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Paul Bako

Cubs Career team 2003–2004
Number #23
Position Catcher
Bats Left
Throws Right
Age 54
Height 6' 3"
Weight 210 lbs
Birth Place Lafayette, LA
Born Jun 20, 1972

Key Insights

2009
One opponent brings the best out of him

Bako has hit .444/.583/1.111 against Todd Ritchie in 12 plate appearances, his best line against anyone he has seen this often.

4 for 9 with 1 home run and 2 strikeouts, against a .580 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Jason Schmidt has struck Bako out 7 times in 14 plate appearances, 50% of everything between them.

7 strikeouts in 14 plate appearances.
He is a different player against this opponent

Bako carries a .621 career OPS; against Josh Beckett it is .067, over 15 plate appearances.

0 for 14 with 0 home runs.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Bako is 7 for 16 against Jimmy Haynes, a .438 average and his best against anyone he has faced this often.

19 career plate appearances.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

Bako swings through more against Rick Helling than against anyone else he has faced this often: 4.3% of the swings between them come up empty.

13 plate appearances between them. 92nd percentile of the 35 matchups on his own record.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

No pitcher has seen Bako more often than Roy Oswalt: 24 plate appearances, in which Bako has hit .364/.417/.455.

8 hits, 0 home runs and 3 strikeouts across 24 plate appearances.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Jun 20, 1972
Birth Place Lafayette, LA
Height 6' 3"
Weight 210 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Right
College/Draft Louisiana