Bio
- Debut
- 1969
Bio
- Debut
- 1969
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 346
- W
- 33
- L
- 26
- ERA
- 3.66
- IP
- 536.1
- K
- 297
- BB
- 245
- WHIP
- 1.43
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | DET | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6.75 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 1.50 |
| 1970 | DET | 48 | 4 | 4 | 3.23 | 69.2 | 58 | 28 | 1.28 |
| 1971 | DET | 69 | 11 | 6 | 2.71 | 113.0 | 46 | 49 | 1.24 |
| 1972 | DET | 57 | 7 | 3 | 3.64 | 94.0 | 53 | 53 | 1.53 |
| 1973 | DET | 34 | 2 | 2 | 4.23 | 61.2 | 28 | 30 | 1.44 |
| 1974 | HOU | 53 | 2 | 5 | 4.11 | 61.1 | 35 | 26 | 1.52 |
| 1975 |  HOU/WSH | 50 | 4 | 4 | 3.79 | 92.2 | 56 | 45 | 1.62 |
| 1976 | WSH | 31 | 2 | 2 | 4.95 | 40.0 | 18 | 14 | 1.40 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 1
- W
- 0
- L
- 0
- IP
- 0.0
- K
- 1
- BB
- 0
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 1
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 5.0
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | DET | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | HOU/WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Fred Scherman's career stats?
Fred Scherman played 8 seasons for the Tigers, the Astros and the Nationals. He had 33 wins and 297 strikeouts with a 3.66 ERA over 536.1 innings. His best season was 1971: 11 wins, a 2.71 ERA and 46 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
8 seasons, 1 postseason, 1969 to 1976
Fred Scherman finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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