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Justin Verlander

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
Team: Tigers 2005-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 5 yrs/$79.5M (10-14) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.002, Free Agent: 2015 [*], 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 7 969 170 0.920 6.2 0.9 2.0 9.0 4.39 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
2012 29 DET AL 5 3 .625 2.55 11 11 0 3 1 0 81.1 56 25 23 4 16 0 82 2 1 1 315 162 0.885 6.2 0.4 1.8 9.1 5.13
8 Yrs 112 60 .651 3.48 210 210 0 17 6 0 1396.2 1217 580 540 122 426 17 1297 57 15 56 5767 125 1.176 7.8 0.8 2.7 8.4 3.04
162 Game Avg. 18 10 .651 3.48 34 34 0 3 1 0 226 197 94 87 20 69 3 210 9 2 9 934 125 1.176 7.8 0.8 2.7 8.4 3.04

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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 93.0 4.25 -4 -0.3 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .339 .498 $
2006 23 DET AL 186.0 30 30 78 3.77 4.98 0.24 0.19 99.7 4.92 22 2.2 -0.1 3.8 47 .575 .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 3.9 49 .570 .514 $1,030,000 AS,CYA-5
2008 25 DET AL 201.0 33 33 119 5.33 4.85 -0.33 0.19 101.1 5.43 -1 -0.1 -0.1 1.5 27 .496 .499 $1,130,000
2009 26 DET AL 240.0 35 35 99 3.71 4.91 0.18 0.19 100.0 4.92 31 3.2 -0.2 5.2 62 .592 .520 $3,675,000 AS,CYA-3,MVP-20
2010 27 DET AL 224.1 33 33 89 3.57 4.45 0.12 0.16 99.3 4.46 21 2.3 -0.1 4.1 48 .569 .514 $6,850,000 AS,CYA-11
2011 28 DET AL 251.0 34 34 73 2.62 4.39 0.08 0.16 102.1 4.56 54 6.3 -0.2 8.3 83 .684 .539 $12,850,000 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
2012 29 DET AL 81.1 11 11 25 2.77 4.61 -0.35 0.18 100.5 5.16 22 2.6 -0.1 3.2 31 .736 .516 $
8 Seasons 1396.2 210 210 580 3.74 4.73 0.06 0.18 100.6 4.87 165 18.4 -1.0 29.8 343 .587 .514 $26,515,000

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
2 Yrs (5 Series) 3 3 .500 5.57 8 8 0 0 0 0 42.0 45 29 26 7 20 0 48 1 1 5 191 1.548 9.6 1.5 4.3 10.3 2.40
2 ALDS 1 0 1.000 5.02 3 3 0 0 0 0 14.1 13 8 8 1 9 0 17 1 0 1 64 1.535 8.2 0.6 5.7 10.7 1.89
2 ALCS 2 1 .667 5.94 3 3 0 0 0 0 16.2 20 11 11 4 6 0 19 0 1 2 77 1.560 10.8 2.2 3.2 10.3 3.17
1 WS 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

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
4 Yrs (2 GP) 0 0 0 4.50 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 9.0

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 11 315 295 25 56 13 1 4 6 2 16 82 .190 .236 .281 .517 .248 83 2 2 1 1 0 3
8 Yrs 210 5767 5231 580 1217 241 20 122 63 45 426 1297 .233 .296 .356 .652 .285 1864 77 57 24 27 17 40
162 Game Avg. 34 934 847 94 197 39 3 20 10 7 69 210 .233 .296 .356 .652 .285 302 12 9 4 4 3 6
MLB Averages .262 .330 .415 .745 .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 -2.8 0 0 0
2006 23 DET AL 21.0 2.1 795 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 -8.3 -0.8 909 -0.5 14.2 -14.7 .93 0.6 -1.2 -3.2 -0.3 0.93 8.3 0 0 0
2009 26 DET AL 29.1 3.0 1020 4.4 20.4 -16.0 1.08 3.7 0.4 33.5 3.4 1.08 43.5 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 47.1 5.2 995 4.9 17.8 -12.9 .93 6.2 -1.0 51.1 5.6 0.93 64.4 0 0 0
2012 29 DET AL 14.0 1.5 326 1.8 6.3 -4.5 1.08 2.3 -0.7 17.4 1.9 1.08 25.2 0 0 0
8 Yrs 141.0 14.8 5966 15.7 104.1 -88.5 .97 19.1 -2.9 171.2 18.0 0.97 212.9 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 11 11 5 3 3 0 1 6 5 .545 2 1 3 1 8 73% 66.0 95 38 2 2 0 5 3.6 3.6 7.4 112 0 0 9 2 131
8 Yrs 210 210 112 60 38 17 15 129 81 .614 10 21 17 6 132 63% 57 95 15 100 44 0 97 5.0 5.2 6.7 109 7 34 129 40 132
MLB Averages .500 50% 49 100 -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 0.79 65% 17% 7.5% 17% 127 12 9%
2012 29 DET AL 315 39% 1.3% 26.0% 5.1% 5.7% 32% 0.70 0.96 67% 19% 4.3% 26% 41 2 5%
8 Yrs 5767 46% 2.1% 22.5% 7.4% 6.6% 32% 0.69 0.83 67% 20% 6.2% 16% 966 77 8%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.6% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 0.80 1.08 70% 19% 7.6% 12% 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 315 1228 3.90 810 66% 27% 20% 26% 27% 73% 0% 48% 73% 62% 2% 6 5 23% 71 41 3 28% 10 1 0 0 0
8 Yrs 5787 22884 3.95 14765 65% 27% 16% 30% 27% 73% 1% 47% 78% 60% 4% 215 142 26% 1502 866 75 28% 222 57 -20 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 22% 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 3 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 6 2 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 2 0 13 0
2012 29 DET AL 315 56 4 0 4 0 3 2 2 0 4 14 6 4 43% 3 1 1 90 6 2 75% 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0
8 Yrs 5767 1217 108 10 122 3 94 52 70 55 67 248 131 45 53% 40 56 4 1937 63 45 58% 58 37 4 8 1 0 24 3 133 0
MLB Averages 53% 72%

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 29 112 60 .651 3.48 210 210 0 17 6 0 1396.2 1217 580 540 122 426 17 1297 57 15 56 5767 125 1.176 7.8 0.8 2.7 8.4 3.04 125

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 5 3 .625 2.70 80.0 57 27 24 4 16 81 2 0.913 6.4 1.8 9.1 5.06 0.5 11
8 Yrs 82 65 .558 3.55 1358.0 1213 597 536 123 424 1262 57 1.205 8.0 8.4 2.98 0.8 210

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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

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 Triple Crown
2011 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2006 AL (15, 2%)
2009 AL (20, 2%)
2011 AL (1, 71%)
1 MVP
0.75 Career Shares (321st)

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%)
1 Cy Young
1.13 Career Shares (45th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2011 AL  8.2 (2nd)
2012 AL  3.2 (2nd)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2009 AL  5.2 (6th)
2011 AL  8.3 (1st)
2012 AL  3.2 (1st)
Active  29.8 (18th)
Career  29.8 (235th)

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  2.55 (2nd)
Active  3.48 (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)
Active  112 (25th)

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)
Active  .651 (4th)
Career  .651 (26th)

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  0.885 (1st)
Active  1.176 (7th)
Career  1.176 (96th)

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  6.197 (2nd)
Active  7.842 (8th)
Career  7.842 (77th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2009 AL  2.363 (10th)
2011 AL  2.044 (8th)
2012 AL  1.771 (7th)
Active  2.745 (27th)

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  9.074 (7th)
Active  8.358 (9th)
Career  8.358 (25th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2009 AL  240.0 (1st)
2010 AL  224.3 (3rd)
2011 AL  251.0 (1st)
2012 AL  81.3 (1st)
Active  1,396.7 (42nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2007 AL  183 (10th)
2009 AL  269 (1st)
2010 AL  219 (4th)
2011 AL  250 (1st)
2012 AL  82 (1st)
Active  1,297 (30th)

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  11 (2nd)
Active  210 (46th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2009 AL  3 (5th)
2010 AL  4 (5th)
2011 AL  4 (4th)
2012 AL  3 (1st)
Active  17 (14th)

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 (2nd)
Active  6 (16th)

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)

Hits s c a p y
2009 AL  219 (7th)

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  5.125 (3rd)
Active  3.045 (12th)
Career  3.045 (41st)

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  0.443 (1st)
Active  0.786 (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)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2007 AL  17 (1st)
2009 AL  8 (8th)
2010 AL  11 (7th)
Active  56 (30th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2007 AL  19 (1st)
2008 AL  14 (3rd)
Active  57 (35th)

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  315 (2nd)
Active  5,767 (46th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2006 AL  126 (7th)
2009 AL  132 (6th)
2011 AL  170 (1st)
2012 AL  162 (2nd)
Active  125 (9th)
Career  125 (67th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2009 AL  29 (5th)
2011 AL  47 (1st)
2012 AL  14 (1st)
Active  138 (11th)
Career  138 (142nd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2009 AL  3.0 (5th)
2011 AL  5.2 (1st)
2012 AL  1.5 (1st)
Active  14.6 (11th)
Career  14.6 (144th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2006 AL  28.17 (7th)
2009 AL  33.52 (4th)
2011 AL  51.06 (1st)
2012 AL  17.36 (1st)
Active  171.20 (8th)
Career  171.20 (57th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2009 AL  4.4 (3rd)
2011 AL  4.9 (2nd)
2012 AL  1.8 (2nd)
Active  15.7 (16th)
Career  15.7 (98th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2009 AL  3.7 (4th)
2010 AL  2.7 (7th)
2011 AL  6.2 (1st)
2012 AL  2.3 (1st)
Active  19.1 (7th)
Career  19.1 (50th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2006 AL  2.8 (7th)
2009 AL  3.4 (4th)
2011 AL  5.6 (1st)
2012 AL  1.9 (1st)
Active  18.0 (9th)
Career  18.0 (60th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, 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 - 45 (31), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 117 (165), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 80 (144), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 28 (164), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Dan Haren (930)
  2. Teddy Higuera (930)
  3. Jake Peavy (929)
  4. Cliff Lee (926)
  5. Mark Mulder (925)
  6. Gary Nolan (925)
  7. Brandon Webb (922)
  8. Jered Weaver (921)
  9. Don Gullett (921)
  10. Alex Fernandez (913)
Similar Pitchers through 28 
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  1. Mike Mussina (963)
  2. Ramon Martinez (944)
  3. Barry Zito (944)
  4. Jack McDowell (943)
  5. Mark Mulder (934)
  6. Carlos Zambrano (934)
  7. Freddy Garcia (934)
  8. Jake Peavy (932)
  9. Andy Pettitte (932)
  10. Gary Nolan (932)
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
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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