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: 24-9 / in Starts: 24-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2014 Pitching Game Log

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2014 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	175	2	Apr 2	DET		KCR	W,2-1	GS-8		99	8.0	4	0	0	1	7	0	0	0.00	1.76	27	110	72	18	11	6	13	5	1	0	80			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.41	0.564	1.54	0.37%	3.75	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
2	176	6	Apr 8	DET	@	LAD	L,2-3	GS-7		5	7.0	8	2	2	1	8	1	0	1.20	2.40	28	106	73	16	15	9	10	4	0	0	60			1	1	0	26	3	0	0	1	1	0	1.30	0.025	1.34	0.02%	0.97	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
3	177	10	Apr 13	DET	@	SDP	L,1-5	GS-5	L(0-1)	4	5.0	4	4	4	3	10	1	0	2.70	2.68	23	104	66	15	13	5	5	1	2	0	50			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.299	.90	-0.19%	-1.97	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
4	178	14	Apr 19	DET		LAA	W,5-2	GS-7	W(1-1)	5	7.0	3	1	1	2	9	1	0	2.33	2.84	25	111	70	25	18	9	5	2	1	0	74			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.239	1.03	0.14%	2.28	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
5	179	19	Apr 24	DET		CHW	W,7-4	GS-6	W(2-1)	4	6.0	7	2	2	1	10	1	0	2.45	2.77	26	110	72	14	24	5	10	3	1	0	59			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.25	0.119	1.50	0.09%	0.81	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
6	180	23	Apr 30	DET	@	CHW	W,5-1	GS-6	W(3-1)	5	6.0	4	0	0	3	7	0	0	2.08	2.70	25	105	69	16	11	7	8	5	1	0	68			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.248	1.20	0.19%	2.70	1b start tie	6b 3 out a4
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	181	27	May 5	DET		HOU	W,2-0	GS-8	W(4-1)	4	8.0	3	0	0	1	9	0	1	1.72	2.51	28	111	71	20	13	9	8	2	2	0	84			0	2	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.33	0.547	1.66	0.41%	3.75	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
8	182	32	May 10	DET		MIN	W,9-3	GS-6	W(5-1)	4	6.0	5	3	3	4	6	1	0	2.04	2.83	27	116	73	26	10	4	13	5	1	0	52			0	1	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	1	.91	0.131	1.31	0.11%	-0.19	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
9	183	37	May 16	DET	@	BOS	W,1-0	GS-7	W(6-1)	5	6.0	3	0	0	4	7	0	0	1.83	2.83	23	106	66	16	13	6	6	3	1	0	69			0	0	0	19	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.37	0.311	1.71	0.23%	2.52	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 0 out a1
10	184	42	May 21	DET	@	CLE	L,10-11	GS-7		4	7.0	12	7	7	2	5	1	0	2.59	3.00	34	113	77	21	9	6	21	4	1	0	28			1	0	0	31	5	0	0	1	1	0	1.17	-0.317	1.59	-0.26%	-3.65	1b start a 4	7b 3 out tie
11	185	48	May 27	DET	@	OAK	W,6-5	GS-6		5	6.0	8	5	5	2	4	1	1	3.00	3.20	28	107	73	12	11	4	17	7	3	0	38			0	1	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.345	1.80	-0.29%	-2.27	1b start a 2	6b 3 out d1
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	186	53	Jun 1	DET	@	SEA	L,0-4	GS-7	L(6-2)	4	6.2	9	4	4	0	7	1	0	3.20	3.18	27	116	74	17	12	3	17	7	3	0	47			2	1	0	27	3	0	0	1	0	0	.79	-0.115	1.05	-0.09%	-1.01	1b start tie	7b --- 2 out d4
13	187	58	Jun 7	DET		BOS	W,8-6	GS-7	W(7-2)	5	6.2	11	4	4	1	9	1	0	3.38	3.16	31	115	78	26	12	9	12	4	0	0	44			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	.89	0.027	1.23	0.02%	-1.30	1t start tie	7t -23 2 out a3
14	188	62	Jun 12	DET	@	CHW	W,4-0	SHO	W(8-2)	4	9.0	3	0	0	3	8	0	0	3.05	3.08	34	113	73	17	16	8	15	3	3	0	86			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	0.524	1.64	0.50%	4.05	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
15	189	67	Jun 17	DET		KCR	L,4-11	GS-5	L(8-3)	4	4.0	10	10	10	1	5	2	1	3.84	3.30	24	93	57	21	8	6	11	7	0	0	6			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.46	-0.415	.80	-0.43%	-7.10	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out d6
16	190	72	Jun 22	DET	@	CLE	W,10-4	GS-6	W(9-3)	4	6.0	6	1	1	2	8	0	0	3.71	3.20	26	114	76	20	10	5	11	6	1	0	62			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.221	1.50	0.23%	1.87	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a9
17	191	77	Jun 28	DET	@	HOU	W,4-3	GS-7		5	7.0	7	2	2	1	13	0	0	3.64	2.99	28	112	73	18	21	8	6	1	3	0	67			3	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.061	1.29	0.05%	1.25	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
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
18	192	82	Jul 3	DET		TBR	W,8-1	GS-8	W(10-3)	4	8.0	2	1	1	1	7	0	0	3.47	2.91	27	106	75	23	10	6	13	4	1	0	80			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	.41	0.050	.57	0.04%	2.75	1t start tie	8t 3 out a7
19	193	87	Jul 9	DET		LAD	W,4-1	GS-7	W(11-3)	5	7.0	4	1	1	2	7	1	0	3.35	2.96	26	101	64	20	13	7	10	2	0	0	70			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.301	1.59	0.26%	2.28	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
20	194	94	Jul 19(2)	DET		CLE	L,2-5	GS-6		9	5.2	6	2	2	4	4	2	0	3.34	3.19	27	118	77	16	11	9	10	3	1	0	49			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.024	2.46	0.03%	0.72	1t start tie	6t --- 2 out d1
21	195	99	Jul 24	DET	@	LAA	W,6-4	GS-7	W(12-3)	4	7.0	6	3	3	1	11	0	0	3.37	3.05	28	103	74	25	12	7	9	4	2	0	63			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.035	1.75	-0.03%	0.09	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
22	196	104	Jul 30	DET		CHW	W,7-2	GS-7	W(13-3)	5	7.0	5	1	1	1	6	0	0	3.27	3.00	25	98	66	20	11	11	7	2	1	0	68			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	2	1	0	.37	0.122	.72	0.14%	2.28	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
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
23	197	109	Aug 4	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS-7	L(13-4)	4	7.0	9	2	2	3	4	0	0	3.24	3.01	30	115	68	21	6	5	18	8	2	0	52			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	2	1	0	1.08	0.066	1.70	0.06%	1.25	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
24	198	114	Aug 9	DET	@	TOR	L,2-3	GS-8		4	8.0	4	1	1	0	11	0	0	3.13	2.88	27	106	77	22	19	7	9	2	3	0	81			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.457	1.83	0.47%	2.71	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
25	199	119	Aug 14	DET		PIT	W,5-2	GS-8	W(14-4)	4	8.0	3	0	0	2	14	0	0	2.98	2.76	28	121	81	19	24	5	7	2	0	0	88			0	1	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.488	1.92	0.53%	3.75	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
26	200	123	Aug 19	DET	@	TBR	W,8-6	GS-7		4	7.0	4	4	4	3	9	1	1	3.07	2.81	29	112	74	20	12	6	10	4	0	0	59			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.065	1.60	-0.08%	-0.85	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
27	201	129	Aug 24	DET	@	MIN	W,13-4	GS-5	W(15-4)	4	5.0	7	3	3	1	4	0	1	3.13	2.81	24	112	76	22	10	10	8	3	0	0	44			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	-0.059	2.61	-0.07%	-0.64	1b start tie	5b 3 out a2
28	202	134	Aug 30(1)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-6	GS-7	L(15-5)	5	6.2	9	6	5	0	11	2	0	3.26	2.84	30	113	84	16	24	10	9	5	1	0	45			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	.67	-0.450	1.48	-0.60%	-3.06	1b start a 3	7b 1-- 2 out d3
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
29	203	140	Sep 4	DET	@	CLE	W,11-4	GS-6		4	6.0	4	3	2	3	6	0	0	3.25	2.84	26	124	77	17	14	3	14	3	3	0	57			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	0	1	1	1.14	-0.008	3.18	-0.01%	-0.13	1b start a 4	6b 3 out a1
30	204	145	Sep 9	DET		KCR	W,4-2	GS-7	W(16-5)	4	6.2	7	1	1	4	6	0	0	3.19	2.85	30	117	81	22	10	6	14	7	1	0	58			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.225	5.23	0.57%	2.06	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out a3
31	205	150	Sep 15	DET	@	MIN	W,8-6	GS-7		5	7.0	7	4	4	1	5	1	0	3.26	2.89	27	101	69	24	8	8	13	2	2	0	51			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	1	1	0	.80	0.131	1.47	0.14%	-0.69	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a2
32	206	154	Sep 20	DET	@	KCR	W,3-2	GS-7	W(17-5)	4	7.0	7	1	0	1	6	0	1	3.15	2.87	29	113	75	19	9	11	10	2	3	0	66			1	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.277	4.03	0.48%	2.38	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
33	207	159	Sep 25	DET		MIN	W,4-2	GS-6	W(18-5)	4	6.0	5	2	2	4	9	0	0	3.15	2.85	27	116	76	24	13	4	10	4	2	0	59			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.143	1.07	0.08%	0.81	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
							24-9		W-L:18-5	4.5	220.1	196	80	77	63	252	18	6	3.15	2.85	904	3638	66%	18%	12%	0.62		22%	8%	0	60		---%	13	10	0	823	49	2	1	15	8	5	1.03	3.193	1.73	3.14%	22.18

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