Jayson Werth vs. Collin Balester — Matchup Analysis
Jayson Werth has absolutely raked against Balester. With only 8 career plate appearances, treat this as early evidence, but it points toward Werth. Werth's production against Balester has been exceptional: an OPS of 1.250, 53% above the career mark of 0.816, with a batting average of 0.500, 87% above their career average and above Balester's career opposing average of 0.268. Despite striking out once every 4 plate appearances here, more often than the career rate of once every 4.4 PA, Werth is still posting above-career production against Balester. Edge: Werth.
How Jayson Werth put the ball into play against Collin Balester
Balls and Strikes Thrown by Collin Balester to Jayson Werth
Matchup Details for Jayson Werth and Collin Balester
Stats that describe the matchup between Jayson Werth and Collin Balester including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
8
Jayson Werth Career Plate Appearances
6366
Collin Balester Career Batters Faced
901
In this matchup
0.500
Jayson Werth Career Batting Average
0.267
Collin Balester Career Opposing Batting Average
0.268
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0
Jayson Werth Career Home Runs
229
Collin Balester Career Home Runs Allowed
39
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
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0.000
Jayson Werth Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.042
Collin Balester Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.050
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0.000
Jayson Werth Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.156
Collin Balester Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.186
Home Runs Per Strikeout
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0.000
Jayson Werth Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.158
Collin Balester Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.248
In this matchup
0.667
Jayson Werth Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.321
Collin Balester Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.290
In this matchup
0
Jayson Werth Career Hit By Pitch
64
Collin Balester Career Batters Hit By Pitch
13
Outs
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2
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0
Jayson Werth Career Intentional Walks
32
Collin Balester Career Intentional Walks Allowed
3
In this matchup
2
Jayson Werth Career Strikeouts
1450
Collin Balester Career Strikeouts Thrown
157
In this matchup
4.000
Jayson Werth Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
4.390
Collin Balester Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
5.739
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0.000
Jayson Werth Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.530
Collin Balester Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.580
Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance
In this matchup
0.500
Jayson Werth Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.355
Collin Balester Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.337
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
Jayson Werth Career Sacrifice Hits
4
Collin Balester Career Sacrifice Hits
5
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0
Jayson Werth Career Sacrifice Flies
50
Collin Balester Career Sacrifice Flies
7
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0
Jayson Werth Career Ground into Double Play
99
Collin Balester Career Double Plays Enabled
15
Ground into Triple Play
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0