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: 18-15 / in Starts: 18-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2017 Pitching Game Log

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2017 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	353	1	Apr 4	DET	@	CHW	W,6-3	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	6.1	6	2	2	2	10	0	0	2.84	0.95	26	103	68	16	13	5	9	4	1	0	61			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.090	.81	0.06%	1.05	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out a4
2	354	6	Apr 10	DET		BOS	W,2-1	GS-7		5	7.0	3	1	0	2	4	0	0	1.35	1.96	26	112	67	19	5	5	15	6	3	0	71			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.03	0.301	1.02	0.18%	2.74	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
3	355	11	Apr 15	DET	@	CLE	L,6-13	GS-5	L(1-1)	4	4.0	11	9	9	1	4	3	0	5.71	4.20	24	85	60	10	10	7	12	5	0	0	7			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.53	-0.358	.66	-0.27%	-5.78	1b start tie	5b 12- 0 out d3
4	356	16	Apr 21	DET	@	MIN	L,3-6	GS-6	L(1-2)	5	5.0	3	4	4	6	4	0	0	6.04	4.41	23	107	64	20	6	6	7	2	1	0	43			1	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	-0.098	1.55	-0.07%	-0.37	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out a1
5	357	21	Apr 27	DET		SEA	L,1-2	GS-7		5	7.0	5	1	0	2	8	0	0	4.60	3.77	27	119	79	22	8	3	14	6	1	0	71			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.10	0.280	1.20	0.18%	2.74	1t start tie	7t 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
6	358	26	May 2	DET		CLE	W,5-2	GS-7	W(2-2)	4	7.0	4	2	2	4	5	0	0	4.21	3.71	29	118	68	20	6	2	18	6	4	0	62			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	.97	0.179	1.20	0.13%	1.74	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
7	359	31	May 9	DET	@	ARI	W,7-3	GS-7	W(3-2)	6	6.0	7	3	3	3	7	0	0	4.25	3.51	28			14	16	8	10	4	0	0	50			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.139	1.15	-0.08%	-0.67	1b start a 1	7b 12- 0 out a2
8	360	36	May 14	DET	@	LAA	L,1-4	GS-7	L(3-3)	4	6.0	5	4	4	5	7	2	1	4.47	4.09	29	106	68	22	12	6	10	3	2	0	48			4	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.081	.91	-0.05%	-1.27	1b start a 1	7b 1-3 0 out d2
9	361	41	May 20	DET		TEX	W,9-3	GS-7	W(4-3)	5	7.0	4	3	3	1	5	1	1	4.39	4.13	27	109	69	17	13	5	15	6	5	0	61			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.138	.41	0.09%	0.74	1t start tie	7t 3 out a6
10	362	46	May 25	DET	@	HOU	L,6-7	GS-6		4	5.2	9	6	6	3	4	3	0	4.87	4.70	28			20	6	6	15	4	1	0	28			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.455	.88	-0.26%	-3.46	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out d2
11	363	52	May 30	DET	@	KCR	L,0-1	GS-7	L(4-4)	4	7.0	6	1	1	1	5	0	0	4.50	4.44	27	116	80	16	13	12	9	6	1	0	65			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.223	1.06	0.13%	2.74	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
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	364	56	Jun 4	DET		CHW	W,7-4	GS-3		4	2.0	6	2	2	3	3	1	0	4.63	4.63	15			15	5	5	4	4	0	0	36			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.128	1.36	-0.09%	-1.33	1t start tie	3t 1-- 0 out d2
13	365	61	Jun 10	DET	@	BOS	L,3-11	GS-5		5	5.0	5	3	3	4	3	0	0	4.68	4.61	24			19	8	6	11	5	2	0	44			0	0	0	18	1	0	1	0	2	0	1.19	-0.104	1.19	-0.06%	-0.23	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
14	366	65	Jun 15	DET		TBR	W,5-3	GS-7		4	7.0	6	2	2	5	6	0	0	4.50	4.52	30	111	64	14	12	10	9	6	1	0	58			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.36	0.238	1.25	0.13%	1.74	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
15	367	71	Jun 21	DET	@	SEA	L,5-7	GS-6		5	5.2	4	3	3	1	11	0	0	4.52	4.22	22			21	12	3	7	2	1	0	59			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.031	.75	-0.01%	-0.60	1b start tie	6b -23 2 out a1
16	368	76	Jun 27	DET		KCR	W,5-3	GS-7	W(5-4)	5	7.0	9	3	3	1	6	0	0	4.47	4.05	30	111	81	18	14	8	15	10	1	0	52			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.114	.56	0.03%	0.74	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
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	369	81	Jul 2	DET		CLE	L,8-11	GS-4	L(5-5)	4	3.1	9	7	7	3	0	2	0	4.96	4.37	22			16	3	7	12	5	4	0	11			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.305	.55	-0.12%	-3.81	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out d4
18	370	86	Jul 8	DET	@	CLE	L,0-4	GS-7	L(5-6)	5	6.2	6	1	1	4	6	0	0	4.73	4.29	30			16	9	6	14	8	2	0	60			1	0	0	26	5	0	2	0	0	0	.99	0.204	.45	0.06%	2.45	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out d1
19	371	88	Jul 14	DET		TOR	L,2-7	GS-6	L(5-7)	5	5.1	3	3	2	3	5	1	0	4.66	4.35	23	114	67	14	11	8	7	4	1	0	54			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	1	1	.92	-0.025	.39	-0.01%	0.26	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d1
20	372	93	Jul 19	DET	@	KCR	L,3-4	GS-7		4	7.0	6	2	2	1	8	1	0	4.54	4.28	27			17	16	3	15	9	2	0	64			0	0	1	26	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.105	.98	0.06%	1.74	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
21	373	98	Jul 24	DET		KCR	L,3-5	GS-7		4	7.0	5	3	3	2	9	1	0	4.50	4.22	28	119	77	18	17	6	11	5	0	0	62			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	1	0	.99	0.049	.68	0.02%	0.74	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
22	374	103	Jul 30	DET		HOU	W,13-1	GS-6	W(6-7)	5	6.0	5	0	0	3	6	0	0	4.29	4.15	26	110	71	18	9	6	11	3	3	0	65			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.345	.23	0.04%	3.20	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
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	375	108	Aug 4	DET	@	BAL	W,5-2	GS-7	W(7-7)	4	7.0	6	2	2	0	10	2	0	4.20	4.14	27	107	80	18	15	4	13	5	1	0	67			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.114	.36	0.03%	1.59	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
24	376	113	Aug 9	DET		PIT	W,10-0	GS-8	W(8-7)	4	8.0	1	0	0	3	6	0	1	3.97	4.09	29	113	75	21	12	7	12	3	3	0	83			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.353	.17	0.05%	4.27	1t start tie	8t 3 out a6
25	377	119	Aug 15	DET	@	TEX	L,4-10	GS-6	L(8-8)	5	6.0	8	5	5	0	8	3	0	4.11	4.20	25			22	15	3	14	7	2	0	44			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.65	-0.231	.06	-0.01%	-1.51	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
26	378	123	Aug 20	DET		LAD	W,6-1	GS-8	W(9-8)	4	8.0	2	1	1	1	9	1	0	3.96	4.14	27	112	76	20	12	5	12	3	2	0	82			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.285	.00	0.00%	3.27	1t start tie	8t 3 out a3
27	379	127	Aug 25	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-7		4	7.0	6	2	2	2	8	1	0	3.90	4.12	28			18	11	7	11	8	2	0	63			1	1	0	25	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.24	0.142	.01	0.00%	1.59	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
28	380	132	Aug 30	DET	@	COL	W,6-2	GS-6	W(10-8)	4	6.0	3	1	1	1	9	1	0	3.82	4.07	22	98	67	10	13	8	4	1	0	0	70			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.275	.00	0.00%	2.63	1b start tie	6b 3 out a4
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
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to Houston Astros
29	381	138	Sep 5	HOU	@	SEA	W,3-1	GS-6	W(11-8)	5	6.0	6	1	1	1	7	1	0	3.74	4.05	24	103	73	15	9	6	10	5	1	0	62			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.225	.07	0.01%	2.01	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
30	382	144	Sep 12	HOU	@	LAA	W,1-0	GS-8	W(12-8)	6	8.0	1	0	0	1	9	0	1	3.58	3.95	26	112	71	19	17	7	8	4	2	0	88			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.646	.19	0.06%	4.10	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
31	383	149	Sep 17	HOU		SEA	W,7-1	GS-7	W(13-8)	4	7.0	3	1	1	1	10	1	0	3.50	3.90	23	99	64	20	17	2	10	4	2	0	76			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	.80	0.228	.10	0.02%	2.48	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
32	384	153	Sep 22	HOU		LAA	W,3-0	GS-7	W(14-8)	4	7.0	1	0	0	2	6	0	0	3.38	3.84	23	99	65	12	15	8	7	1	2	0	79			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.442	.12	0.03%	3.48	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
33	385	158	Sep 27	HOU	@	TEX	W,12-2	GS-6	W(15-8)	4	6.0	6	2	2	0	11	2	0	3.36	3.84	24	110	77	16	16	0	13	5	2	0	63			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.123	.15	0.01%	1.49	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a9
							18-15		W-L:15-8	4.5	206.0	170	80	77	72	219	27	4	3.36	3.84	849	2493	65%	23%	15%	0.52		29%	10%	0	58		---%	9	1	1	768	29	2	4	12	4	3	.98	3.144	.62	0.27%	30.45

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