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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: 19-13 / in Starts: 19-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2014 Pitching Game Log

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2014 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	267	1	Mar 31	DET		KCR	W,4-3	GS-6		99	6.0	6	3	2	3	2	0	0	3.00	3.97	28	105	64	14	8	12	11	2	3	0	49			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	1	0	2	1.10	-0.114	1.12	-0.07%	-0.19	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
2	268	5	Apr 6	DET		BAL	L,1-3	GS-8	L(0-1)	5	8.0	5	2	2	2	3	0	0	2.57	3.49	31	112	76	19	10	7	19	7	4	0	65			0	0	0	28	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.19	0.055	1.32	0.04%	1.75	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
3	269	9	Apr 12	DET	@	SDP	W,6-2	GS-7	W(1-1)	5	7.0	8	2	2	1	8	0	0	2.57	2.75	30	110	73	22	14	10	11	6	0	0	60			2	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.24	0.177	1.30	0.11%	0.85	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a2
4	270	12	Apr 17	DET		CLE	W,7-5	GS-5	W(2-1)	4	5.0	6	3	0	4	7	0	0	2.08	2.75	24	113	74	18	11	8	5	2	0	0	52			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.43	-0.161	1.66	-0.11%	-0.66	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
5	271	17	Apr 22	DET		CHW	W,8-6	GS-7	W(3-1)	4	7.0	8	2	2	2	7	1	0	2.18	2.98	29	119	73	20	16	9	11	2	3	0	58			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	0	.54	0.095	.65	0.07%	1.28	1t start tie	7t 3 out a6
6	272	22	Apr 29	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS-7		6	7.0	6	3	3	3	4	0	0	2.48	3.03	28	113	67	15	10	9	12	4	3	0	54			0	1	0	25	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.029	1.40	0.02%	0.15	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
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
7	273	26	May 4	DET	@	KCR	W,9-4	GS-7	W(4-1)	4	7.0	4	3	3	4	7	0	0	2.68	3.00	29	107	65	16	12	4	14	7	3	0	60			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	0	1	0	.48	0.178	.70	0.16%	0.38	1b start tie	7b 3 out a4
8	274	31	May 9	DET		MIN	L,1-2	GS-7	L(4-2)	4	7.0	7	2	2	2	5	0	0	2.67	2.95	30	114	70	24	8	15	8	2	2	0	58			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.049	1.91	0.04%	1.28	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
9	275	36	May 14	DET	@	BAL	W,7-5	GS-6	W(5-2)	4	6.0	6	5	5	3	4	1	0	3.15	3.20	27	110	70	16	10	12	8	2	2	0	41			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.043	.96	-0.03%	-2.13	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
10	276	41	May 20	DET	@	CLE	L,2-6	GS-6	L(5-3)	5	6.0	11	5	5	3	2	0	0	3.55	3.27	30	116	63	10	8	7	18	9	3	0	29			1	0	0	27	5	0	0	1	0	0	.68	-0.312	.88	-0.24%	-2.13	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d3
11	277	46	May 25	DET		TEX	L,4-12	GS-6	L(5-4)	4	5.1	11	9	6	3	1	1	0	4.04	3.54	31	109	62	13	11	11	16	5	1	0	14			0	1	0	27	3	1	0	0	0	2	.81	-0.466	1.04	-0.36%	-7.07	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d7
12	278	51	May 30	DET	@	SEA	W,6-3	GS-8	W(6-4)	4	7.2	5	3	3	1	7	1	1	3.99	3.56	29	120	78	24	9	9	11	4	3	0	63			1	1	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.068	1.08	0.05%	1.32	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out a4
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
13	279	56	Jun 5	DET		TOR	L,3-7	GS-7	L(6-5)	5	7.0	8	6	5	4	4	2	0	4.19	3.88	32	107	71	15	7	6	18	5	3	0	39			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.15	-0.459	1.60	-0.39%	-2.72	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
14	280	61	Jun 11	DET	@	CHW	L,2-8	GS-6	L(6-6)	5	5.2	8	7	7	4	6	1	1	4.61	4.00	29	122	72	13	13	11	7	2	2	0	27			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.28	-0.251	2.01	-0.24%	-2.71	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out d4
15	281	66	Jun 16	DET		KCR	L,8-11	GS-6	L(6-7)	4	6.0	12	7	7	2	2	1	1	4.98	4.14	30	97	65	15	5	15	10	3	0	0	20			1	0	0	26	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	-0.441	2.31	-0.49%	-4.19	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
16	282	71	Jun 21	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS-7		4	7.0	5	2	2	1	8	1	0	4.82	4.07	27	100	68	16	10	7	10	5	0	1	66			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.149	1.49	0.15%	1.35	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
17	283	76	Jun 27	DET	@	HOU	L,3-4	GS-6		5	6.0	6	3	3	1	8	0	0	4.80	3.90	25	105	70	14	17	8	8	6	0	0	55			2	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.123	1.73	-0.10%	-0.22	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
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
18	284	81	Jul 2	DET		OAK	W,9-3	GS-6	W(7-7)	4	6.0	9	2	2	0	4	2	1	4.71	4.04	27	103	67	22	1	9	13	2	2	0	50			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.133	1.99	0.12%	0.81	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
19	285	86	Jul 8	DET		LAD	W,14-5	GS-6	W(8-7)	5	6.0	5	5	5	2	4	1	0	4.84	4.09	25	100	59	17	3	6	13	2	2	0	44			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.53	-0.234	.78	-0.21%	-2.19	1t start tie	6t 3 out a7
20	286	91	Jul 13	DET	@	KCR	L,2-5	GS-7	L(8-8)	4	6.1	6	4	4	1	3	0	0	4.88	4.02	26	97	67	12	8	11	11	10	1	0	47			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.174	1.92	-0.15%	0.00	1b start tie	7b -23 1 out tie
21	287	96	Jul 21	DET	@	ARI	W,4-3	GS-7	W(9-8)	7	6.2	6	3	3	3	5	1	0	4.84	4.06	28	116	67	18	9	8	12	7	1	0	52			0	0	0	24	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.29	-0.014	1.82	-0.01%	-0.06	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out a1
22	288	101	Jul 26	DET	@	LAA	L,0-4	GS-7	L(9-9)	4	7.0	6	3	3	3	4	1	0	4.79	4.11	30	103	64	20	10	9	14	5	4	0	54			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.050	1.06	-0.04%	0.09	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
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
23	289	106	Aug 1	DET		COL	W,4-2	GS-8	W(10-9)	5	8.0	8	2	2	0	5	0	0	4.66	3.99	32	101	70	15	11	13	14	4	2	0	63			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.41	0.280	2.30	0.27%	1.75	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
24	290	111	Aug 6	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	GS-7	L(10-10)	4	7.0	5	2	2	1	5	2	0	4.57	4.08	27	114	70	20	6	5	16	4	1	0	63			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.025	1.57	0.02%	1.25	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
25	291	116	Aug 11	DET	@	PIT	L,6-11	GS-1	L(10-11)	4	1.0	4	5	4	2	3	0	0	4.76	4.07	10	40	23	5	3	3	3	3	0	0	28			0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.35	-0.432	2.47	-0.47%	-4.56	1b start a 1	1b 3 out d4
26	292	128	Aug 23(2)	DET	@	MIN	W,8-6	GS-6	W(11-11)	11	5.2	8	4	4	3	6	0	0	4.82	4.02	27	105	67	14	16	2	16	8	4	0	40			0	0	0	24	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.244	2.41	-0.28%	-1.58	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out a1
27	293	133	Aug 29	DET	@	CHW	W,7-1	GS-7	W(12-11)	5	7.0	9	1	1	2	8	0	0	4.68	3.93	31	116	77	26	12	5	16	10	1	0	61			0	0	0	28	5	0	0	0	1	0	.77	0.082	1.69	0.11%	2.15	1b start tie	7b 3 out a6
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	294	139	Sep 3	DET	@	CLE	L,0-7	GS-7	L(12-12)	4	6.2	9	7	6	1	7	1	0	4.80	3.91	29	108	68	16	10	10	11	9	1	0	36			1	0	0	28	4	0	0	1	0	0	.42	-0.204	1.06	-0.31%	-2.96	1b start tie	7b -2- 2 out d6
29	295	144	Sep 8	DET		KCR	W,9-5	GS-7	W(13-12)	4	7.0	6	4	4	1	4	1	0	4.82	3.92	27	106	69	19	6	7	15	6	2	0	52			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	1	0	0	.56	-0.047	2.27	-0.12%	-0.72	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
30	296	149	Sep 14	DET		CLE	W,6-4	GS-6		5	5.2	6	3	3	3	6	0	1	4.81	3.90	27	109	68	15	9	5	12	5	2	0	48			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.54	0.134	4.04	0.21%	1.39	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out tie
31	297	153	Sep 19	DET	@	KCR	W,10-1	GS-8	W(14-12)	4	7.1	7	1	1	0	4	0	0	4.68	3.83	27	103	72	22	7	14	9	4	0	0	64			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	2	0	0	.42	0.149	1.63	0.35%	2.94	1b start a 3	8b --3 1 out a10
32	298	158	Sep 24	DET		CHW	W,6-1	GS-8	W(15-12)	4	8.0	7	1	1	0	6	0	0	4.54	3.74	31	109	76	23	10	7	18	7	5	0	70			1	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.310	2.40	0.35%	2.75	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
							19-13		W-L:15-12	4.5	206.0	223	114	104	65	159	18	5	4.54	3.74	893	3409	64%	16%	9%	0.70		24%	9%	1	49		---%	13	4	0	812	51	9	1	16	5	7	1.01	-1.856	1.62	-1.55%	-12.60

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