Justin Verlander

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

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

2024

Career

WAR

-0.1

80.8

260

147

ERA

5.30

3.29

523

74.2

3400.0

3405

WHIP

1.379

1.124

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Team Record in Appearances: 22-16 / in Starts: 21-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	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	Entered	Exited
1	2006	ALDS g2	Oct 5	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS-6		10	5.1	7	3	3	4	5	1	0	5.06	5.96	26	103	63	20	5	7	10	4	1	0	43			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	-0.084	21.74	-0.66%	-0.23	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out tie
2	2006	ALCS g2	Oct 11	DET	@	OAK	W,8-5	GS-6	W(1-0)	5	5.1	7	4	4	1	6	2	0	5.91	6.15	24	106	63	18	11	5	12	4	3	0	43			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.072	28.95	-0.76%	-1.07	1b start tie	6b --- 1 out a3
3	2006	WS g1	Oct 21	DET		STL	L,2-7	GS-6	L(1-1)	9	5.0	6	7	6	2	8	2	0	7.47	6.21	23	96	59	15	13	7	6	2	1	0	35			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.284	36.49	-9.69%	-3.74	1t start tie	6t -23 0 out d4
4	2006	WS g5	Oct 27	DET	@	STL	L,2-4	GS-6	L(1-2)	5	6.0	6	3	1	3	4	0	0	5.82	5.41	27	101	58	17	5	11	9	2	3	0	53			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.062	60.15	-2.01%	0.21	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
2011 Postseason		Year	Series	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	Entered	Exited
5	2011	ALDS g1	Sep 30	DET	@	NYY	L,3-9	GS-1		5	1.0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	9.00	7.03	6	25	14	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	48			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	-0.050	23.39	-0.51%	-0.47	1b start a 1	1b 3 out tie
6	2011	ALDS g3	Oct 3	DET		NYY	W,5-4	GS-8	W(1-0)	2	8.0	6	4	4	3	11	0	1	5.00	2.36	32	120	74	22	18	5	12	4	1	0	62			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.20	0.032	25.24	0.21%	0.09	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
7	2011	ALCS g1	Oct 8	DET	@	TEX	L,2-3	GS-4	L(1-1)	4	4.0	5	3	3	2	5	1	0	5.54	3.26	19	82	49	12	9	6	6	0	1	0	43			0	1	0	17	0	1	0	0	0	1	.85	-0.113	22.29	-1.62%	-0.81	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
8	2011	ALCS g5	Oct 13	DET		TEX	W,7-5	GS-8	W(2-1)	4	7.1	8	4	4	3	8	1	0	5.31	3.47	34	133	94	23	19	5	18	9	4	0	51			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	1	1	1	1.20	0.105	21.05	1.07%	-0.18	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out a3
2012 Postseason		Year	Series	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	Entered	Exited
9	2012	ALDS g1	Oct 6	DET		OAK	W,3-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	6	7.0	3	1	1	4	11	1	0	1.29	3.52	28	121	79	28	20	6	7	2	1	0	74			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.329	16.91	2.78%	2.64	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
10	2012	ALDS g5	Oct 11	DET	@	OAK	W,6-0	SHO	W(2-0)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	11	0	0	0.56	2.09	31	122	83	23	16	8	11	5	3	0	89			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.364	23.97	9.45%	4.24	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
11	2012	ALCS g3	Oct 16	DET		NYY	W,2-1	GS-9	W(3-0)	4	8.1	3	1	1	0	3	1	0	0.74	2.72	28	132	86	18	7	10	15	3	6	0	76			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.489	22.17	5.63%	3.41	1t start tie	9t --- 1 out a1
12	2012	WS g1	Oct 24	DET	@	SFG	L,3-8	GS-4	L(3-1)	7	4.0	6	5	5	1	4	2	0	2.22	3.52	19	98	64	11	9	9	5	3	0	0	33			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.46	-0.277	23.89	-7.97%	-3.31	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
2013 Postseason		Year	Series	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	Entered	Exited
13	2013	ALDS g2	Oct 5	DET	@	OAK	L,0-1	GS-7		5	7.0	4	0	0	1	11	0	0	0.00	0.33	26	117	73	17	17	2	12	4	3	0	79			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.433	19.54	3.67%	3.32	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
14	2013	ALDS g5	Oct 10	DET	@	OAK	W,3-0	GS-8	W(1-0)	4	8.0	2	0	0	1	10	0	0	0.00	0.65	27	111	76	17	22	7	9	1	1	0	87			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.425	31.93	10.88%	3.79	1b start tie	8b 3 out a3
15	2013	ALCS g3	Oct 15	DET		BOS	L,0-1	GS-8	L(1-1)	4	8.0	4	1	1	1	10	1	0	0.39	1.31	29	120	85	22	16	5	13	5	1	0	79			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.269	31.80	4.39%	3.03	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
2014 Postseason		Year	Series	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	Entered	Exited
16	2014	ALDS g2	Oct 3	DET	@	BAL	L,6-7	GS-6		8	5.0	6	3	3	1	4	1	0	5.40	4.73	22	101	63	14	10	5	12	8	1	0	46			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.118	16.04	-1.11%	-0.98	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out a2
2017 Postseason		Year	Series	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	Entered	Exited
17	2017	ALDS g1	Oct 5	HOU		BOS	W,8-2	GS-6	W(1-0)	7	6.0	6	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.00	3.16	24	99	66	22	6	7	12	7	4	0	53			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.15	0.101	18.02	0.88%	0.98	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
18	2017	ALDS g4	Oct 9	HOU	@	BOS	W,5-4	5-7	W(2-0)	3	2.2	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	3.12	5.35	10	40	24	3	5	3	5	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.89	-0.123	17.21	-1.45%	-0.32	5b 1-- 1 out a1	7b 3 out d1
19	2017	ALCS g2	Oct 14	HOU		NYY	W,2-1	CG	W(3-0)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	13	0	0	2.04	2.93	32	124	93	25	25	3	15	5	2	0	85			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.543	31.52	8.00%	3.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
20	2017	ALCS g6	Oct 20	HOU		NYY	W,7-1	GS-7	W(4-0)	5	7.0	5	0	0	1	8	0	1	1.46	2.59	27	99	70	17	17	5	12	4	4	0	74			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.372	52.13	9.29%	3.48	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
21	2017	WS g2	Oct 25	HOU	@	LAD	W,7-6	GS-6		4	6.0	2	3	3	2	5	2	0	2.05	3.42	21			10	9	4	10	1	2	0	59			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.91	-0.112	48.06	-3.13%	-0.03	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
22	2017	WS g6	Oct 31	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-3	GS-6	L(4-1)	5	6.0	3	2	2	0	9	0	1	2.21	2.97	22			14	10	1	11	3	2	0	67			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.15	-0.008	102.91	0.26%	0.97	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
2018 Postseason		Year	Series	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	Entered	Exited
23	2018	ALDS g1	Oct 5	HOU		CLE	W,7-2	GS-6	W(1-0)	5	5.1	2	2	2	2	7	0	0	3.38	1.66	20	102	70	15	10	4	7	2	1	0	61			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.187	12.43	1.64%	1.45	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out a4
24	2018	ALCS g1	Oct 13	HOU	@	BOS	W,7-2	GS-6	W(2-0)	7	6.0	2	2	2	4	6	0	0	3.18	2.45	23	90	54	25	4	8	5	1	1	0	62			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.56	0.108	40.62	1.70%	1.19	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
25	2018	ALCS g5	Oct 18	HOU		BOS	L,1-4	GS-6	L(2-1)	4	6.0	7	4	4	2	4	2	0	4.15	4.08	28	97	69	19	6	8	14	4	2	0	44			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	.85	-0.105	15.43	-1.36%	-0.97	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
2019 Postseason		Year	Series	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	Entered	Exited
26	2019	ALDS g1	Oct 4	HOU		TBR	W,6-2	GS-7	W(1-0)	5	7.0	1	0	0	3	8	0	0	0.00	2.21	23	100	67	17	10	5	7	1	2	0	80			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	2	0	0	.84	0.367	13.17	3.25%	3.98	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
27	2019	ALDS g4	Oct 8	HOU	@	TBR	L,1-4	GS-4	L(1-1)	3	3.2	7	4	4	3	5	2	0	3.38	4.90	21	84	52	11	11	5	8	5	0	0	33			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.214	13.28	-2.34%	-2.12	1b start tie	4b 1-- 2 out d4
28	2019	ALCS g2	Oct 13	HOU		NYY	W,3-2	GS-7		4	6.2	5	2	2	2	7	1	0	3.12	4.54	26	109	77	14	17	2	15	6	0	0	61			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.176	27.94	2.49%	1.73	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out tie
29	2019	ALCS g5	Oct 18	HOU	@	NYY	L,1-4	GS-7	L(1-2)	4	7.0	5	4	4	0	9	2	0	3.70	4.49	26	105	79	14	24	5	12	4	2	0	60			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.47	-0.181	8.54	-1.91%	-0.21	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d3
30	2019	WS g2	Oct 23	HOU		WSN	L,3-12	GS-7	L(1-3)	4	6.0	7	4	4	3	6	1	0	4.15	4.57	27			19	20	6	12	6	1	0	45			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	-0.029	54.20	-2.29%	0.02	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d1
31	2019	WS g6	Oct 29	HOU		WSN	L,2-7	GS-5	L(1-4)	5	5.0	5	3	3	3	3	2	0	4.33	5.20	23	93	59	11	7	5	12	1	3	0	45			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.065	85.51	-3.54%	-0.15	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
2022 Postseason		Year	Series	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	Entered	Exited
32	2022	ALDS g1	Oct 11	HOU		SEA	W,8-7	GS-4		6	4.0	10	6	6	1	3	1	0	13.50	5.61	21	81	54	11	7	6	11	5	2	0	20			0	0	0	20	2	1	0	1	0	0	.93	-0.393	14.54	-3.94%	-4.11	1t start tie	4t 3 out d4
33	2022	ALCS g1	Oct 19	HOU		NYY	W,4-2	GS-6	W(1-0)	7	6.0	3	1	1	1	11	1	1	6.30	3.81	24			22	17	6	5	1	2	0	72			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	.97	0.232	25.37	3.25%	1.84	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
34	2022	WS g1	Oct 28	HOU		PHI	L,5-6	GS-5		8	5.0	6	5	5	2	5	0	0	7.20	3.31	23	90	66	14	9	4	12	6	3	0	38			0	0	0	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.185	56.22	-5.42%	-2.64	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
35	2022	WS g5	Nov 3	HOU	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS-5	W(2-0)	5	5.0	4	1	1	4	6	1	0	5.85	3.91	23	94	58	13	11	2	11	5	3	0	57			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.188	87.87	9.28%	1.44	1b start a 1	5b 3 out a1
2023 Postseason		Year	Series	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	Entered	Exited
36	2023	ALDS g1	Oct 7	HOU		MIN	W,6-4	GS-6	W(1-0)	6	6.0	4	0	0	3	6	0	1	0.00	3.26	24	93	55	13	14	6	8	4	0	0	67			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.02	0.273	15.95	2.40%	3.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out a5
37	2023	ALCS g1	Oct 15	HOU		TEX	L,0-2	GS-7	L(1-1)	7	6.2	6	2	2	2	5	1	0	1.42	3.97	27	101	64	12	7	6	14	4	5	0	57			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.061	21.69	0.92%	1.14	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d2
38	2023	ALCS g5	Oct 20	HOU	@	TEX	W,5-4	GS-6		4	5.2	6	4	4	1	3	2	0	2.95	5.00	24	82	54	13	6	3	17	2	7	0	43			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.270	46.37	-6.11%	-1.05	1b start a 1	6b 1-- 2 out d2
											226.0	179	93	90	74	244	32	5	3.58		920																			0

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