Max Scherzer

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 208lb (190cm, 94kg)

Team: Texas Rangers (majors, 15-day IL)

Born: July 27, 1984 in St. Louis, MO us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 43rd round of the 2003 MLB June Amateur Draft from Parkway Central HS (Chesterfield, MO) and the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 1st round (11th) of the 2006 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Missouri (Columbia, MO).

High School: Parkway Central HS (Chesterfield, MO)

School: University of Missouri (Columbia, MO)

Debut: April 29, 2008 (Age 23-277d, 19,290th in major league history)
vs. HOU 4.1 IP, 0 H, 7 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2008 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 3 yrs/$130M (22-24)

Service Time (01/2024): 15.079 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: Boras Corporation

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Maxwell Martin Scherzer

Nicknames: Mad Max, Blue Eye or Brown Eye

Pronunciation: \SHER-zer\

Twitter: @Max_Scherzer

Instagram: @maxscherzer31

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

75.0

214

108

ERA

3.15

457

448

2834.2

3367

WHIP

1.077

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Team Record in Appearances: 21-11 / in Starts: 21-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2012 Pitching Game Log

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2012 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	111	3	Apr 8	DET		BOS	W,13-12	GS-3		99	2.2	8	7	7	2	3	0	2	23.63	5.34	20	80	51	16	4	3	10	3	2	0	15			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.51	-0.529	1.59	-0.33%	-5.68	1t start tie	3t 1-- 2 out d2
2	112	7	Apr 13	DET	@	CHW	L,2-5	GS-6	L(0-1)	4	6.0	5	3	3	1	11	1	0	10.38	3.09	24	100	65	17	14	4	8	3	2	0	60			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.029	1.07	-0.02%	0.09	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
3	113	12	Apr 18	DET	@	KCR	W,4-3	GS-7	W(1-1)	4	6.0	7	3	3	1	3	1	1	7.98	3.98	25	94	64	12	10	8	12	6	3	0	48			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.94	-0.134	1.18	-0.10%	-0.35	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out a1
4	114	17	Apr 24	DET		SEA	L,4-7	GS-5	L(1-2)	5	5.0	10	5	5	2	6	0	0	8.24	3.45	26	103	63	17	9	8	10	3	2	0	31			1	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.271	1.32	-0.19%	-2.40	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
5	115	22	Apr 29	DET	@	NYY	L,2-6	GS-5	L(1-3)	4	4.2	7	3	3	7	4	1	0	7.77	4.45	28	119	62	12	17	9	8	0	4	0	35			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.154	1.22	-0.10%	-1.20	1b start tie	5b 123 2 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	116	26	May 5	DET		CHW	L,2-3	GS-7		5	7.0	4	1	1	0	9	1	0	6.32	3.99	24	97	68	14	20	5	10	3	2	0	74			0	0	1	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.313	1.18	0.24%	2.64	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
7	117	31	May 10	DET	@	OAK	W,10-6	GS-7	W(2-3)	4	6.1	5	2	2	2	9	1	0	5.73	3.86	25	106	66	21	10	5	9	2	1	0	62			1	0	0	23	0	1	0	1	0	0	.35	-0.104	.38	-0.07%	0.42	1b start a 1	7b 12- 1 out a8
8	118	36	May 15	DET	@	CHW	W,10-8	GS-5		4	4.0	8	6	5	3	3	1	0	6.26	4.17	22	99	62	11	10	7	9	5	1	0	24			1	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.231	1.02	-0.17%	-2.94	1b start tie	5b 12- 0 out d4
9	119	41	May 20	DET		PIT	W,4-3	GS-7	W(3-3)	4	7.0	4	2	2	1	15	2	0	5.73	4.00	26	115	80	17	21	3	7	1	1	0	75			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.090	.79	0.05%	1.64	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
10	120	46	May 26	DET	@	MIN	W,6-3	GS-6	W(4-3)	5	5.1	6	3	3	0	9	2	0	5.67	4.06	21	80	52	20	10	5	7	3	0	0	53			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	.80	-0.100	.75	-0.06%	-1.26	1b start a 2	6b 1-3 1 out a3
11	121	51	May 31	DET	@	BOS	W,7-3	GS-7	W(5-3)	4	6.0	7	3	3	2	6	1	0	5.55	4.08	27	117	76	20	9	6	13	3	2	0	50			1	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.026	.90	-0.01%	-0.29	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	122	56	Jun 6	DET		CLE	L,6-9	GS-5	L(5-4)	5	4.1	7	8	5	3	2	2	0	5.88	4.49	24	92	57	14	9	10	9	4	1	0	22			1	0	0	21	0	0	1	0	0	1	.66	-0.434	.61	-0.24%	-6.83	1t start tie	5t -23 1 out d6
13	123	61	Jun 12	DET	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-6		5	6.0	5	3	3	5	8	0	0	5.76	4.36	27	116	64	21	12	9	5	2	1	0	53			2	0	1	22	2	0	1	0	0	0	.98	-0.040	.83	-0.02%	-0.12	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
14	124	66	Jun 17	DET		COL	W,5-0	GS-8	W(6-4)	4	8.0	7	0	0	0	12	0	0	5.17	3.92	31	122	89	24	16	10	9	2	0	0	80			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.294	.63	0.17%	4.16	1t start tie	8t 3 out a5
15	125	71	Jun 23	DET	@	PIT	L,1-4	GS-6	L(6-5)	5	6.0	3	3	3	1	7	1	1	5.12	3.92	21	100	67	18	12	5	7	3	1	0	60			0	1	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	.68	-0.117	.68	-0.07%	-0.29	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
16	126	76	Jun 28	DET	@	TBR	W,5-2	GS-7	W(7-5)	4	6.0	4	2	2	2	7	0	0	4.98	3.78	24	111	64	16	13	3	12	4	3	0	61			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.171	.94	0.10%	1.45	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out a3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	127	86	Jul 8	DET		KCR	W,7-1	GS-7	W(8-5)	9	7.0	5	1	1	1	7	1	0	4.72	3.75	27	109	76	19	17	4	15	1	2	0	69			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.222	1.06	0.16%	2.64	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
18	128	88	Jul 14	DET	@	BAL	L,6-8	GS-5		5	5.0	9	4	4	2	4	1	0	4.84	3.83	25	94	61	13	8	7	12	6	1	0	35			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	1	0	0	.78	-0.222	1.01	-0.17%	-1.47	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d3
19	129	93	Jul 19	DET		LAA	W,5-1	GS-7	W(9-5)	4	7.0	3	1	1	4	9	1	0	4.61	3.84	27	109	70	21	17	4	10	2	1	0	72			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.257	1.12	0.22%	2.64	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
20	130	98	Jul 25	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS-7	W(10-5)	5	7.0	3	2	2	4	8	1	0	4.49	3.88	27	105	64	21	9	5	10	0	2	0	67			1	1	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.172	1.95	0.20%	1.26	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a3
21	131	103	Jul 30	DET	@	BOS	L,3-7	GS-7	L(10-6)	4	6.1	7	5	5	2	9	1	0	4.62	3.84	28	101	69	18	14	8	9	3	2	0	46			0	1	0	26	0	2	0	0	0	1	.94	-0.266	1.49	-0.25%	-1.93	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 1 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	132	108	Aug 5	DET		CLE	W,10-8	GS-5		5	5.0	10	4	4	1	9	1	0	4.72	3.80	24	105	67	14	15	5	9	2	1	0	39			2	1	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.191	1.94	-0.21%	-1.40	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
23	133	113	Aug 10	DET	@	TEX	W,6-2	GS-6	W(11-6)	4	6.0	8	2	2	2	8	1	1	4.65	3.81	27	112	70	22	11	6	10	5	0	0	54			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.097	1.73	0.10%	1.24	1b start tie	6b 3 out a3
24	134	118	Aug 15	DET	@	MIN	W,5-1	GS-7	W(12-6)	4	7.0	4	0	0	2	10	0	0	4.41	3.68	26	117	75	25	7	8	6	3	1	0	77			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.318	1.66	0.33%	3.40	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a4
25	135	122	Aug 21	DET		TOR	W,5-3	GS-7	W(13-6)	5	7.0	5	1	1	2	8	1	0	4.27	3.67	27	112	68	22	16	7	10	3	1	0	69			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.82	0.256	1.48	0.28%	2.64	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
26	136	127	Aug 26	DET		LAA	W,5-2	GS-7	W(14-6)	4	7.0	4	1	1	2	9	0	0	4.13	3.57	26	120	83	20	20	8	7	1	1	0	72			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.297	1.94	0.34%	2.64	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	137	132	Sep 1	DET		CHW	W,5-1	GS-8	W(15-6)	5	8.0	4	0	0	1	9	0	0	3.93	3.45	29	113	80	20	17	3	16	5	3	0	82			2	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.397	2.85	0.76%	4.16	1t start tie	8t 3 out a4
28	138	137	Sep 7	DET	@	LAA	L,2-3	GS-8		5	8.0	5	2	2	0	9	0	0	3.85	3.33	29	110	79	19	14	11	9	3	1	0	73			0	0	0	29	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.314	2.17	0.40%	1.72	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
29	139	142	Sep 12	DET	@	CHW	W,8-6	GS-6	W(16-6)	4	6.0	4	1	1	0	7	1	0	3.77	3.31	21	115	77	12	18	4	10	3	4	0	67			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.221	3.06	0.52%	2.09	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
30	140	147	Sep 18	DET		OAK	W,12-2	GS-2		5	2.0	2	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.78	3.30	10	44	25	7	8	1	3	2	0	0	50			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.000	1.62	0.00%	0.04	1t start tie	2t 3 out tie
31	141	151	Sep 23(1)	DET		MIN	L,4-10	GS-6	L(16-7)	4	5.0	6	3	3	1	4	0	0	3.82	3.27	22	86	56	15	9	4	13	3	3	0	46			1	0	0	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.066	3.33	-0.12%	0.11	1t start tie	6t -23 0 out a1
32	142	162	Oct 3	DET	@	KCR	W,1-0	GS-4		9	4.0	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.74	3.26	17	75	53	13	14	4	8	1	0	0	57			1	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.215	.00	0.00%	2.02	1b start tie	4b 3 out tie
							21-11		W-L:16-7	4.7	187.2	179	82	78	60	231	23	5	3.74	3.26	787	3278	65%	17%	13%	0.63		18%	10%	0	56		---%	15	9	2	716	33	6	2	8	1	2	.91	0.720	1.36	1.73%	10.86

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