Chest Size: 44 inches. Tabbed the Tigers Opening Day starter for the seventh straight year as he completed his ninth full season at the major league level with the Tigers in 2014...Recorded his eighth straight season with 200-or-more innings pitched -- joins James shields and Mark Buehrle as the only pitchers in the majors to toss 200-or-more innings for eight straight seasons...Won 15 games on the season to become one of five Tigers pitchers to record at least 15 wins in seven-or-more seasons...he joins Jack Morris (10 seasons), Mickey Lolich (eight seasons), Hal Newhouser (seven seasons) and Hooks Dauss (seven seasons) in accomplishing the feat...Rated as possessing the third-best curveball in the American League by Baseball America...Tabbed the Tigers nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award, given annually to the player that best exemplifies the game of baseball, sportsmanship, community involvement and the individual's contribution to his team, as voted on by baseball fans and members of the media...Compiled a 3-1 record, a 2.48 ERA (40.0IP/11er) and 31 strikeouts in six starts during March/April...Recorded a season-high four-game winning streak April 12-May 4 -- posted a 2.73 ERA (33.0IP/10er) and 33 strikeouts during the five-start stretch...Knocked the first two hits of his major league career on April 12 at San Diego -- finished the day 2x3 with a run scored to become the fourth pitcher in franchise history to have a multi-hit game since the start of Interleague play in 1997...Tossed a quality start in seven of his first eight starts to begin the season...Missed his scheduled start on August 16 versus Seattle due to right shoulder soreness...Notched the 150th win of his major league career on September 8 versus Kansas City to become the seventh active pitcher in the majors with 150 wins and the eighth pitcher in franchise history to win 150 games...Compiled a 3-1 record, a 3.89 ERA (34.2IP/15er) and 27 strikeouts in five starts during September...Limited lefthanded batters to a .239 (110x460) batting average...righthanded batters hit .321 (113x352) with him on the mound...Compiled a 7-5 record, a 4.21 erA (92.0IP/43er) and 60 strikeouts in 14 starts at home...posted a 8-7 record, a 4.82 ERA (114.0IP/61er) and 99 strikeouts in 18 starts on the road...Recorded an 8-8 record, a 4.88 ERA (129.0IP/70er) and 96 strikeouts in 20 starts prior to the All-star break...posted a 7-4 record, a 3.97 ERA (77.0IP/34er) and 63 strikeouts in 12 starts following the break. Compiled a 0-2 record with a 5.34 ERA (30.1IP/18ER) and 18 strikeouts in five starts prior to the All-Star break...went 5-6 with a 2.80 ERA (103.0IP/32ER) and 95 strikeouts in 15 starts after the All-Star break. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Weight in Pounds: 225 pounds. Height in Feet: 6’ 5”. Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith.Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Carried a no-hitter into the ninth inning on August 26 against the Los Angeles Angels and finished the game with a one-hit shutout, allowing two walks and nine strikeouts...the performance marked his 21st career complete game and his first since July 31, 2012 at Boston, while the shutout was the seventh of his career and first since May 18, 2012 vs. Pittsburgh. Allowed just one earned run over four starts from August 9-26, compiling a 0.31 ERA (29.0IP/1ER) -- according to the Elias Sports Bureau, that's the lowest ERA for Verlander over any four-start span in his major league career. Posted a 2-6 record with a 4.04 ERA (71.1IP/32ER) and 62 strikeouts in 11 starts at Comerica Park...went 3-2 with a 2.61 ERA (62.0IP/18ER) and 51 strikeouts in nine starts on the road. 100IP), behind Roger Clemens (1.48 in 2005), Mike Cuellar (1.78 in 1966) and J.R. Richard (1.96 in 1980)...dominated the Dodgers in the Astros 2-1 win at Dodger Stadium on Aug. 3...struck out 14 batters and walked one over 7.2 innings of one-run ball...gave up a leadoff homer to Joc Pederson before settling down to allow just three more hits over the course of his outing...the 14 strikeouts tied his career-high...was ejected for the first time in his Astros career on Aug. 9 vs. SEA...recorded his 200th-career win on Aug. 19 at OAK (4ER/5.1IP)...joined a group of 19 pitchers who reached 200 wins within 412 games or fewer...that group includes 13 Hall of Famers: Pete Alexander (HOF, 350g), Juan Marichal (HOF, 355g), Walter Johnson (HOF, 370g), Tom Seaver (HOF, 384g), Mike Mussina (389g), Roger Clemens (392g), Whitey Ford (HOF, 395g), Greg Maddux (HOF, 396g), Jim Palmer (HOF, 397g), Bob Feller (HOF, 400g), Randy Johnson (HOF, 401g), Andy Pettitte (401g), CC Sabathia (401g), Carl Hubbell (HOF, 402g), Bob Gibson (HOF, 404g), Roy Halladay (406g), Warren Spahn (HOF, 409g), Stan Coveleski (HOF, 409g) and Tim Hudson (412g)...posted 26.0 consecutive scoreless innings at Angel Stadium from Sept. 12, 2017-Aug. 25, 2018, the fourth-longest streak at the venue by a visiting player all-time and the longest since Mel Stottlemyre's 31-inning streak from 1971-73...went 3-0 in five September starts, posting a 1.09 ERA and 50 strikeouts in 33.0 innings... finished tied for first in the AL in ERA, and third in strikeouts...increased his active win streak in September to 10 games dating back to 2016...made three starts in the postseason, going 2-1 with a 4.15 ERA (8ER/17.1IP) and 17 strikekouts...became the club's all-time leader in postseason wins (6) and strikeouts (55)... moved into fourth-place all-time in MLB history in postseason wins (13), behind Andy Pettitte (19), John Smoltz (15) and Tom Glavine (14)...also moved up to sixth all-time in postseason starts (24) and fourth in postseason strikeouts (167)...earned his 12th-career postseason victory in Game 1 of the ALDS vs. CLE, pitching Houston to a 7-2 win over the Indians at Minute Maid Park in...gave up 2 runs on 2 hits over 5.1 innings pitched, striking out 7 with 2 walks...improved to 7-0 with a 2.38 ERA (17ER/64.1IP) in 11 career games in the Division Series, tying John Smoltz and Andy Pettitte for the most Division Series wins in MLB history...pitched Houston to a 7-2 win at Fenway Park in Game 1 of the ALCS...allowed two runs on two hits over 6.0 innings pitched ...walked four batters, tying his postseason single-game career-high (also 2006 ALDS Game 2 vs. NYY and 2012 ALDS Game 1 vs. OAK)...was his third consecutive victory in the League Championship Series...became the first pitcher to record a win in 3 consecutive LCS starts since Roy Oswalt (2005-10)...took the loss in Game 5 of the ALCS vs. BOS, snapping his consecutive scoreless innings pitched streak in elimination games at 26.0 innings (new MLB record)...gave up four runs on seven hits in 6.0 innings.Helped lead the Astros to their first World Series Championship title, taking home ALCS MVP honors... eclipsed the 200 strikeout mark in a season split between the Astros and Tigers (219 total)...marked the seventh time in his career where he reached at least 200 strikeouts...marked his 10th career season with at least 200 innings pitched...joined LHP Mark Buehrle as the only pitchers since 2005 with 10 seasons of 200+ innings... ranked among the top AL pitchers in quality starts (T-1st, 23), strikeouts (6th, 219), innings pitched (3rd, 206.0), opponent batting average (4th, .221), strikeouts per 9.0 innings (8th, 9.57) and ERA (8th)...ranked second in MLB in pitches per game (107.0), behind Chris Sale (107.1)...posted an average fastball velocity of 95.2 miles per hour (per Fangraphs, 4th in the AL)...had not thrown that consistently hard since the 2010 season (96.1 mph)...went on an incredible run starting at the beginning of July...over his last 16 starts (since July 8), went 10-3 with a 1.92 ERA (23ER/108IP), 127 strikeouts and a .173 opponent batting average...14 of those 16 starts were quality starts...in that span, ranked second in the AL in ERA, second in innings pitched and first in opponent batting average...made five starts with the Astros to end the regular season...finished the month of September with a 5-0 record and a 1.06 ERA...per Elias, since 1913 (the first year earned runs were kept in both leagues) only four other pitchers went 5-0 or better with an ERA below 2.00 in the month of September after being acquired from another team: LHP Art Nehf in 1919 (5-0, 1.36 ERA for the Giants), RHP Doyle Alexander in 1987 (5-0, 0.71 ERA for the Tigers), RHP Randy Johnson in 1998 (5-0, 1.41 ERA for the Astros) and RHP Doug Fister in 2011 (5-0, 0.53 ERA for the Tigers)...finished the season on a season-long, six-game winning streak (Aug. 30-Sept. 27)...was his longest winning streak since a career-long 12-game streak from July 21-Sept. 18, 2011...took a winning decision in each of his first five starts in an Astros uniform...the winning streak to start his Astros career ranked second in franchise history...trailed only RHP Roger Clemens (7, April 7-May 11, 2004)...had a dominant postseason, going 4-1 with a 2.21 ERA (9ER/36.2IP) across five starts and one relief appearance...earned the Esurance MLB Award for "Best Major Leaguer, Postseason," which he split with teammate Jose Altuve...his ERA ranked 12th all-time among AL pitchers in a single postseason (min.