Max Scherzer

2008–2026 · 19 seasons · Bats right, throws right · Born 1984

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Pitching: 14 of 18 columns. Folded away: HR, BFP, CG, SHO. Hitting: 17 of 26 columns. Folded away: CS, TB, HBP, wOBA, wRAA, WAR: Bat, WAR: Field, WAR: Run, WAR: Pos.

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Pitching

SeasonTeamLgGGSIPWLSVSOBBHERERAWHIPWARFIP
2008Arizona DiamondbacksNL16756.0040662148193.051.230.93.33
2009Arizona DiamondbacksNL3030170.3911017463166784.121.342.63.87
2010Detroit TigersAL3131195.71211018470174763.501.252.63.71
2011Detroit TigersAL3333195.0159017456207964.431.351.34.14
2012Detroit TigersAL3232187.7167023160179783.741.273.43.27
2013CYDetroit TigersAL3232214.3213024056152692.900.974.92.74
2014Detroit TigersAL3333220.3185025263196773.151.184.52.85
2015Washington NationalsNL3333228.71412027634176712.790.925.22.77
2016CYWashington NationalsNL3434228.3207028456165752.960.974.43.24
2017CYWashington NationalsNL3131200.7166026855126562.510.905.22.90
2018Washington NationalsNL3333220.7187030051150622.530.916.02.65
2019Washington NationalsNL2727172.3117024333144562.921.035.62.45
2020Washington NationalsNL121267.3540922370283.741.381.43.46
2021Washington NationalsNL3030179.3154023636119492.460.864.32.98
2022New York MetsNL2323145.3115017324108372.290.913.62.62
2023New York MetsNL2727152.7136017445126643.771.121.44.32
2024Texas RangersAL9943.3240401040193.951.150.34.18
2025Toronto Blue JaysAL171785.0550822387495.191.290.14.99
2026liveToronto Blue JaysAL131357.0270462653396.161.39-0.35.63
Career19 seasons · 2026 in progress4964873020.022312403535805248610983.271.0957.3

Hitting

SeasonTeamLgGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBAVGOBPSLGOPSWAR
2008Arizona DiamondbacksNL171513100000140.000.071.000.071-0.3
2009Arizona DiamondbacksNL31615341220033170.226.268.264.532-0.3
2010Detroit TigersAL3122000000000.000.000.000.000-0.1
2011Detroit TigersAL3344000000000.000.000.000.000-0.1
2012Detroit TigersAL3242000000010.000.000.000.000-0.1
2013Detroit TigersAL3233011001000.333.333.6671.0000.0
2014Detroit TigersAL3342000000010.000.000.000.000-0.1
2015Washington NationalsNL34776941500002230.217.239.217.457-0.5
2016Washington NationalsNL348570413100122300.186.208.200.408-0.8
2017Washington NationalsNL31726241000154160.161.212.210.422-0.6
2018Washington NationalsNL35787081720061141.243.274.271.545-0.3
2019Washington NationalsNL29615561000020272.182.182.182.364-0.7
2020Washington NationalsNL1200000000000
2021Washington NationalsNL3063590000010280.000.000.000.000-1.6
2022New York MetsNL2300000000000
2023New York MetsNL2700000000000
2024Texas RangersAL900000000000
2025Toronto Blue JaysAL1700000000000
Career18 seasons490529464317860130131613.168.194.188.382-5.4

Gold shading marks a top-five finish in that league that season. Filled for first, shaded for second and third, faint for fourth and fifth, with the exact place in the corner of the cell. These rankings are ours, not part of the source data: we work them out from the season lines on this site and count each league on its own, so a first in the American League is not a first across baseball. Rate statistics use the same qualifying line as the season tool, which is why a relief pitcher can have the lowest ERA in his league and still have no shading on it — he did not pitch enough innings to qualify. A ranking is only drawn when its column is on screen; press Show all columns for the rest. On a season where this player both batted and pitched, the WAR column is left unshaded either way: the data keeps one WAR ranking for the year and does not say which of the two it belongs to, and a guess here would put a league lead on the wrong line.

The dark chips beside a season are awards. Those are records rather than our arithmetic: MVP (Most Valuable Player), CY (Cy Young Award), ROY (Rookie of the Year), GG (Gold Glove), SS (Silver Slugger). Two of them are lettered in the metal they are named after — Gold Glove in gold, Silver Slugger in silver — but the letters say which is which, so nothing here depends on telling the two apart by colour.

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The 2026 season is still being played. Its line was last updated on 1 September 2026, about 138 games into the schedule, and it is not a finished record. Both it and the career total below will keep changing until the season ends. A gold cell on that row means the player is leading or near the top right now, not that he finished there. Park factors for 2026 are estimated from the previous three seasons, because the source database publishes them only once a season is complete, so the WAR that uses them will move again when the real figures arrive.

The WAR columns are worked out on this site — they are not part of the source data, and they will not match Baseball-Reference exactly.

Everything else on this page comes straight from the Lahman database. WAR is our own calculation from those same season lines: fielding is estimated from putouts and assists rather than measured, fielding innings are missing before 1954, and the fielding component is capped. Treat it as a reasonable estimate of value, not as a record. The season tool explains the method in full.

means the value is not in the source for that season, which is not the same as zero. In the Career and Subtotal rows it marks a statistic that cannot be added up across seasons — wOBA and FIP both need league constants that change every year, so we leave them blank rather than invent one. Leagues on this page: NL (National League), AL (American League).

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