Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: Pitching Comparison

Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: Totals

Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: 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	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
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	101	62	.620	3.89	278	257	4	2	2	0	1454.2	1405	672	629	179	458	18	1290	38	3	41	6130	1946	105	4.01	1.281	8.7	1.1	2.8	8.0

Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: 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	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
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	4	4	.500	5.21	10	8	1	0	0	0	46.2	43	27	27	9	20	4	47	1	0	1	198	64		3.63	1.350	8.3	1.7	3.9	9.1

Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: Value

Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Max Scherzer	23-39	2008	2024	466	457	2878.0	74.5	49.9
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	278	257	1454.2	17.3	5.2

Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: Totals Against

Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: 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	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
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	278	257	1454.2	1946	5559	910	291	25	55	21	72.37	6	118	33	41	.253	.312	.411	.723	99	.158	.297	722	2283	495	1901	1946

Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: 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	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
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	10	8	46.2	64	177	22	11	1	1	0	100.00	0	5	0	0	.243	.323	.469	.792		.226	.281	35	83	21	64	64

Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: Starting & Relieving

Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Max Scherzer	23-39	2008	2024	291	64	59.7	5	0	0	0		2	9
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	115	45	52.4	8	6	75	1	0.0	4	21

Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	11	44	56.6	0	0		1	50.0	1	5
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	4	50	54.9	0	0				1	2

Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: Ratios

Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Max Scherzer	23-39	2008	2024	466	457	2878.0	29.3	6.5	22.8
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	278	257	1454.2	21.0	7.5	13.6

Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	25	143.0	28.8	9.4	19.4
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	10	8	46.2	23.7	10.1	13.6

Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: Pitch Summary

Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Max Scherzer	23-39	2008	2024	466	457	2878.0	42253	101	28132	66.58
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	278	257	1454.2	20631	89	13382	64.86

Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	25	143.0	2401	91	1546	64.39
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	10	8	46.2	788	90	488	61.93

Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: Head-to-Head Pitching

Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: Totals

Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: 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	Michael Wacha	1	0	1.000	1.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	5	1	1	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	28	1.000	6.4	0.0	2.6	7.7
2	Max Scherzer	0	1	.000	2.57	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	6	2	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	27	0.857	7.7	0.0	0.0	5.1

Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: Game Logs

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Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: 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	Max Scherzer	WSN	2015-04-23	GS-7, L	7.0	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	27	7	26	5	1	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	61	82	60	0.1	1.31			0.99
2	Michael Wacha	STL	2015-04-23	GS-7, W	7.0	5	1	1	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	28	8	26	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	67	95	61	0.3	2.31			1.53

Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: Batter vs. Pitcher

Michael Wacha (Pitcher) vs. Max Scherzer (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Michael Wacha (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	2015	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Michael Wacha (Pitcher) vs. Max Scherzer (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Michael Wacha (Pitcher) vs. Max Scherzer (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2015	2015-04-23	STL	WSN	ahead 0-1	t3	---	0	3 (1-1)	Lineout: RF (CF-RF)
2	2015	2015-04-23	STL	WSN	tied 1-1	t6	---	0	2 (1-0)	Lineout: RF
3	2015	2015-04-23	STL	WSN	ahead 1-2	t7	1--	2	4 (1-2)	Groundout: 1B unassisted

Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Michael Wacha (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Michael Wacha (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	2015	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Michael Wacha (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Michael Wacha (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2015	2015-04-23	WSN	STL	down 1-0	b2	1--	2	2 (0-1)	Groundout: P-1B (Front of Home)
2	2015	2015-04-23	WSN	STL	down 1-0	b5	-2-	0	1 (0-0)	Reached on E3 (catch) (Ground Ball to SS-3B Hole to SS); D. Espinosa to 3B/Adv on throw to 1B

Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: Batting Comparison

Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: Batting Totals

Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: 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	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
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	159	290	251	16	23	2	0	0	16	1	0	9	125	.092	.123	.100	.222	-39	25	3	0	29	1	0

Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: 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
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	10	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: Batting Value

Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Max Scherzer	23-39	2008	2024	238	529	1.0	0.9	1.0	0.0	-68	1	-1	0
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	159	290	-0.7	-0.7	-0.7	0.0	-49	1	-1	0

Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: Batting Sabermetric

Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: 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	Max Scherzer	23-39	2008	2024	238	529	7	93	99	441	24	.254	60	-71	-7.1	.019	2.9	100.0	3
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	159	290	2	32	38	261	5	.181	32	-50	-4.9	.008	2.0	100.0	1

Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: 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	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	18	0	0	0	18	0	.000	0			.000	2.3		0
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	10	10	0	0	0	10	0	.000	2			.000	1.3		0

Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: Batting Win Probability

Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Max Scherzer	23-39	2008	2024	238	529	-5.0	-6.4	0.8	-58.66	-5.8	-68.53	0.89
2	Michael Wacha	21-32	2013	2024	159	290	-4.1	-4.6	0.3	-44.91	-4.5	-49.96	0.93

Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: Head-to-Head Batting

Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: Totals

Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: 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	Michael Wacha	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Max Scherzer	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: Game Logs

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Michael Wacha vs. Max Scherzer: 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	Max Scherzer	WSN	2015-04-23	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.076	1.29	0.04%	0.51			P
2	Michael Wacha	STL	2015-04-23	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.080	1.20	-0.06%	-0.67			P

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