Justin Verlander
Justin Brooks Verlander
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 20, 1983 in Manakin Sabot, VA
High School: Goochland (Goochland, VA)
School: Old Dominion University
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
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2005 DET AL 22 P 2 2 11.1 5 2 2 1 0 .800 3.18 2.00 .960 1.67 0.45
2006 DET AL 23 P 30 30 186.0 38 11 24 3 4 .921 1.69 1.17 .961 1.56 0.41 CYA-7,MVP-15,RoY-1
2007 DET AL 24 P 32 32 201.2 24 7 17 0 0 1.000 1.07 0.75 .954 1.60 0.42 AS,CYA-5
2008 DET AL 25 P 33 33 201.0 33 7 24 2 1 .939 1.39 0.94 .952 1.60 0.42
2009 DET AL 26 P 35 35 240.0 36 14 20 2 4 .944 1.27 0.97 .956 1.53 0.40 AS
5 Seasons P 132 132 840.0 136 41 87 8 9 .941 1.37 0.97 .956 1.57 0.41
5 Seasons TOT 132 132 840.0 136 41 87 8 9 .941 1.37 0.97 .897 1.57 0.41

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2005 DET AL 22 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 DET AL 23 30 1 1 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 DET AL 24 32 2 2 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 DET AL 25 33 2 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 DET AL 26 35 35 2 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 132 40 7 132 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
2005 DET AL 22 57 77% 35% 2 100% 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 DET AL 23 795 76% 31% 22 82% 0 11 2 7 24 12 2 3 0 0 3 1 4 2 2 1 3 67%
2007 DET AL 24 889 70% 28% 18 94% 0 7 1 5 17 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
2008 DET AL 25 909 71% 27% 24 96% 0 7 0 5 24 19 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 5 80%
2009 DET AL 26 1020 67% 23% 21 86% 0 14 1 12 20 13 2 2 1 0 1 0 4 1 4 0 5 80%
5 Seasons 3670 71% 27% 87 90% 0 41 4 31 87 61 6 8 1 0 7 1 9 4 7 1 15 80%
MLB Averages 74% 31% 87% 81%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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