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%

	100^th 3 W	121^st 47 IP	122^nd 4.87 ERA	96^th 1.38 WHIP	115^th 21.3% K%	102^nd 8.2% BB%	173^rd 28.1% CSW%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	PLV	xERA
	94.3	10.8%	30.9%	42.9%	5.09	4.07

	69^th 93.4 FB MPH	123^rd 11.6% SwStr%	147^th 28.0% HC%	105^th 43.6% GB%	88^th 5.06 PLV	73^rd 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	7	7	39.0	2	3	4.85	4.02	4.93	4.41	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		32	32	39	33	36	39	64	35	56	51	45	43	48	64	26	48	28	27	48	37	13	54
SP MLB AVG		9	9	47.0	3	3	4.87	4.69	4.66	4.59	1.38	9.1	21.3%	8.2%	.301	28.0%	43.6%	-	14.8%	71.0%	11.6%	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	86	81	17	44	19	17	44	42	45	47	53	52	74	35	41	47	12	80
SP MLB AVG	93.4	37.5%	26.8%	50.0%	9.5%	18.0%	27.6%	65.1%	59.3%	34.3%	41.9%	.279	.371	.313	15.7%	.269	.369	31.3%	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	41	47	61	56	12	51	66	41	24	40	27	49	89	53	100	10	80
SP MLB AVG	.269	.369	.294	.416	31.3%	11.0%	44.0%	29.9%	91.1	89.2	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	71	31	11	27	11	59	31	39	11	69	31	53	39	52
SP MLB AVG	265	65	9	3	0	3	13	7	1	0	175	90	.279	.494	.371

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	76	35	58	41	54	61	34	38	80	69	31	56
SP MLB AVG	34.3%	23.8%	41.9%	11.9%	15.7%	31.5%	35.9%	32.6%	21.1%	3.4%	21.8%	30.9%	24.7%	8.2%	39.4%

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	41	53	52	74	70	41	47	61	56	24	40	27
SP MLB AVG	31.3%	11.0%	44.0%	29.9%	.279	.371	.313	.357	.269	.369	.294	.416	91.1	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	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	81	17	44	19	17	44	42	33	71	33	31	35	9	72	16	16
SP MLB AVG	26.8%	50.0%	9.5%	18.0%	27.6%	65.1%	59.3%	19.9%	47.1%	80.1%	70.0%	84.1%	23.2%	22.5%	62.2%	52.1%

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	75	53	89	17	14	26	38	48	84	47	16	17	76	45
SP MLB AVG	34.3%	28.8%	36.9%	52.8%	26.1%	21.2%	7.4%	29.6%	41.6%	57.2%	14.0%	28.8%	50.0%	13.6%	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	1,666	36.9%	23.1%	40.1%	-3.2%	3.5	4.35	+6
SP MLB Percentile	68	35	68	24	79	29	29	33	-	16
SP MLB AVG	265	4.92	1,325	43.0%	19.9%	37.1%	5.9%	-	-	+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