Justin Verlander

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 235lb (196cm, 106kg)

Team: Houston Astros (majors, 15-day IL)

Born: February 20, 1983 in Manakin Sabot, VA us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (2nd) of the 2004 MLB June Amateur Draft from Old Dominion University (Norfolk, VA).

High School: Goochland HS (Goochland, VA)

School: Old Dominion University (Norfolk, VA)

Debut: July 4, 2005 (Age 22-134d, 18,707th in major league history)
vs. CLE 5.1 IP, 7 H, 4 SO, 3 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2006 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 2 yrs/$86.67M (23-24) & 25 vesting option

Service Time (01/2024): 18.002 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: ISE Baseball • Previously: Richard Verlander

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Justin Brooks Verlander

Nicknames: JV

Pronunciation: \VUHR-land-er\

Twitter: @JustinVerlander

Instagram: @justinverlander

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MVP
3x Cy Young
Rookie of the Year
Triple Crown
9x All-Star
2x World Series
2x ERA Title
ALCS MVP
ML PoY

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

80.9

257

141

ERA

3.24

509

3325.1

3342

WHIP

1.118

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Team Record in Appearances: 15-12 / in Starts: 15-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2023 Pitching Game Log

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2023 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
1	483	32	May 4	NYM	@	DET	L,0-2	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	5	2	2	1	5	2	0	3.60	7.06	20	79	52	10	8	3	11	3	0	0	53			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	.71	-0.007	.66	0.00%	0.61	13.65	24.00	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
2	484	37	May 10	NYM	@	CIN	W,2-1	GS-7	W(1-1)	5	7.0	2	1	1	2	7	0	0	2.25	4.17	24	104	62	16	12	4	11	3	3	0	74			0	1	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.407	.90	0.21%	2.82	29.35	49.00	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
3	485	43	May 16	NYM		TBR	L,5-8	GS-5	L(1-2)	5	5.0	8	6	6	2	3	2	0	4.76	5.43	25	96	64	11	7	11	9	4	2	0	28			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.265	.73	-0.14%	-3.43	-0.75	6.00	1t start tie	5t 3 out d6
4	486	48	May 21(2)	NYM		CLE	W,2-1	GS-8	W(2-2)	4	8.0	3	1	1	0	5	1	0	3.60	4.86	27	98	65	20	9	9	13	5	4	0	77			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.402	.87	0.25%	3.12	28.20	46.00	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
5	487	53	May 27	NYM	@	COL	L,7-10	GS-5		5	5.0	9	6	6	1	2	0	0	4.80	4.56	25	79	52	7	7	7	15	9	0	0	26			0	0	0	23	4	0	0	0	1	0	.60	-0.275	.72	-0.20%	-3.01	-2.75	3.00	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
6	488	58	Jun 2	NYM		TOR	L,0-3	GS-6	L(2-3)	5	6.0	5	1	1	3	8	1	0	4.25	4.51	25	117	77	21	7	7	7	4	1	0	63			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.204	1.23	0.14%	2.09	22.70	43.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
7	489	63	Jun 8	NYM	@	ATL	L,10-13	GS-3		5	3.0	7	5	4	4	3	1	0	4.85	4.90	20	82	45	8	11	4	9	6	1	0	26			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	-0.302	1.44	-0.18%	-3.36	-1.85	6.00	1b start tie	3b 3 out a1
8	490	68	Jun 14	NYM		NYY	W,4-3	GS-6		5	6.0	3	1	1	0	6	0	0	4.40	4.41	20	107	68	15	13	6	8	2	1	0	68			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.200	.74	0.08%	2.09	21.70	37.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
9	491	73	Jun 20	NYM	@	HOU	L,2-4	GS-7	L(2-4)	5	7.0	8	4	4	0	5	1	0	4.50	4.31	29	94	59	13	9	11	13	6	1	0	50			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	1	0	.60	-0.119	.34	-0.04%	-0.42	12.95	24.00	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
10	492	78	Jun 26	NYM		MIL	L,1-2	GS-5		5	5.0	5	0	0	2	5	0	1	4.11	4.20	23	100	59	19	6	10	5	1	1	0	60			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.53	0.286	.64	0.07%	2.57	16.45	30.00	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
11	493	83	Jul 1	NYM		SFG	W,4-1	GS-7	W(3-4)	4	7.0	5	1	0	1	6	0	0	3.66	3.96	26	102	69	16	14	9	10	3	4	0	70			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.77	0.271	.16	0.03%	2.60	28.15	49.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
12	494	88	Jul 7	NYM	@	SDP	W,7-5	GS-6		5	6.0	5	3	2	3	2	0	0	3.60	3.97	26	98	54	17	6	7	14	5	3	0	51			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.11	0.014	.45	0.00%	-0.01	8.70	22.00	1b start a 1	6b 3 out tie
13	495	91	Jul 14	NYM		LAD	L,0-6	GS-5	L(3-5)	6	5.0	2	3	3	6	6	0	0	3.72	4.00	22	104	59	17	10	1	9	4	0	0	51			0	1	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.092	.39	-0.02%	-0.43	12.45	24.00	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
14	496	95	Jul 19	NYM		CHW	W,5-1	GS-8	W(4-5)	4	8.0	3	1	1	1	7	1	0	3.47	3.95	28	100	76	16	14	5	15	6	6	0	78			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.290	.18	0.05%	3.12	31.60	52.00	1t start tie	8t 3 out a4
15	497	100	Jul 25	NYM	@	NYY	W,9-3	GS-6	W(5-5)	5	6.0	2	0	0	4	6	0	0	3.24	3.91	24	98	63	24	13	5	9	3	2	0	70			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	1	.70	0.245	.21	0.04%	3.13	25.90	46.00	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a6
16	498	105	Jul 30	NYM		WSN	W,5-2	GS-6	W(6-5)	4	5.1	5	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.15	3.80	22	103	74	20	10	6	10	3	3	0	58			3	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.134	.30	0.02%	1.55	20.40	34.00	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out a4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
				Player went from New York Mets to Houston Astros
17	499	112	Aug 5	HOU	@	NYY	L,1-3	GS-7	L(6-6)	5	7.0	7	2	2	2	4	1	0	3.11	3.87	29	97	59	18	5	6	17	6	4	0	57			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	1	0	.87	0.109	1.53	0.12%	1.65	14.35	31.00	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
18	500	117	Aug 11	HOU		LAA	W,11-3	GS-6	W(7-6)	5	6.0	6	3	3	0	7	1	0	3.19	3.82	24	95	69	11	12	7	10	2	3	0	55			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	.47	0.004	.83	0.00%	0.07	21.90	40.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out a7
19	501	122	Aug 16	HOU	@	MIA	W,12-5	GS-5	W(8-6)	4	5.0	9	5	4	2	2	0	0	3.36	3.82	26	94	59	10	2	7	15	7	3	0	31			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.143	1.70	-0.13%	-2.32	4.65	15.00	1b start a 5	5b 3 out a1
20	502	127	Aug 22	HOU		BOS	W,7-3	GS-6	W(9-6)	5	6.0	5	0	0	1	9	0	1	3.19	3.69	26	96	67	16	15	7	8	3	2	0	70			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.303	2.08	0.38%	3.07	31.30	55.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
21	503	132	Aug 27	HOU	@	DET	W,17-4	GS-5	W(10-6)	4	5.0	2	0	0	2	7	0	3	3.06	3.68	22	98	65	13	6	2	8	2	2	0	68			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	0.266	2.84	0.31%	2.61	25.05	42.00	1b start tie	5b 3 out a3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
22	504	136	Sep 1	HOU		NYY	L,2-6	GS-6	L(10-7)	4	6.0	8	6	6	1	3	4	0	3.34	4.04	26	88	65	17	10	8	14	3	3	0	34			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.54	-0.325	.96	-0.35%	-2.93	2.10	9.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
23	505	141	Sep 6	HOU	@	TEX	W,12-3	GS-7	W(11-7)	4	7.0	4	2	1	1	6	1	0	3.23	4.03	27	100	64	13	13	5	15	2	1	0	68			2	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	.50	0.085	1.43	0.15%	1.72	26.75	46.00	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a6
24	506	146	Sep 12	HOU		OAK	L,2-6	GS-7	L(11-8)	5	7.0	8	5	5	0	7	2	0	3.39	4.07	29	94	72	15	9	5	17	6	1	0	48			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	.56	-0.214	1.22	-0.28%	-1.42	14.95	27.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
25	507	151	Sep 18	HOU		BAL	L,7-8	GS-6		5	6.0	8	3	3	1	5	0	0	3.44	3.99	27	89	66	18	13	7	14	8	2	0	48			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.01	-0.070	2.64	-0.11%	0.07	12.10	28.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
26	508	157	Sep 25	HOU	@	SEA	W,5-1	GS-9	W(12-8)	6	8.0	3	1	1	1	8	0	0	3.32	3.87	27	96	65	18	10	8	10	2	4	0	79			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.58	0.250	2.86	0.74%	3.26	33.60	55.00	1b start tie	9b -2- 0 out a5
27	509	161	Sep 30	HOU	@	ARI	W,1-0	GS-5	W(13-8)	4	5.0	2	0	0	3	5	0	0	3.22	3.85	20	94	57	17	7	5	7	3	1	0	65			1	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.300	7.68	1.48%	2.62	22.25	36.00	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
							15-12		W-L:13-8	4.7	162.1	139	63	58	45	144	18	5	3.22	3.85	669	2602	66%	16%	10%	0.57		23%	12%	0	57		---%	11	2	0	615	30	2	0	8	4	4	.88	1.958	1.28	2.64%	21.42	475.85	879.00

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