Max Scherzer

Maxwell Martin Scherzer
Born: July 27, 1984
St. Louis, MO USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 208
College: University of Missouri Columbia
Career: 2008-2023
Draft: Round 43 (2003 June Amateur Draft, St. Louis Cardinals)
Draft: Round 1 (2006 June Amateur Draft, Arizona Diamondbacks)
School: Parkway Central HS (MO)
U Missouri Columbia
Minor League Statistics

Max Scherzer compiled a career record of 214 wins and 108 losses in his 464-game career with the Arizona Diamondbacks, Detroit Tigers, Washington Nationals, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets and Texas Rangers. He began playing during the 2008 season and last took the field during the 2023 campaign.

Arizona Diamondbacks

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Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
2008	NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	0	4	.000	3.05	16	7	2	0	0	56.0	48	24	19	5	21	1	66	5	0	2	237
2009	NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	9	11	.450	4.12	30	30	0	0	0	170.3	166	94	78	20	63	1	174	10	1	5	741
2010	AL	Detroit Tigers	12	11	.522	3.50	31	31	0	0	0	195.7	174	84	76	20	70	1	184	7	0	8	800
2011	AL	Detroit Tigers	15	9	.625	4.43	33	33	0	0	0	195.0	207	101	96	29	56	1	174	7	0	12	833
2012	AL	Detroit Tigers	16	7	.696	3.74	32	32	0	0	0	187.7	179	82	78	23	60	2	231	5	1	2	787
2013	AL	Detroit Tigers	21	3	.875	2.90	32	32	0	0	0	214.3	152	73	69	18	56	0	240	4	1	6	836
2014	AL	Detroit Tigers	18	5	.783	3.15	33	33	0	1	1	220.3	196	80	77	18	63	1	252	6	1	10	904
2015	NL	Washington Nationals	14	12	.538	2.79	33	33	0	4	3	228.7	176	74	71	27	34	2	276	5	1	10	899
2016	NL	Washington Nationals	20	7	.741	2.96	34	34	0	1	0	228.3	165	77	75	31	56	2	284	6	1	2	902
2017	NL	Washington Nationals	16	6	.727	2.51	31	31	0	2	0	200.7	126	62	56	22	55	2	268	11	0	4	780
2018	NL	Washington Nationals	18	7	.720	2.53	33	33	0	2	1	220.7	150	66	62	23	51	4	300	12	1	4	866
2019	NL	Washington Nationals	11	7	.611	2.92	27	27	0	0	0	172.3	144	59	56	18	33	2	243	7	0	0	693
2020	NL	Washington Nationals	5	4	.556	3.74	12	12	0	1	0	67.3	70	30	28	10	23	1	92	1	0	6	295
2021	NL	Washington Nationals	8	4	.667	2.76	19	19	0	1	0	111.0	71	36	34	18	28	0	147	8	0	0	428
2021	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	7	0	1.000	1.98	11	11	0	0	0	68.3	48	17	15	5	8	0	89	2	0	2	265
2022	NL	New York Mets	11	5	.688	2.29	23	23	0	0	0	145.3	108	39	37	13	24	0	173	11	0	1	565
2023	NL	New York Mets	9	4	.692	4.01	19	19	0	0	0	107.7	98	49	48	23	30	0	121	3	0	1	444
2023	AL	Texas Rangers	4	2	.667	3.20	8	8	0	0	0	45.0	28	16	16	5	15	0	53	1	0	1	177
Totals			214	108	.665	3.15	457	448	2	12	5	2834.7	2306	1063	991	328	746	20	3367	111	7	76	11452

Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF
2008	NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	17	15	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.071	.000	.071	0	0	0	1	0
2009	NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	31	61	53	4	12	2	0	3	0	3	17	.226	.268	.264	.532	14	1	0	5	0
2010	AL	Detroit Tigers	31	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2011	AL	Detroit Tigers	33	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2012	AL	Detroit Tigers	32	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0
2013	AL	Detroit Tigers	32	3	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2	0	0	0	0
2014	AL	Detroit Tigers	33	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0
2015	NL	Washington Nationals	34	77	69	4	15	0	0	0	0	2	23	.217	.239	.217	.457	15	0	0	6	0
2016	NL	Washington Nationals	34	85	70	4	13	1	0	12	0	2	30	.186	.208	.200	.408	14	1	0	13	0
2017	NL	Washington Nationals	31	72	62	4	10	0	1	5	0	4	16	.161	.212	.210	.422	13	0	0	6	0
2018	NL	Washington Nationals	35	78	70	8	17	2	0	6	1	1	14	.243	.274	.271	.545	19	1	2	5	0
2019	NL	Washington Nationals	29	61	55	6	10	0	0	2	2	0	27	.182	.182	.182	.364	10	1	0	6	0
2020	NL	Washington Nationals	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
2021	NL	Washington Nationals	19	37	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	2	0
2021	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	11	26	24	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	1
2022	NL	New York Mets	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
2023	NL	New York Mets	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
2023	AL	Texas Rangers	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Totals			464	529	464	31	78	6	1	30	3	13	161	.168	.194	.188	.381	87	5	2	49	1

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
2008	NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	P	16	7	56.0	4	5	1	2	.900	1.446	.563
2009	NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	P	30	30	170.3	15	18	2	3	.943	1.744	1.100
2010	AL	Detroit Tigers	P	31	31	195.7	14	14	2	0	.933	1.288	.903
2011	AL	Detroit Tigers	P	33	33	195.0	11	12	0	2	1.000	1.062	.697
2012	AL	Detroit Tigers	P	32	32	187.7	8	13	1	0	.955	1.007	.656
2013	AL	Detroit Tigers	P	32	32	214.3	17	21	3	0	.927	1.596	1.188
2014	AL	Detroit Tigers	P	33	33	220.3	9	17	1	2	.963	1.062	.788
2015	NL	Washington Nationals	P	33	33	228.7	7	22	0	0	1.000	1.141	.879
2016	NL	Washington Nationals	P	34	34	228.3	12	19	1	1	.969	1.222	.912
2017	NL	Washington Nationals	P	31	31	200.7	9	9	1	1	.947	.807	.581
2018	NL	Washington Nationals	P	33	33	220.7	8	8	1	0	.941	.653	.485
2019	NL	Washington Nationals	P	27	27	172.3	10	13	1	1	.958	1.201	.852
2020	NL	Washington Nationals	P	12	12	67.3	3	5	2	1	.800	1.069	.667
2021	NL	Washington Nationals	P	19	19	111.0	6	4	0	0	1.000	.811	.526
2021	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	11	11	68.3	2	6	0	0	1.000	1.054	.727
2022	NL	New York Mets	P	23	23	145.3	6	12	0	1	1.000	1.115	.783
2023	NL	New York Mets	P	19	19	107.7	9	6	1	1	.938	1.254	.789
2023	AL	Texas Rangers	P	8	8	45.0	6	2	0	0	1.000	1.600	1.000
Totals				457	448	2834.7	156	206	17	15	.955	1.149	.792

Postseason - Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF
2011	AL	Detroit Tigers	ALDS1	1	0	1.000	1.23	2	1	0	0	7.3	4	1	1	0	4	0	7	1	0	31
2011	AL	Detroit Tigers	ALCS	0	1	.000	9.72	2	2	0	0	8.3	11	9	9	1	5	0	7	0	0	41
2012	AL	Detroit Tigers	ALDS2	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	5.3	3	1	0	0	1	0	8	0	1	20
2012	AL	Detroit Tigers	ALCS	1	0	1.000	1.59	1	1	0	0	5.7	2	1	1	0	2	0	10	0	0	22
2012	AL	Detroit Tigers	WS	0	0		4.26	1	1	0	0	6.3	7	3	3	1	1	0	8	0	0	26
2013	AL	Detroit Tigers	ALDS2	2	0	1.000	3.00	2	1	0	0	9.0	6	3	3	1	4	1	13	0	1	37
2013	AL	Detroit Tigers	ALCS	0	1	.000	2.70	2	2	0	0	13.3	6	4	4	0	7	0	21	2	1	52
2014	AL	Detroit Tigers	ALDS2	0	1	.000	6.14	1	1	0	0	7.3	7	5	5	2	1	0	6	1	0	29
2016	NL	Washington Nationals	NLDS2	0	1	.000	3.75	2	2	0	0	12.0	10	5	5	3	2	0	12	1	1	47
2017	NL	Washington Nationals	NLDS2	0	1	.000	3.68	2	1	0	0	7.3	4	5	3	0	4	1	8	2	0	33
2019	NL	Washington Nationals	NLWC	0	0		5.40	1	1	0	0	5.0	4	3	3	2	3	0	6	0	0	22
2019	NL	Washington Nationals	NLDS1	1	0	1.000	1.13	2	1	0	0	8.0	4	1	1	1	3	1	10	0	0	31
2019	NL	Washington Nationals	NLCS	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	0	7.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	11	0	0	23
2019	NL	Washington Nationals	WS	1	0	1.000	3.60	2	2	0	0	10.0	12	4	4	1	7	0	10	0	1	49
2021	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	NLWC	0	0		2.08	1	1	0	0	4.3	3	1	1	0	3	0	4	1	1	21
2021	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	NLDS2	0	1	.000	1.13	2	1	1	1	8.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	12	0	0	29
2021	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	NLCS	0	0		4.15	1	1	0	0	4.3	4	2	2	1	1	0	7	0	0	18
2022	NL	New York Mets	NLWC1	0	1	.000	13.50	1	1	0	0	4.7	7	7	7	4	0	0	4	0	0	21
2023	AL	Texas Rangers	ALCS	0	0		6.75	1	1	0	0	2.7	4	2	2	1	2	1	2	0	0	13
2023	AL	Texas Rangers	WS	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	11
Totals				7	7	.500	3.56	29	24	1	1	139.0	104	58	55	19	55	4	167	8	7	576

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH
2011	AL	Detroit Tigers	ALDS1	2	0	0	0					0
2011	AL	Detroit Tigers	ALCS	2	0	0	0					0
2012	AL	Detroit Tigers	ALDS2	1	0	0	0					0
2012	AL	Detroit Tigers	ALCS	1	0	0	0					0
2012	AL	Detroit Tigers	WS	1	0	0	0					0
2013	AL	Detroit Tigers	ALDS2	2	0	0	0					0
2013	AL	Detroit Tigers	ALCS	2	0	0	0					0
2014	AL	Detroit Tigers	ALDS2	1	0	0	0					0
2016	NL	Washington Nationals	NLDS2	2	4	4	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2017	NL	Washington Nationals	NLDS2	2	3	3	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2019	NL	Washington Nationals	NLWC	1	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2019	NL	Washington Nationals	NLDS1	2	3	3	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2019	NL	Washington Nationals	NLCS	1	2	2	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2019	NL	Washington Nationals	WS	2	0	0	0					0
2021	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	NLWC	1	1	0	0					1
2021	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	NLDS2	2	2	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1
2021	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	NLCS	1	2	2	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2022	NL	New York Mets	NLWC1	1	0	0	0					0
2023	AL	Texas Rangers	ALCS	1	0	0	0					0
2023	AL	Texas Rangers	WS	1	0	0	0					0
Totals				29	18	16	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	2

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
2011	AL	Detroit Tigers	ALDS1	P	2	1	7.3	1	0	1.000	1.227	.500
2011	AL	Detroit Tigers	ALCS	P	2	2	8.3	0	0		.000	.000
2012	AL	Detroit Tigers	ALDS2	P	1	1	5.3	0	1	1.000	1.688	1.000
2012	AL	Detroit Tigers	ALCS	P	1	1	5.7	0	0		.000	.000
2012	AL	Detroit Tigers	WS	P	1	1	6.3	0	0		.000	.000
2013	AL	Detroit Tigers	ALDS2	P	2	1	9.0	1	0	1.000	1.000	.500
2013	AL	Detroit Tigers	ALCS	P	2	2	13.3	2	0	1.000	1.350	1.000
2014	AL	Detroit Tigers	ALDS2	P	1	1	7.3	0	0		.000	.000
2016	NL	Washington Nationals	NLDS2	P	2	2	12.0	0	0		.000	.000
2017	NL	Washington Nationals	NLDS2	P	2	1	7.3	0	1	1.000	1.227	.500
2019	NL	Washington Nationals	NLWC	P	1	1	5.0	0	0		.000	.000
2019	NL	Washington Nationals	NLDS1	P	2	1	8.0	0	0		.000	.000
2019	NL	Washington Nationals	NLCS	P	1	1	7.0	0	0		.000	.000
2019	NL	Washington Nationals	WS	P	2	2	10.0	1	0	1.000	.900	.500
2021	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	NLWC	P	1	1	4.3	0	2	1.000	4.154	2.000
2021	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	NLDS2	P	2	1	8.0	0	0		.000	.000
2021	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	NLCS	P	1	1	4.3	0	1	1.000	2.077	1.000
2022	NL	New York Mets	NLWC1	P	1	1	4.7	0	0		.000	.000
2023	AL	Texas Rangers	ALCS	P	1	1	2.7	0	0		.000	.000
2023	AL	Texas Rangers	WS	P	1	1	3.0	0	1	1.000	3.000	1.000
Totals					29	24	139.0	5	6	1.000	.712	.379

Awards

2013 - AL Cy Young Award
2016 - NL TSN All-Star SP
2016 - NL Cy Young Award
2016 - NL TSN Pitcher of the Year
2017 - NL Cy Young Award
2017 - NL TSN All-Star SP
2017 - NL TSN Pitcher of the Year
2021 - NL TSN All-Star SP
2021 - NL TSN Pitcher of the Year

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