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 Pitching

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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 60 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 5 776 126 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 93 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 8 982 133 1.175 8.2 0.8 2.4 10.1 4.27 AS,CYA-3,MVP-20
5 Seasons 65 43 .602 3.92 132 132 0 6 3 0 840.0 797 393 366 80 282 17 746 46 10 37 3558 116 1.285 8.5 0.9 3.0 8.0 2.65
162 Game Avg. 17 11 .602 3.92 34 34 0 2 1 0 216 205 101 94 21 73 4 192 12 3 10 916 116 1.285 8.5 0.9 3.0 8.0 2.65

Postseason Pitching

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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
1 Season (3 Series) 1 2 .333 5.82 4 4 0 0 0 0 21.2 26 17 14 5 10 0 23 0 1 3 100 1.662 10.8 2.1 4.2 9.6 2.30
1 ALDS 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
1 ALCS 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
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

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
2007 DET AL 24 0 0 0 9.00 0 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

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
2006 23 DET AL 30 775 703 78 187 33 4 21 1 5 60 124 .266 .327 .414 .741 .295 291 21 6 2 4 1
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
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
2009 26 DET AL 35 981 902 99 219 50 2 20 9 16 63 269 .243 .295 .369 .665 .323 333 10 6 6 4 5
5 Seasons 132 3556 3198 393 797 160 9 80 23 31 282 746 .249 .318 .380 .698 .300 1215 55 46 15 15 17
162 Game Avg. 34 916 824 101 205 41 2 21 6 8 73 192 .249 .318 .380 .698 .300 313 14 12 4 4 4
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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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 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 83 15 10 6 0 14 5.7 6.5 6.2 99 2 13 13 2 126
2007 24 DET AL 32 32 18 6 8 3 0 22 10 .688 2 3 1 1 21 66% 55 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 2 1 1 0 13 39% 49 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% 59 92 15 14 6 0 12 4.9 4.7 6.9 112 1 4 19 11 129
5 Seasons 132 132 65 43 24 11 7 77 55 .583 6 10 6 3 74 56% 54 95 15 71 35 0 63 5.2 5.4 6.4 106 6 33 76 17 130
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Ratio Pitching*

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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 65% 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 48% 2.7% 16.0% 7.7% 7.5% 31% 0.73 1.02 73% 21% 7.1% 12% 136 21 15%
2007 24 DET AL 866 54% 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 48% 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 56% 2.0% 27.4% 6.4% 7.3% 33% 0.57 0.69 63% 23% 5.8% 14% 168 10 6%
5 Seasons 3558 52% 2.3% 21.0% 7.9% 7.0% 31% 0.68 0.82 67% 20% 6.4% 14% 646 55 9%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 776 2963 3.82 1865 63% 26% 14% 29% 31% 74% 0% 47% 81% 57% 4% 32 21 23% 180 112 9 24% 21 11 0 0 1
2007 24 DET AL 866 3354 3.87 2126 63% 26% 15% 31% 28% 74% 1% 47% 80% 58% 4% 33 22 23% 199 110 11 31% 32 8 0 0 0
2008 25 DET AL 880 3525 4.01 2172 62% 26% 15% 31% 28% 74% 2% 46% 80% 58% 6% 54 30 23% 199 112 11 24% 21 16 0 0 0
2009 26 DET AL 982 3921 3.99 2628 67% 26% 18% 31% 24% 74% 2% 50% 76% 62% 3% 26 16 32% 311 184 15 25% 56 5 0 0 1
5 Seasons 3558 13945 3.92 8906 64% 26% 15% 31% 28% 74% 1% 47% 79% 59% 4% 147 91 25% 898 521 47 26% 131 40 0 0 2
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 1 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 11 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 3 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 5 1 24 0
5 Seasons 3558 797 68 7 80 2 65 31 49 40 40 161 92 22 57% 24 37 3 1267 23 31 43% 22 25 0 6 1 0 22 2 85 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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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 60 1.765 11.9 0.8 4.0 5.6 1.40 60
2006 23 17 11 .607 3.83 32 32 0 1 1 0 197.1 202 87 84 22 65 1 131 7 1 6 830 119 1.353 9.2 1.0 3.0 6.0 2.02 119
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 122 1.291 8.6 0.9 3.0 7.1 2.38 122
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 116 1.285 8.5 0.9 3.0 8.0 2.65 116

Neutralized Pitching

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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 3.61 177.0 182 79 71 20 58 118 6 1.356 9.3 2.9 6.0 2.03 1.0 30
2007 24 12 10 .545 3.49 201.0 179 87 78 20 66 182 19 1.219 8.0 3.0 8.1 2.76 0.9 32
2008 25 9 12 .429 4.73 196.0 192 114 103 18 86 159 14 1.418 8.8 3.9 7.3 1.85 0.8 33
2009 26 14 11 .560 3.40 233.0 215 98 88 20 62 261 6 1.189 8.3 2.4 10.1 4.21 0.8 35
5 Seasons 45 43 .511 3.85 818.0 784 389 350 79 277 727 46 1.297 8.6 8.0 2.62 0.9 132

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2007 *
2009

Awards (yr-lg-award)
2006-AL-Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2006-AL-15-2%
2009-AL-20-2%
0.04 Career Shares (1157th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2006-AL--7--1%
2007-AL--5--1%
2009-AL--3--10%
0.12 Career Shares (165th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2006 AL--3.629--7th
2009 AL--3.450--6th

Wins s c a p y
2006 AL--17--4th
2007 AL--18--6th
2009 AL--19--1st

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2006 AL--.654--9th
2007 AL--.750--1st
2009 AL--.679--7th
Active--.602--14th
Career--.602--108th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2009 AL--1.175--5th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 AL--8.078--5th
2009 AL--8.213--6th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2009 AL--2.363--10th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 AL--8.167--8th
2009 AL--10.088--1st

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2009 AL--240.0--1st

Strikeouts s c a p y
2007 AL--183--10th
2009 AL--269--1st

Games Started s c a p y
2008 AL--33--5th
2009 AL--35--1st

Complete Games s c a p y
2009 AL--3--5th

Shutouts s c a p y
2006 AL--1--5th
2007 AL--1--5th
2009 AL--1--7th

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

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2008 AL--.806--10th
2009 AL--.750--4th

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

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2007 AL--19--1st
2008 AL--14--3rd

Batters Faced s c a p y
2008 AL--880--9th
2009 AL--982--1st

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2006 AL--126--7th
2009 AL--133--5th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 15 (143), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 53 (474), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 31 (420), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (484), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Felix Hernandez (954)
  3. Heinie Meine (952)
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  5. Joe Blanton (950)
  6. Chris Young (949)
  7. Charlie Lea (948)
  8. Ervin Santana (947)
  9. Scott Kazmir (941)
  10. Dave Ferriss (941)
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  2. Josh Beckett (968)
  3. Jack McDowell (960)
  4. Andy Pettitte (959)
  5. Ben McDonald (957)
  6. Larry Christenson (957)
  7. Roy Halladay (956)
  8. Wade Miller (955)
  9. Elden Auker (954)
  10. Steve Busby (954)
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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
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