Justin Verlander Strikeouts

Justin Verlander Career Strikeouts Overview

Justin Verlander is a professional baseball player who currently plays as a starting pitcher for the Houston Astros in Major League Baseball (MLB). He is widely regarded as one of the best pitchers of his generation, and has recorded a significant number of strikeouts throughout his career.

Verlander made his MLB debut in 2005 and quickly established himself as a dominant pitcher. He has led the league in strikeouts multiple times and has recorded over 3,000 strikeouts in his career so far. His career strikeout rate is 9.0 strikeouts per 9 innings pitched, which is a very high rate and a testament to his ability to miss bats.

In 2011, Verlander had one of the most dominant seasons by a pitcher in recent memory. He recorded 250 strikeouts over 251 innings pitched, and won the American League Most Valuable Player and Cy Young awards. His strikeout rate that season was an outstanding 9.0 strikeouts per 9 innings pitched, and he helped lead his team to the World Series.

Verlander's ability to record strikeouts is due in part to his exceptional fastball and his ability to mix his pitches effectively. He is able to generate a lot of movement on his pitches, which makes it difficult for batters to make solid contact. Additionally, his excellent command of the strike zone and ability to change speeds keeps batters off-balance and makes it difficult for them to anticipate what pitch is coming next.

Overall, Verlander's ability to record strikeouts at such a high rate is one of the reasons why he is considered one of the best pitchers of his generation. His combination of velocity, movement, and command make him a formidable opponent for any team, and his ability to miss bats makes him a true strikeout artist.

Strikeouts are outs recorded by the pitcher or team's pitchers when the player at bat accumulates 3 strikes before putting the ball in play, is walked, or hit by a pitch. Strikes are accumlated by swinging and missing a pitch, not swinging at a pitch in the strike zone, or by hitting a foul ball. Foul ball strkes however are not counted for a third strike unless the foul results from a bunt or is a foul tip third strike caught by the catcher. Generally, for Strikeouts, higher is better. (Source)

Justin Verlander Lifetime Strikeouts and Similar Stats

Stats similar to Strikeouts for Justin Verlander

	Justin Verlander Strikeouts	Justin Verlander Strikeouts Per 9 Innings	Justin Verlander Strikeouts Per Game
Career	3198	9.1	6.63
Season Avg.	188	8.9	6.43
162 Game Avg.	451	9.1	6.63
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Justin Verlander Strikeouts By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Justin Verlander's yearly Strikeouts for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison, are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, SP, and players from their country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.

Justin Verlander Cumulative Strikeouts by Year

This line chart attempts to show show how Justin Verlander's career Strikeouts progressed by year. Each year on the chart represents Justin Verlander's career Strikeouts at the end of that season.

Justin Verlander Strikeouts By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Justin Verlander and related player groups by summarizing Strikeouts for each season played by Justin Verlander. The box represents the middle 50% of the data for each player with the line in the box being the median value. The whiskers represent the ranges for the top and bottom 25% of the data. Review the spread and medians to draw your conclusions!

Justin Verlander Strikeouts Per Season Stats Table

This table shows Justin Verlander Strikeouts stats per season for his full MLB career with the aggregations’ sum, average, minimum, maximum, and median. Also included, for comparison, are season player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, SP, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each group for each year of Justin Verlander career.

Note: "—" indicate there were no players for comparison for a specific year. Most commonly this happens for the hall of fame group where there may not have been a hall of famer playing that year.