Deion Sanders vs. Jeff Ballard — Matchup Analysis

Jeff Ballard has dominated this matchup. With only 5 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Ballard. Sanders is hitting just 0.250 in this matchup, 5% below their career average and below Ballard's career opposing average of 0.298. Sanders also posted an OPS of 0.500, well below the career mark of 0.712. Ballard has been equally punishing in the strikeout column, sending Sanders down once every 5 plate appearances, more often than the career rate of once every 6.6 PA. Edge: Ballard.

How Deion Sanders put the ball into play against Jeff Ballard

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Jeff Ballard to Deion Sanders

Matchup Details for Deion Sanders and Jeff Ballard

Stats that describe the matchup between Deion Sanders and Jeff Ballard including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
5
Deion Sanders Career Plate Appearances
2325
Jeff Ballard Career Batters Faced
3357
In this matchup
4
Deion Sanders Career At Bats
2123
Jeff Ballard Career At Bats Pitched
3069
In this matchup
0.250
Deion Sanders Career Batting Average
0.263
Jeff Ballard Career Opposing Batting Average
0.298
In this matchup
1
Deion Sanders Career Hits
558
Jeff Ballard Career Hits Allowed
914
In this matchup
1
Deion Sanders Career Singles
404
In this matchup
0
Deion Sanders Career Doubles
72
In this matchup
0
Deion Sanders Career Triples
43
In this matchup
0
Deion Sanders Career Home Runs
39
Jeff Ballard Career Home Runs Allowed
92

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
Deion Sanders Career Extra Base Hits
154
In this matchup
0.000
Deion Sanders Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.018
Jeff Ballard Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.030
In this matchup
0.000
Deion Sanders Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.070
Jeff Ballard Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.101

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
0.000
Deion Sanders Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.111
Jeff Ballard Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.377
In this matchup
1
Deion Sanders Total Bases
833
In this matchup
1
Deion Sanders Career Times on Base
738
In this matchup
0.250
Deion Sanders Career On Base Percentage
0.319
In this matchup
0.250
Deion Sanders Career Slugging Percentage
0.392
In this matchup
0.500
Deion Sanders Career OPS
0.712
In this matchup
0.000
Deion Sanders Career Isolated Power
0.130
In this matchup
0.175
Deion Sanders Career Gross Production Average
0.242
In this matchup
0.333
Deion Sanders Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.298
Jeff Ballard Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.301
In this matchup
1
Deion Sanders Career RBIs
168
In this matchup
0.250
Deion Sanders Career Runs Created
294.700
In this matchup
0
Deion Sanders Career Hit By Pitch
21
Jeff Ballard Career Batters Hit By Pitch
18

Outs

In this matchup
3
In this matchup
0
Deion Sanders Career Walks
159
Jeff Ballard Career Walks Allowed
229
In this matchup
0
Deion Sanders Career Intentional Walks
7
Jeff Ballard Career Intentional Walks Allowed
22
In this matchup
1
Deion Sanders Career Strikeouts
352
Jeff Ballard Career Strikeouts Thrown
244
In this matchup
5.000
Deion Sanders Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
6.610
Jeff Ballard Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
13.758
In this matchup
0.000
Deion Sanders Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.450
Jeff Ballard Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.940

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.200
Deion Sanders Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.311
Jeff Ballard Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.347

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
Deion Sanders Career Sacrifice Hits
12
Jeff Ballard Career Sacrifice Hits
25
In this matchup
0
Deion Sanders Career Sacrifice Flies
10
Jeff Ballard Career Sacrifice Flies
16
In this matchup
0
Deion Sanders Career Ground into Double Play
23
Jeff Ballard Career Double Plays Enabled
97

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0