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: 14-13 / in Starts: 14-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2019 Pitching Game Log

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2019 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	339	1	Mar 28	WSN		NYM	L,0-2	GS-8	L(0-1)	99	7.2	2	2	2	3	12	1	0	2.35	2.95	28	109	76	18	20	7	6	2	0	0	76			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.307	.77	0.19%	3.08	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out d1
2	340	4	Apr 2	WSN		PHI	L,2-8	GS-5	L(0-2)	4	5.0	7	2	1	1	9	1	0	2.13	2.90	23			15	14	5	8	3	1	0	55			0	0	0	22	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.10	0.027	1.14	0.02%	0.70	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
3	341	8	Apr 7	WSN	@	NYM	W,12-9	GS-7	W(1-2)	4	6.1	8	4	4	0	7	0	2	3.32	2.58	27	100	70	18	18	6	12	7	0	0	48			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	1	0	0	.54	0.128	.54	0.08%	0.05	1b start tie	7b -23 1 out a10
4	342	14	Apr 14	WSN		PIT	L,3-4	GS-8		6	8.0	7	3	3	1	7	0	0	3.33	2.36	30			20	15	14	8	4	0	0	62			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.260	1.21	0.16%	1.32	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
5	343	19	Apr 20	WSN	@	MIA	L,3-9	GS-6	L(1-3)	5	5.1	11	7	6	0	9	1	0	4.45	2.35	27	108	77	19	18	4	14	9	1	0	29			2	0	0	27	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.410	1.01	-0.25%	-3.64	1b start tie	6b -2- 1 out d3
6	344	24	Apr 26	WSN		SDP	L,3-4	GS-7		5	7.0	4	2	2	0	10	1	0	4.12	2.32	24	101	69	19	20	8	6	2	1	0	71			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.168	1.08	0.10%	1.78	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
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
7	345	29	May 1	WSN		STL	L,1-5	GS-7	L(1-4)	4	7.0	8	3	3	2	8	0	0	4.08	2.24	30	110	73	16	13	7	13	6	2	0	55			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	1	0	0	.81	-0.007	.65	0.00%	0.78	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
8	346	34	May 6	WSN	@	MIL	L,3-5	GS-6		4	6.0	6	2	1	1	10	0	0	3.78	2.03	27	113	71	12	16	8	7	3	2	0	63			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.39	0.168	1.01	0.07%	1.21	1b start a 2	6b 3 out tie
9	347	39	May 11	WSN	@	LAD	W,5-2	GS-7	W(2-4)	4	7.0	5	2	2	2	7	1	2	3.64	2.35	29	115	75	18	17	6	12	7	0	0	64			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.71	0.048	.43	0.02%	1.59	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
10	348	44	May 17	WSN		CHC	L,6-14	GS-6	L(2-5)	5	6.0	6	3	3	4	8	1	0	3.72	2.57	26	112	74	14	21	5	9	5	2	0	52			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.04	0.013	.63	0.01%	0.24	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
11	349	49	May 22	WSN	@	NYM	L,1-6	GS-6		4	6.0	4	0	0	2	9	0	0	3.41	2.46	25			16	23	8	6	2	0	0	71			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.390	.65	0.11%	2.95	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a1
12	350	54	May 27	WSN		MIA	L,2-3	GS-6		4	6.0	7	1	1	1	6	0	0	3.26	2.40	25	103	81	16	10	10	8	3	1	0	59			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.235	.39	0.05%	2.24	1t start tie	6t 3 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
13	351	59	Jun 2	WSN	@	CIN	W,4-1	GS-8	W(3-5)	5	8.0	3	1	1	1	15	0	1	3.06	2.19	29			19	23	1	11	4	2	0	86			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.468	.59	0.14%	3.49	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a3
14	352	64	Jun 8	WSN	@	SDP	W,4-1	GS-7	W(4-5)	5	7.0	6	0	0	1	9	0	0	2.83	2.11	28			28	10	10	8	4	1	0	73			0	0	0	27	1	0	1	0	0	0	.95	0.324	.50	0.10%	3.48	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a4
15	353	69	Jun 14	WSN		ARI	W,7-3	GS-7	W(5-5)	5	7.0	3	2	2	1	10	2	1	2.81	2.31	27	104	73	19	22	4	11	2	1	0	72			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	.86	0.195	.45	0.06%	1.78	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
16	354	73	Jun 19(2)	WSN		PHI	W,2-0	GS-7	W(6-5)	4	7.0	4	0	0	2	10	0	0	2.62	2.24	27	117	76	12	23	5	10	3	4	0	77			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.477	.90	0.21%	3.78	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
17	355	78	Jun 25	WSN	@	MIA	W,6-1	GS-8	W(7-5)	5	8.0	5	1	1	0	10	0	1	2.52	2.16	29	94	71	17	17	10	8	3	2	0	78			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.57	0.230	.43	0.10%	3.06	1b start tie	8b 3 out a5
18	356	83	Jun 30	WSN	@	DET	W,2-1	GS-8	W(8-5)	4	8.0	4	1	1	0	14	1	0	2.43	2.10	28	115	86	15	24	5	9	5	0	0	84			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.428	1.03	0.23%	3.47	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
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
19	357	88	Jul 6	WSN		KCR	W,6-0	GS-7	W(9-5)	5	7.0	4	0	0	1	11	0	0	2.30	2.02	26	103	75	20	24	5	9	6	1	0	79			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.282	.81	0.19%	3.78	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
20	358	102	Jul 25	WSN		COL	L,7-8	GS-5		18	5.0	4	3	3	2	8	1	0	2.41	2.08	20	86	57	18	16	3	7	4	1	0	53			0	1	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.087	1.23	-0.08%	-0.30	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
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
21	359	127	Aug 22	WSN	@	PIT	W,7-1	GS-4		27	4.0	4	1	1	1	3	1	0	2.41	2.19	17	71	48	7	10	5	8	3	0	0	52			2	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.120	1.52	0.10%	1.05	1b start a 2	4b 3 out a1
22	360	132	Aug 28	WSN		BAL	W,8-4	GS-5		5	4.1	6	2	2	1	8	1	0	2.46	2.22	20	89	58	17	10	6	5	1	2	0	50			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.002	.66	0.00%	-0.25	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out a3
Sept				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
23	361	137	Sep 3	WSN		NYM	W,11-10	GS-6		5	6.0	5	4	4	1	7	1	0	2.60	2.27	24	90	61	14	15	7	9	5	1	0	52			1	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	1	0	.84	-0.176	.64	-0.08%	-0.76	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
24	362	142	Sep 8	WSN	@	ATL	W,9-4	GS-6	W(10-5)	4	6.0	2	1	1	2	9	1	0	2.56	2.32	22	98	64	18	16	3	8	3	1	0	71			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.249	.80	0.14%	2.37	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a3
25	363	146	Sep 13	WSN		ATL	L,0-5	GS-5	L(10-6)	4	5.0	7	3	3	2	6	0	0	2.65	2.31	24			12	10	5	11	7	0	0	45			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.15	-0.078	.71	-0.03%	-0.30	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
26	364	151	Sep 18	WSN	@	STL	L,1-5	GS-7	L(10-7)	4	6.2	7	5	5	0	11	2	0	2.81	2.37	27	109	77	21	15	7	9	3	1	0	51			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.141	.82	-0.10%	-1.55	1b start tie	7b --- 2 out d4
27	365	157	Sep 24(2)	WSN		PHI	W,6-5	GS-6	W(11-7)	5	6.0	5	4	4	1	10	2	0	2.92	2.45	24	101	74	20	16	6	7	3	1	0	55			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.129	.13	-0.02%	-0.76	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
							14-13		W-L:11-7	4.5	172.1	144	59	56	33	243	18	7	2.92	2.45	693	2148	69%	21%	21%	0.71		27%	7%	0	62		---%	8	1	0	650	43	0	2	7	2	2	.94	3.491	.76	1.51%	34.66

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