Orel Hershiser vs. Max Scherzer — Career Comparison

Orel Hershiser
Baby BoomersNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardSilver SluggerAll-Star
Max Scherzer
MillenialMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

The numbers give Max Scherzer a clear advantage over Orel Hershiser across the core pitching metrics. Max Scherzer led in strikeout rate (K%+ 135 vs 83), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 111 vs 95), and run prevention (ERA+ 110 vs 102). Orel Hershiser held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 112 vs 93). Max Scherzer was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Orel Hershiser and Max Scherzer

Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
510
1.47
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
483
1.47
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
466
1.34
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
1.44
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
0.59
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
0.67
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
0.43
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.36
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.63
57.63
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.37
91.37
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.14
98.14
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.2
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.04
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.07
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.01
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1211
3.48
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1059
3.22
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9391
27
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8889
27
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3130.1
9
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2963
9
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2939
8.45
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2433
7.39
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.45
8.45
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.39
7.39
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
0.68
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
1.08
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1007
2.9
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
779
2.37
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.31
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.06
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.9
2.9
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2014
5.79
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3489
10.6
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.6
10.6
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.22
7.22
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.965
0.965
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.35
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.24
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.34
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
0.35
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.07
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.02
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13150
37.81
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11987
36.41
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.05
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1366
3.93
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1132
3.44
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.36
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.18
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.21
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.18
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
0.9
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
0.45
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.261
1.261
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.084
1.084
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11829
34.01
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10977
33.34
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.68
2.68
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.34
2.34
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.81
37.81
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.41
36.41

Fielding Stats for Orel Hershiser and Max Scherzer

Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
510
1.47
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
483
1.47
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
467
1.34
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
1.44
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9391
27
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8889
27
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3130.1
9
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2963
9
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
0.95
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
0.5
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
569
1.64
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
0.65
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.15
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.05
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
952
2.74
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
397
1.21
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
901
2.59
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
379
1.15
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.64
94.64
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.47
95.47
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.767
1.767
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.785
0.785
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.57
91.57
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.14
98.14
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.13
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.05
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Orel Hershiser and Max Scherzer

Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 600 PA
18
18
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
18
18
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
521
329.4
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
490
555.77
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
949
600
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
529
600
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
810
512.12
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
464
526.28
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.547
0.547
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.454
0.454
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
103.06
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
78
88.47
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
83.46
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
71
80.53
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
18.34
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6.81
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.26
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.13
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
19.6
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7.94
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44.77
28.31
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
16.44
18.65
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
196
123.92
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
87
98.68
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
123.29
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
93
105.48
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.472
0.472
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.359
0.359
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.254
0.254
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
41.1
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
31
35.16
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
31.61
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
34.03
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
72.71
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
60
68.05
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47.1
29.78
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
12.54
14.22
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.16
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.27
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
17.07
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
13
14.74
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 600 PAverified
182
115.07
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
161
182.61
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.21
5.21
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
3.29
3.29
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
63.86
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
49
55.58
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.79
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.13
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
4.43
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
5.67
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
5.06
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.4
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.9
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
6.95
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3.4
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 600 PA
72.73
72.73
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100