Geovany Soto vs. Bruce Chen — Matchup Analysis
Geovany Soto has absolutely raked against Chen. With only 5 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Soto. Soto's production against Chen has been exceptional: an OPS of 1.400, 83% above the career mark of 0.765, with a batting average of 0.250, 2% above their career average and below Chen's career opposing average of 0.266. Despite striking out once every 2.5 plate appearances here, more often than the career rate of once every 4.3 PA, Soto is still posting above-career production against Chen. Edge: Soto.
How Geovany Soto put the ball into play against Bruce Chen
Balls and Strikes Thrown by Bruce Chen to Geovany Soto
Matchup Details for Geovany Soto and Bruce Chen
Stats that describe the matchup between Geovany Soto and Bruce Chen including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
5
Geovany Soto Career Plate Appearances
2876
Bruce Chen Career Batters Faced
6619
In this matchup
0.250
Geovany Soto Career Batting Average
0.245
Bruce Chen Career Opposing Batting Average
0.266
Grand Slams
In this matchup
0
In the Park Home Runs
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0
In the Park Grand Slams
In this matchup
0
In this matchup
0.250
Geovany Soto Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.043
Bruce Chen Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.043
In this matchup
1.000
Geovany Soto Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.175
Bruce Chen Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.163
Home Runs Per Strikeout
In this matchup
0.500
Geovany Soto Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.160
Bruce Chen Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.225
In this matchup
0.000
Geovany Soto Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.290
Bruce Chen Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.291
In this matchup
0
Geovany Soto Career Hit By Pitch
17
Bruce Chen Career Batters Hit By Pitch
45
Outs
In this matchup
1
In this matchup
0
Geovany Soto Career Intentional Walks
17
Bruce Chen Career Intentional Walks Allowed
40
In this matchup
2
Geovany Soto Career Strikeouts
673
Bruce Chen Career Strikeouts Thrown
1140
In this matchup
2.500
Geovany Soto Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
4.270
Bruce Chen Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
5.806
In this matchup
0.500
Geovany Soto Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.460
Bruce Chen Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.480
Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance
In this matchup
0.400
Geovany Soto Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.329
Bruce Chen Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.327
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
Geovany Soto Career Sacrifice Hits
7
Bruce Chen Career Sacrifice Hits
45
In this matchup
0
Geovany Soto Career Sacrifice Flies
19
Bruce Chen Career Sacrifice Flies
53
In this matchup
0
Geovany Soto Career Ground into Double Play
73
Bruce Chen Career Double Plays Enabled
92
Ground into Triple Play
In this matchup
0