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Justin Verlander    \VUHR-land-er\

Justin Brooks Verlander (twitter: @JustinVerlander)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: February 20, 1983 in Manakin Sabot, VA
High School: Goochland HS (Goochland, VA)
School: Old Dominion University (Norfolk, VA)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed October 25, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 2005 (Age 22)
Team: Tigers 2005-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2019, 10 yrs/$219.5M (10-19) & 20 vesting option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 7.002, Free Agent: 2020 [*], Agents: SFX Mike Milchin, previously: Richard Verlander [*]
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2005 22 DET AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2006 23 DET AL 30 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 CYA-7,MVP-15,RoY-1
2007 24 DET AL 32 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 AS,CYA-5
2008 25 DET AL 33 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2009 26 DET AL 35 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-20
2010 27 DET AL 33 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 AS,CYA-11
2011 28 DET AL 34 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
2012 29 DET AL 33 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-8
2013 30 DET AL 10 0 1
9 Yrs 242 33 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 9 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 22 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2005 22 DET AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
2006 23 DET AL 30 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .500 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $980,000 1 CYA-7,MVP-15,RoY-1
2007 24 DET AL 32 5 -1 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $1,030,000 1 AS,CYA-5
2008 25 DET AL 33 5 -1 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $1,130,000 1
2009 26 DET AL 35 4 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $3,675,000 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-20
2010 27 DET AL 33 5 -1 0 -0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $6,850,000 1 AS,CYA-11
2011 28 DET AL 34 4 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .499 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $12,850,000 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
2012 29 DET AL 33 8 -2 -0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $20,000,000 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-8
8 Seasons 232 33 -9 -0 -0 0 6 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.4 .498 .500 -0.4 0.2 -3 $46,515,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2006 23 DET AL 2 2 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .275 .000 .340 .000 .438 .000 .778 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
2007 24 DET AL 5 5 0 0.0 109 .000 .000 .273 .000 .341 .000 .428 .000 .769 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2008 25 DET AL 5 5 0 0.0 107 .000 .000 .270 .000 .339 .000 .425 .000 .763 -100 .000 -1.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2009 26 DET AL 4 4 0 0.0 108 .000 .000 .268 .000 .338 .000 .431 .000 .768 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2010 27 DET AL 5 6 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .263 .000 .331 .000 .411 .000 .742 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2011 28 DET AL 4 4 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .260 .000 .326 .000 .412 .000 .738 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2012 29 DET AL 8 8 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .262 .000 .327 .000 .421 .000 .748 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
9 Yrs 33 34 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .266 .000 .334 .000 .421 .000 .755 -100 .000 -6.9 -0.7 .000 .000 .000
162 Game Avg. 22 23 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .266 .000 .334 .000 .421 .000 .755 -100 .000 -6.9 -0.7 .000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2006 23 DET AL ALDS NYY W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 23 DET AL ALCS OAK W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 23 DET AL WS STL L 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 28 DET AL ALDS NYY W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 28 DET AL ALCS TEX L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 29 DET AL ALDS OAK W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 29 DET AL ALCS NYY W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 29 DET AL WS SFG L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (8 Series) 12 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ALDS 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ALCS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 DET AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 DET AL 26 DNP
2010 DET AL 27
2011 DET AL 28 DNP
2012 DET AL 29 as P

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2006 23 DET AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 1.00 50% 0% 0.0% 0%
2007 24 DET AL 5 0.0% 60.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3 20% 0%
2008 25 DET AL 5 0.0% 60.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.7 1.00 1.00 40% 0% 0.0% 0%
2009 26 DET AL 4 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 25% 0%
2010 27 DET AL 5 0.0% 60.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3 3.00 20% 0%
2011 28 DET AL 4 0.0% 75.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3 0.00 0.00 25% 0% 0.0% 0%
2012 29 DET AL 8 0.0% 12.5% 0.0% 0.0% 4.0 0.50 2.50 38% 14% 0.0% 0%
8 Yrs 33 0.0% 42.4% 0.0% 0.0% 1.7 1.00 2.14 30% 5% 0.0% 0%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.9% 8.4% 7.8% 34% 2.13 5.0 33.8 7.9 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.6% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2005 22 DET AL 0.0 0.0
2006 23 DET AL -0.3 -0.0 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .73 -0.0 -0.0 -0.5 -0.1 1.11 -0.5 0
2007 24 DET AL -1.2 -0.1 5 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 1.29 -0.1 -0.0 -1.7 -0.2 1.13 -1.4 0
2008 25 DET AL -1.5 -0.1 5 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 1.61 -0.1 0.0 -1.8 -0.2 1.29 -1.4 0
2009 26 DET AL -0.6 -0.1 4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .79 -0.1 0.0 -0.8 -0.1 0.94 -0.9 0
2010 27 DET AL -1.1 -0.1 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .58 -0.2 -0.0 -2.8 -0.3 1.38 -1.8 0
2011 28 DET AL -1.1 -0.1 4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .73 -0.1 -0.0 -1.5 -0.1 1.12 -1.3 0
2012 29 DET AL -1.1 -0.1 8 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 1.26 -0.2 0.0 -1.8 -0.2 1.10 -1.7 0
8 Yrs -6.9 -0.7 33 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 1.06 -0.8 0.0 -11.0 -1.0 1.16 -9.1 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2006 23 DET AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 24 DET AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 25 DET AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 26 DET AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 27 DET AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 28 DET AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 29 DET AL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2006 23 DET AL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 0 0 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
2007 24 DET AL 5 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2008 25 DET AL 5 60% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2009 26 DET AL 4 75% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2010 27 DET AL 5 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 3 1 33% 3 1 33% 6 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
2011 28 DET AL 4 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2012 29 DET AL 8 38% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 4 0 0% 4 2 50% 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 33 30% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 9 82% 13 1 8% 16 4 25% 29 0 0% 3 0 0% 2 2 100% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 15% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2006 23 DET AL 2 6 3.00 3 50% 0% 33% 0% 67% 100% 0% 50% 67% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2007 24 DET AL 5 17 3.40 13 76% 15% 23% 46% 15% 85% 0% 65% 73% 60% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 33% 0 0 0
2008 25 DET AL 5 20 4.00 17 85% 29% 35% 24% 12% 71% 0% 60% 50% 80% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 33% 0 0 0
2009 26 DET AL 4 13 3.25 8 62% 25% 25% 13% 38% 75% 0% 46% 67% 50% 0% 0 0 25% 1 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2010 27 DET AL 5 20 4.00 14 70% 21% 29% 36% 14% 79% 0% 55% 64% 80% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2011 28 DET AL 4 14 3.50 11 79% 0% 27% 64% 9% 100% 0% 79% 73% 75% 0% 0 0 25% 1 1 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2012 29 DET AL 8 23 2.88 19 83% 11% 32% 21% 37% 89% 0% 74% 65% 63% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
7 Yrs 33 113 3.42 85 75% 16% 29% 32% 22% 84% 0% 63% 65% 64% 0% 0 0 6% 2 1 0% 0 0 14% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 14% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2006 23 32 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
2007 24 64 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0
2008 25 97 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0
2009 26 132 16 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 4 0 0
2010 27 165 21 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 5 0 0
2011 28 199 25 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 5 0 0
2012 29 232 33 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 9 0 0
2013 30 242 33 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 9 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2006 23 30 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 30
2007 24 32 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 32
2008 25 33 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 33
2009 26 35 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 35
2010 27 33 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 33
2011 28 34 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 34
2012 29 33 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 33
7 Yrs 230 33 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 230
162 Game Avg. 162 23 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 230

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2007 *
2009
2010 *
2011
2012 (P)

Awards (yr lg award)
2006 AL Rookie of the Year
2011 AL Cy Young
2011 ML Major League Player of the Year
2011 AL MVP
2011 AL pitching_title
2011 AL Triple Crown
2011 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year
2012 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2006 AL (15, 2%)
2009 AL (20, 2%)
2011 AL (1, 71%)
2012 AL (8, 15%)
1 MVP
0.90 Career Shares (282nd)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2006 AL (7, 1%)
2007 AL (5, 1%)
2009 AL (3, 10%)
2010 AL (11, 1%)
2011 AL (1, 100%)
2012 AL (2, 76%)
1 Cy Young
1.89 Career Shares (17th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2011 AL  8.4 (2nd)
2012 AL  7.7 (3rd)
Active  36.8 (36th)

Salary s c a p y
2013 AL  $20,000,000 (8th)

                           

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