How Max Scherzer's Home Runs Compares to Similar Players

Max Scherzer has totaled 1 career Home Runs, well below the league average of 44.2 — production that has significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Home Runs season came in 2017, posting 1, well below the league average of 9.7 that year. The lowest point came in 2008 at 0, well below the league average of 7.3 that year. Output has held steady over recent seasons. The Home Runs 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 Home Runs profile — ranging from 0 to 1 — though the career average has remained well below league norms.

Max Scherzer Lifetime Home Runs and Similar Stats

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Max Scherzer Home Runs Per Season

Max Scherzer's Home Runs 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 Home Runs per season line chart

Max Scherzer Home Runs by Team

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

Max Scherzer Cumulative Home Runs — Career Progression

A running total of Max Scherzer's career Home Runs, 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 Home Runs year-over-year waterfall chart

Max Scherzer Home Runs Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Max Scherzer's seasonal Home Runs 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 Home Runs distribution box chart versus comparable players

Max Scherzer Home Runs — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Max Scherzer's MLB career with Home Runs 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 Home Runs season-by-season breakdown table