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Data runs from 1871 to 2020. Stats relying on play-by-play data are complete back to 1973, mostly complete back to 1950, and somewhat complete back to 1916.

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Clayton Kershaw vs. Max Scherzer

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Standard

Standard
Rk	Name	From	To	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2020	20-32	170	74	.697	2.44	348	345	1	25	15	0	2280.1	1718	672	617	173	577	27	2470	33	20	88	8978	1.006	6.8	0.7	2.3	9.7	4.28
2	Max Scherzer	2008	2020	23-35	170	90	.654	3.19	367	358	2	11	5	0	2302.2	1892	880	817	255	625	19	2713	85	7	65	9331	1.093	7.4	1.0	2.4	10.6	4.34

Value

Value
Rk	Name	From	To	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	RA9extras	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2020	20-32	2280.1	348	345	672	2.65	4.33	0.09	0.17	0.00	95.6	4.22	400	47.4	.70	-1.6	65.6	588	.636	.525	$226,701,142
2	Max Scherzer	2008	2020	23-35	2302.2	367	358	880	3.44	4.41	-0.09	0.17	0.00	102.3	4.77	340	39.3	.30	-1.8	58.9	554	.607	.521	$186,547,178

Win Probability

Win Probability
Rk	Name	From	To	Age	PtchR	PtchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2020	20-32	371.1	40.9	9247	43.9	170.4	-126.5	1.00	44.5	-0.5	410.0	46.9	0.89	463.8	1	0	1
2	Max Scherzer	2008	2020	23-35	259.4	27.7	9574	29.2	168.3	-139.1	.95	26.5	4.2	278.8	29.6	0.89	287.2	0	0	9

Ratio

Ratio
Rk	Name	From	To	Age	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	SO-BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	Opp	DP	%	PAu
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2020	20-32	21%	1.9%	27.5%	6.4%	21.1%	5.9%	31%	0.89	1.19	63%	21%	6.8%	16%	1410	156	11%	0
2	Max Scherzer	2008	2020	23-35	46%	2.7%	29.1%	6.7%	22.4%	7.7%	38%	0.62	0.80	60%	22%	8.5%	16%	1494	121	8%	0

Batting Against

Batting Against
Rk	Name	From	To	Age	PAu	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2020	20-32		348	8978	8248	672	1718	326	28	173	68	63	577	2470	.208	.262	.318	.580	.274	2619	156	33	86	26	27	82
2	Max Scherzer	2008	2020	23-35		367	9331	8518	880	1892	418	46	255	119	67	625	2713	.222	.281	.372	.652	.292	3167	121	85	54	47	19	47

Pitches

Pitches
Rk	Name	From	To	Age	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	S/SO	L/SO%	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2020	20-32	9012	34461	3.82	22712	66.1%	26.3%	19.8%	27.9%	26.0%	73.7%	0.8%	48.7%	73.1%	64.8%	3.3%	296	179	28.3%	2546	1365	110	649	1815	26.3%	490	93	0	0	0
2	Max Scherzer	2008	2020	23-35	9357	37458	4.00	24971	66.7%	25.6%	21.5%	29.2%	23.7%	74.4%	0.3%	49.6%	71.0%	64.2%	3.2%	300	189	31.9%	2987	1638	128	511	2195	18.8%	550	92	0	0	0

Base Situation

Base Situation
						Hits			Home Runs							Advances								Batting Stats
Rk	Name	From	To	Age	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2020	20-32	8978	1718	222	20	173	1	119	129	44	91	82	317	137	83	43%	82	88	14	2821	68	63	52%	62	57	6	4	0	2	63	43	179	0
2	Max Scherzer	2008	2020	23-35	9331	1892	173	25	255	2	78	110	145	127	128	324	152	83	47%	47	65	11	3078	119	67	64%	97	50	21	14	1	3	8	5	171	0

Starter

Starter
Rk	Name	From	To	Age	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2020	20-32	348	345	170	74	101	14	33	229	116	.664	35	37	25	15	254	74%	63	102	12	130	46	0	171	4.6	4.0	6.6	100	21	124	193	7	132
2	Max Scherzer	2008	2020	23-35	367	358	170	90	98	23	31	219	139	.612	32	40	11	5	235	66%	60	104	4	103	38	0	160	4.9	4.6	6.4	104	11	85	246	16	127

Reliever

Reliever
Rk	Name	From	To	Age	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2020	20-32	348	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0			.997	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	4.0	23
2	Max Scherzer	2008	2020	23-35	367	9	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	5	0	0%		.950	0	0	9	2	0	7	4	5	6	0	6	0	6.3	30

Postseason

Postseason
Rk	Name	From	To	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2019	20-31	9	11	.450	4.43	32	25	2	0	0	1	158.1	130	83	78	24	45	5	170	4	0	10	645	1.105	7.4	1.4	2.6	9.7	3.78
2	Max Scherzer	2011	2019	26-34	7	5	.583	3.38	22	18	0	0	0	0	112.0	81	45	42	12	46	3	137	7	0	5	463	1.134	6.5	1.0	3.7	11.0	2.98

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