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Frank Taveras

Pirates Career team 1971 to 1979
Position SS
Born Dec 24, 1949

Key Insights

1982
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

No pitcher has seen Taveras more often than Steve Carlton: 104 plate appearances, in which Taveras has hit .224/.260/.276.

22 hits, 0 home runs and 20 strikeouts across 104 plate appearances.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Taveras is 6 for 12 against Mickey Lolich, a .500 average and his best against anyone he has faced this often.

13 career plate appearances.
He is a different player against this opponent

Taveras carries a .614 career OPS; against Bob Shirley it is 1.138, over 29 plate appearances.

14 for 29 with 0 home runs.
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Taveras has hit .000/.000/.000 against Butch Metzger in 12 plate appearances, his worst line against anyone he has seen this often.

0 for 11 with 0 home runs and 2 strikeouts, against a .616 OPS median across his matchups.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

Taveras swings through more against Andy Messersmith than against anyone else he has faced this often: 0% of the swings between them come up empty.

23 plate appearances between them. 94th percentile of the 25 matchups on his own record.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Skip Lockwood has struck Taveras out 5 times in 12 plate appearances, 41.7% of everything between them.

5 strikeouts in 12 plate appearances.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Dec 24, 1949