Will Venable vs. John Axford — Matchup Analysis
Will Venable has absolutely raked against Axford. With only 8 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Venable. Venable's production against Axford has been exceptional: an OPS of 0.875, 22% above the career mark of 0.719, with a batting average of 0.375, 51% above their career average and above Axford's career opposing average of 0.243. Despite striking out once every 2 plate appearances here, more often than the career rate of once every 4.2 PA, Venable is still posting above-career production against Axford. Edge: Venable.
How Will Venable put the ball into play against John Axford
Balls and Strikes Thrown by John Axford to Will Venable
Matchup Details for Will Venable and John Axford
Stats that describe the matchup between Will Venable and John Axford including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
8
Will Venable Career Plate Appearances
3146
John Axford Career Batters Faced
2305
In this matchup
0.375
Will Venable Career Batting Average
0.249
John Axford Career Opposing Batting Average
0.243
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
0.000
Will Venable Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.029
John Axford Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.025
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0.000
Will Venable Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.115
John Axford Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.103
Home Runs Per Strikeout
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0.000
Will Venable Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.108
John Axford Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.085
In this matchup
0.750
Will Venable Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.310
John Axford Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.321
In this matchup
0
Will Venable Career Hit By Pitch
26
John Axford Career Batters Hit By Pitch
16
Outs
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1
In this matchup
0
Will Venable Career Intentional Walks
26
John Axford Career Intentional Walks Allowed
19
In this matchup
4
Will Venable Career Strikeouts
748
John Axford Career Strikeouts Thrown
589
In this matchup
2.000
Will Venable Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
4.210
John Axford Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
3.913
In this matchup
0.000
Will Venable Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.340
John Axford Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.440
Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance
In this matchup
0.375
Will Venable Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.314
John Axford Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.332
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
In this matchup
0
Will Venable Career Sacrifice Hits
15
John Axford Career Sacrifice Hits
14
In this matchup
0
Will Venable Career Sacrifice Flies
15
John Axford Career Sacrifice Flies
18
In this matchup
0
Will Venable Career Ground into Double Play
34
John Axford Career Double Plays Enabled
38
Ground into Triple Play
In this matchup
0