Clayton Kershaw vs. Max Scherzer: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Clayton Kershaw vs. Max Scherzer: Pitching Comparison

Clayton Kershaw vs. Max Scherzer: Totals

Clayton Kershaw 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	Clayton Kershaw	20-36	2008	2024	212	94	.693	2.50	432	429	1	25	15	0	2742.2	2091	835	762	227	678	28	2968	44	25	103	10816	2914	156	2.83	1.010	6.9	0.7	2.2	9.7
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

Clayton Kershaw 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	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	13	13	.500	4.49	39	32	2	0	0	1	194.1	165	102	97	30	51	5	213	4	0	11	788	225		3.03	1.111	7.6	1.4	2.4	9.9
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

Clayton Kershaw vs. Max Scherzer: Value

Clayton Kershaw vs. Max Scherzer: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Clayton Kershaw	20-36	2008	2024	432	429	2742.2	76.5	54.4
2	Max Scherzer	23-39	2008	2024	466	457	2878.0	74.5	49.9

Clayton Kershaw vs. Max Scherzer: Totals Against

Clayton Kershaw 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	Clayton Kershaw	20-36	2008	2024	432	429	2742.2	2914	9962	1432	400	32	85	78	52.15	71	195	90	33	.210	.262	.325	.587	64	.115	.274	858	3236	659	2813	2914
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

Clayton Kershaw 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	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	39	32	194.1	225	721	106	27	2	4	4	50.00	3	12	6	5	.229	.282	.397	.678		.168	.280	90	286	59	220	225
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

Clayton Kershaw vs. Max Scherzer: Starting & Relieving

Clayton Kershaw 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	Clayton Kershaw	20-36	2008	2024	295	69	62.0	0	0		0		1	3
2	Max Scherzer	23-39	2008	2024	291	64	59.7	5	0	0	0		2	9

Clayton Kershaw 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	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	16	50	53.9	4	0	0	1	50.0	2	7
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	11	44	56.6	0	0		1	50.0	1	5

Clayton Kershaw vs. Max Scherzer: Ratios

Clayton Kershaw vs. Max Scherzer: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Clayton Kershaw	20-36	2008	2024	432	429	2742.2	27.4	6.3	21.2
2	Max Scherzer	23-39	2008	2024	466	457	2878.0	29.3	6.5	22.8

Clayton Kershaw vs. Max Scherzer: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	39	32	194.1	27.0	6.5	20.6
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	25	143.0	28.8	9.4	19.4

Clayton Kershaw vs. Max Scherzer: Pitch Summary

Clayton Kershaw vs. Max Scherzer: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Clayton Kershaw	20-36	2008	2024	432	429	2742.2	39005	97	25760	66.04
2	Max Scherzer	23-39	2008	2024	466	457	2878.0	42253	101	28132	66.58

Clayton Kershaw vs. Max Scherzer: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	39	32	194.1	3051	91	2024	66.34
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	25	143.0	2401	91	1546	64.39

Clayton Kershaw vs. Max Scherzer: Head-to-Head Pitching

Clayton Kershaw vs. Max Scherzer: Totals

Clayton Kershaw 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	1	.500	2.65	3	3	0	0	0	0	17.0	12	5	5	0	5	0	25	2	0	0	68	1.000	6.4	0.0	2.6	13.2
2	Clayton Kershaw	1	1	.500	3.71	3	3	0	0	0	0	17.0	20	7	7	2	1	0	14	0	0	2	71	1.235	10.6	1.1	0.5	7.4

Clayton Kershaw 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	Clayton Kershaw	1	1	.500	4.63	3	2	1	0	0	1	11.2	14	6	6	0	2	0	12	2	0	0	54	1.371	10.8	0.0	1.5	9.3
2	Max Scherzer	0	1	.000	3.46	3	2	0	0	0	0	13.0	10	5	5	3	2	0	15	1	0	1	50	0.923	6.9	2.1	1.4	10.4

Clayton Kershaw vs. Max Scherzer: Game Logs

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Clayton Kershaw 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	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	2021-04-11	GS-6, W	6.0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	23	5	23	5	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	68	86	54	0.4	3.16			1.10
2	Max Scherzer	WSN	2021-04-11	GS-6, L	6.0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	21	4	20	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	66	90	54	0.2	2.16			0.80
3	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	2018-04-20	GS-7, L	7.0	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	29	9	29	6	3	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	3	47	85	64	-0.1	-0.69			0.69
4	Max Scherzer	WSN	2018-04-20	GS-6, W	6.0	4	1	1	0	0	3	0	9	2	0	0	26	9	21	2	1	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	2	66	106	68	0.3	1.84			1.14
5	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	2008-09-07	GS-4	4.0	6	3	3	0	2	1	0	4	0	0	0	19	7	18	2	2	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	4	41	92	54	-0.1	-1.00			1.21
6	Max Scherzer	ARI	2008-09-07	GS-6	5.0	5	3	3	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	21	6	19	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	1	55	94	61	-0.1	-0.85			1.02

Clayton Kershaw vs. Max Scherzer: Batter vs. Pitcher

Clayton Kershaw (Pitcher) vs. Max Scherzer (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Clayton Kershaw (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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0
2	2018	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	2021	1	1	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

Clayton Kershaw (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	2016	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Clayton Kershaw (Pitcher) vs. Max Scherzer (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Clayton Kershaw (Pitcher) vs. Max Scherzer (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2008	2008-09-07	LAD	ARI	ahead 1-2	b2	1--	1	2 (1-0)	Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice (Weak 2B-1B); B. DeWitt to 2B
2	2018	2018-04-20	LAD	WSN	down 2-0	b3	---	0	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
3	2018	2018-04-20	LAD	WSN	down 3-0	b5	---	1	3 (1-1)	Flyball: LF (Short LF Line)
4	2021	2021-04-11	LAD	WSN	ahead 0-1	b3	---	0	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Clayton Kershaw (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Clayton Kershaw (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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	2018	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	2021	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0	0	0	0

Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Clayton Kershaw (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	2016	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. Clayton Kershaw (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Clayton Kershaw (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2008	2008-09-07	ARI	LAD	down 2-1	t2	---	1	7 (3-2)	Strikeout Looking
2	2008	2008-09-07	ARI	LAD	ahead 2-3	t4	-2-	1	1 (0-0)	Groundout: 2B-1B; C. Snyder to 3B
3	2018	2018-04-20	WSN	LAD	ahead 0-2	t2	---	2	6 (1-2)	Strikeout Looking
4	2018	2018-04-20	WSN	LAD	ahead 0-2	t5	-2-	1	2 (1-0)	Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF-RF); M. Taylor to 3B
5	2021	2021-04-11	WSN	LAD	down 1-0	t3	---	0	6 (3-2)	Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF)
6	2021	2021-04-11	WSN	LAD	down 1-0	t5	---	1	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Looking

Clayton Kershaw vs. Max Scherzer: Batting Comparison

Clayton Kershaw vs. Max Scherzer: Batting Totals

Clayton Kershaw 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	Clayton Kershaw	20-36	2008	2024	357	847	698	46	113	11	1	1	40	1	0	34	211	.162	.205	.185	.390	9	129	15	4	110	1	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

Clayton Kershaw 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	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	40	52	39	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	13	.154	.267	.179	.446	7	0	0	7	0	0
2	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

Clayton Kershaw vs. Max Scherzer: Batting Value

Clayton Kershaw vs. Max Scherzer: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Clayton Kershaw	20-36	2008	2024	357	847	2.8	2.8	2.9	0.0	-90	2	-3	0
2	Max Scherzer	23-39	2008	2024	238	529	1.0	0.9	1.0	0.0	-68	1	-1	0

Clayton Kershaw vs. Max Scherzer: Batting Sabermetric

Clayton Kershaw 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	Clayton Kershaw	20-36	2008	2024	357	847	13	151	166	711	33	.230	85	-91	-9.1	.023	3.3	100.0	1
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

Clayton Kershaw 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	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	40	52	1	12	12	40	3	.231	2			.026	3.0		0
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	18	0	0	0	18	0	.000	0			.000	2.3		0

Clayton Kershaw vs. Max Scherzer: Batting Win Probability

Clayton Kershaw vs. Max Scherzer: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Clayton Kershaw	20-36	2008	2024	357	847	-8.5	-9.0	-0.1	-104.04	-10.7	-98.17	0.94
2	Max Scherzer	23-39	2008	2024	238	529	-5.0	-6.4	0.8	-58.66	-5.8	-68.53	0.89

Clayton Kershaw vs. Max Scherzer: Head-to-Head Batting

Clayton Kershaw vs. Max Scherzer: Totals

Clayton Kershaw 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	3	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Clayton Kershaw	3	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Clayton Kershaw 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	Clayton Kershaw	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Max Scherzer	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Clayton Kershaw vs. Max Scherzer: Game Logs

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Clayton Kershaw 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	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	2021-04-11	*	6	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.81	-0.021	0.95	-0.02%	-0.25			P
2	Max Scherzer	WSN	2021-04-11	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.97	-0.050	0.86	-0.03%	-0.42			P
3	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	2018-04-20	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.86	-0.042	0.75	-0.02%	-0.38			P
4	Max Scherzer	WSN	2018-04-20	*	7	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.64	0.029	0.54	0.02%	0.40			P
5	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	2008-09-07	*	5	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	-0.016	5.32	-0.05%	-0.20			P
6	Max Scherzer	ARI	2008-09-07	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.97	-0.048	4.92	-0.15%	-0.48			P

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