Maxwell M. Scherzer...Attended Parkway Central High School in Chesterfield, Mo., where he went 11-8 with a 2.32 ERA as a senior in 2002...Named Big 12 Pitcher of the Year in 2005 for Missouri...also named Baseball America All-America Second Team, Collegiate Baseball All-America and Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week (April 5, 2005)...Pitched in 4 games for the USA Baseball National team during the summer of 2005, going 2-1 with a 2.70 ERA...Led Missouri to Super Regional in 2006, going 7-3 with a 2.25 ERA (20 ER in 80.0 IP) after being named to the Baseball America Preseason All-America First Team...Originally drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 43rd round of the 2003 First Year Player Draft.

Went winless with an 0-4 record despite compiling a 3.05 ERA in 16 games, including 7 starts, during his rookie Major League campaign...honored by the Arizona chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America as the D-backs' Rookie of the Year...Went 0-4 with a 3.41 ERA (14 ER in 37.0 IP) with 14 walks and 48 strikeouts in his 7 starts...Arizona's offense produced just 2.43 runs in his starts (10 runs over 37.0 IP), the lowest among D-backs starters...had a 2.37 ERA (5 ER in 19.0 IP) and held opposing batters to a .172 average (11-for-64) with 18 strikeouts and 7 walks in 9 relief appearances...Opened the season with Tucson (AAA) and did not allow an earned run in his first 3 starts for the Sidewinders...posted a 1.17 ERA (3 ER in 23.0 IP) with 38 strikeouts and only 3 walks in his first 4 starts...Recalled on April 27 and made his Major League debut on April 29 vs. Houston, striking out 7 in 4.1 innings of hitless relief to set a D-backs' record for most strikeouts by a pitcher in his debut...it was the longest debut outing in modern Major League history (dating back to 1900) by a pitcher who retired every batter he faced...his 7 strikeouts fell 1 short of the modern record by a relief pitcher making his MLB debut (Barry Jones struck out 8 on April 20, 1986 with Pittsburgh at Wrigley Field)...the 7 strikeouts were the most for a pitcher making his big league debut for the D-backs, eclipsing the 6 that Micah Owings fanned on April 6, 2007 in a starting role at Washington...Moved into the starting rotation and suffered the loss vs. Philadelphia on May 5 in his first career start after allowing 5 runs on 8 hits over 4.0 innings...Posted a 3.86 ERA (5 ER in 11.2 IP) in 6 relief appearances from May 23-June 11 before he was optioned back to Tucson on June 13... made an appearance for the Sidewinders before landing on the disabled list with right shoulder inflammation from June 20-July 19...Earned his first win for Tucson on Aug. 11 vs. Tacoma...overall, was 1-1 with a 2.72 ERA (16 ER in 53.0 IP) with 22 walks and 79 strikeouts in 13 games (10 starts) for the Sidewinders...held opposing batters to a .182 average (35-for-192)...Recalled on Aug. 29 and threw 3.0 scoreless innings in 2 relief outings before being inserted back into the starting rotation for the remainder of the season...Struck out a career-high 11 batters on Sept. 7 at Los Angeles Dodgers, tying him with the Dodgers' Hiroki Kuroda, Washington's John Lannan and Toronto's David Purcey for the most strikeouts by a rookie in 2008...it also tied him with Brandon Webb for most single game strikeouts by a D-backs rookie in franchise history (Aug. 19, 2003 vs. Cincinnati and Aug. 31, 2003 vs. San Francisco)...With the D-backs, held opposing batters to a .234 average (48-for-205) and opposing right-handed hitters to a .167 mark (19-for-114)...did not allow any of his 5 inherited runners to score...Went 1-0 with a 3.38 ERA (9 ER in 24.0 IP) in 4 games for Phoenix in the Arizona Fall League, walking 5 and striknig out 24.