Ray Herbert vs. Max Scherzer — Career Comparison

Ray Herbert
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Max Scherzer
MillenialMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

The numbers give Max Scherzer a clear advantage over Ray Herbert across the core pitching metrics. Max Scherzer led in strikeout rate (K%+ 135 vs 78), run prevention (ERA+ 110 vs 93), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 111 vs 96). Ray Herbert held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 157 vs 102). Max Scherzer was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Ray Herbert and Max Scherzer

Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
1.95
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
483
1.47
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
1.13
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
1.44
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.5
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
0.67
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
0.51
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.36
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.29
49.29
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.99
57.99
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.14
98.14
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.33
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.04
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
839
4.01
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1059
3.22
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
5644
27
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8889
27
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1881.1
9
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2963
9
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2000
9.57
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2433
7.39
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.57
9.57
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.39
7.39
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
0.8
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
1.08
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
571
2.73
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
779
2.37
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.19
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.06
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
864
4.13
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3489
10.6
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.6
10.6
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.12
2.12
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.22
7.22
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.763
0.763
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.18
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.24
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.11
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
0.35
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.02
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8010
38.32
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11987
36.41
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.35
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
927
4.43
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1132
3.44
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.18
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.18
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
0.45
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.367
1.367
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.084
1.084
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7415
35.47
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10977
33.34
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.28
2.28
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.32
38.32
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.41
36.41

Fielding Stats for Ray Herbert and Max Scherzer

Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
2.08
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
483
1.47
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
230
1.18
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
1.44
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
5280
27
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8889
27
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1760
9
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2963
9
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.64
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
0.5
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
1.99
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
0.65
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.07
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.05
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
528
2.7
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
397
1.21
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
515
2.63
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
379
1.15
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.54
97.54
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.47
95.47
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.785
0.785
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.51
56.51
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.14
98.14
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.05
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Herbert and Max Scherzer

Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
408
374.31
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
490
555.77
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
654
600
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
529
600
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
569
522.02
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
464
526.28
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.564
0.564
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.454
0.454
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
100
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
78
88.47
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
73.39
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
71
80.53
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
19.27
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6.81
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.92
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
6.42
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.13
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
26.61
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7.94
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38.96
35.74
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
16.44
18.65
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
140.37
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
87
98.68
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
140.37
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
93
105.48
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
42.2
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
31
35.16
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
46.79
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
30
34.03
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
82.57
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
60
68.05
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.1
34.04
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
12.54
14.22
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.83
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.27
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
38.53
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
13
14.74
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
122.02
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
161
182.61
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.92
4.92
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
3.29
3.29
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
37
33.94
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
55.58
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.67
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.13
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
13
11.93
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5.67
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.4
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.4
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100