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: 15-15 / in Starts: 11-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	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	2011	ALDS g2	Oct 2	DET	@	NYY	W,5-3	GS-7	W(1-0)	4	6.0	2	0	0	4	5	0	1	0.00	3.86	25	104	61	19	8	5	10	2	2	0	69			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.243	16.14	2.55%	2.18	1b start a 2	7b 12- 0 out a4
2	2011	ALDS g5	Oct 6	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	6-7	H(1)	3	1.1	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.23	3.16	6	32	22	6	5	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.071	47.71	1.91%	0.51	6b --- 0 out a2	7b 1-- 1 out a2
3	2011	ALCS g2	Oct 10	DET	@	TEX	L,3-7	GS-7		3	6.0	6	3	3	1	6	1	0	2.70	3.40	25	91	64	18	9	3	15	4	2	0	53			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.023	33.70	0.10%	0.28	1b start tie	7b --- 0 out tie
4	2011	ALCS g6	Oct 15	DET	@	TEX	L,5-15	GS-3	L(1-1)	4	2.1	5	6	6	4	1	0	0	5.74	3.98	16	62	30	5	8	4	7	2	2	0	20			1	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.306	43.65	-6.65%	-2.99	1b start a 1	3b 123 1 out d1
2012 Postseason		Year	Series	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
5	2012	ALDS g4	Oct 10	DET	@	OAK	L,3-4	GS-6		6	5.1	3	1	0	1	8	0	0	0.00	0.66	20	91	63	14	15	2	9	5	3	0	67			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	0.178	22.40	2.41%	1.58	1b start tie	6b --- 1 out a1
6	2012	ALCS g4	Oct 18	DET		NYY	W,8-1	GS-6	W(1-0)	7	5.2	2	1	1	2	10	0	0	0.82	0.64	22	98	69	22	13	3	7	2	1	0	69			1	0	0	20	1	1	0	0	0	1	.66	0.213	7.41	1.33%	1.61	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out a5
7	2012	WS g4	Oct 28	DET		SFG	L,3-4	GS-7		9	6.1	7	3	3	1	8	1	0	2.08	1.54	26	90	59	16	12	6	11	2	1	0	54			0	1	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.119	22.18	-1.52%	-0.06	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out tie
2013 Postseason		Year	Series	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
8	2013	ALDS g1	Oct 4	DET	@	OAK	W,3-2	GS-7	W(1-0)	8	7.0	3	2	2	2	11	1	0	2.57	2.62	26	118	78	19	19	5	8	3	2	0	72			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	.90	0.157	14.16	1.58%	1.32	1b start a 3	7b 3 out a1
9	2013	ALDS g4	Oct 8	DET		OAK	W,8-6	7-8	W(2-0)	3	2.0	3	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.00	2.94	11	47	27	4	3	4	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.15	-0.018	60.39	-0.44%	0.01	7t --- 0 out tie	8t 3 out a1
10	2013	ALCS g2	Oct 13	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS-7		4	7.0	2	1	1	2	13	0	1	2.25	1.92	25	108	69	15	24	5	4	1	1	0	80			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	.75	0.333	19.38	5.43%	2.49	1b start tie	7b 3 out a4
11	2013	ALCS g6	Oct 19	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	GS-7	L(2-1)	5	6.1	4	3	3	5	8	0	1	2.82	2.33	27	110	69	22	15	5	8	4	2	0	56			0	1	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.54	0.125	59.24	2.69%	1.58	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out a1
2014 Postseason		Year	Series	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	2014	ALDS g1	Oct 2	DET	@	BAL	L,3-12	GS-8	L(0-1)	6	7.1	7	5	5	1	6	2	1	6.14	5.86	29	98	71	17	17	7	14	4	2	0	49			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.78	-0.135	12.24	-1.17%	-0.83	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out d1
2016 Postseason		Year	Series	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	2016	NLDS g1	Oct 7	WSN		LAD	L,3-4	GS-6	L(0-1)	4	6.0	5	4	4	0	5	2	1	6.00	6.31	23	91	60	16	8	8	9	3	2	0	51			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.83	-0.083	12.93	-0.83%	-0.94	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
14	2016	NLDS g5	Oct 13	WSN		LAD	L,3-4	GS-7		5	6.0	5	1	1	2	7	1	0	3.75	5.15	24	99	65	15	16	7	8	4	1	0	63			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.40	0.176	58.13	4.10%	2.06	1t start tie	7t --- 0 out tie
2017 Postseason		Year	Series	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
15	2017	NLDS g3	Oct 9	WSN	@	CHC	L,1-2	GS-7		8	6.1	1	1	1	3	7	0	1	1.42	2.84	23	98	60	16	11	6	6	3	2	0	71			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.337	25.11	4.02%	3.02	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out a1
16	2017	NLDS g5	Oct 12	WSN		CHC	L,8-9	5-5	BL(0-1)	2	1.0	3	4	2	1	1	0	1	3.68	3.43	10			3	3	3	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.47	-0.435	61.25	-11.16%	-3.46	5t --- 0 out a1	5t 3 out d3
2019 Postseason		Year	Series	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	2019	NLWC g1	Oct 1	WSN		MIL	W,4-3	GS-5		6	5.0	4	3	3	3	6	2	0	5.40	7.81	22	77	46	4	13	4	9	4	2	0	50			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.072	16.27	-0.95%	-0.30	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
18	2019	NLDS g2	Oct 4	WSN	@	LAD	W,4-2	8-8	H(1)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.50	6.05	3			1	5	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.091	18.88	0.93%	0.51	8b --- 0 out a2	8b 3 out a2
19	2019	NLDS g4	Oct 7	WSN		LAD	W,6-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	2	7.0	4	1	1	3	7	1	0	2.77	5.14	28			15	15	5	13	3	3	0	69			1	0	0	25	1	0	1	0	0	0	.90	0.234	17.44	2.63%	2.78	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
20	2019	NLCS g2	Oct 12	WSN	@	STL	W,3-1	GS-7	W(2-0)	4	7.0	1	0	0	2	11	0	0	1.80	3.66	23			18	19	6	4	1	2	0	84			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.497	29.41	7.98%	3.56	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
21	2019	WS g1	Oct 22	WSN	@	HOU	W,5-4	GS-5	W(3-0)	9	5.0	5	2	2	3	7	0	0	2.16	3.37	23	112	65	16	12	3	10	4	1	0	53			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.082	61.84	2.65%	0.85	1b start tie	5b 3 out a3
22	2019	WS g7	Oct 30	WSN	@	HOU	W,6-2	GS-5		7	5.0	7	2	2	4	3	1	0	2.40	3.98	26	103	58	16	11	8	11	7	0	0	44			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.036	182.05	3.37%	0.85	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
2021 Postseason		Year	Series	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	2021	NLWC g1	Oct 6	LAD		STL	W,3-1	GS-5		6	4.1	3	1	1	3	4	0	1	2.08	4.09	21	94	60	11	15	6	7	3	0	0	54			1	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	0.049	24.30	0.67%	0.70	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out tie
24	2021	NLDS g3	Oct 11	LAD		SFG	L,0-1	GS-7	L(0-1)	4	7.0	3	1	1	1	10	1	0	1.59	3.17	25	110	76	24	21	4	10	4	2	0	76			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.253	18.68	3.02%	2.69	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
25	2021	NLDS g5	Oct 14	LAD	@	SFG	W,2-1	9-GF	S(1)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.46	2.85	4	13	11	4	1	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.57	0.200	148.65	5.34%	0.50	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
26	2021	NLCS g2	Oct 17	LAD	@	ATL	L,4-5	GS-5		2	4.1	4	2	2	1	7	1	0	2.16	3.05	18			11	15	3	7	2	2	0	53			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.024	23.32	-0.40%	0.11	1b start a 2	5b 1-- 1 out tie
2022 Postseason		Year	Series	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	2022	NLWC g1	Oct 7	NYM		SDP	L,1-7	GS-5	L(0-1)	5	4.2	7	7	7	0	4	4	0	13.50	12.54	21	80	49	17	8	5	12	2	2	0	26			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.53	-0.291	5.52	-1.94%	-4.73	1t start tie	5t --- 2 out d7
2023 Postseason		Year	Series	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
28	2023	ALCS g3	Oct 18	TEX		HOU	L,5-8	GS-4	L(0-1)	35	4.0	5	5	5	1	4	1	1	11.25	6.01	18	63	42	14	7	2	10	3	3	0	35			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.264	20.14	-3.60%	-2.87	1t start tie	4t 3 out d5
29	2023	ALCS g7	Oct 23	TEX	@	HOU	W,11-4	GS-3		4	2.2	4	2	2	2	2	1	0	9.45	7.16	13	44	30	4	6	5	4	1	0	0	42			1	0	0	11	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.16	-0.058	96.55	-3.10%	-0.83	1b start a 3	3b --3 2 out a2
30	2023	WS g3	Oct 30	TEX	@	ARI	W,3-1	GS-3		6	3.0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	6.52	6.36	11	36	21	8	2	3	5	1	1	0	54			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	.92	0.151	57.76	5.56%	1.57	1b start tie	3b 3 out a3
											143.0	109	63	60	56	171	20	9	3.78		594																			4

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