Justin Verlander Earned Runs
Justin Verlander Career Earned Runs Overview
During Justin Verlander's 17-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of
1139 earned runs, an average of 67 earned runs per season. 2020 was his best season
with 2 earned runs and his worst season was 2008 when he had
108 earned runs. Justin Verlander is middlin' tier compared to similar player cohorts career totals, not clearly beating or
being beat by USA (260.02402513399), Millenial (151.34963648381), mlb (252.43564513569), SP (361.29457364341), and Y (1220.25) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that
visualize this information in more detail.
An earned run is run scored by the opposing team that is considered to be a direct result of the pitchers actions. For example a home run would be counted as an earned run since the pitcher would be directly responsible for the hit whereas a player scoring because of a position player's defensive error, or had advanced bases because of a position player's defenisve error allowing them to score later is not an earned run Generally, for Earned Runs, lower is better. (Source)
An earned run is run scored by the opposing team that is considered to be a direct result of the pitchers actions. For example a home run would be counted as an earned run since the pitcher would be directly responsible for the hit whereas a player scoring because of a position player's defensive error, or had advanced bases because of a position player's defenisve error allowing them to score later is not an earned run Generally, for Earned Runs, lower is better. (Source)