Bob Watson vs. Luis Tiant — Matchup Analysis
Bob Watson has absolutely raked against Tiant. With only 7 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Watson. Watson's production against Tiant has been exceptional: an OPS of 1.000, 23% above the career mark of 0.811, with a batting average of 0.429, 45% above their career average and above Tiant's career opposing average of 0.235. Despite striking out once every 3.5 plate appearances here, more often than the career rate of once every 8.7 PA, Watson is still posting above-career production against Tiant. Edge: Watson.
How Bob Watson put the ball into play against Luis Tiant
Balls and Strikes Thrown by Luis Tiant to Bob Watson
Matchup Details for Bob Watson and Luis Tiant
Stats that describe the matchup between Bob Watson and Luis Tiant including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
7
Bob Watson Career Plate Appearances
6962
Luis Tiant Career Batters Faced
14365
In this matchup
0.429
Bob Watson Career Batting Average
0.295
Luis Tiant Career Opposing Batting Average
0.235
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
Bob Watson Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.030
Luis Tiant Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.026
In this matchup
0.000
Bob Watson Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.101
Luis Tiant Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.113
Home Runs Per Strikeout
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0.000
Bob Watson Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.231
Luis Tiant Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.143
In this matchup
0.600
Bob Watson Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.312
Luis Tiant Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.265
In this matchup
0
Bob Watson Career Hit By Pitch
48
Luis Tiant Career Batters Hit By Pitch
49
Outs
In this matchup
2
In this matchup
0
Bob Watson Career Intentional Walks
98
Luis Tiant Career Intentional Walks Allowed
53
In this matchup
2
Bob Watson Career Strikeouts
796
Luis Tiant Career Strikeouts Thrown
2416
In this matchup
3.500
Bob Watson Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
8.750
Luis Tiant Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
5.946
In this matchup
0.000
Bob Watson Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.820
Luis Tiant Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.460
Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance
In this matchup
0.429
Bob Watson Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.370
Luis Tiant Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.295
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
Bob Watson Career Sacrifice Hits
11
Luis Tiant Career Sacrifice Hits
76
In this matchup
0
Bob Watson Career Sacrifice Flies
65
Luis Tiant Career Sacrifice Flies
55
In this matchup
0
Bob Watson Career Ground into Double Play
173
Luis Tiant Career Double Plays Enabled
119
Ground into Triple Play
In this matchup
0