Bill Dailey vs. Max Scherzer — Career Comparison

Bill Dailey
Silent GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Max Scherzer
MillenialMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Max Scherzer built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Dailey as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Dailey posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.76 and WHIP 1.255 compared to 3.22 and 1.091 for Max Scherzer. By the career numbers, Bill Dailey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Dailey and Max Scherzer

Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
5.77
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
483
1.47
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
1.44
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.48
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
0.67
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.34
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.36
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.82
58.82
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.14
98.14
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.07
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
2.76
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1059
3.22
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.22
3.22
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.233
0.233
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
557
27
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8889
27
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
185.2
9
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2963
9
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
7.85
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2433
7.39
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.85
7.85
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.39
7.39
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.58
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
1.08
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
2.86
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
779
2.37
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.06
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
5.28
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3489
10.6
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.6
10.6
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.22
7.22
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.905
0.905
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.24
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.29
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
0.35
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.02
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
760
36.84
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11987
36.41
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
3.64
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
3.1
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1132
3.44
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.18
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.18
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
0.45
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.084
1.084
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
695
33.69
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10977
33.34
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.84
36.84
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.41
36.41

Fielding Stats for Bill Dailey and Max Scherzer

Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
5.77
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
483
1.47
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
1.44
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
557
27
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8889
27
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
185.2
9
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2963
9
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.48
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
0.5
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.28
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
0.65
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.05
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
3.01
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
397
1.21
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
2.76
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379
1.15
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.94
91.94
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.47
95.47
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.479
0.479
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.785
0.785
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.14
98.14
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.05
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Dailey and Max Scherzer

Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
119
2462.07
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
490
555.77
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
529
600
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
537.93
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
464
526.28
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.586
0.586
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.454
0.454
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
103.45
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
88.47
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
82.76
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
80.53
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.81
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.13
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
7.94
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.1
43.49
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.44
18.65
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
165.52
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
98.68
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
144.83
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
105.48
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.558
0.558
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.254
0.254
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
35.16
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
82.76
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
34.03
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
103.45
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
68.05
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.79
37.01
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.54
14.22
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.27
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
14.74
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
268.97
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
161
182.61
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
2.23
2.23
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
3.29
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
55.58
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.13
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
5.67
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.4
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.4
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100