Baseball Player Salaries

Max Scherzer | Detroit Tigers

Max Scherzer's salary in 2013 is $6,720,000. He has appeared in 2 games for the Detroit Tigers so far this season. His agent is Scott Boras.

2013 Performance

Percent of team's payroll Percent of team's on-field performance
4.44 % 2.50 %
Max Scherzer is underperforming

Key Stats

2013 Cost Per
Games 2 $3,360,000
Innings Pitched 11.0 $610,909
Wins 1 $6,720,000
Strikeouts 18 $373,333

Yearly Salary

Season Salary
2010 $1,500,000
2011 $600,000
2012 $3,750,000
2013 $6,720,000
2014 Arbitration
2015 Free Agent

Compared to Others

Rank Player Similar Rank in Football Similar Salary in Football
155th Jason Hammel
$6,750,000
156th Kevin Burnett
$5,300,000
104th Tyson Jackson
$6,775,000
157th Max Scherzer
$6,720,000
157th Nick Mangold
$5,265,900
105th Andrew Whitworth
$6,750,000
158th Marco Scutaro
$6,670,000
158th Owen Daniels
$5,250,000
105th Jermon Bushrod
$6,750,000

Federal Income Taxes (in current dollars using that years rates)

Under Administration Taxes
President Obama (D), 2012 $2,430,489
President Clinton (D), 1999 $2,738,342
President Reagan (R), 1981 $4,683,552
President Johnson (D), 1965 $4,692,144
President Eisenhower (R), 1956 $6,179,648

Unemployment

How long it will take the average person on unemployment to make Max Scherzer's 2013 salary
22,935 weeks (441 years)

In Time...

In Max Scherzer Will Make
one month $560,000
one week $129,230
one day $18,410
one hour $767
one minute $12.79
one second $0.21
since you loaded this page $0.21

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Inflation

Year Inflation Adjusted Value Actual Average MLB Salary Actual Average Household Income Median Home Price
2013 $6,720,000 $3,305,393 $49,777 $213,000
2000 $4,911,307 $1,895,630 $47,053 $174,700
1990 $3,679,833 $597,537 $28,040 $118,900
1980 $2,238,249 $143,756 $16,305 $66,700
1970 $1,100,156 $39,327 $5,640 $23,500
1950 $688,692 $12,340 $2,770 $14,500
1930 $501,928 $7,000 $1,140 $7,145
1920 $551,537 $5,000 $1,250 $3,100

Other Jobs

Max Scherzer will make the average yearly salary of In Hours In Days In Games In Innings Pitched
A High School Teacher 56 hours 2.36 days 0.01 games 0.07 innings pitched
A Police Officer 61 hours 2.58 days 0.01 games 0.08 innings pitched
A Doctor, Family Physician 182 hours 7.61 days 0.04 games 0.23 innings pitched
A U.S. Congressman 226 hours 9.45 days 0.05 games 0.28 innings pitched
President Obama 521 hours 21.73 days 0.12 games 0.65 innings pitched
A Citigroup CEO (Vikram Pandit, 2008) 49,853 hours 2,076 days 11 games 62 innings pitched
Bill Gates (Net Worth) 79,530,638 hours 3,313,416 days 18,154 games 99,851 innings pitched