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Clayton Kershaw

Clayton Edward Kershaw (The Claw)

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

Born: March 19, 1988 in Dallas, TX
High School: Highland Park HS (Dallas, TX)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed June 20, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 25, 2008
Team: Dodgers 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 2 yrs/$19M (12-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.105, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2015 [*],
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2008 20 LAD NL 22 38 29 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .069 .069 .069 .138 -63 2 0 0 9 0 0 1
2009 21 LAD NL 31 59 48 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 16 .104 .157 .104 .261 -28 5 1 0 8 0 0 1
2010 22 LAD NL 32 74 55 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17 .055 .071 .055 .126 -65 3 3 0 18 0 0 1
2011 23 LAD NL 33 86 71 10 16 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 13 .225 .267 .225 .492 39 16 1 1 11 0 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-12,GG
2012 24 LAD NL 10 24 19 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .158 .200 .211 .411 14 4 1 0 4 0 0 1
5 Yrs 128 281 222 18 29 1 0 0 7 0 0 8 64 .131 .165 .135 .300 -17 30 6 1 50 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 356 281 23 37 1 0 0 9 0 0 10 81 .131 .165 .135 .300 -17 38 8 1 63 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2008 20 LAD NL 22 38 -9 0 0 0 5 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .486 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $ 1
2009 21 LAD NL 31 59 -9 -0 0 0 8 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $404,000 1
2010 22 LAD NL 32 74 -13 0 -1 0 10 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.4 .487 .497 -0.4 0.0 -2 $440,000 1
2011 23 LAD NL 33 86 -6 0 0 0 11 6 0.6 2 8 0.6 .519 .504 0.6 0.0 8 $500,000 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-12,GG
2012 24 LAD NL 10 24 -3 0 0 0 3 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .512 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
5 Seasons 128 281 -40 1 1 0 38 -1 -0.0 8 7 -0.1 .500 .500 -0.1 0.0 7 $1,344,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2008 20 LAD NL 38 36 0 0.0 106 .125 .069 .265 .069 .336 .069 .423 .138 .759 -63 .000 -6.9 -0.7 .074 .000 .000
2009 21 LAD NL 59 52 1 0.5 102 .156 .104 .260 .157 .332 .104 .413 .261 .745 -28 .016 -8.8 -0.9 .182 .063 .000
2010 22 LAD NL 74 73 0 0.0 99 .079 .055 .257 .071 .327 .055 .405 .126 .732 -65 .000 -12.6 -1.3 .073 .018 .000
2011 23 LAD NL 86 67 5 2.0 96 .276 .225 .256 .267 .323 .225 .398 .492 .720 39 .190 -6.0 -0.6 .357 .042 .000
2012 24 LAD NL 24 21 1 1.3 97 .214 .158 .255 .200 .322 .211 .403 .411 .725 14 .090 -2.2 -0.2 .294 .105 .053
5 Yrs 281 249 7 0.8 99 .184 .131 .258 .165 .327 .135 .407 .300 .734 -17 .035 -36.6 -3.6 .196 .041 .005
162 Game Avg. 356 315 9 0.8 99 .184 .131 .258 .165 .327 .135 .407 .300 .734 -17 .035 -36.6 -3.6 .196 .041 .005

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2008 20 LAD NL NLCS PHI L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 21 LAD NL NLDS STL W 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 21 LAD NL NLCS PHI L 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (3 Series) 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2011 LAD NL 23

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2008 20 LAD NL 38 0.0% 34.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.2 6.00 21.00 42% 8% 0.0% 0%
2009 21 LAD NL 59 0.0% 27.1% 5.1% 0.0% 0% 5.33 3.0 24.0 1.90 2.70 54% 10% 0.0% 30%
2010 22 LAD NL 74 0.0% 23.0% 1.4% 0.0% 0% 17.00 3.2 55.0 3.50 4.40 51% 4% 0.0% 13%
2011 23 LAD NL 86 0.0% 15.1% 3.5% 0.0% 0% 4.33 5.5 17.8 2.86 4.78 67% 12% 0.0% 7%
2012 24 LAD NL 24 0.0% 20.8% 4.2% 4.2% 33% 5.00 3.8 4.50 15.00 58% 0% 0.0% 0%
5 Yrs 281 0.0% 22.8% 2.9% 0.4% 3% 8.00 3.5 31.7 3.00 4.84 56% 8% 0.0% 14%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.2% 8.5% 7.7% 33% 2.14 4.9 34.8 8.0 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.5% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2008 20 LAD NL -6.9 -0.7 38 -0.6 0.1 -0.7 .83 -0.7 -0.0 -7.7 -0.8 0.94 -8.1 0
2009 21 LAD NL -8.9 -0.9 59 -0.9 0.4 -1.3 1.01 -0.9 0.0 -9.6 -1.0 0.98 -9.9 0
2010 22 LAD NL -12.6 -1.3 75 -1.4 0.3 -1.7 1.02 -1.3 -0.0 -16.3 -1.7 1.04 -15.0 0
2011 23 LAD NL -6.0 -0.6 91 -0.6 0.8 -1.4 .85 -0.5 -0.3 -4.8 -0.5 1.05 -4.5 0
2012 24 LAD NL -2.2 -0.2 25 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 1.00 -0.2 -0.1 -4.5 -0.5 1.13 -2.7 0
5 Yrs -36.6 -3.6 288 -3.9 1.6 -5.6 .94 -3.7 -0.5 -42.9 -4.4 1.03 -40.2 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2008 20 LAD NL 0 0 50% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
2009 21 LAD NL 1 0 25% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 22 LAD NL 3 0 100% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 25% 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 23 LAD NL 1 0 50% 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 43% 6 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 0
2012 24 LAD NL 0 0 25% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
5 Yrs 5 0 47% 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 38% 12 8 4 0 0 0 4 2 2

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2008 20 LAD NL 38 55% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 9 82% 14 0 0% 15 2 13% 25 0 0% 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
2009 21 LAD NL 59 78% 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 8 67% 13 1 8% 13 2 15% 44 2 5% 3 1 33% 2 2 100% 0
2010 22 LAD NL 74 85% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 21 18 86% 21 3 14% 25 10 40% 57 2 4% 4 1 25% 6 4 67% 0
2011 23 LAD NL 86 77% 16 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 13 11 85% 17 1 6% 17 5 29% 53 5 9% 4 2 50% 1 1 100% 0
2012 24 LAD NL 24 75% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 7 1 14% 7 2 29% 17 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
5 Yrs 281 76% 29 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 64 50 78% 72 6 8% 77 21 27% 196 9 5% 14 4 29% 12 8 67% 0
MLB Averages 55% 68% 11% 32% 14% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2008 20 LAD NL 38 115 3.03 90 78% 31% 21% 20% 28% 69% 0% 54% 69% 42% 0% 0 0 8% 3 0 0% 0 0 38% 0 0 0
2009 21 LAD NL 59 206 3.49 149 72% 24% 20% 29% 27% 76% 0% 55% 73% 34% 3% 2 0 5% 3 0 2% 1 0 19% 0 0 0
2010 22 LAD NL 74 268 3.62 193 72% 28% 13% 30% 29% 72% 0% 52% 82% 34% 1% 1 0 8% 6 1 1% 1 0 29% 0 0 0
2011 23 LAD NL 86 297 3.45 209 70% 30% 11% 26% 33% 70% 0% 49% 84% 28% 5% 4 0 10% 9 1 2% 2 0 23% 0 0 0
2012 24 LAD NL 25 80 3.20 55 69% 29% 20% 18% 33% 71% 0% 49% 72% 32% 0% 0 0 8% 2 0 4% 1 0 20% -1 0 0
5 Yrs 282 966 3.43 696 72% 28% 16% 26% 30% 72% 0% 52% 78% 33% 2% 7 0 8% 23 2 2% 5 0 27% -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2008 20 22 38 29 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .069 .069 .069 .138 -63 2 0 0 9 0 0
2009 21 53 97 77 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 29 .091 .125 .091 .216 -41 7 1 0 17 0 0
2010 22 85 171 132 7 10 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 46 .076 .103 .076 .179 -50 10 4 0 35 0 0
2011 23 118 257 203 17 26 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 59 .128 .161 .128 .289 -19 26 5 1 46 0 0
2012 24 128 281 222 18 29 1 0 0 7 0 0 8 64 .131 .165 .135 .300 -17 30 6 1 50 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2008 20 22 38 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 22
2009 21 31 61 49 3 6 0 0 0 3 0 4 16 .122 .189 .122 .311 1 31
2010 22 32 74 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 .000 .018 .000 .018 0 32
2011 23 33 88 73 12 18 0 0 0 5 0 3 13 .247 .286 .247 .532 5 33
2012 24 10 24 19 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 .158 .200 .211 .411 1 10
5 Yrs 128 285 225 16 27 1 0 0 8 0 9 64 .120 .157 .124 .282 7 128
162 Game Avg. 162 361 285 20 34 1 0 0 10 0 11 81 .120 .157 .124 .282 9 128

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2011 *

Awards (yr lg award)
2011 NL Cy Young
2011 NL Triple Crown
2011 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2011 NL (12, 6%)
0.06 Career Shares (1057th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2011 NL (1, 92%)
1 Cy Young
0.92 Career Shares (58th)

Gold Gloves
2011 NL (P)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2011 NL  6.9 (5th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2010 NL  18 (1st)
2011 NL  11 (7th)
2012 NL  4 (8th)
Active  50 (34th)

Youngest s c a p y
2008 NL  born 1988-03-19 (1st)
2009 NL  born 1988-03-19 (3rd)

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