Billy Smith vs. Steve Renko — Matchup Analysis

Steve Renko has had the better of this matchup. With only 8 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Renko. Smith is hitting just 0.125 in this matchup, 46% below their career average and below Renko's career opposing average of 0.256. Smith also posted an OPS of 0.625, modestly below the career mark of 0.632. Even with Smith striking out less often than usual, once every 8 PA versus a career rate of once every 6.1 PA, the overall production numbers still favor Renko. Slight edge: Renko.

How Billy Smith put the ball into play against Steve Renko

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Steve Renko to Billy Smith

Matchup Details for Billy Smith and Steve Renko

Stats that describe the matchup between Billy Smith and Steve Renko including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
8
Billy Smith Career Plate Appearances
1147
Steve Renko Career Batters Faced
10704
In this matchup
8
Billy Smith Career At Bats
1018
Steve Renko Career At Bats Pitched
9525
In this matchup
0.125
Billy Smith Career Batting Average
0.230
Steve Renko Career Opposing Batting Average
0.256
In this matchup
1
Billy Smith Career Hits
234
Steve Renko Career Hits Allowed
2438
In this matchup
0
Billy Smith Career Singles
170
In this matchup
0
Billy Smith Career Doubles
38
In this matchup
0
Billy Smith Career Triples
9
In this matchup
1
Billy Smith Career Home Runs
17
Steve Renko Career Home Runs Allowed
248

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
Billy Smith Career Extra Base Hits
64
In this matchup
0.125
Billy Smith Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.017
Steve Renko Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.026
In this matchup
1.000
Billy Smith Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.073
Steve Renko Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.102

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
1.000
Billy Smith Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.090
Steve Renko Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.170
In this matchup
4
Billy Smith Total Bases
341
In this matchup
1
Billy Smith Career Times on Base
334
In this matchup
0.125
Billy Smith Career On Base Percentage
0.297
In this matchup
0.500
Billy Smith Career Slugging Percentage
0.335
In this matchup
0.625
Billy Smith Career OPS
0.632
In this matchup
0.375
Billy Smith Career Isolated Power
0.105
In this matchup
0.181
Billy Smith Career Gross Production Average
0.218
In this matchup
0.000
Billy Smith Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.266
Steve Renko Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.280
In this matchup
3
Billy Smith Career RBIs
111
In this matchup
0.500
Billy Smith Career Runs Created
113.330
In this matchup
0
Billy Smith Career Hit By Pitch
4
Steve Renko Career Batters Hit By Pitch
22

Outs

In this matchup
6
In this matchup
0
Billy Smith Career Walks
96
Steve Renko Career Walks Allowed
1010
In this matchup
0
Billy Smith Career Intentional Walks
6
Steve Renko Career Intentional Walks Allowed
86
In this matchup
1
Billy Smith Career Strikeouts
189
Steve Renko Career Strikeouts Thrown
1455
In this matchup
8.000
Billy Smith Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
6.070
Steve Renko Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
7.357
In this matchup
0.000
Billy Smith Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.510
Steve Renko Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.690

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.125
Billy Smith Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.293
Steve Renko Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.330

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
Billy Smith Career Sacrifice Hits
24
Steve Renko Career Sacrifice Hits
81
In this matchup
0
Billy Smith Career Sacrifice Flies
5
Steve Renko Career Sacrifice Flies
66
In this matchup
0
Billy Smith Career Ground into Double Play
7
Steve Renko Career Double Plays Enabled
107

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0