since 2002

Freddie Freeman vs Zack Wheeler

Historically (going back to 2013), Freddie has gotten the best of Zack. He has a lifetime OPS of 1.145 against him. With 51 head-to-head at-bats, there's a big sample size as well.

Over the past 10 ABs, Freddie is 3/9 with an OPS of .777 highlighted by 3 singles and 1 walk.

Ownage chart

Freddie Freeman
  • 1.944
    2013
  • 1.225
    2014
  • 2.067
    2018
  • 0.938
    2019
  • 1.167
    2020
  • 0.708
    2021
Zack Wheeler
Note: given a league-wide OPS of ~.750, the closer the line gets to a player, the more ownage. Min of 5 PA in a season to qualify.

In general, Freeman consistently lit up Wheeler earlier in their careers. Wheeler has somewhat turned the tables the last ~20 ABs (though Freeman is still around league average).

Beyond the numbers

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Season stats

Freeman vs Wheeler: 7 Seasons
Yr PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
2013 9 6 4 0 0 1 1 3 0 .667 .778 1.167 1.944
2014 15 8 3 2 0 0 4 6 3 .375 .600 .625 1.225
2018 6 5 3 1 0 1 1 1 2 .600 .667 1.400 2.067
2019 13 10 4 0 0 0 1 3 3 .400 .538 .400 0.938
2020 6 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .667 1.167
2021 15 13 4 0 0 0 1 2 2 .308 .400 .308 0.708
2022 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0
TOTALS 67 51 21 4 0 2 8 15 11 .412 .537 .608 1.145

Recent ABs

Freeman vs Wheeler: Last 20 ABs
Date Inn Score Count Result Details Hard hit?
2020-08-28 top 1 tied 0-0 6 (1-2) 1B liner to Short LF
2020-08-28 top 4 losing 2-0 4 (3-0) 2B fly ball to deep RF line
2021-04-03 top 1 tied 0-0 2 (1-0) Out (Grounder) Front of Home
2021-04-03 top 7 losing 4-0 5 (2-2) Out (Struck out) SO swinging
2021-04-03 top 4 tied 0-0 2 (0-1) Out (Fly out) to deep LF
2021-04-09 btm 5 winning 1-2 6 (2-2) Out (Grounder) weakly to SS
2021-04-09 btm 3 losing 1-0 6 (2-2) Out (Grounder) to 2B
2021-04-09 btm 1 tied 0-0 5 (3-1) BB --
2021-06-10 top 7 tied 0-0 2 (1-0) 1B liner to Deep CF
2021-06-10 top 4 tied 0-0 8 (3-2) Out (Struck out) SO looking
2021-06-10 top 1 tied 0-0 4 (1-2) Out (Grounder) Deep 2B
2021-07-23 top 5 losing 3-1 4 (3-0) BB --
2021-07-23 top 3 losing 1-0 2 (1-0) 1B liner to LF Line
2021-07-23 top 1 tied 0-0 2 (1-0) 1B liner to LF-CF
2021-09-28 btm 3 winning 0-2 2 (1-0) Out (Grounder) to 2B
2021-09-28 btm 1 tied 0-0 3 (0-2) Out (Liner) to LF
2021-09-28 btm 6 winning 0-2 5 (2-2) 1B liner
2022-05-12 btm 3 losing 4-1 4 (1-2) Out (Grounder) to 2B
2022-05-12 btm 1 losing 1-0 3 (1-1) Out (Fly out) to deep LF
2022-05-12 btm 6 losing 7-1 4 (2-1) Out (Liner) to LF

Expected outcomes

Based on each player's track record against the entire league (not each other), these are the statistically predicted results from a given at-bat between Freeman and Wheeler. Compared to the real-life data above, Freeman has outperformed expectations.

Freeman vs Wheeler: Expected outcomes
1B 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP OUT OBP BABIP
18% 5% 0.3% 0.5% 11% 26% 1.3% 38% 0.398 0.390

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