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	39.0	4.85	1.33	19.9%	7.8%	25.0%

	102^nd 3 W	121^st 48 IP	123^rd 4.87 ERA	95^th 1.38 WHIP	117^th 21.3% K%	102^nd 8.2% BB%	172^nd 28.1% CSW%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	PLV	xERA
	94.3	10.8%	30.9%	42.9%	5.09	4.06

	69^th 93.4 FB MPH	123^rd 11.7% SwStr%	147^th 28.1% HC%	103^rd 43.5% GB%	89^th 5.06 PLV	70^th 4.71 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	7	7	39.0	2	3	4.85	4.01	4.92	4.40	1.33	9.0	19.9%	7.8%	.283	30.9%	42.9%	1.62	17.5%	71.1%	10.8%	25.0%	5.09
SP MLB Percentile		31	31	38	33	37	38	65	34	58	50	45	41	48	64	26	48	28	27	49	36	13	53
SP MLB AVG		9	9	48.0	3	3	4.87	4.71	4.65	4.58	1.38	9.2	21.3%	8.2%	.301	28.1%	43.5%	-	14.7%	71.0%	11.7%	28.1%	5.06
5 Years		104	104	657.0	58	22	2.48	-	-	-	0.87	6.2	32.2%	4.8%	.246	13.9%	41.1%	1.16	38.3%	83.8%	15.4%	31.8%	5.22

Repertoire

Four-Seamer | 53%
Slider | 30%
Curveball | 14%
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	53.0%	33.5%	45.0%	8.6%	14.1%	22.8%	65.1%	58.8%	31.4%	41.4%	.272	.367	.262	17.2%	.281	.372	41.1%	2,380
SP MLB Percentile	65	85	80	17	44	18	16	43	41	45	47	52	50	72	35	40	46	12	81
SP MLB AVG	93.4	37.6%	26.8%	50.0%	9.5%	18.0%	27.6%	65.2%	59.3%	34.3%	42.1%	.278	.370	.311	15.6%	.267	.368	31.2%	2,253

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	.281	.372	.280	.399	41.1%	10.0%	40.0%	31.1%	93.2	90.2	23.6	4.9	10.9	-1.2	6.8	6.0	2,380
SP MLB Percentile	40	46	61	54	12	51	66	40	24	40	28	50	89	52	100	9	81
SP MLB AVG	.267	.368	.292	.414	31.2%	10.9%	43.8%	29.7%	91.0	89.1	18.9	4.9	9.2	-0.7	5.7	6.5	2,253

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	347	90	11	6	0	5	12	8	0	0	226	121	.272	.531	.367
SP MLB Percentile	68	70	31	12	27	12	59	32	39	11	69	32	52	38	50
SP MLB AVG	268	65	9	3	0	3	14	7	1	0	177	91	.278	.492	.370

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	31.4%	27.1%	41.4%	17.1%	17.2%	32.9%	32.9%	34.3%	22.2%	1.4%	18.6%	40.0%	20.0%	10.0%	37.1%
SP MLB Percentile	45	31	47	75	35	59	41	54	60	34	38	78	68	32	58
SP MLB AVG	34.3%	23.7%	42.1%	12.0%	15.6%	31.4%	35.9%	32.7%	21.1%	3.4%	21.7%	31.2%	24.5%	8.2%	39.2%

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	41.1%	10.0%	40.0%	31.1%	.272	.367	.262	.314	.281	.372	.280	.399	93.2	90.2	23.6
SP MLB Percentile	12	51	66	40	52	50	72	69	40	46	61	54	24	40	28
SP MLB AVG	31.2%	10.9%	43.8%	29.7%	.278	.370	.311	.355	.267	.368	.292	.414	91.0	89.1	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	33.5%	45.0%	8.6%	14.1%	22.8%	65.1%	58.8%	16.9%	51.0%	83.1%	76.6%	86.7%	16.2%	26.3%	54.1%	43.1%
SP MLB Percentile	80	17	44	18	16	43	41	34	71	34	30	35	9	72	16	17
SP MLB AVG	26.8%	50.0%	9.5%	18.0%	27.6%	65.2%	59.3%	19.9%	47.1%	80.1%	70.0%	84.2%	23.2%	22.5%	62.3%	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	30.5%	31.7%	37.8%	66.0%	21.9%	12.1%	6.6%	26.5%	41.8%	64.0%	14.1%	21.9%	45.0%	16.2%	15.8%
SP MLB Percentile	32	74	53	88	18	13	26	38	48	84	47	16	17	75	45
SP MLB AVG	34.3%	28.8%	36.8%	52.7%	26.0%	21.3%	7.4%	29.6%	41.6%	57.2%	14.0%	28.8%	50.0%	13.7%	16.3%

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	347	4.80	1,664	36.9%	23.1%	40.1%	-3.2%	3.5	4.36	+6
SP MLB Percentile	68	36	68	25	80	28	28	34	-	16
SP MLB AVG	268	4.92	1,340	42.9%	20.0%	37.1%	5.7%	-	-	+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	87.1	29.6%	37.4%	44.8%	15.5%	13.9%	29.4%	64.9%	60.3%	57.1%	25.0%	.200	.242	.310