Max Scherzer
Starting Pitcher · Toronto Blue Jays · #31
- Bats / Throws
- R / R
- Height
- 6′ 3″
- Weight
- 208 lb
- Born
- 1984-07-27
- Birthplace
- St. Louis, MO, United States
- Debut
- 2008
- ESPN id
- 28976
- Source
- espn
Pitches1482
PA424
AVG.168
SLG.184
ISO.016
K%31.8%
BRL%0.7%
HH%18.7%
EV81.5
Arsenal
| Pitch | Count | Usage | Velo | Spin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Seam Fastball | 673 | 45.4% | 93.0 | 2253 |
| Sinker | 313 | 21.1% | 92.4 | 2140 |
| Slider | 248 | 16.7% | 84.7 | 2337 |
| Curveball | 77 | 5.2% | 78.1 | 2441 |
| Cutter | 76 | 5.1% | 87.6 | 2298 |
| Changeup | 46 | 3.1% | 84.6 | 1808 |
| Knuckle Curve | 32 | 2.2% | 79.2 | 2322 |
| Split-Finger | 6 | 0.4% | 84.4 | 1658 |
| Unknown | 4 | 0.3% | 87.0 | 2357 |
| Sweeper | 3 | 0.2% | 81.2 | 2805 |
| Slurve | 2 | 0.1% | 80.4 | 2858 |
| Knuckleball | 2 | 0.1% | 81.1 | — |
Outcomes by pitch
| Pitch | AB | AVG | SLG | ISO | H | 1B | 2B | 3B | HR | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Seam Fastball | 147 | .211 | .224 | .014 | 31 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| Sinker | 82 | .146 | .159 | .012 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Slider | 66 | .091 | .091 | .000 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| Curveball | 32 | .219 | .219 | .000 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Cutter | 22 | .227 | .364 | .136 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Changeup | 15 | .067 | .067 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Knuckle Curve | 6 | .167 | .167 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Split-Finger | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Unknown | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sweeper | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Slurve | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Knuckleball | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Contact quality by pitch
| Pitch | BBE | BRL% | HH% | EV | LA | DIST | FB% | LD% | GB% | PU% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Seam Fastball | 120 | 0.8% | 24.2% | 82.9 | 4.0° | 127 | 11.7% | 20.8% | 63.3% | 4.2% |
| Sinker | 60 | 0.0% | 13.3% | 79.8 | -15.1° | 79 | 1.7% | 20.0% | 78.3% | 0.0% |
| Slider | 40 | 0.0% | 17.5% | 82.1 | -10.5° | 57 | 0.0% | 12.5% | 87.5% | 0.0% |
| Curveball | 18 | 0.0% | 22.2% | 83.4 | -11.2° | 57 | 5.6% | 11.1% | 83.3% | 0.0% |
| Cutter | 20 | 5.0% | 15.0% | 81.2 | -5.9° | 90 | 5.0% | 15.0% | 80.0% | 0.0% |
| Changeup | 10 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 73.6 | -14.6° | 38 | 10.0% | 0.0% | 90.0% | 0.0% |
| Knuckle Curve | 5 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 85.6 | 22.5° | 272 | 0.0% | 40.0% | 60.0% | 0.0% |
| Split-Finger | 1 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 97.3 | -2.0° | 30 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Unknown | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 45.1 | -62.0° | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Sweeper | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 82.9 | -21.0° | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Knuckleball | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 64.4 | -12.0° | 9 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |