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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	22-10 / in Starts: 21-9
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 78 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	49 (19-19-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 78 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	46 (23-14-7)

Most Driven In
M Taylor	1
P Severino	1
H Kendrick	1
J Soto	1
M Wieters	1
A Stevenson	1
W Difo	0

Most Driven In By
T Turner	2
B Harper	2
A Eaton	1
W Difo	1

2018 Batting Game Log

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2018 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	151	1	Mar 30	WSN	@	CIN	W,2-0	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.78	-0.039	.74	-0.02%	-0.39	P
2	152	6 (4)	Apr 4	WSN	@	ATL	L,1-7	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.79	0.033	.98	0.02%	0.45	P
3	153	10 (3)	Apr 9	WSN		ATL	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.56	-0.044	.57	-0.03%	-0.73	P
4	154	15 (4)	Apr 14	WSN		COL	W,6-2	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.300	.600	9	.69	0.015	.54	0.01%	0.06	P
5	155	20 (4)	Apr 20	WSN	@	LAD	W,5-2	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.64	0.029	.54	0.02%	0.40	P
6	156	25 (4)	Apr 25	WSN	@	SFG	W,15-2	GS-7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.33	-0.040	.23	-0.02%	-1.35	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	157	30 (4)	May 1	WSN		PIT	W,12-4	GS-7	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.263	.263	.263	.526	8	.53	-0.003	.37	0.00%	0.89	P
8	158	35 (4)	May 6	WSN		PHI	W,5-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.238	.238	.476	8	.81	-0.044	.86	-0.03%	-0.48	P
9	159	40 (4)	May 11	WSN	@	ARI	W,3-1	GS-8	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.292	.333	.625	8	1.43	0.124	1.58	0.08%	0.97	P
10	160	45 (4)	May 19 (2)	WSN		LAD	L,4-5	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.333	.346	.679	8	1.13	0.109	1.31	0.08%	1.04	P
11	161	50 (4)	May 25	WSN	@	MIA	W,9-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.310	.321	.632	8	.83	-0.041	.94	-0.03%	-0.36	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	162	58 (7)	Jun 2	WSN	@	ATL	W,5-3	14-14	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.333	.345	.678	5	1.78	0.059	2.99	0.06%	0.26	PH
13	163	60 (1)	Jun 5	WSN		TBR	W,4-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.303	.313	.616	9	.49	-0.057	.65	-0.05%	-0.97	P
14	164	62 (1)	Jun 8	WSN		SFG	L,5-9	3-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.294	.303	.597	9	.64	-0.016	.87	-0.01%	-0.16	PH
15	165	64 (1)	Jun 10	WSN		SFG	L,0-2	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.306	.294	.600	9	1.58	-0.041	2.22	-0.03%	-0.24	P
16	166	73 (8)	Jun 21	WSN		BAL	W,4-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.289	.278	.567	9	1.35	-0.088	1.75	-0.07%	-0.75	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	167	83 (9)	Jul 2	WSN		BOS	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.275	.263	.538	9	1.09	-0.056	1.10	-0.03%	-0.48	P
18	168	88 (4)	Jul 7	WSN		MIA	W,18-4	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.279	.268	.547	9	.60	0.029	.55	0.02%	0.04	P
19	169	93 (4)	Jul 12	WSN	@	NYM	W,5-4	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.289	.279	.568	9	1.56	-0.025	1.27	-0.01%	-0.30	P
20	170	98 (4)	Jul 22	WSN		ATL	W,6-2	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.298	.289	.587	9	.71	-0.018	.62	-0.01%	-0.17	P
21	171	103 (4)	Jul 27	WSN	@	MIA	W,9-1	GS-9	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.277	.320	.298	.618	9	.61	0.019	.47	0.01%	-0.40	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	172	108 (4)	Aug 2	WSN		CIN	W,10-4	GS-7	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.333	.313	.646	9	.55	0.088	.50	0.05%	0.59	P
23	173	113 (4)	Aug 7 (2)	WSN		ATL	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.340	.320	.660	9	.89	-0.011	1.17	-0.01%	-0.10	P
24	174	118 (4)	Aug 12	WSN	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.327	.308	.635	9	.92	-0.047	.85	-0.03%	-0.47	P
25	175	123 (4)	Aug 17	WSN		MIA	W,8-2	GS-6	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.333	.333	.667	9	.76	-0.019	.30	-0.01%	-0.14	P
26	176	128 (4)	Aug 23	WSN		PHI	L,0-2	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.328	.327	.655	9	.96	-0.030	.50	-0.01%	-0.29	P
27	177	133 (4)	Aug 28	WSN	@	PHI	W,5-4	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.322	.321	.643	9	.72	-0.018	.23	0.00%	-0.16	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	178	138 (4)	Sep 3	WSN		STL	W,4-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.306	.305	.612	9	.80	-0.064	.11	-0.01%	-0.51	P
29	179	142 (3)	Sep 8 (1)	WSN		CHC	W,10-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.270	.303	.302	.605	9	.34	0.008	.02	0.00%	1.87	P
30	180	148 (5)	Sep 14	WSN	@	ATL	L,5-10	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.294	.292	.586	9	.92	-0.091	.07	0.00%	-0.77	P
31	181	153 (4)	Sep 20	WSN		NYM	L,4-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.286	.284	.569	9	1.21	-0.062	.03	0.00%	-0.61	P
32	182	158 (4)	Sep 25	WSN		MIA	W,9-4	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.274	.271	.545	9	.67	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.56	P
							22-10		78	70	8	17	2	0	0	6	1	0	14	2	5	0	2	1	1	0	.243	.274	.271	.545		.80	-0.372	.69	-0.07%	-3.85

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