How Max Scherzer's Wild Pitches Compares to Similar Players
Max Scherzer has totaled 80 career Wild Pitches, well above the starting pitcher average of 19.8 — production that has significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest Wild Pitches season came in 2019, posting 0, well below the starting pitcher average of 3.1 that year. The highest point came in 2011 at 12, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.5 that year. Output has held steady over recent seasons. The Wild Pitches total has gone from 2 in 2023 to 2 in 2024 and 2 in 2025, holding steady over the span. That level has become his established baseline entering 2026. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Wild Pitches profile — ranging from 0 to 12 — though the career average has remained well below league norms.
Max Scherzer Lifetime Wild Pitches
Stats similar to Wild Pitches for Max Scherzer
| Max Scherzer
Wild Pitches |
|---|
| Career | 80 |
| Season Avg. | 4.44 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 26.83 |
| More Info | See More |
Max Scherzer Wild Pitches Per Season
Max Scherzer's Wild Pitches 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 Wild Pitches by Team
Max Scherzer's career Wild Pitches totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Max Scherzer Cumulative Wild Pitches — Career Progression
A running total of Max Scherzer's career Wild Pitches, 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 Wild Pitches Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Max Scherzer's seasonal Wild Pitches 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 Wild Pitches — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Max Scherzer's MLB career with Wild Pitches 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.
