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

2019 Player Pitching Game Log

2019 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	GSc	AB	2B	IBB	GDP	SF	SB	CS	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2019-03-28	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		New York Mets	1-8	L	7.2	2	2	2	3	12	1	0	76	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	109	76	18	20	7	6	2	0
2	2019-04-02	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Philadelphia Phillies	1-5	L	5.0	7	2	1	1	9	1	0	55	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	23	96	65	15	14	5	8	3	1
3	2019-04-07	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	New York Mets	1-7	W	6.1	8	4	4	0	7	0	2	48	25	3	0	1	0	0	0	27	100	70	18	18	6	13	7	0
4	2019-04-14	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Pittsburgh Pirates	1-8		8.0	7	3	3	1	7	0	0	62	29	3	0	1	0	0	0	30	98	71	20	15	15	8	4	0
5	2019-04-20	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Miami Marlins	1-6	L	5.1	11	7	6	0	9	1	0	29	27	4	0	0	0	2	0	27	108	77	19	18	5	14	9	1
6	2019-04-26	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		San Diego Padres	1-7		7.0	4	2	2	0	10	1	0	71	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	24	101	69	19	20	7	7	2	2
7	2019-05-01	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		St. Louis Cardinals	1-7	L	7.0	8	3	3	2	8	0	0	55	28	3	0	1	0	0	0	30	110	73	16	13	8	13	6	2
8	2019-05-06	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Milwaukee Brewers	1-6		6.0	6	2	1	1	10	0	0	63	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	27	112	70	12	15	8	7	3	2
9	2019-05-11	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Los Angeles Dodgers	1-7	W	7.0	5	2	2	2	7	1	2	64	25	1	0	1	0	0	0	29	115	75	18	17	6	12	7	0
10	2019-05-17	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Chicago Cubs	1-6	L	6.0	6	3	3	4	8	1	0	52	22	1	0	2	0	0	0	26	112	74	14	21	5	9	5	2
11	2019-05-22	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	New York Mets	1-6		6.0	4	0	0	2	9	0	0	71	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	25	109	73	16	23	8	6	2	0
12	2019-05-27	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Miami Marlins	1-6		6.0	7	1	1	1	6	0	0	59	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	25	103	81	16	10	10	8	3	1
13	2019-06-02	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Cincinnati Reds	1-8	W	8.0	3	1	1	1	15	0	1	86	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	29	120	84	19	23	1	11	4	2
14	2019-06-08	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	San Diego Padres	1-7	W	7.0	6	0	0	1	9	0	0	73	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	28	101	71	28	10	10	8	4	1
15	2019-06-14	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Arizona Diamondbacks	1-7	W	7.0	3	2	2	1	10	2	1	72	25	0	0	0	0	1	0	27	104	73	19	22	4	11	2	1
16	2019-06-19 (2)	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Philadelphia Phillies	1-7	W	7.0	4	0	0	2	10	0	0	77	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	27	117	76	12	23	5	10	3	4
17	2019-06-25	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Miami Marlins	1-8	W	8.0	5	1	1	0	10	0	1	78	28	1	0	1	0	0	0	29	94	71	17	17	10	8	3	2
18	2019-06-30	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Detroit Tigers	1-8	W	8.0	4	1	1	0	14	1	0	84	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	28	115	86	15	24	5	9	5	0
19	2019-07-06	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Kansas City Royals	1-7	W	7.0	4	0	0	1	11	0	0	79	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	26	103	75	20	24	5	9	6	1
20	2019-07-25	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Colorado Rockies	1-5		5.0	4	3	3	2	8	1	0	53	18	1	0	0	0	0	1	20	85	57	18	16	3	7	4	1
21	2019-08-22	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Pittsburgh Pirates	1-4		4.0	4	1	1	1	3	1	0	52	16	1	0	0	0	2	0	17	71	48	7	10	5	8	3	0
22	2019-08-28	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Baltimore Orioles	1-5		4.1	6	2	2	1	8	1	0	50	19	1	0	0	0	1	0	20	89	58	17	10	6	5	1	2
23	2019-09-03	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		New York Mets	1-6		6.0	5	4	4	1	7	1	0	52	22	2	0	0	1	1	0	24	90	61	14	15	7	9	5	1
24	2019-09-08	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	Atlanta Braves	1-6	W	6.0	2	1	1	2	9	1	0	71	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	22	98	64	18	16	3	8	3	1
25	2019-09-13	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Atlanta Braves	1-5	L	5.0	7	3	3	2	6	0	0	45	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	24	99	63	12	10	4	11	7	0
26	2019-09-18	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals	@	St. Louis Cardinals	1-7	L	6.2	7	5	5	0	11	2	0	51	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	27	109	77	21	15	7	9	3	1
27	2019-09-24 (2)	Maj-NL	Washington Nationals		Philadelphia Phillies	1-6	W	6.0	5	4	4	1	10	2	0	55	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	24	101	74	20	16	6	7	3	1

2019 Player Pitching Splits

2019 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	27	693	650	59	144	43	0	18	8	1	33	243	.222	.266	.371	.637	.322	241	7	7	0	2	2

Home	15	378	352	34	79	21	0	11	4	1	23	130	.224	.273	.378	.650	.319	133	4	1	0	2	1
Away	12	315	298	25	65	22	0	7	4	0	10	113	.218	.258	.362	.620	.326	108	3	6	0	0	1

March	1	28	25	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	12	.080	.179	.200	.379	.083	5	0	0	0	0	0
April	5	131	127	18	37	13	0	3	2	0	2	42	.291	.313	.465	.778	.415	59	2	2	0	0	1
May	6	162	147	11	36	11	0	2	0	0	12	48	.245	.311	.361	.671	.351	53	4	2	0	0	0
June	6	168	160	5	25	7	0	3	1	0	5	68	.156	.196	.256	.453	.247	41	1	3	0	0	1
July	2	46	43	3	8	2	0	1	1	1	3	19	.186	.239	.302	.541	.304	13	0	0	0	0	0
August	2	37	35	3	10	2	0	2	3	0	2	11	.286	.324	.514	.839	.364	18	0	0	0	0	0
September	5	121	113	17	26	8	0	6	1	0	6	43	.230	.265	.460	.725	.303	52	0	0	0	2	0

As Starter	27	693	650	59	144	43	0	18	8	1	33	243	.222	.266	.371	.637	.322	241	7	7	0	2	2

vs RHB as RHP	27	365	352		68	19	0	7			10	141	.193	.220	.307	.527	.299	108	6	2	0	0	1
vs LHB as RHP	27	328	298		76	24	0	11			23	102	.255	.317	.446	.763	.348	133	1	5	0	2	1

Bases Empty	27	436	411		93	29	0	12			19	159	.226	.271	.384	.655	.338	158	0	6	0	0	0
Runners On	27	257	239		51	14	0	6			14	84	.213	.258	.347	.605	.298	83	7	1	0	2	2

vs. Younger Batters	27	636	595		131	39	0	16			32	227	.220	.268	.366	.634	.326	218	6	7	0	1	2
vs. Older Batters	17	57	55		13	4	0	2			1	16	.236	.246	.418	.664	.290	23	1	0	0	1	0

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	11	7	.611	2.92	27	27	0	172.1	144	59	56	18	33	2	243	7	0	0	693	1.027	12.7	7.36

Home	4	5	.444	3.16	15	15	0	94.0	79	34	33	11	23	1	130	1	0	0	378	1.085	12.4	5.65
Away	7	2	.778	2.64	12	12	0	78.1	65	25	23	7	10	1	113	6	0	0	315	0.957	13.0	11.30

March	0	1	.000	2.35	1	1	0	7.2	2	2	2	1	3	0	12	0	0	0	28	0.652	14.1	4.00
April	1	2	.333	4.55	5	5	0	31.2	37	18	16	3	2	1	42	2	0	0	131	1.232	11.9	21.00
May	1	2	.333	2.37	6	6	0	38.0	36	11	10	2	12	0	48	2	0	0	162	1.263	11.4	4.00
June	6	0	1.000	1.00	6	6	0	45.0	25	5	5	3	5	1	68	3	0	0	168	0.667	13.6	13.60
July	1	0	1.000	2.25	2	2	0	12.0	8	3	3	1	3	0	19	0	0	0	46	0.917	14.3	6.33
August	0	0		3.24	2	2	0	8.1	10	3	3	2	2	0	11	0	0	0	37	1.440	11.9	5.50
September	2	2	.500	5.16	5	5	0	29.2	26	17	17	6	6	0	43	0	0	0	121	1.079	13.0	7.17

As Starter	11	7	.611	2.92	27	27	0	172.1	144	59	56	18	33	2	243	7	0	0	693	1.027	12.7	7.36

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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