Max Scherzer Career Power Finesse Ratio Overview

Max Scherzer's Power Finesse Ratio was 1.452 for his 15-year Major League Baseball career. 2020 was his best season when his Power Finesse Ratio was 1.708 and his worst season was 2011 when his Power Finesse Ratio was 1.179. Max Scherzer outperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals, besting USA (1.0132499398799), Millenial (1.2978994134815), Y (0.90944661486595), mlb (1.0386513759297), and SP (0.94412525932619) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that visualize this information in more detail.

Power finesse ratio (PFR) is a metric that estimates the number of times per inning pitched that a plate apperance ended, either negatively or positivly for the pitcher, because of the pitchers actions. It's calculated by summing walks and strikeouts over a given time period and then divided by innings pitched. Generally, for Power Finesse Ratio, higher is better. (Source)

Max Scherzer Lifetime Power Finesse Ratio

Stats similar to Power Finesse Ratio for Max Scherzer
Max Scherzer
Power Finesse Ratio
Career1.452
Season Avg.1.467
162 Game Avg.1.452
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Max Scherzer Power Finesse Ratio By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Max Scherzer's yearly Power Finesse Ratio for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison, are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, SP, and players from their country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.
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Max Scherzer Power Finesse Ratio By Year Change

This waterfall chart attempts to show how Max Scherzer's career Power Finesse Ratio changed per season. This data is cumulative for each season, each column represents the career Power Finesse Ratio Max Scherzer had at that season in his career.
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Max Scherzer Power Finesse Ratio By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Max Scherzer and related player groups by summarizing Power Finesse Ratio for each season played by Max Scherzer. The box represents the middle 50% of the data for each player with the line in the box being the median value. The whiskers represent the ranges for the top and bottom 25% of the data. Review the spread and medians to draw your conclusions!
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Max Scherzer Power Finesse Ratio Per Season Stats Table

This table shows Max Scherzer Power Finesse Ratio stats per season for his full MLB career with the aggregations’ sum, average, minimum, maximum, and median. Also included, for comparison, are season player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, SP, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each group for each year of Max Scherzer career.

Note: "—" indicate there were no players for comparison for a specific year. Most commonly this happens for the hall of fame group where there may not have been a hall of famer playing that year.
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