Wally Smith vs. Joe Benz — Matchup Analysis

Joe Benz has had the better of this matchup. Smith is hitting just 0.143 in this matchup, 38% below their career average and below Benz's career opposing average of 0.245. Smith also posted an OPS of 0.619, modestly below the career mark of 0.625. Even with Smith striking out less often than usual, once every 10 PA versus a career rate of once every 8.1 PA, the overall production numbers still favor Benz. Slight edge: Benz.

How Wally Smith put the ball into play against Joe Benz

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Joe Benz to Wally Smith

Matchup Details for Wally Smith and Joe Benz

Stats that describe the matchup between Wally Smith and Joe Benz including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
10
Wally Smith Career Plate Appearances
584
Joe Benz Career Batters Faced
5364
In this matchup
7
Wally Smith Career At Bats
510
Joe Benz Career At Bats Pitched
5006
In this matchup
0.143
Wally Smith Career Batting Average
0.229
Joe Benz Career Opposing Batting Average
0.245
In this matchup
1
Wally Smith Career Hits
117
Joe Benz Career Hits Allowed
1225
In this matchup
0
Wally Smith Career Singles
89
In this matchup
1
Wally Smith Career Doubles
15
In this matchup
0
Wally Smith Career Triples
11
In this matchup
0
Wally Smith Career Home Runs
2
Joe Benz Career Home Runs Allowed
16

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
Wally Smith Career Extra Base Hits
28
In this matchup
0.000
Wally Smith Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.004
Joe Benz Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.003
In this matchup
0.000
Wally Smith Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.017
Joe Benz Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.013

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
0.000
Wally Smith Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.028
Joe Benz Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.030
In this matchup
2
Wally Smith Total Bases
160
In this matchup
3
Wally Smith Career Times on Base
178
In this matchup
0.333
Wally Smith Career On Base Percentage
0.312
In this matchup
0.286
Wally Smith Career Slugging Percentage
0.314
In this matchup
0.619
Wally Smith Career OPS
0.625
In this matchup
0.143
Wally Smith Career Isolated Power
0.084
In this matchup
0.221
Wally Smith Career Gross Production Average
0.219
In this matchup
0.167
Wally Smith Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.264
Joe Benz Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.272
In this matchup
0
Wally Smith Career RBIs
53
In this matchup
0.667
Wally Smith Career Runs Created
60.870
In this matchup
0
Wally Smith Career Hit By Pitch
8
Joe Benz Career Batters Hit By Pitch
24

Outs

In this matchup
6
In this matchup
2
Wally Smith Career Walks
53
Joe Benz Career Walks Allowed
334
In this matchup
0
Wally Smith Career Intentional Walks
0
Joe Benz Career Intentional Walks Allowed
0
In this matchup
1
Wally Smith Career Strikeouts
72
Joe Benz Career Strikeouts Thrown
539
In this matchup
10.000
Wally Smith Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
8.110
Joe Benz Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
9.952
In this matchup
2.000
Wally Smith Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.740
Joe Benz Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.620

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.300
Wally Smith Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.291
Joe Benz Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.291

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
Wally Smith Career Sacrifice Hits
13
Joe Benz Career Sacrifice Hits
0
In this matchup
0
Wally Smith Career Sacrifice Flies
0
Joe Benz Career Sacrifice Flies
0
In this matchup
0
Wally Smith Career Ground into Double Play
0
Joe Benz Career Double Plays Enabled
0

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0