Luis Valbuena vs. Buck Farmer — Matchup Analysis
Luis Valbuena has absolutely raked against Farmer. With only 5 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Valbuena. Valbuena's production against Farmer has been exceptional: an OPS of 1.933, 175% above the career mark of 0.703, with a batting average of 0.333, 47% above their career average and above Farmer's career opposing average of 0.249. Despite striking out once every 2.5 plate appearances here, more often than the career rate of once every 4.5 PA, Valbuena is still posting above-career production against Farmer. Edge: Valbuena.
How Luis Valbuena put the ball into play against Buck Farmer
Balls and Strikes Thrown by Buck Farmer to Luis Valbuena
Matchup Details for Luis Valbuena and Buck Farmer
Stats that describe the matchup between Luis Valbuena and Buck Farmer including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
5
Luis Valbuena Career Plate Appearances
3571
Buck Farmer Career Batters Faced
2245
In this matchup
0.333
Luis Valbuena Career Batting Average
0.226
Buck Farmer Career Opposing Batting Average
0.249
In this matchup
1
Luis Valbuena Career Home Runs
114
Buck Farmer Career Home Runs Allowed
71
Grand Slams
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0
In the Park Home Runs
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0
In the Park Grand Slams
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0
In this matchup
0.333
Luis Valbuena Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.036
Buck Farmer Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.036
In this matchup
1.000
Luis Valbuena Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.161
Buck Farmer Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.147
Home Runs Per Strikeout
In this matchup
0.500
Luis Valbuena Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.145
Buck Farmer Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.146
In this matchup
0.000
Luis Valbuena Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.263
Buck Farmer Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.297
In this matchup
0
Luis Valbuena Career Hit By Pitch
19
Buck Farmer Career Batters Hit By Pitch
33
Outs
In this matchup
0
In this matchup
0
Luis Valbuena Career Intentional Walks
17
Buck Farmer Career Intentional Walks Allowed
13
In this matchup
2
Luis Valbuena Career Strikeouts
788
Buck Farmer Career Strikeouts Thrown
486
In this matchup
2.500
Luis Valbuena Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
4.530
Buck Farmer Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
4.619
In this matchup
1.000
Luis Valbuena Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.470
Buck Farmer Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.490
Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance
In this matchup
0.600
Luis Valbuena Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.308
Buck Farmer 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
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0
Luis Valbuena Career Sacrifice Hits
9
Buck Farmer Career Sacrifice Hits
12
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0
Luis Valbuena Career Sacrifice Flies
21
Buck Farmer Career Sacrifice Flies
18
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0
Luis Valbuena Career Ground into Double Play
57
Buck Farmer Career Double Plays Enabled
42
Ground into Triple Play
In this matchup
0