Crunching the numbers for Ryan Braun

The Milwaukee Brewers' Ryan Braun was baseball's Most Valuable Player last season and put up MVP-type numbers in 2012.

Braun had success off some pitchers and not as much against others. Here's a look at some notable statistics for Braun from the past two seasons combined (not including postseason):

Most plate appearances: 24 vs. Bronson Arroyo (7 for 23, hit by pitch).
Most hits: 8 vs. Jake Westbrook (8 for 16)
Most home runs: 3 vs. Arroyo and Cliff Lee
Highest batting average, 10 or more plate appearances (PA): .556 vs. Roy Halladay (5 for 9, 11 PA)
Worst batting average, 10 or more PA: Jeff Karstens (0 for 11)
Highest slugging percentage, 10 or more PA: 1.231 vs. Lee
Most RBI: 8 vs. James McDonald
Most walks: 4 vs. Wandy Rodriguez and Matt Garza
Most strikeouts: 6 vs. Johnny Cueto
Never got him out, gave up 2 homers: Joe Beimel (2 for 2, walk), Liam Hendriks (2 for 2, walk)
Faced once, homered: Jose Arredondo, Jose Ascanio, Antonio Bastardo, Brad Brach, Alex Hinshaw, Juan Carlos Oviedo, Luis Perez, B.J. Rosenberg
Most at-bats with nothing but strikeouts: 2 vs. Nick Masset, Kanley Jansen and Octavio Dotel
Most grounded into double plays: 2 vs. Mark Buehrle (0 for 3 overall) and Justin Germano (2 for 6)
Most hit by pitches: 2 vs. Jason Grilli


(jsonline.com)