apropos vs in the ballpark

apropos

prep
  • Regarding or concerning. 

adv
  • To the purpose; appropriately. 

  • By the way. 

  • Timely; at a good time. 

adj
  • Of an appropriate or pertinent nature. 

  • by the way, incidental 

in the ballpark

prep
  • In the same general vicinity (as); somewhat similar (to); typically construed with of. 

How often have the words apropos and in the ballpark occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )