Adam Wainwright vs. Max Scherzer: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Adam Wainwright vs. Max Scherzer: Pitching Comparison

Adam Wainwright vs. Max Scherzer: Totals

Adam Wainwright 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	Adam Wainwright	23-41	2005	2023	200	128	.610	3.53	478	411	13	28	11	3	2668.1	2577	1117	1047	233	736	40	2202	81	4	51	11116	3476	114	3.54	1.242	8.7	0.8	2.5	7.4

Adam Wainwright 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	Adam Wainwright	24-39	2006	2021	4	5	.444	2.83	29	16	9	1	0	4	114.1	105	39	36	11	22	1	123	2	0	4	464	131		2.70	1.111	8.3	0.9	1.7	9.7

Adam Wainwright vs. Max Scherzer: Value

Adam Wainwright 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	Adam Wainwright	23-41	2005	2023	478	411	2668.1	40.9	19.4

Adam Wainwright vs. Max Scherzer: Totals Against

Adam Wainwright 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	Adam Wainwright	23-41	2005	2023	478	411	2668.1	3476	10139	1766	533	45	71	50	58.68	4	256	101	59	.254	.308	.385	.693	91	.130	.302	1224	3899	811	3394	3476

Adam Wainwright 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	Adam Wainwright	24-39	2006	2021	29	16	114.1	131	434	73	17	4	1	0	100.00	0	6	4	2	.242	.280	.376	.656		.134	.311	50	163	32	129	131

Adam Wainwright vs. Max Scherzer: Starting & Relieving

Adam Wainwright 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	Adam Wainwright	23-41	2005	2023	246	60	54.4	15	4	27	2	60.0	13	67

Adam Wainwright 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	Adam Wainwright	24-39	2006	2021	9	56	56.8	9	4	44	1	80.0	9	13

Adam Wainwright vs. Max Scherzer: Ratios

Adam Wainwright 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	Adam Wainwright	23-41	2005	2023	478	411	2668.1	19.8	6.6	13.2

Adam Wainwright 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	Adam Wainwright	24-39	2006	2021	29	16	114.1	26.5	4.7	21.8

Adam Wainwright vs. Max Scherzer: Pitch Summary

Adam Wainwright 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	Adam Wainwright	23-41	2005	2023	478	411	2668.1	38620	98	24773	64.15

Adam Wainwright 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	Adam Wainwright	24-39	2006	2021	29	16	114.1	1787	97	1170	65.47

Adam Wainwright vs. Max Scherzer: Head-to-Head Pitching

Adam Wainwright vs. Max Scherzer: Totals

Adam Wainwright 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	Max Scherzer	0	2	.000	5.40	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.2	14	9	7	2	2	0	15	0	0	0	51	1.371	10.8	1.5	1.5	11.6
2	Adam Wainwright	2	0	1.000	1.38	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.0	15	3	2	0	6	0	5	1	0	1	59	1.615	10.4	0.0	4.2	3.5

Adam Wainwright 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	Max Scherzer	1	0	1.000	0.79	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.1	4	1	1	0	5	0	15	1	0	1	44	0.794	3.2	0.0	4.0	11.9
2	Adam Wainwright	0	1	.000	2.84	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.2	11	4	4	2	3	1	16	0	0	0	51	1.105	7.8	1.4	2.1	11.4

Adam Wainwright vs. Max Scherzer: Game Logs

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Adam Wainwright 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	2019-09-18	GS-7, L	6.2	7	5	5	0	2	0	0	11	0	0	0	27	7	27	3	2	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	4	51	109	77	-0.1	-1.55			0.70
2	Adam Wainwright	STL	2019-09-18	GS-7, W	7.0	8	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	29	10	28	7	1	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	61	97	69	0.3	2.56			1.35
3	Max Scherzer	ARI	2008-09-24	GS-5, L	5.0	7	4	2	2	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	24	11	20	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	1	1	0	43	85	51	-0.2	-1.50			1.25
4	Adam Wainwright	STL	2008-09-24	GS-7, W	6.0	7	2	2	0	0	5	0	2	1	0	1	30	13	24	5	2	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	2	47	105	54	0.1	0.62			1.48

Adam Wainwright vs. Max Scherzer: Batter vs. Pitcher

Adam Wainwright (Pitcher) vs. Max Scherzer (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Adam Wainwright (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	2008	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
2	2019	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Adam Wainwright (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	2019	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	2021	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Adam Wainwright (Pitcher) vs. Max Scherzer (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Adam Wainwright (Pitcher) vs. Max Scherzer (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2008	2008-09-24	STL	ARI	tied 0-0	b2	12-	0	1 (0-0)	Reached on E1 (throw)/Sacrifice Bunt (Bunt to Front of Home); J. Phelps Scores/No RBI; M. Johnson Scores/unER/No RBI; A. Wainwright to 2B
2	2008	2008-09-24	STL	ARI	tied 2-2	b4	1-3	0	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
3	2019	2019-09-18	STL	WSN	ahead 0-1	b3	---	1	5 (2-2)	Lineout: LF (Deep LF-CF)
4	2019	2019-09-18	STL	WSN	ahead 0-2	b6	---	0	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Adam Wainwright (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Adam Wainwright (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	2008	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
2	2019	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	0	0	0	0	0

Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Adam Wainwright (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	2019	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	2021	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Adam Wainwright (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Adam Wainwright (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2008	2008-09-24	ARI	STL	down 2-0	t3	---	0	6 (3-2)	Walk
2	2008	2008-09-24	ARI	STL	down 3-2	t5	---	0	4 (1-2)	Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
3	2019	2019-09-18	WSN	STL	tied 0-0	t2	12-	2	1 (0-0)	Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); V. Robles out at Hm; Y. Gomes to 2B
4	2019	2019-09-18	WSN	STL	down 1-0	t5	1--	0	3 (0-2)	Strikeout (foul bunt)
5	2019	2019-09-18	WSN	STL	down 2-0	t7	-2-	1	1 (0-0)	Groundout: SS-1B

Adam Wainwright vs. Max Scherzer: Batting Comparison

Adam Wainwright vs. Max Scherzer: Batting Totals

Adam Wainwright 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	Adam Wainwright	23-41	2005	2023	426	848	744	55	143	39	2	10	75	0	2	27	250	.192	.220	.290	.510	37	216	11	0	74	3	0

Adam Wainwright 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	Adam Wainwright	24-39	2006	2021	29	32	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	0	0	5	0	0

Adam Wainwright vs. Max Scherzer: Batting Value

Adam Wainwright 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	Adam Wainwright	23-41	2005	2023	426	848	4.3	4.1	4.4	0.0	-68	0	-5	0

Adam Wainwright vs. Max Scherzer: Batting Sabermetric

Adam Wainwright 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	Adam Wainwright	23-41	2005	2023	426	848	51	170	178	691	55	.273	120	-71	-7.0	.098	3.0	0.0	2

Adam Wainwright 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	Adam Wainwright	24-39	2006	2021	29	32	0	3	3	29	0	.000	1			.000	2.0		0

Adam Wainwright vs. Max Scherzer: Batting Win Probability

Adam Wainwright 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	Adam Wainwright	23-41	2005	2023	426	848	-5.6	-6.9	1.0	-72.68	-7.4	-77.11	0.94

Adam Wainwright vs. Max Scherzer: Head-to-Head Batting

Adam Wainwright vs. Max Scherzer: Totals

Adam Wainwright 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	Max Scherzer	2	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Adam Wainwright	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Adam Wainwright 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	Max Scherzer	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Adam Wainwright	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Adam Wainwright vs. Max Scherzer: Game Logs

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Adam Wainwright 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	2019-09-18	*	7	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.89	-0.145	2.21	-0.10%	-1.17			P
2	Adam Wainwright	STL	2019-09-18	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.55	-0.028	1.40	-0.04%	-0.40			P
3	Max Scherzer	ARI	2008-09-24	*	6	9	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.009	1.18	0.01%	0.15			P
4	Adam Wainwright	STL	2008-09-24	*	7	8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	0.070	0.00	0.00%	0.81			P

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