For some reason, I always cite Howard Johnson’s performance against Todd Worrell when pointing to a hitter who owned an opposing pitcher. It’s nothing shocking — Worrell threw a lot of fastballs and HoJo hit a lot of fastballs — but for some reason that particular matchup has always stuck out in my head as one in which one player dominated the other.

I looked it up today to make sure I’m not full of s@#$, since I mention it with some frequency and haven’t checked the numbers since the Internet made that type of information readily available.

It’s a tiny sample, but it’s pretty absurd.

Against Todd Worrell, HoJo had six hits — including four home runs — and six walks (four intentional) in 19 plate appearances, good for a 2.016 OPS. Small sample, sure, but pwnership most certainly.