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Clayton Kershaw

Clayton Edward Kershaw (The Claw) (twitter: @ClaytonKersh22)

Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: March 19, 1988 in Dallas, Texas, US
High Schools: Highland Park HS (Dallas, TX), Highland Park HS (Highland Park, TX)

Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (7th) of the 2006 MLB June Amateur Draft from Highland Park HS (Highland Park, TX).

Prospect Ratings by Baseball America:
Pre-2007: Rated #24 Prospect
Pre-2008: Rated #7 Prospect

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Minors Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2006	18	Dodgers	GULF	Rk	LAD	2	0	1.000	1.95	10	8	1	1	37.0	28	10	8	0	5	1	54	0	0	8	144	0.892	6.8	0.0	1.2	13.1	10.80
2007	19	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA	LAD	8	7	.533	2.95	25	25	0	0	122.0	89	52	40	9	67	0	163	2	1	9	520	1.279	6.6	0.7	4.9	12.0	2.43
2007	19	Great Lakes	MIDW	A	LAD	7	5	.583	2.77	20	20	0	0	97.1	72	39	30	5	50	0	134	2	0	8	413	1.253	6.7	0.5	4.6	12.4	2.68
2007	19	Jacksonville	SOUL	AA	LAD	1	2	.333	3.65	5	5	0	0	24.2	17	13	10	4	17	0	29	0	1	1	107	1.378	6.2	1.5	6.2	10.6	1.71
2008	20	Jacksonville	SOUL	AA	LAD	2	3	.400	1.91	13	11	0	0	61.1	39	19	13	0	19	0	59	0	2	7	241	0.946	5.7	0.0	2.8	8.7	3.11
3 Seasons						12	10	.545	2.49	48	44	1	1	220.1	156	81	61	9	91	1	276	2	3	24	905	1.121	6.4	0.4	3.7	11.3	3.03
AA (2 seasons)				AA		3	5	.375	2.41	18	16	0	0	86.0	56	32	23	4	36	0	88	0	3	8	348	1.070	5.9	0.4	3.8	9.2	2.44
A (1 season)				A		7	5	.583	2.77	20	20	0	0	97.1	72	39	30	5	50	0	134	2	0	8	413	1.253	6.7	0.5	4.6	12.4	2.68
Rk (1 season)				Rk		2	0	1.000	1.95	10	8	1	1	37.0	28	10	8	0	5	1	54	0	0	8	144	0.892	6.8	0.0	1.2	13.1	10.80

Minors Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH
2006	18	Dodgers	GULF	Rk	LAD	10	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
2007	19	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A	LAD	25	6	5	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
2007	19	Great Lakes	MIDW	A	LAD	20	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
2007	19	Jacksonville	SOUL	AA	LAD	5	6	5	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
2008	20	Jacksonville	SOUL	AA	LAD	13	15	15	1	4	1	3	.267	.267	.267	.533	4	0
3 Seasons						48	21	20	1	4	1	4	.200	.200	.200	.400	4	1
AA (2 seasons)				AA		18	21	20	1	4	1	4	.200	.200	.200	.400	4	1
A (1 season)				A		20	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
Rk (1 season)				Rk		10	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0

Minors Fielding

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff		G	Ch	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G	SB	CS	CS%
2006	18	Dodgers	GULF	Rk	LAD	P	10	5	0	5	0	1.000	0.50	3	0	0%
2007	19	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA	LAD	P	25	36	3	30	3	.917	1.32	10	11	52%
2007	19	Great Lakes	MIDW	A	LAD	P	20	26	2	22	2	.923	1.20	8	8	50%
2007	19	Jacksonville	SOUL	AA	LAD	P	5	10	1	8	1	.900	1.80	2	3	60%
2008	20	Jacksonville	SOUL	AA	LAD	P	13	14	3	11	0	1.000	1.08	1	0	0%
3 Seasons							48	55	6	46	3	.945	1.08	14	11	44%

Teams Played For

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff
2006	18	GCL Dodgers	Gulf Coast League	Rk	LAD		2006-06-30	2006-08-19
2007	19	Great Lakes Loons	Midwest League	A	LAD		2007-04-05	2007-08-04
2007	19	Jacksonville Suns	Southern League	AA	LAD		2007-08-09	2007-08-31
2008	20	Jacksonville Suns	Southern League	AA	LAD		2008-04-04	2008-07-17
2008	20	Los Angeles Dodgers	National League	MLB	LAD	1	2008-05-25	2008-09-28
2009	21	Los Angeles Dodgers	National League	MLB	LAD	1	2009-04-09	2009-10-03
2010	22	Los Angeles Dodgers	National League	MLB	LAD	1	2010-04-07	2010-09-24
2011	23	Los Angeles Dodgers	National League	MLB	LAD	1	2011-03-31	2011-09-25
2012	24	Los Angeles Dodgers	National League	MLB	LAD	1	2012-04-05	2012-10-03
2013	25	Los Angeles Dodgers	National League	MLB	LAD	1	2013-04-01	2013-06-15

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