Luis Salazar vs. Pete Smith — Matchup Analysis
Luis Salazar has absolutely raked against Smith. With only 9 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Salazar. Salazar's production against Smith has been exceptional: an OPS of 1.278, 90% above the career mark of 0.674, with a batting average of 0.444, 70% above their career average and above Smith's career opposing average of 0.266. Despite striking out once every 3 plate appearances here, more often than the career rate of once every 6.7 PA, Salazar is still posting above-career production against Smith. Edge: Salazar.
How Luis Salazar put the ball into play against Pete Smith
Balls and Strikes Thrown by Pete Smith to Luis Salazar
Matchup Details for Luis Salazar and Pete Smith
Stats that describe the matchup between Luis Salazar and Pete Smith including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
9
Luis Salazar Career Plate Appearances
4375
Pete Smith Career Batters Faced
4423
In this matchup
0.444
Luis Salazar Career Batting Average
0.261
Pete Smith Career Opposing Batting Average
0.266
Grand Slams
In this matchup
0
In the Park Home Runs
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0
In the Park Grand Slams
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0
In this matchup
0.111
Luis Salazar Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.023
Pete Smith Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.032
In this matchup
0.250
Luis Salazar Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.088
Pete Smith Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.121
Home Runs Per Strikeout
In this matchup
0.333
Luis Salazar Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.144
Pete Smith Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.197
In this matchup
0.600
Luis Salazar Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.289
Pete Smith Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.291
In this matchup
0
Luis Salazar Career Hit By Pitch
15
Pete Smith Career Batters Hit By Pitch
10
Outs
In this matchup
2
In this matchup
1
Luis Salazar Career Intentional Walks
37
Pete Smith Career Intentional Walks Allowed
24
In this matchup
3
Luis Salazar Career Strikeouts
653
Pete Smith Career Strikeouts Thrown
640
In this matchup
3.000
Luis Salazar Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
6.700
Pete Smith Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
6.911
In this matchup
0.333
Luis Salazar Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.270
Pete Smith Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.630
Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance
In this matchup
0.556
Luis Salazar Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.294
Pete Smith Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.333
Batter Reached due to Defensive Indifference
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0
Batter Reached due to Error
In this matchup
0
Batter Reached due to Interference
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0
In this matchup
0
Luis Salazar Career Sacrifice Hits
55
Pete Smith Career Sacrifice Hits
49
In this matchup
0
Luis Salazar Career Sacrifice Flies
25
Pete Smith Career Sacrifice Flies
40
In this matchup
0
Luis Salazar Career Ground into Double Play
78
Pete Smith Career Double Plays Enabled
70
Ground into Triple Play
In this matchup
0