Justin Verlander

#35 - Starting Pitcher

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	2/20/1983 (40)
Height, Weight	6'5", 235 lb
Hometown	Manakin-Sabot, VA

2023 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	W-L	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%	CSW%
	2-3	36.0	4.25	1.14	20.5%	6.2%	25.3%

	98^th 3 W	123^rd 45 IP	93^rd 4.86 ERA	53^rd 1.38 WHIP	111^th 21.3% K%	56^th 8.2% BB%	172^nd 28.2% CSW%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	PLV	xERA
	94.3	10.5%	29.0%	40.6%	5.16	3.63

	67^th 93.4 FB MPH	136^th 11.7% SwStr%	128^th 28.0% HC%	124^th 43.5% GB%	58^th 5.06 PLV	50^th 4.69 xERA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

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Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	xERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	H/9	K%	BB%	BABIP	HC%	GB%	HR/9	HR/FB%	LOB%	SwStr%	CSW%	PLV
2018	HOU	34	34	214.0	16	9	2.52	-	2.78	-	0.90	6.6	34.8%	4.4%	.274	-	-	1.18	-	85.3%	16.2%	34.0%	-
2019	HOU	34	34	223.0	21	6	2.58	-	3.27	-	0.80	5.5	35.4%	5.0%	.219	-	-	1.45	-	88.4%	17.5%	34.0%	-
2020	HOU	1	1	6.0	1	0	3.00	3.30	5.69	3.07	0.67	4.5	33.3%	4.8%	.091	33.3%	61.5%	3.00	40.0%	100.0%	12.3%	28.8%	5.57
2022	HOU	28	28	175.0	18	4	1.75	2.39	2.49	3.27	0.83	6.0	27.8%	4.4%	.240	23.3%	40.0%	0.62	6.8%	80.5%	13.0%	27.9%	5.25
2023	NYM	6	6	36.0	2	3	4.25	3.58	4.53	4.18	1.14	8.0	20.5%	6.2%	.257	29.0%	40.6%	1.50	16.2%	73.6%	10.5%	25.3%	5.16
SP MLB Percentile		24	24	38	35	34	54	75	51	64	73	66	44	70	82	36	38	32	36	57	30	14	70
SP MLB AVG		9	9	45.0	3	3	4.86	4.69	4.68	4.61	1.38	9.2	21.3%	8.2%	.301	28.0%	43.5%	-	14.7%	71.4%	11.7%	28.2%	5.06
5 Years		103	103	654.0	58	22	2.44	-	-	-	0.86	6.1	32.3%	4.7%	.244	13.5%	40.6%	1.16	38.4%	84.2%	15.5%	31.9%	5.24

Repertoire

Four-Seamer | 52%
Slider | 29%
Curveball | 16%
Changeup | 3%
Cutter | 0%
All Pitches

2018 2019 2020 2022 2023 All

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Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	94.9	17.5%	-	-	15.7%	19.7%	35.4%	71.8%	68.8%	-	-	.159	.235	.192	-	-	-	-	-
2019	94.5	24.7%	-	-	15.8%	18.5%	34.3%	70.6%	66.6%	-	-	.219	.323	.275	-	-	-	-	-
2020	94.9	54.8%	33.3%	62.5%	2.5%	17.5%	20.0%	75.0%	67.5%	54.5%	45.5%	.214	.369	.111	40.0%	.225	.372	46.7%	2,524
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	95.0	50.4%	37.6%	48.0%	10.4%	13.7%	24.0%	70.5%	66.3%	35.5%	44.6%	.194	.241	.212	5.6%	.225	.284	30.9%	2,425
2023	94.3	52.2%	35.4%	46.2%	8.7%	14.7%	23.4%	66.9%	61.5%	28.3%	43.3%	.232	.321	.214	15.4%	.257	.346	37.3%	2,377
SP MLB Percentile	66	84	87	24	45	24	17	60	63	32	55	72	73	86	40	59	62	22	80
SP MLB AVG	93.4	37.5%	26.7%	50.1%	9.5%	18.0%	27.5%	65.2%	59.2%	34.2%	41.9%	.284	.373	.319	15.4%	.272	.370	31.6%	2,251

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.225	.372	.138	.443	46.7%	18.2%	36.4%	26.7%	93.1	98.0	14.4	7.0	12.3	-1.5	6.5	6.2	2,524
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	.225	.284	.245	.302	30.9%	7.9%	35.0%	26.7%	89.9	87.6	20.9	6.0	11.5	-1.3	6.7	6.1	2,425
2023	.257	.346	.249	.374	37.3%	11.7%	33.3%	26.7%	91.9	90.0	24.0	5.0	11.0	-1.3	6.8	6.0	2,377
SP MLB Percentile	59	62	78	71	22	40	84	67	38	43	26	51	90	46	100	9	80
SP MLB AVG	.272	.370	.297	.419	31.6%	11.2%	44.3%	30.3%	91.2	89.2	18.9	4.9	9.2	-0.7	5.8	6.5	2,251

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2018	599	123	10	4	0	4	36	8	2	0	430	169	.159	.301	.235
2019	853	169	12	7	6	9	56	13	0	0	602	251	.219	.516	.323
2020	40	15	1	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	30	10	.214	.643	.369
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	1,314	318	42	8	0	6	51	21	3	0	927	387	.194	.284	.241
2023	299	75	7	5	0	4	10	5	0	0	200	99	.232	.478	.321
SP MLB Percentile	64	65	47	17	26	15	52	51	37	11	66	36	72	51	73
SP MLB AVG	255	62	9	3	0	2	13	7	1	0	169	87	.284	.500	.373

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23.5%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24.5%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	54.5%	0.0%	45.5%	0.0%	40.0%	45.5%	45.5%	9.1%	27.5%	0.0%	36.4%	27.3%	18.2%	0.0%	9.1%
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	35.5%	19.8%	44.6%	17.8%	5.6%	27.6%	41.6%	30.9%	28.0%	2.1%	25.6%	37.2%	21.1%	6.2%	33.5%
2023	28.3%	28.3%	43.3%	16.7%	15.4%	33.3%	31.7%	35.0%	23.4%	1.7%	21.7%	43.3%	13.3%	8.3%	36.7%
SP MLB Percentile	32	27	55	75	40	58	34	57	70	40	55	89	89	43	59
SP MLB AVG	34.2%	23.9%	41.9%	11.8%	15.4%	31.5%	35.6%	32.9%	21.1%	3.3%	21.4%	31.0%	24.9%	8.2%	39.7%

Year	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA
2018	-	-	-	-	.159	.235	.192	.234	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	.219	.323	.275	.340	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	46.7%	18.2%	36.4%	26.7%	.214	.369	.111	.273	.225	.372	.138	.443	93.1	98.0	14.4
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	30.9%	7.9%	35.0%	26.7%	.194	.241	.212	.231	.225	.284	.245	.302	89.9	87.6	20.9
2023	37.3%	11.7%	33.3%	26.7%	.232	.321	.214	.267	.257	.346	.249	.374	91.9	90.0	24.0
SP MLB Percentile	22	40	84	67	72	73	86	85	59	62	78	71	38	43	26
SP MLB AVG	31.6%	11.2%	44.3%	30.3%	.284	.373	.319	.363	.272	.370	.297	.419	91.2	89.2	18.9

Year	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	Whiff%	Swing%	Con%	O-Con%	Z-Con%	ECS%	2-Str O-Sw%	F-Str%	TF-Str%
2018	-	-	15.7%	19.7%	35.4%	71.8%	68.8%	30.1%	52.1%	69.9%	-	-	26.6%	-	72.5%	64.0%
2019	-	-	15.8%	18.5%	34.3%	70.6%	66.6%	30.4%	52.1%	69.6%	-	-	24.2%	-	65.0%	55.3%
2020	33.3%	62.5%	2.5%	17.5%	20.0%	75.0%	67.5%	4.3%	57.5%	95.7%	100.0%	94.4%	15.8%	12.5%	76.9%	38.5%
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	37.6%	48.0%	10.4%	13.7%	24.0%	70.5%	66.3%	18.2%	56.8%	81.8%	75.9%	84.9%	16.6%	29.6%	64.6%	49.7%
2023	35.4%	46.2%	8.7%	14.7%	23.4%	66.9%	61.5%	16.7%	52.2%	83.3%	77.2%	86.9%	16.4%	24.2%	58.3%	45.8%
SP MLB Percentile	87	24	45	24	17	60	63	32	77	32	28	35	10	62	29	22
SP MLB AVG	26.7%	50.1%	9.5%	18.0%	27.5%	65.2%	59.2%	19.9%	47.2%	80.1%	69.8%	84.2%	23.1%	22.6%	62.2%	52.0%

Year	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%	PAR%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	61.6%	12.2%	26.2%	-	10.6%	22.3%
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	60.5%	14.3%	25.2%	-	10.5%	26.0%
2020	45.0%	32.5%	22.5%	50.0%	35.0%	15.0%	7.5%	17.5%	50.0%	47.5%	12.5%	40.0%	62.5%	31.6%	18.8%
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	33.1%	31.6%	35.3%	63.5%	23.2%	13.2%	7.5%	26.5%	41.9%	61.7%	12.8%	25.5%	48.0%	16.0%	15.2%
2023	32.1%	32.8%	35.1%	65.2%	22.4%	12.4%	7.4%	26.8%	40.5%	65.2%	12.7%	22.1%	46.2%	16.9%	15.2%
SP MLB Percentile	40	84	39	87	19	14	47	39	43	89	60	18	24	80	41
SP MLB AVG	34.2%	28.8%	37.0%	52.7%	26.0%	21.3%	7.4%	29.5%	41.7%	57.3%	14.0%	28.7%	50.1%	13.7%	16.2%

Year	P	PLV	Total PLV	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	PLA	Hit Luck
2018	599	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	853	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	40	5.73	229	55.0%	17.5%	27.5%	27.5%	0.8	1.74	+0
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	1,314	5.17	6,369	47.7%	18.9%	33.4%	14.3%	-30.0	2.97	-13
2023	299	4.90	1,466	39.5%	22.4%	38.1%	1.3%	0.4	3.84	+2
SP MLB Percentile	64	44	66	35	76	42	42	66	-	42
SP MLB AVG	255	4.92	1,276	43.2%	19.8%	37.0%	6.2%	-	-	+2

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	86.4	5.3%	-	-	19.9%	13.8%	33.7%	64.6%	60.8%	-	-	.121	.150	.250	-	-	-	-	-
2019	87.4	13.7%	-	-	24.8%	8.9%	33.8%	69.9%	65.4%	-	-	.151	.201	.250	-	-	-	-	-
2020	87.0	37.0%	26.3%	29.6%	29.6%	11.1%	40.7%	48.1%	48.1%	-	-	.000	.000	-	-	-	-	-	2,544
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	87.4	28.4%	36.2%	44.0%	19.2%	11.6%	30.9%	67.1%	61.6%	38.8%	38.8%	.188	.211	.302	6.0%	.182	.218	15.9%	2,463
2023	87.2	28.8%	37.9%	47.3%	14.5%	14.5%	29.1%	66.7%	61.2%	55.6%	25.9%	.205	.238	.321