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Justin Verlander
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 5" 240LBS | Age: 42
Draft: 2004 | Rd: 1, #2, Detroit Tigers | Old Dominion
W
L
ERA
G
GS
SV
IP
SO
WHIP
2022 18 4 1.75 28 28 0 175 185 0.83
2023 13 8 3.22 27 27 0 162.1 144 1.13
2024 5 6 5.48 17 17 0 90.1 74 1.38
19 Seasons 262 147 3.30 526 526 0 3,415.2 3,416 1.13
G
W-L
ERA
IP
SO
WHIP
2022 28 18-4 1.75 175 185 0.83
2023 27 13-8 3.22 162.1 144 1.13
2024 17 5-6 5.48 90.1 74 1.38
19 Seasons 526 262-147 3.30 3,415.2 3,416 1.13
20242024 MLB Percentile Rankings
ValuesavantPOORAVERAGEGREATPitching Run Value-7NOT QUALIFIED19Fastball Run Value-5NOT QUALIFIED19Breaking Run Value-2NOT QUALIFIED32Offspeed Run Value-1NOT QUALIFIED48PitchingxERA3.78NOT QUALIFIED58xBA.234NOT QUALIFIED56Fastball Velo93.5NOT QUALIFIED40Avg Exit Velocity88.6NOT QUALIFIED56Chase %27.1NOT QUALIFIED30Whiff %21.3NOT QUALIFIED15K %18.7NOT QUALIFIED17BB %6.8NOT QUALIFIED67Barrel %6.9NOT QUALIFIED68Hard-Hit %32.5NOT QUALIFIED92GB %28.7NOT QUALIFIED1Extension5.9NOT QUALIFIED11
20242024 Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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MLB AVG.ARM ANGLE55°12"24"6"12"18"24"12"24"12"24"13.4 INCHES TAIL9.7 INCHES RISEAVG4.0 INCHES BREAK5.9 INCHES RISEAVG7.2 INCHES BREAK13.4 INCHES DROPAVG8.6 INCHES TAIL19.3 INCHES RISEAVG1B3BMOVES TOWARD︎MORERISEMOREDROPUSAGEMPHRHP AVG4-Seam48%93.594.7Curve22%77.680.3Slider19%86.786.0Change10%84.086.1SAMPLE100 PITCH

Statcast Statistics

Season
Age
Pitches
Batted
Balls
Barrels
Barrel %
Barrel/PA
Exit
Velocity
Max EV
Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA
XSLG
WOBA
XWOBA
XWOBACON
HardHit%
K%
BB%
ERA
xERA
2015 32 2150 387 16 4.1 3.0 87.1 112.2 20.1 32.0 .217 .319 .276 .260 .299 27.6 21.1 6.0 3.38 2.76
2016 33 3668 584 44 7.5 4.9 87.9 115.9 19.5 29.8 .206 .362 .272 .274 .348 32.9 28.1 6.3 3.04 3.12
2017 34 3531 554 40 7.2 4.7 87.6 113.6 16.4 37.4 .240 .420 .285 .315 .390 35.6 25.8 8.5 3.36 4.27
2018 35 3427 498 31 6.2 3.7 88.5 115.7 22.1 31.1 .184 .309 .259 .237 .335 32.7 34.8 4.4 2.52 2.34
2019 36 3448 498 36 7.2 4.3 87.3 109.8 18.5 30.1 .186 .346 .243 .248 .360 33.3 35.4 5.0 2.58 2.66
2020 37 73 13 2 15.4 9.5 90.4 110.9 10.1 7.7 .161 .415 .264 .259 .365 53.8 33.3 4.8 3.00 2.79
2022 39 2607 446 28 6.3 4.2 87.8 110.9 16.9 32.5 .207 .331 .222 .255 .326 34.8 27.8 4.4 1.75 2.66
2023 40 2602 475 39 8.2 5.8 90.0 118.3 18.9 30.5 .229 .392 .284 .295 .343 41.3 21.5 6.7 3.22 3.63
2024 41 1580 289 20 6.9 5.1 88.6 118.8 20.9 39.1 .234 .389 .337 .301 .333 32.5 18.7 6.8 5.48 3.78
Player 23086 3744 256 6.8 4.5 88.1 118.8 19.0 32.4 .210 .358 .268 .272 .345 34.1 27.7 6.0
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Verlander relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(48.3%) ,
Curveball
(21.9%) ,
Slider
(19.3%) ,
Changeup
(10.1%) ,
Sinker
(0.4%) ,

Four Seamer763 Pitches (48.3%)
Curveball346 Pitches (21.9%)
Slider305 Pitches (19.3%)
Changeup160 Pitches (10.1%)
Sinker6 Pitches (0.4%)

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Created with Highcharts 6.2.0%Chart context menuJustin Verlander Pitch % by SeasonSource: baseballsavant.mlb.comFour SeamerCurveballSliderChangeupSinkerCutter200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320240204060
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Pitch Tracking

Year
Pitch Type
#
# RHB
# LHB
%
MPH
PA
AB
H
1B
2B
3B
HR
SO
BBE
BA
XBA
SLG
XSLG
WOBA
XWOBA
EV
LA
Spin
Ext.
Whiff%
PutAway%
2024 Four Seamer 763 380 383 48.3 93.5 211 185 55 37 8 1 9 37 152 .297 .238 .497 .423 .369 .320 90.5 25 2395 5.9 20.4 18.6
2024 Curveball 346 160 186 21.9 77.6 53 50 17 12 2 0 3 11 39 .340 .277 .560 .436 .403 .329 85.6 10 2685 6.0 22.0 12.0
2024 Slider 305 175 130 19.3 86.7 93 87 17 12 2 0 3 17 71 .195 .199 .322 .318 .244 .251 86.7 20 2442 6.0 21.5 13.3
2024 Changeup 160 44 116 10.1 84.0 37 34 8 5 2 1 0 9 25 .235 .232 .353 .311 .287 .273 81.5 15 1779 6.0 25.3 13.6
2024 Sinker 6 6 0 0.4 92.2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 .500 .407 .500 .456 .441 .370 98.6 1 2361 5.9 0.0 0.0
2023 Four Seamer 1,302 701 601 50.0 94.3 334 302 71 40 18 2 11 55 250 .235 .254 .417 .464 .309 .337 92.5 26 2428 6.0 18.1 18.0
2023 Slider 659 369 290 25.3 86.9 184 169 34 21 9 0 4 56 114 .201 .182 .325 .287 .258 .238 86.2 15 2512 6.0 29.2 21.1
2023 Curveball 520 283 237 20.0 78.2 123 116 28 24 1 0 3 26 90 .241 .226 .328 .319 .271 .260 87.0 4 2716 6.0 24.4 16.7
2023 Changeup 121 33 88 4.7 85.2 28 28 6 4 2 0 0 7 21 .214 .247 .286 .537 .215 .325 88.0 14 1824 6.0 28.6 13.5
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Batted Ball Profile

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Batted Ball Breakdown
Season
GB %
AIR %
FB %
LD %
PU %
Pull %
Straight %
Oppo %
Pull GB %
Straight GB %
Oppo GB %
Pull AIR %
Straight AIR %
Oppo AIR %
2015 36.7 63.3 27.6 20.9 14.7 37.0 36.4 26.4 18.3 13.4 4.7 18.6 23.0 21.7
2016 35.4 64.6 28.1 23.5 13.0 37.3 36.3 26.0 18.2 12.3 5.0 19.2 24.0 21.1
2017 34.1 65.9 27.1 28.7 10.1 34.5 41.2 24.4 15.0 15.5 3.6 19.5 25.6 20.8
2018 30.7 69.3 31.7 24.3 13.3 35.1 34.3 29.7 15.1 10.2 4.8 20.1 24.1 24.9
2019 36.1 63.9 30.5 22.9 10.4 40.8 38.0 21.1 19.3 12.7 4.2 21.5 25.3 16.9
2020 61.5 38.5 38.5 0.0 0.0 46.2 38.5 15.4 23.1 30.8 7.7 23.1 7.7 7.7
2022 38.6 61.4 28.5 21.1 11.9 30.7 40.1 29.1 15.7 19.1 3.8 15.0 21.1 25.3
2023 36.2 63.8 28.2 23.4 12.2 41.7 34.3 24.0 19.2 13.5 3.6 22.5 20.8 20.4
2024 28.7 71.3 31.8 27.7 11.8 35.6 36.0 28.4 14.9 11.1 2.8 20.8 24.9 25.6
Player 34.9 65.1 29.1 24.0 12.1 36.7 37.2 25.9 17.0 13.6 4.1 19.7 23.6 21.8
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 20.6 17.8 6.0 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season
Weak %
Topped %
Under %
Flare/Burner %
Solid %
Barrel %
Barrel/PA
2015 1.8 28.7 38.5 23.5 2.6 4.1 3.0
2016 2.9 26.2 34.9 22.6 4.5 7.5 4.9
2017 4.9 26.9 30.1 24.7 5.8 7.2 4.7
2018 3.2 22.3 39.8 21.3 6.6 6.2 3.7
2019 3.0 24.7 32.3 20.9 6.4 7.2 4.3
2020 0.0 46.2 23.1 15.4 0.0 15.4 9.5
2022 5.2 28.0 32.1 23.3 4.9 6.3 4.2
2023 2.5 26.7 34.5 21.7 5.9 8.2 5.8
2024 3.5 19.7 40.1 21.8 8.0 6.9 5.1
Player 3.4 25.7 34.9 22.5 5.5 6.8 4.5
MLB 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

Created with Highcharts 6.2.0Chart context menuJustin Verlander Vertical Movement vs Avg (Inches) by SeasonSource: baseballsavant.mlb.comCurveballSliderSinkerChangeupFour SeamerCutter2015201620172018201920202021202220232024-5-2.502.55

How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)
Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
Year
Pitch
Team
Hand
#
MPH
Vertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. Avg
Horizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2024 Curveball HOU R 346 77.6 59.2 1.9 7.2GLV 0.8 -13.4 3.5 7.2GLV -2.2
2024 Slider HOU R 305 86.7 30.4 -4.3 4.0GLV 0.4 5.9 -4.3 4.0GLV -1.0
2024 Sinker HOU R 6 92.2 15.8 -1.9 11.8ARM 1.7 16.5 -9.3 11.8ARM -3.0
2024 Changeup HOU R 160 84.0 29.2 0.1 13.4ARM 1.3 9.7 -4.8 13.4ARM -0.8
2024 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 763 93.5 12.3 1.2 8.6ARM 2.3 19.3 3.5 8.6ARM 1.1
2023 Changeup HOU R 121 85.2 28.9 0.0 15.4ARM 2.6 9.0 -3.6 15.4ARM 1.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 1302 94.3 12.2 1.3 8.0ARM 1.9 18.8 3.0 8.0ARM 0.6
2023 Curveball HOU R 520 78.2 58.2 2.8 7.0GLV 1.3 -13.2 3.3 7.0GLV -1.9
2023 Slider HOU R 659 86.9 32.4 -1.1 4.4GLV 0.8 3.8 -2.3 4.4GLV -0.8
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year
Pitch Type
Team
RV/100
Run Value
Pitches
%
PA
BA
SLG
wOBA
Whiff%
K%
PutAway %
xBA
xSLG
xwOBA
Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.6 -5 763 48.3 211 .297 .497 .371 20.4 17.5 18.6 .238 .423 .321 40.8
2024 Curveball -1.2 -4 346 21.9 53 .340 .560 .404 22.0 20.8 12.0 .277 .436 .328 28.2
2024 Slider 0.8 2 305 19.3 93 .195 .322 .255 21.5 18.3 13.3 .199 .318 .252 19.7
2024 Changeup -0.3 -1 160 10.1 37 .235 .353 .289 25.3 24.3 13.6 .232 .311 .273 20.0
2024 Sinker -5.9 0 6 0.4 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .406 .456 .369 100.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.7 9 1,302 50.0 334 .235 .417 .322 18.1 16.5 18.0 .254 .464 .337 50.4
2023 Slider 1.3 8 659 25.3 184 .201 .325 .267 29.2 30.4 21.1 .182 .287 .238 34.2
2023 Curveball 0.5 3 520 20.0 123 .241 .328 .284 24.4 21.1 16.7 .226 .319 .260 26.7
2023 Changeup -0.1 0 121 4.7 28 .214 .286 .218 28.6 25.0 13.5 .247 .537 .325 33.3
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year
Pitch Type
Pitches
MPH
Active Spin %
Total Movement (In.)
Spin-Based
Observed
Deviation
2024 Changeup 160 84.0 95 16.6 1:30 2:00 -30
2024 Curveball 345 77.6 70 18.0 7:15 6:45 30
2024 4-Seam Fastball 762 93.5 96 20.8 12:45 12:45 0
2024 Slider 305 86.7 36 6.7 11:30 10:30 60
2023 Changeup 119 85.2 98 18.0 1:45 2:15 -30
2023 Curveball 513 78.2 69 17.7 7:15 6:45 30
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1,293 94.3 96 20.1 12:45 12:45 0
2023 Slider 645 86.9 32 6.0 11:00 10:00 60
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

2020202220232024All YearsClick a year to see pitches
ARM ANGLE43°2020 ARM ANGLE52°2022 ARM ANGLE55°2023 ARM ANGLE55°2024
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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year
Team
PA
Pitches
Heart
Shadow
Chase
Waste
All
2008 847 3,422 18 23 -18 -17 5
2009 972 3,898 22 38 -17 -11 33
2010 924 3,736 24 37 -19 -11 31
2011 963 3,914 29 53 -15 -13 54
2012 954 3,759 29 37 -8 -12 45
2013 922 3,680 18 25 -20 -12 10
2014 892 3,404 2 11 -18 -11 -17
2015 534 2,147 11 20 -16 -6 9
2016 902 3,663 26 31 -16 -13 28
2017 845 3,531 8 47 -16 -14 25
2018 833 3,422 21 43 -15 -10 40
2019 799 3,242 16 48 -8 -7 48
2020 21 73 0 2 0 0 1
2022 666 2,607 30 35 -11 -7 48
2023 669 2,602 17 24 -13 -8 20
2024 396 1,580 1 8 -11 -6 -7
Player 12,139 48,680 270 481 -222 270 373
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Plate Discipline

Season
Pitches
Zone %
Zone Swing %
Zone Contact %
Chase %
Chase Contact %
Edge %
1st Pitch Strike %
Swing %
Whiff %
Meatball %
Meatball Swing %
2015 2,150 50.6 67.7 82.1 29.2 64.5 42.2 63.9 48.7 22.7 7.5 75.9
2016 3,668 49.4 68.1 79.8 32.8 58.3 44.8 64.3 50.2 26.9 7.4 75.4
2017 3,531 50.9 68.7 82.7 29.1 60.2 43.7 61.7 49.3 23.6 7.3 78.4
2018 3,427 54.4 68.1 73.9 31.1 52.1 45.4 68.9 51.2 31.6 9.1 78.0
2019 3,448 51.2 68.0 73.0 35.3 52.0 43.5 64.3 51.9 33.6 7.6 77.4
2020 73 53.4 69.2 81.5 26.5 44.4 41.1 61.9 49.3 25.0 4.1 100.0
2022 2,607 51.1 74.2 81.5 32.2 61.5 46.1 62.0 53.7 24.2 7.5 77.0
2023 2,602 50.7 68.0 83.4 30.6 63.9 44.8 57.4 49.6 22.5 8.1 75.0
2024 1,580 50.4 69.9 82.8 27.1 67.5 43.5 58.3 48.7 21.3 7.7 82.6
Player 23,086 51.2 68.9 79.4 31.3 58.8 44.3 63.1 50.5 26.6 7.8 77.3
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year
xwOBA /
xERA
xBA
xSLG
xISO
xOBP
Brl
Brl%
EV
Hard
Hit%
K%
BB%
Whiff%
Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2015 89 81 87 88 89 45 75 78 91 55 73 50 47 59 99 74 54
2016 86 91 73 47 95 2 17 66 64 88 75 77 86 70 99 89 45
2017 47 56 40 30 61 3 26 39 29 74 47 44 67 83 99 89 31
2018 98 96 92 78 100 16 55 44 72 96 96 86 84 80 99 95 33
2019 97 95 86 59 99 10 45 80 75 96 93 90 96 72 98 87 34
2022 91 83 82 72 97 24 69 65 74 80 94 37 77 70 92 74 26
2023 73 69 58 47 82 12 43 23 35 36 76 24 73 54 90 80 13
2024 58 56 50 42 68 40 68 56 92 17 67 15 30 40 84 74 11
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year
Team
Avg HR Trot
Actual HR
xHR
HR-xHR
Doubters
Mostly Gone
No Doubters
No Doubter %
2016 22.0 30 28.9 1 15 17 15 50.0
2017 22.7 30 30.1 0 20 18 15 50.0
2018 22.1 30 21.2 9 11 15 10 33.3
2019 22.5 44 32.6 11 13 24 15 34.1
2020 20.1 2 1.8 0 0 1 1 50.0
2022 24.3 15 14.6 0 16 9 6 40.0
2023 24.3 21 19.8 1 9 15 9 42.9
2024 23.0 15 12.1 3 5 12 3 20.0
Player 22.7 187 161.1 26 89 111 74 39.6
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year
HR
2016 30 32 23 30 29 28 29 30 24 25 28 33 27 23 28 30 20 28 30 31 27 28 36 37 28 28 30 38 32 30 24
2017 30 30 27 32 31 29 35 29 24 27 28 35 32 27 28 32 27 28 35 29 30 34 33 34 27 29 28 36 36 30 22
2018 30 27 15 19 22 18 25 21 20 14 21 31 21 18 24 22 20 20 19 26 20 21 27 23 17 15 21 24 24 20 20
2019 44 36 30 38 37 35 36 28 26 20 30 38 37 33 34 34 29 26 33 38 34 32 45 37 26 28 27 38 37 32 25
2020 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1
2022 15 16 11 17 15 12 14 11 11 11 11 15 15 14 14 19 15 14 14 11 15 16 21 21 12 12 16 17 18 14 15
2023 21 19 16 17 23 20 21 16 22 16 19 21 18 16 23 21 24 15 21 22 18 21 26 24 15 14 22 24 22 22 17
2024 15 10 9 15 13 14 14 12 9 8 12 18 12 10 12 13 10 9 13 16 12 10 17 13 11 10 12 14 12 14 10
Player 187 172 133 170 172 158 176 148 138 122 150 193 164 143 165 173 147 142 167 175 158 164 207 191 137 137 158 193 183 164 134
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric
2015
2016
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2017
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2018
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2019
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Fastball Velocity 93.4 94.1 0.7 95.3 1.2 95.0 -0.3 94.6 -0.4 -- 0.3 -- -- 95.0 -- 94.3 -0.7 93.5 -0.8
Offspeed Velocity 84.8 85.9 1.1 87.6 1.7 87.4 -0.2 86.9 -0.5 -- -0.4 -- -- 86.2 -- 85.2 -1.0 84.0 -1.2
Breaking Velocity 83.3 84.1 0.8 84.9 0.8 83.8 -1.1 84.5 0.7 -- 2.3 -- -- 84.1 -- 83.1 -1.0 81.9 -1.2
Exit Velocity 87.1 87.9 0.8 87.6 -0.3 88.5 0.9 87.3 -1.2 -- 3.1 -- -- 87.8 -- 90.0 2.2 88.6 -1.4
Launch Angle 20.1 19.5 -0.6 16.4 -3.1 22.1 5.7 18.5 -3.6 -- -8.4 -- -- 16.9 -- 18.9 2.0 20.9 2.0
Barrel % 4.1 7.5 3.4 7.2 -0.3 6.2 -1.0 7.2 1.0 -- 8.2 -- -- 6.3 -- 8.2 1.9 6.9 -1.3
Hard Hit % 27.6 32.9 5.3 35.6 2.7 32.7 -2.9 33.3 0.6 -- 20.5 -- -- 34.8 -- 41.3 6.5 32.5 -8.8
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.0 29.8 -2.2 37.4 7.6 31.1 -6.3 30.1 -1.0 -- -22.4 -- -- 32.5 -- 30.5 -2.0 39.1 8.6
xBA .217 .206 -0.011 .240 0.034 .184 -0.056 .186 0.002 -- -0.025 -- -- .207 -- .229 0.022 .234 0.005
BA .229 .207 -0.022 .221 0.014 .200 -0.021 .172 -0.028 -- -0.022 -- -- .186 -- .226 0.040 .274 0.048
xwOBA .260 .274 0.014 .315 0.041 .237 -0.078 .248 0.011 -- 0.011 -- -- .255 -- .295 0.040 .301 0.006
wOBA .276 .272 -0.004 .285 0.013 .259 -0.026 .243 -0.016 -- 0.021 -- -- .222 -- .284 0.062 .337 0.053
xSLG .319 .362 0.043 .420 0.058 .309 -0.111 .346 0.037 -- 0.069 -- -- .331 -- .392 0.061 .389 -0.003
SLG .357 .368 0.011 .370 0.002 .360 -0.010 .361 0.001 -- 0.089 -- -- .270 -- .369 0.099 .450 0.081
K% 21.1 28.1 7.0 25.8 -2.3 34.8 9.0 35.4 0.6 -- -2.1 -- -- 27.8 -- 21.5 -6.3 18.7 -2.8
BB% 6.0 6.3 0.3 8.5 2.2 4.4 -4.1 5.0 0.6 -- -0.2 -- -- 4.4 -- 6.7 2.3 6.8 0.1
Swing % 48.7 50.2 1.5 49.3 -0.9 51.2 1.9 51.9 0.7 -- -2.6 -- -- 53.7 -- 49.6 -4.1 48.7 -0.9
Whiff% 22.7 26.9 4.2 23.6 -3.3 31.6 8.0 33.6 2.0 -- -8.6 -- -- 24.2 -- 22.5 -1.7 21.3 -1.2
In Zone % 50.6 49.4 -1.2 50.9 1.5 54.4 3.5 51.2 -3.2 -- 2.2 -- -- 51.1 -- 50.7 -0.4 50.4 -0.3
Out of Zone % 49.4 50.6 1.2 49.1 -1.5 45.6 -3.5 48.8 3.2 -- -2.2 -- -- 48.9 -- 49.3 0.4 49.6 0.3
Out of Zone Swing % 29.2 32.8 3.6 29.1 -3.7 31.1 2.0 35.3 4.2 -- -8.8 -- -- 32.2 -- 30.6 -1.6 27.1 -3.5
First Pitch Swing % 32.3 29.6 -2.7 28.4 -1.2 34.5 6.1 32.2 -2.3 -- 10.7 -- -- 36.2 -- 29.0 -7.2 28.3 -0.7
First Pitch Strike % 63.9 64.3 0.4 61.7 -2.6 68.9 7.2 64.3 -4.6 -- -2.4 -- -- 62.0 -- 57.4 -4.6 58.3 0.9
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHH
vs LHH
Year
Alignment Type
PA
wOBA
PA
Total
%
PA
Total
%
2016 Shifts 881 .269 445 2 0.4 436 97 22.2
2017 Shifts 844 .285 442 11 2.5 402 131 32.6
2018 Shifts 833 .259 452 11 2.4 381 290 76.1
2019 Shifts 822 .240 393 30 7.6 429 360 83.9
2020 Shifts 21 .264 7 0 0.0 14 12 85.7
2022 Shifts 646 .223 319 104 32.6 327 275 84.1
2023 Shades 669 .284 366 25 6.8 303 215 71.0
2024 Shades 396 .337 194 54 27.8 202 88 43.6
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases Empty
Runners On Base
Season
Team
Pitches
Tempo
Fast %
Slow %
Pitches
Tempo
Fast %
Slow %
2010 1119 16.0 38.1% 2.7% 580 22.0 0.2% 12.2%
2011 1276 16.5 26.9% 1.7% 494 22.0 0.6% 10.1%
2012 1094 17.3 16.8% 1.0% 508 21.8 0.0% 11.8%
2013 1043 17.3 22.8% 2.1% 531 21.9 0.6% 10.0%
2014 1017 17.8 15.9% 1.6% 479 23.7 0.4% 13.4%
2015 715 21.1 8.3% 8.5% 257 27.2 3.1% 32.7%
2016 1125 20.8 6.9% 8.9% 434 26.8 1.2% 30.2%
2017 1095 19.5 4.6% 4.3% 463 26.5 0.0% 21.4%
2018 1061 20.4 2.9% 6.2% 394 26.2 0.0% 20.8%
2019 1042 19.6 3.3% 3.7% 320 24.6 0.0% 11.3%
2020 28 19.3 0.0% 0.0% 4 25.7 0.0% 0.0%
2022 736 20.1 0.5% 3.8% 308 23.8 0.0% 9.4%
2023 699 17.0 18.2% 0.1% 391 18.8 0.5% 0.3%
2024 397 17.7 7.8% 0.3% 262 17.6 7.6% 0.4%

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Pitch Distribution

Justin Verlander - 2024 Frequency of Pitches by Pitch Speed4-Seam FastballChangeupCurveballSinkerSliderAll Pitches75 MPH80 MPH85 MPH90 MPH95 MPHPitch Speed0%5%10%15%Frequency of Speed