Ozzie Smith vs. Jose Alvarez — Matchup Analysis
Ozzie Smith has absolutely raked against Alvarez. With only 8 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Smith. Smith's production against Alvarez has been exceptional: an OPS of 0.833, 25% above the career mark of 0.666, with a batting average of 0.333, 27% above their career average and above Alvarez's career opposing average of 0.240. Despite striking out once every 4 plate appearances here, more often than the career rate of once every 18.3 PA, Smith is still posting above-career production against Alvarez. Edge: Smith.
How Ozzie Smith put the ball into play against Jose Alvarez
Balls and Strikes Thrown by Jose Alvarez to Ozzie Smith
Matchup Details for Ozzie Smith and Jose Alvarez
Stats that describe the matchup between Ozzie Smith and Jose Alvarez including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
8
Ozzie Smith Career Plate Appearances
10778
Jose Alvarez Career Batters Faced
688
In this matchup
0.333
Ozzie Smith Career Batting Average
0.262
Jose Alvarez Career Opposing Batting Average
0.240
Grand Slams
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0
In the Park Home Runs
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0
In the Park Grand Slams
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0
In this matchup
0.000
Ozzie Smith Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.003
Jose Alvarez Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.021
In this matchup
0.000
Ozzie Smith Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.011
Jose Alvarez Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.086
Home Runs Per Strikeout
In this matchup
0.000
Ozzie Smith Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.048
Jose Alvarez Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.090
In this matchup
0.500
Ozzie Smith Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.275
Jose Alvarez Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.292
In this matchup
0
Ozzie Smith Career Hit By Pitch
33
Jose Alvarez Career Batters Hit By Pitch
7
Outs
In this matchup
2
In this matchup
0
Ozzie Smith Career Intentional Walks
79
Jose Alvarez Career Intentional Walks Allowed
15
In this matchup
2
Ozzie Smith Career Strikeouts
589
Jose Alvarez Career Strikeouts Thrown
134
In this matchup
4.000
Ozzie Smith Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
18.300
Jose Alvarez Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
5.134
In this matchup
1.000
Ozzie Smith Career Walks Per Strikeout
1.820
Jose Alvarez Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.590
Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance
In this matchup
0.500
Ozzie Smith Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.335
Jose Alvarez Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.340
Batter Reached due to Defensive Indifference
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0
Batter Reached due to Error
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0
Batter Reached due to Interference
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0
In this matchup
0
Ozzie Smith Career Sacrifice Hits
214
Jose Alvarez Career Sacrifice Hits
14
In this matchup
0
Ozzie Smith Career Sacrifice Flies
63
Jose Alvarez Career Sacrifice Flies
4
In this matchup
0
Ozzie Smith Career Ground into Double Play
167
Jose Alvarez Career Double Plays Enabled
15
Ground into Triple Play
In this matchup
0