My Take
I'll be honest, Justin Verlander is the kind of pitcher I never got tired of watching, because the guy basically refused to age on schedule. He broke in young, snagged Rookie of the Year in 2006, then casually walked off with the MVP and Cy Young in 2011 like it was a Tuesday. What I love most is that he reinvented his velocity in his mid-thirties when everyone assumed he was winding down, and turned around and won a Comeback Player award in 2022. That fastball-curveball combo, the no-hitters, the postseason heroics with Houston in 2017 — he just kept showing up. To me he's the rare ace who made longevity look like an act of pure stubborn will, and I respect every bit of it.
Overview
Justin Brooks Verlander ( VUR-land-ər; born February 20, 1983) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has also played in MLB for the Houston Astros, New York Mets, and San Francisco Giants.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Justin Verlander
- Name (Japanese)
- ジャスティン・ヴァーランダー
- Reading
- じゃすてぃん・ゔぁーらんだー
- Born
- February 20, 1983 (age 43)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Boar
- Origin
- Manakin-Sabot, Virginia, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 196 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- baseball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Old Dominion University
Awards & achievements
- 2006 Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award
- 2007 Major League Baseball All-Star
- 2011 Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
- 2011 Cy Young Award
- 2011 Player of the Year
- 2017 League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award
- 2017 Babe Ruth Award
- 2022 Major League Baseball Comeback Player of the Year Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.