Ben Zobrist vs. Brandon McCarthy — Matchup Analysis

This matchup has been a genuine battle. Zobrist is hitting 0.250 here, 6% below their career average, while McCarthy's career opposing average is 0.268. Zobrist also posted an OPS of 0.724, close to the career mark of 0.783. Zobrist has avoided the strikeout, going down once every 13 plate appearances, less often than the career rate of once every 6.9 PA. No clear edge.

How Ben Zobrist put the ball into play against Brandon McCarthy

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Brandon McCarthy to Ben Zobrist

Matchup Details for Ben Zobrist and Brandon McCarthy

Stats that describe the matchup between Ben Zobrist and Brandon McCarthy including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
26
Ben Zobrist Career Plate Appearances
6836
Brandon McCarthy Career Batters Faced
5163
In this matchup
24
Ben Zobrist Career At Bats
5880
Brandon McCarthy Career At Bats Pitched
4740
In this matchup
0.250
Ben Zobrist Career Batting Average
0.266
Brandon McCarthy Career Opposing Batting Average
0.268
In this matchup
6
Ben Zobrist Career Hits
1566
Brandon McCarthy Career Hits Allowed
1268
In this matchup
4
Ben Zobrist Career Singles
1006
In this matchup
1
Ben Zobrist Career Doubles
349
In this matchup
0
Ben Zobrist Career Triples
44
In this matchup
1
Ben Zobrist Career Home Runs
167
Brandon McCarthy Career Home Runs Allowed
145

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
2
Ben Zobrist Career Extra Base Hits
560
In this matchup
0.042
Ben Zobrist Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.028
Brandon McCarthy Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.031
In this matchup
0.167
Ben Zobrist Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.107
Brandon McCarthy Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.114

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
0.500
Ben Zobrist Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.168
Brandon McCarthy Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.160
In this matchup
10
Ben Zobrist Total Bases
2504
In this matchup
8
Ben Zobrist Career Times on Base
2429
In this matchup
0.308
Ben Zobrist Career On Base Percentage
0.357
In this matchup
0.417
Ben Zobrist Career Slugging Percentage
0.426
In this matchup
0.724
Ben Zobrist Career OPS
0.783
In this matchup
0.167
Ben Zobrist Career Isolated Power
0.160
In this matchup
0.243
Ben Zobrist Career Gross Production Average
0.267
In this matchup
0.238
Ben Zobrist Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.292
Brandon McCarthy Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.305
In this matchup
1
Ben Zobrist Career RBIs
768
In this matchup
3.077
Ben Zobrist Career Runs Created
949.980
In this matchup
0
Ben Zobrist Career Hit By Pitch
31
Brandon McCarthy Career Batters Hit By Pitch
28

Outs

In this matchup
15
In this matchup
2
Ben Zobrist Career Walks
832
Brandon McCarthy Career Walks Allowed
323
In this matchup
0
Ben Zobrist Career Intentional Walks
35
Brandon McCarthy Career Intentional Walks Allowed
20
In this matchup
2
Ben Zobrist Career Strikeouts
994
Brandon McCarthy Career Strikeouts Thrown
908
In this matchup
13.000
Ben Zobrist Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
6.880
Brandon McCarthy Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
5.686
In this matchup
1.000
Ben Zobrist Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.840
Brandon McCarthy Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.360

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.308
Ben Zobrist Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.356
Brandon McCarthy Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.312

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
Ben Zobrist Career Sacrifice Hits
26
Brandon McCarthy Career Sacrifice Hits
34
In this matchup
0
Ben Zobrist Career Sacrifice Flies
67
Brandon McCarthy Career Sacrifice Flies
38
In this matchup
1
Ben Zobrist Career Ground into Double Play
124
Brandon McCarthy Career Double Plays Enabled
104

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0