Justin Verlander | Detroit Tigers
MLB Player
Justin Verlander
Detroit TigersHeight6' 5"Weight240 lbsAge43Experience21st Season
0-1W-LTied-526th
12.27ERA
1KTied-757th
2.18WHIP
Player Information
PositionStarting Pitcher
Jersey#35
Date of Birth20/2/1983
BirthplaceManakin Sabot, VA
CollegeOld Dominion
Experience21st Season
Draft2004: Rd 1, Pk 2 (DET)
Bats / ThrowsRight/Right
MLB Debut2005
StatusInjured/60
Awards
🏆 Cy Young3x 2022, 2019, 2011
🏆 All-MLB 1st Team2x 2022, 2019
🏆 ALCS MVP1x 2017
🏆 MVP1x 2011
🏆 Rookie of the Year1x 2006
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Season, Postseason & Career
| Split | GP | GS | CG | SHO | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 556 | 556 | 26 | 9 | 3571.1 | 3052 | 1433 | 1322 | 372 | 1006 | 3554 |
Pitching by Season
| Season | GP | GS | W | L | W% | WAR | ERA | WHIP | IP | K | BB | K/BB | H | R | ER | SV | HLD | BLSV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | -0.2 | 7.15 | 1.76 | 11.1 | 7 | 5 | 1.4 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 30 | 30 | 17 | 9 | .654 | 3.8 | 3.63 | 1.33 | 186.0 | 124 | 60 | 2.1 | 187 | 78 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 32 | 32 | 18 | 6 | .750 | 3.9 | 3.66 | 1.23 | 201.2 | 183 | 67 | 2.7 | 181 | 88 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 33 | 33 | 11 | 17 | .393 | 1.5 | 4.84 | 1.40 | 201.0 | 163 | 87 | 1.9 | 195 | 119 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 35 | 35 | 19 | 9 | .679 | 5.2 | 3.45 | 1.18 | 240.0 | 269 | 63 | 4.3 | 219 | 99 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 33 | 33 | 18 | 9 | .667 | 4.1 | 3.37 | 1.16 | 224.1 | 219 | 71 | 3.1 | 190 | 89 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 34 | 34 | 24 | 5 | .828 | 8.3 | 2.40 | 0.92 | 251.0 | 250 | 57 | 4.4 | 174 | 73 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 33 | 33 | 17 | 8 | .680 | 7.5 | 2.64 | 1.06 | 238.1 | 239 | 60 | 4.0 | 192 | 81 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 34 | 34 | 13 | 12 | .520 | 4.6 | 3.46 | 1.31 | 218.1 | 217 | 75 | 2.9 | 212 | 94 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 32 | 32 | 15 | 12 | .556 | 1.1 | 4.54 | 1.40 | 206.0 | 159 | 65 | 2.4 | 223 | 114 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 8 | .385 | 2.2 | 3.38 | 1.09 | 133.1 | 113 | 32 | 3.5 | 113 | 56 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 34 | 34 | 16 | 9 | .640 | 6.6 | 3.04 | 1.00 | 227.2 | 254 | 57 | 4.5 | 171 | 81 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 28 | 28 | 10 | 8 | .556 | 4.5 | 3.82 | 1.28 | 172.0 | 176 | 67 | 2.6 | 153 | 76 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.8 | 1.06 | 0.65 | 34.0 | 43 | 5 | 8.6 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 33 | 33 | 15 | 8 | .652 | 6.4 | 3.36 | 1.17 | 206.0 | 219 | 72 | 3.0 | 170 | 80 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 34 | 34 | 16 | 9 | .640 | 6.2 | 2.52 | 0.90 | 214.0 | 290 | 37 | 7.8 | 156 | 63 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 34 | 34 | 21 | 6 | .778 | 7.8 | 2.58 | 0.80 | 223.0 | 300 | 42 | 7.1 | 137 | 66 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.2 | 3.00 | 0.67 | 6.0 | 7 | 1 | 7.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 28 | 28 | 18 | 4 | .818 | 5.9 | 1.75 | 0.83 | 175.0 | 185 | 29 | 6.4 | 116 | 43 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.2 | 3.15 | 1.14 | 94.1 | 81 | 31 | 2.6 | 77 | 36 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | .700 | 1.3 | 3.31 | 1.12 | 68.0 | 63 | 14 | 4.5 | 62 | 27 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 27 | 27 | 13 | 8 | .619 | 3.5 | 3.22 | 1.13 | 162.1 | 144 | 45 | 3.2 | 139 | 63 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 6 | .455 | -0.3 | 5.48 | 1.38 | 90.1 | 74 | 27 | 2.7 | 98 | 56 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 29 | 29 | 4 | 11 | .267 | 1.2 | 3.85 | 1.36 | 152.0 | 137 | 52 | 2.6 | 155 | 74 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | -0.2 | 12.27 | 2.18 | 3.2 | 1 | 2 | 0.5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 556 | 556 | 266 | 159 | .626 | -- | 3.33 | 1.14 | 3571.1 | 3554 | 1006 | 3.5 | 3052 | 1433 | 1322 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason Pitching by Season
| Season | GP | GS | W | L | W% | WAR | ERA | WHIP | IP | K | BB | K/BB | H | R | ER | SV | HLD | BLSV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0.0 | 5.82 | 1.66 | 21.2 | 23 | 10 | 2.3 | 26 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 0.0 | 5.31 | 1.43 | 20.1 | 25 | 10 | 2.5 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 0.0 | 2.22 | 0.78 | 28.1 | 29 | 6 | 4.8 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.39 | 0.57 | 23.0 | 31 | 3 | 10.3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 | 5.40 | 1.40 | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 4.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 0.0 | 2.21 | 0.82 | 36.2 | 38 | 8 | 4.8 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 0.0 | 4.15 | 1.10 | 17.1 | 17 | 8 | 2.1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 0.0 | 4.33 | 1.25 | 35.1 | 38 | 14 | 2.7 | 30 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 5.85 | 1.55 | 20.0 | 25 | 8 | 3.1 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.0 | 2.95 | 1.20 | 18.1 | 14 | 6 | 2.3 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 38 | 37 | 17 | 12 | .586 | 0.0 | 3.58 | 1.12 | 226.0 | 244 | 74 | 3.3 | 179 | 93 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Opponent Batting by Season
| Season | P | TBF | P-TBF | OBA | OOBP | OSLUG | OOPS | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | RBI | BH | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 182 | 54 | 3.370 | .313 | .389 | .479 | .868 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 2970 | 776 | 3.827 | .266 | .327 | .414 | .741 | 33 | 4 | 21 | 291 | 71 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2007 | 3355 | 866 | 3.874 | .233 | .309 | .358 | .668 | 33 | 2 | 20 | 278 | 75 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 3528 | 880 | 4.009 | .254 | .338 | .377 | .715 | 39 | 1 | 18 | 290 | 96 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| 2009 | 3931 | 982 | 4.003 | .243 | .295 | .369 | .665 | 50 | 2 | 20 | 333 | 90 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| 2010 | 3744 | 925 | 4.048 | .228 | .291 | .339 | .630 | 37 | 7 | 14 | 283 | 76 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| 2011 | 3941 | 969 | 4.067 | .192 | .242 | .313 | .555 | 31 | 3 | 24 | 283 | 68 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2012 | 3768 | 956 | 3.941 | .217 | .270 | .331 | .601 | 40 | 2 | 19 | 293 | 71 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 2013 | 3692 | 925 | 3.991 | .253 | .315 | .376 | .691 | 38 | 4 | 19 | 315 | 91 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2014 | 3409 | 893 | 3.817 | .275 | .330 | .426 | .756 | 51 | 9 | 18 | 346 | 101 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2150 | 535 | 4.019 | .229 | .277 | .357 | .634 | 20 | 2 | 13 | 176 | 53 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 2016 | 3668 | 903 | 4.062 | .207 | .263 | .368 | .630 | 35 | 4 | 30 | 304 | 70 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| 2017 | 3008 | 729 | 4.126 | .234 | .306 | .387 | .693 | 27 | 2 | 23 | 253 | 65 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 2017 | 523 | 120 | 4.358 | .149 | .192 | .272 | .464 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3531 | 849 | 4.159 | .221 | .290 | .370 | .660 | 29 | 2 | 27 | 284 | 69 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3427 | 833 | 4.114 | .200 | .242 | .360 | .602 | 31 | 5 | 28 | 281 | 59 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3448 | 847 | 4.071 | .172 | .219 | .361 | .579 | 28 | 7 | 36 | 287 | 62 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 73 | 21 | 3.476 | .150 | .190 | .450 | .640 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2607 | 666 | 3.914 | .186 | .227 | .270 | .497 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 169 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1561 | 386 | 4.044 | .219 | .282 | .344 | .626 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 121 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1041 | 283 | 3.678 | .236 | .283 | .403 | .686 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 106 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2602 | 669 | 3.889 | .226 | .283 | .369 | .652 | 30 | 2 | 18 | 227 | 57 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1580 | 396 | 3.990 | .274 | .331 | .450 | .781 | 14 | 2 | 15 | 161 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2608 | 662 | 3.940 | .261 | .323 | .413 | .737 | 41 | 1 | 16 | 246 | 68 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2026 | 80 | 19 | 4.211 | .353 | .421 | .706 | 1.127 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 58294 | 14626 | 3.986 | .228 | .287 | .366 | .653 | 601 | 61 | 372 | 4891 | 1285 | 121 | 47 | 84 | 28 |
Expanded Pitching by Season
| Season | P/S | P/I | K/9 | QS | CG | SHO | GSC | GB | FB | G/F | IR | IRS | WP | BK | SB | CS | RSUP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 91.0 | 16.1 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 20 | 21 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.0 |
| 2006 | 99.0 | 16.0 | 6.0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 52.3 | 248 | 337 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 169.0 |
| 2007 | 104.8 | 16.6 | 8.2 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 55.0 | 255 | 342 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 196.0 |
| 2008 | 106.9 | 17.6 | 7.3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 48.9 | 253 | 363 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 140.0 |
| 2009 | 112.3 | 16.4 | 10.1 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 58.6 | 241 | 402 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 164.0 |
| 2010 | 113.5 | 16.7 | 8.8 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 58.5 | 266 | 363 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 171.0 |
| 2011 | 115.9 | 15.7 | 9.0 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 65.9 | 276 | 382 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 155.0 |
| 2012 | 114.2 | 15.8 | 9.0 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 61.6 | 284 | 368 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 126.0 |
| 2013 | 108.6 | 16.9 | 8.9 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 55.3 | 252 | 375 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 158.0 |
| 2014 | 106.5 | 16.5 | 6.9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 49.4 | 276 | 387 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 166.0 |
| 2015 | 107.5 | 16.1 | 7.6 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 57.3 | 142 | 245 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 69.0 |
| 2016 | 107.9 | 16.1 | 10.0 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 61.6 | 208 | 376 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 135.0 |
| 2017 | 107.4 | 17.5 | 9.2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 57.8 | 169 | 314 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 133.0 |
| 2017 | 104.6 | 15.4 | 11.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 57.8 | 23 | 48 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 |
| 2017 | 107.0 | 17.1 | 9.6 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 57.8 | 192 | 362 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 159.0 |
| 2018 | 100.8 | 16.0 | 12.2 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 59.9 | 153 | 345 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 146.0 |
| 2019 | 101.4 | 15.5 | 12.1 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 67.9 | 180 | 318 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 171.0 |
| 2020 | 73.0 | 12.2 | 10.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 8 | 5 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 |
| 2022 | 93.1 | 14.9 | 9.5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 172 | 274 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 117.0 |
| 2023 | 97.6 | 16.5 | 7.7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 56.5 | 105 | 168 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 63.0 |
| 2023 | 94.6 | 15.3 | 8.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 56.5 | 67 | 135 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 77.0 |
| 2023 | 96.4 | 16.0 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 56.5 | 172 | 303 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 140.0 |
| 2024 | 92.9 | 17.5 | 7.4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 46.6 | 83 | 206 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 71.0 |
| 2025 | 89.9 | 17.2 | 8.1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 50.9 | 166 | 301 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 115.0 |
| 2026 | 80.0 | 21.8 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 3 | 13 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 |
| Career | 104.8 | 16.3 | 9.0 | 359 | 26 | 9 | 0.0 | 3850 | 6088 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 20 | 178 | 88 | 2584.0 |
Game Log
| Game | Result | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | GB | FB | P | TBF | GSC | Dec | Rel | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 @ ARI2026 Regular SeasonWeek 13 | L 9-6 | 3.2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 80 | 19 | 28.0 | L(0-1) | - | 12.27 |