Max Scherzer

#31 - Starting Pitcher

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	7/27/1984 (39)
Height, Weight	6'3", 208 lb
Hometown	St. Louis, MO

2023 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	W-L	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%	CSW%
	13-6	152.2	3.77	1.12	28.0%	7.2%	29.9%

	13^th 7 W	52^nd 114 IP	59^th 4.60 ERA	28^th 1.33 WHIP	19^th 21.6% K%	72^nd 8.0% BB%	37^th 28.0% CSW%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	PLV	xERA
	93.7	14.6%	23.7%	35.2%	5.05	3.60

	86^th 93.5 FB MPH	18^th 11.7% SwStr%	25^th 27.6% HC%	179^th 43.8% GB%	73^rd 4.98 PLV	25^th 4.57 xERA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

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Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	xERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	H/9	K%	BB%	BABIP	HC%	GB%	HR/9	HR/FB%	LOB%	SwStr%	CSW%	PLV
2018	WSH	33	33	220.2	18	7	2.53	-	2.65	-	0.91	6.1	34.6%	5.9%	.267	-	-	0.94	-	81.3%	17.3%	33.8%	-
2019	WSH	27	27	172.1	11	7	2.92	-	2.45	-	1.03	7.5	35.1%	4.8%	.322	-	-	0.94	-	78.7%	17.7%	34.3%	-
2020	WSH	12	12	67.1	5	4	3.74	4.28	3.46	3.60	1.38	9.4	31.2%	7.8%	.355	22.3%	35.8%	1.34	14.7%	80.0%	16.4%	31.3%	5.05
2021	LAD/WSH	30	30	179.1	15	4	2.46	2.80	2.98	3.22	0.86	6.0	34.1%	5.2%	.249	20.4%	36.1%	1.15	13.0%	84.3%	17.3%	33.0%	5.04
2022	NYM	23	23	145.1	11	5	2.29	2.69	2.62	3.27	0.91	6.7	30.6%	4.2%	.279	21.5%	32.2%	0.81	8.1%	83.3%	16.0%	32.0%	5.04
2023	NYM/TEX	27	27	152.2	13	6	3.77	3.60	4.32	4.04	1.12	7.4	28.0%	7.2%	.265	23.7%	35.2%	1.65	16.1%	81.0%	14.6%	29.9%	5.05
SP MLB Percentile		67	67	73	89	49	70	88	55	70	85	86	91	61	87	86	11	26	39	95	91	81	62
SP MLB AVG		21	21	114.0	7	7	4.60	4.57	4.59	4.55	1.33	8.9	21.6%	8.0%	.296	27.6%	43.8%	1.37	15.3%	72.1%	11.7%	28.0%	4.98
6 Years		152	152	937.2	73	33	2.84	-	-	-	0.99	6.9	32.6%	5.7%	.282	16.8%	34.8%	1.10	19.9%	81.4%	16.7%	32.7%	5.04

Repertoire

Four-Seamer | 46%
Slider | 17%
Changeup | 14%
Curveball | 12%
Cutter | 10%
All Pitches

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 All

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Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	94.7	12.3%	-	-	15.7%	17.1%	32.7%	68.2%	63.6%	-	-	.222	.235	.317	-	-	-	-	-
2019	94.8	25.4%	-	-	15.5%	18.5%	34.0%	68.8%	64.7%	-	-	.210	.282	.312	-	-	-	-	-
2020	94.7	45.9%	21.1%	55.7%	14.7%	16.0%	30.7%	67.1%	61.9%	29.3%	44.0%	.264	.359	.319	21.2%	.295	.392	32.5%	2,446
2021	94.3	46.8%	26.6%	53.9%	15.4%	18.2%	33.7%	68.6%	64.6%	26.1%	53.9%	.191	.271	.244	11.3%	.192	.271	24.3%	2,438
2022	94.0	45.4%	28.1%	56.3%	12.0%	18.8%	30.8%	71.1%	66.6%	22.4%	55.8%	.212	.280	.227	9.8%	.230	.317	31.5%	2,395
2023	93.7	46.3%	28.5%	54.2%	12.2%	18.1%	30.3%	69.3%	64.4%	29.7%	50.0%	.255	.337	.273	12.8%	.215	.300	30.8%	2,360
SP MLB Percentile	56	73	65	75	79	57	77	78	86	31	81	60	65	73	62	87	86	50	76
SP MLB AVG	93.5	38.2%	26.4%	50.7%	9.8%	17.8%	27.6%	65.4%	59.5%	34.2%	41.7%	.274	.363	.309	15.3%	.267	.362	31.1%	2,256

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.295	.392	.370	.521	32.5%	13.3%	51.3%	31.5%	92.8	93.0	22.1	6.3	8.7	-2.8	5.4	6.2	2,446
2021	.192	.271	.249	.347	24.3%	8.9%	37.8%	22.6%	89.5	86.9	25.0	7.0	9.3	-2.9	5.4	6.2	2,438
2022	.230	.317	.242	.366	31.5%	12.7%	37.0%	26.3%	90.9	90.2	27.7	7.4	9.5	-2.9	5.5	6.1	2,395
2023	.215	.300	.229	.324	30.8%	9.3%	37.2%	26.7%	89.5	87.7	23.4	7.2	9.2	-2.8	5.4	6.3	2,360
SP MLB Percentile	87	86	92	92	50	61	87	67	82	70	21	88	47	0	15	28	76
SP MLB AVG	.267	.362	.297	.411	31.1%	10.3%	43.1%	29.3%	91.1	89.0	19.1	4.7	9.1	-0.7	5.7	6.5	2,256

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2018	428	98	17	3	0	0	28	6	0	0	292	136	.222	.256	.235
2019	703	151	12	12	0	5	57	10	1	0	484	218	.210	.406	.282
2020	557	124	16	6	0	7	35	12	1	3	374	183	.264	.509	.359
2021	1,321	301	31	8	2	11	94	22	5	1	906	415	.191	.357	.271
2022	983	232	29	6	0	9	49	14	4	0	699	284	.212	.370	.280
2023	1,142	240	33	11	0	11	45	20	3	0	791	351	.255	.458	.337
SP MLB Percentile	86	77	21	22	46	14	72	32	13	23	87	17	60	58	65
SP MLB AVG	647	159	22	8	1	6	34	16	1	0	429	219	.274	.487	.363

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20.6%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23.2%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	29.3%	26.7%	44.0%	13.3%	21.2%	31.6%	26.3%	42.1%	22.8%	2.7%	14.7%	30.7%	30.7%	8.0%	45.3%
2021	26.1%	20.0%	53.9%	15.0%	11.3%	25.0%	35.6%	39.4%	21.3%	4.4%	13.9%	43.9%	21.7%	7.2%	35.0%
2022	22.4%	21.8%	55.8%	24.8%	9.8%	22.4%	39.4%	38.2%	23.5%	4.8%	11.5%	46.7%	20.0%	4.2%	33.9%
2023	29.7%	20.3%	50.0%	16.9%	12.8%	23.3%	42.4%	34.3%	23.9%	6.4%	20.3%	36.0%	17.4%	10.5%	32.6%
SP MLB Percentile	31	77	81	78	62	8	88	60	77	92	44	72	91	17	90
SP MLB AVG	34.2%	24.1%	41.7%	12.5%	15.3%	31.9%	35.5%	32.6%	21.1%	3.1%	22.0%	31.7%	24.9%	7.9%	39.4%

Year	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA
2018	-	-	-	-	.222	.235	.317	.317	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	.210	.282	.312	.354	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	32.5%	13.3%	51.3%	31.5%	.264	.359	.319	.382	.295	.392	.370	.521	92.8	93.0	22.1
2021	24.3%	8.9%	37.8%	22.6%	.191	.271	.244	.291	.192	.271	.249	.347	89.5	86.9	25.0
2022	31.5%	12.7%	37.0%	26.3%	.212	.280	.227	.270	.230	.317	.242	.366	90.9	90.2	27.7
2023	30.8%	9.3%	37.2%	26.7%	.255	.337	.273	.320	.215	.300	.229	.324	89.5	87.7	23.4
SP MLB Percentile	50	61	87	67	60	65	73	73	87	86	92	92	82	70	21
SP MLB AVG	31.1%	10.3%	43.1%	29.3%	.274	.363	.309	.353	.267	.362	.297	.411	91.1	89.0	19.1

Year	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	Whiff%	Swing%	Con%	O-Con%	Z-Con%	ECS%	2-Str O-Sw%	F-Str%	TF-Str%
2018	-	-	15.7%	17.1%	32.7%	68.2%	63.6%	30.6%	51.2%	69.4%	-	-	20.4%	-	60.3%	50.0%
2019	-	-	15.5%	18.5%	34.0%	68.8%	64.7%	30.8%	50.4%	69.2%	-	-	23.6%	-	65.3%	59.3%
2020	21.1%	55.7%	14.7%	16.0%	30.7%	67.1%	61.9%	28.8%	51.2%	71.2%	63.5%	73.0%	19.5%	16.2%	63.0%	52.1%
2021	26.6%	53.9%	15.4%	18.2%	33.7%	68.6%	64.6%	30.7%	50.3%	69.3%	54.9%	74.0%	22.6%	20.8%	61.8%	53.8%
2022	28.1%	56.3%	12.0%	18.8%	30.8%	71.1%	66.6%	23.0%	52.3%	77.0%	67.8%	79.9%	22.4%	22.6%	64.5%	54.8%
2023	28.5%	54.2%	12.2%	18.1%	30.3%	69.3%	64.4%	23.8%	51.1%	76.2%	71.1%	77.9%	22.7%	20.6%	69.3%	62.7%
SP MLB Percentile	65	75	79	57	77	78	86	73	73	73	40	84	49	42	87	95
SP MLB AVG	26.4%	50.7%	9.8%	17.8%	27.6%	65.4%	59.5%	20.4%	47.5%	79.6%	69.5%	83.5%	23.1%	21.8%	62.4%	51.9%

Year	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%	PAR%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	60.7%	11.7%	27.6%	-	13.1%	23.7%
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	60.3%	10.4%	29.3%	-	8.5%	27.7%
2020	38.1%	27.6%	34.3%	36.8%	36.8%	26.4%	10.8%	30.0%	42.4%	60.7%	12.7%	26.6%	55.7%	12.1%	23.0%
2021	37.3%	25.6%	37.1%	41.3%	31.6%	27.0%	8.4%	32.6%	41.8%	61.0%	12.0%	26.9%	53.9%	10.7%	26.4%
2022	33.6%	27.4%	39.1%	41.4%	31.5%	27.1%	8.2%	28.9%	43.7%	66.2%	12.2%	21.6%	56.3%	12.4%	23.1%
2023	38.2%	25.0%	36.8%	47.3%	28.3%	24.4%	7.7%	31.1%	43.9%	64.5%	12.1%	23.4%	54.2%	13.2%	16.9%
SP MLB Percentile	65	12	54	32	72	65	53	66	62	93	69	19	75	44	47
SP MLB AVG	34.8%	29.0%	36.2%	51.8%	26.3%	21.9%	7.6%	29.1%	41.9%	57.2%	13.9%	28.9%	50.7%	13.7%	16.8%

Year	P	PLV	Total PLV	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	PLA	Hit Luck
2018	428	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	703	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	557	4.99	2,780	38.6%	22.3%	39.1%	-0.5%	-0.7	4.49	-5
2021	1,321	5.00	6,610	44.4%	19.5%	36.0%	8.4%	-21.2	3.66	-16
2022	983	5.00	4,915	45.5%	19.6%	34.9%	10.6%	-15.4	3.19	-8
2023	1,142	5.02	5,731	47.4%	18.9%	33.7%	13.7%	-7.9	3.76	-10
SP MLB Percentile	86	67	86	71	55	80	80	90	-	87
SP MLB AVG	647	4.90	3,207	43.0%	18.4%	38.7%	4.3%	-	-	-1

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	85.4	4.4%	-	-	27.3%	24.0%	51.3%	79.9%	76.0%	-	-	.150	.183	.250	-	-	-	-	-
2019	85.7	9.6%	-	-	27.1%	17.3%	44.4%	73.7%	68.0%	-	-	.214	.201	.341	-	-	-	-	-
2020	85.4	19.0%	47.1%	40.0%	27.4%	16.1%	43.5%	69.6%	66.1%	37.9%	37.9%	.154	.182	.267	0.0%	.168	.198	12.7%	2,382
2021	85.8	19.1%	41.2%	45.1%	26.3%	13.7%	40.1%	68.6%	64.7%	53.1%	29.6%	.154	.203	.213	20.8%	.150	.200	16.2%	2,276
2022	85.0	23.7%	48.5%	42.9%	26.7%	12.9%	39.6%	71.3%	66.1%	44.7%	35.3%	.189