Josh Willingham vs. Barry Zito — Matchup Analysis

This matchup has been a genuine battle. Willingham is hitting 0.200 here, 21% below their career average, while Zito's career opposing average is 0.246. Willingham also posted an OPS of 0.833, close to the career mark of 0.823. Zito has had the edge in strikeouts, with Willingham going down once every 3 plate appearances here, more often than the career rate of once every 4.5 PA. No clear edge.

How Josh Willingham put the ball into play against Barry Zito

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Barry Zito to Josh Willingham

Matchup Details for Josh Willingham and Barry Zito

Stats that describe the matchup between Josh Willingham and Barry Zito including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
12
Josh Willingham Career Plate Appearances
4615
Barry Zito Career Batters Faced
11001
In this matchup
10
Josh Willingham Career At Bats
3912
Barry Zito Career At Bats Pitched
9662
In this matchup
0.200
Josh Willingham Career Batting Average
0.253
Barry Zito Career Opposing Batting Average
0.246
In this matchup
2
Josh Willingham Career Hits
988
Barry Zito Career Hits Allowed
2381
In this matchup
1
Josh Willingham Career Singles
562
In this matchup
0
Josh Willingham Career Doubles
216
In this matchup
0
Josh Willingham Career Triples
15
In this matchup
1
Josh Willingham Career Home Runs
195
Barry Zito Career Home Runs Allowed
282

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
1
Josh Willingham Career Extra Base Hits
426
In this matchup
0.100
Josh Willingham Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.050
Barry Zito Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.029
In this matchup
0.500
Josh Willingham Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.197
Barry Zito Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.118

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
0.250
Josh Willingham Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.188
Barry Zito Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.150
In this matchup
5
Josh Willingham Total Bases
1819
In this matchup
4
Josh Willingham Career Times on Base
1653
In this matchup
0.333
Josh Willingham Career On Base Percentage
0.358
In this matchup
0.500
Josh Willingham Career Slugging Percentage
0.465
In this matchup
0.833
Josh Willingham Career OPS
0.823
In this matchup
0.300
Josh Willingham Career Isolated Power
0.212
In this matchup
0.275
Josh Willingham Career Gross Production Average
0.278
In this matchup
0.200
Josh Willingham Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.292
Barry Zito Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.280
In this matchup
1
Josh Willingham Career RBIs
632
In this matchup
1.667
Josh Willingham Career Runs Created
672.230
In this matchup
0
Josh Willingham Career Hit By Pitch
112
Barry Zito Career Batters Hit By Pitch
97

Outs

In this matchup
4
In this matchup
2
Josh Willingham Career Walks
553
Barry Zito Career Walks Allowed
1064
In this matchup
0
Josh Willingham Career Intentional Walks
22
Barry Zito Career Intentional Walks Allowed
52
In this matchup
4
Josh Willingham Career Strikeouts
1036
Barry Zito Career Strikeouts Thrown
1885
In this matchup
3.000
Josh Willingham Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
4.450
Barry Zito Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
5.836
In this matchup
0.500
Josh Willingham Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.530
Barry Zito Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.560

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.333
Josh Willingham Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.339
Barry Zito Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.318

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
Josh Willingham Career Sacrifice Hits
2
Barry Zito Career Sacrifice Hits
105
In this matchup
0
Josh Willingham Career Sacrifice Flies
36
Barry Zito Career Sacrifice Flies
73
In this matchup
1
Josh Willingham Career Ground into Double Play
87
Barry Zito Career Double Plays Enabled
219

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0