Max Scherzer

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

Team: Toronto Blue Jays (majors)

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\

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: 21-10 / in Starts: 21-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2017 Pitching Game Log

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2017 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	275	4	Apr 7	WSN	@	PHI	W,7-6	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	6.2	4	2	2	2	7	0	0	2.70	1.96	25	98	60	10	13	5	11	4	3	0	63			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.200	.63	0.14%	2.22	1b start a 2	7b -2- 2 out a6
2	276	9	Apr 12	WSN		STL	L,1-6	GS-6	L(1-1)	4	6.0	4	3	1	2	10	0	1	2.13	1.66	26	104	69	15	17	5	9	2	2	0	64			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	1	1	.98	-0.038	1.00	-0.02%	0.23	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
3	277	13	Apr 18	WSN	@	ATL	W,3-1	GS-7	W(2-1)	5	7.0	2	0	0	3	7	0	0	1.37	1.94	25	116	76	10	17	8	7	2	1	0	77			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.443	1.35	0.33%	3.62	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
4	278	18	Apr 23	WSN	@	NYM	W,6-3	GS-8	W(3-1)	4	8.0	5	3	3	1	9	2	0	1.95	2.69	29	110	77	19	20	6	13	2	4	0	68			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.99	0.253	1.38	0.21%	0.88	1b start a 4	8b 3 out a3
5	279	23	Apr 28	WSN		NYM	L,5-7	GS-6	L(3-2)	4	6.0	9	5	5	1	7	2	0	2.94	3.22	27			17	11	5	14	5	2	0	40			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	.89	-0.264	1.19	-0.21%	-1.77	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
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	280	28	May 4	WSN		ARI	W,4-2	GS-7	W(4-2)	5	7.0	2	1	1	2	11	1	1	2.66	3.21	26	107	72	20	18	5	7	1	0	0	78			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.304	1.20	0.23%	2.77	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
7	281	33	May 9	WSN	@	BAL	L,4-5	GS-8		4	8.0	4	2	2	2	11	2	0	2.59	3.40	30			18	22	4	13	7	1	0	75			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.301	1.35	0.22%	2.10	1b start tie	8b 3 out a2
8	282	37	May 14(2)	WSN		PHI	W,6-5	GS-6		4	6.0	9	3	3	0	8	0	1	2.80	3.14	27	105	73	20	12	8	10	7	1	0	50			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.050	1.94	-0.04%	0.23	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
9	283	42	May 20	WSN	@	ATL	L,2-5	GS-5	L(4-3)	5	5.0	4	3	3	3	6	2	0	3.02	3.53	21	106	62	19	12	4	8	4	0	0	50			0	1	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.077	1.00	-0.07%	-0.42	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
10	284	47	May 26	WSN		SDP	W,5-1	GS-9	W(5-3)	5	8.2	3	1	1	2	13	1	1	2.77	3.42	31	108	81	22	23	8	7	1	2	0	85			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.72	0.312	.80	0.21%	3.04	1t start tie	9t 123 2 out a4
11	285	52	May 31	WSN	@	SFG	W,3-1	CG	W(6-3)	4	9.0	5	1	1	0	11	0	0	2.56	3.11	31	100	79	15	16	7	13	4	4	0	84			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.513	1.07	0.31%	3.56	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a2
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
12	286	57	Jun 6	WSN	@	LAD	W,2-1	GS-7	W(7-3)	5	7.0	3	1	0	2	14	0	0	2.35	2.85	28	105	73	23	19	6	6	3	1	0	81			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.37	0.385	1.08	0.18%	2.47	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a1
13	287	62	Jun 11	WSN		TEX	L,1-5	GS-8	L(7-4)	4	7.1	3	3	2	1	10	1	0	2.36	2.83	27	109	78	23	15	10	6	2	0	0	71			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	0.281	.87	0.15%	2.35	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out tie
14	288	67	Jun 16	WSN	@	NYM	W,7-2	GS-8	W(8-4)	4	8.0	4	1	1	2	10	1	2	2.26	2.91	29			25	16	4	11	2	3	0	78			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	3	0	0	.94	0.356	1.08	0.25%	2.88	1b start tie	8b 3 out a3
15	289	72	Jun 21	WSN	@	MIA	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(8-5)	4	8.0	2	2	0	1	11	0	2	2.09	2.81	29	121	85	14	28	11	4	1	1	0	84			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.65	-0.086	1.65	-0.05%	1.72	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
16	290	77	Jun 27	WSN		CHC	W,6-1	GS-6	W(9-5)	5	6.0	2	1	1	0	6	0	1	2.06	2.74	21	93	62	17	13	1	13	4	4	0	70			0	0	0	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	.77	0.197	.77	0.12%	2.23	1t start tie	6t 3 out a5
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
17	291	82	Jul 2	WSN	@	STL	W,7-2	GS-7	W(10-5)	4	7.0	2	0	0	2	12	0	0	1.94	2.62	26			15	22	7	5	0	2	0	83			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	.63	0.233	.67	0.15%	3.55	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a5
18	292	86	Jul 7	WSN		ATL	W,5-4	GS-8		4	7.2	6	4	4	1	10	1	0	2.10	2.62	29			11	15	9	9	6	1	0	60			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.080	1.15	0.06%	1.78	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out d1
19	293	90	Jul 15	WSN	@	CIN	W,10-7	GS-6	W(11-5)	7	6.0	3	0	0	4	10	0	0	2.01	2.58	25	95	67	14	19	1	10	4	3	0	72			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.321	.84	0.14%	3.13	1b start tie	6b 3 out a3
20	294	95	Jul 21	WSN	@	ARI	L,5-6	GS-5		5	5.0	8	5	5	2	9	3	0	2.26	2.80	25			21	14	4	10	7	0	0	38			0	0	0	23	3	0	1	0	0	0	.51	-0.240	.23	-0.07%	-2.21	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
21	295	100	Jul 27	WSN		MIL	W,15-2	GS-6	W(12-5)	5	6.0	3	1	1	3	9	1	0	2.23	2.84	23	109	70	16	18	4	7	1	0	0	68			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.40	0.156	.14	0.03%	2.23	1t start tie	6t 3 out a14
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
22	296	105	Aug 1	WSN	@	MIA	L,6-7	GS-1		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.21	2.84	3	10	7	4	0	2	1	0	1	0	53			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.047	.17	0.01%	0.47	1b start tie	1b 3 out tie
23	297	110	Aug 7	WSN		MIA	W,3-2	GS-7		5	7.0	5	2	2	2	9	1	0	2.23	2.86	28	114	77	16	18	9	8	3	0	0	66			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.197	.31	0.03%	1.77	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
24	298	116	Aug 13(2)	WSN		SFG	W,6-2	GS-7		5	7.0	5	2	2	1	10	1	0	2.25	2.85	25			18	14	5	9	3	1	0	68			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.150	.13	0.01%	1.77	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
25	299	130	Aug 28	WSN		MIA	W,11-2	GS-7	W(13-5)	14	7.0	5	1	1	2	10	1	1	2.21	2.88	27	100	69	21	19	7	7	2	2	0	71			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.00	0.223	.10	0.01%	2.77	1t start tie	7t 3 out a9
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	300	135	Sep 2	WSN	@	MIL	W,3-2	GS-5		4	5.0	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.19	2.90	19			12	5	6	9	4	3	0	59			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.154	.08	0.01%	1.61	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
27	301	141	Sep 8	WSN		PHI	W,11-10	GS-6	W(14-5)	5	6.0	6	4	4	3	7	1	1	2.32	2.97	27	104	71	14	17	5	11	4	2	0	48			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	.79	-0.056	.06	0.00%	-0.77	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
28	302	145	Sep 13	WSN		ATL	L,2-8	GS-7	L(14-6)	4	6.0	7	7	7	6	7	0	0	2.59	3.00	30			11	16	6	12	6	1	0	31			0	1	0	24	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.30	-0.348	.11	-0.02%	-2.62	1t start tie	7t 123 0 out d2
29	303	150	Sep 19	WSN	@	ATL	W,4-2	GS-7	W(15-6)	5	7.0	5	2	2	1	7	0	0	2.59	2.94	27	112	83	18	9	7	12	5	1	0	65			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.228	.08	0.01%	1.62	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
30	304	155	Sep 24	WSN	@	NYM	W,3-2	GS-6	W(16-6)	4	6.0	3	1	1	1	10	1	0	2.55	2.93	22	87	59	11	17	3	8	1	2	0	71			2	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.245	.06	0.01%	1.91	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
31	305	161	Sep 30	WSN		PIT	L,1-4	GS-4		5	3.1	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.51	2.90	12			7	8	2	5	2	0	0	62			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.157	.00	0.00%	1.60	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out a1
							21-10		W-L:16-6	4.6	200.2	126	62	56	55	268	22	11	2.51	2.90	780	2113	69%	23%	23%	0.63		22%	11%	0	66		---%	7	3	0	709	30	2	2	13	1	5	.99	4.577	.77	2.33%	46.72

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