Chris Sale vs. Max Scherzer: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Chris Sale vs. Max Scherzer: Pitching Comparison

Chris Sale vs. Max Scherzer: Totals

Chris Sale 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	Chris Sale	21-35	2010	2024	122	81	.601	3.12	347	267	25	16	3	12	1805.1	1469	676	626	196	422	15	2216	112	2	42	7275	2052	137	2.98	1.047	7.3	1.0	2.1	11.0
2	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	214	108	.665	3.15	457	448	2	12	5	0	2834.2	2306	1063	991	328	746	20	3367	111	7	76	11452	3221	134	3.17	1.077	7.3	1.0	2.4	10.7

Chris Sale 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	Chris Sale	28-32	2017	2021	1	3	.250	6.35	10	7	1	0	0	0	34.0	36	26	24	7	13	0	47	2	0	1	152	51		3.96	1.441	9.5	1.9	3.4	12.4
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	174		3.37	1.154	6.9	1.3	3.5	10.8

Chris Sale vs. Max Scherzer: Value

Chris Sale vs. Max Scherzer: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Chris Sale	21-35	2010	2024	347	267	1805.1	47.5	30.7
2	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	457	448	2834.2	74.1	49.9

Chris Sale vs. Max Scherzer: Totals Against

Chris Sale 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	Chris Sale	21-35	2010	2024	347	267	1805.1	2052	6688	966	287	20	83	35	70.34	15	124	22	31	.220	.276	.356	.633	71	.137	.296	665	2384	503	2003	2052
2	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	457	448	2834.2	3221	10478	1438	491	49	144	79	64.57	8	148	59	56	.220	.278	.370	.648	75	.150	.289	1096	3879	868	3163	3221

Chris Sale 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	Chris Sale	28-32	2017	2021	10	7	34.0	51	136											.265	.338					.354				51	51
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	25	143.0	174	524											.208	.295					.267				174	174

Chris Sale vs. Max Scherzer: Starting & Relieving

Chris Sale 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	Chris Sale	21-35	2010	2024	170	64	60.6	53	12	23	3	80.0	25	80
2	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	288	64	59.8	5	0	0	0		2	9

Chris Sale 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	Chris Sale	28-32	2017	2021									1	3
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023								100.0	1	5

Chris Sale vs. Max Scherzer: Ratios

Chris Sale vs. Max Scherzer: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Chris Sale	21-35	2010	2024	347	267	1805.1	30.5	5.8	24.7
2	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	457	448	2834.2	29.4	6.5	22.9

Chris Sale vs. Max Scherzer: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Chris Sale	28-32	2017	2021	10	7	34.0	30.9	8.6	22.4
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	25	143.0	28.8	9.4	19.4

Chris Sale vs. Max Scherzer: Pitch Summary

Chris Sale vs. Max Scherzer: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Chris Sale	21-35	2010	2024	347	267	1805.1	26642	101	17783	66.75
2	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	457	448	2834.2	41584	102	27672	66.54

Chris Sale vs. Max Scherzer: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Chris Sale	28-32	2017	2021	10	7	34.0
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	25	143.0

Chris Sale vs. Max Scherzer: Head-to-Head Pitching

Chris Sale vs. Max Scherzer: Totals

Chris Sale 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	Chris Sale	3	2	.600	1.72	7	4	1	0	0	0	36.2	22	9	7	5	6	1	50	1	0	0	136	0.764	5.4	1.2	1.5	12.3
2	Max Scherzer	3	3	.500	3.49	7	7	0	1	1	0	49.0	39	21	19	7	13	0	55	2	0	2	198	1.061	7.2	1.3	2.4	10.1

Chris Sale vs. Max Scherzer: Game Logs

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Chris Sale 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	Chris Sale	CHW	2014-08-30 (1)	GS-7, W	7.0	6	3	3	0	2	2	0	13	1	0	0	29	9	26	3	1	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	3	64.0	119	82	0.0	0.15			0.74
2	Max Scherzer	DET	2014-08-30 (1)	GS-7, L	6.2	9	6	5	1	2	0	0	11	0	0	0	30	10	30	6	1	0	1	0	0	16	0	0	0	3	45.0	113	84	-0.5	-3.06			0.67
3	Chris Sale	CHW	2014-06-12	GS-7, L	7.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	25	5	25	4	0	0	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	1	73.0	116	78	0.2	2.15			0.87
4	Max Scherzer	DET	2014-06-12	SHO, W	9.0	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	8	0	0	0	34	7	31	1	2	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	86.0	113	73	0.5	4.05			1.02
5	Chris Sale	CHW	2013-09-09	GS-8, W	8.0	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	8	0	0	0	28	5	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	77.0	114	77	0.3	3.03			0.66
6	Max Scherzer	DET	2013-09-09	GS-4, L	4.0	6	5	4	1	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	19	8	17	5	1	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	36.0	90	56	-0.2	-2.99			0.82
7	Chris Sale	CHW	2013-07-22	GS-8, L	8.0	7	4	2	2	1	3	1	11	0	0	0	34	11	31	6	0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	64.0	119	78	-0.1	0.03			0.91
8	Max Scherzer	DET	2013-07-22	GS-8, W	8.0	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	27	4	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	2	71.0	105	73	0.3	2.03			0.98
9	Chris Sale	CHW	2011-07-27	7-9, H	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		33	22	0.4	1.48	0	0	1.71
10	Max Scherzer	DET	2011-07-27	GS-6, L	6.0	6	2	2	0	1	4	0	8	0	0	1	27	10	23	5	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	56.0	116	71	0.0	1.19			0.76
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Chris Sale vs. Max Scherzer: Batting Comparison

Chris Sale vs. Max Scherzer: Batting Totals

Chris Sale 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	Chris Sale	21-35	2010	2024	14	27	26	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	.115	.115	.154	.269	-26	4	0	0	1	0	0
2	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	238	529	464	31	78	6	0	1	30	3	0	13	161	.168	.194	.188	.381	2	87	5	2	49	1	0

Chris Sale 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

Chris Sale vs. Max Scherzer: Batting Value

Chris Sale vs. Max Scherzer: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Chris Sale	21-35	2010	2024	14	27	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-5	0	0	0
2	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	238	529	1.0	0.9	1.0	0.0	-68	1	-1	0

Chris Sale vs. Max Scherzer: Batting Sabermetric

Chris Sale 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	Chris Sale	21-35	2010	2024	14	27	1	3	3	24	1	.250	1	-6	-0.6	.038	1.9		0
2	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	238	529	7	93	99	441	24	.254	60	-71	-7.1	.019	2.9	100.00	3

Chris Sale 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	Chris Sale	28-32	2017	2021	10	0	0	0	0	0			0						0
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	18	0	0	0	18		.000	0			.000	2.3		0

Chris Sale vs. Max Scherzer: Batting Win Probability

Chris Sale vs. Max Scherzer: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Chris Sale	21-35	2010	2024	14	27	-0.4	-0.4	0.1	-4.61		-4.70	1.04
2	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	238	529	-5.0	-6.4	0.8	-58.66		-68.53	0.89

Chris Sale vs. Max Scherzer: Head-to-Head Batting

Chris Sale vs. Max Scherzer: Totals

Chris Sale 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	Chris Sale	7
2	Max Scherzer	7

Chris Sale vs. Max Scherzer: Game Logs

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Chris Sale 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	Chris Sale	CHW	2014-08-30 (1)																																	P
2	Max Scherzer	DET	2014-08-30 (1)																																	P
3	Chris Sale	CHW	2014-06-12																																	P
4	Max Scherzer	DET	2014-06-12																																	P
5	Chris Sale	CHW	2013-09-09																																	P
6	Max Scherzer	DET	2013-09-09																																	P
7	Chris Sale	CHW	2013-07-22																																	P
8	Max Scherzer	DET	2013-07-22																																	P
9	Chris Sale	CHW	2011-07-27																																	P
10	Max Scherzer	DET	2011-07-27																																	P
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