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Justin Verlander
Verlander warming up before a game.
Detroit Tigers – No. 35
Starting pitcher
Born: (1983-02-20) February 20, 1983 (age 29) Manakin-Sabot, Virginia
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
July 4, 2005 for the Detroit Tigers
Career statistics (through May 13, 2012)
Win–Loss record	111–58
Earned run average	3.49
Strikeouts	1,271
Teams
Detroit Tigers (2005–present)
Career highlights and awards
4× MLB All-Star (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011) AL Rookie of the Year (2006) AL MVP (2011) AL Cy Young Award (2011) Pitched a no-hitter on June 12, 2007. Pitched a second no-hitter on May 7, 2011. Led AL in strikeouts (269), innings pitched (240), and tied in wins (19) in 2009. AL pitching Triple Crown (2011) AL TSN Pitcher of the Year (2011) Sporting News Player of the Year (2011) Led AL in strikeouts (250), wins (24), ERA (2.40) and WHIP (0.92) in 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.

In 2011 teammates gave him the nickname "Versexy" due to his dominant pitching.

In 2006, he was named the American League 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 MVP, winning with 280 points over Jacoby Ellsbury's 242, completing a sweep of the Cy Young Award and MVP, a rare feat for a pitcher in the modern era.