Max Scherzer
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| Arizona Diamondbacks — No. 39 | |
| Starting pitcher | |
| Born: July 27, 1984 St. Louis, Missouri |
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| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
| April 29, 2008 for the Arizona Diamondbacks | |
| Selected MLB statistics (through May 5, 2008) |
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| Win-Loss | 0-1 |
| Earned run average | 3.14 |
| Strikeouts | 12 |
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Maxwell M. Scherzer (born July 27, 1984 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a starting pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball.
Scherzer was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 43rd round (1291st overall) in the 2003 Major League Baseball draft but did not sign and instead attended the University of Missouri. He was then drafted again in 2006 by the Arizona Diamondbacks, this time in the 1st round as the 11th overall pick. He began playing in the Diamondbacks organization in 2007 with the Single-A Visalia Oaks. He was promoted to Double-A Mobile BayBears after three impressive starts for the Oaks. After a good start to the 2008 season in Tucson he was called up to the Diamondbacks on April 27, 2008.
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[edit] Major League Baseball career
On April 29, 2008, Scherzer made his MLB debut against the Houston Astros when he came on in relief and threw 4 1/3 perfect innings while striking out seven. While doing so he also set the record for the number of consecutive batters retired (13) for a pitcher making his MLB debut as a reliever. The previous record was 12 set in 1962 by the Dodgers' Pete Richert. The seven strikeouts were one short of the major-league record for most in a debut relief appearance. The Pirates' Barry Jones had eight on April 20, 1986. On April 30, 2008, the Diamondbacks announced [1] he would be placed into the starting rotation, due to his impressive start. In his first appearance as a starter for the D-Backs, Scherzer allowed 5 runs (2 earned) in 4 innings, while striking out 5; taking the first loss of his major league career.
[edit] Personal
Scherzer's appearance is unique in that he was born with two differently-colored (heterochromic) eyes, his right one being blue and left one brown.
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[edit] External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
