Luis Tiant vs. Tommy John — Matchup Analysis

Tommy John has completely neutralized Tiant in this matchup. With only 5 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward John. Tiant's numbers against John tell a stark story: an OPS of 0.250, 39% below the career mark of 0.410, with a batting average of just 0.000, 100% below their career average and below John's career opposing average of 0.264. Even with Tiant striking out less often than usual, once every 5 PA versus a career rate of once every 3.9 PA, the overall production numbers still favor John. Edge: John.

How Luis Tiant put the ball into play against Tommy John

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Tommy John to Luis Tiant

Matchup Details for Luis Tiant and Tommy John

Stats that describe the matchup between Luis Tiant and Tommy John including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
5
Luis Tiant Career Plate Appearances
570
Tommy John Career Batters Faced
19692
In this matchup
3
Luis Tiant Career At Bats
513
Tommy John Career At Bats Pitched
18101
In this matchup
0.000
Luis Tiant Career Batting Average
0.164
Tommy John Career Opposing Batting Average
0.264
In this matchup
0
Luis Tiant Career Hits
84
Tommy John Career Hits Allowed
4783
In this matchup
0
Luis Tiant Career Singles
64
In this matchup
0
Luis Tiant Career Doubles
14
In this matchup
0
Luis Tiant Career Triples
1
In this matchup
0
Luis Tiant Career Home Runs
5
Tommy John Career Home Runs Allowed
302

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
Luis Tiant Career Extra Base Hits
20
In this matchup
0.000
Luis Tiant Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.010
Tommy John Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.017
In this matchup
0.000
Luis Tiant Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.060
Tommy John Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.063

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
0.000
Luis Tiant Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.034
Tommy John Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.135
In this matchup
0
Luis Tiant Total Bases
115
In this matchup
1
Luis Tiant Career Times on Base
98
In this matchup
0.250
Luis Tiant Career On Base Percentage
0.185
In this matchup
0.000
Luis Tiant Career Slugging Percentage
0.224
In this matchup
0.250
Luis Tiant Career OPS
0.410
In this matchup
0.000
Luis Tiant Career Isolated Power
0.061
In this matchup
0.113
Luis Tiant Career Gross Production Average
0.139
In this matchup
0.000
Luis Tiant Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.217
Tommy John Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.288
In this matchup
0
Luis Tiant Career RBIs
44
In this matchup
0.000
Luis Tiant Career Runs Created
13.180
In this matchup
1
Luis Tiant Career Hit By Pitch
1
Tommy John Career Batters Hit By Pitch
98

Outs

In this matchup
3
In this matchup
0
Luis Tiant Career Walks
13
Tommy John Career Walks Allowed
1259
In this matchup
0
Luis Tiant Career Intentional Walks
0
Tommy John Career Intentional Walks Allowed
102
In this matchup
1
Luis Tiant Career Strikeouts
146
Tommy John Career Strikeouts Thrown
2245
In this matchup
5.000
Luis Tiant Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
3.900
Tommy John Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
8.771
In this matchup
0.000
Luis Tiant Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.090
Tommy John Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.560

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.000
Luis Tiant Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.170
Tommy John Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.312

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
Luis Tiant Career Sacrifice Hits
41
Tommy John Career Sacrifice Hits
156
In this matchup
0
Luis Tiant Career Sacrifice Flies
2
Tommy John Career Sacrifice Flies
78
In this matchup
1
Luis Tiant Career Ground into Double Play
10
Tommy John Career Double Plays Enabled
383

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0