How Max Scherzer's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Max Scherzer has posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .222, below the starting pitcher average of .260 — production that has kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 2017, posting .178, well below the starting pitcher average of .260 that year. The highest point came in 2011 at .272, near the starting pitcher average of .259 that year. Production has slipped over the most recent seasons. The figure has moved from .221 in 2023 to .242 in 2024 and .262 in 2025. The slide has continued into 2025, with the production level an open question entering 2026. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average has remained above league norms across 17 seasons.
Max Scherzer Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Opposing Batting Average for Max Scherzer
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Opposing Batting Average | Max Scherzer
Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play |
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| Career | 0.222 | 0.291 |
| Season Avg. | 0.222 | 0.291 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.222 | 0.291 |
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Max Scherzer Opposing Batting Average Per Season
Max Scherzer's Opposing Batting 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 Opposing Batting Average by Team
Max Scherzer's career Opposing Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Max Scherzer Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Max Scherzer's career Opposing Batting 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 Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Max Scherzer's seasonal Opposing Batting 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 Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Max Scherzer's MLB career with Opposing Batting 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.
