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Rico Petrocelli

Red Sox Career team 1963 to 1976
Position SS
Born Jun 27, 1943

Key Insights

1976
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

No pitcher has seen Petrocelli more often than Mel Stottlemyre Sr.: 130 plate appearances, in which Petrocelli has hit .272/.346/.386.

31 hits, 3 home runs and 16 strikeouts across 130 plate appearances.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Vicente Romo has struck Petrocelli out 6 times in 11 plate appearances, 54.5% of everything between them.

6 strikeouts in 11 plate appearances.
He is a different player against this opponent

Petrocelli carries a .752 career OPS; against David Hamilton it is 1.400, over 15 plate appearances.

5 for 15 with 3 home runs.
This matchup usually ends with a free pass

Tom Hall walks Petrocelli in 38.5% of their meetings, 5 times in 13 plate appearances.

5 walks in 13 plate appearances.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Petrocelli is 6 for 12 against Dennis Higgins, a .500 average and his best against anyone he has faced this often.

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

Petrocelli has hit 6 home runs off Mickey Lolich, one every 15.8 plate appearances they have shared.

95 career plate appearances against him.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Jun 27, 1943