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

0.2

81.0

258

141

ERA

3.00

3.24

510

6.0

3331.1

3346

WHIP

0.667

1.117

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Team Record in Appearances: 21-13 / in Starts: 21-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2018 Pitching Game Log

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2018 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	386	1	Mar 29	HOU	@	TEX	W,4-1	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	6.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	1	0.00	2.99	23	90	52	12	9	4	11	4	1	0	67			0	0	1	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	0.345	1.14	0.23%	3.38	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a3
2	387	6	Apr 3	HOU		BAL	W,10-6	GS-6		4	5.2	6	4	3	1	9	2	0	2.31	4.02	25	103	74	20	14	4	11	3	3	0	51			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.12	-0.213	1.21	-0.14%	-1.20	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out d1
3	388	11	Apr 9	HOU	@	MIN	W,2-0	GS-7	W(2-0)	5	7.0	4	0	0	1	9	0	0	1.45	2.89	26	109	69	16	13	5	11	5	4	0	77			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.482	1.56	0.34%	3.62	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
4	389	16	Apr 15	HOU		TEX	L,1-3	GS-8		5	8.0	1	1	1	1	11	1	1	1.35	2.86	27	100	73	24	17	4	10	1	2	0	86			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.302	.83	0.21%	3.05	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
5	390	21	Apr 20	HOU	@	CHW	W,10-0	GS-6	W(3-0)	4	6.0	2	0	0	3	5	0	0	1.10	2.88	22	96	62	18	15	6	8	2	2	0	70			1	1	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.212	.68	0.15%	3.01	1b start tie	6b 3 out a9
6	391	26	Apr 25	HOU		LAA	W,5-2	GS-7	W(4-0)	4	7.0	4	2	2	0	9	1	0	1.36	2.81	25	97	71	19	14	5	11	2	3	0	70			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.256	.97	0.22%	1.54	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
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	392	31	May 1	HOU		NYY	L,0-4	GS-8		5	8.0	3	0	0	0	14	0	1	1.13	2.34	28	105	75	21	21	5	9	1	1	0	90			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.552	1.37	0.42%	4.05	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
8	393	36	May 6	HOU	@	ARI	L,1-3	GS-6	L(4-1)	4	6.0	3	2	1	3	8	0	0	1.17	2.30	24	92	61	18	10	3	10	3	1	0	65			0	0	0	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.004	1.58	0.00%	1.05	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
9	394	40	May 11	HOU		TEX	L,0-1	GS-7	L(4-2)	4	6.0	3	1	1	2	7	0	0	1.21	2.25	23	101	71	23	10	5	9	5	1	0	67			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.103	1.34	0.08%	1.19	1t start tie	7t 123 0 out tie
10	395	45	May 16	HOU	@	LAA	W,2-0	SHO	W(5-2)	4	9.0	5	0	0	1	7	0	0	1.05	2.21	33	118	79	22	11	9	16	4	6	0	83			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.620	2.02	0.59%	4.51	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
11	396	50	May 23	HOU		SFG	W,4-1	GS-6	W(6-2)	6	6.0	3	1	1	1	9	0	0	1.08	2.09	22	97	64	17	17	3	9	3	0	0	70			0	0	0	20	1	1	0	0	1	0	.91	0.195	1.15	0.15%	2.03	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
12	397	55	May 28	HOU	@	NYY	W,5-1	GS-7	W(7-2)	4	6.2	5	1	1	0	5	1	1	1.11	2.25	25	113	74	18	8	6	13	2	4	0	65			0	0	1	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.239	1.00	0.19%	2.34	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out a3
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	398	60	Jun 2	HOU		BOS	L,4-5	GS-6		4	6.0	3	2	2	2	6	0	0	1.24	2.24	23	101	69	16	12	4	11	6	1	0	62			2	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.125	1.40	0.10%	1.03	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
14	399	65	Jun 8	HOU	@	TEX	W,7-3	GS-6	W(8-2)	5	6.0	5	3	3	3	9	1	0	1.45	2.35	26	110	68	18	14	5	9	2	1	0	56			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.090	1.54	0.07%	0.38	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
15	400	70	Jun 14	HOU	@	OAK	W,7-3	GS-7	W(9-2)	5	7.0	5	3	3	0	7	2	1	1.61	2.55	27	100	73	13	10	3	16	6	5	0	62			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.132	.90	0.10%	0.47	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a4
16	401	75	Jun 19	HOU		TBR	L,1-2	GS-7		4	6.2	6	1	1	1	10	1	0	1.60	2.55	27			13	21	7	9	2	2	0	67			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.266	.98	0.16%	2.22	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out tie
17	402	80	Jun 25	HOU		TOR	L,3-6	GS-7	L(9-3)	5	6.2	7	4	4	2	6	2	0	1.82	2.76	29	112	73	23	6	6	15	7	1	0	48			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.158	.94	-0.09%	-0.69	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out d1
18	403	85	Jun 30	HOU	@	TBR	L,2-5	GS-5	L(9-4)	4	5.0	9	5	5	1	8	0	1	2.12	2.70	26	97	68	18	13	7	9	5	2	0	36			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	0	.56	-0.293	.57	-0.18%	-2.52	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
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
19	404	89	Jul 5	HOU		CHW	W,4-3	GS-7		4	7.0	4	2	2	0	10	1	0	2.15	2.67	24	107	74	17	21	2	12	4	3	0	71			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.163	.99	0.10%	1.54	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
20	405	94	Jul 10	HOU		OAK	W,6-5	GS-6		4	6.0	3	0	0	0	6	0	1	2.05	2.62	21	110	74	12	15	4	10	2	2	0	72			0	1	0	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	.91	0.305	1.08	0.22%	3.03	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
21	406	99	Jul 15	HOU		DET	L,3-6	GS-6	L(9-5)	4	6.0	6	6	5	0	12	4	0	2.29	2.85	24	91	67	13	19	4	8	2	0	0	50			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	.60	-0.321	.55	-0.18%	-2.97	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
22	407	101	Jul 21	HOU	@	LAA	W,7-0	GS-6	W(10-5)	5	6.0	5	0	0	2	11	0	0	2.19	2.75	24			19	16	5	6	5	1	0	71			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.295	1.02	0.16%	3.01	1b start tie	6b 3 out a7
23	408	106	Jul 28	HOU		TEX	L,3-7	GS-5	L(10-6)	6	5.0	9	2	2	1	7	2	0	2.24	2.86	24	99	69	19	14	8	8	3	0	0	47			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.002	1.07	0.00%	0.53	1t start tie	5t 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
24	409	111	Aug 3	HOU	@	LAD	W,2-1	GS-8	W(11-6)	5	7.2	4	1	1	1	14	1	0	2.19	2.80	28	105	76	23	20	5	10	4	2	0	80			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.449	1.40	0.30%	2.57	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out a1
25	410	116	Aug 9	HOU		SEA	L,6-8	GS-2	L(11-7)	5	2.0	7	6	6	0	2	3	0	2.50	3.03	13	52	34	7	6	3	8	2	1	0	20			0	0	0	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.373	.69	-0.25%	-4.99	1t start tie	2t 3 out d6
26	411	120	Aug 14	HOU		COL	L,1-5	GS-6	L(11-8)	4	6.0	6	2	2	0	11	1	0	2.52	2.98	24	107	75	18	17	3	10	6	0	0	63			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.014	1.32	0.01%	1.03	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
27	412	124	Aug 19	HOU	@	OAK	W,9-4	GS-6	W(12-8)	4	5.1	7	4	4	1	6	3	0	2.65	3.16	23	101	69	22	10	5	11	3	2	0	43			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	.95	-0.267	2.49	-0.42%	-2.21	1b start tie	6b 1-3 1 out a2
28	413	129	Aug 25	HOU	@	LAA	W,8-3	GS-6	W(13-8)	5	6.0	6	3	3	2	6	1	0	2.72	3.20	25	92	64	19	12	4	13	2	2	0	52			0	1	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.042	1.57	0.04%	0.01	1b start a 3	6b 3 out a1
29	414	134	Aug 30	HOU		LAA	L,2-5	GS-6	L(13-9)	4	5.1	5	3	3	1	11	0	0	2.78	3.09	22	99	68	20	17	2	8	5	2	0	56			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.081	1.46	0.06%	1.12	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 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
30	415	139	Sep 4	HOU		MIN	W,5-2	GS-7	W(14-9)	4	7.0	3	1	1	2	8	0	0	2.73	3.04	26	102	71	24	15	4	12	6	4	0	73			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.252	1.04	0.18%	2.54	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
31	416	144	Sep 10	HOU	@	DET	W,3-2	GS-7	W(15-9)	5	7.0	6	2	2	1	10	0	0	2.72	2.96	28	104	77	16	20	6	11	5	3	0	66			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.48	0.244	1.65	0.16%	1.69	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
32	417	149	Sep 16	HOU		ARI	W,5-4	GS-7	W(16-9)	5	7.0	3	1	1	1	11	1	0	2.67	2.94	25			15	23	4	9	3	1	0	77			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.300	.83	0.14%	2.54	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
33	418	154	Sep 22	HOU		LAA	W,10-5	GS-6		5	6.0	1	0	0	0	11	0	1	2.60	2.85	20	103	77	20	14	1	7	4	1	0	81			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.365	.54	0.13%	3.03	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
34	419	160	Sep 29(1)	HOU	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS-6		6	6.0	3	0	0	1	10	0	0	2.52	2.78	21	99	68	17	20	5	5	2	2	0	75			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.335	.00	0.00%	3.01	1b start tie	6b 3 out a3
							21-13		W-L:16-9	4.6	214.0	156	63	60	37	290	28	8	2.52	2.78	833	3112	69%	20%	16%	0.45		24%	13%	0	64		---%	3	4	2	781	31	5	0	3	5	2	.99	5.145	1.16	3.25%	44.91

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