How hard, in miles per hour, a pitch is thrown. Right forearm strain. Detroit Tigers sent RHP Justin Verlander on a rehab assignment to Toledo Mud Hens. xERA is a simple 1:1 translation of xwOBA, converted to the ERA scale, A measurement of a player's top running speed, expressed in Detroit Tigers activated RHP Justin Verlander from the 15-day disabled list. Latest on Houston Astros starting pitcher Justin Verlander including news, stats, videos, highlights and more on ESPN Detroit Tigers sent RHP Justin Verlander on a rehab assignment to Toledo Mud Hens. Houston Astros activated RHP Justin Verlander. Terms of Use  |  Privacy Policy (updated 09.02.2015)  |  About Our Ads. Houston Astros activated RHP Justin Verlander. Houston Astros activated RHP Justin Verlander. Strained right triceps. How much spin, in revolutions per minute, a pitch was Copyright © 2020 Minor League Baseball.Minor League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are the property of Minor League Baseball. Burnett (2,513), Bartolo Colon (2,516), Javier Vazquez (2,536), Jerry Koosman (2,556), Bob Feller (2,581), Warren Spahn (2,583), Tom Glavine (2,607), Chuck Finley (2,610) and David Cone (2,668)... struck out 38.9% of all left-handed hitters he faced, the second-best mark among MLB starters behind Gerrit Cole (41.1%)...started for the Astros on Opening Day on March 29 at TEX in what was his 10th-career Opening Day start...pitched Houston to a 4-1 win...marked the sixth-consecutive Opening Day game that he pitched his club to a victory...threw 7.0 scoreless innings with nine strikeouts to lead Houston to a 2-0 shutout over the Twins at Target Field on April 9...the game time temperature was 35 degrees...improved to 7-1 (.875) at Target Field, the highest winning percentage in the history of the venue...tabbed the AL Player of the Week for the week of April 9-15...went 1-0 with an 0.60 ERA (1ER/15IP) and 20 strikeouts in his two starts, allowing just five hits and two walks for an opponent batting average of .100 (5x50)...dominated the Rangers on April 15 in Houston, tossing 8.0 innings while allowing one run on one hit with 11 strikeouts...the only blemish was a solo homer by Robinson Chirinos...did not factor into the decision in the Astros 3-1 loss in 10 innings...per STATS Inc., Verlander (11K, 1H) and Rangers starter Bartolo Colon (7K, 1H) became the first opposing starters in the live-ball era to combine for at least 18 strikeouts and two-or-fewer hits allowed...became the second pitcher in club history to begin a season by going scoreless in each of his first three road starts (19IP), joining Roger Clemens, who did so across his first five starts and 32.0 innings pitched on the road in 2005...posted an 11-game regular season winning streak that spanned from Aug. 20, 2017-April 25, 2018...was one win shy of his career-long streak...joined Roger Clemens (2004) as the only pitchers to start their careers with the Astros on a nine-game regular season winning streak...on May 1 vs. NYY, struck out 14 hitters over 8.0 scoreless innings, allowing just three hits... tied his single-game career-high for strikeouts and tied the Minute Maid Park record for strikeouts in a single game...became the fourth pitcher in MLB history to strike out 14+ Yankees hitters without a walk in a single game...also Pedro Martinez (17 on Sept. 10, 1999), Curt Schilling (16 on Sept. 1, 1997) and Urban Shocker (14 on July 13, 1920)...tossed a five-hit complete game shutout on May 16 at LAA... struck out seven batters on 118 pitches, reaching 2,500 career strikeouts...struck out Shohei Ohtani for his 2,500th career strikeout... became the sixth pitcher in MLB history to reach 2,500 career strikeouts prior to his 400th career game, joining also Randy Johnson, Nolan Ryan, Pedro Martinez, Roger Clemens and Tom Seaver...was his first shutout since Aug. 26, 2015 vs. LAA...posted a 1.08 ERA through his first 11 starts of the season...marked the lowest ERA by a pitcher through his first 11 starts of a season since 2010, when Ubaldo Jimenez posted a 0.78 ERA for the Rockies over his first 11 starts...was named the AL Pitcher of the Month for May...marked his fifth career monthly award (also July 2016, Sept. 2012, June 2011, May 2009)...joined Corey Kluber as the only active pitchers with five career Pitcher of the Month Awards... during six starts during the month, went 3-2 with an 0.86 ERA (4ER/41.2IP), 50 strikeouts and a complete game shutout...led the AL in ERA during the month while ranking second in opponent average (.153), tied for second in innings and tied for third in strikeouts...posted the third-lowest ERA in a single month of May in team history, behind Nolan Ryan (0.20 ERA in 1984) and Mike Cuellar (0.86 ERA in 1968)...allowed one earned run or less in six straight starts from May 1-28, the second-longest streak of his career (7-game run during his 2011 MVP season)...became the first AL pitcher since Tom Candiotti (1991) to allow one earned run or less in each of his first six road starts of a season...made his 400th career start on June 14 at OAK (3ER/7IP)...allowed three earned runs or fewer in each of his first 21 career starts with Houston, a new franchise record (previously 14 starts by Darryl Kile in 1991)...was the second-longest streak overall in club history, behind Larry Dierker's 22-start streak set from 1972-74...faced the Tigers for the first time on July 15 at Minute Maid Park (5ER/6IP)...became the fifth pitcher in MLB history to have a game with 12+ strikeouts while allowing at least four homers...had the best first-half to a season of his career...his 160 strikeouts, 2.05 ERA, .180 opponent batting average and .544 opponent OPS were all career-best marks in a single season prior to the ASG...his 2.05 ERA ranked fourth in franchise history for a single season prior to the All-Star Break (min.