Jose Bautista Vs Joey Votto

West end of Toronto (Joey Votto) No. 19 Vs the Toronto Blue Jays (Jose Bautista) No. 19 since beginning of 2010

Joey Votto - Batting Average : 326 HR : 46 RBI : 156 Doubles : 52 Triples : 4 Walks : 147
K : 180 OBP : 431

Jose Bautista - Batting Average : 280 HR : 75 RBI : 168 Doubles : 44 Triples : 4 Walk : 162
K : 154 OBP : 404

Etobicoke own Joey Votto has a MVP that Jose Bautista and has been in the playoffs even though they got swept by the Phillies and he has 46 points batter batting average and 27 points better OBP and 8 more doubles.

The Toronto Blue Jays Jose Bautista has 39 more homers with 12 more RBIs along with 15 more walks and 26 less Ks.

In June (as of June 16)

Joey Votto Average : 333 OBP : 429 HR : 3 RBI : 13 Doubles : 2 Triples : 0 Walks: 7 K : 21
Slg : 537

Jose Bautista Average : 217 OBP : 419 HR : 1 RBI : 6 Doubles : 0 triples : Walks : 16 K : 9
Slg : .283

So both players are at the top of their game over a season plus with not as much power recently they are still getting on base as Joey Votto batting 333 and is getting on base almost 43 % of the time with help from 7 walks while Jose Bautista has only a single extra base hit which is a homer and even when he is hitting 217 he is getting on base almost 42 % of the time with help from 16 walks.

what a pair of gems

Tom Mehegan