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Justin Verlander
Justin Brooks Verlander

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 5", Weight 200 lb.
School Old Dominion University

Debut July 4, 2005

Born February 20, 1983 in Manakin Sabot, VA

Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed October 25, 2004. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2005 22 DET AL   0   2   2   2   0   0   0  0   11.3   15    9    9   1    5    7   1   1    54   0   0  7.15  4.27   60 1.765
 2006 23 DET AL  17   9  30  30   1   1   0  0  186.0  187   78   75  21   60  124   6   5   776   1   1  3.63  4.56  126 1.328 MVP-15,CYA-7,RoY-1
 2007 24 DET AL  18   6  32  32   1   1   0  0  201.7  181   88   82  20   67  183  19  17   866   3   2  3.66  4.56  125 1.230 CYA-5,AS
 2008 25 DET AL  10  14  28  28   1   0   0  0  177.0  161   97   89  16   72  143  12   3   763   7   2  4.53  4.33   96 1.316
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .592  45  31  92  92   3   2   0  0  576.0  544  272  255  58  204  457  38  26  2459  11   5  3.98  4.49  113 1.299
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    16  11  34  34   1   0   0  0  212.7  201  100   94  21   75  168  14   9   908   4   1  3.98  4.49  113 1.299
 Career High     18  14  32  32   1   1   0  0  201.7  187   97   89  21   72  183  19  17   866   7   2  3.63  4.56  126 1.230

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2006 23 DET AL  30    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0 MVP-15,RoY-1
 2007 24 DET AL   2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0 AS
 2008 25 DET AL   2    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons       36   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   6  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   2   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         45    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  27  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   9   0   0   0   0
 Career High     30    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3                           0   1   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2006 23 DET AL    2    2    0   0.0   111| .000  .275| .000  .340| .000  .438| .000  .778|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 2007 24 DET AL    5    5    0   0.0   108| .000  .272| .000  .340| .000  .426| .000  .765|-100  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 2008 25 DET AL    5    5    0   0.0   106| .000  .269| .000  .337| .000  .422| .000  .759|-100  .000  -1.5  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons        12   12    0   0.0   107| .000  .271| .000  .338| .000  .425| .000  .763|-100  .000  -2.9  -0.2   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2005 22 DET AL P 2 2 2 1 0 .800 .952 2.00 0.45 3.19 1.67 2 11.3 2006 23 DET AL P 30 11 24 3 4 .921 .959 1.17 0.41 1.69 1.56 30 186.0 2007 24 DET AL P 32 7 17 0 0 1.000 .956 0.75 0.42 1.07 1.60 32 201.7 AS 2008 25 DET AL P 28 7 21 2 1 .933 .956 1.00 0.44 1.42 1.63 28 177.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2005 22 DET AL P 2 2 2 1 0 .800 .952 2.00 0.45 3.19 1.67 2 11.3 2006 23 DET AL P 30 11 24 3 4 .921 .959 1.17 0.41 1.69 1.56 30 186.0 2007 24 DET AL P 32 7 17 0 0 1.000 .956 0.75 0.42 1.07 1.60 32 201.7 2008 25 DET AL P 28 7 21 2 1 .933 .956 1.00 0.44 1.42 1.63 28 177.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 92 27 64 6 5 .938 .957 0.99 0.42 1.42 1.60 92 576.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 92 27 64 6 5 .938 .957 0.99 0.42 1.42 1.60 92 576
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2006   ALDS  DET NYY     W   1   1   5.06  0  0  0  0   5.1   7   3   4   5 
        ALCS  DET OAK     W   1   1   6.75  1  0  0  0   5.1   7   4   1   6 
        WS    DET STL     L   2   2   5.73  0  2  0  0  11    12   7   5  12 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  3 Postseason Ser      2-1   4   4   5.82  1  2  0  0  21.2  26  14  10  23 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2006   WS    DET STL     L   1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0             
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 2007   DET AL      0  0  0   1     2   1   1   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  1  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2007   DET AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
2007 *

Awards
2006-AL-ROY

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2006-AL-15-0.02
Car-1314-0.02 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2006-AL-7-0.01
2007-AL-5-0.01
Car-233-0.02 shares

ERA
2006 AL-3.63-7

Wins
2006 AL-17-4
2007 AL-18-6

Won-Loss %
2006 AL-.654-10
2007 AL-.750-1

Hits Allowed/9IP
2007 AL-8.08-5

Strikeouts/9IP
2007 AL-8.17-8

Innings
2008 AL-177.0-6

Strikeouts
2007 AL-183-10
2008 AL-143-9

Games Started
2008 AL-28-1

Shutouts
2006 AL-1-5
2007 AL-1-5

Bases On Balls Allow.
2007 AL-67-9
2008 AL-72-5

Losses
2008 AL-14-1

Earned Runs Allow.
2008 AL-89-7

Wild Pitches
2007 AL-17-1

Hit Batsmen
2007 AL-19-1
2008 AL-12-2

Batters Faced
2008 AL-763-4

Adjusted ERA+
2006 AL-126-7

       

Black Ink: Pitching - 4 (457) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 34 (687) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 14.0 (529) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 18.0 (633) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 7, 2004: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed October 25, 2004.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2006Detroit Tigers$980,000
2007Detroit Tigers$1,030,000
Career (may be incomplete)$2,010,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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