#45 Max Scherzer, Starting Pitcher, 36 yrs, Arizona Diamondbacks

#45 Max Scherzer, Starting Pitcher, 36 yrs, Arizona Diamondbacks
Thursday, 9/22/2020

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Max Scherzer

7/27/1984
36
USA,MO,St. Louis
6"3
220

Starting Pitcher
R
R

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Minimal
Loyal
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2 / 6 (Fair)
0 / 6 (Unknown)
Good
Normal
Prone
1.0 Stars

Contract & Roster Status

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Big League Contract
$ 1,140,000
2020
12 Year(s), 127 Days (2191 total Days)
172 Day(s)
12 Year(s), 127 Days (2191 total Days)
13 Year(s)
Not eligible
2 Option Year(s) left

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	7	6	7	91-94 Mph
Versus LHB	7	6	7
Versus RHB	7	6	7
Talent	6	6	7

Pitching Ratings
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Holding Runners :

7
62
4

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Curveball
Slider
Splitfinger-Fastball

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	1	4	1	1	2
Versus LHP	1	4	1	1	2
Versus RHP	1	4	1	1	2
Talent	1	3	1	1	2

Running & Bunting Ratings
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1
3
2
1
Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 4 (Range), .900 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
7/6	MIN	L 4-11	*	3.2	8	5	5	4	3	L
7/13	@LAA	W 11-5	*	4.1	11	5	5	1	3
7/21	TEX	L 5-6	*	5.2	3	4	2	8	4
8/9	NYM	W 7-3	*	6	6	3	3	1	7
8/14	@PHI	L 5-8	*	5.2	10	6	3	2	5	L
8/19	ATL	L 4-16	*	3.2	9	7	7	1	2	L
8/24	MIA	L 7-12	*	0	1	5	1	2	0	L
8/29	@LAD	L 5-8	*	5.1	13	7	6	0	3	L
9/3	SF	W 10-9	*	4	7	4	4	4	0
9/10	@COL	L 2-7	*	5.2	4	4	0	4	3	L

Pitching Stats 2020

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	27	27	5	10	0	5.08	147.0	176	106	83	85	105	0	.0	0	10	37.0
Projected	28	28	5	10	0	5.08	152.0	183	110	86	88	109

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	0	0	.0	0	0	16.1	10.8	6.4	5.2	23	6	26.1	0	0	.0	6.07

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	265	87	20	1	8	44	51	41	30	0	0	2	.328	.419	.502	.921
vs. RHB	335	89	20	2	12	50	55	44	75	0	0	0	.266	.345	.445	.789

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	14	14	3	5	0	4.64	77.2	79	50	40	43	58
Road	13	13	2	5	0	5.58	69.1	97	56	43	42	47
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Last Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	5	5	3	1	0	4.34	29.0	33	15	14	11	16
May	6	6	1	1	0	3.73	41.0	38	20	17	23	26
June	5	5	1	1	0	4.44	26.1	27	17	13	22	26
July	4	4	0	2	0	6.64	20.1	28	18	15	15	17
August	5	5	0	4	0	8.71	20.2	39	28	20	6	17
Sept./Oct.	2	2	0	1	0	3.72	9.2	11	8	4	8	3

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
2008	22	22	12	4	0	3.18	138.2	117	50	49	10	52	148	0	0	1.22	.300	CIN
2009	33	33	12	9	0	3.24	217.0	170	82	78	11	77	253	2	1	1.14	.293	CIN
2010	34	34	17	8	0	3.02	223.1	165	84	75	12	76	243	1	0	1.08	.274	CIN,NL
2011	33	33	14	10	0	3.92	197.1	182	91	86	14	67	211	0	0	1.26	.321	CIN
2012	36	36	15	10	0	3.16	239.0	183	90	84	11	89	254	1	0	1.14	.288	CIN
2013	35	35	16	11	0	3.28	222.0	183	94	81	19	82	199	4	3	1.19	.275	CIN
2014	35	35	12	12	0	3.79	223.0	204	105	94	25	74	208	3	0	1.25	.294	CIN
2015	30	30	8	12	0	4.24	176.1	179	93	83	16	71	153	2	2	1.42	.313	CIN
2016	27	27	14	7	0	4.82	175.2	186	101	94	23	63	132	1	1	1.42	.305	CIN CLE
2017	33	33	12	8	0	4.63	208.0	218	123	107	14	80	149	2	1	1.43	.312	CLE
2018	30	22	7	7	0	6.99	139.0	165	115	108	28	72	91	0	0	1.71	.314	CLE
2019	34	24	12	9	0	4.58	165.0	174	94	84	15	60	111	1	1	1.42	.306	CLE
2020	27	27	5	10	0	5.08	147.0	176	106	83	20	85	105	0	0	1.78	.328	CLE ARI
Total	409	391	156	117	0	4.03	2471.1	2302	1228	1106	218	948	2257	17	9	1.32	.301

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP
2008, AAA	9	9	4	0	0	1.34	53.2	41	9	8	2	21	64	0	0	1.16	.293
2019, AAA	3	3	1	0	0	3.79	19.0	11	8	8	2	9	23	0	0	1.05	.225

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
2010	3	3	0	2	0	1.61	22.1	10	4	4	11	25	1	0
2013	3	3	1	0	0	6.32	15.2	17	11	11	11	10	0	0
2016	2	2	1	0	0	4.76	11.1	13	8	6	2	6	0	0
2017	1	1	0	1	0	11.81	5.1	9	7	7	1	3	0	0
Total	9	9	2	3	0	4.61	54.2	49	30	28	25	44	1	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
2008	22	41	1	0	0	0	2	1	3	21	0	0	.024	.089	.024	.113	CIN
2009	33	71	5	1	1	0	7	2	3	32	0	0	.070	.108	.113	.221	CIN
2010	34	72	2	0	0	0	3	1	2	34	0	0	.028	.053	.028	.081	CIN,NL
2011	33	59	2	1	0	0	2	0	2	33	0	0	.034	.065	.051	.115	CIN
2012	36	76	4	2	0	0	0	2	3	36	0	0	.053	.089	.079	.168	CIN
2013	35	69	9	7	0	0	5	7	2	28	0	0	.130	.155	.232	.387	CIN
2014	35	72	3	2	0	0	0	5	2	32	0	0	.042	.068	.069	.137	CIN
2015	30	52	3	2	0	0	1	2	2	21	0	0	.058	.093	.096	.189	CIN
2016	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CIN CLE
2017	33	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	CLE
2018	30	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CLE
2019	34	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CLE
2020	10	16	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	6	0	0	.063	.063	.125	.188	CLE ARI
Total	392	541	31	16	1	0	22	22	19	246	0	0	.057	.089	.091	.179

Fielding Stats 2020

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

.941

147.0

2.08

Player History

Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/28/2008 to a minor league deal...
Injured on 4/10/2008 with a Sore Back, out for one week...
Earned first career win on 6/12/2008...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/2008, going 4-0, 0.60...
Had first career hit on 8/24/2008, off Micah Owings (ARI)...
Was selected to the 2010 Allstar game...
1/29/2012: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,378,571 through salary arbitration...
5/17/2012: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $4,200,000 per year, for 4 years.
Injured on 8/30/2015 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 8-9 weeks...
Traded from Cincinnati to Cleveland on 3/30/2016 (Going to CIN: P Ex Pick. Going to CLE: P Max Scherzer, P Fernando Cabrera, P Chad Cordero, C Jim Sundberg, LF Lastings Milledge)...
5/8/2016: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $1,780,000 per year, for 2 years.
Injured on 5/15/2016 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 5 weeks...
Won World Series with Cleveland in 2016...
5/9/2018: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $1,140,000 per year, for 2 years.
Traded from Cleveland to Arizona on 7/31/2020 (Going to ARI: P Max Scherzer. Going to CLE: P Ex Pick)...
Injured on 9/10/2020 with a Torn Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for full season...

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

WHIP 2010 - 1.08 - 10th	K's 2009 - 253 - 5th 2010 - 243 - 7th 2012 - 254 - 6th	BB 2009 - 77 - 7th 2012 - 89 - 5th	CG 2013 - 4 - 3rd	SHO 2013 - 3 - 2nd 2015 - 2 - 9th

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