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Max Scherzer

Maxwell M. 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 (Chesterfield, MO)
School: University of Missouri
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 2008-2011
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$600k (11), 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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 8, 2012, 9:12AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson… 

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2008 23 ARI NL 0 4 .000 3.05 16 7 2 0 0 0 56.0 48 24 19 5 21 1 66 5 0 2 237 153 1.232 7.7 0.8 3.4 10.6 3.14
2009 24 ARI NL 9 11 .450 4.12 30 30 0 0 0 0 170.1 166 94 78 20 63 1 174 10 1 5 741 108 1.344 8.8 1.1 3.3 9.2 2.76
2010 25 DET AL 12 11 .522 3.50 31 31 0 0 0 0 195.2 174 84 76 20 70 1 184 7 0 8 800 120 1.247 8.0 0.9 3.2 8.5 2.63
2011 26 DET AL 15 9 .625 4.43 33 33 0 0 0 0 195.0 207 101 96 29 56 1 174 7 0 12 833 92 1.349 9.6 1.3 2.6 8.0 3.11
4 Seasons 36 35 .507 3.92 110 101 2 0 0 0 617.0 595 303 269 74 210 4 598 29 1 27 2611 109 1.305 8.7 1.1 3.1 8.7 2.85
162 Game Avg. 12 11 .507 3.92 35 33 1 0 0 0 199 192 98 87 24 68 1 193 9 0 9 841 109 1.305 8.7 1.1 3.1 8.7 2.85
ARI (2 yrs) 9 15 .375 3.86 46 37 2 0 0 0 226.1 214 118 97 25 84 2 240 15 1 7 978 117 1.317 8.5 1.0 3.3 9.5 2.86
DET (2 yrs) 27 20 .574 3.96 64 64 0 0 0 0 390.2 381 185 172 49 126 2 358 14 0 20 1633 105 1.298 8.8 1.1 2.9 8.2 2.84
AL (2 yrs) AL 27 20 .574 3.96 64 64 0 0 0 0 390.2 381 185 172 49 126 2 358 14 0 20 1633 105 1.298 8.8 1.1 2.9 8.2 2.84
NL (2 yrs) NL 9 15 .375 3.86 46 37 2 0 0 0 226.1 214 118 97 25 84 2 240 15 1 7 978 117 1.317 8.5 1.0 3.3 9.5 2.86

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2008 23 ARI NL 56.0 7 24 37 -1 .8 13 1.1 $
2009 24 ARI NL 170.1 30 94 106 1 .9 12 1.2 $1,450,000
2010 25 DET AL 195.2 31 84 115 3 1.0 31 3.2 $1,500,000
2011 26 DET AL 195.0 33 101 124 -3 1.0 23 2.4 $600,000
4 Seasons 617.0 101 303 382 0 .9 79 7.9 $3,550,000
ARI (2 yrs) 226.1 37 118 143 0 .9 25 2.3 $1,450,000
DET (2 yrs) 390.2 64 185 239 0 1.0 54 5.6 $2,100,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2011 26 DET AL ALDS W NYY 1 0 1.000 1.23 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.1 4 1 1 0 4 0 7 1 0 0 31 1.091 4.9 0.0 4.9 8.6 1.75
2011 26 DET AL ALCS L TEX 0 1 .000 9.72 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.1 11 9 9 1 5 0 7 0 0 0 41 1.920 11.9 1.1 5.4 7.6 1.40
1 Season (2 Series) 1 1 .500 5.74 4 3 0 0 0 0 15.2 15 10 10 1 9 0 14 1 0 0 72 1.532 8.6 0.6 5.2 8.0 1.56
1 ALDS 1 0 1.000 1.23 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.1 4 1 1 0 4 0 7 1 0 0 31 1.091 4.9 0.0 4.9 8.6 1.75
1 ALCS 0 1 .000 9.72 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.1 11 9 9 1 5 0 7 0 0 0 41 1.920 11.9 1.1 5.4 7.6 1.40

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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
2008 23 ARI NL 17 15 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .071 .000 .071 -80 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
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 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 2 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 Seasons 81 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. 162 164 144 10 24 4 0 0 6 0 0 8 42 .167 .211 .194 .405 6 28 2 0 12 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) 33 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) 33 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2008 23 ARI NL 15 -3 0 0 0 0 2 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
2009 24 ARI NL 61 -5 -1 -1 0 0 6 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $1,450,000 1
2010 25 DET AL 2 -1 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.0 -0 0.0 0.0 $1,500,000 1
2011 26 DET AL 4 -1 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $600,000 1
4 Seasons 82 -10 -1 -1 0 0 9 2 -0 0.0 -0 0.0 0.0 $3,550,000
ARI (2 yrs) 76 -8 -1 -1 0 0 8 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $1,450,000
DET (2 yrs) 6 -2 0 -0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $2,100,000

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
2008 ARI NL 23 P 16 56.0 10 4 5 1 2 .900 1 4 1.45 0.56 .959 1.74 1.72
2009 ARI NL 24 P 30 170.1 35 15 18 2 3 .943 -1 -1 1.74 1.10 .955 1.72 1.70
2010 DET AL 25 P 31 195.2 30 14 14 2 0 .933 0 0 1.29 0.90 .953 1.63 1.61
2011 DET AL 26 P 33 33 0 195.0 23 11 12 0 2 1.000 -3 -3 1.06 0.70 .949 1.60 1.59 12 9 43% 1
4 Seasons P 110 33 0 617.0 98 44 49 5 7 .949 -3 0 1.36 0.85 .953 1.65 1.64 12 9 43% 1
4 Seasons TOT 110 33 0 617.0 98 44 49 5 7 .949 -3 -5 1.36 0.85 .953 1.65 1.64 12 9 43% 1
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins s c a p y
2011 AL  15 (10th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2011 AL  .625 (9th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2009 NL  9.194 (8th)
2010 AL  8.463 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
2011 AL  33 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2011 AL  29 (3rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2011 AL  96 (10th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2011 AL  12 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2009 NL  10 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 8 (1600), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1554), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  4. Chris Nabholz (968)
  5. Gio Gonzalez (967)
  6. Justin Thompson (966)
  7. Steve Swetonic (966)
  8. Rollie Sheldon (965)
  9. Justin Masterson (965)
  10. Silvio Martinez (964)
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  3. Bobby Jones (978)
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  5. Francisco Liriano (973)
  6. Scott Bankhead (971)
  7. Steve Trachsel (971)
  8. Francisco Barrios (971)
  9. Chris Bosio (970)
  10. Bill Laskey (969)
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  2. Ed Halicki (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dustin Hermanson (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200924Arizona Diamondbacks$1,450,000
201025Detroit Tigers$1,500,000
201126Detroit Tigers$600,000
201227Detroit Tigers$3,750,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$3,550,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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