Max Scherzer

Max Scherzer

Toronto Blue Jays

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Age: 40

Bats/Throws: R/R

6'3" / 208

DOB: 7/27/1984

(40 years, 10 months, 2 days)

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Pitch Type Splits

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	AB	PA	H H - Hits Allowed	1B	2B L - Losses	3B ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	HR HR - Home Runs	BB BB - Walks	IBB IBB - Intentional	SO SO - Strikeouts	HBP HBP - Hit Batters	SF	SH	GDP	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	divider	minVel	maxVel	Vel
2010	Curveball (CU)	10		3	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333		81.1	82.7	81.9
2012	Curveball (CU)	17		3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000		75.9	79.5	78.2
2013	Curveball (CU)	247		35	39	8	5	2	0	1	3	0	8	1	0	0	0	.229		72.4	80.9	77.6
2014	Curveball (CU)	368		65	70	16	10	3	0	3	4	0	14	0	1	0	0	.246		71.2	80.9	77.2
2015	Curveball (CU)	271		57	61	10	3	4	0	3	3	0	15	0	1	0	0	.175		75.4	82.4	79.5
2016	Curveball (CU)	288		41	42	8	4	2	0	2	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	.195		72.0	82.3	77.9
2017	Curveball (CU)	255		45	48	9	4	4	0	1	2	0	10	1	0	0	0	.200		73.5	80.5	77.4
2018	Curveball (CU)	274		47	50	13	6	4	0	3	3	0	8	0	0	0	0	.277		73.4	81.5	78.4
2019	Curveball (CU)	240		31	34	9	4	4	0	1	2	0	5	1	0	0	0	.290		74.5	81.9	78.5
2020	Curveball (CU)	110		16	18	8	6	1	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	.500		73.7	80.8	77.1
2021	Curveball (CU)	276		49	51	13	9	3	0	1	2	0	17	0	0	0	1	.265		72.0	80.6	76.9
2022	Curveball (CU)	200		35	37	8	6	2	0	0	1	0	9	1	0	0	1	.229		71.1	78.9	75.0
2023	Curveball (CU)	305		75	83	14	8	2	0	4	7	0	31	1	0	0	1	.187		72.0	78.0	75.4
2024	Curveball (CU)	93		18	20	6	3	2	0	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	.333		73.2	76.4	74.7
2025	Curveball (CU)	6		2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000		72.2	76.0	73.9
Total	Curveball (CU)	2960		522	561	123	68	34	0	21	31	0	136	6	2	0	3	.236		71.1	82.7	77.3

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	AB	PA	H H - Hits Allowed	1B	2B L - Losses	3B ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	HR HR - Home Runs	BB BB - Walks	IBB IBB - Intentional	SO SO - Strikeouts	HBP HBP - Hit Batters	SF	SH	GDP	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	divider	minVel	maxVel	Vel
2010	Curveball (CU)	10		3	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333		81.1	82.7	81.9
2012	Curveball (CU)	17		3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000		75.9	79.5	78.2
2013	Curveball (CU)	247		35	39	8	5	2	0	1	3	0	8	1	0	0	0	.229		72.4	80.9	77.6
2014	Curveball (CU)	368		65	70	16	10	3	0	3	4	0	14	0	1	0	0	.246		71.2	80.9	77.2
2015	Curveball (CU)	271		57	61	10	3	4	0	3	3	0	15	0	1	0	0	.175		75.4	82.4	79.5
2016	Curveball (CU)	288		41	42	8	4	2	0	2	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	.195		72.0	82.3	77.9
2017	Curveball (CU)	255		45	48	9	4	4	0	1	2	0	10	1	0	0	0	.200		73.5	80.5	77.4
2018	Curveball (CU)	274		47	50	13	6	4	0	3	3	0	8	0	0	0	0	.277		73.4	81.5	78.4
2019	Curveball (CU)	240		31	34	9	4	4	0	1	2	0	5	1	0	0	0	.290		74.5	81.9	78.5
2020	Curveball (CU)	110		16	18	8	6	1	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	.500		73.7	80.8	77.1
2021	Curveball (CU)	276		49	51	13	9	3	0	1	2	0	17	0	0	0	1	.265		72.0	80.6	76.9
2022	Curveball (CU)	200		35	37	8	6	2	0	0	1	0	9	1	0	0	1	.229		71.1	78.9	75.0
2023	Curveball (CU)	305		75	83	14	8	2	0	4	7	0	31	1	0	0	1	.187		72.0	78.0	75.4
2024	Curveball (CU)	93		18	20	6	3	2	0	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	.333		73.2	76.4	74.7
2025	Curveball (CU)	6		2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000		72.2	76.0	73.9
Total	Curveball (CU)	2960		522	561	123	68	34	0	21	31	0	136	6	2	0	3	.236		71.1	82.7	77.3

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF)	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF)	BB/K	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	wRC	wRAA	wOBA	wRC+
2010	Curveball (CU)	10		0.0%	33.3%	0.00	.333	.333	.667	1.000	.333	.500	0.6	0.2	.423	180
2012	Curveball (CU)	17		0.0%	0.0%	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.4	-0.8	.000	-100
2013	Curveball (CU)	247		7.7%	20.5%	0.38	.229	.308	.371	.679	.143	.269	4.0	-0.3	.304	103
2014	Curveball (CU)	368		5.7%	20.0%	0.29	.246	.286	.431	.716	.185	.265	7.7	0.2	.313	113
2015	Curveball (CU)	271		4.9%	24.6%	0.20	.175	.213	.404	.617	.228	.175	4.3	-2.5	.261	75
2016	Curveball (CU)	288		0.0%	26.2%	0.00	.195	.214	.390	.605	.195	.214	2.8	-2.2	.256	67
2017	Curveball (CU)	255		4.2%	20.8%	0.20	.200	.250	.356	.606	.156	.235	3.4	-2.4	.261	67
2018	Curveball (CU)	274		6.0%	16.0%	0.38	.277	.320	.553	.873	.277	.278	8.0	2.2	.369	141
2019	Curveball (CU)	240		5.9%	14.7%	0.40	.290	.353	.516	.869	.226	.320	5.6	1.3	.364	133
2020	Curveball (CU)	110		11.1%	16.7%	0.67	.500	.556	.750	1.306	.250	.583	5.8	3.5	.551	256
2021	Curveball (CU)	276		3.9%	33.3%	0.12	.265	.294	.388	.682	.122	.387	5.3	-0.8	.295	89
2022	Curveball (CU)	200		2.7%	24.3%	0.11	.229	.270	.286	.556	.057	.308	2.5	-1.8	.250	68
2023	Curveball (CU)	305		8.4%	37.3%	0.23	.187	.265	.373	.638	.187	.250	7.4	-2.7	.279	85
2024	Curveball (CU)	93		10.0%	20.0%	0.50	.333	.400	.611	1.011	.278	.385	4.3	1.9	.429	195
2025	Curveball (CU)	6		0.0%	0.0%	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3	-0.5	.000	-100
Total	Curveball (CU)	2960		5.5%	24.2%	0.23	.236	.285	.421	.707	.186	.278	60.9	-4.7	.305	101

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF)	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF)	BB/K	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	wRC	wRAA	wOBA	wRC+
2010	Curveball (CU)	10		0.0%	33.3%	0.00	.333	.333	.667	1.000	.333	.500	0.6	0.2	.423	180
2012	Curveball (CU)	17		0.0%	0.0%	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.4	-0.8	.000	-100
2013	Curveball (CU)	247		7.7%	20.5%	0.38	.229	.308	.371	.679	.143	.269	4.0	-0.3	.304	103
2014	Curveball (CU)	368		5.7%	20.0%	0.29	.246	.286	.431	.716	.185	.265	7.7	0.2	.313	113
2015	Curveball (CU)	271		4.9%	24.6%	0.20	.175	.213	.404	.617	.228	.175	4.3	-2.5	.261	75
2016	Curveball (CU)	288		0.0%	26.2%	0.00	.195	.214	.390	.605	.195	.214	2.8	-2.2	.256	67
2017	Curveball (CU)	255		4.2%	20.8%	0.20	.200	.250	.356	.606	.156	.235	3.4	-2.4	.261	67
2018	Curveball (CU)	274		6.0%	16.0%	0.38	.277	.320	.553	.873	.277	.278	8.0	2.2	.369	141
2019	Curveball (CU)	240		5.9%	14.7%	0.40	.290	.353	.516	.869	.226	.320	5.6	1.3	.364	133
2020	Curveball (CU)	110		11.1%	16.7%	0.67	.500	.556	.750	1.306	.250	.583	5.8	3.5	.551	256
2021	Curveball (CU)	276		3.9%	33.3%	0.12	.265	.294	.388	.682	.122	.387	5.3	-0.8	.295	89
2022	Curveball (CU)	200		2.7%	24.3%	0.11	.229	.270	.286	.556	.057	.308	2.5	-1.8	.250	68
2023	Curveball (CU)	305		8.4%	37.3%	0.23	.187	.265	.373	.638	.187	.250	7.4	-2.7	.279	85
2024	Curveball (CU)	93		10.0%	20.0%	0.50	.333	.400	.611	1.011	.278	.385	4.3	1.9	.429	195
2025	Curveball (CU)	6		0.0%	0.0%	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3	-0.5	.000	-100
Total	Curveball (CU)	2960		5.5%	24.2%	0.23	.236	.285	.421	.707	.186	.278	60.9	-4.7	.305	101

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	LD% LD% - Line Drive Percentage (LD/BIP)	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	FB% FB% - Fly Ball Percentage (FB/BIP)	IFFB% IFFB% - Infield Fly Ball Percentage (IFFB/FB)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	Strikes Strikes - Strikes Thrown	Balls Balls - Balls Thrown	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	xMov	zMov	Mov
2010	Curveball (CU)	10		0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	6	4	10		4.1	1.6	4.9
2012	Curveball (CU)	17		0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	6	11	17		3.6	-2.0	4.5
2013	Curveball (CU)	247		18.5%	55.6%	25.9%	28.6%	14.3%	123	124	247		5.6	-2.5	6.8
2014	Curveball (CU)	368		19.2%	25.0%	55.8%	27.6%	10.3%	204	164	368		5.8	-2.5	6.6
2015	Curveball (CU)	271		20.9%	46.5%	32.6%	21.4%	21.4%	161	110	271		3.3	-2.3	4.4
2016	Curveball (CU)	288		23.3%	33.3%	43.3%	38.5%	15.4%	148	140	288		3.9	-4.0	5.8
2017	Curveball (CU)	255		25.7%	40.0%	34.3%	16.7%	8.3%	153	102	255		4.9	-3.4	6.3
2018	Curveball (CU)	274		21.1%	36.8%	42.1%	43.8%	18.8%	162	112	274		3.5	-3.6	5.2
2019	Curveball (CU)	240		15.4%	34.6%	50.0%	38.5%	7.7%	156	84	240		5.1	-3.4	6.2
2020	Curveball (CU)	110		46.2%	38.5%	15.4%	0.0%	50.0%	64	46	110		7.4	-5.1	9.1
2021	Curveball (CU)	276		29.0%	38.7%	32.3%	30.0%	10.0%	170	106	276		6.8	-4.6	8.3
2022	Curveball (CU)	200		26.9%	38.5%	34.6%	33.3%	0.0%	124	76	200		8.6	-5.5	10.3
2023	Curveball (CU)	305		22.7%	36.4%	40.9%	22.2%	22.2%	201	104	305		7.5	-5.6	9.4
2024	Curveball (CU)	93		21.4%	42.9%	35.7%	0.0%	20.0%	61	32	93		6.9	-5.1	8.7
2025	Curveball (CU)	6		0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	5	1	6		6.7	-5.6	8.7
Total	Curveball (CU)	2960		22.5%	38.1%	39.4%	27.6%	13.8%	1744	1216	2960		5.6	-3.8	7.0

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	LD% LD% - Line Drive Percentage (LD/BIP)	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	FB% FB% - Fly Ball Percentage (FB/BIP)	IFFB% IFFB% - Infield Fly Ball Percentage (IFFB/FB)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	Strikes Strikes - Strikes Thrown	Balls Balls - Balls Thrown	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	xMov	zMov	Mov
2010	Curveball (CU)	10		0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	6	4	10		4.1	1.6	4.9
2012	Curveball (CU)	17		0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	6	11	17		3.6	-2.0	4.5
2013	Curveball (CU)	247		18.5%	55.6%	25.9%	28.6%	14.3%	123	124	247		5.6	-2.5	6.8
2014	Curveball (CU)	368		19.2%	25.0%	55.8%	27.6%	10.3%	204	164	368		5.8	-2.5	6.6
2015	Curveball (CU)	271		20.9%	46.5%	32.6%	21.4%	21.4%	161	110	271		3.3	-2.3	4.4
2016	Curveball (CU)	288		23.3%	33.3%	43.3%	38.5%	15.4%	148	140	288		3.9	-4.0	5.8
2017	Curveball (CU)	255		25.7%	40.0%	34.3%	16.7%	8.3%	153	102	255		4.9	-3.4	6.3
2018	Curveball (CU)	274		21.1%	36.8%	42.1%	43.8%	18.8%	162	112	274		3.5	-3.6	5.2
2019	Curveball (CU)	240		15.4%	34.6%	50.0%	38.5%	7.7%	156	84	240		5.1	-3.4	6.2
2020	Curveball (CU)	110		46.2%	38.5%	15.4%	0.0%	50.0%	64	46	110		7.4	-5.1	9.1
2021	Curveball (CU)	276		29.0%	38.7%	32.3%	30.0%	10.0%	170	106	276		6.8	-4.6	8.3
2022	Curveball (CU)	200		26.9%	38.5%	34.6%	33.3%	0.0%	124	76	200		8.6	-5.5	10.3
2023	Curveball (CU)	305		22.7%	36.4%	40.9%	22.2%	22.2%	201	104	305		7.5	-5.6	9.4
2024	Curveball (CU)	93		21.4%	42.9%	35.7%	0.0%	20.0%	61	32	93		6.9	-5.1	8.7
2025	Curveball (CU)	6		0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	5	1	6		6.7	-5.6	8.7
Total	Curveball (CU)	2960		22.5%	38.1%	39.4%	27.6%	13.8%	1744	1216	2960		5.6	-3.8	7.0

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	O-Swing% O-Swing% - Percentage of pitches a batter swings at outside the strike zone	Z-Swing% Z-Swing% - Percentage of pitches a batter swings at inside the strike zone.	Swing% Swing% - Total percentage of pitches a batter swings at	O-Contact% O-Contact% - Percentage of times a batter makes contact with the ball when swinging at pitches thrown outside the strike zone	Z-Contact% Z-Contact% - Percentage of times a batter makes contact with the ball when swinging at pitches thrown inside the strike zone	Contact% Contact% - Total percentage of contact made when swinging at all pitches	Zone% Zone% - Percentage of pitches seen inside the strike zone	SwStr% SwStr% - Percentage of Strikes that were swung at and missed	divider	pVAL	pVAL/C
2010	Curveball (CU)	10		20.0%	40.0%	30.0%	0.0%	100.0%	66.7%	50.0%	10.0%		-0.4	-3.8
2012	Curveball (CU)	17		7.7%	100.0%	29.4%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	23.5%	0.0%		0.2	1.5
2013	Curveball (CU)	247		20.8%	53.8%	33.2%	62.5%	86.0%	76.8%	37.7%	7.7%		-2.6	-1.1
2014	Curveball (CU)	368		20.3%	54.8%	35.9%	58.5%	89.0%	79.5%	45.1%	7.3%		-4.2	-1.1
2015	Curveball (CU)	271		31.0%	45.1%	36.9%	61.2%	86.3%	74.0%	41.7%	9.6%		-0.2	-0.1
2016	Curveball (CU)	288		18.4%	36.0%	25.3%	46.9%	87.8%	69.9%	39.6%	7.6%		-0.5	-0.2
2017	Curveball (CU)	255		13.9%	50.7%	34.1%	75.0%	85.9%	83.9%	54.9%	5.5%		1.5	0.6
2018	Curveball (CU)	274		18.0%	51.1%	35.0%	50.0%	91.7%	81.3%	51.5%	6.6%		-3.6	-1.3
2019	Curveball (CU)	240		25.0%	35.8%	30.4%	70.0%	86.0%	79.5%	50.0%	6.3%		0.6	0.3
2020	Curveball (CU)	110		21.4%	31.5%	26.4%	50.0%	88.2%	72.4%	49.1%	7.3%		-3.1	-2.8
2021	Curveball (CU)	276		23.0%	43.8%	33.3%	34.4%	85.0%	67.4%	49.6%	10.9%		-0.1	0.0
2022	Curveball (CU)	200		21.4%	42.2%	32.0%	61.9%	90.7%	81.3%	51.0%	6.0%		1.9	1.0
2023	Curveball (CU)	305		31.5%	58.3%	45.2%	40.4%	84.6%	69.6%	51.1%	13.8%		1.6	0.5
2024	Curveball (CU)	93		29.2%	57.8%	43.0%	21.4%	80.8%	60.0%	48.4%	17.2%		-2.0	-2.1
2025	Curveball (CU)	6		33.3%	100.0%	66.7%	100.0%	66.7%	75.0%	50.0%	16.7%		0.6	9.8
Total	Curveball (CU)	2960		22.5%	47.7%	34.4%	53.3%	87.1%	75.3%	47.1%	8.5%		-10.2	-0.3

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	O-Swing% O-Swing% - Percentage of pitches a batter swings at outside the strike zone	Z-Swing% Z-Swing% - Percentage of pitches a batter swings at inside the strike zone.	Swing% Swing% - Total percentage of pitches a batter swings at	O-Contact% O-Contact% - Percentage of times a batter makes contact with the ball when swinging at pitches thrown outside the strike zone	Z-Contact% Z-Contact% - Percentage of times a batter makes contact with the ball when swinging at pitches thrown inside the strike zone	Contact% Contact% - Total percentage of contact made when swinging at all pitches	Zone% Zone% - Percentage of pitches seen inside the strike zone	SwStr% SwStr% - Percentage of Strikes that were swung at and missed	divider	pVAL	pVAL/C
2010	Curveball (CU)	10		20.0%	40.0%	30.0%	0.0%	100.0%	66.7%	50.0%	10.0%		-0.4	-3.8
2012	Curveball (CU)	17		7.7%	100.0%	29.4%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	23.5%	0.0%		0.2	1.5
2013	Curveball (CU)	247		20.8%	53.8%	33.2%	62.5%	86.0%	76.8%	37.7%	7.7%		-2.6	-1.1
2014	Curveball (CU)	368		20.3%	54.8%	35.9%	58.5%	89.0%	79.5%	45.1%	7.3%		-4.2	-1.1
2015	Curveball (CU)	271		31.0%	45.1%	36.9%	61.2%	86.3%	74.0%	41.7%	9.6%		-0.2	-0.1
2016	Curveball (CU)	288		18.4%	36.0%	25.3%	46.9%	87.8%	69.9%	39.6%	7.6%		-0.5	-0.2
2017	Curveball (CU)	255		13.9%	50.7%	34.1%	75.0%	85.9%	83.9%	54.9%	5.5%		1.5	0.6
2018	Curveball (CU)	274		18.0%	51.1%	35.0%	50.0%	91.7%	81.3%	51.5%	6.6%		-3.6	-1.3
2019	Curveball (CU)	240		25.0%	35.8%	30.4%	70.0%	86.0%	79.5%	50.0%	6.3%		0.6	0.3
2020	Curveball (CU)	110		21.4%	31.5%	26.4%	50.0%	88.2%	72.4%	49.1%	7.3%		-3.1	-2.8
2021	Curveball (CU)	276		23.0%	43.8%	33.3%	34.4%	85.0%	67.4%	49.6%	10.9%		-0.1	0.0
2022	Curveball (CU)	200		21.4%	42.2%	32.0%	61.9%	90.7%	81.3%	51.0%	6.0%		1.9	1.0
2023	Curveball (CU)	305		31.5%	58.3%	45.2%	40.4%	84.6%	69.6%	51.1%	13.8%		1.6	0.5
2024	Curveball (CU)	93		29.2%	57.8%	43.0%	21.4%	80.8%	60.0%	48.4%	17.2%		-2.0	-2.1
2025	Curveball (CU)	6		33.3%	100.0%	66.7%	100.0%	66.7%	75.0%	50.0%	16.7%		0.6	9.8
Total	Curveball (CU)	2960		22.5%	47.7%	34.4%	53.3%	87.1%	75.3%	47.1%	8.5%		-10.2	-0.3