Jim Bunning vs. Max Scherzer — Career Comparison

Jim Bunning
Silent GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherAll-Star
Max Scherzer
MillenialMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

The numbers give Max Scherzer a clear advantage over Jim Bunning across the core pitching metrics. Max Scherzer led in run prevention (ERA+ 110 vs 86), home run suppression (HR9+ 93 vs 71), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 111 vs 94). Jim Bunning held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 107 vs 102). Max Scherzer was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Jim Bunning and Max Scherzer

Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
17
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
591
1.41
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
1.47
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
1.24
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
1.44
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
224
0.54
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
0.67
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
0.44
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.36
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.9
54.9
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.82
87.82
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.14
98.14
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
0.36
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.04
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.04
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1366
3.27
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1059
3.22
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.238
0.238
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11281
27
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8889
27
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3760.1
9
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2963
9
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3433
8.22
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2433
7.39
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.22
8.22
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.39
7.39
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
0.89
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
1.08
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1000
2.39
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
779
2.37
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
0.23
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.06
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2855
6.83
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3489
10.6
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.83
6.83
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.6
10.6
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.22
7.22
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.025
1.025
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.11
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.24
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.38
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.35
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.02
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15618
37.38
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11987
36.41
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.09
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1527
3.65
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1132
3.44
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.06
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.18
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.04
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.18
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
0.45
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.179
1.179
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.084
1.084
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14418
34.51
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10977
33.34
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.34
2.34
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.38
37.38
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.41
36.41

Fielding Stats for Jim Bunning and Max Scherzer

Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
17
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
591
1.41
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
1.47
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
1.24
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
1.44
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11280
27
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8889
27
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3760
9
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2963
9
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
206
0.49
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
0.5
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
0.89
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
0.65
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.06
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.05
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
601
1.44
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
397
1.21
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
578
1.38
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
379
1.15
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.17
96.17
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.47
95.47
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.978
0.978
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.785
0.785
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.82
87.82
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.14
98.14
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.05
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.05
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Bunning and Max Scherzer

Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
17
17
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
601
257.39
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
490
555.77
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1401
600
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
529
600
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1275
546.04
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
464
526.28
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.442
0.442
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.454
0.454
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
213
91.22
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
78
88.47
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
181
77.52
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
71
80.53
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
8.99
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6.81
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.71
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.13
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
13.7
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7.94
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.26
19.38
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
16.44
18.65
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
263
112.63
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
87
98.68
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248
106.21
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
93
105.48
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
35.12
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
35.16
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
32.12
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
34.03
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
64.24
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
60
68.05
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26.33
11.28
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12.54
14.22
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.43
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.27
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
14.56
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
14.74
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PAverified
362
155.03
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
161
182.61
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.87
3.87
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
3.29
3.29
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
36.4
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
55.58
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.57
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.13
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
36
15.42
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5.67
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.4
Jim Bunning
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.86
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.86
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.4
Jim Bunning
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100