How Max Scherzer's OPS Compares to Similar Players

Max Scherzer has posted a career OPS of .381, well below the league average of .725 — production that has significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best OPS season came in 2013, posting 1.0, well above the league average of .727 that year. The lowest point came in 2010 at .000, well below the league average of .734 that year. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the OPS profile — ranging from .000 to 1.0 — though the career average has remained well below league norms.

Max Scherzer Lifetime OPS

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Max Scherzer OPS Per Season

Max Scherzer's OPS 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 OPS per season line chart

Max Scherzer OPS by Team

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

Max Scherzer OPS Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Max Scherzer's career OPS 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 OPS year-over-year waterfall chart

Max Scherzer OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players

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

Max Scherzer OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown

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