Matt Stairs vs. Hideki Irabu — Matchup Analysis

Hideki Irabu has completely neutralized Stairs in this matchup. Stairs's numbers against Irabu tell a stark story: an OPS of 0.583, 30% below the career mark of 0.832, with a batting average of just 0.167, 37% below their career average and below Irabu's career opposing average of 0.272. Even with Stairs striking out less often than usual, once every 6 PA versus a career rate of once every 5.4 PA, the overall production numbers still favor Irabu. Edge: Irabu.

How Matt Stairs put the ball into play against Hideki Irabu

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Hideki Irabu to Matt Stairs

Matchup Details for Matt Stairs and Hideki Irabu

Stats that describe the matchup between Matt Stairs and Hideki Irabu including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
12
Matt Stairs Career Plate Appearances
6023
Hideki Irabu Career Batters Faced
2236
In this matchup
12
Matt Stairs Career At Bats
5204
Hideki Irabu Career At Bats Pitched
2012
In this matchup
0.167
Matt Stairs Career Batting Average
0.263
Hideki Irabu Career Opposing Batting Average
0.272
In this matchup
2
Matt Stairs Career Hits
1366
Hideki Irabu Career Hits Allowed
547
In this matchup
1
Matt Stairs Career Singles
794
In this matchup
0
Matt Stairs Career Doubles
294
In this matchup
0
Matt Stairs Career Triples
13
In this matchup
1
Matt Stairs Career Home Runs
265
Hideki Irabu Career Home Runs Allowed
91

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
Matt Stairs Career Extra Base Hits
572
In this matchup
0.083
Matt Stairs Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.051
Hideki Irabu Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.045
In this matchup
0.500
Matt Stairs Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.194
Hideki Irabu Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.166

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
0.500
Matt Stairs Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.236
Hideki Irabu Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.225
In this matchup
5
Matt Stairs Total Bases
2481
In this matchup
2
Matt Stairs Career Times on Base
2140
In this matchup
0.167
Matt Stairs Career On Base Percentage
0.356
In this matchup
0.417
Matt Stairs Career Slugging Percentage
0.477
In this matchup
0.583
Matt Stairs Career OPS
0.832
In this matchup
0.250
Matt Stairs Career Isolated Power
0.214
In this matchup
0.179
Matt Stairs Career Gross Production Average
0.279
In this matchup
0.111
Matt Stairs Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.286
Hideki Irabu Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.301
In this matchup
4
Matt Stairs Career RBIs
899
In this matchup
0.833
Matt Stairs Career Runs Created
891.660
In this matchup
0
Matt Stairs Career Hit By Pitch
57
Hideki Irabu Career Batters Hit By Pitch
18

Outs

In this matchup
8
In this matchup
0
Matt Stairs Career Walks
717
Hideki Irabu Career Walks Allowed
175
In this matchup
0
Matt Stairs Career Intentional Walks
59
Hideki Irabu Career Intentional Walks Allowed
3
In this matchup
2
Matt Stairs Career Strikeouts
1122
Hideki Irabu Career Strikeouts Thrown
405
In this matchup
6.000
Matt Stairs Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
5.370
Hideki Irabu Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
5.521
In this matchup
0.000
Matt Stairs Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.640
Hideki Irabu Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.430

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.167
Matt Stairs Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.356
Hideki Irabu Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.324

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
Matt Stairs Career Sacrifice Hits
5
Hideki Irabu Career Sacrifice Hits
14
In this matchup
0
Matt Stairs Career Sacrifice Flies
40
Hideki Irabu Career Sacrifice Flies
17
In this matchup
0
Matt Stairs Career Ground into Double Play
109
Hideki Irabu Career Double Plays Enabled
29

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0