home Runs
46
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
Bill Russell Career Extra Base Hits
396
In this matchup
0.000
Bill Russell Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.006
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.020
In this matchup
0.000
Bill Russell Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.024
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.080

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
0.000
Bill Russell Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.069
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.158
In this matchup
20
Bill Russell Total Bases
2471
In this matchup
24
Bill Russell Career Times on Base
2445
In this matchup
0.338
Bill Russell Career On Base Percentage
0.310
In this matchup
0.313
Bill Russell Career Slugging Percentage
0.338
In this matchup
0.651
Bill Russell Career OPS
0.648
In this matchup
0.047
Bill Russell Career Isolated Power
0.075
In this matchup
0.230
Bill Russell Career Gross Production Average
0.224
In this matchup
0.293
Bill Russell Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.283
Joe Niekro Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.275
In this matchup
5
Bill Russell Career RBIs
627
In this matchup
6.377
Bill Russell Career Runs Created
828.480
In this matchup
2
Bill Russell Career Hit By Pitch
36
Joe Niekro Career Batters Hit By Pitch
65

Outs

In this matchup
41
In this matchup
3
Bill Russell Career Walks
483
Joe Niekro Career Walks Allowed
1262
In this matchup
2
Bill Russell Career Intentional Walks
106
Joe Niekro Career Intentional Walks Allowed
71
In this matchup
6
Bill Russell Career Strikeouts
667
Joe Niekro Career Strikeouts Thrown
1747
In this matchup
11.500
Bill Russell Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
12.020
Joe Niekro Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
8.681
In this matchup
0.833
Bill Russell Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.720
Joe Niekro Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.720

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.319
Bill Russell Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.314
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
0
Bill Russell Career Sacrifice Hits
132
Joe Niekro Career Sacrifice Hits
106
In this matchup
0
Bill Russell Career Sacrifice Flies
51
Joe Niekro Career Sacrifice Flies
96
In this matchup
1
Bill Russell Career Ground into Double Play
174
Joe Niekro Career Double Plays Enabled
200

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0