#31 Max "Mad Max" Scherzer, Starting Pitcher, 36 yrs, Arizona Diamondbacks
Saturday, 2/20/2021 |
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| Max Scherzer
Mad Max
7/27/1984
36
United States
6"3
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Starting Pitcher
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3 / 6 (Well Known)
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| Big League Contract
$ 21,000,000
2025
11 Year(s), 124 Days (2016 total Days)
0 Day(s)
12 Year(s), 124 Days (2188 total Days)
16 Year(s)
Not eligible
2 Option Year(s) left
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| Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
| Overall | 10 | 8 | 9 | 95-99 Mph |
| Versus LHB | 10 | 8 | 8 | |
| Versus RHB | 10 | 8 | 9 | |
| Talent | 10 | 8 | 8 | |
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Pitching Ratings
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9
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3
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Fastball
Changeup
Curveball
Slider
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Versus LHP | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Versus RHP | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Talent | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings
P : 5 (Range), .950 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 1
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| Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
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| Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
| Overall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 |
| Projected | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
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| 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 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0.00 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| vs. RHB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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| | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Road | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 |
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| Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
| 2009 | 39 | 38 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 3.57 | 232.0 | 190 | 105 | 92 | 15 | 93 | 222 | 1 | 0 | 1.22 | .283 | MIN TOR |
| 2010 | 41 | 41 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 3.62 | 266.0 | 208 | 118 | 107 | 11 | 71 | 301 | 3 | 2 | 1.05 | .292 | TOR,AL |
| 2011 | 38 | 38 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 3.53 | 255.0 | 213 | 106 | 100 | 8 | 77 | 275 | 5 | 4 | 1.14 | .301 | TOR,AL |
| 2012 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2.34 | 84.2 | 52 | 30 | 22 | 4 | 19 | 94 | 1 | 0 | 0.84 | .232 | TOR |
| 2013 | 38 | 38 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 2.91 | 266.1 | 225 | 93 | 86 | 5 | 64 | 279 | 4 | 2 | 1.09 | .315 | TOR ARI,NL |
| 2014 | 38 | 38 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3.05 | 242.1 | 208 | 92 | 82 | 14 | 62 | 302 | 0 | 0 | 1.11 | .324 | ARI |
| 2015 | 35 | 35 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 3.41 | 216.2 | 179 | 87 | 82 | 18 | 49 | 241 | 0 | 0 | 1.05 | .298 | ARI |
| 2016 | 35 | 35 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 3.96 | 227.1 | 213 | 109 | 100 | 22 | 49 | 195 | 1 | 1 | 1.15 | .294 | ARI |
| 2017 | 35 | 35 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 2.34 | 253.2 | 184 | 73 | 66 | 17 | 53 | 231 | 5 | 3 | 0.93 | .250 | ARI |
| 2018 | 41 | 41 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 3.05 | 271.1 | 229 | 100 | 92 | 26 | 59 | 264 | 0 | 0 | 1.06 | .279 | ARI,NL |
| 2019 | 34 | 34 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 3.97 | 208.1 | 194 | 99 | 92 | 19 | 51 | 205 | 0 | 0 | 1.18 | .302 | ARI |
| 2020 | 33 | 33 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 3.31 | 217.2 | 177 | 93 | 80 | 15 | 64 | 212 | 2 | 1 | 1.11 | .279 | ARI |
| Total | 419 | 418 | 209 | 109 | 0 | 3.29 | 2741.1 | 2272 | 1105 | 1001 | 174 | 711 | 2821 | 22 | 13 | 1.09 | .290 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
| 2006, AA | 21 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 4.40 | 122.2 | 114 | 68 | 60 | 16 | 53 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 1.36 | .290 |
| 2006, AAA | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10.59 | 26.1 | 39 | 36 | 31 | 11 | 21 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2.28 | .346 |
| 2007, AAA | 33 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 4.90 | 139.2 | 126 | 78 | 76 | 22 | 65 | 153 | 0 | 0 | 1.37 | .301 |
| 2008, AAA | 33 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4.31 | 133.2 | 134 | 74 | 64 | 21 | 59 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 1.44 | .328 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 7.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.41 | 33.2 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.51 | 14.1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.46 | 13.0 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2.37 | 68.1 | 55 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 83 | 0 | 0 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 2009 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | MIN TOR |
| 2010 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | TOR,AL |
| 2011 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | TOR,AL |
| 2012 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | TOR |
| 2013 | 38 | 85 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 0 | .071 | .092 | .118 | .210 | TOR ARI,NL |
| 2014 | 38 | 71 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 0 | .042 | .092 | .056 | .148 | ARI |
| 2015 | 35 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | .071 | .093 | .119 | .212 | ARI |
| 2016 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | ARI |
| 2017 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | ARI |
| 2018 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | ARI,NL |
| 2019 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | ARI |
| 2020 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | ARI |
| Total | 419 | 213 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 117 | 0 | 0 | .056 | .086 | .089 | .175 | |
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Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 3/3/2006 to a minor league contract.
Earned first career win on 4/18/2009...
Traded from Minnesota to Toronto on 4/20/2009 (Going to MIN: P Oliver Perez, P Jean Machi, P Brian Sanches, 2B Dan Uggla, LF Rusney Castillo. Going to TOR: P Max Scherzer, 1B Bobby Abreu)...
Injured on 9/20/2009 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week...
Was selected to the 2010 Allstar game...
Won World Series with Toronto in 2010...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/2011, going 6-1, 2.32...
Was selected to the 2011 Allstar game...
Injured on 7/19/2011 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week...
Won World Series with Toronto in 2011...
2/2/2012: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,700,000 through salary arbitration...
Injured on 5/27/2012 with a Ruptured Disc Back, out for entire career...
2/2/2013: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,914,286 through salary arbitration...
Traded from Toronto to Arizona on 4/13/2013 (Going to ARI: P Max Scherzer. Going to TOR: P Austin Brice, SS Tim Anderson, CF Victor Robles)...
Had first career hit on 4/25/2013, off Mike Nakamura (LAD)...
Was selected to the 2013 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/16/2013, winning 2 games with a 0.57 ERA...
2/2/2014: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,857,143 through salary arbitration...
6/13/2014: Signed a contract extension with Arizona, $5,310,000 per year, for 4 years.
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/2017, going 7-0, 0.49...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/2017, going 5-0, 1.13...
Struck out 17 batters against San Diego on 4/27/2018...
Was selected to the 2018 Allstar game...
Signed as a free agent by Arizona on 2/10/2019 to a 7-year deal worth $21,000,000 per year...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/2020, going 5-0, 0.91...
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| Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA
2013 - 2.91 - 6th
2017 - 2.34 - 2nd
2018 - 3.05 - 7th
| WHIP
2010 - 1.05 - 6th
2013 - 1.09 - 8th
2014 - 1.11 - 9th
2015 - 1.05 - 6th
2017 - 0.93 - 1st
2018 - 1.06 - 3rd
2019 - 1.18 - 10th
2020 - 1.11 - 10th
| Wins
2010 - 20 - 9th
2011 - 21 - 3rd
2013 - 22 - 3rd
2017 - 24 - 1st
2018 - 22 - 3rd
2020 - 18 - 9th
| IP
2009 - 232.0 - 8th
2010 - 266.0 - 4th
2011 - 255.0 - 4th
2013 - 266.1 - 1st
2014 - 242.1 - 7th
2018 - 271.1 - 3rd
| K's
2009 - 222 - 7th
2010 - 301 - 1st
2011 - 275 - 3rd
2013 - 279 - 3rd
2014 - 302 - 4th
2018 - 264 - 5th
2019 - 205 - 9th
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BB
2009 - 93 - 3rd
| CG
2009 - 1 - 8th
2010 - 3 - 5th
2011 - 5 - 2nd
2012 - 1 - 10th
2013 - 4 - 3rd
2017 - 5 - 5th
| SHO
2010 - 2 - 4th
2011 - 4 - 2nd
2013 - 2 - 4th
2017 - 3 - 7th
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