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, 19,291st 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

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

2024

Career

WAR

0.4

75.4

216

112

ERA

3.89

3.16

465

456

39.1

2874.0

3405

WHIP

1.093

1.077

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-18 / in Starts: 13-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2010 Pitching Game Log

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2010 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	47	2	Apr 7	DET	@	KCR	L,2-3	GS-6		99	6.0	1	0	0	2	3	0	2	0.00	4.08	22	91	57	20	4	5	10	4	1	0	71			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.353	1.32	0.24%	2.95	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
2	48	7	Apr 12	DET		KCR	L,5-10	GS-5	L(0-1)	4	5.0	9	5	2	2	3	1	0	1.64	4.81	23	101	68	17	8	8	10	6	1	0	36			1	0	0	21	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	-0.343	1.51	-0.28%	-2.47	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
3	49	12	Apr 18	DET	@	SEA	W,4-2	GS-6	W(1-1)	5	6.0	6	2	2	1	4	1	0	2.12	4.67	22	87	53	18	9	5	12	5	4	0	55			0	1	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.115	1.11	0.07%	0.77	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
4	50	17	Apr 23	DET	@	TEX	L,4-5	GS-7		4	7.0	5	4	3	2	7	1	1	2.63	4.54	27	104	72	14	19	7	10	3	0	0	58			0	2	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.125	.78	-0.09%	-0.21	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
5	51	22	Apr 28	DET		MIN	W,11-6	GS-4		4	3.2	10	6	6	0	3	2	0	4.23	5.07	20	84	59	16	3	7	10	5	1	0	20			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.357	1.06	-0.28%	-4.48	1t start tie	4t 1-3 2 out d5
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
6	52	27	May 3	DET	@	MIN	L,4-10	GS-5	L(1-2)	4	4.1	8	10	10	4	1	1	0	6.47	5.52	25	87	49	15	4	6	14	6	1	0	4			0	0	0	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	.39	-0.407	.61	-0.38%	-6.46	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out d5
7	53	31	May 9	DET	@	CLE	L,4-7	GS-5	L(1-3)	5	5.0	9	5	5	3	4	0	0	6.81	5.21	27	105	61	22	7	10	10	3	1	0	30			2	0	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.368	1.29	-0.29%	-2.67	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d1
8	54	36	May 14	DET		BOS	L,2-7	GS-5	L(1-4)	4	5.0	6	6	6	2	1	3	0	7.29	5.98	22	109	71	20	3	8	11	2	1	0	30			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.45	-0.337	.60	-0.27%	-3.47	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
9	55	49	May 30	DET		OAK	W,10-2	GS-6	W(2-4)	15	5.2	2	0	0	4	14	0	1	6.42	5.37	24	113	75	28	13	1	4	2	1	0	75			2	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.237	1.09	0.17%	2.60	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out a4
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
10	56	54	Jun 4	DET	@	KCR	L,3-7	GS-6	L(2-5)	4	5.0	9	5	5	2	3	0	0	6.66	5.15	24	85	52	16	4	4	15	9	0	0	30			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	2	0	.75	-0.221	.98	-0.17%	-1.92	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out d1
11	57	59	Jun 10	DET	@	CHW	L,0-3	GS-8	L(2-6)	5	7.1	5	3	3	1	7	2	0	6.30	5.15	27	107	69	12	18	9	10	1	3	0	62			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.043	.68	0.03%	0.40	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out d3
12	58	63	Jun 15	DET		WSN	W,7-4	GS-6	W(3-6)	4	6.0	7	4	3	2	9	1	0	6.14	4.97	27	112	72	24	9	7	9	3	0	0	51			2	0	0	24	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.01	-0.135	1.29	-0.10%	-0.96	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
13	59	68	Jun 20	DET		ARI	W,3-1	GS-7	W(4-6)	4	7.0	4	1	1	2	8	0	0	5.67	4.65	26	118	79	24	15	8	8	5	0	0	71			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.89	0.257	1.17	0.20%	2.55	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
14	60	73	Jun 26	DET	@	ATL	L,3-4	GS-6		5	5.2	3	0	0	4	8	0	1	5.26	4.53	24	102	66	22	12	7	4	1	0	0	67			0	1	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.285	1.69	0.23%	2.44	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out a1
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	Entered	Exited
15	61	78	Jul 2	DET		SEA	W,7-1	GS-8	W(5-6)	5	8.0	3	1	1	2	7	1	0	4.88	4.45	27	110	67	20	10	11	7	2	0	0	77			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	0	.65	0.196	.89	0.16%	3.05	1t start tie	8t 3 out a6
16	62	83	Jul 7	DET		BAL	W,4-2	GS-7	W(6-6)	4	7.0	6	1	1	2	6	0	0	4.61	4.29	28	103	67	18	11	8	12	4	3	0	65			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	1	0	0	.84	0.307	1.19	0.26%	2.55	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
17	63	87	Jul 16	DET	@	CLE	L,2-8	GS-5	L(6-7)	8	5.0	5	4	4	5	7	1	0	4.74	4.37	26	109	65	23	10	4	10	2	3	0	43			1	0	0	21	2	1	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.270	1.40	-0.23%	-1.67	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d2
18	64	93	Jul 21	DET		TEX	W,4-1	GS-7	W(7-7)	4	7.0	4	0	0	3	5	0	0	4.43	4.27	26	123	75	21	11	10	8	1	0	0	71			0	1	0	23	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.406	1.22	0.28%	3.55	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
19	65	98	Jul 26	DET	@	TBR	L,0-5	GS-6	L(7-8)	4	5.2	2	4	3	4	8	1	0	4.45	4.29	24	108	64	17	8	3	8	3	1	0	55			3	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.105	1.59	-0.08%	-1.39	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out d4
20	66	103	Jul 31	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-7		4	6.1	9	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.28	4.20	25	116	75	20	7	8	13	5	1	0	53			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.08	0.253	.62	0.09%	2.73	1b start a 2	7b --3 1 out a4
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
21	67	108	Aug 5	DET		CHW	L,4-6	GS-7		4	7.0	8	2	2	2	7	0	0	4.19	4.07	27	103	65	15	12	10	8	3	0	0	58			2	3	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.074	.42	0.02%	1.55	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
22	68	113	Aug 10	DET		TBR	L,0-8	GS-7	L(7-9)	4	7.0	4	2	1	4	2	0	0	4.03	4.08	28	111	67	19	4	10	12	5	3	0	61			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	0.096	.11	0.01%	1.55	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
23	69	118	Aug 16	DET	@	NYY	W,3-1	GS-6	W(8-9)	5	6.0	2	0	0	2	6	0	0	3.86	3.99	21	115	68	22	7	6	7	3	1	0	72			0	1	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.19	0.368	.09	0.02%	3.16	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
24	70	123	Aug 21	DET		CLE	W,5-2	GS-7	W(9-9)	4	7.0	4	2	1	2	8	0	0	3.73	3.88	27	119	85	20	18	7	10	5	3	0	69			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	2	1.14	0.166	.04	0.00%	1.55	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
25	71	128	Aug 26	DET	@	TOR	W,7-1	GS-8	W(10-9)	4	8.0	6	1	1	1	8	1	0	3.60	3.84	28	117	75	16	18	8	11	3	1	0	73			1	1	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.45	0.217	.05	0.02%	3.05	1b start tie	8b 3 out a6
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
26	72	133	Sep 1	DET	@	MIN	L,1-2	GS-9		5	9.0	4	1	1	1	9	0	0	3.45	3.70	30	106	76	23	15	10	10	4	2	0	83			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	1	1	1.07	0.438	.04	0.01%	3.38	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
27	73	138	Sep 6	DET		CHW	L,4-5	GS-8		4	7.1	9	4	4	2	6	0	1	3.51	3.66	33	116	78	21	11	8	16	7	2	0	48			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.122	.01	0.00%	0.52	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a1
28	74	143	Sep 11	DET		BAL	L,3-5	GS-6	L(10-10)	4	6.0	12	4	4	1	5	0	0	3.60	3.60	31	96	72	17	12	9	16	8	5	0	36			0	0	0	29	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.35	-0.123	.00	0.00%	-0.96	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
29	75	147	Sep 17	DET	@	CHW	W,9-2	GS-8	W(11-10)	5	8.0	2	2	2	2	11	2	1	3.54	3.65	28	121	79	28	14	6	8	2	1	0	79			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.100	.00	0.00%	2.09	1b start tie	8b 3 out a4
30	76	152	Sep 22	DET		KCR	W,4-2	GS-8	W(12-10)	4	7.2	2	0	0	2	8	0	0	3.40	3.57	26	116	74	26	12	9	7	0	3	0	81			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.92	0.402	.00	0.00%	3.82	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a3
31	77	157	Sep 29(1)	DET	@	CLE	L,0-4	GS-5	L(12-11)	6	5.0	8	4	4	3	3	2	0	3.50	3.71	25	103	62	19	8	10	9	2	3	0	35			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.167	.00	0.00%	-1.67	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
							13-18		W-L:12-11	4.5	195.2	174	84	76	70	184	20	7	3.50	3.71	800	3297	64%	19%	10%	0.74		21%	9%	0	55		---%	17	13	0	712	27	6	1	20	5	4	.95	1.477	.71	-0.37%	15.94

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