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1.94 HR/9

Max Scherzer has allowed 12 home runs in 55.6 innings this season — 1.94 per nine, against a league rate near 1.25. His ERA is 6.31. ERA is the number everyone quotes and it is the wrong one for a home run market: a low-ERA fly-ball pitcher gives up more homers than a higher-ERA groundballer, and ERA cannot tell them apart.

Published Saturday, September 5, 2026

Max Scherzer has allowed 12 home runs in 55.6 innings this season — 1.94 per nine, against a league rate near 1.25. His ERA is 6.31. ERA is the number everyone quotes and it is the wrong one for a home run market: a low-ERA fly-ball pitcher gives up more homers than a higher-ERA groundballer, and ERA cannot tell them apart.

THE NUMBERS

angle
pitcher_hr_prone
direction
prone
pitcher id
453286
pitcher name
Max Scherzer
team
Toronto Blue Jays
matchup
Toronto Blue Jays vs Kansas City Royals
headline
1.94 HR/9
hr9
1.94
innings pitched
55.6
home runs allowed
12
era
6.31
detail
Max Scherzer has allowed 12 home runs in 55.6 innings this season — 1.94 per nine, against a league rate near 1.25. His ERA is 6.31. ERA is the number everyone quotes and it is the wrong one for a home run market: a low-ERA fly-ball pitcher gives up more homers than a higher-ERA groundballer, and ERA cannot tell them apart.

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