Drew VerHagen

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-6, 230lb (198cm, 104kg)

Born: October 22, 1990 in Royse City, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 4th round of the 2012 MLB June Amateur Draft from Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN).

High School: Rockwall-Heath HS (Heath, TX)

Schools: Navarro College (Corsicana, TX), Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)

Debut: July 19, 2014 (Age 23-270d, 20,699th in major league history)
vs. CLE 5.0 IP, 5 H, 4 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER, L

Last Game: September 30, 2023 (Age 32-343d)
vs. CIN 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2016 season

Agents: ISE Baseball

Full Name: Drew Edward VerHagen

Nicknames: Vergy or Dutch

Pronunciation: \VER-hay-gen\

Twitter: @DrewVerHagen

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.1

ERA

4.98

206

281.2

234

WHIP

1.431

Summary of 43 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 3 tying, 10 go ahead

2 Tms
DET	29
STL	14

Platoon
vs RHB	28
vs LHB	15

Home/Road
Home	25
Away	18

Outs
0	21
1	13
2	9

19 Opps
KCR	8
NYY	5
MIN	4
TBR	3
BOS	3
LAA	2
CHC	2
BAL	2
PIT	2
CLE	2
TOR	2
SFG	1
TEX	1
CIN	1
SEA	1
LAD	1
WSN	1
HOU	1
CHW	1

41 Batters
Tim Beckham	2
Adam Jones	2
Noelvi Marte	1
Luis Arráez	1
Jackie Bradley Jr.	1
Paulo Orlando	1
Salvador Perez	1
Michael Massey	1
Miguel Sanó	1
Hunter Dozier	1
J.D. Davis	1
Jake Bauers	1
Justin Upton	1
Taylor Walls	1
Mike Moustakas	1
Wander Franco	1
Will Smith	1
Jorge Soler	1
Omar Narváez	1
Gleyber Torres	1
Xander Bogaerts	1
Aaron Hicks	1
Josh Bell	1
Bobby Witt Jr.	1
Danny Jansen	1
Matt Thaiss	1
Kyle Schwarber	1
Ryan Zimmerman	1
Edwin Encarnación	1
Greg Bird	1
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	1
Chris Gimenez	1
Christian Vázquez	1
Alex Bregman	1
Adolis García	1
Austin Romine	1
Alcides Escobar	1
Joshua Palacios	1
Franmil Reyes	1
Dansby Swanson	1
Jake Cave	1

14 Parks
Comerica Pk (DET)	16
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	9
Target Field (MIN)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
TropicanaFld (STP)	2
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
Camden Yards (BAL)	2
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Oracle Park (SFO)	1
Progressive (CLE)	1
Nationals Pk (WAS)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	1
GlbLifeField (ARL)	1

Where Hit
7	17
9	13
78	6
89	4
8	3

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	10
1	8
4	7
3	7
5	5
7+	4
6	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	30
2·HR gms	5
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	24
--3	6
1--	6
12-	2
1-3	2
123	1
-23	1
-2-	1

69 Runs
RISP	13
0 on	24
1 on	13
2 on	5
3 on	1
Any on	19

Inning
2	2
3	3
4	4
5	3
6	4
7	11
8	6
9	7
Extra	3

1-3	5
4-6	11
7-end	27

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	6
+2	5
+1	4
Tied	6
-1	7
-2	1
-3	1
-4..	7

Ahead	21
Tied	6
Behind	16

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	8
1-0	7
2-2	5
2-1	4
3-2	3
1-2	3
1-1	3
3-1	3
0-1	3
0-2	2
2-0	2

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	6
C	6
LF	6
SS	6
3B	6
CF	5
2B	3
DH	2
PH	1
PH/DH	1
RF	1

OrderPos
4th	10
8th	7
6th	7
2nd	5
3rd	4
5th	4
7th	3
9th	2
1st	1

Leverage
High Lev	7
Medium Lev	14
Low Lev	22

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2015	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2015-08-19	Kyle Schwarber	CHC		DET	behind 5-10	b 7	0	---	1,(0-0) ..X	1	2	7	3%	6%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2016	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	2016-05-10	Ryan Zimmerman	WSN		DET	behind 3-5	b 7	2	---	8,(3-2) CBBFFBFX	1	4	3	13%	28%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
3	3	2	1	2016-05-14	Adam Jones	BAL		DET	ahead 4-3	b 8	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	8	7%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
4	4	3	1	2016-05-22	Tim Beckham	TBR	@	DET	behind 2-6	t 7	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	8	4	9%	15%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); D. Jennings Scores
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	2017-07-24	Salvador Perez	KCR	@	DET	tied 3-3	t 12	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	2	33%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
6	6	2	2	2017-07-24	Mike Moustakas	KCR	@	DET	ahead 4-3	t 12	0	---	4,(1-2) SCBX	1	6	5	9%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
7	7	3	1	2017-07-30	Alex Bregman	HOU	@	DET	behind 0-13	t 9	0	---	2,(0-1) ..CX	1	7	5	0%	0%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
8	8	4	1	2017-08-05	Adam Jones	BAL		DET	behind 1-2	b 5	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	8	16%	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
9	9	5	1	2017-08-10	Josh Bell	PIT	@	DET	tied 2-2	t 3	2	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	4	3	19%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); S. Marte Scores
10	10	6	1	2017-08-22	Aaron Hicks	NYY	@	DET	ahead 9-1	t 7	0	--3	3,(1-1) C*BX	2	2	8	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Gardner Scores
11	11	7	1	2017-09-01 (1)	Edwin Encarnación	CLE	@	DET	tied 1-1	t 6	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	4	3	16%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
12	12	8	1	2017-09-04	Alcides Escobar	KCR	@	DET	ahead 6-3	t 8	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	8	6	4%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
13	13	9	1	2017-09-27	Paulo Orlando	KCR		DET	behind 2-3	b 7	2	--3	3,(2-0) .BBX	2	8	8	41%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Escobar Scores
14	14	10	1	2017-10-01	Chris Gimenez	MIN		DET	ahead 4-1	b 8	0	---	2,(1-0) ..BX	1	5	PH/DH	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	2018-06-04 (1)	Gleyber Torres	NYY	@	DET	behind 0-1	t 3	1	---	5,(3-1) BBSBX	1	9	4	11%	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
16	16	2	2	2018-06-04 (1)	Greg Bird	NYY	@	DET	tied 1-1	t 4	0	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	3	3	12%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
17	17	3	3	2018-06-04 (1)	Austin Romine	NYY	@	DET	ahead 4-1	t 4	0	12-	3,(1-1) BSX	3	8	2	9%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Andújar Scores; C. Frazier Scores
18	18	4	1	2018-07-22	Jackie Bradley Jr.	BOS	@	DET	ahead 3-0	t 4	1	1-3	6,(2-2) BFBC11FX	3	8	8	10%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); X. Bogaerts Scores; E. Núñez Scores
19	19	5	1	2018-08-07	Justin Upton	LAA		DET	ahead 7-5	b 6	0	1--	4,(1-2) CCBX	2	2	7	9%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); K. Calhoun Scores
20	20	6	1	2018-08-13	Omar Narváez	CHW	@	DET	behind 3-4	t 6	0	---	8,(3-2) CBBCFBFX	1	6	2	16%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	2019-04-23 (1)	Xander Bogaerts	BOS		DET	behind 3-7	b 9	1	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	4	6	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
22	22	2	1	2019-07-25	Tim Beckham	SEA		DET	tied 1-1	b 3	1	123	3,(0-2) CSX	4	5	7	22%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Crawford Scores; O. Narváez Scores/unER; D. Vogelbach Scores
23	23	3	1	2019-07-30	Matt Thaiss	LAA		DET	tied 0-0	b 2	1	-2-	3,(0-2) CCX	2	7	3	15%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); A. Simmons Scores
24	24	4	1	2019-08-11	Hunter Dozier	KCR	@	DET	ahead 4-2	t 8	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	5	7%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
25	25	5	2	2019-08-11	Jorge Soler	KCR	@	DET	ahead 5-2	t 8	0	---	7,(2-2) CBFBFFX	1	4	DH	4%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
26	26	6	1	2019-08-23	Miguel Sanó	MIN		DET	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	5	9%	74%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
27	27	7	2	2019-08-23	Jake Cave	MIN		DET	ahead 2-0	b 5	1	---	5,(2-2) CBSBX	1	9	7	8%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
28	28	8	1	2019-09-19	Franmil Reyes	CLE		DET	ahead 2-0	b 4	1	--3	2,(0-1) CX	2	6	DH	8%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Y. Puig Scores
29	29	9	1	2019-09-25	Luis Arráez	MIN	@	DET	behind 0-1	t 7	0	1--	3,(1-1) BCX	2	6	7	30%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Sanó Scores
2022	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	2022-05-24	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	@	STL	ahead 6-0	t 6	1	---	5,(3-1) BBCBX	1	3	3	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
31	31	2	2	2022-05-24	Danny Jansen	TOR	@	STL	ahead 7-0	t 7	0	---	7,(2-2) FBFFFBX	1	8	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
32	32	3	1	2022-06-07	Taylor Walls	TBR		STL	behind 1-2	b 10	2	12-	5,(2-2) C*BBSX	3	8	6	84%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); I. Paredes Scores/unER; B. Phillips Scores
33	33	4	1	2022-06-19	Christian Vázquez	BOS		STL	ahead 3-1	b 8	1	-23	4,(2-1) B.CBX	3	7	2	3%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); A. Verdugo Scores; T. Story Scores
34	34	5	1	2022-07-13	Will Smith	LAD	@	STL	behind 0-6	t 7	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	2	2%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); F. Freeman Scores
2023	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	2023-04-24	J.D. Davis	SFG		STL	ahead 1-0	b 7	2	1-3	3,(2-0) *BBX	3	4	5	18%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Sabol Scores/Team unER; J. Pederson Scores/Team unER; J. Davis Scores/Team unER
36	36	2	1	2023-05-29	Bobby Witt Jr.	KCR	@	STL	ahead 4-0	t 9	0	---	6,(3-2) FBT.BBX	1	4	6	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
37	37	3	2	2023-05-29	Michael Massey	KCR	@	STL	ahead 5-0	t 9	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	4	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Melendez Scores
38	38	4	1	2023-06-06	Adolis García	TEX		STL	ahead 5-2	b 5	0	---	4,(1-2) .SCB.X	1	4	9	5%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
39	39	5	1	2023-06-24	Dansby Swanson	CHC	@	STL	ahead 7-1	t 9	2	--3	2,(1-0) BX	2	5	6	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); N. Hoerner Scores/unER; D. Swanson Scores/unER
40	40	6	1	2023-07-01 (1)	Jake Bauers	NYY	@	STL	behind 2-11	t 9	2	--3	4,(2-1) F*BBX	2	2	7	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); O. Cabrera Scores
41	41	7	1	2023-08-09	Wander Franco	TBR		STL	behind 3-6	b 7	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	6	7%	15%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
42	42	8	1	2023-09-02	Joshua Palacios	PIT	@	STL	behind 5-6	t 9	1	1--	5,(3-1) .BBBCX	2	4	PH	64%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. McCutchen Scores
43	43	9	1	2023-09-30	Noelvi Marte	CIN	@	STL	behind 5-11	t 7	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	6	5	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)