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Rödelheim Hartreim Projekt - Höha, schnella, weita
Zeit zum Besinnen - De3X - RHP Remake.
Yu Darvish, RHP Texas Rangers
Chant militaire du 1er escadron du 1er RHP
Reloop RHP-20 Professional DJ Headphones Review
Reloop RHP-10 Headphones Overview from agiprodj.com
Historique 1er RHP
Reloop RHP-20 Headphones
Reloop RHP-10 Ceramic White Unboxing HD
Reloop RHP-5 Portable DJ Headphones Video Review (iPhone & Blackberry compatible)
Review of Reloop RHP-20 Deluxe DJ Headphones
JONATHAN GRAY PROSPECT VIDEO, RHP, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA

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Rödelheim Hartreim Projekt - Höha, schnella, weita
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  • Duration: 3:44
  • Updated: 11 Mar 2013
"Höha, schnella, weita" im iTunes Store kaufen: http://itunes.apple.com/de/album/zuruck-nach-rodelheim-bonus/id308984815 Jetzt Fan werden und alle Infos über...
  • published: 30 Aug 2012
  • views: 46671
  • author: 3pTV
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Zeit zum Besinnen - De3X - RHP Remake.
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  • Duration: 3:12
  • Updated: 13 Feb 2013
http://bozzsoldier.wordpress.com / https://twitter.com/bozzsoldier.
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Yu Darvish, RHP Texas Rangers
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  • Duration: 8:06
  • Updated: 20 Feb 2013
Yu Darvish of the Texas Rangers pitches in Spring Training action.
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Chant militaire du 1er escadron du 1er RHP
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  • Duration: 3:23
  • Updated: 22 Feb 2013
Un chant traditionel du 1er régiment d'hussards parachutiste, ici le 1er escadron, le titre exacte de ce chant est "TOE" Paroles: L'escadron a conquis ses le...
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Reloop RHP-20 Professional DJ Headphones Review
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  • Duration: 5:16
  • Updated: 24 Feb 2013
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Reloop RHP-10 Headphones Overview from agiprodj.com
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  • Duration: 3:23
  • Updated: 12 Jul 2012
http://www.agiprodj.com/advanced_search_result.html?keywords=reloop+headphones DJ Ty reviews the Reloop RHP-10 family of headphones. http://www.agiprodj.com ...
  • published: 16 Dec 2010
  • views: 39171
  • author: agiprodj
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Historique 1er RHP
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  • Duration: 2:48
  • Updated: 08 Jan 2013
Clip retraçant l'historique du 1er RHP de Tarbes : de Bercheny Houzards en 1720 jusqu'aux hussards parachutistes d'aujourd'hui, de la cavalerie jusqu'aux eng...
  • published: 17 Jul 2008
  • views: 5181
  • author: RHPcom
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Reloop RHP-20 Headphones
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  • Duration: 6:43
  • Updated: 30 Dec 2012
We take a look at the Reloop RHP-20 headphones. You can get more information on Reloop products at http://www.reloopdj.com For more info on what we do check ...
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Reloop RHP-10 Ceramic White Unboxing HD
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  • Duration: 2:35
  • Updated: 17 Feb 2013
my new headphones! they look very nice, and are pretty big. But they sound SUPER nice. Good bass and Treble.
  • published: 23 Jun 2010
  • views: 15925
  • author: Arthur Liu
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Reloop RHP-5 Portable DJ Headphones Video Review (iPhone & Blackberry compatible)
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  • Duration: 5:29
  • Updated: 24 Jul 2012
http://www.djbooth.net/index/dj-equipment/review/reloop-rhp-5-portable-dj-headphones/ http://twitter.com/DJblaze_DJbooth - Follow me on Twitter email: djblaz...
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Review of Reloop RHP-20 Deluxe DJ Headphones
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  • Duration: 4:41
  • Updated: 04 Mar 2013
These headphones promise pro features and performance and bags of style. We take a look at them to see if they deliver. Full review at http://www.digitaldjti...
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JONATHAN GRAY PROSPECT VIDEO, RHP, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA
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  • Duration: 4:15
  • Updated: 11 Mar 2013
JONATHAN GRAY OF OKLAHOMA PITCHES AGAINST UCLA, INNINGS 1-3 WITH VELOCITY READINGS.
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Soluuffka Miras (RHP) - Dalej
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  • Duration: 3:13
  • Updated: 08 Jan 2013
(R) (H) (P) eRHaPe.
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RHP Justin Verlander pitching mechanics
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  • Duration: 0:42
  • Updated: 06 Mar 2013
vs Oakland A's @ Oakland Coliseum July 1, 2009.
  • published: 02 Jul 2009
  • views: 167144
  • author: laflippin
http://web.archive.org./web/20130312092452/http://wn.com/RHP Justin Verlander pitching mechanics


"Höha, schnella, weita" im iTunes Store kaufen: http://itunes.apple.com/de/album/zuruck-nach-rodelheim-bonus/id308984815 Jetzt Fan werden und alle Infos über...
  • published: 30 Aug 2012
  • views: 46671
  • author: 3pTV

3:44
Rödel­heim Hartreim Pro­jekt - Höha, schnel­la, weita
"Höha, schnel­la, weita" im iTunes Store kaufen: http://​itunes.​apple.​com/​de/​album/​zuruck-na...​
pub­lished: 30 Aug 2012
au­thor: 3pTV
3:12
Zeit zum Besin­nen - De3X - RHP Re­make.
http://​bozzsoldier.​wordpress.​com / https://​twitter.​com/​bozzsoldier....​
pub­lished: 10 Feb 2010
au­thor: pinky darf­das
8:06
Yu Darvish, RHP Texas Rangers
Yu Darvish of the Texas Rangers pitch­es in Spring Train­ing ac­tion....
pub­lished: 20 Mar 2012
au­thor: Steve Fiorindo
3:23
Chant mil­i­taire du 1er es­cadron du 1er RHP
Un chant tra­di­tionel du 1er régi­ment d'hus­sards parachutiste, ici le 1er es­cadron, le titr...
pub­lished: 03 Sep 2012
5:16
Reloop RHP-20 Pro­fes­sion­al DJ Head­phones Re­view
http://​www.​djbooth.​net/​index/​dj-equipment/​review/​reloop-rhp-20/​ http://​www.​mixware.​net htt...
pub­lished: 21 Dec 2011
au­thor: Ka­reem Julien
3:23
Reloop RHP-10 Head­phones Overview from agiprodj.​com
http://​www.​agiprodj.​com/​advanced_​search_​result.​html?​keywords=reloop+headphones DJ Ty revie...
pub­lished: 16 Dec 2010
au­thor: agiprodj
2:48
His­torique 1er RHP
Clip retraçant l'his­torique du 1er RHP de Tarbes : de Berche­ny Houzards en 1720 jusqu'aux ...
pub­lished: 17 Jul 2008
au­thor: RH­P­com
6:43
Reloop RHP-20 Head­phones
We take a look at the Reloop RHP-20 head­phones. You can get more in­for­ma­tion on Reloop pro...
pub­lished: 26 Feb 2012
2:35
Reloop RHP-10 Ce­ram­ic White Un­box­ing HD
my new head­phones! they look very nice, and are pret­ty big. But they sound SUPER nice. Goo...
pub­lished: 23 Jun 2010
au­thor: Arthur Liu
5:29
Reloop RHP-5 Portable DJ Head­phones Video Re­view (iPhone & Black­ber­ry com­pat­i­ble)
http://​www.​djbooth.​net/​index/​dj-equipment/​review/​reloop-rhp-5-portable-dj-headphones/​ http...
pub­lished: 20 Aug 2011
au­thor: Ka­reem Julien
4:41
Re­view of Reloop RHP-20 Deluxe DJ Head­phones
These head­phones promise pro fea­tures and per­for­mance and bags of style. We take a look at...
pub­lished: 16 Sep 2011
4:15
JONATHAN GRAY PROSPECT VIDEO, RHP, UNI­VER­SI­TY OF OK­LA­HOMA
JONATHAN GRAY OF OK­LA­HOMA PITCH­ES AGAINST UCLA, IN­NINGS 1-3 WITH VE­LOC­I­TY READ­INGS....
pub­lished: 10 Mar 2013
au­thor: Steve Fiorindo
3:13
Solu­uf­f­ka Miras (RHP) - Dalej
(R) (H) (P) eR­HaPe....
pub­lished: 27 Jul 2008
au­thor: michalek010101
0:42
RHP Justin Ver­lan­der pitch­ing me­chan­ics
vs Oak­land A's @ Oak­land Col­i­se­um July 1, 2009....
pub­lished: 02 Jul 2009
au­thor: laflip­pin
Youtube results:
3:44
Reloop RHP-20 Deluxe Head­phones Re­view - Guto Loureiro
Novos videos no canal, com dicas para djs e re­views de equipa­men­tos ! Nesse vídeo mostro e...
pub­lished: 29 Jan 2013
3:08
Reloop RHP-20 DJ Head­phones
Here is a quick video on the new RHP-20 from Reloop. They are avail­able at the link list­ed...
pub­lished: 25 Oct 2011
au­thor: thed­jshopsm
3:25
Reloop RHP-10 Flash Black Head­phones Re­view
De­cent­ly priced, a clas­sic de­sign and re­spectable per­for­mance: The Reloop RHP-10s are a go...
pub­lished: 04 Mar 2013
1:31
Clip 1er RHP
Clip 2006 de présen­ta­tion du 1er régi­ment de hus­sards parachutistes, 1er RHP de Tarbes, Be...
pub­lished: 17 Jul 2008
au­thor: RH­P­com
photo: AP / Yonhap
In this photo taken Saturday, March 9, 2013, the guided-missile destroyers USS Lassen (DDG 82), left, and USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) arrive to participate in the annual joint military exercises
Canberra Times
11 Mar 2013
The guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen arrives to participate in the annual joint military exercises called Key Resolve. Photo. AP. SEOUL. South Korea and the US began annual war games as North Korea shut down a border hot line after threatening to launch a preemptive nuclear strike against the two countries ... Tensions on the Korean peninsula are the highest since at least 2010, when 50 South Koreans were killed in attacks by the North ... ....(size: 6.1Kb)
photo: USMC / Sgt. Brian A. Tuthill
File - A Marine with Weapons Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, sprints down the line of heavy machine guns to deliver a map after a firefight with Taliban insurgents Feb. 9 at the “Five Points” intersection, a key junction of roads linking the northern area of the insurgent stronghold of Marjeh with the rest of Helmand province, Afghanistan.
Al Jazeera
11 Mar 2013
Several Afghan and US-led coalition service members have been killed in the latest suspected insider attack on the international military force. Afghan officials said the incident on Monday took place in Wardak, a flashpoint province for Taliban violence on the doorstep of Kabul, the capital. "Today one or several individuals wearing an ANSF (Afghan National Security Force) uniform turned his or their weapon at a group of Afghan ... ....(size: 6.4Kb)
photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar
File - Street children in a slum area in India.
Al Jazeera
10 Mar 2013
A staple storyline of popular Bollywood films over the years has been about siblings getting lost in a village fair or being forcibly separated by a hideous villain, only to be reunited years later. The happy endings normally spelled success. moviegoers went home happy while the filmmaker went laughing all the way to the bank ... Official statistic shows that some 60,000 children go missing every year from across the populous nation ... Share....(size: 11.6Kb)
photo: AP / Yonhap, Lee Jung-hoon
A deck crew member checks an EA-6B Prowlers on the USS George Washington during joint military drills in South Korea's East Sea on Sunday, July 25, 2010.
Al Jazeera
11 Mar 2013
South Korean and US troops have launched a joint military exercise as North Korea, which has slammed the drill and threatened both countries with nuclear attack, severed its hotline with Seoul. The start of the two-week annual "Key Resolve" exercise follows a week of escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula, with North Korea lashing out over tightened UN sanctions adopted after its third nuclear test last month ... 463 Source. ... Share ... ....(size: 7.5Kb)
photo: AP / Site Intelligence Group
File - In this image taken from video and released by SITE Intelligence Group on Monday, Nov. 8, 2010, Anwar al-Awlaki speaks in a video message posted on radical websites.
The New York Times
09 Mar 2013
WASHINGTON — One morning in late September 2011, a group of American drones took off from an airstrip the C.I.A. had built in the remote southern expanse of Saudi Arabia. The drones crossed the border into Yemen, and were soon hovering over a group of trucks clustered in a desert patch of Jawf Province, a region of the impoverished country once renowned for breeding Arabian horses. Multimedia. Map. Connect With Us on Twitter ...  ....(size: 8.5Kb)



The Examiner
12 Mar 2013
LHP Scott Barnes, OF Ezequiel Carrera, INF Juan Diaz, CA/INF Yan Gomes, LHP Nick Hagadone, RHP Frank Herrmann, LHP David Huff, INF Jason Kipnis, RHP Chen-Chang Lee, INF Mike McDade, INF Cord Phelps, and RHP Josh Tomlin ... RHP Carlos Carrasco and RHP Vinnie Pestano ... They placed RHP Blake Wood (right elbow) on the 60-day Disabled List and optioned OF Tim ......(size: 5.3Kb)
noodls
12 Mar 2013
• Optioned RHP Simon Castro and LHP Santos Rodriguez to Class AAA Charlotte;. • Optioned RHP Nestor Molina to Class AA Birmingham;. • Reassigned OF Stefan Gartrell, RHP Erik Johnson, ......(size: 0.9Kb)
Tampa Bay Online
12 Mar 2013
PORT CHARLOTTE -- ... The Rays see him as a pitcher on the rise now that he has direction ... Was he a thrower or a pitcher? ... The other cuts. Also optioned to minor-league camp were RHP Alex Colome, LHP Frank De Los Santos, LHP Felipe Rivero and LHP Enny Romero. Reassigned were RHP Matt Buschmann, RHP Marquis Fleming and LHP Adam Liberatore ... … RHP Jeremy Hellickson will pitch in a minor-league game Thursday to avoid facing the Orioles ... ....(size: 3.1Kb)
Sun Sentinel
12 Mar 2013
MLB Team Report - Houston Astros - INSIDE PITCH ... 3 spot ... He didn't make it out of the first inning ... LHP Rudy Owens and RHP Sam Demel were optioned to minor league camp ... --RHP Lucas Harrell continues to vie with RHP Bud Norris for the right to be the Astros' Opening Day starter ... RHP Philip Humber and LHP Erik Bedard will likely take the Nos ... 4 -- Average hits per inning allowed by RHP Jordan Lyles through his first three spring starts. ....(size: 4.7Kb)
The Miami Herald
12 Mar 2013
JUPITER -- Even in the springtime when the games don’t count, Placido Polanco is used to being more of an iron man than a spectator ... “It’s getting better,” he insisted ... He likes catcher Rob Brantly ... “Yelich has been fantastic ... Coming up ... Marlins RHP Ricky Nolasco vs. Houston Astros RHP Bud Norris, 1.05 p.m., Jupiter ... Marlins RHP Nathan Eovaldi vs. Atlanta Braves RHP Kris Medlen, 7.05 p.m., Jupiter. ....(size: 3.3Kb)
The Miami Herald
12 Mar 2013
JUPITER -- Even in the springtime when the games don’t count, Placido Polanco is used to being more of an iron man than a spectator ... “It’s getting better,” he insisted ... He likes catcher Rob Brantly ... “Yelich has been fantastic ... Coming up ... Marlins RHP Ricky Nolasco vs. Houston Astros RHP Bud Norris, 1.05 p.m., Jupiter ... Marlins RHP Nathan Eovaldi vs. Atlanta Braves RHP Kris Medlen, 7.05 p.m., Jupiter. ....(size: 3.3Kb)
Sun Sentinel
12 Mar 2013
OF Michael Taylor missed a week of action after cutting his right pinkie while trying to throw out his gum ... RHP Grant Balfour threw his second bullpen session, and his next step will be to throw live batting practice to hitters. Balfour, who had arthroscopic knee surgery on Feb ... RHP Fernando Rodriguez left his March 11 appearance due to right elbow tightness ... Houston received 1B Chris Carter, RHP Brad Peacock and C Max Stassi. ....(size: 2.0Kb)
CBS Sports
12 Mar 2013
(USATSI) ... RHP Fernando Rodriguez (right elbow tightness) left Monday's game ... RHP Jordan Walden (bulging disk) received an epidural last week and although the team is optimistic he will be ready in time for opening day, they aren't certain ... RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka left Monday's outing for an unknown reason, and manager Terry Francona said it was too early to know if his next start would be pushed back ... ....(size: 3.3Kb)
Sun Sentinel
12 Mar 2013
--RHP Derek Lowe, who signed with the Rangers on March 7, is expected to make his first appearance of the spring March 15 against San Francisco ... The Rangers hope to have RHP Colby Lewis back from the disabled list by that point, which may further diminish Perez's chance to have an impact on the club. --RHP Kyle McClellan has been cleared to pitch in ......(size: 5.4Kb)
Seattle Times
12 Mar 2013
VIERA, Fla.Chipper Jones putting on pinstripes? ... "I'd take Larry in a heartbeat ... "But, uh, no." ... • Dodgers RHP Zack Greinke, the 2009 AL Cy Young Award winner, was diagnosed with inflammation in the back of his right elbow and scratched from his Cactus League start ... • Giants RHP Tim Lincecum, who missed two starts because of a blister on the middle finger of his right hand, will pitch Tuesday night against the Padres....(size: 3.1Kb)
Seattle Post
12 Mar 2013
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Jeff Samardzija had no complaints Monday ... "Close your eyes, and you run into some things sometimes," Samardzija said of his home run ... They're well coached ... ... ... RHP Josh Collmenter starts for Arizona against the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday, while LHP Patrick Corbin gets the call in a split squad game against the Seattle Mariners in Peoria, Ariz ... RHP Edwin Jackson starts for the Cubs on Wednesday against the Rockies....(size: 3.5Kb)
The Wichita Eagle
12 Mar 2013
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.Jeff Samardzija had no complaints Monday ... "Close your eyes, and you run into some things sometimes," Samardzija said of his home run ... They're well coached ... ... ... RHP Josh Collmenter starts for Arizona against the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday, while LHP Patrick Corbin gets the call in a split squad game against the Seattle Mariners in Peoria, Ariz ... RHP Edwin Jackson starts for the Cubs on Wednesday against the Rockies....(size: 3.5Kb)
The Examiner
12 Mar 2013
When the New York Yankees opened spring training one month ago, it appeared that rookie catcher Austin Romine might have a legitimate chance to make the major league squad ... The Yankees also optioned LHPs Manny Banuelos and Nik Turley, RHP Jose Ramirez and OF Ramon Flores to Double-A Trenton ... The Yankees also reassigned RHP Chase Whitley, C J.R. Murphy and 1B Luke Murton to minor league camp ... Tweet. 0 Email. PrintReport ... Comments ... 18 photos ... ....(size: 4.9Kb)

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Yu Darvish

Darvish in 2012 spring training.
Texas Rangers — No. 11
Starting pitcher
Born: (1986-08-16) August 16, 1986 (age 25)
Habikino, Osaka, Japan
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Professional debut
NPB: June 15, 2005 for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
MLB: April 9, 2012 for the Texas Rangers
NPB statistics
Win–loss record     93–38
Earned run average     1.99
Strikeouts     1,259
MLB statistics
(through May 27, 2012)
Win-loss record     7-2
Earned run average     3.25
Strikeouts     66
Teams
Career highlights and awards
Last update: 8 December 2011
Medal record
Competitor for  Japan
Men’s Baseball
World Baseball Classic
Gold 2009 Los Angeles Team
Asian Baseball Championship
Gold 2007 Taichung Team

Yu Darvish (also spelled Yū Darvish) (Japanese: ダルビッシュ 有;[1] born August 16, 1986, in Habikino, Osaka) is a Japanese starting pitcher for the Texas Rangers.

Darvish pitched in the 2008 Beijing Olympics as well as the 2009 World Baseball Classic as a member of the Japanese national team.[2] He was considered by many to be the best pitcher in Japanese professional baseball prior to his arrival in Major League Baseball in 2012.[3]

Contents

Early life[link]

Darvish was born in Habikino, Osaka, to an Iranian father, Farsad Darvishsefat, and a Japanese mother, Ikuyo.[4] His parents met at Eckerd College, a liberal arts school in St. Petersburg, Florida, where his father played for the college soccer team.[5][6] His grandfather was a travel agent in Iran, and sent Farsad to the United States in 1977 to attend high school in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, where he also raced competitively in motocross.

Darvish began playing baseball in second grade and led his team to the quarter-finals of the national tournament as well as a third-place finish in the international tournament as a member of the Habikino Boys. He was scouted by over 50 high schools while in junior high, but opted to attend Tohoku High School, a noted baseball powerhouse that produced players such as former Seattle Mariners and Yokohama BayStars closer Kazuhiro Sasaki and current Arizona Diamondbacks reliever Takashi Saito, in northern Sendai.

High school career[link]

Darvish became Tohoku High's ace pitcher by the fall of his first year (the equivalent of tenth grade in the United States) and led his team to four straight appearances in national tournaments held at Koshien Stadium in his junior and senior years, twice in the National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament held in the spring and twice in the National High School Baseball Championship in the summer.

Darvish led his team to the finals of the 85th National High School Baseball Championship in the summer of 2003, but gave up four runs to Joso Gakuin High School (whose No. 3 hitter, second baseman Katsuhiko Saka, currently plays for the Hanshin Tigers), the Ibaraki champions, in a complete game loss.

Darvish attracted national attention when he pitched a no-hitter against Kumamoto Technical High School in the first round of the 76th National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament as a senior on March 26 2004.[7] Though the team lost in the quarter-finals despite stellar outings by Darvish and sidearmer Kenji Makabe (currently with Honda Motor Company's industrial league team), many saw Darvish as the best high school pitcher in the country by that time. He pitched 12 games and put up a 7-3 record with 87 strikeouts in 92 innings pitched and a 1.47 ERA in his four national tournament appearances, and posted a 1.10 ERA for his high school career, striking out 375 in 332⅓ innings (67 appearances).

2004 draft[link]

Darvish was scouted extensively by Major League teams, such as the then Anaheim Angels and Atlanta Braves, even while in junior high. As he entered his senior year of high school, the Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets had all expressed interest in signing him,[8] but Darvish's intent remained to play for a Japanese professional team instead.

Darvish was considered one of the best high school pitchers in the 2004 NPB amateur draft along with Yokohama Senior High School right-hander Hideaki Wakui (later picked by the Seibu Lions) and Akita Municipal Akita Commercial High School right-hander Tsuyoshi Sato (Hiroshima Toyo Carp). While the Fighters, Carp, Chunichi Dragons, Fukuoka Daiei Hawks and Orix BlueWave all considered selecting Darvish with their first-round pick in the final months, the Fighters were one of the few teams that chose not to forgo the first round in exchange for signing a college or industrial league player prior to the draft. This enabled them to land Darvish with their first-round pick in the November 17 draft,[9] signing him to a base salary of 15 million yen, a signing bonus of 100 million yen and additional performance-based incentives (the equivalent of what a first-round college or industrial league player would normally receive) on December 17.

Professional career[link]

2005[link]

Darvish received further publicity when he was caught smoking in a pachinko parlor on an off-day during his first Spring Training in 2005, despite not being old enough to legally smoke nor to gamble at the time. The incident prompted his high school to suspend him, and the Fighters to place him under probation for an indefinite period of time and order him to participate in community service.[10]

Despite his suspension, Darvish made his professional debut later that season, taking the mound in an interleague game against the Carp on June 15. Though he gave up back-to-back solo home runs in the ninth, he pitched 8+ innings on those two runs alone and earned the win,[11] becoming the 12th pitcher in NPB history to earn a win in one's professional debut as a rookie straight out of high school. He recorded his first complete game win on August 6 against the Lions and his first complete game shutout on September 18, holding the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles to just two hits and becoming only the 14th pitcher in NPB history to throw a complete game shutout as a rookie out of high school. He finished the season with a 5-5 record in 14 starts, throwing 94⅓ innings with an ERA of 3.53.

2006[link]

Darvish had a breakout year in 2006, compiling a 12-5 record with 115 strikeouts and a 2.89 ERA.[12][13] In particular, he went 10-0 after May 30, playing a leading role in the Fighters' first Pacific League title since 1981 (his win streak lasted until April 14 of the following season, when it reached 12-0) and contributing to their first championship since 1961 in the Japan Series over the Dragons. Darvish was chosen to take the hill for the first game of each of the Pacific League playoffs, Japan Series, and the 2006 Asia Series (played between the champions of Japan, China, Taiwan, and South Korea at the end of the season). Darvish, then 20 years old, became the first pitcher to start a Japan Series game since 1987 while under the age of 21, and only the fifth pitcher in NPB history to win a Japan Series game at that age with his win in Game 5 of the series. He also won the Asia Series Most Valuable Player award.

2007[link]

Darvish pitching for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in 2007.

Darvish was named the Fighters' starter for their 2007 season opener, becoming only the fourth pitcher in franchise history (including the Fighters' years as the Senators and Flyers) to start a season opener within three years of graduating high school (the other three pitchers all started season openers as rookies). He struck out 14 over nine innings in a no-decision in his second start against the Lions on March 30 (the game ended a 2-2 tie in extra innings) and 14 again in a complete game win in his next start against the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on April 7, becoming only the second pitcher in Japanese professional baseball history to strike out 14 or more batters in two consecutive starts.

Darvish went on to post a 15-5 record with a 1.82 ERA (falling just 0.003 points short of the league lead, which went to Chiba Lotte Marines left-hander Yoshihisa Naruse) for the year, limiting hitters to a .174 batting average against and leading the league with 210 strikeouts.[14] He led the Fighters to their second consecutive league title, winning both of his starts in the second round of the Climax Series (playoffs) against the Marines.[15][16]

Darvish took the mound in Game 1 of the Japan Series that followed on October 27 against the Dragons for the second straight year, pitching a 13-strikeout, complete game win in an intense pitchers' duel with then-Dragons ace Kenshin Kawakami (currently with the Atlanta Braves) and becoming only the third pitcher in Japan Series history to strike out 13 or more batters in a single game.[17] With the Fighters down 3-1 and facing elimination, Darvish started Game 5 on November 1 and held the Dragons to one run over seven innings while striking out 11. However, the Fighters had no answer for opposing right-hander Daisuke Yamai and closer Hitoki Iwase, failing to get a single man on base and allowing the first perfect game in Japan Series history. (However, the game was not an official perfect game according to NPB regulations, which state that a perfect game must be thrown by a single pitcher.) The Dragons won the game 1-0, charging Darvish with the loss and becoming Japan Series champions.[18] The 24 strikeouts that Darvish totaled in his two starts were the second-highest by any single pitcher in series history (and the highest in a series that went only five games).

Darvish was presented with both his first career Eiji Sawamura Award[19] (being the first to meet or exceed guidelines for the award in all seven categories in 14 years) and his first Most Valuable Player award following the season. He also won the Golden Glove and Best Nine awards that year.

Darvish made his national team debut in the 2007 Asian Baseball Championship (which also functioned as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2008 Beijing Olympics) against Chinese Taipei on December 3, 2007. Because Japanese law requires that a person holding dual citizenship choose a single nationality before their twenty-second birthday, Darvish had chosen to retain his Japanese citizenship so that he could play for the national team in the Olympics.[20]

On December 22, Darvish re-signed with the Nippon Ham Fighters for 200 million yen plus payment at piece rates, up 128 million yen from 2006. At 21 years old, Darvish became the youngest player in Japanese baseball history to reach the 200 million yen mark.

2008[link]

In 2008, Darvish was named the Fighters' starter in the season opener for the second consecutive year, pitching a complete game shutout in that very game (the Fighters won 1-0). Even as his team struggled in the opening months of the season, Darvish continued to rack up wins at a pace that exceeded his own in the previous season. As the year went on, he and Eagles ace Hisashi Iwakuma emerged as the league leaders in both wins and ERA. On April 10, in their only match-up of the season, neither gave up a single hit through the first five innings. Iwakuma went the distance, throwing just 100 pitches and giving up just one run on three hits; yet Darvish topped this, throwing another complete game shutout on three hits and just 95 pitches in one of the best pitchers' duels of the season.[21]

While he did not pitch the way he had hoped in the Olympics, Darvish promptly put up a perfect 5-0 record with a 1.29 ERA and two complete games in the five starts upon returning to the Fighters, leading them to a playoff berth in a heated race against the Marines. While the Fighters failed to make the Japan Series, Darvish took the mound in two playoff games, giving up one run in a complete game win in one and pitching a complete game shutout in another. Although he lost out to Iwakuma (who put up an astonishing 21-4 record) in wins, he finished second in all three Triple Crown categories, finishing the season with a 16-4 record, 1.88 ERA[22] and 208 strikeouts. (It was his second straight year putting up an ERA under 2.00, throwing more than 200 innings, and striking out over 200 hitters despite missing time due to the Olympics.) Regardless, the Sawamura Award was presented to Iwakuma, and Darvish became just the second pitcher to clear the guidelines in all seven categories to not win the award (Suguru Egawa was the first in 1982).

Darvish took the mound in Game 1 of the first round of the Climax Series against the Orix Buffaloes on October 11, allowing nine hits but holding the team to one run while striking out 14 in a 4-1 complete game win.[23] He started Game 2 of the second round against the Saitama Seibu Lions on October 18 and pitched a complete game shutout in a 5-0 win,[24] but the Fighters lost the series 4-2 and fell short of their third straight appearance in the Japan Series.

On December 1, Darvish re-signed with the Nippon Ham Fighters for 270 million yen plus payment at piece rates, up 70 million yen from 2007.

2009[link]

Darvish started the Fighters' season opener for the third straight year in 2009, taking the mound in the game against the Eagles on April 3 in much-hyped match-up with the reigning Sawamura Award winner and World Baseball Classic teammate Hisashi Iwakuma. Darvish gave up three runs in the first inning but insisted on going the distance, giving up eight hits but allowing no runs from the second inning onward in a 121-pitch, complete game loss (Iwakuma held the Fighters to one run over six innings and was credited with the win).[25] He had a stellar outing on April 24, striking out six straight and 11 overall en route to a four-hit, complete game shutout (his first of the season) over the Buffaloes,[26] following it up by holding the Lions to one run and striking out 11 over nine innings in a no-decision in a match-up with fellow 22-year-old ace Hideaki Wakui on May 1 (the Fighters lost 2-1 in extra innings).

On August 22, Darvish was taken off the active roster for the first time in his career due to injury. The Fighters classified it as "shoulder fatigue," and the deactivation came after a career-worst start against the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, in which he went 8 innings, but gave up 6 earned runs on 10 hits in a losing effort. He was reactivated on September 13 after recovering at farm team, but in his second start back a week later against the Orix Buffaloes, Darvish gave up a career-high 7 walks in 5 innings, even though he only gave up 2 runs. Three days later he was deactivated again due to a combination of discomfort in his shoulder and a sore back.

Darvish was activated again just in time for the 2009 Japan Series against the Central League champion Yomiuri Giants, and he pitched Game 2 on November 1. He went 6 innings, giving up 2 runs on 7 hits, and also striking out 7 Giants. He became the winning pitcher, and the team won 4-2. The Yomiuri Giants would go on and win the championship series 4 games to 1. After the Japan Series, It was revealed that Yu had stress fracture of the right hand forefinger. Darvish said he first experienced pain after practice on Oct. 28 but kept it to himself. Also, he was unable to fully use the lower part of his body due to hip pains.

Darvish was presented his second Most Valuable Player and Best Nine awards at the end of the season. He became only the third player to have won 2 MVP awards in their first 5 years in the NPB, joining Kazuhisa Inao and Ichiro Suzuki. However, he lost out on his second Sawamura Award to Saitama Seibu Lions ace Hideaki Wakui.

On December 9, Darvish re-signed with the Nippon Ham Fighters for 330 million yen, up 60 million yen from 2009. At 23, Darvish became the youngest player in Japanese baseball history to reach the 300 million yen mark, along with being the highest-paid pitcher in the Pacific League presently.[27]

2010[link]

Darvish's 2010 season was another strong individual performance, but he struggled to win as many games due to the Fighters troubles. The Fighters finished 74-67,[28] but in fourth place. His opening day loss was reflective of his 2010 season; he pitched well but the team struggled. He began the 2010 season losing to the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on March 20. Darvish allowed two early unearned runs on his way to a complete game loss (5 runs allowed, 3 earned runs) striking out 13.[29] The Fighters began the season with a 5-14-1 stretch that was put them with their worst winning percentage in five years.[30] They struggled in all phases of play, but Darvish continued to pitch well. Even at this low point, he was leading the league in strikeouts even as the rest of the rotation was 3-9.[30] Darvish struck out at least 10 hitters in each of his first five starts.[31]

Darvish's 2010 season also was noticeable because speculation increased about his potential move (or posting) to Major League Baseball. Darvish was interviewed by The Associated Press where he announced his plans to review his options at the end of the season. He noted, "Right now, I'm just focused on helping my team win this season ... Once the season is over, I'll consider my future."[32] The Associated Press noted that both his exposure to international play during the 2009 World Baseball Classic and recurring injuries both led him to consider leaving Japan. In addition to back problems he also missed a start in June with a sore right knee.[32]

Despite the injuries and potential distractions, Darvish pitched well down the stretch. His last three starts were all complete games and he struck out 35 hitters in those 27 innings.[31] Darvish finished the season with only a 12-8 record, but with a 1.78 ERA.[33] He lead the league with 10 complete games, 222 strikeouts, a 1.01 WHIP. This was Darvish's fourth consecutive sub 2.00 ERA.

On October 18, 2010 Darvish posted on his blog that he would be returning to the Fighters for the 2011 season.[34]

2011[link]

On January 6, 2011 Darvish agreed to a contract for the 2011 season that would make him the highest paid player in Japan.[35] His salary was 500 million Japanese Yen (which on January 6 converted to $6,065,490 US dollars).[36]

The 2011 Nippon Professional Baseball season was delayed by the Tohoku earthquake. Controversy emerged over when baseball should resume. Commissioner Ryozo Kato was criticized for comparing the resumption to the return of Major League Baseball ten days after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Darvish was among the players who felt it was not appropriate to quickly return to baseball, ""I am a baseball player and a human being as well. I cannot think about baseball alone as I normally do."[37] Darvish took part in efforts to raise funds for the relief efforts and personally donated 50,000,000 Yen (about $620,000 USD) to the Japanese Red Cross.[38]

Eventually the teams agreed to play the full 144 game schedule, but the start of the season would be pushed back several weeks[39] The season began on April 12, 2011 and Darvish started against the Saitama Seibu Lions. He struggled, allowing seven runs in seven innings and taking the loss.[40]

This poor start would not reflect his overall performance. After that opening game he would not allow more than three runs in any of his starts. Darvish would win his next eight starts and thirteen of his next fourteen decisions.[41] Darvish would finish with his strongest all-around season, winning 18 games and featuring a career-low 1.44 ERA. He also led the league with 28 starts, 232 innings, 276 strikeouts and a 0.82 WHIP. He also featured remarkable control, walking only 36 batters.[42]

Despite his accomplishments, Darvish was not recognized with the best pitcher in Japan honor, the Sawamura Award. Three of the five-member committee voted to recognize Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles right-hander Masahiro Tanaka. Selection committee chief Masayuki Dobashi explained, "ERA is the best stat to evaluate pitchers ... Tanaka's ERA was a little better than that of Darvish. Tanaka also had more complete games than Darvish."[43] Pitchers must qualify for the award by meeting seven criteria, 15 wins, a 2.50 ERA, 200 innings pitched, 10 complete games, 150 strikeouts, 25 appearances and a .600 winning percentage. Both Tanaka and Darvish met all of the criteria. Tanaka graciously noted, "I only had better numbers than him (Darvish) ... As a pitcher, I'm nowhere near his caliber."[43]

The Nippon Ham Fighters were eliminated in the first round of the Pacific League playoffs, losing both games to the Saitama Seibu Lions. Darvish started game one of the series, going seven innings and allowing only one run on four hits, while striking out nine. After Darvish departed, Seibu scored one run in the 9th inning to send the game to extra innings and added three more to win the game in the 11th inning.[44]

After being eliminated, speculation again increased about Darvish being posted to Major League Baseball. His pending divorce allegedly complicated this situation. Speculation centered on his wife's potential claims to a share of a new contract with an American team.[45]

2012[link]

In press conference at Sapporo Dome on January 24, 2012, Darvish told more than 10,000 Fighters' fans why he decided to make a move to Major League Baseball.[46]

Darvish was posted to Major League Baseball prior to the 2012 season,[47] and is represented by agents Don Nomura and Arn Tellem. He added confirmation of the posting on his blog.[48] MLB teams had until 14 December 2011 to submit a blind posting bid, and Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters had until 20 December to announce whether the bid was accepted or rejected. Announcement of acceptance of the highest bid, from the Texas Rangers, was made on 19 December EST. The bid was reported to be $51.7 million. The Rangers had 30 days to negotiate with Darvish, or he would return to Japan.[49] On January 18, the Texas Rangers signed Darvish to a $60M dollar contract for six years with a player option to void the last year, fifteen minutes prior to a 4:00pm CST deadline. Rangers CEO Nolan Ryan commented that Darvish had shown more control than he did at Darvish's age.[50]

Darvish's first start in the Majors came on April 9 against the Seattle Mariners. His first MLB Strikeout was to Dustin Ackley on a 2-2 80 mph curveball. The first MLB hit that he allowed was a single into left field by Ichiro Suzuki on a 2-2 96 mph fastball. He threw for 5 2/3 innings, giving up 8 hits, 5 runs, and 4 walks. However, he had 5 strikeouts. When Alexi Ogando came to relieve him in the 6th, Darvish got a standing ovation from the crowd.[51]

Darvish's first start away from Rangers Ballpark in Arlington came on April 14 against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field. He pitched for 5 2/3 innings, allowing 9 hits, 4 walks, and 2 runs (one of which was unearned), while collecting 4 strikeouts. Despite the Rangers winning the game, it was a no decision for Darvish. Instead, teammate Robbie Ross picked up the win.[52]

On April 24, in a game against the New York Yankees, Darvish pitched for 8 1/3 shutout innings, collecting 10 strikeouts, while allowing 7 hits and 2 walks. He gave up a hit to Nick Swisher with 1 out in the 9th. Joe Nathan, the Rangers' closer, relieved him and induced a ground-ball double play to get the save and secure the third win for Darvish. As Nathan came in, Darvish got a deafening ovation from the crowd. This game also marked the 7th time in MLB history that the two starting pitchers were both Japanese, with Hiroki Kuroda on the mound for the Yankees. The game was also televised in Japan.[53]

On April 30, Darvish gave up his first MLB home run to Edwin Encarnación of the Toronto Blue Jays, in a game Texas won 4-1. Darvish improved to 4-0.[54]

For his performances in April, Darvish was named the AL Rookie of the Month. Darvish went 4-0 with a 2.18 ERA and 33 strikeouts. His first loss came on May 6 against the Cleveland Indians.

International career[link]

2008 Beijing Olympics[link]

Named the ace of the Japanese national team by manager Senichi Hoshino in the 2008 Beijing Olympics,[55] Darvish took the hill in Japan's first game of the preliminary round against Cuba on August 13, but was charged with the loss after giving up four runs in 4 innings.[56] The subpar outing caused Hoshino to lose faith in him and scratch Darvish from the semi-finals that he had penciled him in for, sending Darvish to the mound only in situations that would have no bearing on Japan's fate in the tournament. Darvish started the last game of the preliminary round against the United States on August 20 and was brought in to mop up after the U.S. had taken a decisive lead in the bronze medal match, finishing the tournament 0-1 with a 5.14 ERA (albeit with 10 strikeouts in seven innings pitched).

2009 World Baseball Classic[link]

Darvish pitched in the 2009 World Baseball Classic as the de facto ace of the Japanese national team,[57] starting the opening game against China on March 5. He pitched four innings, allowing one walk and no hits and striking out three as Japan beat China 4-0. However, pitching in a Major League stadium for the first time in his career, he struggled in his second outing of the tournament against South Korea on March 17, throwing five innings and giving up three runs (two earned) on four hits and a walk and ultimately being charged with the loss.[58] His first career save would follow six days later, when he pitched the final inning of the semi-finals against the United States, yielding no runs and a single and striking out two as Japan won 9-4.[59]

Darvish came on in relief in the bottom of the ninth inning of the championship game against South Korea with Japan leading 3-2. He struck out his first batter, walked the next two, struck out his next, and then gave up a tying two-out single before finishing the inning with another strikeout. However, Japan scored two runs in the top of the tenth inning to regain a 5-3 lead, and after giving up a leadoff walk in the bottom of the inning, Darvish retired the next three batters (striking out two of them) to clinch Japan's second consecutive tournament title.[60] His WBC stats were 2-1 with a 2.08 ERA and 20 strikeouts in 13 innings.

Pitching style[link]

Darvish is a right-handed pitcher who throws from a three-quarter arm slot in a drop-and-drive motion[61] with exceptionally large frame for Japanese baseball, listed at 6 ft 5 in and 215 lb. In NPB he threw a four-seam fastball whose usual speed is around 147 to 152 km/h (91 to 94 mph) and tops out at 156 km/h (97 mph) {Only 1 pitch measured 161 km/h (100 mph) in World Baseball Classic final in 2009}, as well as a hard slurve around 80 mph (130 km/h) with a vicious break.[62][63] He complements these two with a wide repertoire of secondary pitches, including a two-seam fastball (sometimes described as a shuuto), cutter, curveball, and a splitter.

While Darvish uses both the set, or "stretch" position and the windup, he has been noted for pitching exclusively from the stretch at times, even when there is no one on base.[64] While pitching from the windup is generally thought to add velocity to pitches, the set position allows pitchers more control over baserunners.[65] In Darvish's case the set position often is used as a way of keeping his delivery in sync and consistent.[64]

Prior to the 2006 season Darvish's "go to" pitch was a screwball, and he tends to rely more on his off-speed pitches than his fastball. After injuring his shoulder in a exhibition game start against the 2006 World Baseball Classic Japanese national team in February 2006, because of the strain the screwball had gradually been putting on his shoulder, he took the pitch out of his in-game repertoire and worked to develop his splitter until it became an equally effective pitch that would replace the screwball. He also has succeeded in increasing his fastball velocity from year to year.

Personal life[link]

On August 9, 2007, Darvish acknowledged reports of a relationship with the Japanese actress, Saeko, in a post-game interview. He also announced that they were planning to get married, and that Saeko was pregnant with their first child. The couple married in November 2007, in what Japanese tabloids reported was a shotgun wedding.[66] They have two sons, but divorced in 2012.[67]

Darvish established a humanitarian fund dedicated to the construction, installation, and maintenance of wells, well pumps, and rainwater storage facilities in developing countries called the "Yu Darvish Water Fund" in February 2007. He has announced plans to contribute to this fund by donating 100,000 yen each time he notches a regular season win. The fund is managed by the Japan Water Forum.

Darvish is the current spokesmodel for DyDo's D-1 COFFEE canned coffee line, succeeding former teammate Tsuyoshi Shinjo in this role.

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This article incorporates information from this version of the equivalent article on the Japanese Wikipedia.
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Awards
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Hisashi Iwakuma
Pacific League MVP
2007
2009
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Tsuyoshi Wada
Preceded by
Eric Hosmer
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Justin Verlander

Verlander warming up before a game.
Detroit Tigers – No. 35
Starting pitcher
Born: (1983-02-20) February 20, 1983 (age 29)
Manakin-Sabot, Virginia
Bats: Right Throws: Right 
MLB debut
July 4, 2005 for the Detroit Tigers
Career statistics
(through May 29, 2012)
Win–Loss record     112–60
Earned run average     3.48
Strikeouts     1,297
Teams
Career highlights and awards
Medal record
Baseball
Competitor for  United States
Pan American Games
Silver Santo Domingo 2003 Baseball at the 2003 Pan American Games

Justin Brooks Verlander (born February 20, 1983) is an American professional baseball pitcher with the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball.

In 2006, he was named the American League Rookie of the Year. On June 12, 2007, he pitched a no-hitter—the first ever at Comerica Park—against the Milwaukee Brewers, striking out 12 batters and walking four.[1] He pitched a second no-hitter against the Toronto Blue Jays on May 7, 2011, in Toronto, walking one and facing the minimum 27 batters.[2] On November 15, 2011, Verlander was named the 2011 AL Cy Young Award winner by a unanimous vote, becoming the first American League pitcher since Johan Santana in 2006 to win the award in such a fashion. On November 21, 2011, Verlander was voted the AL MVP, winning with 280 points over Jacoby Ellsbury's 242, completing a sweep of the Cy Young Award and MVP, a rare feat for a pitcher in the modern era.[3]

Contents

Playing career[link]

Amateur career[link]

His father Richard, who was president of the local Richmond, Virginia chapter of the Communications Workers of America, sent Justin to The Richmond Baseball Academy. Justin clocked 84 mph (135 km/h) shortly after joining the academy. His velocity kept climbing, and hit 86 MPH by the time he entered Goochland High School. He had been a top pitching prospect in high school, but his career suffered a setback when he came down with strep throat early in his senior season of baseball. A weakened Verlander topped out at 81 during that season, causing professional scouts to lose interest.[4] After he recovered, his velocity reached 87 during his first year at Old Dominion.

Verlander, a 6' 5" 200 pound (1.96 m, 91 kg) right-hander, pitched for the Old Dominion University baseball team for three years. On May 17, 2002, he struck out a then school record 17 batters against James Madison. In 2003, he set a school single-season record by recording 139 strikeouts; in 2004, he broke his own record and established a new Colonial Athletic Association record with 151 strikeouts. Verlander completed his career as the all-time strikeout leader in Old Dominion, the Colonial Athletic Association and the Commonwealth of Virginia (Division I) history with 427 in 335⅔ innings. During his three years, he averaged 11.5 strikeouts per nine innings, and his career collegiate earned run average was 2.57.

Verlander pitched for Team USA in 2003 and helped the USA to a silver medal in the Pan Am Games. He was named CAA Rookie of the Year in 2002 and earned All-CAA honors in 2003 and 2004. Verlander was named the ODU Alumni Association's Male Athlete of the Year in 2004, and was the second overall pick in the 2004 Baseball draft by Detroit.

Minor leagues[link]

Verlander's professional baseball career began when the Detroit Tigers selected him second overall in the 2004 MLB Draft. After lengthy negotiations, he signed a contract on October 25, 2004. Verlander started the 2005 season for the Lakeland Tigers, where he showed surprisingly good control. He was rewarded with a brief appearance in the majors, making his first major league start against the Cleveland Indians on July 4, 2005. After two starts in the majors, he returned to the minor leagues pitching for the Erie SeaWolves, the AA affiliate of the Tigers.

Major leagues[link]

2006[link]

Verlander and his teammates celebrate after the final out of his first no-hitter.

In his first full season, Verlander went 17–9 with a 3.63 ERA, striking out 124 batters in 186 innings. On July 4, 2006, at McAfee Coliseum in Oakland, California, Verlander, Joel Zumaya, and Fernando Rodney each threw multiple fastballs clocked in at over 100 mph (160 km/h), becoming the first time in MLB history that three pitchers, on the same team, had done so during a game. He allowed only one stolen base in 2006 and picked off 7 baserunners. In 2006, he became the first rookie pitcher in the history of the game to win 10 games before the end of June, which eventually led to him being named AL Rookie of the Year at the end of the season. During Game 1 of the 2006 World Series, Verlander was the Tigers' starting pitcher against Anthony Reyes of the St. Louis Cardinals; the first time two rookies faced off to start a World Series.

2007[link]

His success continued in 2007, as he accumulated 18 wins and posted a 3.66 ERA with 183 strikeouts 201⅔ innings. On June 12, Verlander recorded a no-hitter against the Milwaukee Brewers, striking out 12 and hitting 102 MPH on the radar gun.

2008[link]

In 2008, Verlander performed poorly to start the season. He lost 4 consecutive games before winning his first one. He led the A.L. in losses, totaling 17. Overall, he finished the 2008 season with a 11-17 win-loss record and an ERA of 4.84.

2009[link]

His 2009 season proved successful. He finished with a 19–9 record, an ERA of 3.45 and an MLB-leading 269 strikeouts.[5] Verlander finished third in the AL Cy Young Award voting behind winner Zack Greinke and runner-up Felix Hernandez.

2010[link]

On February 4, 2010, it was announced that Verlander and the Tigers had reached a deal for an $80 million, 5 year contract extension.[6] On July 3, Verlander earned his 10th win of the season. This marked the fourth time in five years he has had double digit wins before the All-Star break. On September 18 Verlander beat the Chicago White Sox, throwing a complete game to earn his 17th win of the season. With that win he became the first pitcher to win 17 games in 4 of his first 5 seasons since Dwight Gooden.[7] He would finish 2010 with an 18–9 record and 3.37 ERA.

2011[link]

On April 22, Verlander recorded his 1,000th career strikeout in a 9–3 win over the White Sox, becoming the 15th Tiger to do so.[8] On May 7, he recorded his second career no-hitter against the Toronto Blue Jays, throwing four strikeouts, walking one batter and throwing at a maximum speed of 101 MPH on the radar gun. He carried a perfect game into the 8th inning before allowing a walk to J. P. Arencibia, who was the only man to reach base for the game.[2] Verlander became the second Tigers pitcher since Virgil Trucks, and the thirtieth pitcher in the history of baseball, to throw multiple no-hitters. On his next start, against the Kansas City Royals on May 13, Verlander took a no-hitter into the sixth inning before surrendering a triple. Altogether, he pitched 15⅔ consecutive no-hit innings, spread over three starts.

On June 14, Verlander took a no-hitter into the eighth inning. He pitched 7⅓ innings until he gave up a base hit to Cleveland's Orlando Cabrera. Verlander ended up with a complete game shutout allowing two hits. In his next start on June 19, he threw another complete game allowing a solo home run to Ty Wigginton.[9] On June 25, he recorded a career-high 14 strikeouts against Arizona.[10] On July 3, 2011, Verlander was selected to his fourth AL All-Star team, but he was unable to participate in the game due to the scheduling of his starts. On July 31, 2011, Verlander took a no-hitter into the eighth inning before surrendering a single to Maicer Izturis. He walked two and struck out nine. On August 11, Justin won his 100th major league game against the Cleveland Indians. On August 27, he became the first pitcher in the major leagues to attain 20 wins in the current season. The victory also made Verlander the first Tiger since Bill Gullickson in 1991 to win 20 games, and the first major leaguer since Curt Schilling in 2002 to reach 20 wins before the end of August.[11]

By the end of the season, Verlander had won the Triple Crown of pitching in the AL, leading the league in wins (24), strikeouts (250; tied for 6th-most in Tigers history), and ERA (2.40).[12] Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw clinched the NL Triple Crown earlier in the week, making it the first since 1924 that a season featured a Triple Crown pitcher in both leagues. Verlander also led the AL in innings pitched (251), win-loss percentage (.828; 6th-best in Tigers history), and in errors committed by a pitcher (5).[13] Throughout the season, he never had an outing in which he threw fewer than 6 innings or 100 pitches. Through 2011, Verlander had the best career strikeouts-per-9-innings-pitched percentage in Tigers' history (8.3), and the second-best career win-loss percentage (.652; also the fourth-best percentage of all active pitchers).[13][14]

Verlander received various awards for his play in 2011. Those awards included the AL TSN Pitcher of the Year, The Sporting News Player of the Year Award, a Players Choice Award for Player the Year and Most Outstanding American League pitcher, and a USA Today American League Cy Young.

On November 3, 2011, Verlander was named the cover athlete of Major League Baseball 2K12.[15]

On November 15, the Baseball Writers Association of America announced that Verlander had unanimously won the 2011 AL Cy Young Award.[16]

On November 21, 2011, it was announced that Verlander had also won the AL MVP Award, a rarity for a pitcher, in a much closer vote. Verlander edged out Boston's Jacoby Ellsbury, 280 points to 242 points, while collecting 13 of 28 first-place votes.[17] He became the first pitcher to claim an AL MVP Award since Dennis Eckersley in 1992, the first starting pitcher to do so since Roger Clemens in 1986, and the third Tiger to do so in franchise history (joining Denny McLain and Hal Newhouser).

2012[link]

On May 18, Verlander took a no-hitter into the ninth inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates before giving up a one-out single in a 6-0 victory. It was his first-career complete game one-hitter, his 16th complete game overall, and sixth career shutout. Verlander, who struck out 12 in the game, was hitting the upper-90s and even 100 mph into the eighth inning.[18]

Pitch repertoire[link]

He features two fastballs: a four-seamer in the high-90s (which routinely pushes and occasionally eclipses 100 MPH) and a two-seamer in the low- to mid-90s with good arm-side run. He also throws a 12–6 curveball in the 78–83 mph range, a circle changeup in the low to mid-80s, and a slider which he throws 83–89 mph. Observers frequently note that Verlander's fastball regularly registers in the high-90s, and the velocity of the pitch remains relatively uniform throughout the course of a game. Many attribute Verlander's success to his outstanding endurance.[19]

Awards and accolades[link]

  • 2006 American League Rookie of the Year.
  • 2006 Tigers Rookie of the Year award from the Detroit Sports Broadcasters Association.
  • American League Rookie of the Month (May 2006).
  • American League Player of the Week (May 22–28, 2006).
  • American League Player of the Week (June 11–17, 2007).
  • 7th in 2006 American League Cy Young Award voting (the highest of any rookie pitcher).
  • 5th in 2007 American League Cy Young Award voting.
  • 15th in 2006 American League MVP voting (the highest of any rookie and second highest of any pitcher – Johan Santana was 7th).
  • Named to 2007, 2009, 2010, and 2011 American League All-Star Teams
  • Became first Tigers pitcher since Denny McLain in 1968 (31–6, .838) to lead the American League in winning percentage and qualify for an ERA title (18–6, .750) in 2007.
  • Only pitcher in baseball history to be Rookie of the Year, start in a World Series game, toss a no-hitter, and be an All-Star in his first two full seasons.
  • American League Pitcher of the Month (May 2009).
  • Became the first Major League starter in 24 years to load the bases with nobody out in the ninth inning or later and get out of it without allowing a run when he pulled off the feat July 24, 2009. Then-Mariners hurler Mike Moore was the last to do it, on Sept. 16, 1985.[20]
  • 2009 Tiger of the Year.[21]
  • 3rd in 2009 American League Cy Young Award voting.
  • One of only two players to win the Rookie of the Year Award, Cy Young Award, and the MVP Award; the other is Don Newcombe.
  • Won AL pitching Triple Crown in 2011.
  • 2011 AL Cy Young Award (unanimous choice).
  • 2011 AL MVP.
  • Major League Baseball 2K12 cover athlete.

See also[link]

References[link]

  1. ^ Verlander makes history in Detroit MLB.com June 12, 2007
  2. ^ a b Detroit Tigers' Jason Verlander tosses second career no-hitter in win over Blue Jays MLive.com May 7, 2011
  3. ^ "Verlander wins AL MVP". http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7225746/espn-experts-pick-justin-verlander-win-al-mvp. Retrieved 2011-11-21. 
  4. ^ Verlander makes his pitch Yahoo!, August 16, 2006.
  5. ^ Major League Leader board 2009: Pitchers FanGraph.com
  6. ^ Beck, Jason (February 4, 2010). "Tigers announce Verlander deal". MLB.com. http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100204&content_id=8020650&vkey=news_det&fext=.jsp&c_id=det. Retrieved February 4, 2010. 
  7. ^ Sizemore's shot backs Verlander in Chicago MLB.com September 18, 2010
  8. ^ Verlander notches 1,000th K in Tigers' win MLB.com April 22, 2011
  9. ^ Tigers' Justin Verlander takes no-hitter into sixth inning of 3–1 victory over Royals MLive.com May 13, 2011
  10. ^ Hang 10: Dominant Verlander drives Detroit – Ace fans career-high 14 D-backs, pulls Tigers into first-place tie MLB.com June 26, 2011
  11. ^ "wire reports, August 27, 2011". Cbssports.com. August 27, 2011. http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/gametracker/recap/MLB_20110827_DET@MIN. Retrieved September 28, 2011. 
  12. ^ "Detroit Tigers Top 10 Pitching Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/leaders_pitch.shtml. Retrieved October 15, 2011. 
  13. ^ a b "Justin Verlander Statistics and History". stickskills.com. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/verlaju01.shtml. Retrieved November 3, 2011. 
  14. ^ "Detroit Tigers Top 10 Pitching Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/leaders_pitch.shtml. Retrieved October 7, 2011. 
  15. ^ "Verlander named the 2012 cover athlete". http://stickskills.com/2011/11/03/justin-verlander-announced-as-mlb-2k12-cover-athlete/. Retrieved October 7, 2011. 
  16. ^ "Justin Verlander Wins AL Cy Young". MLBTradeRumors. November 15, 2011. http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/11/justin-verlander-wins-al-cy-young.html. Retrieved November 15, 2011. 
  17. ^ Snyder, Matt. "Justin Verlander wins AL MVP." cbssports.com. November 21, 2011.
  18. ^ "Verlander nearly throws 3rd no-hitter for Tigers". SI.com (Associated Press). May 18, 2012. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/gameflash/2012/05/18/41067_recap.html?sct=hp_t2_a3&eref=sihp. Retrieved May 18, 2012. 
  19. ^ Justin Verlander’s New Slider DetroitTigersWeblog.com/
  20. ^ Porcello ready for rush of national stage MLB.com July 25, 2009
  21. ^ Verlander unanimous Tiger of the Year – Ace first Detroit pitcher to win award since Sparks in 2001 MLB.com November 12, 2009

External links[link]

Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Huston Street
American League Rookie of the Year
2006
Succeeded by
Dustin Pedroia
Preceded by
Huston Street
Sporting News AL Rookie of the Year
2006
Succeeded by
Dustin Pedroia
Preceded by
Huston Street
Baseball America Rookie of the Year
2006
Succeeded by
Ryan Braun
Preceded by
Huston Street
Players Choice AL Most Outstanding Rookie
2006
Succeeded by
Dustin Pedroia
Preceded by
Mark Buehrle
Francisco Liriano
No-hitter pitcher
June 12, 2007
May 7, 2011
Succeeded by
Clay Buchholz
Ervin Santana
Preceded by
Francisco Liriano
American League Winning Percentage Champion
2007
Succeeded by
Cliff Lee
Preceded by
Zach Greinke
American League Pitcher of the Month
May 2009
Succeeded by
Felix Hernandez
Preceded by
A. J. Burnett
Jered Weaver
American League Strikeout Champion
2009
2011
Succeeded by
Jered Weaver
Incumbent
Preceded by
Cliff Lee
American League Wins Champion
2009 (with CC Sabathia and Felix Hernandez)
Succeeded by
CC Sabathia
Preceded by
Félix Hernández
AL Cy Young Award
2011
Succeeded by
Incumbent

http://wn.com/Justin_Verlander

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