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Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: Pitching Comparison

Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: Totals

Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: 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	Jake Arrieta	24-35	2010	2021	115	93	.553	3.98	285	279	1	6	5	0	1612.1	1450	787	713	181	571	23	1433	64	1	79	6755	2153	104	4.00	1.253	8.1	1.0	3.2	8.0
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

Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: 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	Jake Arrieta	29-31	2015	2017	5	3	.625	3.08	9	9	0	1	1	0	52.2	36	19	18	6	21	1	66	5	0	3	218	62		2.85	1.082	6.2	1.0	3.6	11.3
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

Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: Value

Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Jake Arrieta	24-35	2010	2021	285	279	1612.1	21.2	7.5
2	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	457	448	2834.2	74.1	49.9

Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: Totals Against

Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: 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	Jake Arrieta	24-35	2010	2021	285	279	1612.1	2153	6045	957	287	25	167	42	79.90	8	135	33	40	.240	.310	.385	.696	90	.146	.284	748	2330	493	2085	2153
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

Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: 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	Jake Arrieta	29-31	2015	2017	9	9	52.2	62	190											.189	.287					.254				62	62
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	25	143.0	174	524											.208	.295					.267				174	174

Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: Starting & Relieving

Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Jake Arrieta	24-35	2010	2021	144	52	52.8	6	0	0	0		1	6
2	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	288	64	59.8	5	0	0	0		2	9

Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Jake Arrieta	29-31	2015	2017									0	0
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023								100.0	1	5

Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: Ratios

Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jake Arrieta	24-35	2010	2021	285	279	1612.1	21.2	8.5	12.8
2	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	457	448	2834.2	29.4	6.5	22.9

Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jake Arrieta	29-31	2015	2017	9	9	52.2	30.3	9.6	20.6
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	25	143.0	28.8	9.4	19.4

Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: Pitch Summary

Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jake Arrieta	24-35	2010	2021	285	279	1612.1	23643	94	14874	62.91
2	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	457	448	2834.2	41584	102	27672	66.54

Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jake Arrieta	29-31	2015	2017	9	9	52.2
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	25	143.0

Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: Head-to-Head Pitching

Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: Totals

Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: 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	Jake Arrieta	0	4	.000	5.61	5	5	0	0	0	0	25.2	27	17	16	4	12	1	14	0	0	3	112	1.519	9.5	1.4	4.2	4.9
2	Max Scherzer	4	0	1.000	1.48	5	5	0	0	0	0	30.1	23	5	5	1	10	1	49	2	0	0	124	1.088	6.8	0.3	3.0	14.5

Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: Game Logs

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Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: 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	Jake Arrieta	CHC	2021-05-19	GS-5, L	5.0	7	4	4	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	24	9	22	4	2	0	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	3	37	94	52	-0.2	-1.47			1.02
2	Max Scherzer	WSN	2021-05-19	GS-5, W	5.0	5	2	2	0	0	4	0	8	0	0	0	23	9	19	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	53	100	66	0.1	0.53			1.48
3	Jake Arrieta	PHI	2019-06-19 (2)	GS-6, L	6.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	20	3	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	66	85	53	0.2	2.24			0.79
4	Max Scherzer	WSN	2019-06-19 (2)	GS-7, W	7.0	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	10	0	0	0	27	6	25	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	77	117	76	0.5	3.78			1.24
5	Jake Arrieta	PHI	2018-05-06	GS-6	6.0	2	1	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	20	5	18	1	0	0	0	2	0	5	1	0	0	1	64	75	48	0.2	2.07			0.73
6	Max Scherzer	WSN	2018-05-06	GS-7	6.1	5	1	1	0	0	2	1	15	1	0	0	26	8	23	2	3	0	1	0	0	8	1	0	0	3	72	111	71	0.3	2.90			1.31
7	Jake Arrieta	CHC	2017-06-27	GS-5, L	4.0	6	6	5	1	0	6	0	4	0	0	1	24	13	18	6	0	0	7	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	26	98	52	-0.2	-2.86			1.12
8	Max Scherzer	WSN	2017-06-27	GS-6, W	6.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	21	3	20	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	70	93	62	0.2	2.23			0.77
9	Jake Arrieta	BAL	2013-06-17	GS-5, L	4.2	10	5	5	0	1	1	1	3	0	0	1	24	11	22	8	1	0	1	0	0	14	1	0	1	2	26	82	58	-0.3	-2.92			0.90
10	Max Scherzer	DET	2013-06-17	GS-6, W	6.0	7	1	1	0	1	2	0	10	0	0	0	27	9	25	6	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	62	113	75	0.2	2.02			1.24

Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: Batter vs. Pitcher

Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Jake Arrieta (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Jake Arrieta (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	2017	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	2018	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	2019	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	2021	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	8	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250	0	0	0	0	0

Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Jake Arrieta (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Jake Arrieta (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2017	2017-06-27	CHC	WSN	tied 1-1	t2	---	2	5 (2-2)	Flyball: LF (Short LF)
2	2017	2017-06-27	CHC	WSN	down 4-1	t5	---	1	6 (3-2)	Flyball: LF (Short LF)
3	2018	2018-05-06	PHI	WSN	down 1-0	t3	---	0	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging
4	2018	2018-05-06	PHI	WSN	down 1-0	t5	---	1	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging
5	2019	2019-06-19 (2)	PHI	WSN	down 1-0	t3	---	0	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Looking
6	2019	2019-06-19 (2)	PHI	WSN	down 1-0	t5	---	1	5 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
7	2021	2021-05-19	CHC	WSN	down 2-1	b3	---	0	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Looking
8	2021	2021-05-19	CHC	WSN	down 4-1	b5	---	1	4 (0-2)	Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF)

Jake Arrieta (Pitcher) vs. Max Scherzer (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jake Arrieta (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	2017	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	2018	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	2019	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	2021	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	8	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	0	0	0	0	0

Jake Arrieta (Pitcher) vs. Max Scherzer (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jake Arrieta (Pitcher) vs. Max Scherzer (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2017	2017-06-27	WSN	CHC	tied 1-1	b2	---	2	4 (1-2)	Flyball: RF (Short RF)
2	2017	2017-06-27	WSN	CHC	ahead 1-2	b4	-23	1	3 (1-1)	Single to SS (Ground Ball to Weak SS-2B); A. Rendon Scores; M. Taylor stays at 2B
3	2018	2018-05-06	WSN	PHI	ahead 0-1	b3	---	0	2 (0-1)	Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
4	2018	2018-05-06	WSN	PHI	ahead 0-1	b5	1--	2	3 (1-1)	Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B)
5	2019	2019-06-19 (2)	WSN	PHI	ahead 0-1	b3	---	1	2 (0-1)	Groundout: 3B-1B (P's Right)
6	2019	2019-06-19 (2)	WSN	PHI	ahead 0-1	b6	---	0	6 (2-2)	Lineout: RF (Deep CF-RF)
7	2021	2021-05-19	WSN	CHC	down 1-0	t3	---	0	3 (1-1)	Groundout: SS-1B
8	2021	2021-05-19	WSN	CHC	ahead 1-2	t4	-2-	1	2 (1-0)	Groundout: 3B-1B

Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: Batting Comparison

Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: Batting Totals

Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: 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	Jake Arrieta	24-35	2010	2021	199	426	382	25	63	6	4	6	27	0	0	16	197	.165	.201	.249	.449	20	95	5	1	27	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

Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: 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	Jake Arrieta	29-31	2015	2017	9	14	13	1	2	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	10	.154	.214	.385	.599	5	0	1	0	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

Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: Batting Value

Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Jake Arrieta	24-35	2010	2021	199	426	1.7	1.7	1.7	0.0	-45	1	-2	0
2	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	238	529	1.0	0.9	1.0	0.0	-68	1	-1	0

Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: Batting Sabermetric

Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: 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	Jake Arrieta	24-35	2010	2021	199	426	16	80	82	351	20	.318	46	-45	-4.6	.084	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

Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: 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	Jake Arrieta	29-31	2015	2017	9	14	1	3	3	11		.500	3			.231	1.3	100.00	1
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	18	0	0	0	18		.000	0			.000	2.3		0

Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: Batting Win Probability

Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Jake Arrieta	24-35	2010	2021	199	426	-4.7	-4.2	-0.9	-52.21		-46.29	0.91
2	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	238	529	-5.0	-6.4	0.8	-58.66		-68.53	0.89

Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: Head-to-Head Batting

Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: Totals

Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: 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	Jake Arrieta	5	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Max Scherzer	5	9	9	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	0	0	0	0

Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: Game Logs

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Max Scherzer vs. Jake Arrieta: 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	Jake Arrieta	CHC	2021-05-19	*	5	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.89	0.002	0.93	0.00%	0.02			P
2	Max Scherzer	WSN	2021-05-19	*	6	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.062	0.82	-0.03%	-0.60			P
3	Jake Arrieta	PHI	2019-06-19 (2)	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.98	-0.050	1.37	-0.04%	-0.43			P
4	Max Scherzer	WSN	2019-06-19 (2)	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.73	-0.038	0.53	-0.02%	-0.43			P
5	Jake Arrieta	PHI	2018-05-06	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.97	-0.049	1.25	-0.04%	-0.41			P
6	Max Scherzer	WSN	2018-05-06	*	7	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.81	-0.044	0.86	-0.03%	-0.48			P
7	Jake Arrieta	CHC	2017-06-27	*	5	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.53	-0.027	0.70	-0.02%	-0.29			P
8	Max Scherzer	WSN	2017-06-27	*	7	9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.71	0.047	0.71	0.03%	1.07			P
9	Jake Arrieta	BAL	2013-06-17																																	P
10	Max Scherzer	DET	2013-06-17																																	P

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