Justin Verlander

Bats R Throws R6'5" 235 lbBorn 1983 Manakin Sabot, USADebut 2005Team SF8x All-StarDraft 2004 R1 #2 Detroit Tigers, Old DominionContract 1 y/$13M (26)* 2026: $7,859,347

Awards: Cy Young Award x2, TSN Pitcher of the Year x2, AL Cy Young, ALCS MVP, All-MLB First Team, Most Valuable Player, Pitching Triple Crown

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	514	19.0	7.2	2.91	20.3	6.78	97.0
2027							98.5
2028							100.0

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 41

His ten closest age-41 comparables averaged 96 PITCH+ the next season; 5 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Adam Wainwright	2023	105.2	did not play
2	Rich Hill	2023	103.9	94.4	15
3	Greg Maddux	2007	105.3	104.2	804
4	Randy Johnson	2006	106.8	114.3	233
5	Andy Pettitte	2013	104.1	did not play
6	Tom Glavine	2007	101.3	86.3	281
7	Bartolo Colon	2016	100.5	83.3	648
8	Kenny Rogers	2008	99.0	did not play
9	R. A. Dickey	2017	100.7	did not play
10	John Smoltz	2009	109.8	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	RBI	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	SF	29	0	0	0	0	0
2024	HOU	17	0	0	0	0	0
2023	HOU	27	0	0	0	0	0
2022	HOU	28	0	0	0	0	0
2020	HOU	1	0	0	0	0	0
2019	HOU	34	2	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-116.6
2018	HOU	34	5	0	1	0	2	0.200	0.200	0.200	0.400	5.0
2017	HOU	33	6	0	1	1	4	0.167	0.167	0.167	0.333	-21.1
2016	DET	34	5	1	1	0	2	0.200	0.200	0.200	0.400	-2.5
2015	DET	20	0	0	0	0	0
2014	DET	32	7	1	2	0	0	0.333	0.333	0.333	0.667	83.6
2013	DET	34	2	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-133.2
2012	DET	33	8	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-125.5
2011	DET	34	4	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-124.7
2010	DET	33	5	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-125.5
2009	DET	35	4	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-118.0
2008	DET	33	5	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-119.7
2007	DET	32	5	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-115.3
2006	DET	30	2	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-113.7
2005	DET	2	0	0	0	0	0
Career		555	60	2	5	1	24	0.100	0.100	0.100	0.200	-67.2

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									514				98.5
2026*									19				67.0	95.9	62.9
2025	SF	4	11	3.85	29	29	0	152.0	662	16	52	137	97.9	100.4	98.2
2024	HOU	5	6	5.48	17	17	0	90.3	396	15	27	74	91.9	99.0	90.9
2023	HOU	13	8	3.22	27	27	0	162.3	669	18	45	144	110.5	99.7	110.2
2022	HOU	18	4	1.75	28	28	0	175.0	666	12	29	185	128.4	100.3	128.7
2020	HOU	1	0	3.00	1	1	0	6.0	21	2	1	7	111.3	97.1	108.4
2019	HOU	21	6	2.58	34	34	0	223.0	847	36	42	300	124.8	100.0	124.8
2018	HOU	16	9	2.52	34	34	0	214.0	833	28	37	290	117.5	100.4	117.9
2017	HOU	15	8	3.36	33	33	0	206.0	849	27	72	219	111.9	99.8	111.7
2016	DET	16	9	3.04	34	34	0	227.7	903	30	57	254	115.6	102.1	117.6
2015	DET	5	8	3.37	20	20	0	133.3	535	13	32	113	111.4	98.5	109.9
2014	DET	15	12	4.54	32	32	0	206.0	893	18	65	159	93.7
2013	DET	13	12	3.46	34	34	0	218.3	925	19	75	217	104.2
2012	DET	17	8	2.64	33	33	0	238.3	956	19	60	239	115.9
2011	DET	24	5	2.40	34	34	0	251.0	969	24	57	250	122.9
2010	DET	18	9	3.37	33	33	0	224.3	925	14	71	219	112.0
2009	DET	19	9	3.45	35	35	0	240.0	982	20	63	269	111.1
2008	DET	11	17	4.84	33	33	0	201.0	880	18	87	163	103.4
2007	DET	18	6	3.66	32	32	0	201.7	866	20	67	183	110.5
2006	DET	17	9	3.63	30	30	0	186.0	776	21	60	124	102.5
2005	DET	0	2	7.15	2	2	0	11.3	54	1	5	7	82.2
Career		266	158	3.32	555	555	0	3567.7	14607	371	1004	3553	110.8		110.9

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA
2019	2	67.0	-19.5	0.0	0.0	0.017	0.018	0.015
2018	5	78.2	-7.1	37.5	50.0	0.060	0.063	0.056
2017	6	79.9	-0.9	28.6	50.0	0.173	0.191	0.159
2016	5	81.1	15.1	36.4	14.3	0.199	0.209	0.181

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	SF	P	29	152	9	10	1	0	0.950	+0.3
2024	HOU	P	17	90	4	5	0	0	1.000	-0.5
2023	HOU	P	27	162	24	6	0	1	1.000	-0.3
2022	HOU	P	28	175	4	15	1	2	0.950	+0.2
2020	HOU	P	1	6	2	1	0	0	1.000	-0.1
2019	HOU	P	34	223	17	10	0	0	1.000	-0.0
2018	HOU	P	34	214	7	12	1	0	0.950	+0.5
2017	HOU	P	33	206	10	13	1	1	0.958	-0.2
2016	DET	P	34	228	7	29	1	2	0.973	+2.3
2015	DET	P	20	133	8	6	3	1	0.824	-1.0
2014	DET	P	32	206	10	23	6	2	0.846
2013	DET	P	34	218	19	17	2	5	0.947
2012	DET	P	33	238	25	24	4	3	0.925
2011	DET	P	34	251	12	33	5	2	0.900
2010	DET	P	33	224	15	34	2	3	0.961
2009	DET	P	35	240	14	20	2	4	0.944
2008	DET	P	33	201	7	24	2	1	0.939
2007	DET	P	32	202	7	17	0	0	1.000
2006	DET	P	30	186	11	24	3	4	0.921
2005	DET	P	2	11	2	2	1	0	0.800

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2026	AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	Pit	43	10.2 IP, 14% K	3.53
2024	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Pit	30	6.0 IP, 30% K	10.50
2024	AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Pit	38	8.0 IP, 21% K	6.75
2015	AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	Pit	38	8.1 IP, 32% K	3.33
2005	AA	Erie SeaWolves	Pit	116	32.2 IP, 28% K	0.28
2005	A+	Lakeland Tigers	Pit	338	86.0 IP, 31% K	1.67

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Away
2019		0.000	0.000
2018	0.000	0.300	0.180
2017	0.000	0.300	0.150
2016	0.450	0.000	0.180

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2019	6	0	0
2018	3	0	0
2017	6	3	3	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
2014	1	0	0
2013	3	0	0
2012	4	1	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
2011	4	0	0
2006	4	2	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Career	31	6	4	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2023	1	1	2.98	3	3	18.1	16	3	6	14	1.22
2022	2	0	5.85	4	4	20.0	23	3	8	25	1.55
2019	1	4	4.33	6	6	35.3	30	8	14	38	1.25
2018	2	1	4.15	3	3	17.3	11	2	8	17	1.10
2017	4	1	2.21	6	5	36.7	22	3	8	38	0.82
2014	0	0	5.40	1	1	5.0	6	1	1	4	1.40
2013	1	1	0.39	3	3	23.0	10	1	3	31	0.57
2012	3	1	2.22	4	4	28.3	16	4	6	29	0.78
2011	2	1	5.31	4	4	20.3	19	2	10	25	1.43
2006	1	2	5.82	4	4	21.7	26	5	10	23	1.66
Career	17	12	3.59	38	37	225.8	179	32	74	244	1.12

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2016	DET	$28,000,000
2015	DET	$28,000,000
2014	DET	$20,000,000
2013	DET	$20,100,000
2012	DET	$20,100,000
2011	DET	$12,850,000
2010	DET	$6,850,000
2009	DET	$3,675,000
2008	DET	$1,130,000
2007	DET	$1,030,000
2006	DET	$980,000

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.