Clayton Edward Kershaw (The Claw) (twitter: @ClaytonKersh22)
Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 220 lb.
Born: March 19, 1988 in Dallas, TX
High Schools: Highland Park HS (Dallas, TX), Highland Park HS (Highland Park, TX)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed June 20, 2006.
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Debut: May 25, 2008 (Age 20)
vs. STL 6.0 IP, 5 H, 7 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER
Team: Dodgers 2008-2013
2013 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 2 yrs/$19M (12-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 4.105, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2015 [*],
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| Rk | Gcar | Gtm | Date | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | |||
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| 1 | 119 | 1 | Apr 5 | LAD | @ | SDP | W,5-3 | GS-3 | 99 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 12 | 39 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.11 | 0.146 | 1.31 | 1b start tie | 3b 3 out tie | |||
| 2 | 120 | 5 | Apr 10 | LAD | PIT | W,2-1 | GS-7 | 4 | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.90 | 24 | 88 | 65 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.35 | 0.234 | 2.19 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out tie | ||||
| 3 | 121 | 10 | Apr 15 | LAD | SDP | W,5-4 | GS-6 | 4 | 5.1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.35 | 26 | 89 | 57 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.25 | -0.106 | -0.78 | 1t start tie | 6t 123 1 out a2 | ||||
| 4 | 122 | 15 | Apr 21 | LAD | @ | HOU | W,5-1 | GS-7 | W(1-0) | 5 | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.61 | 25 | 105 | 61 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 0.398 | 3.30 | 1b start tie | 7b 3 out a3 | ||
| 5 | 123 | 20 | Apr 27 | LAD | WSN | W,3-2 | GS-8 | W(2-0) | 5 | 8.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1.78 | 31 | 113 | 71 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.09 | 0.319 | 1.65 | 1t start tie | 8t 3 out a1 | |||
| May | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 6 | 124 | 25 | May 2 | LAD | @ | COL | L,5-8 | GS-8 | 4 | 7.1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2.63 | 30 | 96 | 59 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.20 | -0.464 | -0.74 | 1b start tie | 8b --- 1 out d2 | |||
| 7 | 125 | 30 | May 8 | LAD | SFG | L,1-2 | GS-8 | L(2-1) | 5 | 8.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2.56 | 29 | 94 | 66 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .84 | 0.159 | 1.65 | 1t start tie | 8t 3 out d1 | |||
| 8 | 126 | 35 | May 14 | LAD | ARI | W,3-1 | GS-7 | W(3-1) | 5 | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2.22 | 27 | 108 | 64 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.16 | 0.399 | 3.19 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out a3 | |||
| 9 | 127 | 40 | May 19 | LAD | STL | W,6-0 | SHO | W(4-1) | 4 | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.90 | 31 | 117 | 81 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 79 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .73 | 0.397 | 4.11 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out a6 | |||
| 10 | 128 | 45 | May 25 | LAD | HOU | L,1-3 | GS-7 | L(4-2) | 5 | 7.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1.97 | 29 | 110 | 65 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .69 | -0.096 | 0.19 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out d3 | |||
| 11 | 129 | 50 | May 30 | LAD | MIL | L,3-6 | GS-6 | L(4-3) | 4 | 5.2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2.42 | 27 | 117 | 72 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.39 | -0.213 | -1.47 | 1t start tie | 6t 1-- 2 out d3 | |||
| June | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 12 | 130 | 55 | Jun 4 | LAD | @ | PHI | W,4-3 | GS-7 | 4 | 7.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2.55 | 30 | 104 | 69 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.34 | 0.105 | 0.40 | 1b start a 2 | 7b 3 out tie | |||
| 13 | 131 | 60 | Jun 9 | LAD | @ | SEA | W,8-3 | GS-7 | W(5-3) | 4 | 7.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2.65 | 27 | 115 | 75 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .95 | 0.160 | 0.12 | 1b start a 3 | 7b 3 out a2 | ||
| 14 | 132 | 65 | Jun 15 | LAD | CHW | W,7-6 | GS-6 | 5 | 6.0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2.86 | 28 | 104 | 70 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .66 | -0.282 | -2.26 | 1t start tie | 6t 3 out d4 | ||||
| 15 | 133 | 70 | Jun 21 | LAD | @ | OAK | L,1-4 | GS-8 | 5 | 8.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2.73 | 27 | 111 | 71 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.07 | 0.413 | 2.85 | 1b start tie | 8b 3 out tie | |||
| 16 | 134 | 75 | Jun 26 | LAD | @ | SFG | L,0-2 | GS-6 | L(5-4) | 4 | 6.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2.74 | 28 | 104 | 65 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .90 | -0.032 | 0.51 | 1b start tie | 6b 3 out d2 | ||
| July | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 17 | 135 | 80 | Jul 1 | LAD | NYM | W,8-3 | GS-7 | W(6-4) | 4 | 7.0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2.65 | 29 | 116 | 70 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.02 | 0.030 | 0.19 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out a1 | |||
| 18 | 136 | 85 | Jul 6 | LAD | @ | ARI | L,3-5 | GS-6 | L(6-5) | 4 | 5.1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2.91 | 22 | 104 | 61 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.21 | -0.316 | -1.66 | 1b start tie | 6b -2- 1 out d2 | ||
| 19 | 137 | 88 | Jul 13 | LAD | SDP | W,2-1 | GS-6 | W(7-5) | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2.84 | 27 | 110 | 70 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.14 | 0.170 | 1.74 | 1t start tie | 6t 3 out d1 | |||
| 20 | 138 | 93 | Jul 18 | LAD | PHI | W,5-3 | GS-8 | 4 | 8.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2.74 | 30 | 120 | 83 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.19 | 0.396 | 2.65 | 1t start tie | 8t 3 out tie | ||||
| 21 | 139 | 98 | Jul 24 | LAD | @ | STL | L,2-8 | GS-6 | L(7-6) | 5 | 5.2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3.14 | 28 | 105 | 63 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.25 | -0.404 | -3.62 | 1b start tie | 6b 12- 2 out d4 | ||
| 22 | 140 | 103 | Jul 29 | LAD | @ | SFG | W,4-0 | SHO | W(8-6) | 4 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2.95 | 32 | 116 | 74 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 83 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .87 | 0.427 | 3.77 | 1b start tie | 9b 3 out a4 | ||
| August | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 23 | 141 | 108 | Aug 4 | LAD | CHC | W,3-1 | GS-7 | W(9-6) | 5 | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2.88 | 26 | 112 | 74 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.21 | 0.299 | 2.19 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out a1 | |||
| 24 | 142 | 113 | Aug 10 | LAD | @ | MIA | W,5-2 | GS-7 | W(10-6) | 5 | 6.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2.88 | 25 | 114 | 73 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.19 | 0.034 | 0.44 | 1b start tie | 7b 12- 1 out a3 | ||
| 25 | 143 | 118 | Aug 15 | LAD | @ | PIT | W,9-3 | GS-8 | W(11-6) | 4 | 8.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2.90 | 29 | 108 | 79 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .57 | 0.112 | 0.53 | 1b start a 1 | 8b 3 out a6 | ||
| 26 | 144 | 123 | Aug 20 | LAD | SFG | L,1-2 | GS-8 | L(11-7) | 4 | 8.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2.87 | 29 | 109 | 81 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .74 | 0.088 | 1.65 | 1t start tie | 8t 3 out d2 | |||
| 27 | 145 | 127 | Aug 25 | LAD | MIA | W,8-2 | GS-8 | W(12-7) | 4 | 8.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2.84 | 29 | 94 | 60 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 74 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .52 | 0.046 | 1.65 | 1t start tie | 8t 3 out a5 | |||
| 28 | 146 | 132 | Aug 30 | LAD | ARI | L,0-2 | GS-6 | L(12-8) | 4 | 6.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2.85 | 27 | 110 | 68 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .96 | 0.007 | 0.74 | 1t start tie | 6t 3 out d2 | |||
| September/October | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 29 | 147 | 137 | Sep 4 | LAD | SDP | L,3-6 | GS-7 | 4 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2.79 | 29 | 116 | 72 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.20 | 0.311 | 2.19 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out tie | ||||
| 30 | 148 | 142 | Sep 11 | LAD | @ | ARI | L,0-1 | GS-7 | L(12-9) | 6 | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 25 | 105 | 67 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.17 | 0.197 | 2.53 | 1b start tie | 7b 3 out d1 | ||
| 31 | 149 | 153 | Sep 23 | LAD | @ | CIN | W,5-3 | GS-5 | 11 | 5.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2.68 | 24 | 92 | 52 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.43 | 0.166 | 1.54 | 1b start tie | 5b 3 out tie | |||
| 32 | 150 | 157 | Sep 28 | LAD | COL | W,8-0 | GS-8 | W(13-9) | 4 | 8.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2.58 | 30 | 113 | 80 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .54 | 0.220 | 3.65 | 1t start tie | 8t 3 out a5 | |||
| 33 | 151 | 162 | Oct 3 | LAD | SFG | W,5-1 | GS-8 | W(14-9) | 4 | 8.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2.53 | 29 | 111 | 71 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.25 | 0.391 | 2.65 | 1t start tie | 8t 3 out a1 | |||
| LAD | 227.2 | 170 | 70 | 64 | 63 | 229 | 16 | 5 | 2.53 | 901 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DH | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Other (days rest listed) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 10 | 2 | 11 and 99 days |
| Avg | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Other Game Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.03 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | runs |
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