Max Scherzer

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 215lb (190cm, 97kg)

Born: July 27, 1984 in St. Louis, MO us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 43rd round of the 2003 MLB June Amateur Draft from Parkway Central HS (Chesterfield, MO) and the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 1st round (11th) of the 2006 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Missouri (Columbia, MO).

High School: Parkway Central HS (Chesterfield, MO)

School: University of Missouri (Columbia, MO)

Debut: April 29, 2008 (Age 23-277d, 16,903rd in MLB history)
vs. HOU 4.1 IP, 0 H, 7 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2008 season

2020 Contract Status: Signed thru 2021, 7 yrs/$191.4M (15-21)

Service Time (01/2020): 11.079 • Free Agent: 2022

Agents: Scott Boras

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Maxwell M. Scherzer

Nicknames: Mad Max or Blue Eye

Pronunciation: \SHER-zer\

Twitter: @Max_Scherzer

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SUMMARY

2019

Career

WAR

5.7

60.1

W

170

L

ERA

2.92

3.20

G

365

GS

356

SV

IP

172.1

2290.0

SO

243

2692

WHIP

1.027

1.092

7/7 As a pending free agent who’s about to embark on a pandemic-shortened season, Diamondbacks left-hander Robbie Ray is facing an especially uncertain future. Ray figures to cash in on his next contract
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2020 Simulated Stats (through Jul 09)

2020 Spring Training

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Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2007	22	ARI-min	AA,A+	6	4	.600	3.28	17	17	0	0	0	0	90.2	69	39	33	3	42	0	106	5	0	3	379			1.224	6.8	0.3	4.2	10.5	2.52	MOB,VIS SOUL,CALL
2008	23	ARI-min	AAA	1	1	.500	2.72	13	10	0	0	0	0	53.0	35	19	16	2	22	0	79	2	0	1	219			1.075	5.9	0.3	3.7	13.4	3.59	TUC PCL
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	151	3.33	1.232	7.7	0.8	3.4	10.6	3.14
2009	24	ARI-min	A+	0	0		1.93	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.2	1	2	1	0	4	0	5	1	0	0	20			1.071	1.9	0.0	7.7	9.6	1.25	VIS CALL
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	3.87	1.344	8.8	1.1	3.3	9.2	2.76
2010	25	DET-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	0.60	2	2	0	0	0	0	15.0	4	1	1	0	2	0	17	0	0	0	52			0.400	2.4	0.0	1.2	10.2	8.50	TOL IL
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	3.71	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	93	4.14	1.349	9.6	1.3	2.6	8.0	3.11
2012	27	DET	AL	16	7	.696	3.74	32	32	0	0	0	0	187.2	179	82	78	23	60	2	231	5	1	2	787	114	3.27	1.274	8.6	1.1	2.9	*11.1*	3.85
2013	28	DET	AL	21	3	*.875*	2.90	32	32	0	0	0	0	214.1	152	73	69	18	56	0	240	4	1	6	836	144	2.74	0.970	6.4	0.8	2.4	10.1	4.29	AS,CYA-1,MVP-12
2014	29	DET	AL	18	5	.783	3.15	33	33	0	1	1	0	220.1	196	80	77	18	63	1	252	6	1	10	904	123	2.85	1.175	8.0	0.7	2.6	10.3	4.00	AS,CYA-5
2015	30	WSN	NL	14	12	.538	2.79	33	33	0	4	3	0	228.2	176	74	71	27	34	2	276	5	1	10	899	142	2.77	0.918	6.9	1.1	1.3	10.9	*8.12*	AS,CYA-5
2016	31	WSN	NL	20	7	.741	2.96	34	34	0	1	0	0	228.1	165	77	75	31	56	2	*284*	6	1	2	902	144	3.24	*0.968*	6.5	1.2	2.2	11.2	5.07	AS,CYA-1,MVP-10
2017	32	WSN	NL	16	6	.727	2.51	31	31	0	2	0	0	200.2	126	62	56	22	55	2	268	11	0	4	780	178	2.90	0.902	*5.7*	1.0	2.5	12.0	4.87	AS,CYA-1,MVP-10
2018	33	WSN	NL	18	7	.720	2.53	33	33	0	2	1	0	*220.2*	150	66	62	23	51	4	*300*	12	1	4	866	168	2.65	0.911	6.1	0.9	2.1	12.2	5.88	AS,CYA-2,MVP-10
2019	34	WSN	NL	11	7	.611	2.92	27	27	0	0	0	0	172.1	144	59	56	18	33	2	243	7	0	0	693	157	*2.45*	1.027	7.5	0.9	1.7	12.7	*7.36*	AS,CYA-3,MVP-22
12 Yrs				170	89	.656	3.20	365	356	2	10	5	0	2290.0	1883	876	813	254	618	19	2692	85	7	65	9278	132	3.13	1.092	7.4	1.0	2.4	10.6	4.36
162 Game Avg.				16	8	.656	3.20	34	34	0	1	0	0	216	178	83	77	24	58	2	254	8	1	6	875	132	3.13	1.092	7.4	1.0	2.4	10.6	4.36

WSN (5 yrs)				79	39	.669	2.74	158	158	0	9	4	0	1050.2	761	338	320	121	229	12	1371	41	3	20	4140	156	2.82	0.942	6.5	1.0	2.0	11.7	5.99
DET (5 yrs)				82	35	.701	3.52	161	161	0	1	1	0	1013.0	908	420	396	108	305	5	1081	29	3	38	4160	117	3.32	1.197	8.1	1.0	2.7	9.6	3.54
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	3.73	1.317	8.5	1.0	3.3	9.5	2.86

NL (7 yrs)				88	54	.620	2.94	204	195	2	9	4	0	1277.0	975	456	417	146	313	14	1611	56	4	27	5118	147	2.98	1.009	6.9	1.0	2.2	11.4	5.15
AL (5 yrs)				82	35	.701	3.52	161	161	0	1	1	0	1013.0	908	420	396	108	305	5	1081	29	3	38	4160	117	3.32	1.197	8.1	1.0	2.7	9.6	3.54

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