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Max Scherzer vs. Jim Johnson: Pitching Comparison

Max Scherzer vs. Jim Johnson: Totals

Max Scherzer vs. Jim 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	Jim Johnson	23-35	2006	2018	38	46	.452	3.79	674	2	324	0	0	178	704.2	704	330	297	54	237	27	531	36	3	33	3000	1009	111	3.76	1.335	9.0	0.7	3.0	6.8
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. Jim 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	Jim Johnson	29	2012	2012	0	1	.000	8.44	5	0	3	0	0	2	5.1	8	6	5	2	1	0	4	0	0	0	25	9		7.03	1.688	13.5	3.4	1.7	6.8
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. Jim Johnson: Value

Max Scherzer vs. Jim Johnson: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Jim Johnson	23-35	2006	2018	674	2	704.2	8.3	0.9
2	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	457	448	2834.2	74.1	49.9

Max Scherzer vs. Jim Johnson: Totals Against

Max Scherzer vs. Jim 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	Jim Johnson	23-35	2006	2018	674	2	704.2	1009	2684	547	93	10	45	12	78.95	1	101	22	20	.262	.328	.365	.693	89	.102	.307	332	979	157	977	1009
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. Jim 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	Jim Johnson	29	2012	2012	5	0	5.1	9	24											.333	.360					.333				9	9
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	25	143.0	174	524											.208	.295					.267				174	174

Max Scherzer vs. Jim Johnson: Starting & Relieving

Max Scherzer vs. Jim Johnson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Jim Johnson	23-35	2006	2018	0	0	29.5	162	53	33	51	77.7	324	672
2	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	288	64	59.8	5	0	0	0		2	9

Max Scherzer vs. Jim Johnson: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Jim Johnson	29	2012	2012								100.0	3	5
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023								100.0	1	5

Max Scherzer vs. Jim Johnson: Ratios

Max Scherzer vs. Jim Johnson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jim Johnson	23-35	2006	2018	674	2	704.2	17.7	7.9	9.8
2	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	457	448	2834.2	29.4	6.5	22.9

Max Scherzer vs. Jim Johnson: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Jim Johnson	29	2012	2012	5	0	5.1	16.0	4.0	12.0
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	25	143.0	28.8	9.4	19.4

Max Scherzer vs. Jim Johnson: Pitch Summary

Max Scherzer vs. Jim Johnson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jim Johnson	23-35	2006	2018	674	2	704.2	10534	59	6634	62.98
2	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	457	448	2834.2	41584	102	27672	66.54

Max Scherzer vs. Jim Johnson: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Jim Johnson	29	2012	2012	5	0	5.1
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	25	143.0

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

Max Scherzer vs. Jim Johnson: Totals

Max Scherzer vs. Jim 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	Jim Johnson	0	0		8.31	5	0	2	0	0	1	4.1	9	6	4	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	23	2.308	18.7	0.0	2.1	6.2
2	Max Scherzer	0	2	.000	4.09	5	5	0	1	0	0	33.0	27	15	15	6	8	0	36	0	0	0	129	1.061	7.4	1.6	2.2	9.8

Max Scherzer vs. Jim Johnson: Game Logs

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Max Scherzer vs. Jim 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	Jim Johnson	ATL	2017-07-07	9-9,BS	0.2	4	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0				-0.6	-2.99	0	0	3.69
2	Max Scherzer	WSN	2017-07-07	GS-8	7.2	6	4	4	0	1	1	0	10	0	0	0	29	7	28	2	3	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	4	60			0.1	1.78			0.93
3	Jim Johnson	ATL	2017-05-20	9-GF, S	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	7	0.0	0.52	0	0	0.45
4	Max Scherzer	WSN	2017-05-20	GS-5, L	5.0	4	3	3	0	2	3	0	6	0	0	0	21	7	18	1	1	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	3	50	106	62	-0.1	-0.42			0.69
5	Jim Johnson	ATL	2016-04-04	10-GF(10)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	5	0.1	0.67	1	0	0.93
6	Max Scherzer	WSN	2016-04-04	GS-7	7.0	3	2	2	0	2	2	0	7	0	0	0	25	5	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	2	68	104	72	0.2	1.40			0.94
7	Jim Johnson	ATL	2015-07-02	8-8	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		10	6	0.1	0.45	0	0	2.22
8	Max Scherzer	WSN	2015-07-02	CG, L	8.1	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	29	5	27	4	1	0	0	1	0	6	0	2	0	1	74	105	79	-0.1	1.57			1.15
9	Jim Johnson	BAL	2012-07-14	9-9,BS	1.0	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	5	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1		22	12	-0.3	-2.49	0	0	3.01
10	Max Scherzer	DET	2012-07-14	GS-5	5.0	9	4	4	0	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	25	11	22	5	3	0	0	0	0	15	1	1	0	4	35	94	61	-0.2	-1.47			0.78

Max Scherzer vs. Jim Johnson: Batter vs. Pitcher

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

Jim 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	2015	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

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

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Jim Johnson (Pitcher) vs. Max Scherzer (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2015	2015-07-02	WSN	ATL	tied 1-1	t8	1--	0	6 (3-2)	Strikeout Looking

Max Scherzer vs. Jim Johnson: Batting Comparison

Max Scherzer vs. Jim Johnson: Batting Totals

Max Scherzer vs. Jim 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	Jim Johnson	23-35	2006	2018	206	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	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. Jim 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	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. Jim Johnson: Batting Value

Max Scherzer vs. Jim Johnson: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Jim Johnson	23-35	2006	2018	206	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-1	0	0	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. Jim Johnson: Batting Sabermetric

Max Scherzer vs. Jim 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	Jim Johnson	23-35	2006	2018	206	2	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0.0	.000	1.0		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. Jim 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	Jim Johnson	29	2012	2012	5	0	0	0	0	0			0						0
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	18	0	0	0	18		.000	0			.000	2.3		0

Max Scherzer vs. Jim Johnson: Batting Win Probability

Max Scherzer vs. Jim Johnson: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Jim Johnson	23-35	2006	2018	206	2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-1.18		-0.59	1.57
2	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	238	529	-5.0	-6.4	0.8	-58.66		-68.53	0.89

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

Max Scherzer vs. Jim Johnson: Totals

Max Scherzer vs. Jim 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	Jim Johnson	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0
2	Max Scherzer	5	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Max Scherzer vs. Jim Johnson: Game Logs

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Max Scherzer vs. Jim 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	Jim Johnson	ATL	2017-07-07		1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Max Scherzer	WSN	2017-07-07	*	8	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	-0.034	1.54	-0.03%	-0.33			P
3	Jim Johnson	ATL	2017-05-20		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Max Scherzer	WSN	2017-05-20	*	6	9	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.94	0.045	1.38	0.04%	0.50			P
5	Jim Johnson	ATL	2016-04-04		1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Max Scherzer	WSN	2016-04-04	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.92	-0.069	1.00	-0.05%	-0.49			P
7	Jim Johnson	ATL	2015-07-02		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Max Scherzer	WSN	2015-07-02	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	-0.107	2.48	-0.10%	-0.63			P
9	Jim Johnson	BAL	2012-07-14																																	P
10	Max Scherzer	DET	2012-07-14																																	P

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