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2013 TIGERS
• Equaled a career high with 14 strikeouts on August 6 versus the New York Yankees -- marked the most strikeouts by
a Tigers pitcher versus the Yankees since Jim Bunning finished with 14 strikeouts against the club on June 20, 1958
at Briggs Stadium.
• Topped the American League with 46 strikeouts during August.
• Did not allow a run in 18.0 innings over a four-start stretch September 8-24.
• Shared American League Player of the Week honors for September 24-30 with Baltimore’s Chris Davis -- won both of
his starts during the week, posting a 1.20 ERA (15.0IP/2ER) and 16 strikeouts.
• Tabbed the American League Pitcher of the Month and Tigers Pitcher of the Month for September -- finished 5-1 with
a 1.93 ERA (42.0IP/9ER) and 41 strikeouts in six starts during the month...led the American League with five wins and
a 1.93 ERA during September, while he tied for the lead with 41 strikeouts.
• Finished 9-2 with a 1.65 ERA (114.2IP/21ER) in 15 starts at home -- led the American League with a 1.65 ERA at
home...posted an 8-6 record and 3.57 ERA (123.2IP/49ER) in 18 starts on the road.
• Limited lefthanded hitters to a .213 batting average (106x497)...righties batted .222 (86x387) with him on the mound.
• Fanned 11 batters in both Game One (October 6) and Game Five (October 11) of the American League Division Series
versus Oakland -- has posted a double-digit strikeout total in a post-season start three times during his career...he is
the first pitcher in Tigers history with multiple double-digit strikeouts during post-season action.
• Struck out 11 batters as he fired a four-hit shutout in Game Five of the American League Division Series on October
11 at Oakland -- according the Elias Sports Bureau, he joined Sandy Koufax as the only two pitchers in major league
history to toss a shutout with 10-or-more strikeouts in a series-deciding game of a post-season series...Koufax fanned
10 batters for the Dodgers as he blanked the Twins 2-0 on three hits in Game Seven of the 1965 World Series.
• Became the fourth pitcher in Tigers history to toss a shutout during post-season action as he blanked the Athletics in
Game Five of the American League Division Series on October 11 at Oakland -- joined George Mullin (Game Four of
1909 World Series), Bobo Newsom (Game Five of 1940 World Series) and Joe Coleman (Game Three of 1972
American League Championship Series) in accomplishing the feat for Detroit.
Led all American League pitchers with 24 wins, a 2.40 ERA and 250 strikeouts during the 2011 season to become just
the second Tigers pitcher to ever lead all three categories in a single season -- Hal Newhouser accomplished the feat
for the Tigers in 1945...he is the first pitcher to lead the league in all three categories since Minnesota’s Johan Santana
did so in 2006.
• Selected the American League Most Valuable Player and he was unanimously named the American League Cy Young
Award winner -- became the seventh Tigers player to win the Most Valuable Player Award, joining Mickey Cochrane
(1934), Hank Greenberg (1935, 1940), Charlie Gehringer (1937), Hal Newhouser (1944, 1945), Denny McLain (1968)
and Guillermo Hernandez (1984)...became the third pitcher in Tigers history to win the Cy Young Award, joining McLain
(1968, 1969) and Hernandez (1984)...became the 10th pitcher in major league history to win both the Most Valuable
Player and Cy Young Awards during the same season...joined Don Newcombe (1956), Sandy Koufax (1963), Bob
Gibson (1968), McLain (1968), Vida Blue (1971), Rollie Fingers (1981), Hernandez (1984), Rogers Clemens (1986)
and Dennis Eckersley (1992)...joined Newcombe to become only the second player in history to win the Most Valuable
Player, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year Awards...Newcombe was the National League Rookie of the Year in 1949 and
he earned both the National League Most Valuable Player and Cy Young Awards in 1956.
• Selected to the American League’s all-star squad for the fourth time during his career.
• Tabbed The Sporting News’ Player of the Year following the season -- first pitcher to win the award since Orel Hershiser
did so with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1988...Verlander is the first Tigers player to be selected the publication’s major
league player of the year since Denny McLain following the 1968 season.
• Selected the Major League Baseball Player of the Year and the American League Outstanding Pitcher as part of the
Players Choice Award balloting.
• Tabbed the Tiger of the Year by Detroit’s chapter of the BBWAA.
• Earned the Wilbur “Bullet” Rogan Award from the Negro League Baseball Museum as the American League’s Pitcher
of the Year.
• Topped the American League with an .828 winning percentage, 251.0 innings pitched, a .192 batting average against,
6.24 hits per nine innings and 8.39 baserunners per nine innings, while he tied for the lead with 34 games started,
finished third with 9.0 strikeouts per nine innings and 4.39 strikeouts per walk, tied for fourth with four complete games,
tied for fifth with two shutouts and tied for seventh with 2.0 walks per nine innings.
• His 24 wins tied him for the 10th-highest single-season total in Tigers history -- marked the most wins by a Tigers
pitcher since Mickey Lolich finished with 25 victories during the 1971 season...Verlander is the first Tigers pitcher with
20-or-more wins during a season since Bill Gullickson won 20 games for the club in 1991.
• Marked the sixth time a Tigers pitcher led the American League in ERA -- became the fifth pitcher to accomplish the
feat and the first since Mark Fidrych did so with a 2.34 ERA during the 1976 season.
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