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Joe Adcock

Braves Career team 1953 to 1962
Position 1B
Born Oct 30, 1927

Key Insights

1966
One opponent brings the best out of him

Adcock has hit .529/.556/1.118 against Ernie Broglio in 18 plate appearances, his best line against anyone he has seen this often.

9 for 17 with 3 home runs and 4 strikeouts, against a .738 OPS median across his matchups.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Adcock is 7 for 13 against Fred Baczewski, a .538 average and his best against anyone he has faced this often.

14 career plate appearances.
The long balls in this matchup all go one way

Adcock has hit 7 home runs off Don Newcombe, one every 8.7 plate appearances they have shared.

61 career plate appearances against him.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

Adcock swings through more against Jim Hughes than against anyone else he has faced this often: 0% of the swings between them come up empty.

13 plate appearances between them. 100th percentile of the 22 matchups on his own record.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

No pitcher has seen Adcock more often than Robin Roberts: 160 plate appearances, in which Adcock has hit .256/.256/.436.

40 hits, 5 home runs and 22 strikeouts across 160 plate appearances.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Tom Acker has struck Adcock out 6 times in 15 plate appearances, 40% of everything between them.

6 strikeouts in 15 plate appearances.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Oct 30, 1927