Yu Darvish vs. Max Scherzer: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Yu Darvish vs. Max Scherzer: Pitching Comparison

Yu Darvish vs. Max Scherzer: Totals

Yu Darvish 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	Yu Darvish	25-37	2012	2024	103	86	.545	3.60	271	271	0	2	1	0	1648.0	1349	692	659	207	532	8	1951	75	6	78	6779	1995	117	3.52	1.141	7.4	1.1	2.9	10.7
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

Yu Darvish 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	Yu Darvish	25-35	2012	2022	4	6	.400	4.19	11	11	0	0	0	0	58.0	52	29	27	16	12	1	54	7	0	1	241	71		5.11	1.103	8.1	2.5	1.9	8.4
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

Yu Darvish vs. Max Scherzer: Value

Yu Darvish vs. Max Scherzer: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Yu Darvish	25-37	2012	2024	271	271	1648.0	31.6	17.2
2	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	457	448	2834.2	74.1	49.9

Yu Darvish vs. Max Scherzer: Totals Against

Yu Darvish 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	Yu Darvish	25-37	2012	2024	271	271	1648.0	1995	6114	847	267	28	166	25	86.91	4	104	12	45	.221	.289	.375	.664	81	.154	.285	669	2293	502	1956	1995
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

Yu Darvish 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	Yu Darvish	25-35	2012	2022	11	11	58.0	71	219											.237	.298					.242				71	71
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	25	143.0	174	524											.208	.295					.267				174	174

Yu Darvish vs. Max Scherzer: Starting & Relieving

Yu Darvish 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	Yu Darvish	25-37	2012	2024	156	58	57.6				0		0	0
2	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	288	64	59.8	5	0	0	0		2	9

Yu Darvish 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	Yu Darvish	25-35	2012	2022									0	0
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023								100.0	1	5

Yu Darvish vs. Max Scherzer: Ratios

Yu Darvish vs. Max Scherzer: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Yu Darvish	25-37	2012	2024	271	271	1648.0	28.8	7.8	20.9
2	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	457	448	2834.2	29.4	6.5	22.9

Yu Darvish vs. Max Scherzer: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Yu Darvish	25-35	2012	2022	11	11	58.0	22.4	5.0	17.4
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	25	143.0	28.8	9.4	19.4

Yu Darvish vs. Max Scherzer: Pitch Summary

Yu Darvish vs. Max Scherzer: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Yu Darvish	25-37	2012	2024	271	271	1648.0	23769	99	15348	64.57
2	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	457	448	2834.2	41584	102	27672	66.54

Yu Darvish vs. Max Scherzer: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Yu Darvish	25-35	2012	2022	11	11	58.0
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	25	143.0

Yu Darvish vs. Max Scherzer: Head-to-Head Pitching

Yu Darvish vs. Max Scherzer: Totals

Yu Darvish 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	2	1	.667	3.63	4	4	0	0	0	0	22.1	13	9	9	3	6	0	31	4	0	0	88	0.851	5.2	1.2	2.4	12.5
2	Yu Darvish	1	2	.333	6.45	4	4	0	0	0	0	22.1	23	16	16	2	3	0	22	1	0	0	94	1.164	9.3	0.8	1.2	8.9

Yu Darvish 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	1	.000	13.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.2	7	7	7	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	21	1.500	13.5	7.7	0.0	7.7
2	Yu Darvish	1	0	1.000	1.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	6	1	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	28	0.857	7.7	1.3	0.0	5.1

Yu Darvish vs. Max Scherzer: Game Logs

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Yu Darvish 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	Yu Darvish	SDP	2023-04-10	GS-7, L	6.1	6	5	5	0	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	27	8	24	4	2	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	1	2	45.0	104	67	0.0	-0.33			0.71	9.45	19.00
2	Max Scherzer	NYM	2023-04-10	GS-5, W	5.0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	0	0	0	18	4	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	68.0	97	61	0.3	2.57			1.11	24.85	39.00
3	Yu Darvish	SDP	2022-07-22	GS-7, W	7.0	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	26	5	25	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	73.0	99	68	0.3	2.31			0.81
4	Max Scherzer	NYM	2022-07-22	GS-6, L	6.0	5	2	2	0	1	1	0	8	1	0	0	25	8	21	2	2	0	0	0	0	10	1	2	0	3	61.0	93	62	0.0	0.84			1.04
5	Yu Darvish	SDP	2021-08-26	GS-6, L	6.0	5	4	4	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	24	6	22	1	2	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	1	4	51.0	102	67	-0.2	-1.18			0.53
6	Max Scherzer	LAD	2021-08-26	GS-8, W	7.2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	1	0	0	26	4	24	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	2	84.0	104	71	0.3	3.66			0.73
7	Yu Darvish	SDP	2021-07-08	GS-3	3.0	8	6	6	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	17	8	16	5	2	0	1	0	0	13	0	0	1	3	21.0			-0.4	-4.59			0.63
8	Max Scherzer	WSN	2021-07-08	GS-4	3.2	5	7	7	0	2	1	0	7	2	0	0	19	8	16	2	1	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	3	29.0			-0.2	-4.43			0.56

Yu Darvish vs. Max Scherzer: Batter vs. Pitcher

Yu Darvish (Pitcher) vs. Max Scherzer (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Yu Darvish (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	2021	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Yu Darvish (Pitcher) vs. Max Scherzer (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Yu Darvish (Pitcher) vs. Max Scherzer (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2021	2021-07-08	WSN	SDP	ahead 0-3	t2	---	1	2 (0-1)	Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
2	2021	2021-08-26	LAD	SDP	ahead 0-2	t3	---	0	4 (2-1)	Groundout: 3B-1B
3	2021	2021-08-26	LAD	SDP	ahead 0-4	t5	---	0	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Yu Darvish (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Yu Darvish (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	2021	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Yu Darvish (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Yu Darvish (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2021	2021-08-26	SDP	LAD	down 3-0	b3	-2-	1	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Yu Darvish vs. Max Scherzer: Batting Comparison

Yu Darvish vs. Max Scherzer: Batting Totals

Yu Darvish 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	Yu Darvish	25-37	2012	2024	82	165	152	4	15	4	0	1	5	0	0	3	83	.099	.121	.145	.266	-29	22	4	1	8	1	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

Yu Darvish 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	Yu Darvish	25-35	2012	2022	11	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	1	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

Yu Darvish vs. Max Scherzer: Batting Value

Yu Darvish vs. Max Scherzer: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Yu Darvish	25-37	2012	2024	82	165	-0.4	-0.4	-0.3	0.0	-28	-1	0	0
2	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	238	529	1.0	0.9	1.0	0.0	-68	1	-1	0

Yu Darvish vs. Max Scherzer: Batting Sabermetric

Yu Darvish 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	Yu Darvish	25-37	2012	2024	82	165	5	19	20	150	2	.203	8	-28	-2.8	.046	1.8		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

Yu Darvish 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	Yu Darvish	25-35	2012	2022	11	6	0	1	1	5		.000	1			.000	2.0		0
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	18	0	0	0	18		.000	0			.000	2.3		0

Yu Darvish vs. Max Scherzer: Batting Win Probability

Yu Darvish vs. Max Scherzer: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Yu Darvish	25-37	2012	2024	82	165	-2.6	-2.6	-0.3	-30.62		-29.40	0.89
2	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	238	529	-5.0	-6.4	0.8	-58.66		-68.53	0.89

Yu Darvish vs. Max Scherzer: Head-to-Head Batting

Yu Darvish vs. Max Scherzer: Totals

Yu Darvish 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	4	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Yu Darvish	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Yu Darvish 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	1
2	Yu Darvish	1

Yu Darvish vs. Max Scherzer: Game Logs

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Yu Darvish 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	Yu Darvish	SDP	2023-04-10																																	P
2	Max Scherzer	NYM	2023-04-10																																	P
3	Yu Darvish	SDP	2022-07-22																																	P
4	Max Scherzer	NYM	2022-07-22																																	P
5	Yu Darvish	SDP	2021-08-26	*	6	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.035	1.05	-0.02%	-0.35			P
6	Max Scherzer	LAD	2021-08-26	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.35	-0.026	0.31	-0.01%	-0.54			P
7	Yu Darvish	SDP	2021-07-08	*	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Max Scherzer	WSN	2021-07-08	*	4	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.25	-0.012	0.25	-0.01%	-0.37			P

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