Bob Watson vs. Joe Niekro — Matchup Analysis
Bob Watson has held their own against Niekro. With only 8 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Watson. Watson is hitting 0.375 in this matchup, 27% above their career average and above Niekro's career opposing average of 0.254. Watson also posted an OPS of 0.750, modestly above the career mark of 0.811. Despite striking out once every 4 plate appearances here, more often than the career rate of once every 8.7 PA, Watson is still posting above-career production against Niekro. Slight edge: Watson.
How Bob Watson put the ball into play against Joe Niekro
Balls and Strikes Thrown by Joe Niekro to Bob Watson
Matchup Details for Bob Watson and Joe Niekro
Stats that describe the matchup between Bob Watson and Joe Niekro including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
8
Bob Watson Career Plate Appearances
6962
Joe Niekro Career Batters Faced
15166
In this matchup
0.375
Bob Watson Career Batting Average
0.295
Joe Niekro Career Opposing Batting Average
0.254
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
Bob Watson Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.030
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.020
In this matchup
0.000
Bob Watson Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.101
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.080
Home Runs Per Strikeout
In this matchup
0.000
Bob Watson Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.231
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.158
In this matchup
0.500
Bob Watson Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.312
Joe Niekro Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.275
In this matchup
0
Bob Watson Career Hit By Pitch
48
Joe Niekro Career Batters Hit By Pitch
65
Outs
In this matchup
3
In this matchup
0
Bob Watson Career Intentional Walks
98
Joe Niekro Career Intentional Walks Allowed
71
In this matchup
2
Bob Watson Career Strikeouts
796
Joe Niekro Career Strikeouts Thrown
1747
In this matchup
4.000
Bob Watson Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
8.750
Joe Niekro Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
8.681
In this matchup
0.000
Bob Watson Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.820
Joe Niekro Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.720
Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance
In this matchup
0.375
Bob Watson Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.370
Joe Niekro Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.316
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
Bob Watson Career Sacrifice Hits
11
Joe Niekro Career Sacrifice Hits
106
In this matchup
0
Bob Watson Career Sacrifice Flies
65
Joe Niekro Career Sacrifice Flies
96
In this matchup
1
Bob Watson Career Ground into Double Play
173
Joe Niekro Career Double Plays Enabled
200
Ground into Triple Play
In this matchup
0