Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Pitching Comparison

Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Totals

Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Matt Palmer	29-33	2008	2012	13	7	.650	4.56	63	20	14	1	0	0	185.1	181	101	94	15	94	4	98	8	0	7	808	291	94	4.74	1.484	8.8	0.7	4.6	4.8
2	Max Scherzer	23-39	2008	2024	216	112	.659	3.16	466	457	2	12	5	0	2878.0	2346	1083	1010	335	756	20	3407	112	7	78	11629	3272	133	3.18	1.078	7.3	1.0	2.4	10.7

Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Matt Palmer	30	2009	2009	0	0		13.50	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.2	5	4	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	14	6		7.60	2.250	16.9	3.4	3.4	6.8
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	7	8	.467	3.78	30	25	1	0	0	1	143.0	109	63	60	20	56	4	171	9	0	8	594	179		3.37	1.154	6.9	1.3	3.5	10.8

Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Value

Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Matt Palmer	29-33	2008	2012	63	20	185.1	0.5	-1.2
2	Max Scherzer	23-39	2008	2024	466	457	2878.0	74.5	49.9

Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Totals Against

Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Matt Palmer	29-33	2008	2012	63	20	185.1	291	692	122	41	3	13	6	68.42	0	26	9	5	.262	.354	.395	.749	101	.133	.284	97	273	59	283	291
2	Max Scherzer	23-39	2008	2024	466	457	2878.0	3272	10643	1460	502	49	147	81	64.47	8	148	59	57	.220	.278	.371	.649	75	.151	.289	1117	3951	886	3214	3272

Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Matt Palmer	30	2009	2009	2	0	2.2	6	13	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.385	.429	.769	1.198		.385	.400	4	10	3	6	6
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	25	143.0	179	524	63	22	4	7	2	77.78	0	9	4	0	.208	.295	.380	.675		.172	.267	68	199	46	174	179

Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Starting & Relieving

Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Matt Palmer	29-33	2008	2012	6	30	44.1	25	10	40	0		14	43
2	Max Scherzer	23-39	2008	2024	291	64	59.7	5	0	0	0		2	9

Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Matt Palmer	30	2009	2009	0			1	1	100			2	2
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	11	44	56.6	0	0		1	50.0	1	5

Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Ratios

Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Matt Palmer	29-33	2008	2012	63	20	185.1	12.1	11.6	0.5
2	Max Scherzer	23-39	2008	2024	466	457	2878.0	29.3	6.5	22.8

Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Matt Palmer	30	2009	2009	2	0	2.2	14.3	7.1	7.1
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	25	143.0	28.8	9.4	19.4

Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Pitch Summary

Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Matt Palmer	29-33	2008	2012	63	20	185.1	3086	91	1801	58.36
2	Max Scherzer	23-39	2008	2024	466	457	2878.0	42253	101	28132	66.58

Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Matt Palmer	30	2009	2009	2	0	2.2	47		30	63.83
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	25	143.0	2401	91	1546	64.39

Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Head-to-Head Pitching

Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Totals

Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Totals Table
Rk	Player	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
1	Matt Palmer	1	0	1.000	10.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	10	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	27	2.400	18.0	0.0	3.6	0.0
2	Max Scherzer	0	1	.000	6.23	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	4	8	3	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	21	1.615	8.3	0.0	6.2	4.2

Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Game Logs

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Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	Matt Palmer	LAA	2009-06-28	GS-6, W	5.0	10	6	6	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	27	12	22	7	3	0	0	0	0	13	0	2	1	3	21	79	48	-0.1	-3.02			0.91
2	Max Scherzer	ARI	2009-06-28	GS-5, L	4.1	4	8	3	5	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	21	10	18	3	1	0	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	1	32	89	56	-0.4	-4.93			1.08

Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Batter vs. Pitcher

Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Matt Palmer (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Matt Palmer (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	2009	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0

Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Matt Palmer (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Matt Palmer (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2009	2009-06-28	LAA	ARI	down 2-0	t3	---	2	1 (0-0)	Foul Popfly: C (Behind Home)
2	2009	2009-06-28	LAA	ARI	ahead 2-4	t5	1--	0	2 (0-1)	Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B); J. Mathis to 3B

Matt Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Max Scherzer (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Matt Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Max Scherzer (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	2009	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Matt Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Max Scherzer (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Matt Palmer (Pitcher) vs. Max Scherzer (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2009	2009-06-28	ARI	LAA	ahead 0-2	b2	---	1	2 (0-1)	Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
2	2009	2009-06-28	ARI	LAA	down 4-2	b4	12-	1	3 (2-0)	Bunt Groundout: C-2B/Sacrifice; A. Romero to 3B; A. Ojeda to 2B

Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Batting Comparison

Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Batting Totals

Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Matt Palmer	29-33	2008	2012	9	12	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.200	.273	.200	.473	27	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	Max Scherzer	23-39	2008	2024	238	529	464	31	78	6	0	1	30	3	0	13	161	.168	.194	.188	.381	2	87	5	2	49	1	0

Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	18	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0

Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Batting Value

Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Matt Palmer	29-33	2008	2012	9	12	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0	0	0	0
2	Max Scherzer	23-39	2008	2024	238	529	1.0	0.9	1.0	0.0	-68	1	-1	0

Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Batting Sabermetric

Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Matt Palmer	29-33	2008	2012	9	12	0	3	4	9	1	.400	1	-1	-0.1	.000	2.0		0
2	Max Scherzer	23-39	2008	2024	238	529	7	93	99	441	24	.254	60	-71	-7.1	.019	2.9	100.0	3

Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Matt Palmer	30	2009	2009	2	0	0	0	0	0			0						0
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	18	0	0	0	18	0	.000	0			.000	2.3		0

Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Batting Win Probability

Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Matt Palmer	29-33	2008	2012	9	12	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.55	0.1	-0.27	0.91
2	Max Scherzer	23-39	2008	2024	238	529	-5.0	-6.4	0.8	-58.66	-5.8	-68.53	0.89

Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Head-to-Head Batting

Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Totals

Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Matt Palmer	1	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Max Scherzer	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Game Logs

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Max Scherzer vs. Matt Palmer: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Matt Palmer	LAA	2009-06-28	*	6	9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.53	0.056	0.82	0.05%	0.68			P
2	Max Scherzer	ARI	2009-06-28	*	5	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.51	-0.049	0.06	0.00%	-0.49			P

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