Max Scherzer

MLB

Toronto Blue Jays · SP · Born 27 July 1984 · Age 42

Redraft rank: #324 Dynasty rank: #324 Full Baseball rankings · Trade calculator

About Max Scherzer

Maxwell Martin Scherzer (born July 27, 1984), nicknamed "Mad Max", is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Detroit Tigers, Washington Nationals, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, and Texas Rangers. A right-handed starting pitcher, Scherzer is an eight-time MLB All-Star, has won three Cy Young Awards, has pitched two no-hitters, and is a two-time World Series champion, winning with the Nationals in 2019 and the Rangers in 2023. He is regarded as one of the best pitchers in baseball history.

Bio summary from Wikipedia.

Player Stats

W	4	L	9	ERA	5.74	G	18
GS	18	SV	0	IP	84.2	H	78
R	54	ER	54	BB	35	SO	68
WHIP	1.335	H/9	8.3	HR/9	1.6	BB/9	3.7
K/9	7.2	FIP	5.11	WAR	-0.3

2026 pitching — Baseball-Reference

Career — Lahman, through 2025

Batting

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG
2008	ARI	17	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000
2009	ARI	31	53	4	12	2	0	3	0	3	17	.226
2010	DET	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2011	DET	33	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2012	DET	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
2013	DET	32	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	.333
2014	DET	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
2015	WAS	34	69	4	15	0	0	0	0	2	23	.217
2016	WAS	34	70	4	13	1	0	12	0	2	30	.186
2017	WAS	31	62	4	10	0	1	5	0	4	16	.161
2018	WAS	35	70	8	17	2	0	6	1	1	14	.243
2019	WAS	29	55	6	10	0	0	2	2	0	27	.182
2021	WAS	19	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	.000
2021	LAN	11	24	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	.000

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	HR	BB	SO
2008	ARI	0	4	3.05	16	7	0	0	56.0	48	5	21	66
2009	ARI	9	11	4.12	30	30	0	0	170.1	166	20	63	174
2010	DET	12	11	3.50	31	31	0	0	195.2	174	20	70	184
2011	DET	15	9	4.43	33	33	0	0	195.0	207	29	56	174
2012	DET	16	7	3.74	32	32	0	0	187.2	179	23	60	231
2013	DET	21	3	2.90	32	32	0	0	214.1	152	18	56	240
2014	DET	18	5	3.15	33	33	1	1	220.1	196	18	63	252
2015	WAS	14	12	2.79	33	33	4	3	228.2	176	27	34	276
2016	WAS	20	7	2.96	34	34	1	0	228.1	165	31	56	284
2017	WAS	16	6	2.51	31	31	2	0	200.2	126	22	55	268
2018	WAS	18	7	2.53	33	33	2	1	220.2	150	23	51	300
2019	WAS	11	7	2.92	27	27	0	0	172.1	144	18	33	243
2020	WAS	5	4	3.74	12	12	1	0	67.1	70	10	23	92
2021	WAS	8	4	2.76	19	19	1	0	111.0	71	18	28	147
2021	LAN	7	0	1.98	11	11	0	0	68.1	48	5	8	89
2022	NYN	11	5	2.29	23	23	0	0	145.1	108	13	24	173
2023	NYN	9	4	4.01	19	19	0	0	107.2	98	23	30	121
2023	TEX	4	2	3.20	8	8	0	0	45.0	28	5	15	53
2024	TEX	2	4	3.95	9	9	0	0	43.1	40	7	10	40
2025	TOR	5	5	5.19	17	17	0	0	85.0	87	19	23	82

Season lines from the Lahman Baseball Database (Version 2025, via SABR), joined through the Chadwick Register ID crosswalk. The databank runs through the 2025 season — the current season is the 2026 line below, from the MLB Stats API.

2026 Season — MLB Stats API

Pitching

W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
4	9	5.74	18	18	0	0	0	84.2	78	54	54	15	35	68	1.33

2026 regular-season line from the MLB Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com), pulled when this page was built. Multi-team stints are combined; rate stats are recomputed from the combined totals.

Watch Max Scherzer Highlights

“Max Scherzer 2025 MLB Highlights!” · Open on YouTube · More Max Scherzer videos