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Max Scherzer

#21 - Starting Pitcher

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	7/27/1984 (37)
Height, Weight	6'3", 208 lb
Hometown	St. Louis, MO

2022 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	W-L	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%	CSW%				FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	xERA	xwOBA
	5-1	49.2	2.54	0.96	30.6%	5.7%	31.5%				93.6	15.8%	17.4%	32.8%	2.78	.266

	1^st 2 W	5^th 29 IP	44^th 4.35 ERA	22^nd 1.35 WHIP	17^th 21.0% K%	49^th 8.4% BB%	25^th 28.1% CSW%				77^th 93.1 FB MPH	16^th 11.6% SwStr%	9^th 27.0% HC%	184^th 44.9% GB%	29^th 4.15 xERA	28^th .320 xwOBA

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2022 Projection

W	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%
12	180	3.02	1.03	32.4%	6.2%

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Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	xERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	H/9	K%	BB%	BABIP	xBABIP	HC%	GB%	HR/FB%	LOB%	SwStr%	CSW%
2018	WSH	33	33	220.2	18	7	2.53	2.59	2.64	3.03	0.91	6.1	34.6%	5.9%	.267	.270	18.4%	35.5%	11.0%	81.3%	17.3%	33.8%
2019	WSH	27	27	172.1	11	7	2.92	2.79	2.44	2.77	1.03	7.5	35.1%	4.8%	.322	.312	19.8%	44.1%	14.5%	78.7%	17.7%	34.3%
2020	WSH	12	12	67.1	5	4	3.74	3.75	3.46	3.60	1.39	9.4	31.2%	7.8%	.355	.329	22.3%	35.8%	14.7%	80.0%	16.4%	31.3%
2021	LAD/WSH	30	30	179.1	15	4	2.46	2.84	2.98	3.22	0.87	6.0	34.1%	5.2%	.249	.271	20.4%	36.1%	13.0%	84.3%	17.3%	33.0%
2022	NYM	8	8	49.2	5	1	2.54	2.69	2.93	3.22	0.96	6.6	30.6%	5.7%	.272	.267	17.4%	32.8%	9.6%	81.8%	15.8%	31.5%
SP MLB AVG		6	6	29.0	2	2	4.35	4.15	4.09	4.13	1.35	8.7	21.0%	8.4%	.288	.281	27.0%	44.9%	11.9%	72.8%	11.6%	28.1%
5 Years		110	110	689.1	54	23	2.73	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.98	6.8	33.9%	5.6%	.286	.287	19.6%	37.5%	12.5%	81.2%	17.2%	33.3%

Repertoire

Four-Seamer | 45%
Slider | 19%
Changeup | 15%
Cutter | 11%
Curveball | 9%
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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	94.4	50.0%	27.7%	55.4%	15.4%	17.9%	33.4%	68.9%	64.7%	30.4%	43.8%	.198	.249	.283	7.6%	.193	.250	21.9%	2,487
2019	94.9	44.4%	25.6%	54.6%	14.7%	17.9%	32.6%	70.0%	65.1%	35.7%	39.9%	.233	.303	.312	16.4%	.237	.304	24.1%	2,473
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%	.281	.379	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%	.206	.294	24.3%	2,438
2022	93.6	44.7%	31.4%	54.0%	12.1%	19.5%	31.6%	71.4%	66.7%	21.6%	54.9%	.232	.302	.271	10.7%	.237	.322	26.3%	2,409
SP MLB AVG	93.1	37.3%	25.1%	50.3%	9.4%	17.7%	27.0%	64.4%	58.9%	34.9%	42.0%	.259	.358	.285	13.7%	.261	.366	30.4%	2,222

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext.	Spin
2018	.193	.250	.266	.220	21.9%	5.8%	36.7%	22.2%	87.6	86.1	23.5	0.9	1.2	-3.6	5.1	6.0	2,487
2019	.237	.304	.322	.273	24.1%	8.9%	46.4%	27.7%	90.2	89.0	19.2	1.0	1.2	-3.5	5.2	6.0	2,473
2020	.281	.379	.344	.341	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	.206	.294	.259	.254	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	.237	.322	.273	.290	26.3%	15.7%	41.2%	27.6%	91.3	90.2	29.5	7.2	9.8	-2.9	5.5	5.9	2,409
SP MLB AVG	.261	.366	.282	.321	30.4%	10.9%	42.5%	28.4%	91.0	89.0	19.1	4.8	9.5	-0.5	5.8	6.4	2,222

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2018	1,745	397	46	17	2	8	132	23	2	1	1,202	543	.198	.320	.249
2019	1,230	282	30	19	0	11	92	19	2	0	861	368	.233	.434	.303
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	339	76	11	2	0	3	19	5	1	0	242	97	.232	.391	.302
SP MLB AVG	159	39	5	2	0	1	8	4	0	0	105	54	.259	.455	.358

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2018	30.4%	25.8%	43.8%	20.4%	7.6%	35.0%	22.9%	42.1%	21.8%	5.0%	19.6%	38.8%	24.2%	6.7%	37.9%
2019	35.7%	24.4%	39.9%	10.7%	16.4%	36.9%	17.9%	45.2%	23.7%	4.2%	19.6%	29.8%	30.4%	7.1%	39.3%
2020	29.3%	26.7%	44.0%	13.3%	21.2%	41.3%	13.3%	46.7%	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%	31.1%	23.9%	45.0%	21.3%	4.4%	13.9%	43.9%	21.7%	7.2%	35.0%
2022	21.6%	23.5%	54.9%	29.4%	10.7%	35.3%	19.6%	45.1%	24.8%	3.9%	9.8%	45.1%	23.5%	2.0%	37.3%
SP MLB AVG	34.9%	23.2%	42.0%	13.1%	13.7%	40.1%	21.8%	38.6%	20.6%	3.3%	22.9%	31.2%	23.3%	8.5%	37.3%

Year	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA
2018	21.9%	5.8%	36.7%	22.2%	.198	.249	.283	.307	.193	.250	.266	.220	87.6	86.1	23.5
2019	24.1%	8.9%	46.4%	27.7%	.233	.303	.312	.357	.237	.304	.322	.273	90.2	89.0	19.2
2020	32.5%	13.3%	51.3%	31.5%	.264	.359	.319	.382	.281	.379	.344	.341	92.8	93.0	22.1
2021	24.3%	8.9%	37.8%	22.6%	.191	.271	.244	.291	.206	.294	.259	.254	89.5	86.9	25.0
2022	26.3%	15.7%	41.2%	27.6%	.232	.302	.271	.314	.237	.322	.273	.290	91.3	90.2	29.5
SP MLB AVG	30.4%	10.9%	42.5%	28.4%	.259	.358	.285	.325	.261	.366	.282	.321	91.0	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	27.7%	55.4%	15.4%	17.9%	33.4%	68.9%	64.7%	30.3%	50.9%	69.7%	61.1%	72.5%	22.0%	21.2%	62.8%	53.9%
2019	25.6%	54.6%	14.7%	17.9%	32.6%	70.0%	65.1%	28.2%	52.1%	71.8%	60.8%	74.9%	22.7%	20.6%	68.3%	60.1%
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	31.4%	54.0%	12.1%	19.5%	31.6%	71.4%	66.7%	23.3%	51.9%	76.7%	73.5%	78.0%	24.1%	26.7%	58.6%	53.5%
SP MLB AVG	25.1%	50.3%	9.4%	17.7%	27.0%	64.4%	58.9%	19.8%	46.7%	80.2%	70.0%	83.7%	22.7%	21.9%	61.3%	50.9%

Year	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%	PAR%
2018	36.0%	26.6%	37.4%	47.9%	31.3%	20.9%	8.7%	28.4%	44.9%	60.6%	24.0%	28.9%	55.4%	11.6%	26.2%
2019	33.6%	27.1%	39.3%	39.1%	34.0%	26.9%	9.3%	27.9%	45.0%	61.2%	24.5%	28.5%	54.6%	10.9%	26.3%
2020	38.1%	27.6%	34.3%	36.8%	36.8%	26.4%	10.8%	30.0%	42.4%	60.7%	26.9%	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%	26.8%	26.9%	53.9%	10.7%	26.4%
2022	42.5%	26.8%	30.7%	45.4%	30.1%	24.5%	7.4%	27.1%	46.0%	66.1%	27.4%	22.1%	54.0%	10.3%	25.3%
SP MLB AVG	33.7%	28.0%	38.3%	51.7%	26.6%	21.7%	7.4%	30.5%	41.5%	57.1%	29.5%	28.3%	50.3%	14.2%	16.5%

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	85.2	16.5%	48.5%	53.2%	26.2%	21.0%	47.1%	77.1%	72.6%	36.7%	41.8%	.195	.255	.280	15.2%	.206	.248	18.7%	2,386
2019	85.6	19.2%	45.8%	46.0%	27.6%	18.6%	46.2%	73.2%	68.7%	49.4%	30.9%	.174	.168	.296	0.0%	.170	.167	15.8%	2,366
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	.194	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%	.178	.232	16.2%	2,276
2022	85.2	19.4%	45.2%	42.9%	25.9%	12.2%	38.1%	70.1%	65.3%	40.0%	40.0%	.175	.182	.259	0.0%	.158	.178	2.5%	2,307
SP MLB AVG	84.1	23.5%	32.0%	42.0%	15.5%	14.2%	29.7%	62.1%	56.7%	45.4%	34.4%	.227	.281	.288	12.3%	.217	.279	24.6%	2,353

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext.	Spin
2018	.206	.248	.325	.224	18.7%	8.9%	38.3%	22.0%	88.0	83.2	20.3	0.3	0.1	-3.7	5.2	5.8	2,386
2019	.170	.167	.283	.164	15.8%	1.2%	32.1%	18.7%	83.4	84.0	10.1	0.3	0.1	-3.6	5.1	5.9	2,366
2020	.168	.194	.295	.154	12.7%	0.0%	33.3%	17.9%	83.8	79.6	16.6	1.2	2.0	-3.0	5.3	6.2	2,382
2021	.178	.232	.252	.215	16.2%	7.4%	29.6%	16.9%	83.4	89.0	7.9	0.9	2.8	-3.0	5.3	6.2	2,276
2022	.158	.178	.240	.151	2.5%	0.0%	25.9%	16.7%	77.0	79.1	14.0	1.2	2.8	-3.1	5.4	5.9	2,307
SP MLB AVG	.217	.279	.274	.252	24.6%	7.4%	38.8%	25.8%	87.6	86.1	13.3	3.2	1.3	-0.7	5.8	6.3	2,353

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2018	577	141	15	6	0	5	53	6	1	1	445	132	.195	.353	.255
2019	533	139	19	5	0	0	57	1	0	0	390	143	.174	.210	.168
2020	230	56	7	1	0	0	22	4	0	2	160	70	.154	.173	.182
2021	539	142	13	3	0	5	56	5	0	0	370	169	.154	.287	.203
2022	147	42	7	0	0	0	13	2	0	0	103	44	.175	.175	.182
SP MLB AVG	98	26	4	1	0	1	7	1	0	0	62	36	.227	.359	.281

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2018	36.7%	24.1%	41.8%	16.5%	15.2%	59.5%	22.8%	21.5%	15.9%	2.5%	31.6%	29.1%	25.3%	5.1%	34.2%
2019