Max Scherzer's Distance Traveled by Pitch Type

If Scherzer threw each of his ~44,000 career pitches at 45° up from horizontal, those throws would cover 5M kilometers — about the distance from Cleveland to Seattle to San Francisco.

Based on empirical data collected and made available by Major League Baseball.
Parameters: Windless, flat, featureless environment; uniform STP atmosphere; ball does not roll on landing.
Chart: Ben Elliott // @obverter Source: Baseball Savant Get the data