Justin Verlander - The Baseball Cube

PositionsP-407Position when DraftedPPlayer Listed UnderMajor Leaguers
Proper NameJustin Brooks Verlander
Height6-5Weight200BatsRightThrowsRight
Born DateFebruary 20,1983 [35.178]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 Time12.002 (2017)
Prospect Rankings[BA] 2005-DET-#3 ... 2006-MLB-#8 ... 2006-DET-#1
MLB DebutJuly 4,2005 [22.134]
OrganizationsDET [13] HOU [2] Awards29Awards Voting14-1014
TBC Player ID36243Retrosheet IDverlj001MLBAM ID434378
RelationshipsBrother of Ben Verlander
Pitch Repertoire Fastball (47.94%) -- Curveball (16.12%) -- Changeup (15.74%) -- Slider (14.59%) -- 2-Seam Fastball (5.50%) -- Cutter (0.12%)
Fastball Velocity [2018] - 95.00 - [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	1	1.76	11.91	0.79	3.97	5.56	1.40	.000	4.52
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	6	1.33	9.05	1.02	2.90	6.00	2.07	.654	4.35
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	19	1.23	8.08	0.89	2.99	8.17	2.73	.750	3.99
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	14	1.40	8.73	0.81	3.90	7.30	1.87	.393	4.18
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	6	1.18	8.21	0.75	2.36	10.09	4.27	.679	2.80
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	6	1.16	7.62	0.56	2.85	8.79	3.08	.667	2.97
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	3	0.92	6.24	0.86	2.04	8.96	4.39	.828	2.99
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	5	1.06	7.25	0.72	2.27	9.03	3.98	.680	2.94
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	4	1.31	8.74	0.78	3.09	8.95	2.89	.520	3.28
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	5	1.40	9.74	0.79	2.84	6.95	2.45	.556	3.74
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	3	1.09	7.63	0.88	2.16	7.63	3.53	.385	3.49
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	8	1.00	6.76	1.19	2.25	10.04	4.46	.640	3.49
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	3	1.28	8.01	1.20	3.51	9.21	2.63	.556	4.07
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		ST	35	11	8	2.52	26	26	0	1	1	0	0	164.0	122	49	46	23	28	217	2	2	7	0.91	6.68	1.26	1.53	11.88	7.75	.579	-0.18
MLB Totals - 14 Season(s)Filter								199	122	3.40	411	411	0	24	8	0	0	2707.0	2364	1110	1025	267	799	2633	80	19	90	1.17	7.85	0.89	2.65	8.75	3.30	.620	0.32
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	83	1.19	7.97	0.86	2.75	8.51	3.10	.616	-
Houston Astros Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								16	8	2.27	31	31	0	1	1	0	0	198.0	139	53	50	27	33	260	2	2	7	0.87	6.31	1.23	1.50	11.80	7.88	.667	-
Average MLB - Per ~220 innings								16	10	3.40	33	33	0	2	1	0	0	220.0	192	90	83	22	65	214	6	2	7	1.17	7.85	0.89	2.65	8.75	3.30	.615	0.32
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		p	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
MLB Totals - 12 Season(s)Filter								115	48	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	23	0	10	0	0	1	.104	.104	.104	.208	5	0	58	.200	.000	.000	.000	0.00	39.66	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 - 1 Season(s)Filter								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	.000	0.00	40.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Average MLB - Per 162 games								162	68	3	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	32	0	14	0	0	1	.104	.104	.104	.208	7	0	82	.200	.000	.000	.000	0.00	39.66	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
MLB Totals for P - 13 season(s)				-	�	P	385	385	2543	147	266	32	28	445	413	.928	1.07	0.16	67	23	74.4	-	385	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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
MLB Spring Training Totals - 13 yrs					16	13	2.85	67	58	9	1	0	0	0	300.0	263	99	95	36	63	205	7	5		1.09	7.89	1.08	1.89	6.15	3.25	2.97	.552
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	AL Rookie of the Month (May) ... American League Player of the Week (May 22-May 28) ... American League Rookie of the Year ... Baseball America Rookie of the Year	4
2007	American League Player of the Week (June 11-June 17)	1
2009	AL Pitcher of the Month (May) ... Detroit Tigers Player of the Year ... Major League 2nd All-Star (end of season) (SP)	3
2010	Major League 2nd All-Star (end of season) (SP)	1
2011	AL Pitcher of the Month (June) ... American League Cy Young Award ... American League Most Valuable Player ... American League Player of the Week (May 2-May 8) ... American League Player of the Week (September 12-September 18) ... American League Player of the Week (June 13-June 19) ... Detroit Tigers Player of the Year ... Major League 1st All-Star (end of season) (SP)	8
2012	AL Pitcher of the Month (September) ... American League Player of the Week (September 24-September 30) ... Major League 1st All-Star (end of season) (SP)	3
2016	AL Pitcher of the Month (July)	1
2017	ALCS Most Valuable Player	1

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Tranx Date	Pos	Organization	Assignment	40m	Status	Type	Transaction Description	Age	Roster for Current Team
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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