Max Scherzer

Position: Starting 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)

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

2008 Player Pitching Game Log

2008 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	GSc	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	SB	CS	PO	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2008-04-07	AAA-PCL	Tucson Sidewinders		Salt Lake Bees	1-5		5.0	2	0	0	2	7	0	1	68	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	87	52	21	12	6	3	1	1
2	2008-04-12	AAA-PCL	Tucson Sidewinders	@	Fresno Grizzlies	1-7		7.0	3	1	0	0	11	0	0	80	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	83	61	19	11	7	8	4	1
3	2008-04-17	AAA-PCL	Tucson Sidewinders	@	Sacramento River Cats	1-5		5.0	2	0	0	1	11	0	0	73	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	18	81	56	14	18	4	1	0	0
4	2008-04-22	AAA-PCL	Tucson Sidewinders		Fresno Grizzlies	1-6		6.0	5	3	3	0	9	1	0	59	24	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	24	84	61	21	9	8	7	1	2
		Player Moved from AAA-PCL to Maj-NL
5	2008-04-29	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Houston Astros	3-7		4.1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0		13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	47	35	10	10	2	3	1	2
6	2008-05-05	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Philadelphia Phillies	1-4	L	4.0	8	5	5	2	5	0	1	29	19	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	23	92	58	20	9	6	9	7	1
7	2008-05-10	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Chicago Cubs	1-6		6.0	5	1	0	1	6	0	2	65	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	24	79	51	11	8	2	13	5	3
8	2008-05-17	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Detroit Tigers	1-5	L	5.0	3	2	0	4	5	0	0	58	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	22	102	59	14	7	8	5	2	1
9	2008-05-23	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Atlanta Braves	8-8		1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	5	0	2	2	0	0	0
10	2008-05-26	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Atlanta Braves	5-7		2.2	2	0	0	1	4	0	0		8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	10	38	23	5	7	2	2	1	0
11	2008-05-30	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Washington Nationals	7-9		2.2	1	1	1	3	1	0	0		9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	46	23	7	2	5	3	1	1
12	2008-06-03	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Milwaukee Brewers	8-8		1.0	3	3	3	0	1	2	0		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	18	14	4	3	2	3	1	0
13	2008-06-08	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Pittsburgh Pirates	4-6		2.1	3	1	1	2	2	0	2		9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	47	28	5	6	3	3	1	0
14	2008-06-11	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	New York Mets	6-7		2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	26	15	4	2	1	4	0	0
		Player Moved from Maj-NL to AAA-PCL
15	2008-06-15	AAA-PCL	Tucson Sidewinders		Colorado Springs Sky Sox	7-9		2.1	4	6	5	3	5	0	0		10	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	49	31	11	8	3	3	0	0
16	2008-07-20	AAA-PCL	Tucson Sidewinders	@	Tacoma Rainiers	7-7		0.1	2	2	2	2	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	23	9	3	2	0	3	0	0
17	2008-07-23	AAA-PCL	Tucson Sidewinders		Iowa Cubs	5-6		2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	26	17	5	3	2	3	1	0
18	2008-07-27	AAA-PCL	Tucson Sidewinders		Omaha Royals	1-2		2.0	2	1	1	3	2	0	0	47	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	47	24	6	5	2	4	1	1
19	2008-07-31	AAA-PCL	Tucson Sidewinders	@	New Orleans Zephyrs	1-3		3.0	1	0	0	1	7	0	0	63	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	50	30	9	13	2	1	0	1
20	2008-08-05	AAA-PCL	Tucson Sidewinders	@	Oklahoma RedHawks	1-4		4.0	2	0	0	2	6	0	0	62	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	16	63	44	13	10	3	5	1	3
21	2008-08-11	AAA-PCL	Tucson Sidewinders		Tacoma Rainiers	1-5	W	5.0	4	2	2	1	7	0	0	57	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	74	50	11	16	9	3	2	0
22	2008-08-16	AAA-PCL	Tucson Sidewinders		Portland Beavers	1-6		6.0	1	0	0	4	6	0	0	72	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	23	85	47	14	10	9	3	0	1
23	2008-08-24	AAA-PCL	Tucson Sidewinders	@	Salt Lake Bees	1-6	L	5.1	7	4	3	2	7	0	1	45	23	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	26	94	60	18	14	5	11	6	0
		Player Moved from AAA-PCL to Maj-NL
24	2008-08-29	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Los Angeles Dodgers	8-8		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	13	7	1	1	1	2	1	1
25	2008-08-31	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Los Angeles Dodgers	7-8		2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0		7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	30	26	7	3	3	3	1	0
26	2008-09-07	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Los Angeles Dodgers	1-6		5.0	5	3	3	1	11	0	0	55	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	94	61	18	21	2	6	5	0
27	2008-09-14	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Cincinnati Reds	1-6		6.0	2	1	1	3	9	1	0	70	20	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	23	102	68	23	14	6	5	1	0
28	2008-09-19	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Colorado Rockies	1-6	L	6.0	7	3	3	1	8	2	0	53	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	26	99	67	15	12	7	10	2	0
29	2008-09-24	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	St. Louis Cardinals	1-5	L	5.0	7	4	2	2	4	0	0	43	20	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	24	85	51	14	9	5	12	7	1

2008 Player Pitching Splits

2008 Player Pitching Splits
Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Total	29	456	397	43	83	12	2	7	6	2	43	145	.209	.295	.302	.597	.305	120	6	7	5	4	1

Home	14	221	190	21	34	8	1	2	2	0	26	65	.179	.282	.263	.545	.256	50	3	2	1	2	1
Away	15	235	207	22	49	4	1	5	4	2	17	80	.237	.307	.338	.646	.355	70	3	5	4	2	0

April	5	99	95	4	12	0	1	1	2	0	3	45	.126	.162	.179	.341	.225	17	0	1	0	0	0
May	6	94	77	9	19	4	0	0	0	1	11	22	.247	.359	.299	.657	.339	23	2	3	2	1	0
June	4	40	31	10	10	2	0	2	0	0	6	9	.323	.450	.581	1.031	.381	18	0	2	0	1	0
July	4	34	26	3	5	0	0	1	2	0	7	10	.192	.353	.308	.661	.250	8	0	0	0	1	0
August	6	95	84	6	16	5	1	0	2	1	9	27	.191	.277	.274	.550	.281	23	2	1	1	0	0
September	4	94	84	11	21	1	0	3	0	0	7	32	.250	.304	.369	.673	.360	31	2	0	2	1	1

As Starter	17	356	315	30	66	10	2	4	5	2	30	121	.210	.287	.292	.579	.323	92	4	5	4	2	1
As Reliever	12	100	82	13	17	2	0	3	1	0	13	24	.207	.323	.342	.665	.246	28	2	2	1	2	0

vs RHB as RHP	29	256	227		33	5	1	5			20	105	.145	.233	.242	.476	.239	55	4	6	3	0	1
vs LHB as RHP	29	200	170		50	7	1	2			23	40	.294	.374	.382	.756	.364	65	2	1	2	4	0

Bases Empty	29	253	231		47	7	2	5			20	90	.204	.273	.316	.589	.309	73	0	2	0	0	0
Runners On	27	203	166		36	5	0	2			23	55	.217	.323	.283	.606	.301	47	6	5	5	4	1

vs. Younger Batters	16	52	43		4	0	0	1			6	18	.093	.204	.163	.367	.125	7	0	0	3	0	0
vs. Older Batters	29	404	354		79	12	2	6			37	127	.223	.306	.319	.625	.324	113	6	7	2	4	1

Table
Split	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	SO9	SO/W
Total	1	5	.167	2.89	29	17	0	109.0	83	43	35	7	43	1	145	7	0	0	456	1.156	12.0	3.37

Home	1	2	.333	3.04	14	8	0	53.1	34	21	18	2	26	1	65	2	0	0	221	1.125	11.0	2.50
Away	0	3	.000	2.75	15	9	0	55.2	49	22	17	5	17	0	80	5	0	0	235	1.186	12.9	4.71

April	0	0		0.99	5	4	0	27.1	12	4	3	1	3	0	45	1	0	0	99	0.549	14.8	15.00
May	0	2	.000	2.53	6	3	0	21.1	19	9	6	0	11	0	22	3	0	0	94	1.406	9.3	2.00
June	0	0		10.57	4	0	0	7.2	10	10	9	2	6	0	9	2	0	0	40	2.087	10.6	1.50
July	0	0		3.68	4	2	0	7.1	5	3	3	1	7	0	10	0	0	0	34	1.636	12.3	1.43
August	1	1	.500	1.93	6	4	0	23.1	16	6	5	0	9	0	27	1	0	0	95	1.071	10.4	3.00
September	0	2	.000	3.68	4	4	0	22.0	21	11	9	3	7	1	32	0	0	0	94	1.273	13.1	4.57

As Starter	1	5	.167	2.43	17	17	0	85.1	66	30	23	4	30	1	121	5	0	0	356	1.125	12.8	4.03
As Reliever	0	0		4.56	12	0	0	23.2	17	13	12	3	13	0	24	2	0	0	100	1.268	9.1	1.85

Please note that splits include both major and minor league stats. We have decided that the splits across all levels is more useful than just minor league stats.

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