Ken Williams vs. Buddy Black — Matchup Analysis

Buddy Black has dominated this matchup. Williams is hitting just 0.147 in this matchup, 33% below their career average and below Black's career opposing average of 0.253. Williams also posted an OPS of 0.495, well below the career mark of 0.608. Even with Williams striking out less often than usual, once every 4.4 PA versus a career rate of once every 4.3 PA, the overall production numbers still favor Black. Edge: Black.

How Ken Williams put the ball into play against Buddy Black

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Buddy Black to Ken Williams

Matchup Details for Ken Williams and Buddy Black

Stats that describe the matchup between Ken Williams and Buddy Black including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
35
Ken Williams Career Plate Appearances
1253
Buddy Black Career Batters Faced
8627
In this matchup
34
Ken Williams Career At Bats
1154
Buddy Black Career At Bats Pitched
7822
In this matchup
0.147
Ken Williams Career Batting Average
0.218
Buddy Black Career Opposing Batting Average
0.253
In this matchup
5
Ken Williams Career Hits
252
Buddy Black Career Hits Allowed
1978
In this matchup
1
Ken Williams Career Singles
175
In this matchup
3
Ken Williams Career Doubles
42
In this matchup
0
Ken Williams Career Triples
8
In this matchup
1
Ken Williams Career Home Runs
27
Buddy Black Career Home Runs Allowed
217

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
4
Ken Williams Career Extra Base Hits
77
In this matchup
0.029
Ken Williams Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.023
Buddy Black Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.028
In this matchup
0.200
Ken Williams Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.107
Buddy Black Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.110

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
0.125
Ken Williams Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.093
Buddy Black Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.209
In this matchup
11
Ken Williams Total Bases
391
In this matchup
6
Ken Williams Career Times on Base
335
In this matchup
0.171
Ken Williams Career On Base Percentage
0.269
In this matchup
0.324
Ken Williams Career Slugging Percentage
0.339
In this matchup
0.495
Ken Williams Career OPS
0.608
In this matchup
0.176
Ken Williams Career Isolated Power
0.120
In this matchup
0.158
Ken Williams Career Gross Production Average
0.206
In this matchup
0.160
Ken Williams Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.266
Buddy Black Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.268
In this matchup
1
Ken Williams Career RBIs
119
In this matchup
1.618
Ken Williams Career Runs Created
106.710
In this matchup
1
Ken Williams Career Hit By Pitch
27
Buddy Black Career Batters Hit By Pitch
49

Outs

In this matchup
20
In this matchup
0
Ken Williams Career Walks
56
Buddy Black Career Walks Allowed
623
In this matchup
0
Ken Williams Career Intentional Walks
0
Buddy Black Career Intentional Walks Allowed
49
In this matchup
8
Ken Williams Career Strikeouts
290
Buddy Black Career Strikeouts Thrown
1039
In this matchup
4.375
Ken Williams Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
4.320
Buddy Black Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
8.303
In this matchup
0.000
Ken Williams Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.190
Buddy Black Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.600

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.143
Ken Williams Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.246
Buddy Black Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.307

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
0
Ken Williams Career Sacrifice Hits
8
Buddy Black Career Sacrifice Hits
78
In this matchup
0
Ken Williams Career Sacrifice Flies
8
Buddy Black Career Sacrifice Flies
55
In this matchup
1
Ken Williams Career Ground into Double Play
17
Buddy Black Career Double Plays Enabled
160

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0