Max Scherzer
Retired
Max Scherzer
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Nickname:
Blue Eye
Birthdate:
July 27, 1984 (42 y, 6 m, 5 d)
Born In:
St. Louis, MO, USA
Nationality:
American
Position:
P
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Height/Weight:
6'3"/209
Entry:
Unknown
Contract:
Free Agent
ML Service Time:
None
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Player Awards
Award Date Team
Pitcher of the Year 2017 None (MLB)
2016 None (MLB)
2013 None (MLB)
All-Star 2021 None (MLB)
2019 None (MLB)
2018 None (MLB)
2017 None (MLB)
2015 None (MLB)
2014 None (MLB)
2013 None (MLB)
Hall of Fame Metrics
Metric Score HoF
Pos Avg		 HoF
All Avg
Black Ink 50 41.1 26.3
Grey Ink 189 197.5 151.0
HoF Standard 55 49.0 45.4
WAR 70.7 70.9 58.9
WAR7 44.2 47.6 38.1
JAWS 57.5 59.2 48.5
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Jon Lester R 878
Adam Wainwright R 874
Dwight Gooden R 867
Note: See Baseball Reference formula (primary position)
Leaderboard Appearances
Year SH Rank
2016 13 1
Year GS Rank
2011 33 6
2012 32 10
2014 33 8
2015 33 1
2016 34 1
2018 33 2
2020 12 4
Year W Rank
2011 15 10
2012 16 6
2013 21 1
2014 18 1
2015 14 7
2016 20 1
2017 16 4
2018 18 1
2020 5 8
2021 15 3
Year Win % Rank
2011 0.625 9
2012 0.696 4
2013 0.875 1
2014 0.783 2
2016 0.741 4
2017 0.727 5
2018 0.720 5
2021 0.790 2
Year IP Rank
2013 214.1 5
2014 220.1 5
2015 228.1 3
2016 228.0 1
2017 200.1 7
2018 220.2 1
Year BF Rank
2014 904 6
2015 899 1
2016 902 2
2018 866 1
2020 295 6
Year HR Rank
2011 29 3
2015 27 7
2016 31 1
Year K Rank
2012 231 2
2013 240 2
2014 252 3
2015 276 2
2016 284 1
2017 268 1
2018 300 1
2019 243 3
2020 92 6
2021 236 2
Year WP Rank
2011 12 4
2014 10 10
2015 10 4
2020 6 2
Year ERA Rank
2013 2.897 5
2014 3.145 9
2015 2.799 8
2016 2.961 8
2017 2.516 2
2018 2.529 3
2019 2.925 6
2021 2.459 2
Year BABIP Rank
2013 0.260 3
2015 0.273 5
2016 0.259 5
2017 0.248 1
2018 0.267 6
2021 0.249 1
Year WHIP Rank
2013 0.971 1
2015 0.920 4
2016 0.969 1
2017 0.904 1
2018 0.911 1
2019 1.027 4
2021 0.864 1
Year H/9 Rank
2013 6.383 2
2014 8.006 10
2015 6.937 4
2016 6.513 2
2017 5.661 1
2018 6.118 1
2019 7.520 8
2021 5.972 1
Year BB/9 Rank
2015 1.340 2
2017 2.471 9
2018 2.080 5
2019 1.723 4
2021 1.807 1
Year CG Rank
2015 4 1
2016 1 8
2017 2 1
2018 2 1
2020 1 4
2021 1 7
2024 1 4
Year SHO Rank
2014 1 5
2015 3 1
2018 1 1
2024 1 1
Year BB (Low) Rank
2015 34 2
2017 55 10
2018 51 9
2019 33 4
2021 36 2
Year Hits Rank
2020 70 7
Year Hits (Low) Rank
2013 152 2
2017 126 1
2018 150 6
2019 144 5
2021 119 1
Year HR (Low) Rank
2017 22 10
2019 18 4
Year WAR Rank
2012 4.5 7
2013 6.2 3
2014 5.5 6
2015 6.3 3
2016 5.4 5
2017 6.1 1
2018 7.0 2
2019 6.6 2
2021 5.1 5
2022 4.4 9
Year W (Low) Rank
2009 9 6
2019 11 10
Year L (Low) Rank
2011 9 10
2012 7 4
2013 3 1
2014 5 3
2016 7 3
2017 6 3
2018 7 4
2019 7 8
2021 4 1
Year rWAR Rank
2013 6.2 3
2014 5.4 6
2015 6.9 4
2016 7.2 5
2017 7.4 1
2018 7.7 3
2019 5.7 7
2021 6.7 3
2022 5.7 6