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Max Scherzer vs. Randy Johnson: Pitching Comparison

Max Scherzer vs. Randy Johnson: Totals

Max Scherzer vs. Randy Johnson: 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	Randy Johnson	24-45	1988	2009	303	166	.646	3.29	618	603	7	100	37	2	4135.1	3346	1703	1513	411	1497	37	4875	190	33	109	17067	5220	135	3.19	1.171	7.3	0.9	3.3	10.6
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. Randy Johnson: 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	Randy Johnson	31-42	1995	2006	7	9	.438	3.50	19	16	2	3	2	0	121.0	106	51	47	15	32	2	132	0	0	0	493	138		3.11	1.140	7.9	1.1	2.4	9.8
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. Randy Johnson: Value

Max Scherzer vs. Randy Johnson: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Randy Johnson	24-45	1988	2009	618	603	4135.1	103.5	67.4
2	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	457	448	2834.2	74.1	49.9

Max Scherzer vs. Randy Johnson: Totals Against

Max Scherzer vs. Randy Johnson: 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	Randy Johnson	24-45	1988	2009	618	603	4135.1	5220	15159	2217	660	58	457	224	67.11	58	251	131	89	.221	.297	.353	.650	71	.133	.295	1604	5355	1129	5033	5220
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. Randy Johnson: 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	Randy Johnson	31-42	1995	2006	19	16	121.0	138	451											.235	.286					.299				138	138
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	25	143.0	174	524											.208	.295					.267				174	174

Max Scherzer vs. Randy Johnson: Starting & Relieving

Max Scherzer vs. Randy Johnson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Randy Johnson	24-45	1988	2009	403	67	59.9	7	4	57	2	50.0	7	15
2	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	288	64	59.8	5	0	0	0		2	9

Max Scherzer vs. Randy Johnson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Randy Johnson	31-42	1995	2006									2	3
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023								100.0	1	5

Max Scherzer vs. Randy Johnson: Ratios

Max Scherzer vs. Randy Johnson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Randy Johnson	24-45	1988	2009	618	603	4135.1	28.6	8.8	19.8
2	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	457	448	2834.2	29.4	6.5	22.9

Max Scherzer vs. Randy Johnson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Randy Johnson	31-42	1995	2006	19	16	121.0	26.8	6.5	20.3
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	25	143.0	28.8	9.4	19.4

Max Scherzer vs. Randy Johnson: Pitch Summary

Max Scherzer vs. Randy Johnson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Randy Johnson	24-45	1988	2009	618	603	4135.1	29515	111	19541	66.21
2	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	457	448	2834.2	41584	102	27672	66.54

Max Scherzer vs. Randy Johnson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Randy Johnson	31-42	1995	2006	19	16	121.0
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	25	143.0

Max Scherzer vs. Randy Johnson: Head-to-Head Pitching

Max Scherzer vs. Randy Johnson: Totals

Max Scherzer vs. Randy Johnson: 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	2	.000	4.66	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.2	8	5	5	1	6	0	12	0	0	0	43	1.448	7.4	0.9	5.6	11.2
2	Randy Johnson	1	0	1.000	1.74	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.1	4	2	2	1	9	0	9	0	0	1	41	1.258	3.5	0.9	7.8	7.8

Max Scherzer vs. Randy Johnson: Game Logs

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Max Scherzer vs. Randy Johnson: 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	Randy Johnson	SFG	2009-04-25	GS-4	3.1	3	2	2	0	1	7	0	2	0	0	1	19	10	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	2	41	81	42	-0.1	-0.85			1.29
2	Max Scherzer	ARI	2009-04-25	GS-5, L	4.2	5	4	4	0	1	2	0	6	0	0	0	21	7	19	2	2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	3	42	98	62	-0.3	-1.50			1.23
3	Randy Johnson	SFG	2009-04-19	GS-7, W	7.0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	22	3	19	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	80	73	49	0.5	3.56			1.27
4	Max Scherzer	ARI	2009-04-19	GS-5, L	5.0	3	1	1	0	0	4	0	6	0	0	0	22	7	17	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	59	104	66	0.1	1.54			1.34

Max Scherzer vs. Randy Johnson: Batter vs. Pitcher

Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Randy Johnson (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Randy Johnson (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	2009	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Randy Johnson (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Randy Johnson (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2009	2009-04-19	SFG	ARI	tied 0-0	b3	---	0	6 (2-2)	Strikeout Looking
2	2009	2009-04-19	SFG	ARI	ahead 0-1	b4	123	2	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging
3	2009	2009-04-25	SFG	ARI	tied 0-0	t3	---	0	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Looking

Randy Johnson (Pitcher) vs. Max Scherzer (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Randy Johnson (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	2009	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	0	0	0	0	0

Randy Johnson (Pitcher) vs. Max Scherzer (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Randy Johnson (Pitcher) vs. Max Scherzer (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2009	2009-04-19	ARI	SFG	tied 0-0	t3	---	2	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Looking
2	2009	2009-04-25	ARI	SFG	tied 0-0	b3	---	0	4 (1-2)	Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
3	2009	2009-04-25	ARI	SFG	ahead 0-2	b4	1--	0	1 (0-0)	Foul Bunt Popfly: C (Behind Home)

Max Scherzer vs. Randy Johnson: Batting Comparison

Max Scherzer vs. Randy Johnson: Batting Totals

Max Scherzer vs. Randy Johnson: 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	Randy Johnson	24-45	1988	2009	273	691	625	20	78	14	0	1	40	0	0	19	296	.125	.153	.152	.305	-22	95	10	2	44	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

Max Scherzer vs. Randy Johnson: 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	Randy Johnson	31-42	1995	2006	19	24	24	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	13	.083	.083	.125	.208	3	0	0	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. Randy Johnson: Batting Value

Max Scherzer vs. Randy Johnson: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Randy Johnson	24-45	1988	2009	273	691	-2.5	-2.5	-2.4	0.0	-118	-1	-3	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. Randy Johnson: Batting Sabermetric

Max Scherzer vs. Randy Johnson: 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	Randy Johnson	24-45	1988	2009	273	691	15	99	106	602	14	.234	59	-117	-11.4	.027	2.1		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. Randy Johnson: 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	Randy Johnson	31-42	1995	2006	19	24	1	2	2	22		.182	3			.042	1.8		0
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	18	0	0	0	18		.000	0			.000	2.3		0

Max Scherzer vs. Randy Johnson: Batting Win Probability

Max Scherzer vs. Randy Johnson: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Randy Johnson	24-45	1988	2009	273	691	-10.1	-10.7	-0.2	-116.75		-125.14	0.92
2	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	238	529	-5.0	-6.4	0.8	-58.66		-68.53	0.89

Max Scherzer vs. Randy Johnson: Head-to-Head Batting

Max Scherzer vs. Randy Johnson: Totals

Max Scherzer vs. Randy Johnson: 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	2	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	Randy Johnson	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Max Scherzer vs. Randy Johnson: Game Logs

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Max Scherzer vs. Randy Johnson: 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	Randy Johnson	SFG	2009-04-25	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.99	-0.026	0.95	-0.02%	-0.25			P
2	Max Scherzer	ARI	2009-04-25	*	5	9	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.97	0.044	0.72	0.02%	0.26			P
3	Randy Johnson	SFG	2009-04-19	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.78	-0.140	1.30	-0.06%	-1.52			P
4	Max Scherzer	ARI	2009-04-19	*	6	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.46	-0.012	0.34	-0.01%	-0.11			P

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