So Taguchi vs. Cole Hamels — Matchup Analysis
Cole Hamels has dominated this matchup. With only 9 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Hamels. Taguchi is hitting just 0.222 in this matchup, 20% below their career average and below Hamels's career opposing average of 0.240. Taguchi also posted an OPS of 0.556, well below the career mark of 0.717. Even with Taguchi striking out less often than usual, once every 9 PA versus a career rate of once every 7.8 PA, the overall production numbers still favor Hamels. Edge: Hamels.
How So Taguchi put the ball into play against Cole Hamels
Balls and Strikes Thrown by Cole Hamels to So Taguchi
Matchup Details for So Taguchi and Cole Hamels
Stats that describe the matchup between So Taguchi and Cole Hamels including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
9
So Taguchi Career Plate Appearances
1524
Cole Hamels Career Batters Faced
11115
In this matchup
0.222
So Taguchi Career Batting Average
0.279
Cole Hamels Career Opposing Batting Average
0.240
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
0.000
So Taguchi Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.014
Cole Hamels Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.031
In this matchup
0.000
So Taguchi Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.050
Cole Hamels Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.128
Home Runs Per Strikeout
In this matchup
0.000
So Taguchi Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.097
Cole Hamels Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.121
In this matchup
0.250
So Taguchi Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.312
Cole Hamels Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.292
In this matchup
0
So Taguchi Career Hit By Pitch
12
Cole Hamels Career Batters Hit By Pitch
100
Outs
In this matchup
6
In this matchup
0
So Taguchi Career Intentional Walks
5
Cole Hamels Career Intentional Walks Allowed
43
In this matchup
1
So Taguchi Career Strikeouts
195
Cole Hamels Career Strikeouts Thrown
2560
In this matchup
9.000
So Taguchi Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
7.820
Cole Hamels Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
4.342
In this matchup
0.000
So Taguchi Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.520
Cole Hamels Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.300
Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance
In this matchup
0.222
So Taguchi Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.321
Cole Hamels 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
0
So Taguchi Career Sacrifice Hits
31
Cole Hamels Career Sacrifice Hits
76
In this matchup
0
So Taguchi Career Sacrifice Flies
10
Cole Hamels Career Sacrifice Flies
54
In this matchup
1
So Taguchi Career Ground into Double Play
40
Cole Hamels Career Double Plays Enabled
215
Ground into Triple Play
In this matchup
0