verlander ip on opening day every year in his career

Justin Verlander had 11.1 innings pitched in his rookie season in 2005.

	NAME	IP	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	11.1	2005	DET	2	0	2	.000	2	7.15	7	0	0	15	9	9	1	5	1	0	54	1	5.56	3.97	1.40	0.79	13.0	9.3	1.76	.350	7.15	168	4.51	104	11.91	-0.2
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	186.0	2006	DET	30	17	9	.654	30	3.63	124	1	1	187	75	78	21	60	6	1	776	5	6.00	2.90	2.07	1.02	16.0	7.7	1.33	.294	3.77	80	4.34	96	9.05	3.6
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	201.2	2007	DET	32	18	6	.750	32	3.66	183	1	1	181	82	88	20	67	19	3	866	17	8.17	2.99	2.73	0.89	21.1	7.7	1.23	.279	3.93	80	3.98	89	8.08	11.1
4	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	201.0	2008	DET	33	11	17	.393	33	4.84	163	1	0	195	108	119	18	87	14	8	880	6	7.30	3.90	1.87	0.81	18.5	9.9	1.40	.296	5.33	110	4.17	96	8.73	4.2
5	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	240.0	2009	DET	35	19	9	.679	35	3.45	269	3	1	219	92	99	20	63	6	5	982	8	10.09	2.36	4.27	0.75	27.4	6.4	1.18	.319	3.71	76	2.79	63	8.21	43.9
6	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	224.1	2010	DET	33	18	9	.667	33	3.37	219	4	0	190	84	89	14	71	6	0	925	11	8.79	2.85	3.08	0.56	23.7	7.7	1.16	.286	3.57	80	2.96	70	7.62	30.9
7	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	251.0	2011	DET	34	24	5	.828	34	2.40	250	4	2	174	67	73	24	57	3	0	969	7	8.96	2.04	4.39	0.86	25.8	5.9	0.92	.236	2.62	58	2.99	74	6.24	29.4
8	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	238.1	2012	DET	33	17	8	.680	33	2.64	239	6	1	192	70	81	19	60	5	2	956	2	9.03	2.27	3.98	0.72	25.0	6.3	1.06	.273	3.06	64	2.94	70	7.25	32.4
9	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	218.1	2013	DET	34	13	12	.520	34	3.46	217	0	0	212	84	94	19	75	4	1	925	3	8.95	3.09	2.89	0.78	23.5	8.1	1.31	.316	3.87	86	3.27	83	8.74	16.7
10	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	206.0	2014	DET	32	15	12	.556	32	4.54	159	0	0	223	104	114	18	65	5	1	893	5	6.95	2.84	2.45	0.79	17.8	7.3	1.40	.317	4.98	118	3.74	98	9.74	2
11	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	133.1	2015	DET	20	5	8	.385	20	3.38	113	1	1	113	50	56	13	32	3	1	535	2	7.63	2.16	3.53	0.88	21.1	6.0	1.09	.267	3.78	83	3.49	85	7.63	9.2
12	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	227.2	2016	DET	34	16	9	.640	34	3.04	254	2	0	171	77	81	30	57	8	1	903	6	10.04	2.25	4.46	1.19	28.1	6.3	1.00	.255	3.20	72	3.48	81	6.76	20.3
13	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	206.0	2017	TOT	33	15	8	.652	33	3.36	219	0	0	170	77	80	27	72	4	4	849	5	9.57	3.15	3.04	1.18	25.8	8.5	1.17	.271	3.50	76	3.83	87	7.43	13.3
14	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	214.0	2018	HOU	34	16	9	.640	34	2.52	290	1	1	156	60	63	28	37	8	0	833	5	12.20	1.56	7.84	1.18	34.8	4.4	0.90	.272	2.65	62	2.78	67	6.56	33
15	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	223.0	2019	HOU	34	21	6	.778	34	2.58	300	2	1	137	64	66	36	42	6	0	847	4	12.11	1.70	7.14	1.45	35.4	5.0	0.80	.218	2.66	57	3.26	72	5.53	31.5
16	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	6.0	2020	HOU	1	1	0	1.000	1	3.00	7	0	0	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	21	0	10.50	1.50	7.00	3.00	33.3	4.8	0.67	.091	3.00	69	5.68	129	4.50	-0.9
17	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	175.0	2022	HOU	28	18	4	.818	28	1.75	185	0	0	116	34	43	12	29	6	0	666	3	9.51	1.49	6.38	0.62	27.8	4.4	0.83	.240	2.21	46	2.48	64	5.97	27.7
18	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	162.1	2023	TOT	27	13	8	.619	27	3.22	144	0	0	139	58	63	18	45	5	0	669	5	7.98	2.49	3.20	1.00	21.5	6.7	1.13	.265	3.49	76	3.84	90	7.71	8.1
19	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	90.1	2024	HOU	17	5	6	.455	17	5.48	74	0	0	98	55	56	15	27	6	0	396	2	7.37	2.69	2.74	1.49	18.7	6.8	1.38	.303	5.58	138	4.78	117	9.76	-6.9
20	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	152.0	2025	SFG	29	4	11	.267	29	3.85	137	0	0	155	65	74	16	52	6	1	662	2	8.11	3.08	2.63	0.95	20.7	7.9	1.36	.308	4.38	94	3.84	97	9.18	2
21	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3.2	2026	DET	1	0	1	.000	1	12.27	1	0	0	6	5	5	1	2	0	0	19	1	2.45	4.91	0.50	2.45	5.3	10.5	2.18	.333	12.27	293	7.73	185	14.73	-1.4

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Dingler

RBI

66

Dingler

AVG

.285

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Team Pitching Leaders

7

Montero

102

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ERA

1.95

Melton

Team Rankings

126

12th

437

21st

867

15th

ERA

3.63

6th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	54	47	.535
Guardians	54	50	.519	1.5
Twins	51	53	.490	4.5
Tigers	49	54	.476	6.0
Royals	43	61	.413	12.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 7/24	KCR	@	DET	6:40 PM
Sat 7/25	KCR	@	DET	1:10 PM
Sun 7/26	KCR	@	DET	1:40 PM
Mon 7/27	BAL	@	DET	6:40 PM
Tue 7/28	BAL	@	DET	6:40 PM

Last Game

Royals

43 - 61

Final

Tigers

49 - 54

Thu 23 Jul 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

34

Alvarez

33

Schwarber

31

Goodman

RBI Leaders

77

Walker

77

Alvarez

76

Abrams

Batting Average Leaders

.332

Lopez

.328

Alvarez

.320

Arraez

Hit Leaders

131

Lopez

122

Alvarez

122

Arraez

Run Leaders

94

Wood

71

Reynolds

69

Neto

OBP Leaders

.433

Alvarez

.405

Kurtz

.404

Soto

SLG Leaders

.656

Alvarez

.590

Rice

.568

Buxton

SB Leaders

37

Nuñez

30

Witt

27

Chisholm

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

12

Burns

12

Sánchez

12

Gray

Strikeout Leaders

173

Misiorowski

156

Williams

155

Cease

ERA Leaders

1.57

Misiorowski

2.19

Sale

2.20

Schlittler

WHIP Leaders

0.77

Misiorowski

0.88

Yamamoto

0.96

Schlittler

K/9 Leaders

13.54

Misiorowski

13.37

Cease

11.16

Luzardo

K/BB Leaders

6.18

Misiorowski

6.04

Sánchez

5.80

Schlittler

Walk Leaders

18

Rasmussen

20

Martinez

21

Wrobleski

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,812.2

Ohtani

1,541.3

Wood

1,441.3

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,248.6

Ohtani

1,143

Wood

1,083

Alvarez

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

60-41

61-42

59-43

58-44

56-45

57-46

Worst Record ATS

40-63

45-57

46-58

46-57

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	60	42	.588
Phillies	56	47	.544	4.5
Marlins	52	51	.505	8.5
Nationals	52	51	.505	8.5
Mets	43	60	.417	17.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	64	38	.627
Cubs	57	45	.559	7.0
Pirates	53	50	.515	11.5
Cardinals	52	50	.510	12.0
Reds	47	54	.465	16.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	65	38	.631
Diamondbacks	54	49	.524	11.0
Padres	50	53	.485	15.0
Giants	42	60	.412	22.5
Rockies	41	63	.394	24.5

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	59	43	.578
Yankees	57	45	.559	2.0
Red Sox	52	49	.515	6.5
Orioles	50	53	.485	9.5
Blue Jays	47	56	.456	12.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	54	47	.535
Guardians	54	50	.519	1.5
Twins	51	53	.490	4.5
Tigers	49	54	.476	6.0
Royals	43	61	.413	12.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Rangers	51	51	.500
Mariners	51	52	.495	0.5
Astros	50	54	.481	2.0
Athletics	43	59	.422	8.0
Angels	41	62	.398	10.5

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sun 7/5	MIN	@	NYY	6-1
Sun 7/5	TBR	@	HOU	0-2
Sun 7/5	DET	@	TEX	6-3
Sun 7/5	SFG	@	COL	6-7
Sun 7/5	MIA	@	ATH	9-8

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 7/24	COL	@	MIL	4:10 PM
Fri 7/24	CHC	@	PIT	6:40 PM
Fri 7/24	KCR	@	DET	6:40 PM
Fri 7/24	NYY	@	PHI	6:45 PM
Fri 7/24	AZ	@	WSH	6:45 PM

Justin Verlander had 11.1 innings pitched in his rookie season in 2005.

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