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, 19,290th 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

Career

WAR

75.0

214

108

ERA

3.15

457

448

2834.2

3367

WHIP

1.077

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Team Record in Appearances: 22-11 / in Starts: 22-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2018 Pitching Game Log

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2018 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	306	1	Mar 30	WSN	@	CIN	W,2-0	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	6.0	5	0	0	1	10	0	0	0.00	0.33	24	100	67	13	22	6	7	1	2	0	71			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.391	1.25	0.22%	2.96	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a1
2	307	6	Apr 4	WSN	@	ATL	L,1-7	GS-5	L(1-1)	4	5.0	6	5	2	2	7	1	0	1.64	2.07	24	110	71	18	17	3	12	2	2	0	46			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	0	0	1	.67	-0.270	.83	-0.20%	-2.56	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
3	308	10	Apr 9	WSN		ATL	W,2-0	SHO	W(2-1)	4	9.0	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	0.90	1.56	28			15	16	9	9	2	3	0	93			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.92	0.558	.92	0.34%	4.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
4	309	15	Apr 14	WSN		COL	W,6-2	GS-7	W(3-1)	4	7.0	1	2	2	1	11	1	0	1.33	1.75	23	103	70	15	21	5	6	0	3	0	77			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.127	.49	0.06%	1.59	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
5	310	20	Apr 20	WSN	@	LAD	W,5-2	GS-6	W(4-1)	5	6.0	4	1	1	3	9	0	2	1.36	1.92	26	106	68	18	20	5	7	2	1	0	66			0	0	0	21	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.254	.96	0.13%	1.84	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a3
6	311	25	Apr 25	WSN	@	SFG	W,15-2	GS-6	W(5-1)	4	6.0	5	2	2	2	10	0	0	1.62	1.75	25	99	74	20	17	4	9	5	1	0	62			0	0	0	23	3	1	0	0	0	0	.50	0.087	.35	0.04%	0.70	1b start a 3	6b 3 out a8
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
7	312	30	May 1	WSN		PIT	W,12-4	GS-7	W(6-1)	5	6.1	3	2	2	2	8	1	0	1.79	2.01	24	106	71	23	10	4	10	3	3	0	65			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.292	.46	0.12%	1.32	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out a10
8	313	35	May 6	WSN		PHI	W,5-4	GS-7		4	6.1	5	1	1	2	15	0	1	1.74	1.75	26	111	71	21	23	1	7	6	1	0	72			1	0	0	23	3	0	1	1	0	0	1.31	0.335	1.39	0.21%	2.90	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out a1
9	314	40	May 11	WSN	@	ARI	W,3-1	GS-7	W(7-1)	4	7.0	4	1	1	0	11	1	0	1.69	1.76	25	99	72	16	19	3	11	6	2	0	76			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.379	1.27	0.25%	2.56	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a1
10	315	45	May 19(2)	WSN		LAD	L,4-5	GS-7		7	7.0	5	2	2	3	13	1	0	1.78	1.85	29			32	17	7	6	1	2	0	69			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.130	1.16	0.09%	1.59	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
11	316	50	May 25	WSN	@	MIA	W,9-5	GS-6	W(8-1)	5	6.0	7	4	4	2	4	1	1	2.13	2.16	29			15	13	7	15	4	5	0	44			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.33	-0.260	1.51	-0.18%	-1.28	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
12	317	55	May 30	WSN	@	BAL	W,2-0	GS-8	W(9-1)	4	8.0	2	0	0	1	12	0	0	1.92	1.99	27	111	83	14	29	5	9	6	1	0	89			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.557	1.41	0.44%	4.01	1b start tie	8b 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
13	318	60	Jun 5	WSN		TBR	W,4-2	GS-8	W(10-1)	5	8.0	5	2	2	0	13	0	0	1.95	1.80	28	99	81	17	24	7	8	6	1	0	77			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	.78	0.282	1.02	0.22%	2.10	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
14	319	64	Jun 10	WSN		SFG	L,0-2	GS-7	L(10-2)	4	7.0	4	2	2	3	9	1	0	2.00	1.95	28	113	72	18	21	7	9	2	4	0	67			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.079	1.15	0.07%	1.59	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
15	320	68	Jun 16	WSN	@	TOR	L,0-2	GS-6	L(10-3)	5	6.0	4	2	2	1	10	1	1	2.06	2.01	24	108	75	18	15	5	7	2	2	0	65			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.027	1.10	0.02%	1.01	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
16	321	73	Jun 21	WSN		BAL	W,4-2	GS-7		4	7.0	5	2	2	1	9	2	0	2.09	2.18	27	102	72	15	19	6	11	3	1	0	67			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.166	1.23	0.13%	1.59	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
17	322	78	Jun 26	WSN	@	TBR	L,0-1	GS-7	L(10-4)	4	7.0	4	1	1	3	4	0	0	2.04	2.25	28	104	63	15	9	9	12	4	5	0	66			2	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.213	1.08	0.16%	2.47	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
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
18	323	83	Jul 2	WSN		BOS	L,3-4	GS-6	L(10-5)	5	6.0	4	3	3	3	9	0	2	2.16	2.27	27			17	18	2	11	4	3	0	58			0	0	0	21	1	0	2	0	0	0	.93	-0.062	.94	-0.04%	0.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
19	324	88	Jul 7	WSN		MIA	W,18-4	GS-7	W(11-5)	4	7.0	7	4	4	2	3	3	0	2.33	2.63	28			17	15	11	12	2	5	0	48			0	0	0	26	0	1	0	2	0	0	.68	-0.081	.61	-0.04%	-0.41	1t start tie	7t 3 out a9
20	325	93	Jul 12	WSN	@	NYM	W,5-4	GS-7	W(12-5)	4	7.0	5	3	3	2	5	2	0	2.41	2.82	27	101	73	16	10	6	14	5	4	0	58			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.132	.80	0.06%	0.11	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a2
21	326	98	Jul 22	WSN		ATL	W,6-2	GS-6	W(13-5)	9	6.0	8	2	2	1	7	0	0	2.43	2.75	24	107	72	16	18	5	11	6	2	0	54			1	1	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.177	1.04	0.09%	1.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
22	327	103	Jul 27	WSN	@	MIA	W,9-1	GS-8	W(14-5)	4	8.0	3	1	0	1	11	0	1	2.30	2.67	31			22	16	9	9	5	1	0	84			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	2	.60	0.236	.46	0.11%	2.63	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a8
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
23	328	108	Aug 2	WSN		CIN	W,10-4	GS-6	W(15-5)	5	6.0	4	2	2	2	10	1	0	2.33	2.68	24			14	17	5	7	3	0	0	64			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.141	.47	0.08%	1.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out a5
24	329	113	Aug 7(2)	WSN		ATL	L,1-3	GS-7		4	7.0	4	1	1	1	6	1	0	2.28	2.73	26			20	14	7	12	5	3	0	70			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.295	1.48	0.23%	2.59	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
25	330	118	Aug 12	WSN	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-7		4	7.0	3	0	0	1	11	0	0	2.19	2.63	25			11	21	5	8	4	3	0	81			0	0	0	24	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.11	0.499	1.02	0.28%	3.52	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
26	331	123	Aug 17	WSN		MIA	W,8-2	GS-6	W(16-5)	4	6.0	5	0	0	1	7	0	0	2.11	2.59	22	96	62	19	9	5	9	4	3	0	68			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.269	.38	0.06%	3.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out a5
27	332	128	Aug 23	WSN		PHI	L,0-2	GS-7	L(16-6)	5	7.0	2	2	2	4	10	1	0	2.13	2.64	27	109	65	22	15	5	8	1	3	0	71			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.078	.55	0.02%	1.59	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
28	333	133	Aug 28	WSN	@	PHI	W,5-4	GS-5		4	5.0	4	3	3	0	5	2	1	2.22	2.75	20	99	68	19	8	4	10	1	1	0	52			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.087	.24	-0.02%	-0.53	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
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
29	334	138	Sep 3	WSN		STL	W,4-3	GS-7		5	7.0	4	3	3	1	11	1	0	2.28	2.74	26			17	15	3	11	4	1	0	67			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.006	.12	0.00%	0.59	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
30	335	142	Sep 8(1)	WSN		CHC	W,10-3	CG	W(17-6)	4	9.0	9	3	3	0	11	0	1	2.31	2.66	36			18	24	11	13	7	2	0	68			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	1	0	.49	0.281	.03	0.01%	1.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
31	336	148	Sep 14	WSN	@	ATL	L,5-10	GS-4	L(17-7)	5	4.0	7	6	6	3	6	0	1	2.53	2.67	23			10	12	1	12	4	2	0	27			0	0	0	18	3	1	0	0	1	0	1.41	-0.501	.10	-0.02%	-4.05	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
32	337	153	Sep 20	WSN		NYM	L,4-5	GS-7		5	7.0	5	3	3	2	13	2	0	2.57	2.72	28			21	22	4	9	2	2	0	66			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.026	.02	0.00%	0.59	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
33	338	158	Sep 25	WSN		MIA	W,9-4	GS-7	W(18-7)	4	7.0	5	1	1	0	10	0	1	2.53	2.65	27			15	19	3	13	5	4	0	73			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.308	.00	0.00%	2.59	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
							22-11		W-L:18-7	4.6	220.2	150	66	62	51	300	23	12	2.53	2.65	866	1983	68%	29%	28%	0.55		23%	16%	0	66		---%	8	2	0	797	36	5	4	10	2	4	.91	5.012	.79	2.95%	45.06

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