Clayton Kershaw
Clayton Edward Kershaw (The Claw)
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: March 19, 1988 in Dallas, TX
High School: Highland Park (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
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Standard Batting

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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 21 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 30 59 48 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 16 .104 .157 .104 .261 -28 5 1 0 8 0 0 1
2 Seasons 51 97 77 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 29 .091 .125 .091 .216 -41 7 1 0 17 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 308 245 10 22 0 0 0 6 0 0 10 92 .091 .125 .091 .216 -41 22 3 0 54 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
2 Seasons 97 88 1 0.3 104 .146 .091 .262 .125 .334 .091 .416 .216 .750 -41 .006 -15.7 -1.5 .141 .039 .000
162 Game Avg. 308 280 3 0.3 104 .146 .091 .262 .125 .334 .091 .416 .216 .750 -41 .006 -15.7 -1.5 .141 .039 .000

Postseason Batting

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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 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 Seasons (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

Ratio Batting*

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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 3.00 54% 10% 0.0% 30%
2 Seasons 97 0.0% 29.9% 3.1% 0.0% 0% 9.67 2.7 38.5 2.58 4.80 49% 9% 0.0% 25%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
2 Seasons 1 0 30% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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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 11 8 73% 13 1 8% 13 2 15% 44 2 5% 3 1 33% 1 0 0% 0
2 Seasons 97 69% 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 17 77% 27 1 4% 28 4 14% 69 2 3% 6 1 17% 3 0 0% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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
2 Seasons 97 321 3.31 239 74% 27% 21% 26% 27% 73% 0% 55% 72% 37% 2% 2 0 6% 6 0 1% 1 0 28% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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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 21 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 51 97 77 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 29 .091 .125 .091 .216 -41 7 1 0 17 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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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 21 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 21
2009 21 30 53 49 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 4 16 .122 .189 .122 .311 1 30
2 Seasons 51 82 78 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 4 29 .077 .122 .077 .199 1 51
162 Game Avg. 162 260 248 6 19 0 0 0 6 0 13 92 .077 .122 .077 .199 3 51

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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

                                         

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