Max Scherzer vs. Dale Thayer — Career Comparison

Max Scherzer
MillenialMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Dale Thayer
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Max Scherzer built a career as a starting pitcher and Dale Thayer as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Max Scherzer led in strikeout rate (K%+ 135 vs 95), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 111 vs 99), and home run suppression (HR9+ 93 vs 91). Dale Thayer held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 132 vs 102). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Max Scherzer.

Pitching Stats for Max Scherzer and Dale Thayer

Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
483
1.47
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
9.44
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
1.44
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
0.67
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.39
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.36
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.61
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.29
39.29
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.14
98.14
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.32
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1059
3.22
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
3.47
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8889
27
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
755
27
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2963
9
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
251.2
9
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2433
7.39
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
8.55
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.39
7.39
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.55
8.55
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
1.08
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.07
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.07
1.07
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
779
2.37
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
2.36
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.06
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.46
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3489
10.6
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
7.62
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.6
10.6
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.62
7.62
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.22
7.22
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.109
1.109
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.24
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.29
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
0.35
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.18
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.02
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11987
36.41
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1042
37.26
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.65
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1132
3.44
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
3.72
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.18
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.36
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.18
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.29
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
0.45
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.57
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.084
1.084
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.212
1.212
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10977
33.34
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
953
34.08
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.41
36.41
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.26
37.26

Fielding Stats for Max Scherzer and Dale Thayer

Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
483
1.47
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
9.44
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
1.44
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8889
27
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
755
27
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2963
9
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
251.2
9
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
0.5
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.32
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
0.65
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.64
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.05
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
1.21
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
379
1.15
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.97
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.47
95.47
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.785
0.785
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.102
0.102
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.14
98.14
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.05
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Max Scherzer and Dale Thayer

Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
490
555.77
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
264
52800
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
529
600
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
464
526.28
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.454
0.454
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
88.47
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
80.53
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.81
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.13
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.94
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.44
18.65
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
98.68
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
105.48
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
35.16
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
34.03
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
68.05
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.54
14.22
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.31
-62.13
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.27
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
14.74
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
161
182.61
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
200
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
3.29
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
55.58
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.13
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5.67
Dale Thayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.4
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.4
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dale Thayer
Career
Per 600 PA