Regular-season careers from the StatVault encyclopedia — the same tables as each player's profile.
| Phil Niekro | Stat | Max Scherzer |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | Seasons | 19 |
| 122.2 | Career VAL | 112.0 |
| 12.0 (1974) | Peak-season VAL | 12.1 (2017) |
| Inducted 1997 | Hall of Fame | — |
| 5× | Gold Gloves | — |
| 5× | All-Star Selections | 7× |
| — | Cy Young Awards | 3× |
| 0 | Black ink (league-leading seasons) | 3 |
| 8 | Gray ink (top-10 finishes) | 15 |
VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (MLB VAL board). Black and gray ink count seasons from 1950 on.
| Phil Niekro | Stat | Max Scherzer |
|---|---|---|
| Career | ||
| 866 | Games | 508 |
| Batting | ||
| 260 | Hits | 78 |
| 7 | Home runs | 1 |
| 109 | RBI | 30 |
| 80 | Runs | 31 |
| 0 | Stolen bases | 3 |
| 17 | ||
| Walks |
|---|
| 13 |
| .169 | Batting avg | .168 |
|---|
| .183 | On-base % | .194 |
|---|
| .211 | Slugging % | .188 |
|---|
| 13 | OPS+ | 6 |
|---|
| Pitching | ||
|---|---|---|
| 318 | Wins | 225 |
| 274 | Losses | 126 |
| 29 | Saves | 0 |
| 5404.1 | Innings pitched | 3047.2 |
| 3,342 | Strikeouts (pitching) | 3,557 |
| 3.35 | ERA | 3.29 |
| 1.27 | WHIP | 1.09 |
| 114 | ERA+ | 126 |
| Age | Phil Niekro | Max Scherzer |
|---|---|---|
| 23 | — | 2.1 |
| 24 | — | 4.1 |
| 25 | — | 5.3 |
| 26 | 2.3 | 1.6 |
| 27 | 0.5 | 4.2 |
| 28 | 10.2 | 9.8 |
| 29 | 6.7 | 6.6 |
| 30 | 11.8 | 10.6 |
| 31 | 1.2 | 10.3 |
| 32 | 5.9 | 12.1 |
| 33 | 6.2 | 11.3 |
| 34 | 6 | 9.7 |
| 35 | 12 | 0.9 |
| 36 | 6.8 | 10.2 |
| 37 | 4.6 | 8.3 |
| 38 | 4.6 | 3.9 |
| 39 | 11.8 | 1 |
| 40 | 8.1 | 0 |
| 41 | 5.8 | 0 |
| 42 | 3.7 | — |
| 43 | 6.3 | — |
| 44 | 0.7 | — |
| 45 | 6.1 | — |
| 46 | 0 | — |
| 47 | 0.9 | — |
| 48 | 0 | — |