Max Scherzer

Q: When was Max Scherzer born?

Max Scherzer was born on July 27, 1984.

Q: Where was Max Scherzer born?

Max Scherzer was born in St. Louis, MO .

Q: How tall is Max Scherzer?

Max Scherzer is 6-3 (190 cm) tall.

Q: How much does Max Scherzer weigh?

Max Scherzer weighs 208 lbs (94 kg).

Q: How many seasons has Max Scherzer played?

Max Scherzer is in his 16th season.

Q: When was Max Scherzer drafted?

Max Scherzer was 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) .

Q: How many strikeouts does Max Scherzer have?

Max Scherzer had 3,367 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How much is Max Scherzer worth?

Max Scherzer makes $43,333,334.00 this year. His current contract terms are 3 yrs/$130M (22-24).

Q: How many teams has Max Scherzer played for?

Max Scherzer has played for 6 teams; the Arizona Diamondbacks, Detroit Tigers, Washington Nationals, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets and Texas Rangers.

Q: How many World Series has Max Scherzer won?

Max Scherzer has won 2 World Series.

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

4/27 Rangers starter Cody Bradford has been diagnosed with a stress fracture in his rib, manager Bruce Bochy informed reporters (including Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News). The left-hander will be out
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Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2007	22	ARI-min	AA,A+	6	4	.600	3.28	17	17	0	0	0	0	90.2	69	39	33	3	42	0	106	5	0	3	379			1.224	6.8	0.3	4.2	10.5	2.52	MOB,VIS SOUL,CALL
2008	23	ARI-min	AAA	1	1	.500	2.72	13	10	0	0	0	0	53.0	35	19	16	2	22	0	79	2	0	1	219			1.075	5.9	0.3	3.7	13.4	3.59	TUC PCL
2008	23	ARI	NL	0	4	.000	3.05	16	7	2	0	0	0	56.0	48	24	19	5	21	1	66	5	0	2	237	151	3.33	1.232	7.7	0.8	3.4	10.6	3.14
2009	24	ARI-min	A+	0	0		1.93	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.2	1	2	1	0	4	0	5	1	0	0	20			1.071	1.9	0.0	7.7	9.6	1.25	VIS CALL
2009	24	ARI	NL	9	11	.450	4.12	30	30	0	0	0	0	170.1	166	94	78	20	63	1	174	10	1	5	741	108	3.87	1.344	8.8	1.1	3.3	9.2	2.76
2010	25	DET-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	0.60	2	2	0	0	0	0	15.0	4	1	1	0	2	0	17	0	0	0	52			0.400	2.4	0.0	1.2	10.2	8.50	TOL IL
2010	25	DET	AL	12	11	.522	3.50	31	31	0	0	0	0	195.2	174	84	76	20	70	1	184	7	0	8	800	120	3.71	1.247	8.0	0.9	3.2	8.5	2.63
2011	26	DET	AL	15	9	.625	4.43	33	33	0	0	0	0	195.0	207	101	96	29	56	1	174	7	0	12	833	93	4.14	1.349	9.6	1.3	2.6	8.0	3.11
2012	27	DET	AL	16	7	.696	3.74	32	32	0	0	0	0	187.2	179	82	78	23	60	2	231	5	1	2	787	114	3.26	1.274	8.6	1.1	2.9	*11.1*	3.85
2013	28	DET	AL	21	3	*.875*	2.90	32	32	0	0	0	0	214.1	152	73	69	18	56	0	240	4	1	6	836	144	2.74	0.970	6.4	0.8	2.4	10.1	4.29	AS,CYA-1,MVP-12
2014	29	DET	AL	18	5	.783	3.15	33	33	0	1	1	0	220.1	196	80	77	18	63	1	252	6	1	10	904	123	2.85	1.175	8.0	0.7	2.6	10.3	4.00	AS,CYA-5
2015	30	WSN	NL	14	12	.538	2.79	33	33	0	4	3	0	228.2	176	74	71	27	34	2	276	5	1	10	899	142	2.77	0.918	6.9	1.1	1.3	10.9	*8.12*	AS,CYA-5
2016	31	WSN	NL	20	7	.741	2.96	34	34	0	1	0	0	228.1	165	77	75	31	56	2	*284*	6	1	2	902	144	3.24	*0.968*	6.5	1.2	2.2	11.2	5.07	AS,CYA-1,MVP-10
2017	32	WSN	NL	16	6	.727	2.51	31	31	0	2	0	0	200.2	126	62	56	22	55	2	268	11	0	4	780	178	2.90	0.902	*5.7*	1.0	2.5	12.0	4.87	AS,CYA-1,MVP-10
2018	33	WSN	NL	18	7	.720	2.53	33	33	0	2	1	0	*220.2*	150	66	62	23	51	4	*300*	12	1	4	866	168	2.65	0.911	6.1	0.9	2.1	12.2	5.88	AS,CYA-2,MVP-10
2019	34	WSN	NL	11	7	.611	2.92	27	27	0	0	0	0	172.1	144	59	56	18	33	2	243	7	0	0	693	154	*2.45*	1.027	7.5	0.9	1.7	12.7	*7.36*	AS,CYA-3,MVP-22
2020	35	WSN	NL	5	4	.556	3.74	12	12	0	1	0	0	67.1	70	30	28	10	23	1	92	1	0	6	295	119	3.46	1.381	9.4	1.3	3.1	12.3	4.00
2021	36	TOT	NL	15	4	.789	2.46	30	30	0	1	0	0	179.1	119	53	49	23	36	0	236	10	0	2	693	167	2.97	*0.864*	*6.0*	1.2	1.8	11.8	6.56	AS,CYA-3,MVP-14
2021	36	WSN	NL	8	4	.667	2.76	19	19	0	1	0	0	111.0	71	36	34	18	28	0	147	8	0	0	428	147	3.60	0.892	5.8	1.5	2.3	11.9	5.25
2021	36	LAD	NL	7	0	1.000	1.98	11	11	0	0	0	0	68.1	48	17	15	5	8	0	89	2	0	2	265	214	1.96	0.820	6.3	0.7	1.1	11.7	11.13
2022	37	NYM-min	AA,AAA	0	0		3.86	3	3	0	0	0	0	11.2	10	6	5	2	3	0	21	0	0	0	49			1.114	7.7	1.5	2.3	16.2	7.00	BNG,SYR EL,IL
2022	37	NYM	NL	11	5	.688	2.29	23	23	0	0	0	0	145.1	108	39	37	13	24	0	173	11	0	1	565	169	2.62	0.908	6.7	0.8	1.5	10.7	7.21
2023	38	TOT	MLB	13	6	.684	3.77	27	27	0	0	0	0	152.2	126	65	64	28	45	0	174	4	0	2	621	112	4.32	1.120	7.4	1.7	2.7	10.3	3.87
2023	38	NYM	NL	9	4	.692	4.01	19	19	0	0	0	0	107.2	98	49	48	23	30	0	121	3	0	1	444	104	4.70	1.189	8.2	1.9	2.5	10.1	4.03
2023	38	TEX	AL	4	2	.667	3.20	8	8	0	0	0	0	45.0	28	16	16	5	15	0	53	1	0	1	177	137	3.41	0.956	5.6	1.0	3.0	10.6	3.53
2024	39	TEX-min	AAA	0	0		11.57	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.1	5	3	3	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	11			2.143	19.3	7.7	0.0	15.4		RRK PCL
16 Yrs				214	108	.665	3.15	457	448	2	12	5	0	2834.2	2306	1063	991	328	746	20	3367	111	7	76	11452	134	3.17	1.077	7.3	1.0	2.4	10.7	4.51
162 Game Avg.				16	8	.665	3.15	34	34	0	1	0	0	213	173	80	74	25	56	2	253	8	1	6	860	134	3.17	1.077	7.3	1.0	2.4	10.7	4.51
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
WSN (7 yrs)				92	47	.662	2.80	189	189	0	11	4	0	1229.0	902	404	382	149	280	13	1610	50	3	26	4863	152	2.92	0.962	6.6	1.1	2.1	11.8	5.75
DET (5 yrs)				82	35	.701	3.52	161	161	0	1	1	0	1013.0	908	420	396	108	305	5	1081	29	3	38	4160	117	3.32	1.197	8.1	1.0	2.7	9.6	3.54
ARI (2 yrs)				9	15	.375	3.86	46	37	2	0	0	0	226.1	214	118	97	25	84	2	240	15	1	7	978	117	3.73	1.317	8.5	1.0	3.3	9.5	2.86
NYM (2 yrs)				20	9	.690	3.02	42	42	0	0	0	0	253.0	206	88	85	36	54	0	294	14	0	2	1009	132	3.50	1.028	7.3	1.3	1.9	10.5	5.44
TEX (1 yr)				4	2	.667	3.20	8	8	0	0	0	0	45.0	28	16	16	5	15	0	53	1	0	1	177	137	3.41	0.956	5.6	1.0	3.0	10.6	3.53
LAD (1 yr)				7	0	1.000	1.98	11	11	0	0	0	0	68.1	48	17	15	5	8	0	89	2	0	2	265	214	1.96	0.820	6.3	0.7	1.1	11.7	11.13

NL (11 yrs)				128	71	.643	2.93	288	279	2	11	4	0	1776.2	1370	627	579	215	426	15	2233	81	4	37	7115	145	3.07	1.011	6.9	1.1	2.2	11.3	5.24
AL (6 yrs)				86	37	.699	3.50	169	169	0	1	1	0	1058.0	936	436	412	113	320	5	1134	30	3	39	4337	118	3.32	1.187	8.0	1.0	2.7	9.6	3.54

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Max Scherzer?

Max Scherzer is 39 years old.

When was Max Scherzer born?

Max Scherzer was born on July 27, 1984.

Where was Max Scherzer born?

Max Scherzer was born in St. Louis, MO.

How tall is Max Scherzer?

Max Scherzer is 6-3 (190 cm) tall.

How much does Max Scherzer weigh?

Max Scherzer weighs 208 lbs (94 kg).

How many seasons has Max Scherzer played?

Max Scherzer is in his 16th season.

When was Max Scherzer drafted?

Max Scherzer was 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).

What position does Max Scherzer play?

Max Scherzer is a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts does Max Scherzer have?

Max Scherzer had 3,367 strikeouts over his career.

How much is Max Scherzer worth?

Max Scherzer makes $43,333,334.00 this year. His current contract terms are 3 yrs/$130M (22-24).

How many teams has Max Scherzer played for?

Max Scherzer has played for 6 teams; the Arizona Diamondbacks, Detroit Tigers, Washington Nationals, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets and Texas Rangers.

How many World Series has Max Scherzer won?

Max Scherzer has won 2 World Series.

What is Max Scherzer's Twitter account?

Max Scherzer is on Twitter at Max_Scherzer.

What is Max Scherzer's Instagram account?

Max Scherzer is on Instagram at maxscherzer31.

What are Max Scherzer's nicknames?

Mad Max, Blue Eye, Brown Eye are nicknames for Max Scherzer.

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