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Max Scherzer vs. Brandon McCarthy: Pitching Comparison

Max Scherzer vs. Brandon McCarthy: Totals

Max Scherzer vs. Brandon McCarthy: 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	Brandon McCarthy	21-34	2005	2018	69	75	.479	4.20	255	197	13	9	4	0	1223.2	1268	617	571	145	323	20	908	28	3	26	5163	1661	99	4.03	1.300	9.3	1.1	2.4	6.7
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

Max Scherzer vs. Brandon McCarthy: 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	Brandon McCarthy	33	2017	2017	0	1	.000	18.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2			2.000	18.0	9.0	0.0	0.0
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. Brandon McCarthy: Value

Max Scherzer vs. Brandon McCarthy: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Brandon McCarthy	21-34	2005	2018	255	197	1223.2	10.5	-0.4
2	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	457	448	2834.2	74.1	49.9

Max Scherzer vs. Brandon McCarthy: Totals Against

Max Scherzer vs. Brandon McCarthy: 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	Brandon McCarthy	21-34	2005	2018	255	197	1223.2	1661	4740	854	249	20	100	30	76.92	4	104	34	38	.268	.316	.420	.736	99	.153	.302	633	1992	414	1619	1661
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. Brandon McCarthy: 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	Brandon McCarthy	33	2017	2017	1	0	1.0	2	5											.400	.400					.250				2	2
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	25	143.0	174	524											.208	.295					.267				174	174

Max Scherzer vs. Brandon McCarthy: Starting & Relieving

Max Scherzer vs. Brandon McCarthy: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Brandon McCarthy	21-34	2005	2018	92	47	50.6	36	14	39	2	0.0	13	58
2	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	288	64	59.8	5	0	0	0		2	9

Max Scherzer vs. Brandon McCarthy: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Brandon McCarthy	33	2017	2017									1	1
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023								100.0	1	5

Max Scherzer vs. Brandon McCarthy: Ratios

Max Scherzer vs. Brandon McCarthy: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Brandon McCarthy	21-34	2005	2018	255	197	1223.2	17.6	6.3	11.3
2	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	457	448	2834.2	29.4	6.5	22.9

Max Scherzer vs. Brandon McCarthy: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Brandon McCarthy	33	2017	2017	1	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	25	143.0	28.8	9.4	19.4

Max Scherzer vs. Brandon McCarthy: Pitch Summary

Max Scherzer vs. Brandon McCarthy: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Brandon McCarthy	21-34	2005	2018	255	197	1223.2	18485	90	12208	66.04
2	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	457	448	2834.2	41584	102	27672	66.54

Max Scherzer vs. Brandon McCarthy: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Brandon McCarthy	33	2017	2017	1	0	1.0
2	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	25	143.0

Max Scherzer vs. Brandon McCarthy: Head-to-Head Pitching

Max Scherzer vs. Brandon McCarthy: Totals

Max Scherzer vs. Brandon McCarthy: 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	Brandon McCarthy	2	1	.667	1.37	3	3	0	0	0	0	19.2	13	4	3	1	6	0	20	0	0	0	78	0.966	5.9	0.5	2.7	9.2
2	Max Scherzer	1	2	.333	3.32	3	3	0	0	0	0	19.0	19	8	7	3	6	0	26	2	0	1	82	1.316	9.0	1.4	2.8	12.3

Max Scherzer vs. Brandon McCarthy: Game Logs

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Max Scherzer vs. Brandon McCarthy: 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	Brandon McCarthy	LAD	2017-06-06	GS-7, L	7.0	3	2	2	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	25	5	21	2	1	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	65	87	59	0.1	1.47			0.92
2	Max Scherzer	WSN	2017-06-06	GS-7, W	7.0	3	1	0	1	0	2	0	14	0	0	0	28	7	26	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	81	105	73	0.4	2.47			1.37
3	Brandon McCarthy	NYY	2014-08-04	GS-6, W	5.2	5	1	0	1	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	25	8	23	4	1	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	63	116	81	0.2	1.37			1.32
4	Max Scherzer	DET	2014-08-04	GS-7, L	7.0	9	2	2	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	1	30	12	26	8	1	0	1	0	0	10	2	0	1	1	52	115	68	0.1	1.25			1.08
5	Brandon McCarthy	OAK	2011-09-15	GS-7, W	7.0	5	1	1	0	1	2	0	8	0	0	0	28	7	26	3	1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	2	69	104	74	0.2	2.44			0.84
6	Max Scherzer	DET	2011-09-15	GS-5, L	5.0	7	5	5	0	3	1	0	8	2	0	0	24	10	21	4	0	0	1	0	0	16	1	0	0	3	40	91	64	-0.3	-2.55			0.53

Max Scherzer vs. Brandon McCarthy: Batter vs. Pitcher

Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Brandon McCarthy (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Brandon McCarthy (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	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Brandon McCarthy (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Brandon McCarthy (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2017	2017-06-06	LAD	WSN	tied 1-1	b2	---	2	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Looking
2	2017	2017-06-06	LAD	WSN	down 2-1	b4	-2-	1	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Looking

Brandon McCarthy (Pitcher) vs. Max Scherzer (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Brandon McCarthy (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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Brandon McCarthy (Pitcher) vs. Max Scherzer (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Brandon McCarthy (Pitcher) vs. Max Scherzer (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2017	2017-06-06	WSN	LAD	tied 1-1	t3	---	1	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Looking
2	2017	2017-06-06	WSN	LAD	ahead 1-2	t5	---	2	3 (0-2)	Groundout: P-1B (Weak 3B)

Max Scherzer vs. Brandon McCarthy: Batting Comparison

Max Scherzer vs. Brandon McCarthy: Batting Totals

Max Scherzer vs. Brandon McCarthy: 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	Brandon McCarthy	21-34	2005	2018	88	167	146	3	9	2	0	0	7	0	0	9	76	.062	.116	.075	.191	-46	11	0	0	12	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. Brandon McCarthy: 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. Brandon McCarthy: Batting Value

Max Scherzer vs. Brandon McCarthy: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Brandon McCarthy	21-34	2005	2018	88	167	-0.5	-0.5	-0.5	0.0	-29	1	-1	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. Brandon McCarthy: Batting Sabermetric

Max Scherzer vs. Brandon McCarthy: 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	Brandon McCarthy	21-34	2005	2018	88	167	2	18	21	149	2	.129	10	-30	-3.1	.014	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. Brandon McCarthy: 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	Brandon McCarthy	33	2017	2017	1	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. Brandon McCarthy: Batting Win Probability

Max Scherzer vs. Brandon McCarthy: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Brandon McCarthy	21-34	2005	2018	88	167	-2.6	-2.9	0.2	-28.35		-30.25	0.97
2	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	238	529	-5.0	-6.4	0.8	-58.66		-68.53	0.89

Max Scherzer vs. Brandon McCarthy: Head-to-Head Batting

Max Scherzer vs. Brandon McCarthy: Totals

Max Scherzer vs. Brandon McCarthy: 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	Brandon McCarthy	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Max Scherzer	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Max Scherzer vs. Brandon McCarthy: Game Logs

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Max Scherzer vs. Brandon McCarthy: 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	Brandon McCarthy	LAD	2017-06-06	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.058	1.38	-0.05%	-0.46			P
2	Max Scherzer	WSN	2017-06-06	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.60	-0.030	0.47	-0.01%	-0.26			P
3	Brandon McCarthy	NYY	2014-08-04																																	P
4	Max Scherzer	DET	2014-08-04																																	P
5	Brandon McCarthy	OAK	2011-09-15																																	P
6	Max Scherzer	DET	2011-09-15																																	P

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