Max Scherzer Career Wild Pitches Overview
During Max Scherzer's 15-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of
74 wild pitches, an average of 5 wild pitches per season. 2019 was his best season
with 0 wild pitches and his worst season was 2011 when he had
12 wild pitches. Max Scherzer is middlin' tier compared to similar player cohorts career totals, not clearly beating or
being beat by USA (17.529661800037), Millenial (13.424322538004), mlb (17.356133946993), SP (22.24358974359), and Y (80) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that
visualize this information in more detail.
A wild pitch is charged to a pitcher when a pitch is poorly thrown, not easily handled by the catcher, and allows the hitter or a baserunner to take a base they wouldn't have otherwise been entitled too. Generally, for Wild Pitches, lower is better. (
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Max Scherzer Lifetime Wild Pitches
Stats similar to Wild Pitches for Max Scherzer
| Max ScherzerWild Pitches |
|---|
| Career | 74 |
| Season Avg. | 5 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 12 |
| More Info | See More |
Max Scherzer Wild Pitches By Year Line Chart
This line chart shows Max Scherzer's yearly Wild Pitches
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.
Max Scherzer Cumulative Wild Pitches by Year
This line chart attempts to show show how Max Scherzer's career Wild Pitches progressed by year.
Each year on the chart represents Max Scherzer's career Wild Pitches at the end of that season.
Max Scherzer Wild Pitches By Year Box Chart
This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Max Scherzer and related player groups by summarizing Wild Pitches
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!
Max Scherzer Wild Pitches Per Season Stats Table
This table shows Max Scherzer Wild Pitches 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.
