Max Scherzer

Maxwell M. Scherzer (twitter: @Max_Scherzer)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: July 27, 1984 in St. Louis, MO
High School: Parkway Central HS (Chesterfield, MO)
School: University of Missouri Columbia (Columbia, MO)
Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed May 31, 2007. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 2008
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Diamondbacks 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$3.75M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.079, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Scott Boras [*]
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2007	22	ARI-min	AA,A+	17	14	14	0	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.357	.357	.500	.857		7	1	0	0	0	0		MOB,VIS · SOUL,CALL
2008	23	ARI-min	AAA	13	10	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.143	.000	.143		0	0	0	3	0	0		TUC · PCL
2008	23	ARI	NL	17	15	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.071	.000	.071	-79	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
2009	24	ARI-min	A+	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		VIS · CALL
2009	24	ARI	NL	31	61	53	4	12	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	17	.226	.268	.264	.532	39	14	1	0	5	0	0	1
2010	25	DET-min	AAA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		TOL · IL
2010	25	DET	AL	31	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2011	26	DET	AL	33	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
4 Yrs				112	82	72	5	12	2	0	0	3	0	0	4	21	.167	.211	.194	.405	6	14	1	0	6	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	119	104	7	17	3	0	0	4	0	0	6	30	.167	.211	.194	.405	6	20	1	0	9	0	0

ARI (2 yrs)				48	76	66	5	12	2	0	0	3	0	0	4	21	.182	.229	.212	.441	15	14	1	0	6	0	0
DET (2 yrs)				64	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (2 yrs)				64	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				48	76	66	5	12	2	0	0	3	0	0	4	21	.182	.229	.212	.441	15	14	1	0	6	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2008	23	ARI	NL	17	15	-4	-0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.492	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	1
2009	24	ARI	NL	31	61	-5	-1	0	0	9	3	0.3	2	4	0.3	.509	.502	0.3	0.0	4	$1,450,000	1
2010	25	DET	AL	31	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$1,500,000	1
2011	26	DET	AL	33	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$600,000	1
2012	27	DET	AL	11		0	0	0	0	0	0					.500	.500		-0.0		$
5 Seasons				123	82	-11	-1	0	0	12	1	0.1	2	3	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.0	3	$3,550,000

DET (3 yrs)				75	6	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$2,100,000
ARI (2 yrs)				48	76	-9	-1	0	0	11	1	0.1	2	3	0.2	.503	.500	0.2	0.0	3	$1,450,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
2008	23	ARI	NL	15	14	0	0.0	114	.000	.000	.275	.071	.348	.000	.439	.071	.788	-79	.000	-3.6	-0.4	.077	.077	.000
2009	24	ARI	NL	61	47	4	2.3	111	.333	.226	.272	.268	.346	.264	.431	.532	.777	39	.204	-5.0	-0.5	.405	.094	.038
2010	25	DET	AL	2	2	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.262	.000	.330	.000	.412	.000	.742	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
2011	26	DET	AL	4	4	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.260	.000	.324	.000	.410	.000	.735	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
4 Yrs				82	67	4	1.6	111	.235	.167	.271	.211	.345	.194	.431	.405	.776	6	.118	-10.2	-1.0	.295	.083	.028
162 Game Avg.				119	97	6	1.6	111	.235	.167	.271	.211	.345	.194	.431	.405	.776	6	.118	-10.2	-1.0	.295	.083	.028

ARI (2 yrs)				76	61	4	1.8	112	.267	.182	.272	.229	.346	.212	.433	.441	.779	15	.136	-8.6	-0.8	.327	.091	.030
DET (2 yrs)				6	6	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.260	.000	.326	.000	.411	.000	.737	-100	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.000	.000	.000

AL (2 yrs)				6	6	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.260	.000	.326	.000	.411	.000	.737	-100	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
NL (2 yrs)				76	61	4	1.8	112	.267	.182	.272	.229	.346	.212	.433	.441	.779	15	.136	-8.6	-0.8	.327	.091	.030

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G
2011	26	DET	AL	ALDS	NYY	W	2
2011	26	DET	AL	ALCS	TEX	L	2
1 Yr (2 Series)							4
1 ALDS							2
1 ALCS							2

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2008	23	ARI	NL	15	0.0%	26.7%	6.7%	0.0%		4.00	3.3			1.67	2.33	60%	0%	0.0%	0%
2009	24	ARI	NL	61	0.0%	27.9%	4.9%	3.3%	17%	5.67	3.1		17.7	1.67	2.44	59%	7%	0.0%	8%
2010	25	DET	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%	0%
2011	26	DET	AL	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%	0%
5 Yrs				82	0.0%	25.6%	4.9%	2.4%	17%	5.25	3.4		24.0	2.07	2.92	62%	5%	0.0%	7%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.2%	8.5%	7.7%	33%	2.14	4.9	34.8	8.0	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2008	23	ARI	NL	-3.6	-0.4	15	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	1.16	-0.3	-0.0	-3.5	-0.3	0.96	-3.5		0
2009	24	ARI	NL	-5.0	-0.5	62	-0.5	0.7	-1.2	1.04	-0.4	-0.0	-5.6	-0.5	1.03	-4.4	0.68	1
2010	25	DET	AL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.91	-0.1	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.68	-0.5		0
2011	26	DET	AL	-1.1	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.69	-0.1	-0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.64	-0.9		0
2012	27	DET	AL
5 Yrs				-10.3	-1.0	83	-1.0	0.7	-1.7	1.04	-0.9	-0.0	-10.0	-0.9	0.99	-9.4	0.68	1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3
2008	23	ARI	NL	100%	3	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1
2009	24	ARI	NL	27%	23	2	1	20%	5	4	1	0	0
2010	25	DET	AL		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
2011	26	DET	AL		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				31%	26	2	1	17%	5	4	1	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2008	23	ARI	NL	15	40%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	3	0	0%	4	1	25%	8	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2009	24	ARI	NL	61	31%	12	2	0	1	0	0	0	0.68	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	10	5	50%	13	1	8%	12	1	8%	48	3	6%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
2010	25	DET	AL	2	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2011	26	DET	AL	4	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				82	30%	12	2	0	1	0	0	0	0.68	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	12	6	50%	16	1	6%	16	2	13%	57	3	5%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			68%			11%			32%			14%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2008	23	ARI	NL	15	68	4.53	43	63%	33%	12%	33%	23%	67%	0%	43%	83%	40%	7%	1	0	13%	2	0	13%	2	1	75%	0	0	0
2009	24	ARI	NL	61	204	3.34	145	71%	26%	21%	25%	28%	74%	0%	52%	72%	38%	0%	0	0	11%	7	5	3%	2	1	35%	0	0	0
2010	25	DET	AL	2	8	4.00	6	75%	33%	0%	33%	33%	67%	0%	50%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
2011	26	DET	AL	4	12	3.00	8	67%	25%	13%	13%	50%	75%	0%	50%	83%	25%	0%	0	0	50%	2	1	0%	0	0		0	0	0
4 Yrs				82	292	3.56	202	69%	28%	18%	26%	28%	72%	0%	50%	75%	37%	1%	1	0	13%	11	6	5%	4	2	43%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
2008	23	17	15	13	1	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.071	.000	.071	-79	0	0	1
2009	24	48	76	66	5	12	2	3	4	21	.182	.229	.212	.441	15	14	1	6
2010	25	79	78	68	5	12	2	3	4	21	.176	.222	.206	.428	12	14	1	6
2011	26	112	82	72	5	12	2	3	4	21	.167	.211	.194	.405	6	14	1	6

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2008	23	17	15	13	1	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.071	.000	.071	0	17
2009	24	31	61	53	4	12	2	3	3	17	.226	.268	.264	.532	4	31
2010	25	31	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	31
2011	26	33	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	33
4 Yrs		112	82	72	5	12	2	3	4	21	.167	.211	.194	.405	4	112
162 Game Avg.		162	119	104	7	17	3	4	6	30	.167	.211	.194	.405	6	112

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