Last played for the Detroit Tigers, 2026
Starting Pitcher · #35
60-Day ILLeft Hamstring · due back September 26
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | DET | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7.15 | 11.1 | 7 | 5 | 1.76 |
| 2006 | DET | 30 | 17 | 9 | 3.63 | 186.0 | 124 | 60 | 1.33 |
| 2007 | DET | 32 | 18 | 6 | 3.66 | 201.2 | 183 | 67 | 1.23 |
| 2008 | DET | 33 | 11 | 17 | 4.84 | 201.0 | 163 | 87 | 1.40 |
| 2009 | DET | 35 | 19 | 9 | 3.45 | 240.0 | 269 | 63 | 1.18 |
| 2010 | DET | 33 | 18 | 9 | 3.37 | 224.1 | 219 | 71 | 1.16 |
| 2011 | DET | 34 | 24 | 5 | 2.40 | 251.0 | 250 | 57 | 0.92 |
| 2012 | DET | 33 | 17 | 8 | 2.64 | 238.1 | 239 | 60 | 1.06 |
| 2013 | DET | 34 | 13 | 12 | 3.46 | 218.1 | 217 | 75 | 1.31 |
| 2014 | DET | 32 | 15 | 12 | 4.54 | 206.0 | 159 | 65 | 1.40 |
| 2015 | DET | 20 | 5 | 8 | 3.38 | 133.1 | 113 | 32 | 1.09 |
| 2016 | DET | 34 | 16 | 9 | 3.04 | 227.2 | 254 | 57 | 1.00 |
| 2017 |  DET/HOU | 33 | 15 | 8 | 3.36 | 206.0 | 219 | 72 | 1.17 |
| 2018 | HOU | 34 | 16 | 9 | 2.52 | 214.0 | 290 | 37 | 0.90 |
| 2019 | HOU | 34 | 21 | 6 | 2.58 | 223.0 | 300 | 42 | 0.80 |
| 2020 | HOU | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 6.0 | 7 | 1 | 0.67 |
| 2022 | HOU | 28 | 18 | 4 | 1.75 | 175.0 | 185 | 29 | 0.83 |
| 2023 | NYM/HOU | 27 | 13 | 8 | 3.22 | 162.1 | 144 | 45 | 1.13 |
| 2024 | HOU | 17 | 5 | 6 | 5.48 | 90.1 | 74 | 27 | 1.38 |
| 2025 | SF | 29 | 4 | 11 | 3.85 | 152.0 | 137 | 52 | 1.36 |
| 2026 | DET | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12.27 | 3.2 | 1 | 2 | 2.18 |
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.6 | 20 | 21 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | DET | 18 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 248 | 337 | 0.7 | 5 |
| 2007 | DET | 21 | 1 | 1 | 8.2 | 255 | 342 | 0.7 | 17 |
| 2008 | DET | 13 | 1 | 0 | 7.3 | 253 | 363 | 0.7 | 6 |
| 2009 | DET | 22 | 3 | 1 | 10.1 | 241 | 402 | 0.6 | 8 |
| 2010 | DET | 22 | 4 | 0 | 8.8 | 266 | 363 | 0.7 | 11 |
| 2011 | DET | 28 | 4 | 2 | 9.0 | 276 | 382 | 0.7 | 7 |
| 2012 | DET | 25 | 6 | 1 | 9.0 | 284 | 368 | 0.8 | 2 |
| 2013 | DET | 22 | 0 | 0 | 8.9 | 252 | 375 | 0.7 | 3 |
| 2014 | DET | 18 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 276 | 387 | 0.7 | 5 |
| 2015 | DET | 14 | 1 | 1 | 7.6 | 142 | 245 | 0.6 | 2 |
| 2016 | DET | 27 | 2 | 0 | 10.0 | 208 | 376 | 0.6 | 6 |
| 2017 | DET/HOU | 23 | 0 | 0 | 9.6 | 192 | 362 | 0.5 | 5 |
| 2018 | HOU | 26 | 1 | 1 | 12.2 | 153 | 345 | 0.4 | 5 |
| 2019 | HOU | 26 | 2 | 1 | 12.1 | 180 | 318 | 0.6 | 4 |
| 2020 | HOU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 | 8 | 5 | 1.6 | 0 |
| 2022 | HOU | 21 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 172 | 274 | 0.6 | 3 |
| 2023 | NYM/HOU | 14 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 172 | 303 | 0.6 | 5 |
| 2024 | HOU | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7.4 | 83 | 206 | 0.4 | 2 |
| 2025 | SF | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 166 | 301 | 0.6 | 2 |
| 2026 | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 3 | 13 | 0.2 | 1 |
Justin Verlander
Mar 30 · @ ARI · L 9-6
| Date | Opponent | IP | H | R | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Mar 30 | at ARIL 9-6 | 3.2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Sat, Sep 27 | vs COLW 4-3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Mon, Sep 22 | vs STLL 6-5 | 4.1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Wed, Sep 17 | atARIW 5-1 F/11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Fri, Sep 12 | vs LADW 5-1 F/10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Sat, Sep 06 | atSTLL 3-2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Justin Verlander played 21 seasons for the Tigers, the Astros and the Giants. He had 266 wins and 3,554 strikeouts with a 3.33 ERA over 3,571.1 innings. His best season was 2011: 24 wins, a 2.40 ERA and 250 strikeouts.
21 seasons, 9 postseasons, 2005 to 2026
Justin Verlander led MLB in wins (2009, 2011, 2019), ERA (2022), strikeouts (pitching) (2009, 2011, 2012) and WHIP (2011, 2019, 2022); finished top 10 in a stat 29 times; sits top 10 all time in strikeouts (pitching).
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
Justin Verlander played 7 games across 2 MLB postseasons in 5 series — 3 won, 2 lost.
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 |  MIN | Won 1-0 | 1 | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 2023 |  TEX | Lost 1-1 | 2 | 12.1 | 12 | 6 | 8 |
| 2022 |  SEA | Won 1-0 | 1 | 4.0 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| 2022 |  NYY | Won 1-0 | 1 | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 2022 |  PHI | Lost 1-1 | 2 | 10.0 | 10 | 6 | 11 |
Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2022 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
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