Frank Taveras vs. Lee Smith — Matchup Analysis

Lee Smith has dominated this matchup. With only 5 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Smith. Taveras is hitting just 0.200 in this matchup, 22% below their career average and below Smith's career opposing average of 0.237. Taveras also posted an OPS of 0.400, well below the career mark of 0.614. Smith has been equally punishing in the strikeout column, sending Taveras down once every 5 plate appearances, more often than the career rate of once every 9.3 PA. Edge: Smith.

How Frank Taveras put the ball into play against Lee Smith

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Lee Smith to Frank Taveras

Matchup Details for Frank Taveras and Lee Smith

Stats that describe the matchup between Frank Taveras and Lee Smith including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
5
Frank Taveras Career Plate Appearances
4399
Lee Smith Career Batters Faced
5388
In this matchup
5
Frank Taveras Career At Bats
4043
Lee Smith Career At Bats Pitched
4791
In this matchup
0.200
Frank Taveras Career Batting Average
0.255
Lee Smith Career Opposing Batting Average
0.237
In this matchup
1
Frank Taveras Career Hits
1029
Lee Smith Career Hits Allowed
1133
In this matchup
1
Frank Taveras Career Singles
839
In this matchup
0
Frank Taveras Career Doubles
144
In this matchup
0
Frank Taveras Career Triples
44
In this matchup
0
Frank Taveras Career Home Runs
2
Lee Smith Career Home Runs Allowed
89

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
Frank Taveras Career Extra Base Hits
190
In this matchup
0.000
Frank Taveras Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.001
Lee Smith Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.019
In this matchup
0.000
Frank Taveras Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.002
Lee Smith Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.079

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
0.000
Frank Taveras Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.004
Lee Smith Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.071
In this matchup
1
Frank Taveras Total Bases
1267
In this matchup
1
Frank Taveras Career Times on Base
1302
In this matchup
0.200
Frank Taveras Career On Base Percentage
0.301
In this matchup
0.200
Frank Taveras Career Slugging Percentage
0.313
In this matchup
0.400
Frank Taveras Career OPS
0.614
In this matchup
0.000
Frank Taveras Career Isolated Power
0.059
In this matchup
0.140
Frank Taveras Career Gross Production Average
0.214
In this matchup
0.250
Frank Taveras Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.287
Lee Smith Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.303
In this matchup
0
Frank Taveras Career RBIs
214
In this matchup
0.200
Frank Taveras Career Runs Created
432.650
In this matchup
0
Frank Taveras Career Hit By Pitch
24
Lee Smith Career Batters Hit By Pitch
10

Outs

In this matchup
2
In this matchup
0
Frank Taveras Career Walks
249
Lee Smith Career Walks Allowed
486
In this matchup
0
Frank Taveras Career Intentional Walks
9
Lee Smith Career Intentional Walks Allowed
100
In this matchup
1
Frank Taveras Career Strikeouts
474
Lee Smith Career Strikeouts Thrown
1251
In this matchup
5.000
Frank Taveras Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
9.280
Lee Smith Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
4.307
In this matchup
0.000
Frank Taveras Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.530
Lee Smith Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.390

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.200
Frank Taveras Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.293
Lee Smith Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.319

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
Frank Taveras Career Sacrifice Hits
67
Lee Smith Career Sacrifice Hits
63
In this matchup
0
Frank Taveras Career Sacrifice Flies
16
Lee Smith Career Sacrifice Flies
38
In this matchup
0
Frank Taveras Career Ground into Double Play
65
Lee Smith Career Double Plays Enabled
77

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0