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2026

Head to head · 2026 pitching

Andrew Painter vs Max Scherzer

In 2026 Andrew Painter has been worth 0.8 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.

2026 season

2026 pitching. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for ERA, FIP, WHIP and walks that is the lower one.
StatisticAndrew PainterMax Scherzer
G2518
GS2318
IP126.284.2
W34
SO11568
ERA5.405.74
FIP4.675.11
WHIP1.411.33
K/98.27.2
BB/93.33.7
FIP−112122
WAR0.90.1

Postseason

Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.

Every published postseason, pitching, summed with the rates recomputed from the counts.
StatisticAndrew PainterMax Scherzer
G133
GS028
IP3.0157.1
W18
SV01
SO3182
BB162
ERA0.003.78
WHIP1.331.16
K/99.010.4
BB/93.03.5

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.

Career pitching totals. ERA, WHIP and the per-nine rates are recomputed from the components rather than averaged; FIP needs each season’s own constant and is left to the season table.
StatisticAndrew PainterMax Scherzer
G25501
GS23492
IP126.23,047.2
W3225
L10126
SV00
SO1153,557
BB47814
ERA5.403.29
WHIP1.411.09
K/98.210.5
BB/93.32.4
HR/91.51.1
WAR0.966.4

More head to heads

The same seasons, measured against somebody else.

How these are computed

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.