How Max Scherzer's Equivalent Average Compares to Similar Players

Max Scherzer has posted a career Equivalent Average of .454, well below the league average of .748 — production that has significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Equivalent Average season came in 2013, posting 1.0, well above the league average of .749 that year. The lowest point came in 2010 at .000, well below the league average of .756 that year. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Equivalent Average profile — ranging from .000 to 1.0 — though the career average has remained well below league norms.

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Max Scherzer Equivalent Average Per Season

Max Scherzer's Equivalent Average 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 Equivalent Average per season line chart

Max Scherzer Equivalent Average by Team

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

Max Scherzer Equivalent Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Max Scherzer's career Equivalent Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Max Scherzer Equivalent Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Max Scherzer Equivalent Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Max Scherzer's seasonal Equivalent Average 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 Equivalent Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Max Scherzer Equivalent Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Max Scherzer's MLB career with Equivalent Average 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 Equivalent Average season-by-season breakdown table