Max Scherzer

Position: Starting 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)

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

2018 Player Pitching Game Log

2018 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	GSc	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	SB	CS	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2018-03-30	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Cincinnati Reds	1-6	W	6.0	5	0	0	1	10	0	0	71	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	24	100	67	13	22	6	7	1	2
2	2018-04-04	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Atlanta Braves	1-5	L	5.0	6	5	2	2	7	1	0	46	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	110	71	18	17	3	12	2	2
3	2018-04-09	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Atlanta Braves	1-9	W	9.0	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	93	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	28	102	72	15	16	9	9	2	3
4	2018-04-14	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Colorado Rockies	1-7	W	7.0	1	2	2	1	11	1	0	77	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	103	70	15	21	4	6	0	3
5	2018-04-20	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Los Angeles Dodgers	1-6	W	6.0	4	1	1	3	9	0	2	66	21	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	26	106	68	18	20	5	7	2	1
6	2018-04-25	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	San Francisco Giants	1-6	W	6.0	5	2	2	2	10	0	0	62	23	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	25	99	74	20	17	4	9	5	1
7	2018-05-01	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Pittsburgh Pirates	1-7	W	6.1	3	2	2	2	8	1	0	65	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	106	71	23	10	4	10	3	3
8	2018-05-06	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Philadelphia Phillies	1-7		6.1	5	1	1	2	15	0	1	72	23	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	26	111	71	21	23	1	7	6	1
9	2018-05-11	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Arizona Diamondbacks	1-7	W	7.0	4	1	1	0	11	1	0	76	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	25	99	72	16	19	1	11	6	2
10	2018-05-19 (2)	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Los Angeles Dodgers	1-7		7.0	5	2	2	3	13	1	0	69	26	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	29	121	89	32	17	7	6	1	2
11	2018-05-25	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Miami Marlins	1-6	W	6.0	7	4	4	2	4	1	1	44	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	114	75	15	13	7	15	4	5
12	2018-05-30	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Baltimore Orioles	1-8	W	8.0	2	0	0	1	12	0	0	89	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	111	83	14	29	5	9	6	1
13	2018-06-05	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Tampa Bay Rays	1-8	W	8.0	5	2	2	0	13	0	0	77	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	28	99	81	17	23	7	8	6	1
14	2018-06-10	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		San Francisco Giants	1-7	L	7.0	4	2	2	3	9	1	0	67	25	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	28	113	72	18	21	7	9	2	4
15	2018-06-16	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Toronto Blue Jays	1-6	L	6.0	4	2	2	1	10	1	1	65	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	108	75	18	15	5	7	2	2
16	2018-06-21	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Baltimore Orioles	1-7		7.0	5	2	2	1	9	2	0	67	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	102	72	15	19	6	11	3	1
17	2018-06-26	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Tampa Bay Rays	1-7	L	7.0	4	1	1	3	4	0	0	66	24	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	28	104	63	15	9	8	12	4	5
18	2018-07-02	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Boston Red Sox	1-6	L	6.0	4	3	3	3	9	0	2	58	21	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	27	108	74	17	18	1	11	4	3
19	2018-07-07	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Miami Marlins	1-7	W	7.0	7	4	4	2	3	3	0	48	26	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	28	109	78	17	15	11	12	2	5
20	2018-07-12	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	New York Mets	1-7	W	7.0	5	3	3	2	5	2	0	58	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	101	73	16	10	6	15	5	4
21	2018-07-22	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Atlanta Braves	1-6	W	6.0	8	2	2	1	7	0	0	54	23	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	24	105	70	14	18	5	12	7	2
22	2018-07-27	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Miami Marlins	1-8	W	8.0	3	1	0	1	11	0	1	84	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	106	74	22	16	10	9	5	1
23	2018-08-02	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Cincinnati Reds	1-6	W	6.0	4	2	2	2	10	1	0	64	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	110	77	14	17	5	7	3	0
24	2018-08-07 (2)	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Atlanta Braves	1-7		7.0	4	1	1	1	6	1	0	70	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	113	83	20	14	7	12	5	3
25	2018-08-12	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Chicago Cubs	1-7		7.0	3	0	0	1	11	0	0	81	24	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	25	106	71	11	21	5	8	4	3
26	2018-08-17	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Miami Marlins	1-6	W	6.0	5	0	0	1	7	0	0	68	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	22	96	62	19	9	5	9	4	3
27	2018-08-23	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Philadelphia Phillies	1-7	L	7.0	2	2	2	4	10	1	0	71	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	109	65	22	15	4	8	1	3
28	2018-08-28	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Philadelphia Phillies	1-5		5.0	4	3	3	0	5	2	1	52	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	99	68	19	8	4	10	1	1
29	2018-09-03	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		St. Louis Cardinals	1-7		7.0	4	3	3	1	11	1	0	67	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	26	104	73	17	15	3	11	4	1
30	2018-09-08	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Chicago Cubs	1-9	W	9.0	9	3	3	0	11	0	1	68	34	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	36	111	83	18	24	11	13	7	2
31	2018-09-14	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Atlanta Braves	1-4	L	4.0	7	6	6	3	6	0	1	27	18	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	23	102	61	10	12	1	12	4	2
32	2018-09-20	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		New York Mets	1-7		7.0	5	3	3	2	13	2	0	66	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	104	76	21	22	4	9	2	2
33	2018-09-25	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Miami Marlins	1-7	W	7.0	5	1	1	0	10	0	1	73	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	100	70	15	19	2	13	5	4

2018 Player Pitching Splits

2018 Player Pitching Splits
Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Total	33	866	797	66	150	36	5	23	8	1	51	300	.188	.247	.333	.580	.267	265	10	12	4	2	4

Home	19	508	470	37	87	19	1	15	5	1	29	185	.185	.240	.326	.565	.266	153	9	5	3	1	3
Away	14	358	327	29	63	17	4	8	3	0	22	115	.193	.258	.343	.600	.268	112	1	7	1	1	1

March	1	24	23	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	10	.217	.250	.261	.511	.385	6	0	0	0	0	0
April	5	126	116	10	18	7	2	2	0	0	8	47	.155	.222	.302	.524	.239	35	2	2	0	0	0
May	6	160	148	10	26	9	1	4	2	0	10	63	.176	.238	.331	.569	.272	49	2	2	0	0	1
June	5	135	125	9	22	6	0	4	3	0	8	45	.176	.231	.320	.551	.237	40	1	1	1	0	0
July	5	137	124	13	27	4	1	5	1	1	9	35	.218	.287	.387	.674	.262	48	3	3	1	0	2
August	6	144	133	8	22	3	0	5	0	0	9	49	.165	.224	.301	.525	.215	40	1	1	1	0	1
September	5	140	128	16	30	6	1	3	1	0	6	51	.234	.281	.367	.648	.355	47	1	3	1	2	0

As Starter	33	866	797	66	150	36	5	23	8	1	51	300	.188	.247	.333	.580	.267	265	10	12	4	2	4

vs RHB as RHP	33	414	385		69	16	2	11			19	159	.179	.231	.317	.548	.269	122	6	7	2	1	1
vs LHB as RHP	33	452	412		81	20	3	12			32	141	.197	.262	.347	.609	.265	143	4	5	2	1	3

Bases Empty	33	563	521		95	26	5	13			35	194	.182	.243	.326	.570	.261	170	0	7	0	0	0
Runners On	33	303	276		55	10	0	10			16	106	.199	.254	.344	.598	.278	95	10	5	4	2	4

vs. Younger Batters	33	792	726		131	32	5	22			48	283	.180	.242	.329	.572	.258	239	10	12	4	2	4
vs. Older Batters	18	74	71		19	4	0	1			3	17	.268	.297	.366	.664	.340	26	0	0	0	0	0

Table
Split	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	SO9	SO/W
Total	18	7	.720	2.53	33	33	0	220.2	150	66	62	23	51	4	300	12	1	0	866	0.911	12.2	5.88

Home	10	3	.769	2.51	19	19	0	132.2	87	37	37	15	29	3	185	5	1	0	508	0.874	12.6	6.38
Away	8	4	.667	2.56	14	14	0	88.0	63	29	25	8	22	1	115	7	0	0	358	0.966	11.8	5.23

March	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	6.0	5	0	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	24	1.000	15.0	10.00
April	4	1	.800	1.91	5	5	0	33.0	18	10	7	2	8	0	47	2	0	0	126	0.788	12.8	5.88
May	4	0	1.000	2.21	6	6	0	40.2	26	10	10	4	10	1	63	2	0	0	160	0.885	13.9	6.30
June	1	3	.250	2.31	5	5	0	35.0	22	9	9	4	8	0	45	1	0	0	135	0.857	11.6	5.63
July	4	1	.800	3.18	5	5	0	34.0	27	13	12	5	9	2	35	3	0	0	137	1.059	9.3	3.89
August	2	1	.667	1.89	6	6	0	38.0	22	8	8	5	9	1	49	1	0	0	144	0.816	11.6	5.44
September	2	1	.667	4.24	5	5	0	34.0	30	16	16	3	6	0	51	3	1	0	140	1.059	13.5	8.50

As Starter	18	7	.720	2.53	33	33	0	220.2	150	66	62	23	51	4	300	12	1	0	866	0.911	12.2	5.88

Please note that splits include both major and minor league stats. We have decided that the splits across all levels is more useful than just minor league stats.

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