Head to head · Career pitching
Jacob deGrom vs Max Scherzer
In 2026 Jacob deGrom has been worth 3.8 more wins. Both lines are computed from play-by-play on the same constants, so they are measured the same way rather than quoted from two sources.
- Two of the 25 most valuable pitching careers on this site, 2005–2026, by dbWAR.
Career
Totalled over the seasons published here, which is not the same as a whole career: a player who debuted before 2005 begins at 2005, not at his real first game.
| Statistic | Jacob deGrom | Max Scherzer |
|---|---|---|
| G | 279 | 501 |
| GS | 279 | 492 |
| IP | 1,702.1 | 3,047.2 |
| W | 107 | 225 |
| L | 76 | 126 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 2,052 | 3,557 |
| BB | 391 | 814 |
| ERA | 2.73 | 3.29 |
| WHIP | 1.00 | 1.09 |
| K/9 | 10.8 | 10.5 |
| BB/9 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
| HR/9 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| WAR | 47.2 | 66.4 |
2026 season
| Statistic | Jacob deGrom | Max Scherzer |
|---|---|---|
| G | 31 | 18 |
| GS | 31 | 18 |
| IP | 162.2 | 84.2 |
| W | 11 | 4 |
| SO | 201 | 68 |
| ERA | 4.20 | 5.74 |
| FIP | 3.12 | 5.11 |
| WHIP | 1.14 | 1.33 |
| K/9 | 11.1 | 7.2 |
| BB/9 | 2.5 | 3.7 |
| FIP− | 75 | 122 |
| WAR | 3.9 | 0.1 |
Postseason
Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.
| Statistic | Jacob deGrom | Max Scherzer |
|---|---|---|
| G | 5 | 33 |
| GS | 5 | 28 |
| IP | 31.0 | 157.1 |
| W | 4 | 8 |
| SV | 0 | 1 |
| SO | 37 | 182 |
| BB | 10 | 62 |
| ERA | 2.90 | 3.78 |
| WHIP | 1.16 | 1.16 |
| K/9 | 10.7 | 10.4 |
| BB/9 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
More head to heads
The same seasons, measured against somebody else.
FIP uses the constant solved from this season’s own runs, and FIP− is park-adjusted against the same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page. To put these two beside a third, the comparison page takes up to four.