Justin Verlander

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 235lb (196cm, 106kg)

Team: Houston Astros (majors, 15-day IL)

Born: February 20, 1983 in Manakin Sabot, VA us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (2nd) of the 2004 MLB June Amateur Draft from Old Dominion University (Norfolk, VA).

High School: Goochland HS (Goochland, VA)

School: Old Dominion University (Norfolk, VA)

Debut: July 4, 2005 (Age 22-134d, 18,707th in major league history)
vs. CLE 5.1 IP, 7 H, 4 SO, 3 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2006 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 2 yrs/$86.67M (23-24) & 25 vesting option

Service Time (01/2024): 18.002 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: ISE Baseball • Previously: Richard Verlander

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Justin Brooks Verlander

Nicknames: JV

Pronunciation: \VUHR-land-er\

Twitter: @JustinVerlander

Instagram: @justinverlander

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MVP
3x Cy Young
Rookie of the Year
Triple Crown
9x All-Star
2x World Series
2x ERA Title
ALCS MVP
ML PoY

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

80.9

257

141

ERA

3.24

509

3325.1

3342

WHIP

1.118

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Team Record in Appearances: 7-13 / in Starts: 7-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2015 Pitching Game Log

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2015 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	299	62	Jun 13	DET		CLE	L,4-5	GS-5		99	5.0	3	2	2	2	2	1	0	3.60	6.13	20	87	55	13	6	3	13	5	0	0	53			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.18	0.060	1.44	0.04%	0.41	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
2	300	67	Jun 19	DET	@	NYY	L,2-7	GS-7	L(0-1)	5	6.2	10	6	6	1	2	3	0	6.17	7.68	30	117	77	18	9	15	12	2	2	0	31			0	0	1	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.248	.86	-0.17%	-1.88	1b start tie	7b -2- 2 out d3
3	301	76	Jun 30	DET		PIT	L,4-5	GS-7		10	6.0	6	3	2	5	3	0	2	5.09	6.98	30	103	61	13	7	7	13	3	0	0	48			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	2	1	1.04	-0.108	1.19	-0.07%	-0.49	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	302	81	Jul 5	DET		TOR	L,5-10	GS-5	L(0-2)	4	5.0	7	7	7	2	5	2	0	6.75	7.10	25	94	58	16	6	8	10	4	5	0	28			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	1	.84	-0.250	.98	-0.18%	-4.59	1t start tie	5t 3 out d7
5	303	86	Jul 10	DET	@	MIN	L,6-8	GS-8		4	7.2	5	1	1	1	6	0	0	5.34	5.80	28	116	74	21	10	9	12	3	4	0	70			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.60	0.204	.79	0.16%	2.40	1b start tie	8b 1-3 2 out a5
6	304	91	Jul 19	DET		BAL	L,3-9	GS-4	L(0-3)	8	3.2	8	7	7	1	4	2	0	6.62	6.13	19	84	52	9	14	5	9	6	1	0	20			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.418	.88	-0.21%	-5.29	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d6
7	305	96	Jul 24	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	GS-8		4	8.0	7	1	1	0	3	0	0	5.57	5.42	29	111	79	21	9	6	20	8	5	0	67			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.21	0.442	.85	0.19%	3.17	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
8	306	101	Jul 29	DET	@	TBR	W,2-1	GS-8	W(1-3)	4	8.0	4	1	1	0	10	1	0	4.86	4.91	27	107	73	18	17	4	13	4	2	0	80			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.386	.57	0.12%	2.73	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	307	106	Aug 4	DET		KCR	L,1-5	GS-7	L(1-4)	5	7.0	10	5	5	0	5	1	0	5.05	4.75	31	106	72	17	9	9	17	4	4	0	42			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	1	0	.71	-0.192	.48	-0.08%	-1.63	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
10	308	111	Aug 9	DET		BOS	L,2-7	GS-6	L(1-5)	4	6.0	4	2	0	3	7	0	0	4.57	4.51	26	113	76	18	14	6	10	3	2	0	64			0	0	0	23	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.04	0.070	.63	0.03%	0.89	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
11	309	116	Aug 15	DET	@	HOU	W,4-2	GS-7		5	7.0	3	0	0	2	7	0	0	4.11	4.26	25	107	69	17	13	3	13	3	4	0	76			0	0	1	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.473	.38	0.11%	3.30	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
12	310	121	Aug 21	DET		TEX	L,0-2	GS-7	L(1-6)	5	7.0	4	2	1	1	8	0	0	3.86	3.99	25	110	70	14	14	8	8	3	2	0	70			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	1	0	.78	0.062	.46	0.02%	1.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
13	311	126	Aug 26	DET		LAA	W,5-0	SHO	W(2-6)	4	9.0	1	0	0	2	9	0	0	3.45	3.76	28	112	74	20	16	7	10	3	3	0	92			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	0	.54	0.335	.09	0.03%	4.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	312	131	Sep 1	DET	@	KCR	W,6-5	GS-7	W(3-6)	5	6.2	7	4	2	1	4	1	0	3.40	3.80	28	108	65	18	4	11	12	3	3	0	51			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.25	0.075	.04	0.00%	-0.69	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 2 out a2
15	313	136	Sep 6	DET		CLE	L,0-4	GS-7	L(3-7)	4	7.0	7	3	3	2	4	0	0	3.43	3.74	29	107	72	16	8	6	17	4	4	0	53			0	1	0	27	0	2	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.053	.01	0.00%	0.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
16	314	141	Sep 13(1)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-7	GS-6	L(3-8)	6	6.0	6	4	4	2	5	0	1	3.58	3.69	27	114	77	21	14	6	13	6	4	0	47			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.201	.00	0.00%	-0.87	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
17	315	146	Sep 18	DET		KCR	W,5-4	GS-9		4	8.2	5	2	2	1	7	0	0	3.46	3.55	31	114	71	17	8	11	12	5	4	0	72			1	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.438	.00	0.00%	3.12	1t start tie	9t 1-- 2 out a2
18	316	152	Sep 23	DET		CHW	W,7-4	GS-7	W(4-8)	4	7.0	5	3	3	3	8	1	0	3.49	3.58	27	112	73	18	16	5	11	4	1	0	60			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.151	.00	0.00%	0.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
19	317	156	Sep 28	DET	@	TEX	W,7-4	GS-6	W(5-8)	4	6.0	6	1	1	2	5	1	0	3.39	3.63	26	107	68	22	9	6	13	6	5	0	59			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.130	.00	0.00%	2.07	1b start tie	6b 3 out a6
20	318	160	Oct 3	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-6		4	6.0	5	2	2	1	9	0	0	3.38	3.49	24	121	75	18	13	8	6	2	1	0	62			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	-0.008	.00	0.00%	0.80	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
							7-13		W-L:5-8	4.6	133.1	113	56	50	32	113	13	3	3.38	3.49	535	2150	65%	16%	10%	0.59		21%	14%	0	57		---%	3	4	2	493	20	2	1	7	6	5	.95	1.348	.47	-0.01%	9.92

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