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Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: Pitching Comparison

Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: Totals

Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: 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	Zack Wheeler	23-34	2013	2024	92	66	.582	3.41	237	237	0	4	3	0	1439.1	1269	594	545	131	424	14	1472	63	2	38	5958	1802	117	3.32	1.176	7.9	0.8	2.7	9.2

Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: 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	Zack Wheeler	32-33	2022	2023	4	3	.571	2.42	11	10	0	0	0	0	63.1	36	19	17	5	10	0	68	4	0	1	238	50		2.02	0.726	5.1	0.7	1.4	9.7

Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: Value

Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: 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	Zack Wheeler	23-34	2013	2024	237	237	1439.1	29.8	17.9

Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: Totals Against

Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: 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	Zack Wheeler	23-34	2013	2024	237	237	1439.1	1802	5404	889	231	18	55	21	72.37	3	109	33	33	.235	.296	.357	.653	83	.122	.297	580	1929	380	1756	1802

Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: 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	Zack Wheeler	32-33	2022	2023	11	10	63.1	50	224											.161	.210					.205				50	50

Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: Starting & Relieving

Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: 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	Zack Wheeler	23-34	2013	2024	144	61	56.3				0		0	0

Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: 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	Zack Wheeler	32-33	2022	2023									0	1

Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: Ratios

Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: 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	Zack Wheeler	23-34	2013	2024	237	237	1439.1	24.7	7.1	17.6

Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: 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	Zack Wheeler	32-33	2022	2023	11	10	63.1	28.6	4.2	24.4

Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: Pitch Summary

Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: 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	Zack Wheeler	23-34	2013	2024	237	237	1439.1	19874	99	12905	64.93

Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: 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	Zack Wheeler	32-33	2022	2023	11	10	63.1

Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: Head-to-Head Pitching

Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: Totals

Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: 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	Zack Wheeler	1	5	.167	4.79	6	6	0	1	0	0	35.2	29	19	19	3	16	2	31	3	0	0	151	1.262	7.3	0.8	4.0	7.8
2	Max Scherzer	5	1	.833	3.00	6	6	0	0	0	0	39.0	30	13	13	5	11	0	44	4	0	0	156	1.051	6.9	1.2	2.5	10.2

Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: Game Logs

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Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: 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	WSN	2021-07-29 (1)	GS-6, W	6.0	3	1	1	0	1	3	0	5	1	0	0	23	7	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	2	64	88	56	0.3	2.03			1.35
2	Zack Wheeler	PHI	2021-07-29 (1)	CG(7), L	7.0	7	3	3	0	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	28	9	25	3	3	0	0	0	0	13	2	0	1	4	54	100	64	-0.1	0.54			1.30
3	Max Scherzer	WSN	2021-06-22	GS-5, W	5.0	2	1	1	0	1	3	0	8	0	0	0	21	6	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	2	64	106	70	0.2	1.53			1.31
4	Zack Wheeler	PHI	2021-06-22	GS-3, L	3.0	6	3	3	0	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	17	8	15	5	1	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	38	73	46	-0.2	-1.48			1.08
5	Max Scherzer	WSN	2021-06-04	GS-8, W	7.2	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	9	1	0	0	28	7	25	4	1	0	1	1	0	6	0	1	0	1	73			0.5	2.94			1.40
6	Zack Wheeler	PHI	2021-06-04	GS-8, L	7.1	5	2	2	0	1	2	1	8	0	0	0	29	7	27	2	2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	3	66			0.1	1.52			1.04
7	Max Scherzer	WSN	2020-09-02	GS-6, L	6.0	7	3	3	0	1	3	0	6	0	0	0	28	10	25	4	2	0	2	0	0	12	0	0	0	3	49			0.0	0.29			0.99
8	Zack Wheeler	PHI	2020-09-02	GS-7, W	6.2	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	6	1	0	0	26	6	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	72			0.4	3.59			0.94
9	Max Scherzer	WSN	2019-04-07	GS-7, W	6.1	8	4	4	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	27	10	25	5	3	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	3	48	100	70	0.1	0.05			0.54
10	Zack Wheeler	NYM	2019-04-07	GS-5, L	4.2	4	7	7	0	0	7	0	2	0	0	0	24	11	16	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	1	23	103	51	-0.3	-4.30			0.88
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Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: Batter vs. Pitcher

Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Zack Wheeler (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Zack Wheeler (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
2	2019	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	2021	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Zack Wheeler (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Max Scherzer (Pitcher) vs. Zack Wheeler (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2017	2017-04-23	NYM	WSN	down 4-1	b2	1--	2	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	2017	2017-04-23	NYM	WSN	down 4-3	b5	---	0	2 (1-0)	Popfly: SS
3	2019	2019-04-07	NYM	WSN	down 5-1	b3	---	0	2 (1-0)	Flyball: LF (LF Line)
4	2021	2021-06-04	PHI	WSN	tied 0-0	b3	1--	1	1 (0-0)	Bunt Groundout: 3B-2B/Sacrifice; A. Bohm to 2B
5	2021	2021-06-04	PHI	WSN	tied 1-1	b5	---	1	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
6	2021	2021-06-22	PHI	WSN	down 2-1	b2	12-	2	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
7	2021	2021-07-29 (1)	PHI	WSN	down 1-0	b2	1--	2	6 (3-2)	Strikeout Swinging
8	2021	2021-07-29 (1)	PHI	WSN	tied 1-1	b5	---	0	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Looking

Zack Wheeler (Pitcher) vs. Max Scherzer (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Zack Wheeler (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	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	2019	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	2021	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	11	11	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	.091	.091	.091	.182	0	0	0	0	0

Zack Wheeler (Pitcher) vs. Max Scherzer (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Zack Wheeler (Pitcher) vs. Max Scherzer (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2017	2017-04-23	WSN	NYM	ahead 1-4	t2	---	1	6 (2-2)	Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
2	2017	2017-04-23	WSN	NYM	ahead 3-4	t5	---	0	1 (0-0)	Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
3	2017	2017-04-23	WSN	NYM	ahead 3-4	t7	---	2	5 (3-1)	Lineout: RF
4	2019	2019-04-07	WSN	NYM	tied 0-0	t2	123	1	4 (2-1)	Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); J. Soto Scores; K. Suzuki to 3B; W. Difo to 2B
5	2019	2019-04-07	WSN	NYM	ahead 1-5	t4	---	1	4 (2-1)	Lineout: RF (Deep RF)
6	2021	2021-06-04	WSN	PHI	tied 0-0	t3	---	2	5 (1-2)	Strikeout Swinging
7	2021	2021-06-04	WSN	PHI	tied 1-1	t5	1--	2	2 (1-0)	Groundout: SS-1B
8	2021	2021-06-04	WSN	PHI	ahead 1-2	t7	12-	2	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
9	2021	2021-06-22	WSN	PHI	ahead 0-2	t2	---	1	5 (2-2)	Strikeout Swinging
10	2021	2021-07-29 (1)	WSN	PHI	ahead 0-1	t3	---	0	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
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Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: Batting Comparison

Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: Batting Totals

Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: 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	Zack Wheeler	23-34	2013	2024	152	323	288	13	44	9	0	1	18	0	0	5	128	.153	.172	.194	.367	1	56	2	2	27	1	0

Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: 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. Zack Wheeler: Batting Value

Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: 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	Zack Wheeler	23-34	2013	2024	152	323	0.7	0.6	0.7	-0.1	-39	0	-2	0

Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: Batting Sabermetric

Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: 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	Zack Wheeler	23-34	2013	2024	152	323	10	51	55	274	12	.269	30	-38	-3.9	.042	2.3		0

Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: 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	Zack Wheeler	32-33	2022	2023	11	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: Batting Win Probability

Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: 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	Zack Wheeler	23-34	2013	2024	152	323	-3.4	-3.8	0.2	-38.11		-39.86	0.95

Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: Head-to-Head Batting

Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: Totals

Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: 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	Zack Wheeler	6	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Max Scherzer	6	14	14	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.071	.071	.071	.143	1	0	0	0	0	0

Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: Game Logs

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Max Scherzer vs. Zack Wheeler: 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	WSN	2021-07-29 (1)	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.86	-0.044	0.39	-0.01%	-0.34			P
2	Zack Wheeler	PHI	2021-07-29 (1)	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.070	1.57	-0.05%	-0.47			P
3	Max Scherzer	WSN	2021-06-22	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.59	-0.030	0.55	-0.02%	-0.40			P
4	Zack Wheeler	PHI	2021-06-22	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.84	-0.048	2.20	-0.03%	-0.44			P
5	Max Scherzer	WSN	2021-06-04	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.091	0.81	-0.04%	-0.78			P
6	Zack Wheeler	PHI	2021-06-04	*	8	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	-0.042	1.08	-0.03%	-0.37			P
7	Max Scherzer	WSN	2020-09-02																																	P
8	Zack Wheeler	PHI	2020-09-02																																	P
9	Max Scherzer	WSN	2019-04-07	*	7	8	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.83	0.077	0.83	0.05%	-0.16			P
10	Zack Wheeler	NYM	2019-04-07	*	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.74	-0.019	0.92	-0.01%	-0.23			P
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Season data: Since 1871. Stats relying on play-by-play data are complete back to 1969, nearly complete back to 1950, and mostly complete back to 1912. Postseason data since 1903.

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