Justin Verlander - The Baseball Cube

PositionsP-441Position when DraftedPPlayer Listed UnderMajor Leaguers
Proper NameJustin Brooks Verlander
Height6-5Weight200BatsRightThrowsRight
Born DateFebruary 20,1983 [36.265]PlaceManakin-Sabot,Virginia
High SchoolGoochland (Goochland,VA)
CollegeOld Dominion University (Norfolk,VA)

DraftedSelected by the Detroit Tigers [Team Picks] in the 1st round (2nd overall) of the 2004 Amateur Entry Draft [Signed]
Signing Bonus$3,120,000Signing ScoutsBill BuckService Time13.002 (2018)
Prospect Rankings[BA] 2005-DET-#3 ... 2006-MLB-#8 ... 2006-DET-#1
MLB DebutJuly 4,2005 [22.134]
OrganizationsDET [13] HOU [3] Awards36Awards Voting14-1014
TBC Player ID36243Retrosheet IDverlj001MLBAM ID434378
RelationshipsBrother of Ben Verlander
Pitch Repertoire Fastball (48.33%) -- Curveball (16.24%) -- Slider (16.14%) -- Changeup (14.31%) -- 2-Seam Fastball (4.85%) -- Cutter (0.13%)
Fastball Velocity [2019] - 94.55 - [2018] - 95.03 - [2017] - 95.29 - [2016] - 93.65 - [2015] - 93.17 - [2014] - 93.05 - [2013] - 93.35 - [2012] - 94.69 - [2011] - 95.04 - [2010] - 95.45
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Player Notes: � Married Actress/Model Kate Upton in 2017 ... Member of the 2003 United States National Baseball team ... Topps All-Star Rookie (RHP) in 2006 ... Threw a no-hitter on June 12,2007 against the Milwaukee Brewers and on May 7,2011 against the Toronto Blue Jays ... Opening day starter for Detroit Tigers in 2008-2014,2016-2017 and Houston Astros in 2018

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Pitching Statistics

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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GR	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	K-BB	Wpct	FIP
2002	Old Dominion	CAA	NCAA-1	Fr	35	ST	19	7	6	1.91	15	15	0	8	2	0	0	113.0	83	34	24	2	43	137	9	0	0	1.12	6.61	0.16	3.42	10.91	3.19	.538	-
2003	Old Dominion	CAA	NCAA-1	So	35	ST	20	7	6	2.40	15	15	0	7	1	0	0	116.0	94	44	31	2	43	139	5	0	0	1.18	7.27	0.15	3.33	10.75	3.23	.538	-
2004	Old Dominion	CAA	NCAA-1	Jr	35	ST	21	7	6	3.49	16	16	0	2	2	0	0	105.2	90	48	41	8	43	151	20	0	0	1.26	7.67	0.68	3.66	12.86	3.51	.538	-
2005	Lakeland Tigers	FSL	A+	det	-	ST	22	9	2	1.67	13	13	0	2	0	0	0	86.0	70	19	16	3	19	104	8	2	0	1.03	7.33	0.31	1.99	10.88	5.47	.818	-
2005	Erie SeaWolves	East	AA	det	-	ST	22	2	0	0.28	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	32.2	11	1	1	1	7	32	0	1	0	0.55	3.03	0.28	1.93	8.82	4.57	1.000	-
2005	Minor Totals (2 teams)	Minor	MLB	-	-	ST	0	11	2	1.29	20	20	0	2	0	0	0	118.2	81	20	17	4	26	136	8	3	0	0.90	6.14	0.30	1.97	10.31	5.23	.846	1.82
2005	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	59	ST	22	0	2	7.15	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	11.0	15	9	9	1	5	7	1	0	0	1.76	11.91	0.79	3.97	5.56	1.40	.000	4.26
2006	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	35	ST	23	17	9	3.63	30	30	0	1	1	0	0	186.0	187	78	75	21	60	124	5	1	0	1.33	9.05	1.02	2.90	6.00	2.07	.654	4.25
2007	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	35	ST	24	18	6	3.66	32	32	0	1	1	0	0	201.2	181	88	82	20	67	183	17	2	0	1.23	8.08	0.89	2.99	8.17	2.73	.750	3.71
2008	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	35	ST	25	11	17	4.84	33	33	0	1	0	0	0	201.0	195	119	108	18	87	163	6	3	0	1.40	8.73	0.81	3.90	7.30	1.87	.393	3.97
2009	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	35	ST	26	19	9	3.45	35	35	0	3	1	0	0	240.0	219	99	92	20	63	269	8	4	0	1.18	8.21	0.75	2.36	10.09	4.27	.679	2.73
2010	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	35	ST	27	18	9	3.37	33	33	0	4	0	0	0	224.0	190	89	84	14	71	219	11	2	0	1.16	7.62	0.56	2.85	8.79	3.08	.667	2.89
2011	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	35	ST	28	24	5	2.40	34	34	0	4	2	0	0	251.0	174	73	67	24	57	250	7	2	0	0.92	6.24	0.86	2.04	8.96	4.39	.828	2.96
2012	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	35	ST	29	17	8	2.64	33	33	0	6	1	0	0	238.0	192	81	70	19	60	239	2	1	0	1.06	7.25	0.72	2.27	9.03	3.98	.680	2.88
2013	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	35	ST	30	13	12	3.46	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	218.0	212	94	84	19	75	217	3	1	0	1.31	8.74	0.78	3.09	8.95	2.89	.520	3.22
2014	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	35	ST	31	15	12	4.54	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	206.0	223	114	104	18	65	159	5	1	0	1.40	9.74	0.79	2.84	6.95	2.45	.556	3.67
2015	Toledo Mud Hens	IL	AAA	det	35	ST	32	0	0	3.24	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	10	4	3	0	2	12	0	0	0	1.44	10.80	--	2.16	12.96	6.00	-	-
2015	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	35	ST	32	5	8	3.38	20	20	0	1	1	0	0	133.0	113	56	50	13	32	113	2	0	0	1.09	7.63	0.88	2.16	7.63	3.53	.385	3.43
2016	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	35	ST	33	16	9	3.04	34	34	0	2	0	0	0	227.2	171	81	77	30	57	254	6	0	0	1.00	6.76	1.19	2.25	10.04	4.46	.640	3.38
2017	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	35	ST	34	10	8	3.82	28	28	0	0	0	0	0	172.0	153	76	73	23	67	176	5	0	0	1.28	8.01	1.20	3.51	9.21	2.63	.556	4.02
2017	Houston Astros	AL	MLB	hou	35	ST	34	5	0	1.06	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	34.0	17	4	4	4	5	43	0	0	0	0.65	4.50	1.06	1.32	11.38	8.60	1.000	2.60
2018	Houston Astros	AL	MLB	hou	35	ST	35	16	9	2.52	34	34	0	1	1	0	0	214.0	156	63	60	28	37	290	5	2	0	0.90	6.56	1.18	1.56	12.20	7.84	.640	-0.49
2019	Houston Astros	AL	MLB	hou		ST	36	21	6	2.58	34	34	0	2	1	0	0	223.0	137	66	64	36	42	300	4	0	0	0.80	5.53	1.45	1.70	12.11	7.14	.778	-0.03
MLB Totals - 15 Season(s)Filter								225	129	3.33	453	453	0	26	9	0	0	2979.0	2535	1190	1103	308	850	3006	87	19	0	1.14	7.65	0.93	2.57	9.07	3.54	.636	0.18
Minor League Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								11	2	1.42	22	22	0	2	0	0	0	126.1	91	24	20	4	28	148	8	3	0	0.94	6.45	0.28	1.98	10.49	5.29	.846	-
AAA Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								0	0	3.24	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	10	4	3	0	2	12	0	0	0	1.44	10.80	--	2.16	12.96	6.00	-	-
AA Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								2	0	0.28	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	32.2	11	1	1	1	7	32	0	1	0	0.55	3.03	0.28	1.93	8.82	4.57	1.000	-
A+ Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								9	2	1.67	13	13	0	2	0	0	0	86.0	70	19	16	3	19	104	8	2	0	1.03	7.33	0.31	1.99	10.88	5.47	.818	-
NCAA Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								21	18	2.58	46	46	0	17	5	0	0	334.1	267	126	96	12	129	427	34	0	0	1.18	7.17	0.32	3.47	11.47	3.31	.538	-
Detroit Tigers Totals - 13 Season(s)Filter								183	114	3.49	380	380	0	23	7	0	0	2508.0	2225	1057	975	240	766	2373	78	17	0	1.19	7.97	0.86	2.75	8.51	3.10	.616	-
Houston Astros Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								42	15	2.45	73	73	0	3	2	0	0	471.0	310	133	128	68	84	633	9	2	0	0.84	5.92	1.30	1.61	12.10	7.54	.737	-
Average MLB - Per ~220 innings								17	10	3.33	33	33	0	2	1	0	0	220.0	187	88	81	23	63	222	6	1	0	1.14	7.65	0.93	2.57	9.07	3.54	.630	0.18
Average Minor - Per ~220 innings								19	3	1.42	38	38	0	3	0	0	0	220.0	158	42	35	7	49	256	14	5	0	0.94	6.45	0.28	1.98	10.49	5.29	.864	-

Batting Statistics

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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	XBH	PA	babip	ISO	SecA	wOBA	BB%	SO%	K-BB	HR%	AB/HR	XBH%
2006	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	35	p	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2007	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	35	p	24	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	60.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2008	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	35	p	25	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	60.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2009	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	35	p	26	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	25.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2010	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	35	p	27	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	60.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2011	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	35	p	28	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	75.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2012	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	35	p	29	33	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	12.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2013	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	35	p	30	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2014	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	35	p	31	32	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.666	2	0	7	.333	.000	.000	.297	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2016	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	35	p	33	2	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	5	.333	.000	.000	.176	0.00	40.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2017	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	35	p	34	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.334	1	0	6	.500	.000	.000	.146	0.00	66.67	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2018	Houston Astros	AL	MLB	hou	35		35	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	5	.333	.000	.000	.176	0.00	40.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2019	Houston Astros	AL	MLB	hou			36	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
MLB Totals - 13 Season(s)Filter								116	50	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	24	0	10	0	0	2	.100	.100	.100	.200	5	0	60	.192	.000	.000	.000	0.00	40.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Detroit Tigers Totals - 11 Season(s)Filter								113	43	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	21	0	10	0	0	1	.093	.093	.093	.186	4	0	53	.182	.000	.000	.000	0.00	39.62	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Houston Astros Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								3	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	7	.250	.000	.000	.000	0.00	42.86	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Average MLB - Per 162 games								162	70	3	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	34	0	14	0	0	3	.100	.100	.100	.200	7	0	84	.192	.000	.000	.000	0.00	40.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team Name	Lg	Level	Org	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	TC	TSC	FPct	RFg	RFi	SB	CS	SB%	PB	GP	Pos-Share	Tm-Share
2005	Lakeland Tigers	FSL	A+	det	22	P	13	-	-	11	12	2	-	25	23	.920	1.77	-	-	-	--	-	13	100.0	9.8
2005	Erie SeaWolves	East	AA	det	22	P	7	-	-	2	6	1	-	9	8	.889	1.14	-	-	-	--	-	7	100.0	4.9
2005	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	22	P	2	2	11	2	2	1	-	5	4	.800	2.00	0.36	-	-	--	-	2	100.0	1.2
2006	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	23	P	30	30	186	11	24	3	4	38	35	.921	1.17	0.19	-	-	--	-	30	100.0	18.5
2007	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	24	P	32	32	202	7	17	-	-	24	24	1.000	0.75	0.12	-	-	--	-	32	100.0	19.8
2008	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	25	P	33	33	201	7	24	2	1	33	31	.939	0.94	0.15	-	-	--	-	33	100.0	20.4
2009	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	26	P	35	35	240	14	20	2	4	36	34	.944	0.97	0.14	-	-	--	-	35	100.0	21.5
2010	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	27	P	33	33	224	15	34	2	3	51	49	.961	1.48	0.22	-	-	--	-	33	100.0	20.4
2011	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	28	P	34	34	251	12	33	5	2	50	45	.900	1.32	0.18	-	-	--	-	34	100.0	21.0
2012	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	29	P	33	33	238	25	24	4	3	53	49	.925	1.48	0.21	16	4	80.0	-	33	100.0	20.4
2013	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	30	P	34	34	218	19	17	2	5	38	36	.947	1.06	0.17	21	4	84.0	-	34	100.0	21.0
2014	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	31	P	32	32	206	10	23	6	2	39	33	.846	1.03	0.16	13	4	76.5	-	32	100.0	19.8
2015	Toledo Mud Hens	IL	AAA	det	32	P	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	1.000	0.50	-	-	-	--	-	2	100.0	1.4
2015	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	32	P	20	20	133	8	6	3	1	17	14	.824	0.70	0.11	3	4	42.9	-	20	100.0	12.4
2016	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	33	P	34	34	227	7	29	1	2	37	36	.973	1.06	0.16	5	6	45.5	-	34	100.0	21.1
2017	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	34	P	28	28	172	8	13	1	-	22	21	.955	0.75	0.12	9	1	90.0	-	28	100.0	17.3
2017	Houston Astros	AL	MLB	hou	34	P	5	5	34	2	-	-	1	2	2	1.000	0.40	0.06	-	-	--	-	5	100.0	3.1
2018	Houston Astros	AL	MLB	hou	35	P	34	34	214	7	12	1	-	20	19	.950	0.56	0.09	3	4	42.9	-	34	100.0	21.0
2019	Houston Astros	AL	MLB	hou	36	P	34	34	223	17	10	-	-	27	27	1.000	0.79	0.12	9	3	75.0	-	34	100.0	21.0
MLB Totals for P - 15 season(s)				-	�	P	453	453	2980	171	288	33	28	492	459	.933	1.01	0.15	79	30	72.5	-	453	0.0	0.0
AAA Totals for P - 1 season(s)				-	�	P	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	1.000	0.50	-	-	-	--	-	2	0.0	0.0
AA Totals for P - 1 season(s)				-	�	P	7	-	-	2	6	1	-	9	8	.889	1.14	-	-	-	--	-	7	0.0	0.0
A+ Totals for P - 1 season(s)				-	�	P	13	-	-	11	12	2	-	25	23	.920	1.77	-	-	-	--	-	13	0.0	0.0

Fielding Statistics - Position Grid

Year	Team Name	League	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	SS	3B	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH
2005	Lakeland Tigers	FSL	A+	det	22	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005	Erie SeaWolves	East	AA	det	22	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	22	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	23	30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	24	32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	25	33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	26	35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	27	33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	28	34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	29	33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	30	34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	31	32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Toledo Mud Hens	IL	AAA	det	32	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	32	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	33	34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	34	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017	Houston Astros	AL	MLB	hou	34	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018	Houston Astros	AL	MLB	hou	35	34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	Houston Astros	AL	MLB	hou	36	34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Year	Team	League	Category	Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GR	CG	SHO	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	K-BB	RA9	WPct
2006	Detroit Tigers	MLB Spring Training	MLB	23	0	0	3.37	6	4	2	0	0	0	0	18.2	17	7	7	3	10	16	2	0		1.48	8.20	1.45	4.82	7.71	1.60	3.37	.000
2006	Detroit Tigers	Div Series	MLB	23	0	0	5.06	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.1	7	3	3	1	4	5	0	0	0	2.16	11.81	1.69	6.75	8.44	1.25	5.06	.000
2006	Detroit Tigers	Champ. Series	MLB	23	1	0	6.75	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.1	7	4	4	2	1	6	1	1	0	1.57	11.81	3.38	1.69	10.13	6.00	6.75	1.000
2006	Detroit Tigers	World Series	MLB	23	0	2	5.73	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	11.0	12	10	7	2	5	12	2	0	0	1.55	9.82	1.64	4.09	9.82	2.40	8.18	.000
2007	Detroit Tigers	MLB Spring Training	MLB	24	0	2	6.00	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	18.0	16	12	12	3	5	13	3	0		1.17	8.00	1.50	2.50	6.50	2.60	6.00	.000
2008	Detroit Tigers	MLB Spring Training	MLB	25	2	1	5.85	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	26	14	13	1	7	12	0	0		1.65	11.70	0.45	3.15	5.40	1.71	6.30	.667
2009	Detroit Tigers	MLB Spring Training	MLB	26	0	0	0.23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40.0	42	1	1	3	1	0	1	1		1.08	9.45	0.68	0.23	0.00	0.00	0.23	.000
2010	Detroit Tigers	MLB Spring Training	MLB	27	2	3	5.48	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	21.1	26	15	13	3	6	14	0	1		1.52	10.97	1.27	2.53	5.91	2.33	6.33	.400
2011	Detroit Tigers	MLB Spring Training	MLB	28	3	0	0.96	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	28.0	21	3	3	1	3	23	1	2		0.86	6.75	0.32	0.96	7.39	7.67	0.96	1.000
2011	Detroit Tigers	Div Series	MLB	28	1	0	5.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	9.0	6	5	5	0	5	12	1	0	0	1.22	6.00	0.00	5.00	12.00	2.40	5.00	1.000
2011	Detroit Tigers	Champ. Series	MLB	28	1	1	5.56	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	11.1	13	7	7	2	5	13	1	0	0	1.62	10.32	1.59	3.97	10.32	2.60	5.56	.500
2012	Detroit Tigers	MLB Spring Training	MLB	29	2	0	2.02	6	0	6	1	0	0	0	26.2	22	6	6	1	3	25	0	0		0.95	7.42	0.34	1.01	8.44	8.33	2.02	1.000
2012	Detroit Tigers	Div Series	MLB	29	2	0	0.56	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	16.0	7	1	1	1	5	22	0	0	0	0.75	3.94	0.56	2.81	12.38	4.40	0.56	1.000
2012	Detroit Tigers	Champ. Series	MLB	29	1	0	1.08	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	8.1	3	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0.37	3.24	1.08	0.00	3.24	0	1.08	1.000
2012	Detroit Tigers	World Series	MLB	29	0	1	11.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	6	5	5	2	1	4	0	0	0	1.75	13.50	4.50	2.25	9.00	4.00	11.25	.000
2013	Detroit Tigers	MLB Spring Training	MLB	30	1	3	4.01	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	24.2	19	12	11	5	4	21	0	1		0.95	6.93	1.82	1.46	7.66	5.25	4.38	.250
2013	Detroit Tigers	Div Series	MLB	30	1	0	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	6	0	0	0	2	21	0	0	0	0.53	3.60	0.00	1.20	12.60	10.50	0.00	1.000
2013	Detroit Tigers	Champ. Series	MLB	30	0	1	1.13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	4	1	1	1	1	10	1	0	0	0.63	4.50	1.13	1.13	11.25	10.00	1.13	.000
2014	Detroit Tigers	MLB Spring Training	MLB	31	2	0	0.00	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	8	0	0	0	5	17	0	0		0.65	3.60	0.00	2.25	7.65	3.40	0.00	1.000
2014	Detroit Tigers	Div Series	MLB	31	0	0	5.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	6	3	3	1	1	4	0	0	0	1.40	10.80	1.80	1.80	7.20	4.00	5.40	.000
2015	Detroit Tigers	MLB Spring Training	MLB	32	1	1	5.63	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	13	10	10	6	6	10	0	0		1.19	7.31	3.38	3.38	5.63	1.67	5.63	.500
2016	Detroit Tigers	MLB Spring Training	MLB	33	2	0	2.84	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	16	6	6	3	4	11	0	0		1.05	7.58	1.42	1.89	5.21	2.75	2.84	1.000
2017	Detroit Tigers	MLB Spring Training	MLB	34	0	2	3.16	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	25.2	20	9	9	4	7	19	0	0		1.07	7.01	1.40	2.45	6.66	2.71	3.16	.000
2017	Houston Astros	Div Series	MLB	34	2	0	3.12	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.2	7	3	3	1	4	3	0	0	0	1.34	7.27	1.04	4.15	3.12	0.75	3.12	1.000
2017	Houston Astros	Champ. Series	MLB	34	2	0	0.56	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	16.0	10	1	1	0	2	21	0	0	0	0.75	5.63	0.00	1.13	11.81	10.50	0.56	1.000
2017	Houston Astros	World Series	MLB	34	0	1	3.75	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	5	5	5	2	2	14	0	0	0	0.58	3.75	1.50	1.50	10.50	7.00	3.75	.000
2018	Houston Astros	MLB Spring Training	MLB	35	1	1	1.64	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	17	4	4	3	2	24	0	0		0.86	6.95	1.23	0.82	9.82	12.00	1.64	.500
2019	Houston Astros	MLB Spring Training	MLB	36	2	1	2.60	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	17.1	15	5	5	4	3	25	0	0		1.05	7.79	2.08	1.56	12.98	8.33	2.60	.667
MLB Spring Training Totals - 14 yrs					18	14	2.84	72	63	9	1	0	0	0	317.3	278	104	100	40	66	230	7	5		1.08	7.88	1.13	1.87	6.52	3.48	2.95	.563
MLB Playoffs - Divisional Series Totals - 6 yrs					6	0	2.29	10	9	1	1	1	0	0	59.0	39	15	15	4	21	67	1	0		1.02	5.95	0.61	3.20	10.22	3.19	2.29	1.000
MLB Playoffs - Championship Series Totals - 5 yrs					5	2	2.57	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	49.0	37	14	14	6	9	53	3	1		0.94	6.80	1.10	1.65	9.73	5.89	2.57	.714
MLB Playoffs - World Series Totals - 3 yrs					0	4	5.67	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	27.0	23	20	17	6	8	30	2	0		1.15	7.67	2.00	2.67	10.00	3.75	6.67	.000

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Year	Team	League	Category	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	XBH	PA	babip	ISO	SecA	BB%	SO%	K-BB	HR%	AB/HR	XBH%
2006	Detroit Tigers	World Series	MLB	23	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2007	Detroit Tigers	MLB Spring Training	MLB	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2008	Detroit Tigers	MLB Spring Training	MLB	25	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	2	1.000	.000	.000	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2009	Detroit Tigers	MLB Spring Training	MLB	26	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	0.00	66.67	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2010	Detroit Tigers	MLB Spring Training	MLB	27	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	2	1.000	.000	.000	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2012	Detroit Tigers	World Series	MLB	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2016	Detroit Tigers	MLB Spring Training	MLB	33	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2017	Houston Astros	World Series	MLB	34	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	0.00	75.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
MLB Spring Training Totals - 5 yrs					9	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	10	.400	.000	.000	0.00	40.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
MLB Playoffs - World Series Totals - 3 yrs					4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	0.00	57.14	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

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Year	Awards (Notes)	# Awards
2002	1st Team College Freshman All-American (SP) ... Colonial Athletic Association Rookie of the Year	2
2003	Colonial Athletic Association All-Conference (SP)	1
2004	Colonial Athletic Association All-Conference (SP)	1
2005	Baseball America 1st team Minor League All-Star (SP) ... Detroit Tigers Minor League Player of the Year ... Minor League High-A All-Star Team (SP)	3
2006	American League Player of the Week (May 22-May 28) ... American League Players Choice Outstanding Rookie ... American League Rookie of the Month (May) ... American League Rookie of the Year ... Baseball America Rookie of the Year	5
2007	American League Player of the Week (June 11-June 17)	1
2009	American League Pitcher of the Month (May) ... Baseball America Second-Team Major League All-Star (SP) ... Detroit Tigers Player of the Year ... Major League 2nd All-Star (end of season) (SP)	4
2010	Baseball America Second-Team Major League All-Star (SP) ... Major League 2nd All-Star (end of season) (SP)	2
2011	American League Cy Young Award ... American League Most Valuable Player ... American League Pitcher of the Month (June) ... American League Player of the Week (May 2-May 8) ... American League Player of the Week (June 13-June 19) ... American League Player of the Week (September 12-September 18) ... American League Players Choice Outstanding Pitcher ... Baseball America First-Team Major League All-Star (SP) ... Detroit Tigers Player of the Year ... Major League 1st All-Star (end of season) (SP) ... Players Choice MLB Player of the Year	11
2012	American League Pitcher of the Month (September) ... American League Player of the Week (September 24-September 30) ... Baseball America First-Team Major League All-Star (SP) ... Major League 1st All-Star (end of season) (SP)	4
2016	American League Pitcher of the Month (July)	1
2017	ALCS Most Valuable Player	1
2018	American League Pitcher of the Month (May) ... American League Player of the Week (September 10-September 16) ... American League Player of the Week (April 9-April 15)	3

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Tranx Date	Pos	Organization	Assignment	40m	Status	Type	Transaction Description	Age	Roster for Current Team
2019-03-26	SP	Houston Astros	Houston Astros (MLB)	Y	Active	Contract	Signed to 2-year contract for 2020-2021 ($66m) [Extension]	36.034	Team Roster on 2019-03-26
2017-08-31	SP	Houston Astros	Houston Astros (MLB)	Y	Active	Traded	Traded from Tigers to Astros for Franklin Perez, Daz Cameron and Jake Rogers	34.192	Team Roster on 2017-08-31
2015-06-13	SP	Detroit Tigers	Detroit Tigers (MLB)	Y	Active	MLB Active	Activated from DL	32.113	Team Roster on 2015-06-13
2015-04-09	SP	Detroit Tigers	Detroit Tigers (MLB)	Y	DL-15	Injured	DL15 Right triceps soreness	32.048	Team Roster on 2015-04-09
2013-03-30	SP	Detroit Tigers	Detroit Tigers (MLB)	Y	Active	Contract	Signed to 5-year contract for 2015-2019 ($140m) [Extension]. Option year for 2020	30.038	Team Roster on 2013-03-30
2012-05-03	SP	Detroit Tigers	Detroit Tigers (MLB)	Y	Active	--		29.072	Team Roster on 2012-05-03
2010-02-04	SP	Detroit Tigers	Detroit Tigers (MLB)	Y	Active	Contract	Signed to 5-year contract for 2010-2014 ($80m) [Avoided arbitration] 6.75--12.75--20--20--20	26.349	Team Roster on 2010-02-04
2009-02-03	SP	Detroit Tigers	Detroit Tigers (MLB)	Y	Active	Contract	Signed to 1-year contract for 2009-2009 ($3.675m) [Avoided Arbitration]	25.348	Team Roster on 2009-02-03
2004-10-22	SP	Detroit Tigers	Detroit Tigers (MLB)	Y	Active	Contract	Signed to 5-year contract for 2005-2008 ($4.45m) 0.1--0.15--0.2--0.25--0.6	21.244	Team Roster on 2004-10-22
Tranx Date	Pos	Organization	Assignment	40m	Status	Type	Transaction Description	Age	Roster for Current Team
2009-02-03						Contract	Signed by Tigers (1-year)		�
2004-10-25						Contract	Signed by Tigers		�
2004-10-25						Contract	signed		�

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Year	Team Name	Payroll	Age	Salary	Serv	MLB Rk	Tm Rk	Centile	Above	League Avg	League Min	Career*	Contracts
2004	Detroit Tigers	-	21	3,120,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3,120,000	Signing Bonus out of 2004 Draft (1st round - 2nd overall)
2005	Detroit Tigers	Team Payroll	22	300,000	-	794	45	-		2,189,055	300,000	3,420,000	2004-10-22 - Signed to 5-year contract for 2005-2008 ($4.45m) 0.1--0.15--0.2--0.25--0.6
2006	Detroit Tigers	Team Payroll	23	980,000	-	402	16	50		2,365,072	327,000	4,400,000
2007	Detroit Tigers	Team Payroll	24	1,030,000	-	402	17	50		2,459,737	380,000	5,430,000
2008	Detroit Tigers	Team Payroll	25	1,130,000	-	388	18	58		2,696,252	390,000	6,560,000
2009	Detroit Tigers	Team Payroll	26	3,675,000	-	221	12	73	++	2,746,792	400,000	10,235,000	2009-02-03 - Signed to 1-year contract for 2009-2009 ($3.675m) [Avoided Arbitration]
2010	Detroit Tigers	Team Payroll	27	6,850,000	-	132	8	86	++	2,812,412	400,000	17,085,000	2010-02-04 - Signed to 5-year contract for 2010-2014 ($80m) [Avoided arbitration] 6.75--12.75--20--20--20
2011	Detroit Tigers	Team Payroll	28	12,850,000	-	50	3	95	++	2,722,607	414,000	29,935,000
2012	Detroit Tigers	Team Payroll	29	20,100,000	-	12	3	99	++	2,954,887	480,000	50,035,000
2013	Detroit Tigers	Team Payroll	30	20,100,000	-	17	3	99	++	3,023,990	490,000	70,135,000	2013-03-30 - Signed to 5-year contract for 2015-2019 ($140m) [Extension]. Option year for 2020
2014	Detroit Tigers	Team Payroll	31	20,100,000	-	20	2	98	++	3,256,497	500,000	90,235,000
2015	Detroit Tigers	Team Payroll	32	28,000,000	10.002	2	1	100	++	3,571,283	507,500	118,235,000
2016	Detroit Tigers	Team Payroll	33	28,000,000	11.002	4	2	100	++	3,498,245	507,500	146,235,000
2017	Houston Astros	Team Payroll	34	28,000,000	12.002	4	1	100	++	3,651,709	535,000	174,235,000
2017	Detroit Tigers	Team Payroll	34	28,000,000	12.002	4	2	100	++	3,651,709	535,000	174,235,000
2018	Houston Astros	Team Payroll	35	28,000,000	-	8	1	100	++	4,360,045	545,000	202,235,000

* Career earnings are a simple calculation of available yearly salaries listed here. They include only base salary and draft signing bonus. Minor league salaries are excluded. The value is not meant to reflect a player's actual career earnings.
* League minimum salaries are displayed in red

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