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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

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
2006 23 DET AL 1 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 2 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 2 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 2 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
5 Seasons 7 16 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 4 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 370 278 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 162 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 93 0 0

Postseason Batting

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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 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,CYA-3,MVP-20
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 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

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Wade Miller (966)
  2. Felix Hernandez (954)
  3. Heinie Meine (952)
  4. Jim Weaver (952)
  5. Joe Blanton (950)
  6. Chris Young (949)
  7. Charlie Lea (948)
  8. Ervin Santana (947)
  9. Scott Kazmir (941)
  10. Dave Ferriss (941)
Similar Pitchers through 26 
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  1. Kevin Millwood (975)
  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)
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
* - 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 and may not include some earned bonuses
2006Detroit Tigers$980,000
2007Detroit Tigers$1,030,000
2008Detroit Tigers$1,130,000
2009Detroit Tigers$3,675,000
Career (may be incomplete)$6,815,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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