Today's Tigers (Verlander; 43) and Pirates (Yates; 39) starting pitchers have a combined age of 82. They are the first and fourth oldest players in MLB this season.

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Tigers’ Verlander takes field alone in final introduction at Comerica Park

Justin Verlander was the American League MVP in 2011. Here is a non-exhaustive list of players whose entire MLB careers have begun and ended since then.

[MLB] Things were a lot different when Justin Verlander made his big league debut