Overview

• Verlander fanned the side in the first inning at Oracle Park against the Washington Nationals to secure his 3,500th career strikeout.
• At 42, he is the only active pitcher with 3,500 or more career strikeouts, with Max Scherzer trailing at 3,456.
• He ranks 10th on MLB’s all-time strikeout list alongside legends such as Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson and Roger Clemens.
• He has won three AL Cy Young Awards, earned an MVP title and helped the Astros capture two World Series championships.
• In his first season with the Giants after 13 years in Detroit and six with Houston, he has gone 1-8 with a 4.29 ERA and 81 strikeouts in 19 starts.