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    Justin Verlander

    Verlander pitching in 2008.
    Detroit Tigers – No. 35
    Starting pitcher
    Born: (1983-02-20) February 20, 1983 (age 30)
    Manakin-Sabot, Virginia
    Bats: Right Throws: Right 
    MLB debut
    July 4, 2005 for the Detroit Tigers
    Career statistics
    (through May 16, 2013)
    Win–loss record     128–69
    Earned run average     3.39
    Strikeouts     1,514
    Teams
    • Detroit Tigers (2005–present)
    Career highlights and awards
    • 5× MLB All-Star (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
    • AL Rookie of the Year (2006)
    • AL MVP (2011)
    • AL Cy Young Award (2011)
    • AL Pitching Triple Crown (2011)
    • AL TSN Pitcher of the Year (2011)
    • 2× MLB wins leader (2009, 2011)
    • 3× American League strikeout champion (2009, 2011, 2012)
    • Led AL in innings pitched (2012)
    • Sporting News Player of the Year (2011)
    • Pitched two no-hitters (2007, 2011)
    Medal record
    Baseball
    Competitor for  United States
    Pan American Games
    Silver Santo Domingo 2003 Baseball at the 2003 Pan American Games

    Justin Brooks Verlander (born February 20, 1983) is an American professional baseball pitcher with the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB).

    In 2006, Verlander was named the American League (AL) Rookie of the Year. On June 12, 2007, he pitched a no-hitter—the first ever at Comerica Park—against the Milwaukee Brewers, striking out 12 batters and walking four. He pitched a second no-hitter against the Toronto Blue Jays on May 7, 2011, in Toronto, walking one and facing the minimum 27 batters. On November 15, 2011, Verlander was named the 2011 AL Cy Young Award winner by a unanimous vote, becoming the first American League pitcher since Johan Santana in 2006 to win the award in such a fashion. On November 21, 2011, Verlander was voted the AL Most Valuable Player (MVP), winning with 280 points over Jacoby Ellsbury's 242, completing a sweep of the Cy Young Award and MVP. David Waldstein of the The New York Times has called Verlander "indeed one the best pitchers of his generation".

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