Justin Verlander

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

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

2024

Career

WAR

0.8

81.6

258

141

ERA

2.08

3.23

512

17.1

3342.2

3355

WHIP

1.154

1.118

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-20 / in Starts: 13-20

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2008 Pitching Game Log

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2008 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	65	1	Mar 31	DET		KCR	L,4-5	GS-7		99	6.0	4	4	4	1	6	1	1	6.00	4.30	25	97	60	18	9	10	7	1	1	0	53			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.09	-0.062	1.20	-0.04%	-0.08	1t start tie	7t 1-3 0 out a1
2	66	6	Apr 6	DET		CHW	L,2-13	GS-6	L(0-1)	5	5.2	7	9	4	3	4	1	1	6.17	5.19	28	109	63	14	12	12	8	2	3	0	30			0	0	0	24	2	0	1	1	0	1	1.03	-0.269	.82	-0.13%	-3.54	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out d5
3	67	11	Apr 12	DET	@	CHW	L,0-7	GS-8	L(0-2)	5	7.2	4	6	6	4	3	1	2	6.52	5.67	33	115	68	17	7	5	19	4	5	0	46			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.120	.61	0.06%	-0.09	1b start tie	8b 1-3 2 out d4
4	68	16	Apr 17	DET	@	CLE	L,1-11	GS-5	L(0-3)	4	5.0	7	5	5	4	1	1	2	7.03	6.34	27	104	60	16	6	10	10	2	1	0	30			1	0	0	20	2	0	1	1	1	0	.80	-0.210	.64	-0.10%	-2.39	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
5	69	21	Apr 22	DET		TEX	W,10-2	GS-6	W(1-3)	4	6.0	6	1	1	2	3	1	0	5.93	6.13	26	110	65	16	8	12	9	2	2	0	57			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.107	.45	0.05%	2.27	1t start tie	6t 3 out a6
6	70	26	Apr 27	DET		LAA	L,2-6	GS-6	L(1-4)	4	5.2	7	6	6	4	3	0	0	6.50	5.83	27	102	57	12	5	8	12	3	2	0	30			0	1	0	22	1	1	1	0	1	0	.91	-0.172	.80	-0.09%	-3.19	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d6
May				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
7	71	31	May 3	DET	@	MIN	L,1-4	GS-7	L(1-5)	5	7.0	7	4	4	2	5	1	0	6.28	5.60	29	117	76	19	12	8	14	4	2	0	50			0	0	0	27	1	0	1	1	0	0	.93	-0.026	1.06	-0.02%	-0.41	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
8	72	36	May 8	DET		BOS	L,1-5	GS-6	L(1-6)	4	6.0	9	5	5	1	5	1	1	6.43	5.48	28	107	64	15	7	9	12	2	0	0	38			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	1	0	.78	-0.232	.65	-0.12%	-1.73	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
9	73	40	May 14	DET	@	KCR	L,0-2	GS-7	L(1-7)	5	6.0	6	2	2	3	3	0	0	6.05	5.28	26	101	62	15	3	8	12	5	0	0	52			0	1	1	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.003	.63	0.00%	0.51	1b start tie	7b -2- 0 out d2
10	74	45	May 20	DET		SEA	W,12-8	GS-6	W(2-7)	5	6.0	4	1	1	1	7	1	0	5.61	5.10	22	104	65	19	6	8	6	1	0	0	66			1	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.149	.27	0.04%	2.27	1t start tie	6t 3 out a7
11	75	50	May 25	DET		MIN	L,1-6	GS-7		4	7.0	5	1	1	4	3	0	0	5.16	4.98	27	120	69	19	5	13	7	2	0	0	62			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.14	0.355	.90	0.17%	2.81	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
12	76	55	May 31	DET	@	SEA	L,0-5	GS-7	L(2-8)	5	7.0	8	4	4	2	1	0	0	5.16	4.87	31	112	66	19	1	10	18	8	1	0	44			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.160	.37	-0.05%	-0.41	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
Jun				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
13	77	60	Jun 6	DET		CLE	L,2-4	GS-7	L(2-9)	5	7.0	5	3	3	4	8	0	0	5.05	4.67	30	115	75	25	12	4	14	2	3	0	59			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.018	.42	-0.01%	0.81	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
14	78	65	Jun 11	DET		CHW	W,5-1	CG	W(3-9)	4	9.0	4	1	1	0	3	0	0	4.65	4.45	30	101	64	13	6	6	21	7	10	0	78			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.300	.35	0.10%	3.90	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
15	79	70	Jun 16	DET	@	SFG	L,6-8	GS-6		4	6.0	5	3	2	1	7	1	1	4.55	4.42	26	98	67	19	12	9	8	2	0	0	58			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	-0.009	.78	0.00%	0.12	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
16	80	75	Jun 22	DET	@	SDP	W,5-3	GS-6	W(4-9)	5	5.1	5	2	2	5	10	1	0	4.49	4.43	26	115	70	15	19	3	7	2	1	1	55			0	0	0	21	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.48	-0.051	1.07	-0.02%	-0.19	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out a1
17	81	80	Jun 28	DET		COL	W,7-6	GS-6		5	5.2	5	2	2	4	6	0	0	4.42	4.36	25	118	69	15	14	6	9	3	1	0	53			0	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.239	.79	0.10%	2.02	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out a4
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
18	82	85	Jul 3	DET	@	SEA	W,8-4	GS-6	W(5-9)	4	6.0	8	2	2	3	3	0	0	4.34	4.32	29	109	68	18	7	11	12	6	0	0	48			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.074	.90	0.03%	1.07	1b start tie	6b 3 out a4
19	83	89	Jul 8	DET		CLE	W,9-2	GS-7	W(6-9)	4	7.0	2	2	2	1	7	1	0	4.24	4.27	24	99	65	18	8	5	11	1	0	0	71			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.118	.47	0.05%	1.81	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
20	84	94	Jul 13	DET		MIN	W,4-2	GS-7	W(7-9)	4	7.0	4	2	2	2	8	0	0	4.15	4.13	27	108	73	25	8	11	6	1	2	0	67			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.247	.82	0.10%	1.81	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
21	85	98	Jul 20	DET	@	BAL	W,5-1	GS-9	W(8-9)	6	8.2	3	1	1	3	3	0	0	3.95	4.09	30	105	65	15	2	12	12	1	3	0	74			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	2	0	0	.89	0.390	.50	0.13%	3.61	1b start tie	9b 1-- 2 out a4
22	86	103	Jul 26	DET		CHW	L,6-7	GS-5	L(8-10)	5	4.0	9	7	7	1	5	2	0	4.29	4.20	22	110	70	16	12	4	12	7	1	0	20			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.489	1.15	-0.37%	-4.17	1t start tie	5t 1-3 0 out d1
23	87	108	Jul 31	DET	@	CLE	L,4-9	GS-6	L(8-11)	4	5.2	5	6	6	3	9	1	1	4.49	4.20	26	114	70	18	15	3	10	2	2	0	41			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.239	.90	-0.14%	-2.32	1b start a 1	6b 12- 2 out d3
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
24	88	113	Aug 6	DET	@	CHW	L,1-5	GS-8	L(8-12)	5	7.2	6	5	5	3	8	1	1	4.56	4.21	33	130	82	19	8	10	11	4	3	0	52			0	0	0	29	1	0	1	0	0	0	.51	-0.067	.31	-0.03%	0.63	1b start tie	8b 123 2 out d2
25	89	118	Aug 11	DET		TOR	L,2-7	GS-5	L(8-13)	4	4.1	7	6	6	2	2	0	0	4.77	4.19	21	78	51	12	7	7	10	6	0	0	25			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	2	2	1	.96	-0.290	.37	-0.07%	-3.23	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d4
26	90	123	Aug 16	DET		BAL	W,5-3	GS-6	W(9-13)	4	6.0	4	2	0	3	6	0	0	4.60	4.14	25	110	69	22	7	11	5	2	1	0	63			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.14	0.131	.09	0.01%	1.27	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
27	91	128	Aug 22	DET	@	KCR	W,4-3	GS-7	W(10-13)	5	6.2	8	0	0	3	6	0	0	4.42	4.08	30	113	77	18	10	7	14	7	1	0	61			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.321	.03	0.01%	3.42	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out a4
28	92	133	Aug 27	DET		CLE	L,7-9	GS-6	L(10-14)	4	6.0	7	5	5	3	8	1	2	4.53	4.12	30	115	69	19	12	6	11	4	0	0	43			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.208	.01	0.00%	-1.73	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
Sept				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
29	93	137	Sep 1	DET		NYY	L,9-13	GS-2	L(10-15)	4	1.2	7	8	5	2	2	1	0	4.74	4.19	15	64	39	10	5	3	8	5	0	0	15			1	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	1	1	.86	-0.443	.00	0.00%	-6.37	1t start tie	2t 12- 2 out d6
30	94	142	Sep 6	DET	@	MIN	W,6-4	GS-6		4	5.2	8	4	4	4	4	0	1	4.78	4.20	27	114	65	19	11	4	14	6	4	0	37			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	2	0	0	1.06	-0.144	.00	0.00%	-1.29	1b start tie	6b --3 2 out d3
31	95	147	Sep 14(1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-4	GS-8	L(10-16)	7	7.2	9	4	4	2	2	1	0	4.78	4.23	30	104	66	16	8	9	17	4	5	0	45			0	3	0	27	3	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.071	.00	0.00%	0.09	1b start tie	8b -2- 2 out d4
32	96	153	Sep 20	DET	@	CLE	L,3-6	GS-4	L(10-17)	5	4.0	5	4	4	4	4	0	1	4.87	4.24	22	97	54	14	11	3	10	4	2	0	36			0	0	0	17	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.23	-0.213	.00	0.00%	-1.91	1b start a 1	4b 3 out d3
33	97	159	Sep 26	DET		TBR	W,6-4	GS-5	W(11-17)	5	5.0	5	2	2	3	8	0	0	4.84	4.18	23	113	70	16	11	6	6	2	2	0	54			1	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.111	.00	0.00%	0.72	1t start tie	5t 3 out a3
							13-20		W-L:11-17	4.6	201.0	195	119	108	87	163	18	14	4.84	4.18	880	3528	62%	16%	8%	0.70		19%	9%	1	49		---%	8	9	1	769	39	1	8	14	6	6	.93	-0.572	.53	-0.35%	-3.90

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