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

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Justin Verlander

Clayton Kershaw

WAR

G

GS

IP

W-L

ERA

ERA+

SO

K%

BB

BB%

80.8

524

524

3405.0

261-147

3.29

130

3407

24.5

951

6.8

79.4

432

429

2742.2

212-94

2.50

156

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27.4

678

6.3

75.4

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457

2878.0

216-112

3.16

133

3407

29.3

756

6.5

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9

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3

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1

1

10

1

3

5

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8

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Pitching Comparison

Totals

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
3	Justin Verlander	22-41	2005	2024	261	147	.640	3.29	524	524	0	26	9	0	3405.0	2876	1345	1243	354	951	27	3407	114	19	97	13896	4028	130	3.42	1.124	7.6	0.9	2.5	9.0

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
3	Justin Verlander	23-40	2006	2023	17	12	.586	3.58	38	37	0	2	1	0	226.0	179	93	90	32	74	0	244	5	1	8	920	264		2.79	1.119	7.1	1.3	2.9	9.7

Value

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
3	Justin Verlander	22-41	2005	2024	524	524	3405.0	81.3	50.0

Totals Against

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
3	Justin Verlander	22-41	2005	2024	524	524	3405.0	4028	12707	1908	556	58	164	81	66.94	31	179	44	77	.226	.285	.363	.647	74	.136	.280	1330	4610	968	3941	4028

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
3	Justin Verlander	23-40	2006	2023	38	37	226.0	264	836	110	34	3	0	2	0.00	0	16	2	3	.214	.281	.377	.658		.163	.261	101	315	69	258	264

Starting & Relieving

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
3	Justin Verlander	22-41	2005	2024	346	66	58.2				0		0	0

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
3	Justin Verlander	23-40	2006	2023	18	49	57.4	1	1	100	0		0	1

Ratios

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
3	Justin Verlander	22-41	2005	2024	524	524	3405.0	24.5	6.8	17.7

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
3	Justin Verlander	23-40	2006	2023	38	37	226.0	26.5	8.0	18.5

Pitch Summary

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
3	Justin Verlander	22-41	2005	2024	524	524	3405.0	53782	106	35271	65.58

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	2531	91	1671	66.02
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	25	143.0	2069	90	1325	64.04
3	Justin Verlander	23-40	2006	2023	38	37	226.0	3371	101	2214	65.68

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