Player Pitching Comparison Finder

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	175	76	.697	2.43	357	354	1	25	15	0	2333.0	1756	690	631	181	585	27	2526	34	20	88	9179	1.003	6.8	0.7	2.3	9.7	4.32
2	Max Scherzer	2008	2020	23-35	175	93	.653	3.21	377	368	2	11	5	0	2357.1	1953	906	841	264	641	20	2784	86	7	71	9573	1.100	7.5	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	2333.0	357	354	690	2.66	4.35	0.10	0.17	0.00	95.7	4.23	410	48.4	.70	-1.7	67.0	603	.636	.524	$226,701,142
2	Max Scherzer	2008	2020	23-35	2357.1	377	368	906	3.46	4.42	-0.11	0.17	0.00	102.2	4.81	352	40.5	.30	-1.8	60.6	572	.607	.520	$186,547,178

Win Probability

Win Probability
Rk	Name	From	To	Age	PtchR	PtchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	cWPA	cWPA+	cWPA-	acLI	cClutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2020	20-32	381.3	42.0	9450	44.9	174.3	-129.5	1.00	45.6	-0.5	27.2%	107.8%	-80.6%	1.03	0.7%	420.9	48.0	0.89	476.7	1	0	1
2	Max Scherzer	2008	2020	23-35	263.6	28.1	9827	29.1	172.8	-143.7	.95	26.4	4.2	18.1%	106.4%	-88.3%	.98	3.2%	281.4	29.8	0.89	285.8	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%	2.0%	27.5%	6.4%	21.2%	6.0%	31%	0.90	1.20	63%	21%	7.0%	16%	1438	161	11%	0
2	Max Scherzer	2008	2020	23-35	46%	2.8%	29.1%	6.7%	22.4%	7.7%	38%	0.61	0.79	60%	22%	8.5%	16%	1530	122	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		357	9179	8439	690	1756	336	29	181	69	64	585	2526	.208	.261	.319	.581	.273	2693	161	34	86	27	27	84
2	Max Scherzer	2008	2020	23-35		377	9573	8741	906	1953	428	47	264	125	67	641	2784	.223	.282	.374	.655	.294	3267	122	86	54	49	20	50

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	9213	35268	3.83	23266	66.1%	26.3%	19.8%	27.9%	25.9%	73.7%	0.8%	48.7%	73.1%	64.9%	3.3%	303	184	28.4%	2617	1405	113	667	1853	26.4%	505	95	0	0	0
2	Max Scherzer	2008	2020	23-35	9599	38460	4.01	25632	66.7%	25.5%	21.6%	29.2%	23.7%	74.5%	0.3%	49.7%	71.0%	64.2%	3.2%	310	195	31.9%	3066	1678	131	527	2250	18.9%	563	95	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	9179	1756	228	21	181	1	121	134	47	96	85	324	140	85	43%	84	88	14	2877	69	64	52%	62	58	7	4	0	2	64	44	180	0
2	Max Scherzer	2008	2020	23-35	9573	1953	180	26	264	2	82	114	150	132	132	333	156	86	47%	50	71	11	3167	125	67	65%	102	50	22	14	1	3	8	5	181	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	357	354	175	76	103	14	34	236	118	.667	35	38	25	15	260	73%	63	102	12	133	48	0	178	4.6	4.0	6.6	99	22	132	193	7	132
2	Max Scherzer	2008	2020	23-35	377	368	175	93	100	24	32	225	143	.611	32	41	11	5	240	65%	59	104	4	109	38	0	167	4.9	4.6	6.4	104	12	86	254	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	357	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	377	9	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	5	0	0%		.953	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	2020	20-32	13	12	.520	4.19	37	30	2	0	0	1	189.0	153	93	88	28	50	5	207	4	0	10	759	1.074	7.3	1.3	2.4	9.9	4.14
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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