How Old Is Drew VerHagen?
Drew VerHagen is 31 years old. He was born on October 22, 1990.
Drew Edward VerHagen is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals in the United States. From 2014 to 2019, he was a member of the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball.
From 2020 to 2021, he was a member of the Nippon Professional Baseball’s Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.
VerHagen was a three-year letter winner in football at Rockwall-Heath High School in Heath, Texas. Due to Tommy John surgery on his right elbow, VerHagen was unable to pitch his final year.
In 2010, VerHagen enrolled at the University of Oklahoma, where he pitched 13+13 innings for the Oklahoma Sooners, posting a 3.38 earned run average (ERA).
He pitched in the Cape Cod League this summer for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks, going 0–1 with a 1.66 ERA.
He transferred to Navarro College the next year, where he was a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association’s JUCO World Series championship squad in 2011.
VerHagen subsequently transferred to Vanderbilt University, where he pitched in 27 games for the Commodores in 2012, going 6–3 with a 3.50 ERA in 69 innings.
VerHagen’s major pitches are a 93–96 mph fastball (with a maximum speed of 98 mph (158 km/h)) and a curveball in the upper 70s.
He can throw a four-seamer and a two-seamer with his fastball. At 82–86 mph, he incorporates a changeup.