Sep 17, 2025; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; San Francisco Giants pitcher Justin Verlander (35) watches from the dugout after pitching 7 innings towards the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Discipline. Necessary Credit score: Rick Scuteri-Imagn Photos Three-time Cy Younger Award winner and 2011 American League MVP Justin Verlander is returning to the place the right-hander’s extremely embellished profession began, agreeing with the Detroit Tigers on a one-year contract price $13 million assured, the workforce introduced on Tuesday.
Verlander, who turns 43 on Feb. 20, will obtain $11 million in deferred funds beginning in 2030 as a part of the deal.
A nine-time All-Star, Verlander pitched final season for the San Francisco Giants in his lone marketing campaign on a Nationwide League workforce. After a 0-8 begin with a 4.99 ERA, he completed 4-11 with 3.85 ERA, 52 walks and 137 strikeouts in 152 innings over 29 begins.
For his profession, Verlander is 266-158 with a 3.32 ERA, 1,004 walks and three,553 strikeouts in 3567 2/3 innings over 555 regular-season video games (all begins) for the Tigers (2005-17), Houston Astros (2017-20, 2022, 2023-24), New York Mets (2023) and Giants (2025). He missed the 2021 season after having Tommy John surgical procedure in September 2020.
In 13 years with the Tigers, Verlander was 183-114 with a 3.49 ERA, 766 walks and a couple of,373 strikeouts in 2,511 innings over 380 regular-season video games. He was the AL Rookie of the Yr in 2006 and swept AL MVP and Cy Younger honors in 2011.
Verlander is MLB’s lively chief in wins (266, thirty seventh all-time), full video games (26), losses (158), video games began (555), strikeouts (3,553, eighth all-time), innings pitched (3,567 2/3), walks (1,004), hits allowed (3,046), earned runs allowed (1,317) and batters confronted (14,607).
He has a playoff file of 17-12 with a 3.58 ERA, 74 walks and 244 strikeouts in 266 innings over 38 video games (37 begins) with one shutout. He was on World Sequence championship groups with the Astros in 2017 — when he was voted American League Championship Sequence MVP — and 2022.
Verlander collected Cy Younger Awards in 2011 with Detroit, and 2019 and 2022 with Houston. He made the AL All-Star workforce in 2007, 2009-13, 2018-19 and 2022.
Solely Verlander and Corridor of Famer Don Newcombe have received Rookie of the Yr, MVP and Cy Younger honors.
Detroit chosen Verlander with the second general choose of the 2004 MLB Draft out of Previous Dominion College.
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