Max Scherzer ERA in 2016
2.962016 Regular Season
Max Scherzer posted a 2.96 ERA in the 2016 regular season.
| ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |||
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| Oct 2, 2016 |  vs MIA | W 10-7 | 2.96 | 5.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| Sep 27, 2016 |  vs ARI | W 4-2 | 2.82 | 6.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| Sep 21, 2016 | @ MIA | W 8-3 | 2.82 | 6.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| Sep 16, 2016 |  @ ATL | W 7-2 | 2.78 | 7.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Sep 10, 2016 |  vs PHI | W 3-0 | 2.78 | 6.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Sep 5, 2016 | vs ATL | W 6-4 | 2.88 | 7.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Aug 30, 2016 | @ PHI | W 3-2 | 2.89 | 8.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Aug 25, 2016 |  vs BAL | W 4-0 | 2.92 | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Aug 20, 2016 | @ ATL | W 11-9 | 3.05 | 6.1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Aug 15, 2016 |  @ COL | W 5-4 | 9.00 | 4.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Aug 9, 2016 |  vs CLE | L 3-1 | 2.80 | 7.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Aug 3, 2016 | @ ARI | W 8-3 | 2.87 | 8.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
| Jul 29, 2016 |  @ SF | W 4-1 | 2.85 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Jul 23, 2016 |  vs SD | W 3-2 | 2.92 | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Jul 17, 2016 |  vs PIT | L 2-1 F/18 | 2.94 | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Jul 9, 2016 |  @ NYM | W 6-1 | 3.03 | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| Jul 4, 2016 |  vs MIL | L 1-0 | 3.21 | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| Jun 29, 2016 | vs NYM | W 4-2 | 3.30 | 7.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Jun 24, 2016 | @ MIL | L 5-3 | 3.52 | 6.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 2 |
| Jun 18, 2016 | @ SD | L 7-3 | 3.29 | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Jun 13, 2016 |  vs CHC | W 4-1 | 3.40 | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| Jun 8, 2016 |  @ CHW | W 11-4 | 3.57 | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Jun 1, 2016 | @ PHI | W 7-2 | 3.87 | 8.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1 |
| May 27, 2016 |  vs STL | L 6-2 | 4.05 | 7.0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| May 22, 2016 | @ MIA | W 8-2 | 3.80 | 8.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| May 17, 2016 | @ NYM | L 2-0 | 4.01 | 6.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 2 |
| May 11, 2016 |  vs DET | W 3-2 | 4.15 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 |
| May 6, 2016 | @ CHC | L 8-6 | 4.60 | 5.0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| May 1, 2016 | @ STL | W 6-1 | 3.55 | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Apr 26, 2016 | vs PHI | L 4-3 | 4.35 | 6.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| Apr 21, 2016 | @ MIA | L 5-1 | 4.32 | 5.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Apr 16, 2016 | @ PHI | W 8-1 | 3.15 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Apr 11, 2016 | vs ATL | W 6-4 | 4.15 | 6.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Apr 4, 2016 | @ ATL | W 4-3 F/10 | 2.57 | 7.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
- 8th-best of Max Scherzer's 19 seasons on file; the best is 2.29 in 2022.
- Up 0.17 from 2.79 in 2015.
Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on October 31, 2026.
