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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

75.0

214

108

ERA

3.15

457

448

2834.2

3367

WHIP

1.077

Feel like you're looking for a needle in a haystack?

Unleash the power of our game logs database by becoming a Stathead. Subscribers gain access to Player and Team Game Finders, which pros use to easily run customizable searches through over 100 years worth of game logs.

Become a Stathead

Team Record in Appearances: 22-8 / in Starts: 22-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2021 Pitching Game Log

Click two rows to sum games (Clear)

2021 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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
1	378	1	Apr 6	WSN		ATL	W,6-5	GS-6		99	6.0	5	4	4	0	9	4	0	6.00	8.84	23	91	60	10	21	2	12	2	1	0	55			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.075	.70	-0.05%	-1.09			1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
2	379	6	Apr 11	WSN	@	LAD	L,0-3	GS-6	L(0-1)	4	6.0	3	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.75	5.42	21	90	54	11	11	4	11	4	2	0	66			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.185	.70	0.10%	2.16			1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
3	380	11	Apr 16	WSN		ARI	W,1-0	GS-7		4	7.0	2	0	0	2	10	0	0	2.37	3.85	25	106	68	21	18	2	11	2	3	0	81			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.437	.82	0.21%	3.40			1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
4	381	16	Apr 21	WSN		STL	W,1-0	GS-6	W(1-1)	4	6.0	4	0	0	1	9	0	1	1.80	3.21	23	109	71	20	13	3	9	3	3	0	72			0	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.363	.99	0.19%	2.91			1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
5	382	20	Apr 27	WSN	@	TOR	L,5-9	GS-5	L(1-2)	5	5.0	8	7	5	2	5	2	0	3.00	3.94	24	86	54	12	11	6	11	5	1	0	30			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	2	1	1	.94	-0.446	.78	-0.22%	-4.29			1b start a 1	5b 3 out d4
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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
6	383	24	May 2	WSN		MIA	W,3-1	CG	W(2-2)	4	9.0	5	1	1	0	9	1	1	2.54	3.71	31	106	76	16	20	13	8	3	1	0	82			1	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.406	.93	0.27%	3.37			1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
7	384	29	May 8	WSN	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-8		5	7.1	2	1	1	1	14	1	0	2.33	3.36	25			23	19	3	7	1	1	0	83			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.360	.92	0.18%	2.63			1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a1
8	385	34	May 14	WSN	@	ARI	W,17-2	GS-5	W(3-2)	5	5.0	2	0	0	1	7	0	0	2.10	3.13	18	85	55	18	11	3	7	2	1	0	69			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.059	.18	0.03%	2.53			1b start a 6	5b 3 out a11
9	386	39	May 19	WSN	@	CHC	W,4-3	GS-5	W(4-2)	4	5.0	5	2	2	4	8	0	0	2.24	3.06	23	100	66	14	17	2	9	5	1	0	53			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	0.077	1.06	0.03%	0.53			1b start tie	5b 3 out a2
10	387	44	May 25	WSN		CIN	L,1-2	GS-7	L(4-3)	5	7.0	5	2	2	1	9	2	1	2.27	3.30	26	107	67	10	20	4	11	3	2	0	67			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.82	0.078	.72	0.04%	1.40			1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
11	388	49	May 30	WSN		MIL	L,0-3	GS-6	L(4-4)	4	6.0	2	2	2	1	10	1	0	2.34	3.23	21	89	63	13	17	4	6	1	0	0	69			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.031	.36	0.01%	0.91			1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
12	389	54	Jun 4	WSN	@	PHI	W,2-1	GS-8	W(5-4)	4	7.2	5	1	1	1	9	0	1	2.22	3.07	28			15	20	8	9	2	1	0	73			1	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.454	.99	0.19%	2.94			1b start tie	8b --- 2 out a1
13	390	59	Jun 11	WSN		SFG	L,0-1	GS-1		6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.21	3.07	1	6	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	51			0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.022	.46	0.01%	0.23			1t start tie	1t --- 1 out tie
14	391	70	Jun 22	WSN	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS-5	W(6-4)	10	5.0	2	1	1	3	8	1	0	2.19	3.15	21	106	70	19	17	3	7	2	3	0	64			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.31	0.187	1.20	0.10%	1.53			1b start a 2	5b 3 out a2
15	392	75	Jun 27	WSN	@	MIA	W,5-1	GS-6	W(7-4)	4	6.0	5	1	1	2	7	0	1	2.14	3.09	26	102	70	15	20	9	7	3	2	0	63			1	0	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.217	1.11	0.12%	2.03			1b start a 1	6b 3 out a4
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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
16	393	80	Jul 2	WSN		LAD	L,5-10	GS-6		4	6.0	4	1	1	1	8	1	0	2.10	3.10	22	100	67	16	17	3	10	1	3	0	67			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.234	.98	0.16%	1.91			1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
17	394	86	Jul 8	WSN	@	SDP	L,8-9	GS-4		5	3.2	5	7	7	1	7	2	2	2.66	3.31	19			14	16	3	6	2	0	0	29			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.56	-0.151	.56	-0.09%	-4.43			1b start a 3	4b -2- 2 out a2
18	395	92	Jul 18	WSN		SDP	W,8-7	GS-7		9	7.0	4	4	4	3	8	2	0	2.83	3.48	28			21	11	7	10	1	1	0	58			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.007	.48	0.00%	-0.60			1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
19	396	101	Jul 29(1)	WSN	@	PHI	W,3-1	GS-6	W(8-4)	10	6.0	3	1	1	3	5	1	1	2.76	3.60	23	88	56	14	9	6	8	3	1	0	64			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.35	0.286	.60	0.08%	2.03			1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
				Player went from Washington Nationals to Los Angeles Dodgers
20	397	109	Aug 4	LAD		HOU	W,7-5	GS-7	W(9-4)	5	7.0	5	2	2	1	10	1	0	2.75	3.54	27	109	73	26	15	4	12	3	1	0	68			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.091	.56	0.06%	1.69			1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
21	398	113	Aug 10	LAD	@	PHI	W,5-0	GS-4		5	3.1	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	2.67	3.43	12			8	7	2	4	2	1	0	60			0	1	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.152	.84	0.09%	1.49			1b start tie	4b 1-- 1 out tie
22	399	118	Aug 15	LAD	@	NYM	W,14-4	GS-6	W(10-4)	4	6.0	4	2	2	2	7	0	0	2.69	3.36	27	94	65	10	16	10	8	5	2	0	61			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.093	.77	0.05%	0.95			1b start a 3	6b 3 out a7
23	400	124	Aug 21	LAD		NYM	W,4-3	GS-5	W(11-4)	5	5.0	5	1	1	1	8	1	1	2.65	3.37	23	103	63	13	15	4	9	5	1	0	60			2	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.16	0.187	1.12	0.11%	1.64			1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
24	401	128	Aug 26	LAD	@	SDP	W,4-0	GS-8	W(12-4)	4	7.2	2	0	0	1	10	0	1	2.51	3.26	26	104	71	18	17	7	7	2	2	0	84			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	.73	0.302	.65	0.16%	3.66			1b start tie	8b --- 2 out a4
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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
25	402	134	Sep 1	LAD		ATL	W,4-3	GS-6		5	6.0	3	0	0	0	9	0	0	2.40	3.14	21	76	56	12	18	4	8	2	1	0	75			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.347	.98	0.24%	3.16			1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
26	403	138	Sep 6	LAD	@	STL	W,5-1	GS-8	W(13-4)	4	8.0	6	1	0	0	13	0	0	2.28	2.97	30	103	74	11	22	7	10	8	0	0	81			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.208	.76	0.16%	2.84			1b start a 4	8b 3 out a4
27	404	144	Sep 12	LAD		SDP	W,8-0	GS-8	W(14-4)	5	8.0	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	2.17	2.87	25	92	62	13	18	5	11	2	2	0	89			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.436	.74	0.28%	4.22			1t start tie	8t 3 out a6
28	405	149	Sep 18	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-1	GS-7	W(15-4)	5	7.0	2	0	0	2	7	0	0	2.08	2.83	25	96	63	12	14	4	12	3	1	0	78			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.367	1.25	0.29%	3.94			1b start tie	7b 3 out a4
29	406	153	Sep 23	LAD	@	COL	W,7-5	GS-5		4	5.0	6	5	5	1	6	1	0	2.28	2.87	22	102	69	15	11	6	9	4	2	0	40			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.248	1.43	-0.20%	-2.11			1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
30	407	158	Sep 29	LAD		SDP	W,11-9	GS-6		5	5.1	11	6	5	0	4	2	0	2.46	2.97	27	97	69	21	9	6	17	12	0	0	28			0	2	0	27	1	1	0	0	0	2	1.02	-0.376	1.32	-0.29%	-3.80			1t start tie	6t --3 1 out d1
							22-8		W-L:15-4	4.7	179.1	119	53	49	36	236	23	10	2.46	2.97	693	2347	67%	19%	19%	0.54		23%	10%	0	64		---%	6	7	0	644	21	2	0	7	1	5	.92	4.276	.85	2.30%	37.77

Player Page Tricks and Tips

More Scherzer Pages

Max Scherzer Overview

Fall, Minor & Independent Lg Stats

Pitching Splits

Batting Splits

Pitching Game Logs

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Pitching Finders & Advanced Stats

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

More Max Scherzer Pages at Baseball Reference