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Position P
Born Jun 25, 1948

Key Insights

1976
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Reggie Smith has hit .455/.538/.909 against Kirby over 13 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

5 for 11 with 1 home run and 1 strikeout, against a .698 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Kirby has struck Duffy Dyer out 6 times in 10 plate appearances, 60% of everything between them.

6 strikeouts in 10 plate appearances.
The long balls in this matchup all go one way

Willie McCovey has taken Kirby deep 8 times, once every 9.4 plate appearances between them.

75 career plate appearances against him.
This matchup usually ends with a free pass

Kirby has walked Ron Hodges 6 times in 13 plate appearances, 46.2% of them.

6 walks in 13 plate appearances.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

Kirby has faced Pete Rose more than any other hitter: 84 plate appearances, and Pete Rose has hit .367/.393/.481 in them.

29 hits, 2 home runs and 11 strikeouts across 84 plate appearances.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

No hitter swings through more of what Kirby throws than Juan Marichal: 66.7% of the swings between them come up empty.

17 plate appearances between them. 100th percentile of the 35 matchups on his own record.

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DOB Jun 25, 1948