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: 24-10 / in Starts: 24-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2016 Pitching Game Log

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2016 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	241	1	Apr 4	WSN	@	ATL	W,4-3	GS-7		99	7.0	3	2	2	2	7	2	0	2.57	5.72	25	104	72	12	17	6	10	2	6	0	68			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.195	1.02	0.13%	1.40	1b start a 1	7b 3 out tie
2	242	5	Apr 11	WSN		ATL	W,6-4	GS-6	W(1-0)	6	6.0	6	4	4	3	6	0	0	4.15	4.30	26	100	65	11	9	11	6	4	0	0	47			0	1	0	22	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.10	-0.055	1.26	-0.04%	-0.94	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
3	243	10	Apr 16	WSN	@	PHI	W,8-1	GS-7	W(2-0)	4	7.0	5	1	1	1	7	1	0	3.15	4.00	27	108	72	19	11	8	11	2	5	0	69			0	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	0	0	.52	0.190	.70	0.15%	2.44	1b start a 3	7b 3 out a6
4	244	15	Apr 21	WSN	@	MIA	L,1-5	GS-5	L(2-1)	4	5.0	8	5	5	2	3	1	1	4.32	4.47	25	99	64	14	6	8	11	5	0	0	32			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	.70	-0.316	.90	-0.25%	-2.70	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d4
5	245	19	Apr 26	WSN		PHI	L,3-4	GS-6		4	6.0	7	3	3	4	7	1	0	4.35	4.57	27	116	79	15	18	9	7	5	0	0	49			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.014	1.57	-0.01%	0.06	1t start tie	6t 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
6	246	24	May 1	WSN	@	STL	W,6-1	GS-7	W(3-1)	4	7.0	4	0	0	0	9	0	0	3.55	3.83	25	105	73	20	17	4	12	4	3	0	78			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.396	1.10	0.29%	3.40	1b start tie	7b 3 out a4
7	247	29	May 6	WSN	@	CHC	L,6-8	GS-5	L(3-2)	4	5.0	7	7	7	3	7	4	0	4.60	4.84	25	96	61	15	15	4	11	4	3	0	29			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.396	.87	-0.29%	-4.50	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d5
8	248	34	May 11	WSN		DET	W,3-2	CG	W(4-2)	4	9.0	6	2	2	0	20	2	0	4.15	4.28	33	119	96	27	31	3	10	3	1	0	87			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.493	1.66	0.35%	2.59	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
9	249	39	May 17	WSN	@	NYM	L,0-2	GS-7	L(4-3)	5	6.1	3	2	2	3	10	2	1	4.01	4.47	25	98	62	17	15	2	9	3	3	0	66			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.62	0.003	.94	0.00%	0.83	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out d2
10	250	44	May 22	WSN	@	MIA	W,8-2	GS-8	W(5-3)	4	8.0	6	2	2	0	8	1	0	3.80	4.26	29	103	76	19	16	8	13	7	1	0	70			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.267	.92	0.24%	1.69	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a4
11	251	49	May 27	WSN		STL	L,2-6	GS-7	L(5-4)	4	7.0	3	5	5	4	6	1	0	4.05	4.33	27	92	63	12	14	5	12	5	3	0	53			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.75	-0.230	1.00	-0.18%	-1.43	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
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	252	54	Jun 1	WSN	@	PHI	W,7-2	GS-8	W(6-4)	4	8.0	5	2	2	2	11	1	0	3.87	4.18	31	111	78	17	22	5	13	5	2	0	73			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.311	.87	0.29%	1.93	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a5
13	253	59	Jun 8	WSN	@	CHW	W,11-4	GS-7	W(7-4)	6	7.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	0	3.57	4.00	26	97	68	18	13	7	12	5	6	0	72			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.109	.37	0.09%	3.41	1b start a 4	7b 3 out a7
14	254	64	Jun 13	WSN		CHC	W,4-1	GS-7	W(8-4)	4	7.0	2	1	1	0	11	1	0	3.40	3.84	23	96	63	17	12	5	7	3	2	0	80			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.250	.92	0.18%	2.57	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
15	255	69	Jun 18	WSN	@	SDP	L,3-7	GS-6		4	6.0	4	1	1	0	10	1	0	3.29	3.73	22	113	76	16	19	3	9	3	2	0	70			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.240	.93	0.14%	1.83	1b start a 1	6b 3 out tie
16	256	74	Jun 24	WSN	@	MIL	L,3-5	GS-6	L(8-5)	5	6.0	5	5	5	3	10	2	0	3.52	3.84	26	117	74	23	21	6	7	3	1	0	49			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.320	1.29	-0.24%	-1.97	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
17	257	79	Jun 29	WSN		NYM	W,4-2	GS-8	W(9-5)	4	7.1	2	0	0	1	10	0	0	3.30	3.64	25	108	75	15	18	4	10	4	2	0	83			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.404	1.50	0.39%	3.55	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a2
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	258	84	Jul 4	WSN		MIL	L,0-1	GS-6	L(9-6)	4	6.0	4	1	1	3	7	1	0	3.21	3.68	26	114	73	13	19	7	9	5	1	0	64			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.05	0.186	1.14	0.12%	2.06	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
19	259	89	Jul 9	WSN	@	NYM	W,6-1	GS-7	W(10-6)	4	7.0	3	1	0	2	9	0	1	3.03	3.58	27	117	73	16	15	6	10	4	0	0	76			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	.90	0.223	1.53	0.23%	2.33	1b start tie	7b 3 out a5
20	260	93	Jul 17	WSN		PIT	L,1-2	GS-7		7	7.0	6	1	1	1	7	0	1	2.94	3.50	29	103	75	19	13	9	11	4	2	0	67			1	0	0	26	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.234	1.15	0.13%	2.57	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
21	261	98	Jul 23	WSN		SDP	W,3-2	GS-7		5	7.0	4	2	2	0	10	1	0	2.92	3.44	25	99	71	11	21	5	10	3	4	0	71			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.196	1.14	0.15%	1.57	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
22	262	103	Jul 29	WSN	@	SFG	W,4-1	GS-7	W(11-6)	5	7.0	5	1	1	2	6	0	0	2.85	3.38	27	116	81	17	14	6	13	6	2	0	67			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.249	1.13	0.18%	2.33	1b start tie	7b 3 out a3
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	263	108	Aug 3	WSN	@	ARI	W,8-3	GS-8	W(12-6)	4	8.0	4	3	3	1	11	2	0	2.87	3.41	29	103	68	18	19	5	12	2	1	0	72			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.240	1.03	0.13%	1.24	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
24	264	112	Aug 9	WSN		CLE	L,1-3	GS-7	L(12-7)	5	7.0	3	2	1	1	10	0	0	2.80	3.30	25	108	70	18	15	3	11	3	4	0	74			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.077	.67	0.03%	1.57	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
25	265	117	Aug 15	WSN	@	COL	W,5-4	GS-4		5	4.0	7	4	4	2	3	1	0	2.95	3.37	21	97	61	14	10	4	12	6	0	0	33			0	0	0	18	1	1	0	0	1	0	.84	-0.190	.39	-0.05%	-1.70	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
26	266	122	Aug 20	WSN	@	ATL	W,11-9	GS-7	W(13-7)	4	6.1	6	4	4	3	6	0	0	3.05	3.35	28	101	69	17	14	9	11	5	4	0	48			0	0	0	25	4	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.153	.19	-0.03%	-0.27	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out a7
27	267	127	Aug 25	WSN		BAL	W,4-0	GS-8	W(14-7)	4	8.0	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	2.92	3.23	26	95	72	13	22	6	10	4	2	0	88			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.584	.73	0.20%	4.08	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
28	268	132	Aug 30	WSN	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS-8	W(15-7)	4	8.0	3	2	2	1	11	1	0	2.89	3.19	27	102	69	14	19	5	10	4	4	0	78			0	1	1	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.324	.34	0.06%	1.93	1b start a 2	8b 3 out a1
Sep/Oct				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	269	137	Sep 5	WSN		ATL	W,6-4	GS-7	W(16-7)	5	7.0	7	2	2	2	5	0	0	2.88	3.17	32	107	77	21	14	9	16	8	2	0	58			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	0	0	2	.83	0.126	.14	0.01%	1.57	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
30	270	142	Sep 10	WSN		PHI	W,3-0	GS-7		4	6.2	4	0	0	1	8	0	2	2.78	3.14	26	117	76	17	16	4	11	4	3	0	73			2	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	0.405	.18	0.04%	3.34	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out tie
31	271	147	Sep 16	WSN	@	ATL	W,7-2	GS-7	W(17-7)	5	7.0	7	2	2	2	8	0	0	2.78	3.09	30	104	68	18	13	5	15	9	2	0	61			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	0	1	0	.87	0.168	.04	0.01%	1.40	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a4
32	272	152	Sep 21	WSN	@	MIA	W,8-3	GS-7	W(18-7)	4	6.2	4	3	3	2	8	2	0	2.82	3.16	26	104	71	24	16	4	12	1	3	0	60			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.178	.03	0.01%	0.13	1b start tie	7b --- 2 out a3
33	273	157	Sep 27	WSN		ARI	W,4-2	GS-6	W(19-7)	5	6.0	6	2	2	2	10	1	0	2.82	3.16	26	98	66	17	23	4	10	8	1	0	60			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.050	.15	0.01%	1.06	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
34	274	162	Oct 2	WSN		MIA	W,10-7	GS-5	W(20-7)	4	5.0	9	5	5	2	7	2	0	2.96	3.24	25	96	62	19	15	6	10	6	0	0	34			1	1	0	22	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.15	-0.255	.00	0.00%	-2.45	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
							24-10		W-L:20-7	4.5	228.1	165	77	75	56	284	31	6	2.96	3.24	902	3563	68%	16%	15%	0.54		27%	13%	0	64		---%	8	3	1	830	37	4	2	6	3	3	.90	4.169	.82	2.45%	36.91

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