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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 Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2005 22 DET AL 0 2 .000 7.15 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.1 15 9 9 1 5 0 7 1 0 1 54 61 1.765 11.9 0.8 4.0 5.6 1.40
2006 23 DET AL 17 9 .654 3.63 30 30 0 1 1 0 186.0 187 78 75 21 60 1 124 6 1 5 776 125 1.328 9.0 1.0 2.9 6.0 2.07 CYA-7,MVP-15,RoY-1
2007 24 DET AL 18 6 .750 3.66 32 32 0 1 1 0 201.2 181 88 82 20 67 3 183 19 2 17 866 125 1.230 8.1 0.9 3.0 8.2 2.73 AS,CYA-5
2008 25 DET AL 11 17 .393 4.84 33 33 0 1 0 0 201.0 195 119 108 18 87 8 163 14 3 6 880 92 1.403 8.7 0.8 3.9 7.3 1.87
2009 26 DET AL 19 9 .679 3.45 35 35 0 3 1 0 240.0 219 99 92 20 63 5 269 6 4 8 982 131 1.175 8.2 0.8 2.4 10.1 4.27 AS,CYA-3,MVP-20
2010 27 DET AL 18 9 .667 3.37 33 33 0 4 0 0 224.1 190 89 84 14 71 0 219 6 2 11 925 124 1.163 7.6 0.6 2.8 8.8 3.08 AS,CYA-11
2011 28 DET AL 24 5 .828 2.40 34 34 0 4 2 0 251.0 174 73 67 24 57 0 250 3 2 7 969 172 0.920 6.2 0.9 2.0 9.0 4.39 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
2012 29 DET AL 17 8 .680 2.64 33 33 0 6 1 0 238.1 192 81 70 19 60 2 239 5 1 2 956 161 1.057 7.3 0.7 2.3 9.0 3.98 AS,CYA-2,MVP-8
2013 30 DET AL 5 4 .556 3.66 10 10 0 0 0 0 59.0 60 26 24 3 21 0 69 1 0 0 253 119 1.373 9.2 0.5 3.2 10.5 3.29
9 Yrs 129 69 .652 3.41 242 242 0 20 6 0 1612.2 1413 662 611 140 491 19 1523 61 15 57 6661 128 1.181 7.9 0.8 2.7 8.5 3.10
162 Game Avg. 18 10 .652 3.41 34 34 0 3 1 0 227 199 93 86 20 69 3 214 9 2 8 936 128 1.181 7.9 0.8 2.7 8.5 3.10

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2005 22 DET AL 11.1 2 2 9 7.15 4.58 0.19 0.17 94.1 4.29 -4 -0.3 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .341 .498
2006 23 DET AL 186.0 30 30 78 3.77 4.98 0.24 0.19 100.8 4.97 22 2.3 -0.1 4.1 46 .577 .514 $980,000 CYA-7,MVP-15,RoY-1
2007 24 DET AL 201.2 32 32 88 3.93 4.93 0.21 0.19 101.3 4.97 22 2.2 -0.1 4.2 46 .570 .514 $1,030,000 AS,CYA-5
2008 25 DET AL 201.0 33 33 119 5.33 4.83 -0.33 0.19 102.5 5.48 -0 -0.0 -0.1 1.9 25 .499 .500 $1,130,000
2009 26 DET AL 240.0 35 35 99 3.71 4.90 0.18 0.19 101.1 4.97 31 3.3 -0.2 5.6 60 .594 .520 $3,675,000 AS,CYA-3,MVP-20
2010 27 DET AL 224.1 33 33 89 3.57 4.43 0.12 0.16 99.3 4.43 20 2.2 -0.1 4.3 45 .566 .513 $6,850,000 AS,CYA-11
2011 28 DET AL 251.0 34 34 73 2.62 4.39 0.08 0.16 101.0 4.51 52 6.1 -0.2 8.4 79 .678 .537 $12,850,000 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
2012 29 DET AL 238.1 33 33 81 3.06 4.45 -0.19 0.17 100.9 4.85 47 5.5 -0.2 7.8 72 .667 .534 $20,000,000 AS,CYA-2,MVP-8
2013 30 DET AL 59.0 10 10 26 3.97 4.60 -0.08 0.18 101.2 4.91 5 0.6 -0.1 1.1 12 .557 .504 $20,000,000
9 Seasons 1612.2 242 242 662 3.69 4.68 0.04 0.18 100.9 4.86 196 21.8 -1.1 37.1 382 .590 .515 $66,515,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2006 23 DET AL ALDS W NYY 0 0 5.06 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 7 3 3 1 4 0 5 0 0 0 26 2.063 11.8 1.7 6.8 8.4 1.25
2006 23 DET AL ALCS W OAK 1 0 1.000 6.75 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 7 4 4 2 1 0 6 0 1 1 24 1.500 11.8 3.4 1.7 10.1 6.00
2006 23 DET AL WS L STL 0 2 .000 5.73 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.0 12 10 7 2 5 0 12 0 0 2 50 1.545 9.8 1.6 4.1 9.8 2.40
2011 28 DET AL ALDS W NYY 1 0 1.000 5.00 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.0 6 5 5 0 5 0 12 1 0 1 38 1.222 6.0 0.0 5.0 12.0 2.40
2011 28 DET AL ALCS L TEX 1 1 .500 5.56 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.1 13 7 7 2 5 0 13 0 0 1 53 1.588 10.3 1.6 4.0 10.3 2.60
2012 29 DET AL ALDS W OAK 2 0 1.000 0.56 2 2 0 1 1 0 16.0 7 1 1 1 5 0 22 0 0 0 59 0.750 3.9 0.6 2.8 12.4 4.40
2012 29 DET AL ALCS W NYY 1 0 1.000 1.08 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.1 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 28 0.360 3.2 1.1 0.0 3.2
2012 29 DET AL WS L SFG 0 1 .000 11.25 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 5 5 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 19 1.750 13.5 4.5 2.3 9.0 4.00
3 Yrs (8 Series) 6 4 .600 4.22 12 12 0 1 1 0 70.1 61 36 33 11 26 0 77 1 1 5 297 1.237 7.8 1.4 3.3 9.9 2.96
3 ALDS 3 0 1.000 2.67 5 5 0 1 1 0 30.1 20 9 9 2 14 0 39 1 0 1 123 1.121 5.9 0.6 4.2 11.6 2.79
3 ALCS 3 1 .750 4.32 4 4 0 0 0 0 25.0 23 12 12 5 6 0 22 0 1 2 105 1.160 8.3 1.8 2.2 7.9 3.67
2 WS 0 3 .000 7.20 3 3 0 0 0 0 15.0 18 15 12 4 6 0 16 0 0 2 69 1.600 10.8 2.4 3.6 9.6 2.67

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2007 DET AL 24 0 0 0 9.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 DET AL 26
2010 DET AL 27 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
2011 DET AL 28
2012 DET AL 29 1 0 1 .000 45.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 5 5 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 9 6.000 36.0 0.0 18.0 18.0 1.00
5 Yrs (3 GP) 1 0 1 .000 18.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 8 6 6 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 19 3.333 24.0 0.0 6.0 12.0 2.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
2005 22 DET AL 2 54 48 9 15 5 0 1 1 0 5 7 .313 .389 .479 .868 .350 23 0 1 0 0 0 0
2006 23 DET AL 30 776 703 78 187 33 4 21 1 5 60 124 .266 .327 .414 .741 .295 291 21 6 2 4 1 4
2007 24 DET AL 32 866 776 88 181 33 2 20 4 1 67 183 .233 .309 .358 .668 .280 278 10 19 3 1 3 8
2008 25 DET AL 33 880 769 119 195 39 1 18 8 9 87 163 .254 .338 .377 .715 .298 290 14 14 4 6 8 6
2009 26 DET AL 35 982 902 99 219 50 2 20 9 16 63 269 .243 .295 .369 .665 .323 333 10 6 6 4 5 6
2010 27 DET AL 33 925 834 89 190 37 7 14 24 7 71 219 .228 .291 .339 .630 .289 283 8 6 6 8 0 6
2011 28 DET AL 34 969 904 73 174 31 3 24 10 5 57 250 .192 .242 .313 .555 .237 283 12 3 2 3 0 7
2012 29 DET AL 33 956 884 81 192 40 2 19 16 4 60 239 .217 .270 .331 .601 .275 293 16 5 4 3 2 9
2013 30 DET AL 10 253 230 26 60 14 0 3 3 1 21 69 .261 .324 .361 .685 .358 83 5 1 0 1 0 1
9 Yrs 242 6661 6050 662 1413 282 21 140 76 48 491 1523 .234 .296 .357 .653 .288 2157 96 61 27 30 19 47
162 Game Avg. 34 936 850 93 199 40 3 20 11 7 69 214 .234 .296 .357 .653 .288 303 13 9 4 4 3 7
MLB Averages .262 .329 .414 .743 .298

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2005 22 DET AL -3.2 -0.3 57 -0.4 0.6 -1.0 .72 -0.3 -0.3 -2.8 -0.3 0.72 -2.9 0 0 0
2006 23 DET AL 20.2 2.0 795 2.2 14.0 -11.7 .93 1.4 1.0 28.2 2.8 0.93 16.1 0 0 0
2007 24 DET AL 20.4 2.0 889 2.0 15.4 -13.5 .99 2.3 -0.3 24.6 2.4 0.99 27.4 0 0 0
2008 25 DET AL -9.3 -0.9 909 -0.6 14.1 -14.7 .93 0.6 -1.2 -3.9 -0.4 0.93 7.5 0 0 0
2009 26 DET AL 28.2 2.8 1020 4.3 20.4 -16.0 1.08 3.7 0.4 33.4 3.4 1.08 43.3 0 0 0
2010 27 DET AL 20.9 2.2 975 1.3 15.4 -14.2 .94 2.7 -1.4 22.5 2.3 0.94 30.8 0 0 0
2011 28 DET AL 47.7 5.2 995 5.0 17.9 -12.9 .93 6.3 -1.0 51.8 5.7 0.94 69.2 0 0 0
2012 29 DET AL 38.1 4.1 982 4.1 18.6 -14.4 1.03 4.6 -0.6 38.8 4.1 1.03 51.6 0 0 0
2013 30 DET AL 4.2 0.4 257 0.0 4.0 -4.0 .91 0.4 -0.3 3.2 0.3 0.91 3.9 0 0 0
9 Yrs 167.3 17.7 6879 18.0 120.4 -102.4 .97 21.6 -3.2 195.7 20.5 0.97 247.0 0 0 0

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2005 22 DET AL 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 38.0 39 37 2 1 0 2 1.0 0.8 5.7 91 0 2 0 0 95
2006 23 DET AL 30 30 17 9 4 4 2 19 11 .633 0 2 1 1 18 60% 52.3 83 15 10 6 0 14 5.7 6.5 6.2 99 2 12 14 2 126
2007 24 DET AL 32 32 18 6 8 3 0 22 10 .688 3 3 1 1 21 66% 55.0 95 18 17 7 0 18 6.2 6.9 6.3 105 1 10 19 2 129
2008 25 DET AL 33 33 11 17 5 2 2 13 20 .394 3 1 1 0 13 39% 48.9 78 15 28 15 0 17 4.3 4.1 6.1 107 2 4 25 2 130
2009 26 DET AL 35 35 19 9 7 2 3 23 12 .657 2 4 3 1 22 63% 58.6 92 15 14 6 0 12 4.9 4.7 6.9 112 1 4 19 11 129
2010 27 DET AL 33 33 18 9 6 3 3 21 12 .636 0 6 4 0 22 67% 58.5 88 25 16 7 0 16 5.3 5.1 6.8 113 1 2 19 11 127
2011 28 DET AL 34 34 24 5 5 3 4 25 9 .735 0 4 4 2 28 82% 65.9 94 32 11 0 0 13 4.7 5.0 7.4 116 0 0 24 10 132
2012 29 DET AL 33 33 17 8 8 0 2 21 12 .636 2 3 6 1 25 76% 62.7 95 16 7 3 0 13 4.0 4.1 7.2 114 0 1 23 9 132
2013 30 DET AL 10 10 5 4 1 2 2 5 5 .500 1 0 0 0 6 60% 54.5 80 15 0 0 0 6 5.0 6.4 5.9 106 1 2 6 1 126
9 Yrs 242 242 129 69 44 19 18 149 93 .616 11 23 20 6 155 64% 57 95 15 105 45 0 111 5.0 5.2 6.7 109 8 37 149 48 132
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 101 -13 4.6 4.6 5.9 95

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2005 22 DET AL 54 35% 1.9% 13.0% 9.3% 11.1% 40% 0.95 1.25 74% 20% 5.6% 14% 7 0 0%
2006 23 DET AL 776 52% 2.7% 16.0% 7.7% 7.5% 31% 0.73 1.02 72% 21% 7.1% 12% 136 21 15%
2007 24 DET AL 866 46% 2.3% 21.1% 7.7% 6.4% 30% 0.74 0.81 66% 18% 6.9% 15% 161 10 6%
2008 25 DET AL 880 52% 2.1% 18.5% 9.9% 6.6% 30% 0.67 0.79 68% 19% 5.8% 15% 174 14 8%
2009 26 DET AL 982 44% 2.0% 27.4% 6.4% 7.3% 33% 0.57 0.69 63% 23% 5.8% 14% 168 10 6%
2010 27 DET AL 925 43% 1.5% 23.7% 7.7% 6.3% 31% 0.71 0.87 66% 21% 4.7% 18% 152 8 5%
2011 28 DET AL 969 44% 2.5% 25.8% 5.9% 6.0% 33% 0.70 0.80 65% 17% 7.5% 17% 127 12 9%
2012 29 DET AL 956 44% 2.0% 25.0% 6.3% 6.4% 32% 0.74 1.05 66% 19% 6.3% 18% 152 16 11%
2013 30 DET AL 253 37% 1.2% 27.3% 8.3% 6.7% 28% 0.82 1.02 63% 23% 3.8% 12% 50 5 10%
9 Yrs 6661 46% 2.1% 22.9% 7.4% 6.7% 31% 0.70 0.86 66% 20% 6.2% 15% 1127 96 9%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.9% 8.4% 7.8% 34% 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.6% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2005 22 DET AL 54 182 3.37 115 63% 30% 10% 25% 36% 70% 0% 45% 86% 65% 4% 2 2 17% 9 3 1 29% 1 0 0 0 0
2006 23 DET AL 779 2968 3.81 1868 63% 26% 14% 29% 31% 74% 0% 47% 82% 58% 4% 32 21 23% 180 112 9 24% 21 11 -3 0 0
2007 24 DET AL 867 3355 3.87 2127 63% 26% 15% 31% 28% 74% 1% 47% 80% 58% 4% 33 22 23% 199 110 11 31% 32 8 -1 0 0
2008 25 DET AL 882 3528 4.00 2173 62% 26% 15% 31% 28% 74% 2% 46% 80% 58% 6% 54 30 23% 199 112 11 24% 21 16 -2 0 0
2009 26 DET AL 990 3937 3.98 2635 67% 26% 18% 31% 24% 74% 2% 49% 75% 62% 3% 26 16 31% 311 184 15 25% 56 5 -8 0 0
2010 27 DET AL 931 3745 4.02 2446 65% 29% 15% 30% 26% 71% 0% 47% 78% 63% 4% 34 23 28% 258 154 14 28% 43 11 -6 0 0
2011 28 DET AL 969 3941 4.07 2591 66% 29% 17% 29% 25% 71% 0% 47% 76% 61% 3% 28 23 28% 275 150 11 33% 38 5 0 0 0
2012 29 DET AL 956 3768 3.94 2492 66% 25% 19% 29% 26% 75% 1% 49% 74% 61% 3% 27 13 27% 262 150 18 24% 32 12 0 0 0
2013 30 DET AL 254 1055 4.15 706 67% 27% 18% 32% 23% 73% 0% 49% 75% 63% 3% 7 4 37% 95 53 4 23% 14 3 -1 0 0
9 Yrs 6682 26479 3.96 17153 65% 27% 16% 30% 27% 73% 1% 47% 78% 60% 4% 243 154 27% 1788 1028 94 27% 258 71 -21 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 23% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2005 22 DET AL 54 15 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 5 2 1 40% 0 1 0 18 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2006 23 DET AL 776 187 13 1 21 1 7 8 13 9 12 23 14 3 61% 4 5 0 287 1 5 17% 1 4 0 1 0 0 8 1 12 0
2007 24 DET AL 866 181 17 0 20 1 11 7 13 9 11 33 18 4 55% 8 17 1 322 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 25 0
2008 25 DET AL 880 195 21 3 18 0 26 10 8 10 8 55 35 5 64% 6 6 2 311 8 9 47% 7 7 0 2 1 0 1 0 23 0
2009 26 DET AL 982 219 16 3 20 0 20 6 14 11 9 45 23 9 51% 6 8 0 329 9 16 36% 9 13 0 3 0 0 3 1 24 0
2010 27 DET AL 925 190 18 1 14 1 16 5 9 6 8 42 23 7 55% 6 11 0 304 24 7 77% 22 7 2 0 0 0 3 0 32 0
2011 28 DET AL 969 174 18 2 24 0 10 14 10 9 15 31 10 12 32% 7 7 0 276 10 5 67% 9 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 13 0
2012 29 DET AL 956 192 21 2 19 0 12 8 11 8 11 37 18 10 49% 9 2 2 316 16 4 80% 14 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 8 0
2013 30 DET AL 253 60 10 0 3 0 9 2 1 1 2 12 6 4 50% 1 0 1 92 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
9 Yrs 6661 1413 135 12 140 3 112 60 80 64 76 283 149 55 53% 47 57 6 2255 76 48 61% 70 40 5 8 1 0 19 2 140 0
MLB Averages 53% 73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2005 22 0 2 .000 7.15 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.1 15 9 9 1 5 0 7 1 0 1 54 61 1.765 11.9 0.8 4.0 5.6 1.40 61
2006 23 17 11 .607 3.83 32 32 0 1 1 0 197.1 202 87 84 22 65 1 131 7 1 6 830 118 1.353 9.2 1.0 3.0 6.0 2.02 118
2007 24 35 17 .673 3.74 64 64 0 2 2 0 399.0 383 175 166 42 132 4 314 26 3 23 1696 121 1.291 8.6 0.9 3.0 7.1 2.38 121
2008 25 46 34 .575 4.11 97 97 0 3 2 0 600.0 578 294 274 60 219 12 477 40 6 29 2576 110 1.328 8.7 0.9 3.3 7.2 2.18 110
2009 26 65 43 .602 3.92 132 132 0 6 3 0 840.0 797 393 366 80 282 17 746 46 10 37 3558 115 1.285 8.5 0.9 3.0 8.0 2.65 115
2010 27 83 52 .615 3.81 165 165 0 10 3 0 1064.1 987 482 450 94 353 17 965 52 12 48 4483 117 1.259 8.3 0.8 3.0 8.2 2.73 117
2011 28 107 57 .652 3.54 199 199 0 14 5 0 1315.1 1161 555 517 118 410 17 1215 55 14 55 5452 124 1.194 7.9 0.8 2.8 8.3 2.96 124
2012 29 124 65 .656 3.40 232 232 0 20 6 0 1553.2 1353 636 587 137 470 19 1454 60 15 57 6408 128 1.173 7.8 0.8 2.7 8.4 3.09 128
2013 30 129 69 .652 3.41 242 242 0 20 6 0 1612.2 1413 662 611 140 491 19 1523 61 15 57 6661 128 1.181 7.9 0.8 2.7 8.5 3.10 128

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2005 22 0 1 .000 8.18 11.0 16 11 10 1 5 7 1 1.909 13.1 4.1 5.7 1.40 0.8 2
2006 23 10 9 .526 3.68 176.0 183 80 72 21 59 117 6 1.375 9.4 3.0 6.0 1.98 1.1 30
2007 24 12 10 .545 3.49 201.0 177 87 78 20 66 183 19 1.209 7.9 3.0 8.2 2.77 0.9 32
2008 25 9 12 .429 4.75 197.0 191 116 104 18 85 159 14 1.401 8.7 3.9 7.3 1.87 0.8 33
2009 26 14 11 .560 3.48 233.0 216 100 90 20 62 261 6 1.193 8.3 2.4 10.1 4.21 0.8 35
2010 27 13 11 .542 3.65 217.0 195 98 88 14 73 212 6 1.235 8.1 3.0 8.8 2.90 0.6 33
2011 28 19 8 .704 2.59 243.0 178 78 70 25 58 242 3 0.971 6.6 2.1 9.0 4.17 0.9 34
2012 29 17 8 .680 2.75 232.0 194 79 71 19 61 233 5 1.099 7.5 2.4 9.0 3.82 0.7 33
2013 30 3 3 .500 3.95 57.0 61 28 25 3 21 66 1 1.439 9.6 3.3 10.4 3.14 0.5 10
9 Yrs 97 73 .571 3.49 1567.0 1411 677 608 141 490 1480 61 1.213 8.1 8.5 3.02 0.8 242

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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  36.7 (35th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2009 AL  5.6 (6th)
2011 AL  8.4 (1st)
2012 AL  7.8 (1st)
Active  37.1 (10th)
Career  37.1 (189th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2006 AL  3.63 (7th)
2009 AL  3.45 (6th)
2011 AL  2.40 (1st)
2012 AL  2.64 (2nd)
Active  3.41 (11th)

Wins s c a p y
2006 AL  17 (4th)
2007 AL  18 (6th)
2009 AL  19 (1st)
2010 AL  18 (4th)
2011 AL  24 (1st)
2012 AL  17 (4th)
2013 AL  5 (9th)
Active  129 (18th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2006 AL  .654 (9th)
2007 AL  .750 (1st)
2009 AL  .679 (8th)
2010 AL  .667 (10th)
2011 AL  .828 (1st)
2012 AL  .680 (5th)
Active  .652 (4th)
Career  .652 (25th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2009 AL  1.175 (5th)
2010 AL  1.163 (8th)
2011 AL  0.920 (1st)
2012 AL  1.057 (2nd)
Active  1.181 (9th)
Career  1.181 (103rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 AL  8.078 (5th)
2009 AL  8.213 (6th)
2010 AL  7.623 (8th)
2011 AL  6.239 (1st)
2012 AL  7.250 (2nd)
Active  7.886 (8th)
Career  7.886 (88th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2009 AL  2.363 (10th)
2011 AL  2.044 (8th)
Active  2.740 (31st)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 AL  8.167 (8th)
2009 AL  10.088 (1st)
2010 AL  8.786 (4th)
2011 AL  8.964 (3rd)
2012 AL  9.025 (3rd)
2013 AL  10.525 (5th)
Active  8.500 (9th)
Career  8.500 (22nd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2009 AL  240.0 (1st)
2010 AL  224.3 (3rd)
2011 AL  251.0 (1st)
2012 AL  238.3 (1st)
Active  1,612.7 (33rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2007 AL  183 (10th)
2009 AL  269 (1st)
2010 AL  219 (4th)
2011 AL  250 (1st)
2012 AL  239 (1st)
2013 AL  69 (6th)
Active  1,523 (20th)
Career  1,523 (178th)

Games Started s c a p y
2008 AL  33 (5th)
2009 AL  35 (1st)
2010 AL  33 (4th)
2011 AL  34 (1st)
2012 AL  33 (4th)
2013 AL  10 (1st)
Active  242 (33rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
2009 AL  3 (5th)
2010 AL  4 (5th)
2011 AL  4 (4th)
2012 AL  6 (1st)
Active  20 (12th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2006 AL  1 (5th)
2007 AL  1 (5th)
2009 AL  1 (7th)
2011 AL  2 (5th)
2012 AL  1 (7th)
Active  6 (14th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2011 AL  24 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2007 AL  67 (9th)
2008 AL  87 (3rd)
Active  491 (40th)

Hits s c a p y
2009 AL  219 (7th)
Active  1,413 (43rd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2009 AL  4.270 (3rd)
2010 AL  3.085 (10th)
2011 AL  4.386 (3rd)
2012 AL  3.983 (2nd)
Active  3.102 (14th)
Career  3.102 (40th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 AL  0.806 (10th)
2009 AL  0.750 (4th)
2010 AL  0.562 (4th)
2012 AL  0.718 (5th)
2013 AL  0.458 (5th)
Active  0.781 (12th)

Losses s c a p y
2008 AL  17 (1st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2008 AL  108 (5th)
2009 AL  92 (10th)
Active  611 (50th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2007 AL  17 (1st)
2009 AL  8 (8th)
2010 AL  11 (7th)
Active  57 (25th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2007 AL  19 (1st)
2008 AL  14 (3rd)
Active  61 (30th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2008 AL  880 (9th)
2009 AL  982 (1st)
2010 AL  925 (5th)
2011 AL  969 (3rd)
2012 AL  956 (1st)
Active  6,661 (33rd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2006 AL  125 (7th)
2009 AL  131 (6th)
2011 AL  172 (1st)
2012 AL  161 (1st)
Active  128 (7th)
Career  128 (46th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2009 AL  28 (6th)
2011 AL  48 (1st)
2012 AL  39 (1st)
Active  168 (9th)
Career  168 (110th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2009 AL  2.9 (6th)
2011 AL  5.2 (1st)
2012 AL  4.2 (1st)
Active  17.7 (9th)
Career  17.7 (108th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2006 AL  28.17 (7th)
2009 AL  33.37 (4th)
2011 AL  51.82 (1st)
2012 AL  38.78 (2nd)
Active  195.72 (8th)
Career  195.72 (48th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2009 AL  4.3 (3rd)
2011 AL  5.0 (2nd)
2012 AL  4.1 (4th)
Active  18.0 (12th)
Career  18.0 (76th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2009 AL  3.7 (4th)
2010 AL  2.7 (7th)
2011 AL  6.3 (1st)
2012 AL  4.6 (1st)
Active  21.6 (7th)
Career  21.6 (44th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2006 AL  2.8 (7th)
2009 AL  3.4 (4th)
2011 AL  5.7 (1st)
2012 AL  4.1 (2nd)
Active  20.5 (7th)
Career  20.5 (47th)

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


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 46 (29), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 131 (129), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 102 (95), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 31 (136), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (181st), 36.1 career WAR/35.9 7yr-peak WAR/36.0 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Cliff Lee (933)
  2. Jered Weaver (924)
  3. Jake Peavy (924)
  4. Sal Maglie (924)
  5. Gary Nolan (914)
  6. Denny McLain (914)
  7. John Tudor (913)
  8. Larry Jansen (907)
  9. Felix Hernandez (907)
  10. Dan Haren (905)
Similar Pitchers through 29 
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  1. Mike Mussina (954)
  2. Tim Hudson (930)
  3. Ramon Martinez (930)
  4. Jake Peavy (929)
  5. Jack McDowell (926)
  6. Tom Glavine (926)
  7. Roy Oswalt (926)
  8. Jered Weaver (924)
  9. Carlos Zambrano (923)
  10. Johan Santana (923)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Clark Griffith (987) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Elden Auker (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Sammy Ellis (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Kevin Millwood (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Josh Beckett (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mike Mussina (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mike Mussina (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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