Justin Verlander was born on Sunday, February 20, 1983, in Manakin-Sabot, Virginia. Verlander was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 4, 2005, with the Detroit Tigers. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Justin Verlander baseball stats page.
"Starter Justin Verlander rode a dominant fastball to the Rookie of the Year award, and the only way Zumaya could have been scarier was by lugging a chain saw to the mound." - Crasnick, Jerry. ESPN Staff Writer. High-speed pursuit. 26 March 2007.
Justin Verlander![]() Justin Verlander Autograph on a 2007 Upper Deck Exquisite Baseball Card (#05/50) |
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Justin VerlanderJustin Verlander Pitching Stats |
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| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
| 2005 | 22 | Tigers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 54 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 23 | Tigers | 30 | 30 | 0 | 17 | 9 | .654 | 3.63 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 186.0 | 776 | 187 | 75 | 78 | 21 | 60 | 1 | 124 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 24 | Tigers | 32 | 32 | 0 | 18 | 6 | .750 | 3.66 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 201.2 | 866 | 181 | 82 | 88 | 20 | 67 | 3 | 183 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 2008 | 25 | Tigers | 33 | 33 | 0 | 11 | 17 | .393 | 4.84 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 201.0 | 880 | 195 | 108 | 119 | 18 | 87 | 8 | 163 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 |
| 2009 | 26 | Tigers | 35 | 35 | 0 | 19 | 9 | .679 | 3.45 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 240.0 | 982 | 219 | 92 | 99 | 20 | 63 | 5 | 269 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 2010 | 27 | Tigers | 33 | 33 | 0 | 18 | 9 | .667 | 3.37 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 224.1 | 925 | 190 | 84 | 89 | 14 | 71 | 0 | 219 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 2011 | 28 | Tigers | 34 | 34 | 0 | 24 | 5 | .828 | 2.40 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 251.0 | 969 | 174 | 67 | 73 | 24 | 57 | 0 | 250 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 2012 | 29 | Tigers | 33 | 33 | 0 | 17 | 8 | .680 | 2.64 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 238.1 | 956 | 192 | 70 | 81 | 19 | 60 | 2 | 239 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 30 | Tigers | 34 | 34 | 0 | 13 | 12 | .520 | 3.46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 218.1 | 925 | 212 | 84 | 94 | 19 | 75 | 1 | 217 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 31 | Tigers | 32 | 32 | 0 | 15 | 12 | .556 | 4.54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206.0 | 893 | 223 | 104 | 114 | 18 | 65 | 1 | 159 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 32 | Tigers | 20 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .385 | 3.38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 133.1 | 535 | 113 | 50 | 56 | 13 | 32 | 1 | 113 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 33 | Tigers | 34 | 34 | 0 | 16 | 9 | .640 | 3.04 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 227.2 | 903 | 171 | 77 | 81 | 30 | 57 | 1 | 254 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 34 | Tigers | 28 | 28 | 0 | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.0 | 729 | 153 | 73 | 76 | 23 | 67 | 4 | 176 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 34 | Astros | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 120 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 35 | Astros | 34 | 34 | 0 | 16 | 9 | .640 | 2.52 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 214.0 | 833 | 156 | 60 | 63 | 28 | 37 | 0 | 290 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 36 | Astros | 34 | 34 | 0 | 21 | 6 | .778 | 2.58 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 223.0 | 847 | 137 | 64 | 66 | 36 | 42 | 0 | 300 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 37 | Astros | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 39 | Astros | 28 | 28 | 0 | 18 | 4 | .818 | 1.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175.0 | 666 | 116 | 34 | 43 | 12 | 29 | 0 | 185 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 40 | Mets | 16 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94.1 | 386 | 77 | 33 | 36 | 9 | 31 | 0 | 81 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 40 | Astros | 11 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68.0 | 283 | 62 | 25 | 27 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 63 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD | ||
| 18 Years | 509 | 509 | 0 | 257 | 141 | .646 | 3.24 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 3,325.1 | 13,549 | 2,793 | 1,197 | 1,298 | 340 | 925 | 27 | 3,342 | 95 | 109 | 19 | 0 | ||
Justin VerlanderJustin Verlander Hitting Stats |
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| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| 2005 | 22 | Tigers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 2006 | 23 | Tigers | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 2007 | 24 | Tigers | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 2008 | 25 | Tigers | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 2009 | 26 | Tigers | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 2010 | 27 | Tigers | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 2011 | 28 | Tigers | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 2012 | 29 | Tigers | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 2013 | 30 | Tigers | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 2014 | 31 | Tigers | 32 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 |
| 2015 | 32 | Tigers | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 2016 | 33 | Tigers | 34 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 |
| 2017 | 34 | Tigers | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 |
| 2017 | 34 | Astros | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 2018 | 35 | Astros | 34 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 |
| 2019 | 36 | Astros | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 2020 | 37 | Astros | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 2022 | 39 | Astros | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 2023 | 40 | Mets | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 2023 | 40 | Astros | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
| 18 Years | 509 | 50 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .100 | .100 | .100 | ||
Justin VerlanderJustin Verlander Fielding Stats |
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| Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
| 2005 Tigers | P | 2 | 2 | 33 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .800 | 3.27 |
| 2006 Tigers | P | 30 | 30 | 558 | 38 | 1.3 | 35 | 11 | 24 | 3 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .921 | 1.69 |
| 2007 Tigers | P | 32 | 32 | 606 | 24 | 0.8 | 24 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.07 |
| 2008 Tigers | P | 33 | 33 | 603 | 33 | 1.0 | 31 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .939 | 1.39 |
| 2009 Tigers | P | 35 | 35 | 720 | 36 | 1.0 | 34 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .944 | 1.28 |
| 2010 Tigers | P | 33 | 33 | 672 | 51 | 1.5 | 49 | 15 | 34 | 2 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .961 | 1.97 |
| 2011 Tigers | P | 34 | 34 | 753 | 50 | 1.5 | 45 | 12 | 33 | 5 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .900 | 1.61 |
| 2012 Tigers | P | 33 | 33 | 715 | 53 | 1.6 | 49 | 25 | 24 | 4 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .925 | 1.85 |
| 2013 Tigers | P | 34 | 34 | 654 | 38 | 1.1 | 36 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .947 | 1.49 |
| 2014 Tigers | P | 32 | 32 | 618 | 39 | 1.2 | 33 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .846 | 1.44 |
| 2015 Tigers | P | 20 | 20 | 400 | 17 | 0.9 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .824 | 0.95 |
| 2016 Tigers | P | 34 | 34 | 683 | 37 | 1.1 | 36 | 7 | 29 | 1 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .973 | 1.42 |
| 2017 Tigers | P | 28 | 28 | 516 | 22 | 0.8 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .955 | 1.10 |
| 2017 Astros | P | 5 | 5 | 102 | 2 | 0.4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.53 |
| 2018 Astros | P | 34 | 34 | 642 | 20 | 0.6 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .950 | 0.80 |
| 2019 Astros | P | 34 | 34 | 669 | 27 | 0.8 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.09 |
| 2020 Astros | P | 1 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.50 |
| 2022 Astros | P | 28 | 28 | 525 | 20 | 0.7 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .950 | 0.98 |
| 2023 Mets | P | 16 | 16 | 283 | 18 | 1.1 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.72 |
| 2023 Astros | P | 11 | 11 | 204 | 12 | 1.1 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.59 |
| Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
| P Totals | 509 | 509 | 9,974 | 545 | 1.1 | 511 | 201 | 310 | 34 | 31 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .938 | 1.38 | |
| 18 Years | 509 | 509 | 9,974 | 545 | 1.1 | 511 | 201 | 310 | 34 | 31 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .938 | 1.38 | |
Justin VerlanderJustin Verlander Miscellaneous Stats |
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| Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
| Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
| 2005 Tigers | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.40 | 5.56 | 3.97 |
| 2006 Tigers | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.07 | 6.00 | 2.90 |
| 2007 Tigers | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 2.73 | 8.17 | 2.99 |
| 2008 Tigers | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 1.87 | 7.30 | 3.90 |
| 2009 Tigers | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4.27 | 10.09 | 2.36 |
| 2010 Tigers | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 3.08 | 8.79 | 2.85 |
| 2011 Tigers | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 4.39 | 8.96 | 2.04 |
| 2012 Tigers | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 3.98 | 9.03 | 2.27 |
| 2013 Tigers | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2.89 | 8.95 | 3.09 |
| 2014 Tigers | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.45 | 6.95 | 2.84 |
| 2015 Tigers | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.53 | 7.63 | 2.16 |
| 2016 Tigers | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 4.46 | 10.04 | 2.25 |
| 2017 Tigers | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 6.0 | 2.63 | 9.21 | 3.51 |
| 2017 Astros | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.60 | 11.38 | 1.32 |
| 2018 Astros | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 7.84 | 12.20 | 1.56 |
| 2019 Astros | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 7.14 | 12.11 | 1.70 |
| 2020 Astros | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.00 | 10.50 | 1.50 |
| 2022 Astros | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.38 | 9.51 | 1.49 |
| 2023 Mets | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.61 | 7.73 | 2.96 |
| 2023 Astros | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.50 | 8.34 | 1.85 |
| Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
| 18 Years | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 50.0 | 3.61 | 9.05 | 2.50 |
Justin VerlanderJustin Verlander Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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| Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
| 2005 Detroit Tigers | 59 | $316,000.00 | - | - |
| 2006 Detroit Tigers | 35 | $980,000.00 | - | Stats |
| 2007 Detroit Tigers | 35 | $1,030,000.00 | Stats | - |
| 2008 Detroit Tigers | 35 | $1,130,000.00 | - | - |
| 2009 Detroit Tigers | 35 | $3,675,000.00 | Stats | - |
| 2010 Detroit Tigers | 35 | $6,850,000.00 | Stats | - |
| 2011 Detroit Tigers | 35 | $12,850,000.00 | Stats | - |
| 2012 Detroit Tigers | 35 | $20,000,000.00 | Stats | Stats |
| 2013 Detroit Tigers | 35 | $20,100,000.00 | Stats | - |
| 2014 Detroit Tigers | 35 | $20,000,000.00 | - | - |
| 2015 Detroit Tigers | 35 | $28,000,000.00 | - | - |
| 2016 Detroit Tigers | 35 | $28,000,000.00 | - | - |
| 2017 Detroit Tigers | 35 | $28,000,000.00 | - | - |
| 2017 Houston Astros | 35 | " " | - | Stats |
| 2018 Houston Astros | 35 | $28,000,000.00 | Stats | - |
| 2019 Houston Astros | 35 | $28,000,000.00 | Stats | Stats |
| 2020 Houston Astros | 35 | $12,210,000.00 | n/a | - |
| 2022 Houston Astros | 35 | $25,000,000.00 | Stats | Stats |
| 2023 New York Mets | 35 | $43,333,333.00 | - | - |
| 2023 Houston Astros | 35 | " " | - | - |
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