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: 7-5 / in Starts: 7-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2020 Pitching Game Log

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2020 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	366	1	Jul 23	WSN		NYY	L,1-4	CG(6)	L(0-1)	99	5.1	6	4	4	4	11	1	0	6.75	3.75	26	98	62	16	21	6	5	3	1	0	47			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.196	.99	-0.13%	-1.97	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out d3
2	367	6	Jul 29	WSN		TOR	W,4-0	GS-8		5	7.1	3	0	0	3	10	0	0	2.84	2.56	27	112	70	17	21	11	3	1	0	0	79			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.320	1.25	0.19%	3.11	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out tie
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
3	368	9	Aug 5	WSN		NYM	L,1-3	GS-1		6	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.29	2.68	5			5	2	1	2	1	0	0	47			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.25	-0.048	1.51	-0.04%	-0.46	1t start tie	1t 3 out d1
4	369	14	Aug 11	WSN	@	NYM	W,2-1	GS-6	W(1-1)	5	6.0	6	1	1	2	7	0	0	2.75	2.43	25	105	71	15	11	6	10	7	1	0	61			0	0	0	22	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.20	0.276	1.33	0.18%	2.12	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a1
5	370	19	Aug 16	WSN	@	BAL	W,6-5	GS-7	W(2-1)	4	7.0	8	5	5	1	10	3	0	3.71	3.45	30	111	75	20	19	4	15	6	4	0	50			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.145	1.08	-0.09%	-1.17	1b start a 3	7b 3 out tie
6	371	23	Aug 22(1)	WSN		MIA	W,5-4	GS-5		5	4.2	7	4	4	2	5	1	1	4.31	3.80	24	108	67	15	12	6	10	6	0	0	37			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.093	1.33	-0.07%	-2.09	1t start tie	5t 123 2 out a1
7	372	29	Aug 28	WSN	@	BOS	W,10-2	GS-6	W(3-1)	5	6.0	6	1	1	0	11	0	0	3.86	3.11	23	92	63	12	19	2	10	6	1	0	67			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.179	.57	0.09%	2.44	1b start tie	6b 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
8	373	34	Sep 2	WSN	@	PHI	L,0-3	GS-6	L(3-2)	4	6.0	7	3	3	3	6	1	0	3.95	3.35	28			17	15	6	13	6	2	0	49			2	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.032	.59	-0.01%	0.29	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
9	374	40	Sep 7	WSN		TBR	W,6-1	GS-7	W(4-2)	4	7.0	6	0	0	1	8	0	0	3.40	3.07	28	104	70	20	14	4	15	6	4	0	72			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.321	.19	0.04%	3.80	1t start tie	7t 3 out a6
10	375	45	Sep 13	WSN		ATL	L,4-8	GS-6	L(4-3)	5	5.1	9	6	6	2	10	2	0	4.04	3.30	27			17	16	1	14	9	0	0	34			1	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.466	.24	-0.06%	-3.03	1t start tie	6t --- 1 out d2
11	376	51	Sep 20(1)	WSN	@	MIA	L,1-2	GS-6	L(4-4)	6	5.2	5	2	0	2	6	0	0	3.67	3.19	26			12	20	8	10	6	2	0	59			1	0	0	24	0	0	1	0	0	2	1.49	-0.076	.02	0.00%	0.48	1b start tie	6b 123 2 out d1
12	377	58	Sep 26(1)	WSN		NYM	W,4-3	GS-6	W(5-4)	5	6.0	6	3	3	2	7	2	0	3.74	3.46	26	109	74	15	11	7	10	4	1	0	53			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.33	0.012	.00	0.00%	0.26	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
							7-5		W-L:5-4	4.9	67.1	70	30	28	23	92	10	1	3.74	3.46	295	839	66%	22%	22%	0.53		34%	9%	0	55		---%	7	0	0	269	12	1	1	2	2	3	1.09	0.052	.69	0.12%	3.78

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