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Justin Verlander

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 240lb (196cm, 108kg)

Team: Detroit Tigers (majors, 60-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)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2006 season

2026 Contract Status: Signed thru 2026, 1 yr/$7.86M (26)

Service Time (01/2026): 20.002 • Free Agent: 2027

Agents: ISE Baseball • Previously: Richard Verlander

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Justin Brooks Verlander

Nicknames: JV

Pronunciation: \VUHR-land-er\

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

2026

Career

WAR

-0.2

81.8

266

159

ERA

12.27

3.33

556

3.2

3571.1

3554

WHIP

2.182

1.136

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2005	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	DET	11	2	.846	1.29	1.52	20	20	0	2	0	0	118.2	81	20	17	4	26	0	136	8	3	8	454	0.902	6.1	0.3	2.0	10.3	5.23
2005	22	-2.7	Erie	EL	AA	DET	2	0	1.000	0.28	0.28	7	7	0	0	0	0	32.2	11	1	1	1	7	0	32	1	1	0	116	0.551	3.0	0.3	1.9	8.8	4.57
2005	22	-1.0	Lakeland	FLOR	A+	DET	9	2	.818	1.67	1.99	13	13	0	2	0	0	86.0	70	19	16	3	19	0	104	7	2	8	338	1.035	7.3	0.3	2.0	10.9	5.47
2005	22	-7.2	DET	AL	Maj	DET	0	2	.000	7.15	7.15	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.1	15	9	9	1	5	0	7	1	0	1	54	1.765	11.9	0.8	4.0	5.6	1.40
2006	23	-5.4	DET	AL	Maj	DET	17	9	.654	3.63	3.77	30	30	0	1	1	0	186.0	187	78	75	21	60	1	124	6	1	5	776	1.328	9.0	1.0	2.9	6.0	2.07
2007	24	-4.4	DET	AL	Maj	DET	18	6	.750	3.66	3.93	32	32	0	1	1	0	201.2	181	88	82	20	67	3	183	19	2	17	866	1.230	8.1	0.9	3.0	8.2	2.73
2008	25	-3.3	DET	AL	Maj	DET	11	17	.393	4.84	5.33	33	33	0	1	0	0	201.0	195	119	108	18	87	8	163	14	3	6	880	1.403	8.7	0.8	3.9	7.3	1.87
2009	26	-2.1	DET	AL	Maj	DET	19	9	.679	3.45	3.71	35	35	0	3	1	0	240.0	219	99	92	20	63	5	269	6	4	8	982	1.175	8.2	0.8	2.4	10.1	4.27
2010	27	-1.0	DET	AL	Maj	DET	18	9	.667	3.37	3.57	33	33	0	4	0	0	224.1	190	89	84	14	71	0	219	6	2	11	925	1.163	7.6	0.6	2.8	8.8	3.08
2011	28	-0.2	DET	AL	Maj	DET	24	5	.828	2.40	2.62	34	34	0	4	2	0	251.0	174	73	67	24	57	0	250	3	2	7	969	0.920	6.2	0.9	2.0	9.0	4.39
2012	29	0.8	DET	AL	Maj	DET	17	8	.680	2.64	3.06	33	33	0	6	1	0	238.1	192	81	70	19	60	2	239	5	1	2	956	1.057	7.3	0.7	2.3	9.0	3.98
2013	30	1.3	DET	AL	Maj	DET	13	12	.520	3.46	3.87	34	34	0	0	0	0	218.1	212	94	84	19	75	1	217	4	1	3	925	1.315	8.7	0.8	3.1	8.9	2.89
2014	31	2.5	DET	AL	Maj	DET	15	12	.556	4.54	4.98	32	32	0	0	0	0	206.0	223	114	104	18	65	1	159	5	1	5	893	1.398	9.7	0.8	2.8	6.9	2.45
2015	32	5.0	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	0	0		3.24	4.32	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.1	10	4	3	0	2	0	12	1	0	0	38	1.440	10.8	0.0	2.2	13.0	6.00
2015	32	3.7	DET	AL	Maj	DET	5	8	.385	3.38	3.78	20	20	0	1	1	0	133.1	113	56	50	13	32	1	113	3	0	2	535	1.088	7.6	0.9	2.2	7.6	3.53
2016	33	4.4	DET	AL	Maj	DET	16	9	.640	3.04	3.20	34	34	0	2	0	0	227.2	171	81	77	30	57	1	254	8	0	6	903	1.001	6.8	1.2	2.3	10.0	4.46
2017	34		2 Teams	AL	Maj	DET-HOU	15	8	.652	3.36	3.50	33	33	0	0	0	0	206.0	170	80	77	27	72	4	219	4	0	5	849	1.175	7.4	1.2	3.1	9.6	3.04
2017	34	5.4	DET	AL	Maj	DET	10	8	.556	3.82	3.98	28	28	0	0	0	0	172.0	153	76	73	23	67	4	176	3	0	5	729	1.279	8.0	1.2	3.5	9.2	2.63
2017	34	5.4	HOU	AL	Maj	HOU	5	0	1.000	1.06	1.06	5	5	0	0	0	0	34.0	17	4	4	4	5	0	43	1	0	0	120	0.647	4.5	1.1	1.3	11.4	8.60
2018	35	6.4	HOU	AL	Maj	HOU	16	9	.640	2.52	2.65	34	34	0	1	1	0	214.0	156	63	60	28	37	0	290	8	2	5	833	0.902	6.6	1.2	1.6	12.2	7.84
2019	36	7.6	HOU	AL	Maj	HOU	21	6	.778	2.58	2.66	34	34	0	2	1	0	223.0	137	66	64	36	42	0	300	6	0	4	847	0.803	5.5	1.5	1.7	12.1	7.14
2020	37	8.8	HOU	AL	Maj	HOU	1	0	1.000	3.00	3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	3	2	2	2	1	0	7	0	0	0	21	0.667	4.5	3.0	1.5	10.5	7.00

2022	39	10.6	HOU	AL	Maj	HOU	18	4	.818	1.75	2.21	28	28	0	0	0	0	175.0	116	43	34	12	29	0	185	6	0	3	666	0.829	6.0	0.6	1.5	9.5	6.38
2023	40		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	NYM	13	8	.619	3.22	3.49	27	27	0	0	0	0	162.1	139	63	58	18	45	0	144	5	0	5	669	1.133	7.7	1.0	2.5	8.0	3.20
2023	40	15.6	Binghamton	EL	AA	NYM	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	17	0.643	3.9	0.0	1.9	11.6	6.00
2023	40	10.8	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	6	5	.545	3.15	3.43	16	16	0	0	0	0	94.1	77	36	33	9	31	0	81	1	0	3	386	1.145	7.3	0.9	3.0	7.7	2.61
2023	40	11.3	HOU	AL	Maj	HOU	7	3	.700	3.31	3.57	11	11	0	0	0	0	68.0	62	27	25	9	14	0	63	4	0	2	283	1.118	8.2	1.2	1.9	8.3	4.50
2024	41		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	HOU	0	2	.000	8.36	10.29	4	4	0	0	0	0	14.0	20	16	13	1	4	0	17	0	0	2	68	1.714	12.9	0.6	2.6	10.9	4.25
2024	41	13.5	Sugar Land	PCL	AAA	HOU	0	1	.000	10.50	12.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	9	8	7	1	3	0	9	0	0	0	30	2.000	13.5	1.5	4.5	13.5	3.00
2024	41	16.7	Corpus Christi	TL	AA	HOU	0	1	.000	6.75	9.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	11	8	6	0	1	0	8	0	0	2	38	1.500	12.4	0.0	1.1	9.0	8.00
2024	41	12.0	HOU	AL	Maj	HOU	5	6	.455	5.48	5.58	17	17	0	0	0	0	90.1	98	56	55	15	27	0	74	6	1	2	396	1.384	9.8	1.5	2.7	7.4	2.74
2025	42	12.9	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	4	11	.267	3.85	4.38	29	29	0	0	0	0	152.0	155	74	65	16	52	1	137	6	0	2	662	1.362	9.2	0.9	3.1	8.1	2.63
2026	43	15.7	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	1	1	.500	3.38	3.38	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.2	9	4	4	4	2	0	6	0	0	0	43	1.031	7.6	3.4	1.7	5.1	3.00
2026	43	13.7	DET	AL	Maj	DET	0	1	.000	12.27	12.27	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	6	5	5	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	19	2.182	14.7	2.5	4.9	2.5	0.50
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (21 seasons)					Majors		266	159	.626	3.33	3.61	556	556	0	26	9	0	3571.1	3052	1433	1322	372	1006	28	3554	121	20	100	14626	1.136	7.7	0.9	2.5	9.0	3.53
Minors (5 seasons)					Minors		12	5	.706	2.13	2.53	29	29	0	2	0	0	156.1	122	44	37	9	35	0	177	9	3	10	620	1.004	7.0	0.5	2.0	10.2	5.06
All Levels (21 Seasons)							278	164	.629	3.28	3.57	585	585	0	28	9	0	3727.2	3174	1477	1359	381	1041	28	3731	130	23	110	15246	1.131	7.7	0.9	2.5	9.0	3.58

AAA (3 seasons)					Minors		1	2	.333	5.04	5.76	6	6	0	0	0	0	25.0	28	16	14	5	7	0	27	1	0	0	111	1.400	10.1	1.8	2.5	9.7	3.86
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		2	1	.667	1.39	1.79	10	10	0	0	0	0	45.1	24	9	7	1	9	0	46	1	1	2	171	0.728	4.8	0.2	1.8	9.1	5.11
A+ (1 season)					Minors		9	2	.818	1.67	1.99	13	13	0	2	0	0	86.0	70	19	16	3	19	0	104	7	2	8	338	1.035	7.3	0.3	2.0	10.9	5.47