How Max Scherzer's Walks Compares to Similar Players

Max Scherzer has totaled 13 career Walks, well below the league average of 182.7 — production that has significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Walks season came in 2017, posting 4, well below the league average of 24.4 that year. The lowest point came in 2010 at 0, well below the league average of 23.3 that year. Output has held steady over recent seasons. The Walks total has gone from 0 in 2023 to 0 in 2024 and 0 in 2025, holding steady over the span. That level has become his established baseline entering 2026. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Walks profile — ranging from 0 to 4 — though the career average has remained well below league norms.

Max Scherzer Lifetime Walks and Similar Stats

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Max Scherzer Walks Per Season

Max Scherzer's Walks for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Max Scherzer Walks per season line chart

Max Scherzer Walks by Team

Max Scherzer's career Walks totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Max Scherzer career Walks by team bar chart

Max Scherzer Cumulative Walks — Career Progression

A running total of Max Scherzer's career Walks, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Max Scherzer Walks year-over-year waterfall chart

Max Scherzer Walks Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Max Scherzer's seasonal Walks alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Max Scherzer Walks distribution box chart versus comparable players

Max Scherzer Walks — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Max Scherzer's MLB career with Walks alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Max Scherzer Walks season-by-season breakdown table