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: 17-10 / in Starts: 17-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2023 Pitching Game Log

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2023 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	431	1	Mar 30	NYM	@	MIA	W,5-3	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	6.0	4	3	3	2	6	1	0	4.50	4.42	22	91	63	14	13	5	9	3	3	0	56			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.06	-0.025	1.03	-0.01%	0.22	19.90	37.00	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
2	432	6	Apr 4	NYM	@	MIL	L,0-9	GS-6	L(1-1)	4	5.1	8	5	5	2	2	3	0	6.35	7.49	25	95	64	13	12	4	17	7	3	0	32			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.137	.65	-0.08%	-2.43	0.00	7.00	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out d5
3	433	11	Apr 10	NYM		SDP	W,5-0	GS-5	W(2-1)	5	5.0	1	0	0	3	6	0	0	4.41	6.01	18	97	61	15	12	2	7	2	3	0	68			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.274	1.12	0.17%	2.57	24.85	39.00	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
4	434	19	Apr 19	NYM	@	LAD	W,5-3	GS-3		8	3.0	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.72	5.58	12	47	32	8	6	3	4	1	2	0	58			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.159	1.34	0.11%	1.62	10.95	18.00	1b start tie	3b 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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
5	435	31	May 3(2)	NYM	@	DET	L,1-8	GS-4	L(2-2)	13	3.1	8	6	6	1	3	2	0	5.56	6.26	19	75	53	11	10	2	13	4	0	0	22			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	1	0	.70	-0.315	.73	-0.20%	-4.12	-3.90	1.00	1b start tie	4b 1-3 1 out d4
6	436	41	May 14	NYM	@	WSN	W,8-2	GS-5	W(3-2)	10	5.0	2	1	1	2	6	0	1	4.88	5.60	20	83	50	9	15	4	7	3	1	0	63			1	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.091	.85	0.05%	1.55	22.25	36.00	1b start tie	5b 3 out a7
7	437	47	May 21(1)	NYM		CLE	W,5-4	GS-6		6	6.0	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	4.01	4.98	21	86	55	11	4	6	9	2	1	0	70			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.367	.96	0.22%	3.09	21.10	37.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
8	438	52	May 26	NYM	@	COL	W,5-2	GS-7	W(4-2)	4	7.0	6	1	1	0	8	1	0	3.54	4.61	27	102	74	10	18	6	13	5	2	0	69			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.344	1.15	0.24%	3.19	30.15	52.00	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a3
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
9	439	57	Jun 1	NYM		PHI	W,4-2	GS-7	W(5-2)	5	7.0	5	2	1	1	9	0	0	3.21	4.09	26	101	71	14	20	8	8	3	2	0	69			2	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	1	0	.94	0.205	1.16	0.15%	1.60	32.15	55.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
10	440	62	Jun 7	NYM	@	ATL	L,5-7	GS-6		5	5.2	11	5	5	0	10	1	0	3.71	3.87	28	103	75	12	18	9	9	4	0	0	37			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.329	1.36	-0.21%	-1.97	16.15	32.00	1b start a 1	6b 1-- 2 out d1
11	441	67	Jun 13	NYM		NYY	L,6-7	GS-4		5	3.1	7	6	6	0	2	2	2	4.45	4.33	19	76	50	12	8	7	8	2	0	0	24			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.456	.70	-0.20%	-4.48	-5.90	-2.00	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out d1
12	442	72	Jun 19	NYM	@	HOU	W,11-1	GS-8	W(6-2)	5	8.0	4	1	1	1	8	1	0	4.04	4.20	28	91	59	12	14	8	11	4	2	0	77			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.45	0.220	.24	0.07%	3.09	33.00	55.00	1b start tie	8b 3 out a5
13	443	76	Jun 24	NYM	@	PHI	W,4-2	GS-6	W(7-2)	4	6.0	7	2	2	1	8	1	0	3.95	4.12	25	107	70	20	13	4	12	4	1	0	57			2	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.106	.52	0.03%	1.11	24.70	46.00	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a2
14	444	81	Jun 29	NYM		MIL	L,2-3	GS-6		4	6.0	7	2	2	2	9	1	0	3.87	4.06	27	102	66	23	7	4	12	7	2	0	57			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.070	.34	0.01%	1.09	22.10	43.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
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
15	445	85	Jul 4	NYM	@	ARI	W,8-5	GS-6	W(8-2)	4	6.0	5	4	4	2	9	3	0	4.03	4.33	25	101	64	12	12	5	9	1	2	0	53			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.153	.34	-0.03%	-0.85	23.30	39.00	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
16	446	90	Jul 9	NYM	@	SDP	L,2-6	GS-5	L(8-3)	4	5.0	6	5	5	3	7	2	0	4.31	4.51	24	100	63	20	12	1	13	4	1	0	39			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.55	-0.229	.22	-0.05%	-2.51	9.85	21.00	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
17	447	93	Jul 16	NYM		LAD	W,2-1	GS-7		6	7.0	1	0	0	3	6	0	0	3.99	4.39	24	97	58	13	10	3	12	1	3	0	78			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.461	.26	0.06%	3.60	25.35	43.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
18	448	98	Jul 22	NYM	@	BOS	L,6-8	GS-6	L(8-4)	5	6.0	6	5	5	2	7	4	0	4.20	4.76	26	93	67	19	11	5	12	3	1	0	45			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.305	.28	-0.06%	-1.74	12.70	24.00	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
19	449	103	Jul 28	NYM		WSN	W,5-1	GS-7	W(9-4)	5	7.0	6	1	1	2	7	1	0	4.01	4.70	28	103	69	18	12	6	13	8	2	0	66			0	1	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.325	.38	0.07%	2.60	26.95	49.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
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 New York Mets to Texas Rangers
20	450	109	Aug 3	TEX		CHW	W,5-3	GS-6	W(10-4)	5	6.0	7	3	3	2	9	0	0	4.04	4.52	26	105	70	12	20	8	7	3	2	0	53			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.050	1.68	0.05%	0.19	24.10	46.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
21	451	114	Aug 8	TEX	@	OAK	W,6-1	GS-7	W(11-4)	4	7.0	3	1	1	2	6	1	0	3.88	4.51	26	89	58	13	12	8	10	2	0	0	71			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.269	.98	0.21%	2.29	26.75	46.00	1b start tie	7b 3 out a4
22	452	119	Aug 14	TEX		LAA	W,12-0	GS-7	W(12-4)	5	7.0	1	0	0	1	11	0	0	3.67	4.29	22	100	72	15	20	7	3	1	1	0	85			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.240	.81	0.20%	3.72	40.55	64.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out a6
23	453	124	Aug 20	TEX		MIL	L,2-6	GS-4	L(12-5)	5	3.2	3	3	3	4	4	0	1	3.77	4.31	19	99	61	19	9	4	6	0	4	0	43			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.158	2.02	-0.15%	-1.21	5.45	14.00	1t start tie	4t -2- 2 out d2
24	454	129	Aug 26	TEX	@	MIN	W,6-2	GS-7		5	7.0	4	2	2	1	10	1	0	3.71	4.23	26	101	68	17	14	1	14	6	3	0	70			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.155	1.90	0.18%	1.62	28.75	49.00	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
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	455	134	Sep 1	TEX		MIN	L,1-5	GS-6		5	6.0	1	0	0	2	7	0	0	3.55	4.13	21	88	53	15	12	4	8	3	1	0	75			1	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.372	1.97	0.39%	3.19	25.70	43.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
26	456	139	Sep 6	TEX		HOU	L,3-12	GS-3	L(12-6)	4	3.0	6	7	7	2	4	3	0	3.91	4.37	18	60	40	8	10	3	9	4	0	0	21			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.413	1.96	-0.66%	-5.41	-4.05	0.00	1t start tie	3t 3 out d6
27	457	144	Sep 12	TEX	@	TOR	W,6-3	GS-6	W(13-6)	5	5.1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.77	4.32	19	72	48	13	6	7	9	4	1	0	63			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	1	0	0	.92	0.310	2.22	0.45%	2.77	17.60	28.00	1b start tie	6b --- 1 out a3
							17-10		W-L:13-6	4.9	152.2	126	65	64	45	174	28	4	3.77	4.32	621	2464	66%	15%	13%	0.51		23%	11%	0	56		---%	9	1	0	570	22	0	0	8	2	0	.96	1.498	.96	1.01%	14.38	510.50	922.00

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