Max Scherzer

2026 seasonregular season

Bats/Throws: R/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 208 lb
Age: 42
Born: St. Louis, MO, USA
MLB debut: 2008-04-29
Drafted: 2006

Pitch qualityour Stuff+ grades

How nasty each pitch is from its physical shape alone — velocity, spin, movement, extension and release point — on a scale where 100 is league average and every 10 points is one standard deviation. It does not see where the pitch was thrown, the count, or what happened to it, so a pitcher with great stuff and poor command can still give up runs. How it is built

98overall

Slider102
Cutter101
Four-seam fastball100
Changeup93
Curveball88

Pitching

Season	G	GS	IP	ERA	WHIP	K	BB	HR	K/9	W-L	SV
2026	18	18	84.2	5.74	1.33	68	35	15	7.23	4-9	0

Last 10 games

Game	Dec	IP	H	ER	BB	K	HR	P
09/27vCINW	W	7.0	6	1	1	7	0	114
09/23@BALL	L	5.0	4	4	3	7	1	93
09/16vDETW	W	5.0	3	1	3	3	0	73
09/11vBALL	L	5.0	7	6	1	3	1	83
09/05@KCW		5.2	5	3	1	2	1	76
08/30vSEAW	W	7.0	1	0	1	10	0	97
08/25vKCL	L	5.0	4	2	5	4	0	92
08/19@TBL	L	4.0	5	7	3	1	1	73
08/13vBOSL	L	5.0	3	1	2	4	0	92
08/08@PHIW		5.1	5	2	0	4	2	84

Full 2026 game log (18 games)

Game	Dec	IP	H	ER	BB	K	HR	P
09/27vCINW	W	7.0	6	1	1	7	0	114
09/23@BALL	L	5.0	4	4	3	7	1	93
09/16vDETW	W	5.0	3	1	3	3	0	73
09/11vBALL	L	5.0	7	6	1	3	1	83
09/05@KCW		5.2	5	3	1	2	1	76
08/30vSEAW	W	7.0	1	0	1	10	0	97
08/25vKCL	L	5.0	4	2	5	4	0	92
08/19@TBL	L	4.0	5	7	3	1	1	73
08/13vBOSL	L	5.0	3	1	2	4	0	92
08/08@PHIW		5.1	5	2	0	4	2	84
08/02vSTLL		6.0	4	1	1	5	0	84
07/27@WSHW		2.2	4	1	3	4	0	75
06/10vPHIL	L	3.1	5	5	3	4	2	82
04/24vCLEL	L	2.1	6	7	3	0	3	82
04/18@AZL		6.0	5	2	1	1	0	74
04/12vMINL	L	2.1	5	8	2	3	2	68
04/06vLADL	L	2.0	2	2	1	2	1	36
03/31vCOLW	W	6.0	4	1	1	4	1	83

Career by season

Season	G	GS	IP	ERA	WHIP	K	BB	HR	K/9	W-L
2008AZ	16	7	56.0	3.05	1.23	66	21	5	10.61	0-4
2009AZ	30	30	170.1	4.12	1.34	174	63	20	9.19	9-11
2010DET	31	31	195.2	3.50	1.25	184	70	20	8.46	12-11
2011DET	33	33	195.0	4.43	1.35	174	56	29	8.03	15-9
2012DET	32	32	187.2	3.74	1.27	231	60	23	11.08	16-7
2013DET	32	32	214.1	2.90	0.97	240	56	18	10.08	21-3
2014DET	33	33	220.1	3.15	1.18	252	63	18	10.29	18-5
2015WSH	33	33	228.2	2.79	0.92	276	34	27	10.86	14-12
2016WSH	34	34	228.1	2.96	0.97	284	56	31	11.19	20-7
2017WSH	31	31	200.2	2.51	0.90	268	55	22	12.02	16-6
2018WSH	33	33	220.2	2.53	0.91	300	51	23	12.24	18-7
2019WSH	27	27	172.1	2.92	1.03	243	33	18	12.69	11-7
2020WSH	12	12	67.1	3.74	1.38	92	23	10	12.30	5-4
2021WSH	19	19	111.0	2.76	0.89	147	28	18	11.92	8-4
2021LAD	11	11	68.1	1.98	0.82	89	8	5	11.72	7-0
20212 teams	30	30	179.1	2.46	0.86	236	36	23	11.84	15-4
2022NYM	23	23	145.1	2.29	0.91	173	24	13	10.71	11-5
2023NYM	19	19	107.2	4.01	1.19	121	30	23	10.11	9-4
2023TEX	8	8	45.0	3.20	0.96	53	15	5	10.60	4-2
20232 teams	27	27	152.2	3.77	1.12	174	45	28	10.26	13-6
2024TEX	9	9	43.1	3.95	1.15	40	10	7	8.31	2-4
2025TOR	17	17	85.0	5.19	1.29	82	23	19	8.68	5-5
2026TOR	18	18	84.2	5.74	1.33	68	35	15	7.23	4-9

Stats from the MLB Stats API, regular season only. A traded player's combined season appears as one row per club plus the total.