Seth Smith vs. Justin Verlander — Matchup Analysis

This matchup has been a genuine battle. Smith is hitting 0.227 here, 13% below their career average, while Verlander's career opposing average is 0.228. Smith also posted an OPS of 0.802, close to the career mark of 0.790. Smith has avoided the strikeout, going down once every 5.6 plate appearances, less often than the career rate of once every 5.1 PA. No clear edge.

How Seth Smith put the ball into play against Justin Verlander

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Justin Verlander to Seth Smith

Matchup Details for Seth Smith and Justin Verlander

Stats that describe the matchup between Seth Smith and Justin Verlander including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
28
Seth Smith Career Plate Appearances
4083
Justin Verlander Career Batters Faced
14607
In this matchup
22
Seth Smith Career At Bats
3582
Justin Verlander Career At Bats Pitched
13351
In this matchup
0.227
Seth Smith Career Batting Average
0.261
Justin Verlander Career Opposing Batting Average
0.228
In this matchup
5
Seth Smith Career Hits
934
Justin Verlander Career Hits Allowed
3046
In this matchup
3
Seth Smith Career Singles
553
In this matchup
1
Seth Smith Career Doubles
224
In this matchup
0
Seth Smith Career Triples
31
In this matchup
1
Seth Smith Career Home Runs
126
Justin Verlander Career Home Runs Allowed
371

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
2
Seth Smith Career Extra Base Hits
381
In this matchup
0.045
Seth Smith Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.035
Justin Verlander Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.028
In this matchup
0.200
Seth Smith Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.135
Justin Verlander Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.122

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
0.200
Seth Smith Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.158
Justin Verlander Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.104
In this matchup
9
Seth Smith Total Bases
1598
In this matchup
11
Seth Smith Career Times on Base
1403
In this matchup
0.393
Seth Smith Career On Base Percentage
0.344
In this matchup
0.409
Seth Smith Career Slugging Percentage
0.446
In this matchup
0.802
Seth Smith Career OPS
0.790
In this matchup
0.182
Seth Smith Career Isolated Power
0.185
In this matchup
0.279
Seth Smith Career Gross Production Average
0.266
In this matchup
0.250
Seth Smith Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.301
Justin Verlander Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.284
In this matchup
1
Seth Smith Career RBIs
458
In this matchup
3.536
Seth Smith Career Runs Created
562.980
In this matchup
0
Seth Smith Career Hit By Pitch
38
Justin Verlander Career Batters Hit By Pitch
121

Outs

In this matchup
11
In this matchup
6
Seth Smith Career Walks
431
Justin Verlander Career Walks Allowed
1004
In this matchup
0
Seth Smith Career Intentional Walks
33
Justin Verlander Career Intentional Walks Allowed
28
In this matchup
5
Seth Smith Career Strikeouts
797
Justin Verlander Career Strikeouts Thrown
3553
In this matchup
5.600
Seth Smith Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
5.120
Justin Verlander Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
4.111
In this matchup
1.200
Seth Smith Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.540
Justin Verlander Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.280

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.393
Seth Smith Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.342
Justin Verlander Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.279

Batter Reached due to Defensive Indifference

In this matchup
0

Batter Reached due to Error

In this matchup
1

Batter Reached due to Interference

In this matchup
0
In this matchup
0
Seth Smith Career Sacrifice Hits
2
Justin Verlander Career Sacrifice Hits
47
In this matchup
0
Seth Smith Career Sacrifice Flies
30
Justin Verlander Career Sacrifice Flies
84
In this matchup
0
Seth Smith Career Ground into Double Play
75
Justin Verlander Career Double Plays Enabled
186

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0