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All-time leaderboard of being like Justin Verlander
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Reserve PowerStaying PowerVerlanderinessExplanation:
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2012Verlander, Justin1.1052.9372.084The Reserve Power measures how much harder a pitcher throws their 4-seamer when they are pressured by base-runners.
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2013Verlander, Justin1.1711.6491.721
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2011Verlander, Justin1.0671.8331.678
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2021Rodón, Carlos0.4983.4171.637
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2015Verlander, Justin0.9561.6981.522
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2021Ohtani, Shohei0.7942.0351.472The Staying Power measures how much harder a pitcher throws their 4-seamer later in games.
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2009Verlander, Justin1.0541.1011.421
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2018Rodón, Carlos0.5762.4311.386
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2014Verlander, Justin1.0081.1021.375
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2018Colon, Bartolo0.7571.7101.327
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2008Lilly, Ted0.6851.8381.298
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2017Martínez, Carlos0.6861.6361.231With these two statistics that are both in theory quality-agnostic (they don't necessary overvalue good pitchers) and are both dominated by Justin Verlander, we can create a new measure - the Verlanderiness of a pitcher season.
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2015Colon, Bartolo0.3692.3821.163
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2016Tanaka, Masahiro0.5111.8671.133
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2018Mahle, Tyler0.5811.6161.120
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2015Iwakuma, Hisashi0.5251.7191.098
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2008Hernandez, Livan0.4501.9271.092
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2014Cueto, Johnny0.4082.0511.092The Verlanderiness is calculated by Reserve Power + (Staying Power / 3) and is, in some way, a measure of how much like a prime Justin Verlander season a pitching season is, without taking into account how good of a season it is.
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2016Colon, Bartolo0.5061.7511.090
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2011Hernandez, Livan0.4341.9351.079
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2017Tanaka, Masahiro0.6081.3801.068
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2016Rodón, Carlos0.5141.6301.057
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2013Colon, Bartolo0.3382.1391.051
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2013Scherzer, Max0.7360.9061.038Below are some randomly chosen graphs:
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2010Verlander, Justin0.8520.5541.037
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2014Colon, Bartolo0.4631.6691.019
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2021Bauer, Trevor0.7360.8321.013
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2008Martinez, Pedro0.5771.2510.994
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2016Anderson, Tyler0.5711.2580.990
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2018Tanaka, Masahiro0.5371.3210.977
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2010Nolasco, Ricky0.4141.6530.965
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2015Scherzer, Max0.5381.2400.951
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2009Lilly, Ted0.5771.1100.947
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2009Cueto, Johnny0.4391.5220.946
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2014Scherzer, Max0.7100.6820.937
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2008Harang, Aaron0.5381.1910.935
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2010Lilly, Ted0.5591.1050.927
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2010Sánchez, Aníbal0.5950.9950.927
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2016Verlander, Justin0.5671.0760.926
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2016Martínez, Carlos0.6120.9380.925
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2019Price, David0.4271.4930.925
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2012Colon, Bartolo0.5391.1420.920
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2018Verlander, Justin0.5221.1930.920
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2014De La Rosa, Rubby0.6210.8880.917
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2009Jackson, Edwin0.2531.9460.902
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2016Gallardo, Yovani0.3801.5090.883
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2014Bauer, Trevor0.4631.2580.882
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2019Tanaka, Masahiro0.4271.3650.882
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2018Paxton, James0.3311.6520.882
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2018Martínez, Carlos0.5351.0320.879
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