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: 14-9 / in Starts: 14-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2022 Pitching Game Log

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2022 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	408	2	Apr 8	NYM	@	WSN	W,7-3	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	6.0	3	3	3	1	6	1	1	4.50	4.28	22	80	53	16	7	6	8	4	0	0	59			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	1	0	.98	-0.051	.99	-0.03%	-0.19	20.50	37.00	1b start tie	6b 3 out a3
2	409	7	Apr 13	NYM	@	PHI	W,9-6	GS-5	W(2-0)	4	5.0	5	1	1	3	7	0	0	3.27	3.29	22	96	66	16	14	4	8	2	3	0	57			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.174	1.52	0.12%	1.44	22.45	39.00	1b start tie	5b 3 out a3
3	410	12	Apr 19(2)	NYM		SFG	W,3-1	GS-7	W(3-0)	5	7.0	1	1	1	3	10	0	0	2.50	2.61	25	102	66	20	15	3	9	2	1	0	78			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.286	.92	0.20%	2.31	35.35	58.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
4	411	18	Apr 25	NYM	@	STL	W,5-2	GS-7		5	7.0	2	0	0	1	10	0	0	1.80	2.07	25	101	71	14	18	6	8	2	4	0	82			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	.94	0.435	1.13	0.32%	3.35	33.95	55.00	1b start tie	7b 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	412	23	May 1	NYM		PHI	W,10-6	GS-6	W(4-0)	5	6.0	5	4	4	1	9	3	0	2.61	3.05	23	94	68	14	19	4	9	5	1	0	54			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	.76	-0.130	1.00	-0.10%	-1.16	23.90	39.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
6	413	29	May 8(1)	NYM	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS-6	L(4-1)	6	6.0	10	3	3	0	7	1	0	2.92	3.03	26	101	65	8	11	4	15	4	3	0	47			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.067	.90	-0.05%	-0.07	15.50	34.00	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
7	414	34	May 13	NYM		SEA	L,1-2	GS-7		4	7.0	3	1	1	2	6	0	2	2.66	3.04	26	98	60	17	11	10	6	1	3	0	71			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.49	0.305	1.80	0.22%	2.31	21.55	40.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
8	415	39	May 18	NYM		STL	W,11-4	GS-6	W(5-1)	4	5.2	7	2	1	0	4	0	1	2.54	2.95	24	85	60	13	11	5	14	4	4	0	53			1	1	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.10	0.069	1.48	0.06%	0.42	17.95	32.00	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 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
9	416	81	Jul 5	NYM	@	CIN	L,0-1	GS-6		47	6.0	2	0	0	0	11	0	1	2.26	2.63	21			20	15	3	6	2	3	0	79			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.363	1.03	0.23%	3.17	33.70	55.00	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
10	417	87	Jul 11	NYM	@	ATL	W,4-1	GS-7	W(6-1)	5	7.0	3	1	1	0	9	1	0	2.15	2.60	24	93	67	12	20	2	13	4	3	0	76			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.327	1.32	0.28%	2.59	33.95	55.00	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
11	418	92	Jul 16(2)	NYM	@	CHC	W,4-3	GS-7		4	6.1	8	2	2	1	11	0	0	2.22	2.37	27			19	20	1	14	7	3	0	59			0	1	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.109	.94	0.06%	1.02	26.85	50.00	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out tie
12	419	94	Jul 22	NYM		SDP	L,1-4	GS-6	L(6-2)	5	6.0	5	2	2	1	8	1	1	2.28	2.47	25	93	62	19	12	7	8	3	4	0	61			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.04	0.019	.98	0.01%	0.84	21.30	40.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
13	420	98	Jul 27	NYM		NYY	W,3-2	GS-7		4	7.0	5	0	0	2	6	0	1	2.09	2.49	29	99	64	16	14	2	18	5	2	0	71			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.395	1.13	0.21%	3.31	22.95	43.00	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
14	421	102	Aug 1	NYM	@	WSN	W,7-3	GS-7	W(7-2)	4	6.2	6	3	2	2	5	1	0	2.13	2.64	28	105	70	17	10	7	14	4	3	0	55			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.013	.74	0.01%	0.18	20.20	39.00	1b start tie	7b --- 2 out a4
15	422	108	Aug 6(2)	NYM		ATL	W,6-2	GS-7	W(8-2)	4	7.0	4	0	0	0	11	0	0	1.98	2.44	25	108	80	15	22	4	10	3	3	0	80			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.310	.89	0.20%	3.31	39.35	64.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
16	423	113	Aug 12	NYM		PHI	L,1-2	GS-7		5	7.0	9	1	1	0	6	0	1	1.93	2.40	30			14	14	8	15	4	3	0	61			2	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	0.320	.58	0.09%	2.31	19.75	40.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
17	424	118	Aug 17	NYM	@	ATL	W,9-7	GS-7	W(9-2)	4	6.1	3	4	4	3	8	0	1	2.15	2.41	25	91	51	12	11	6	7	1	1	0	56			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	1	0	.79	0.148	1.03	0.12%	1.01	22.05	37.00	1b start a 2	7b 123 1 out a5
18	425	124	Aug 22	NYM	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS-7	L(9-3)	4	6.2	7	4	4	1	3	1	1	2.33	2.56	29	101	69	15	13	6	18	6	2	0	46			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	1	0	.67	-0.185	.41	-0.07%	-1.11	7.60	17.00	1b start tie	7b 1-3 2 out d2
19	426	129	Aug 28	NYM		COL	L,0-1	GS-7	L(9-4)	5	7.0	4	1	1	1	11	0	1	2.27	2.46	27	112	81	20	16	6	8	3	1	0	75			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.31	0.197	.97	0.09%	2.31	32.15	55.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
20	427	134	Sep 3	NYM		WSN	L,1-7	GS-5		5	5.0	3	1	1	1	5	1	0	2.26	2.53	17	67	43	8	9	5	6	5	0	0	61			0	1	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	.82	0.154	.65	0.07%	1.37	16.85	27.00	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
21	428	149	Sep 19	NYM	@	MIL	W,7-2	GS-6	W(10-4)	15	6.0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	2.15	2.42	18			9	14	2	7	2	1	0	81			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.279	.73	0.20%	2.96	35.50	55.00	1b start tie	6b 3 out a5
22	429	154	Sep 25	NYM	@	OAK	W,13-4	GS-6	W(11-4)	5	6.0	4	1	1	1	7	1	0	2.13	2.47	22	91	62	20	10	6	8	4	0	0	66			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	.60	0.165	.65	0.11%	1.66	26.50	46.00	1b start tie	6b 3 out a6
23	430	158	Oct 1	NYM	@	ATL	L,2-4	GS-6	L(11-5)	5	5.2	9	4	4	0	4	2	0	2.29	2.62	25	101	71	13	15	11	10	4	0	0	39			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	-0.233	3.83	-0.51%	-1.03	7.35	17.00	1b start a 1	6b --- 2 out d2
							14-9		W-L:11-5	4.6	145.1	108	39	37	24	173	13	11	2.29	2.62	565	1818	68%	19%	18%	0.49		23%	13%	0	64		---%	4	4	0	523	20	0	0	11	4	3	.98	3.402	1.12	1.82%	32.34	557.20	974.00

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