Wally Westlake vs. Vern Bickford — Matchup Analysis
Vern Bickford has had the better of this matchup. Westlake is hitting just 0.245 in this matchup, 10% below their career average and below Bickford's career opposing average of 0.251. Westlake also posted an OPS of 0.727, modestly below the career mark of 0.795. Even with Westlake striking out less often than usual, once every 8 PA versus a career rate of once every 7.7 PA, the overall production numbers still favor Bickford. Slight edge: Bickford.
How Wally Westlake put the ball into play against Vern Bickford
Balls and Strikes Thrown by Vern Bickford to Wally Westlake
Matchup Details for Wally Westlake and Vern Bickford
Stats that describe the matchup between Wally Westlake and Vern Bickford including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
56
Wally Westlake Career Plate Appearances
3495
Vern Bickford Career Batters Faced
4641
In this matchup
49
Wally Westlake Career At Bats
3117
Vern Bickford Career At Bats Pitched
4149
In this matchup
0.245
Wally Westlake Career Batting Average
0.272
Vern Bickford Career Opposing Batting Average
0.251
In this matchup
1
Wally Westlake Career Home Runs
127
Vern Bickford Career Home Runs Allowed
76
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
0.020
Wally Westlake Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.041
Vern Bickford Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.018
In this matchup
0.083
Wally Westlake Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.150
Vern Bickford Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.073
Home Runs Per Strikeout
In this matchup
0.143
Wally Westlake Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.280
Vern Bickford Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.169
In this matchup
0.268
Wally Westlake Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.284
Vern Bickford Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.266
In this matchup
0
Wally Westlake Career Hit By Pitch
33
Vern Bickford Career Batters Hit By Pitch
25
Outs
In this matchup
30
In this matchup
1
Wally Westlake Career Intentional Walks
1
Vern Bickford Career Intentional Walks Allowed
0
In this matchup
7
Wally Westlake Career Strikeouts
453
Vern Bickford Career Strikeouts Thrown
450
In this matchup
8.000
Wally Westlake Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
7.720
Vern Bickford Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
10.313
In this matchup
1.000
Wally Westlake Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.700
Vern Bickford Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
1.040
Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance
In this matchup
0.339
Wally Westlake Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.334
Vern Bickford Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.325
Batter Reached due to Defensive Indifference
In this matchup
0
Batter Reached due to Error
In this matchup
1
Batter Reached due to Interference
In this matchup
0
In this matchup
1
Wally Westlake Career Sacrifice Hits
26
Vern Bickford Career Sacrifice Hits
0
In this matchup
0
Wally Westlake Career Sacrifice Flies
2
Vern Bickford Career Sacrifice Flies
0
In this matchup
4
Wally Westlake Career Ground into Double Play
98
Vern Bickford Career Double Plays Enabled
0
Ground into Triple Play
In this matchup
0