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Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: Pitching Comparison

Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: Totals

Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: 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	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
2	Drew Smyly	23-35	2012	2024	66	60	.524	4.23	289	179	20	1	1	3	1098.2	1062	560	516	182	353	10	1074	22	2	56	4647	1473	100	4.38	1.288	8.7	1.5	2.9	8.8

Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: 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	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
2	Drew Smyly	23-32	2012	2021	2	0	1.000	4.40	13	0	2	0	0	0	14.1	12	8	7	1	8	1	15	1	0	1	64	21		1.74	1.395	7.5	0.6	5.0	9.4

Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: Value

Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	457	448	2834.2	74.1	49.9
2	Drew Smyly	23-35	2012	2024	289	179	1098.2	12.5	2.8

Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: Totals Against

Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: 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	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
2	Drew Smyly	23-35	2012	2024	289	179	1098.2	1473	4218	631	233	16	106	43	71.14	31	66	19	33	.252	.311	.444	.755	104	.192	.294	595	1873	431	1437	1473

Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: 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	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	25	143.0	174	524											.208	.295					.267				174	174
2	Drew Smyly	23-32	2012	2021	13	0	14.1	21	48											.250	.368					.344				21	21

Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: Starting & Relieving

Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	288	64	59.8	5	0	0	0		2	9
2	Drew Smyly	23-35	2012	2024	60	34	50.6	38	6	16	6	33.3	20	110

Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023								100.0	1	5
2	Drew Smyly	23-32	2012	2021									2	13

Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: Ratios

Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	457	448	2834.2	29.4	6.5	22.9
2	Drew Smyly	23-35	2012	2024	289	179	1098.2	23.1	7.6	15.5

Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	25	143.0	28.8	9.4	19.4
2	Drew Smyly	23-32	2012	2021	13	0	14.1	23.4	12.5	10.9

Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: Pitch Summary

Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	457	448	2834.2	41584	102	27672	66.54
2	Drew Smyly	23-35	2012	2024	289	179	1098.2	17926	90	11546	64.41

Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	25	143.0
2	Drew Smyly	23-32	2012	2021	13	0	14.1

Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: Head-to-Head Pitching

Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: Totals

Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: 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	Drew Smyly	0	0		2.61	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.1	9	6	3	2	2	0	12	1	0	0	44	1.065	7.8	1.7	1.7	10.5
2	Max Scherzer	0	0		4.38	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.1	13	6	6	4	1	0	20	0	0	0	50	1.135	9.5	2.9	0.7	14.6

Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: Game Logs

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Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: 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	Max Scherzer	NYM	2022-07-16 (2)	GS-7	6.1	8	2	2	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	27	9	26	5	3	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	3	59			0.1	1.02			1.10
2	Drew Smyly	CHC	2022-07-16 (2)	GS-5	4.1	5	2	1	1	1	1	0	4	1	0	0	21	8	19	3	1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	2	50			0.0	0.01			1.10
3	Max Scherzer	WSN	2021-04-06	GS-6	6.0	5	4	4	0	4	0	0	9	0	0	0	23	5	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	4	55	91	60	-0.1	-1.09			0.69
4	Drew Smyly	ATL	2021-04-06	GS-6	6.0	4	4	2	2	1	1	0	8	0	0	0	23	6	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	2	59	94	68	-0.1	-1.09			0.84

Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: Batter vs. Pitcher

Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Drew Smyly (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Drew Smyly (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	2021	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. Drew Smyly (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Drew Smyly (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2021	2021-04-06	ATL	WSN	ahead 0-3	t2	---	2	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	2021	2021-04-06	ATL	WSN	tied 4-4	t5	---	0	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Drew Smyly (Pitcher) vs. Max Scherzer (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Drew Smyly (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	2021	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Drew Smyly (Pitcher) vs. Max Scherzer (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Drew Smyly (Pitcher) vs. Max Scherzer (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2021	2021-04-06	WSN	ATL	down 4-2	b3	---	0	3 (1-1)	Lineout: RF (Deep CF-RF)
2	2021	2021-04-06	WSN	ATL	tied 4-4	b5	---	0	1 (0-0)	Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole)

Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: Batting Comparison

Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: Batting Totals

Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: 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	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
2	Drew Smyly	23-35	2012	2024	48	67	64	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	29	.047	.062	.047	.108	-71	3	0	0	2	0	0

Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: 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
2	Drew Smyly	23-32	2012	2021	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: Batting Value

Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	238	529	1.0	0.9	1.0	0.0	-68	1	-1	0
2	Drew Smyly	23-35	2012	2024	48	67	-0.6	-0.6	-0.6	0.0	-16	0	0	0

Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: Batting Sabermetric

Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: 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	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	238	529	7	93	99	441	24	.254	60	-71	-7.1	.019	2.9	100.00	3
2	Drew Smyly	23-35	2012	2024	48	67	0	4	4	63	0	.086	1	-16	-1.6	.000	2.2		0

Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: 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	Max Scherzer	26-38	2011	2023	30	18	0	0	0	18		.000	0			.000	2.3		0
2	Drew Smyly	23-32	2012	2021	13	1	0	0	0	1		.000	0			.000			0

Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: Batting Win Probability

Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Max Scherzer	23-38	2008	2023	238	529	-5.0	-6.4	0.8	-58.66		-68.53	0.89
2	Drew Smyly	23-35	2012	2024	48	67	-1.4	-1.6	0.0	-18.14		-17.91	0.87

Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: Head-to-Head Batting

Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: Totals

Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: 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	Drew Smyly	2	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	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: Game Logs

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Max Scherzer vs. Drew Smyly: 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	Max Scherzer	NYM	2022-07-16 (2)																																	P
2	Drew Smyly	CHC	2022-07-16 (2)																																	P
3	Max Scherzer	WSN	2021-04-06	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.056	1.13	-0.03%	-0.46			P
4	Drew Smyly	ATL	2021-04-06	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.72	-0.036	0.68	-0.02%	-0.33			P

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