Steve Yeager vs. Joe Niekro — Matchup Analysis

Steve Yeager has had Niekro's number. Yeager is hitting 0.268 in this matchup, 18% above their career average and above Niekro's career opposing average of 0.254. Yeager also posted an OPS of 0.825, well above the career mark of 0.653. Yeager has made good contact too, striking out once every 6 plate appearances rather than the career rate of once every 5.5 PA, and going deep at or above the career pace. Edge: Yeager.

How Steve Yeager put the ball into play against Joe Niekro

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Joe Niekro to Steve Yeager

Matchup Details for Steve Yeager and Joe Niekro

Stats that describe the matchup between Steve Yeager and Joe Niekro including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
48
Steve Yeager Career Plate Appearances
4014
Joe Niekro Career Batters Faced
15166
In this matchup
41
Steve Yeager Career At Bats
3584
Joe Niekro Career At Bats Pitched
13637
In this matchup
0.268
Steve Yeager Career Batting Average
0.228
Joe Niekro Career Opposing Batting Average
0.254
In this matchup
11
Steve Yeager Career Hits
816
Joe Niekro Career Hits Allowed
3466
In this matchup
7
Steve Yeager Career Singles
580
In this matchup
2
Steve Yeager Career Doubles
118
In this matchup
0
Steve Yeager Career Triples
16
In this matchup
2
Steve Yeager Career Home Runs
102
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed
276

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
Steve Yeager Career Extra Base Hits
236
In this matchup
0.049
Steve Yeager Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.029
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.020
In this matchup
0.182
Steve Yeager Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.125
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.080

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
0.250
Steve Yeager Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.140
Joe Niekro Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.158
In this matchup
19
Steve Yeager Total Bases
1272
In this matchup
17
Steve Yeager Career Times on Base
1185
In this matchup
0.362
Steve Yeager Career On Base Percentage
0.298
In this matchup
0.463
Steve Yeager Career Slugging Percentage
0.355
In this matchup
0.825
Steve Yeager Career OPS
0.653
In this matchup
0.195
Steve Yeager Career Isolated Power
0.127
In this matchup
0.279
Steve Yeager Career Gross Production Average
0.223
In this matchup
0.290
Steve Yeager Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.257
Joe Niekro Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.275
In this matchup
6
Steve Yeager Career RBIs
410
In this matchup
6.872
Steve Yeager Career Runs Created
386.230
In this matchup
0
Steve Yeager Career Hit By Pitch
27
Joe Niekro Career Batters Hit By Pitch
65

Outs

In this matchup
23
In this matchup
6
Steve Yeager Career Walks
342
Joe Niekro Career Walks Allowed
1262
In this matchup
0
Steve Yeager Career Intentional Walks
64
Joe Niekro Career Intentional Walks Allowed
71
In this matchup
8
Steve Yeager Career Strikeouts
726
Joe Niekro Career Strikeouts Thrown
1747
In this matchup
6.000
Steve Yeager Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
5.530
Joe Niekro Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
8.681
In this matchup
0.750
Steve Yeager Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.470
Joe Niekro Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.720

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.354
Steve Yeager Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.304
Joe Niekro Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.316

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
1
Steve Yeager Career Sacrifice Hits
33
Joe Niekro Career Sacrifice Hits
106
In this matchup
0
Steve Yeager Career Sacrifice Flies
28
Joe Niekro Career Sacrifice Flies
96
In this matchup
0
Steve Yeager Career Ground into Double Play
93
Joe Niekro Career Double Plays Enabled
200

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0