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Max Scherzer

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 208lb (190cm, 94kg)

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, 19,291st 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

2025 Contract Status: Not Updated

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

2024

Career

WAR

0.4

75.4

216

112

ERA

3.95

3.16

466

457

43.1

2878.0

3407

WHIP

1.154

1.078

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Team Record in Appearances: 2-14 / in Starts: 0-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 13, Entered with runners on base: 4

2008 Pitching Game Log

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2008 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	Entered	Exited
1	1	27	Apr 29	ARI		HOU	L,4-6	3-7		99	4.1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0.00	-0.10	13	47	35	10	10	3	3	1	2	0		1	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.121	.41	0.08%	2.53	3t -2- 2 out d4	7t 3 out d3
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	Entered	Exited
2	2	32	May 5	ARI		PHI	L,4-11	GS-4	L(0-1)	5	4.0	8	5	5	2	5	0	1	5.40	1.33	23	92	58	20	9	6	9	7	1	0	29			0	0	0	19	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.12	-0.303	1.42	-0.23%	-2.82	1t start tie	4t 3 out d4
3	3	37	May 10	ARI	@	CHC	L,2-7	GS-6		4	6.0	5	1	0	1	6	0	2	3.14	1.88	24	82	53	12	8	3	12	4	3	0	65			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.233	1.39	0.18%	2.28	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
4	4	43	May 17	ARI		DET	L,2-3	GS-5	L(0-2)	6	5.0	3	2	0	4	5	0	0	2.33	2.30	22	102	59	14	7	8	5	2	1	0	58			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.35	0.021	1.55	0.01%	0.73	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
5	5	48	May 23	ARI	@	ATL	W,11-1	8-8		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.21	2.25	3	8	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.50	8b --- 0 out a10	8b 3 out a10
6	6	51	May 26	ARI	@	ATL	L,3-7	5-7		2	2.2	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	1.96	2.13	10	38	23	5	7	3	2	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.23	0.046	.28	0.03%	2.19	5b 1-3 1 out d4	7b 3 out d4
7	7	55	May 30	ARI		WSN	L,4-7	7-GF		3	2.2	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	2.10	2.51	12	46	23	7	2	5	3	1	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.016	.58	0.01%	0.81	7t -2- 1 out d3	9t end d 3
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	Entered	Exited
8	8	59	Jun 3	ARI	@	MIL	L,1-7	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	3	3	3	0	1	2	0	3.04	3.43	6	18	14	4	3	2	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.024	.08	-0.02%	-2.50	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 6
9	9	63	Jun 8	ARI	@	PIT	L,4-6	4-6		4	2.1	3	1	1	2	2	0	2	3.10	3.68	13	47	28	5	6	4	3	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	-0.014	.50	-0.01%	0.30	4b -2- 2 out d4	6b 3 out d4
10	10	66	Jun 11	ARI	@	NYM	L,3-5	6-7		2	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.90	3.68	7	26	15	4	2	1	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.030	.27	0.02%	1.00	6b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
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	Entered	Exited
11	11	134	Aug 29	ARI		LAD	W,9-3	8-8		78	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.81	3.66	3	13	7	1	1	1	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.014	.50	0.02%	0.55	8t --- 0 out a5	8t 3 out a5
12	12	136	Aug 31	ARI		LAD	L,1-8	7-8		1	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.65	3.57	7	30	26	7	3	3	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.03	0.002	.08	0.00%	1.09	7t --- 0 out d8	8t 3 out d7
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	Entered	Exited
13	13	142	Sep 7	ARI	@	LAD	L,3-5	GS-6		6	5.0	5	3	3	1	11	0	0	3.00	3.03	21	94	61	18	21	3	6	5	0	0	55			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.134	5.19	-0.41%	-0.85	1b start tie	6b 1-3 0 out a1
14	14	148	Sep 14	ARI		CIN	L,1-2	GS-6		6	6.0	2	1	1	3	9	1	0	2.80	3.13	23	102	68	23	14	6	5	1	0	0	70			0	0	0	20	0	0	1	0	0	0	.93	0.229	.76	0.11%	2.28	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
15	15	153	Sep 19	ARI	@	COL	L,2-3	GS-6	L(0-3)	4	6.0	7	3	3	1	8	2	0	3.00	3.39	26	99	67	15	12	7	10	2	0	0	53			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	1	.75	-0.050	.66	-0.03%	0.34	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
16	16	158	Sep 24	ARI	@	STL	L,2-4	GS-5	L(0-4)	4	5.0	7	4	2	2	4	0	0	3.05	3.33	24	85	51	14	9	7	11	6	1	0	43			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	1	2	1.25	-0.215	1.32	-0.14%	-1.50	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
							2-14		W-L:0-4	3.9	56.0	48	24	19	21	66	5	5	3.05	3.33	237	929	64%	17%	12%	0.79		25%	7%	0	53	5	0%	0	1	0	205	5	0	1	5	2	4	.82	-0.028	1.27	-0.35%	6.91

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