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Team competition. Justin Brooks Verlander (/ ˈvɜːrlændɜːr / VUR-land-ur; born February 20, 1983) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Detroit Tigers and New York Mets. A three-time Cy Young Award winner as well as an AL MVP recipient ...
Jake Mintz & Jordan Shusterman talk about the Yankees' closer problem with Clay Holmes, Shohei Ohtani returning to Anaheim, Ben Joyce throwing 105.5 and Justin Verlander’s quest for 300 career wins.
Not since a 45-year-old Randy Johnson, pitching for the San Francisco Giants, eluded the Washington Nationals on a rainy afternoon in 2009 has a pitcher surpassed 300 wins. That’s because the ...
300-win club. Cy Young is the all-time leader in wins. In Major League Baseball, the 300-win club is the group of pitchers who have won 300 or more games. Twenty-four pitchers have reached this milestone. This list does not include Bobby Mathews who won 297 in the major leagues plus several more in 1869 and 1870 before the major leagues were ...
Johnson also had four consecutive 300-strikeout seasons at the turn of the 21st century (1999–2002); [3] the only pitchers with a 300-strikeout season after 2002 are Clayton Kershaw, who had 301 in 2015; Chris Sale, with 308 in 2017; Max Scherzer, with 300 in 2018; and Gerrit Cole and Justin Verlander, respectively with 326 and 300 in 2019. [36]
Houston Astros starting pitcher Justin Verlander sits in the dugout during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians in Cleveland, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024.
3,000 strikeout club. Nolan Ryan is Major League Baseball's all-time strikeout leader at 5,714. In Major League Baseball (MLB), the 3,000 strikeout club is the group of 19 pitchers who have struck out 3,000 or more batters in their careers. Walter Johnson became the first member in 1923, and was the only one until Bob Gibson joined in 1974.
Justin Verlander gave up three runs in six innings for his 262nd victory and the AL West champion Houston Astros beat the Cleveland Guardians 4-3 on Saturday night. Verlander (5-6), who gave up ...