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Justin Verlander

Justin Brooks Verlander

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 225 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
Team: Tigers 2005-2011
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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 3, 2012, 8:21PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #171. Charlie Hough… #172. Jack Stivetts… #173. Sal Maglie… #174. JUSTIN VERLANDER… #175. Bill Donovan… #176. Derek Lowe… #177. Joe Niekro… 

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 62 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 8 982 132 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
7 Seasons 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
162 Game Avg. 18 10 .652 3.54 34 34 0 2 1 0 225 198 95 88 20 70 3 208 9 2 9 931 124 1.194 7.9 0.8 2.8 8.3 2.96

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2005 22 DET AL 11.1 2 9 7 0 .7 -2 -0.2 $
2006 23 DET AL 186.0 30 78 118 6 .9 40 3.7 $980,000 CYA-7,MVP-15,RoY-1
2007 24 DET AL 201.2 32 88 131 2 1.0 43 4.2 $1,030,000 AS,CYA-5
2008 25 DET AL 201.0 33 119 131 1 .9 12 1.2 $1,130,000
2009 26 DET AL 240.0 35 99 153 5 1.1 54 5.6 $3,675,000 AS,CYA-3,MVP-20
2010 27 DET AL 224.1 33 89 129 4 .9 40 4.1 $6,850,000 AS,CYA-11
2011 28 DET AL 251.0 34 73 160 -3 .9 87 8.6 $12,850,000 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
7 Seasons 1315.1 199 555 829 15 1.0 274 27.2 $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 Seasons (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

Standard Batting

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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 1 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
7 Seasons 166 25 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 5 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 24 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 5 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2006 23 DET AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $980,000 1 CYA-7,MVP-15,RoY-1
2007 24 DET AL 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $1,030,000 1 AS,CYA-5
2008 25 DET AL 5 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $1,130,000 1
2009 26 DET AL 4 -1 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $3,675,000 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-20
2010 27 DET AL 5 -1 0 -0 -0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $6,850,000 1 AS,CYA-11
2011 28 DET AL 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $12,850,000 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
6 Seasons 25 -5 0 -0 -0 0 2 0 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.4 0.0 $26,515,000

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 WS STL L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
2005 DET AL 22 P 2 2 0 11.1 5 2 2 1 0 .800 0 0 3.18 2.00 .954 1.67 1.70 1 0 0% 0
2006 DET AL 23 P 30 30 1 186.0 38 11 24 3 4 .921 6 6 1.69 1.17 .958 1.56 1.54 1 5 83% 8 CYA-7,MVP-15,RoY-1
2007 DET AL 24 P 32 32 1 201.2 24 7 17 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.07 0.75 .955 1.60 1.59 4 1 20% 2 AS,CYA-5
2008 DET AL 25 P 33 33 1 201.0 33 7 24 2 1 .939 5 5 1.39 0.94 .952 1.60 1.59 8 9 53% 1
2009 DET AL 26 P 35 35 3 240.0 36 14 20 2 4 .944 2 2 1.27 0.97 .953 1.53 1.51 9 16 64% 3 AS,CYA-3,MVP-20
2010 DET AL 27 P 33 33 4 224.1 51 15 34 2 3 .961 1 1 1.97 1.48 .953 1.63 1.61 24 7 23% 3 AS,CYA-11
2011 DET AL 28 P 34 34 4 251.0 50 12 33 5 2 .900 2 2 1.61 1.32 .949 1.60 1.59 10 5 33% 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
7 Seasons P 199 199 14 1315.1 237 68 154 15 14 .937 16 2 1.52 1.12 .953 1.59 1.57 57 43 43% 18
7 Seasons TOT 199 199 14 1315.1 237 68 154 15 14 .937 16 14 1.52 1.12 .953 1.59 1.57 57 43 43% 18
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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  8.5 (1st)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2009 AL  5.6 (4th)
2011 AL  8.6 (1st)
Active  27.2 (22nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2006 AL  3.63 (7th)
2009 AL  3.45 (6th)
2011 AL  2.40 (1st)
Active  3.54 (14th)

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  107 (30th)

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  .652 (4th)
Career  .652 (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)
Active  1.194 (10th)
Career  1.194 (128th)

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)
Active  7.944 (9th)
Career  7.944 (104th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2009 AL  2.363 (10th)
2011 AL  2.044 (8th)
Active  2.805 (37th)

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)
Active  8.314 (10th)
Career  8.314 (24th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2009 AL  240.0 (1st)
2010 AL  224.3 (3rd)
2011 AL  251.0 (1st)
Active  1,315.3 (49th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2007 AL  183 (10th)
2009 AL  269 (1st)
2010 AL  219 (4th)
2011 AL  250 (1st)
Active  1,215 (34th)

Games Started s c a p y
2008 AL  33 (5th)
2009 AL  35 (1st)
2010 AL  33 (4th)
2011 AL  34 (1st)
Active  199 (50th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2009 AL  3 (5th)
2010 AL  4 (5th)
2011 AL  4 (4th)
Active  14 (22nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
2006 AL  1 (5th)
2007 AL  1 (5th)
2009 AL  1 (7th)
2011 AL  2 (5th)
Active  5 (25th)

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)
Active  2.963 (16th)
Career  2.963 (43rd)

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)
Active  0.807 (15th)

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  55 (28th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2007 AL  19 (1st)
2008 AL  14 (3rd)
Active  55 (39th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2008 AL  880 (9th)
2009 AL  982 (1st)
2010 AL  925 (5th)
2011 AL  969 (3rd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2006 AL  126 (7th)
2009 AL  132 (6th)
2011 AL  170 (1st)
Active  124 (13th)
Career  124 (80th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2009 AL  29 (5th)
2011 AL  47 (1st)
Active  127 (15th)
Career  127 (169th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2009 AL  3.0 (5th)
2011 AL  5.2 (1st)
Active  13.3 (14th)
Career  13.3 (168th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2006 AL  28.17 (8th)
2009 AL  33.52 (4th)
2010 AL  22.00 (10th)
2011 AL  51.06 (1st)
Active  153.32 (12th)
Career  153.32 (76th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2009 AL  4.4 (3rd)
2011 AL  4.9 (2nd)
Active  13.8 (25th)
Career  13.8 (120th)

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)
Active  16.7 (8th)
Career  16.7 (56th)

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)
Active  16.0 (12th)
Career  16.0 (80th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
2006 AL  3 (4th)
2011 AL  5 (1st)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 - 36 (44), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 98 (216), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 78 (148), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 25 (206), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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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)
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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

Transactions

  • June 7, 2004: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed October 25, 2004.
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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200623Detroit Tigers$980,000
200724Detroit Tigers$1,030,000
200825Detroit Tigers$1,130,000
200926Detroit Tigers$3,675,000
201027Detroit Tigers$6,850,000
201128Detroit Tigers$12,850,000
201229Detroit Tigers$20,000,000
201330Detroit Tigers$20,000,000
201431Detroit Tigers$20,000,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$26,515,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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