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Justin Verlander

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

Team: Houston Astros (majors)

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

-0.3

80.5

262

147

ERA

5.48

3.30

526

90.1

3415.2

3416

WHIP

1.384

1.125

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Team Record in Appearances: 21-12 / in Starts: 21-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2010 Pitching Game Log

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2010 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	Entered	Exited
1	133	1	Apr 5	DET	@	KCR	W,8-4	GS-5		99	5.0	6	4	4	1	6	1	0	7.20	3.88	22	93	64	19	9	7	8	3	2	0	44			2	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.192	1.08	-0.12%	-1.54	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d3
2	134	6	Apr 11	DET		CLE	W,9-8	GS-6		5	5.0	5	6	6	3	3	1	0	9.00	5.08	22	96	66	19	7	4	12	4	3	0	33			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	1	0	.69	-0.317	.86	-0.24%	-2.85	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out d4
3	135	11	Apr 17	DET	@	SEA	L,2-4	GS-7	L(0-1)	5	7.0	7	3	3	1	6	0	0	6.88	3.73	27	103	72	22	8	7	13	5	2	0	56			2	1	0	25	2	1	0	0	1	0	.89	-0.133	.99	-0.09%	0.23	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
4	136	16	Apr 22	DET	@	LAA	W,5-4	GS-5	W(1-1)	4	5.0	6	4	4	4	4	1	0	6.95	4.35	24	125	85	20	12	4	12	4	3	0	39			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.141	1.38	-0.10%	-1.62	1b start a 2	5b 3 out a1
5	137	21	Apr 27	DET		MIN	L,0-2	GS-6	L(1-2)	4	5.2	4	1	0	3	7	0	0	5.53	3.91	26	121	71	23	14	9	7	3	1	0	63			0	0	0	23	2	1	0	0	0	2	1.21	0.137	1.64	0.11%	1.72	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out d1
May				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
6	138	26	May 2	DET		LAA	W,5-1	GS-9	W(2-2)	4	8.1	3	1	1	0	7	0	0	4.50	3.33	28	120	86	31	8	9	12	6	0	0	80			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.334	.65	0.25%	3.03	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a4
7	139	30	May 8	DET	@	CLE	W,6-4	GS-6	W(3-2)	5	6.0	4	3	3	4	9	0	0	4.50	3.15	25	118	75	28	11	7	5	2	1	0	57			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	-0.082	2.05	-0.06%	-0.20	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
8	140	35	May 13	DET		NYY	W,6-0	GS-7	W(4-2)	4	6.2	4	0	0	4	4	0	1	3.88	3.28	29	119	73	15	9	13	7	1	4	0	66			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.316	1.06	0.24%	3.11	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a6
9	141	40	May 19	DET	@	OAK	W,5-1	CG	W(5-2)	5	9.0	4	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.43	3.13	30	116	80	23	11	11	13	4	3	0	79			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	1	0	.86	0.409	1.05	0.30%	3.43	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
10	142	45	May 25	DET	@	SEA	L,3-5	GS-8	L(5-3)	5	7.1	7	5	5	2	8	2	0	3.74	3.37	31	117	78	21	11	8	13	3	3	0	50			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.288	1.45	-0.23%	-1.45	1b start tie	8b 1-3 1 out d1
11	143	50	May 31	DET		OAK	L,1-4	GS-7	L(5-4)	5	7.0	6	3	3	1	8	0	0	3.75	3.16	26	114	72	24	9	5	12	6	3	0	60			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	2	0	0	.67	-0.012	.83	-0.01%	0.55	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
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	Entered	Exited
12	144	55	Jun 5	DET	@	KCR	W,4-2	GS-8	W(6-4)	4	7.0	5	2	2	3	4	0	0	3.65	3.17	30	112	75	25	3	13	10	1	2	0	60			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.372	1.53	0.27%	2.10	1b start tie	8b 1-3 0 out a4
13	145	60	Jun 11	DET		PIT	W,6-2	GS-8	W(7-4)	5	7.0	4	2	2	4	3	0	0	3.56	3.23	29	105	64	15	6	7	15	6	3	0	60			1	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.191	.94	0.12%	1.55	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a5
14	146	64	Jun 16	DET		WSN	W,8-3	GS-8	W(8-4)	4	8.0	7	3	3	0	11	2	1	3.54	3.29	30	116	80	24	12	9	9	4	2	0	67			1	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.76	0.101	1.01	0.08%	1.05	1t start tie	8t 3 out a5
15	147	69	Jun 22	DET	@	NYM	L,6-14	GS-3	L(8-5)	5	2.0	5	5	5	3	2	0	0	3.94	3.34	14	61	36	9	6	3	6	3	0	0	25			1	0	0	10	1	1	0	0	1	0	.80	-0.268	1.07	-0.22%	-3.53	1b start tie	3b -23 0 out d3
16	148	74	Jun 27	DET	@	ATL	W,10-4	GS-7	W(9-5)	4	7.0	6	4	4	2	6	0	2	4.02	3.32	30	117	74	21	9	6	14	6	0	0	53			2	0	0	25	3	0	0	1	1	0	.78	0.106	.95	0.08%	-0.66	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a6
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	Entered	Exited
17	149	79	Jul 3	DET		SEA	W,6-1	GS-7	W(10-5)	5	7.0	7	1	1	1	10	0	0	3.85	3.15	29	114	79	18	17	9	9	5	1	0	68			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.290	1.07	0.25%	2.55	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
18	150	84	Jul 9	DET		MIN	W,7-3	GS-6	W(11-5)	5	5.1	8	2	2	2	7	0	0	3.82	3.08	24	103	62	18	10	5	10	5	0	0	49			0	0	2	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.044	1.17	0.05%	-0.54	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out a5
19	151	88	Jul 17(1)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS-6		7	6.0	6	3	3	5	9	0	0	3.86	3.05	29	116	72	22	15	6	9	1	1	0	52			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.82	-0.045	2.61	-0.04%	-0.20	1b start a 3	6b 3 out tie
20	152	94	Jul 22	DET		TOR	W,5-2	GS-8	W(12-5)	4	8.0	8	2	2	2	5	1	0	3.76	3.13	33	120	82	24	9	10	16	6	4	0	61			1	1	0	31	4	1	0	0	0	1	1.10	0.291	1.33	0.21%	2.05	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
21	153	99	Jul 27	DET	@	TBR	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(12-6)	4	8.0	5	3	3	3	6	1	0	3.74	3.20	31	113	72	17	13	6	16	5	1	0	63			4	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.094	.86	-0.06%	0.78	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
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	Entered	Exited
22	154	104	Aug 1	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-7		4	7.0	6	3	3	3	8	0	0	3.74	3.14	30	123	79	28	11	5	14	2	4	0	58			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	1	0	.92	-0.072	.47	-0.02%	0.69	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
23	155	109	Aug 6	DET		LAA	L,2-4	GS-7	L(12-7)	4	7.0	7	4	4	2	2	1	0	3.81	3.24	28	113	75	20	7	12	12	5	1	0	47			0	2	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.109	.12	-0.01%	-0.45	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
24	156	114	Aug 11	DET		TBR	W,3-2	GS-6	W(13-7)	4	6.0	6	1	1	3	7	0	0	3.72	3.20	26	119	71	21	10	7	9	4	3	0	60			1	0	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.49	0.203	.09	0.01%	2.04	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
25	157	119	Aug 17	DET	@	NYY	L,2-6	GS-5	L(13-8)	5	5.0	5	3	3	5	5	1	1	3.77	3.33	25	114	66	18	8	5	9	3	3	0	45			2	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	-0.100	.09	-0.01%	-0.37	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d2
26	158	124	Aug 22	DET		CLE	W,8-1	GS-8	W(14-8)	4	8.0	7	1	1	1	8	1	0	3.65	3.31	32	115	82	23	13	6	17	5	4	0	71			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.058	.02	0.00%	3.05	1t start tie	8t 3 out a7
27	159	129	Aug 27	DET	@	TOR	L,2-3	GS-8		4	8.0	5	2	2	2	8	2	0	3.58	3.39	31	127	76	18	13	8	13	3	1	0	70			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.072	.09	0.01%	2.05	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
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	Entered	Exited
28	160	134	Sep 2	DET	@	MIN	W,10-9	GS-6		5	6.0	10	6	3	1	4	0	0	3.61	3.36	30	104	65	22	5	12	13	5	2	0	37			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.32	-0.435	.02	0.00%	-3.08	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d3
29	161	139	Sep 7	DET		CHW	W,9-1	GS-7	W(15-8)	4	7.0	5	1	1	1	7	0	1	3.53	3.30	28	121	82	21	14	12	7	3	0	0	69			0	1	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	.59	0.140	.00	0.00%	2.55	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
30	162	144	Sep 12	DET		BAL	W,6-2	GS-8	W(16-8)	4	8.0	5	2	2	1	11	0	0	3.48	3.20	30	122	84	17	22	6	12	6	4	0	74			2	0	0	29	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.157	.00	0.00%	2.05	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
31	163	148	Sep 18	DET	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	W(17-8)	5	9.0	6	3	3	1	8	0	0	3.46	3.13	34	123	88	26	11	15	10	5	1	0	70			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.161	.00	0.00%	1.60	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
32	164	153	Sep 24	DET		MIN	W,10-1	CG	W(18-8)	5	9.0	4	1	0	0	11	0	0	3.31	3.03	32	124	80	22	15	14	7	2	2	0	88			1	0	1	32	0	0	0	0	0	2	.57	0.351	.00	0.00%	3.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
33	165	158	Sep 29(2)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS-7	L(18-9)	4	7.0	7	4	4	2	10	0	0	3.37	2.97	30	121	80	28	14	6	12	6	0	0	55			0	0	0	27	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.180	.00	0.00%	-0.74	1b start a 2	7b 3 out d1
							21-12		W-L:18-9	4.5	224.1	190	89	84	71	219	14	6	3.37	2.97	925	3745	65%	19%	9%	0.73		21%	10%	0	58		---%	24	7	3	834	37	7	0	8	8	6	.94	1.265	.78	0.77%	22.52

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