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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 Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
2006	18	LAD-min	Rk	2	0	1.000	1.95	10	8	1	0	0	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	DGR · GULF
2007	19	LAD-min	A,AA	8	7	.533	2.95	25	25	0	0	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	GRL,JCK · MIDW,SOUL
2008	20	LAD-min	AA	2	3	.400	1.91	13	11	0	0	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	JCK · SOUL
2008	20	LAD	NL	5	5	.500	4.26	22	21	0	0	0	0	107.2	109	51	51	11	52	3	100	1	0	7	470	98	1.495	9.1	0.9	4.3	8.4	1.92
2009	21	LAD	NL	8	8	.500	2.79	31	30	1	0	0	0	171.0	119	55	53	7	91	4	185	1	2	11	701	143	1.228	*6.3*	0.4	4.8	9.7	2.03
2010	22	LAD	NL	13	10	.565	2.91	32	32	0	1	1	0	204.1	160	73	66	13	81	9	212	7	2	5	848	133	1.179	7.0	0.6	3.6	9.3	2.62
2011	23	LAD	NL	21	5	.808	*2.28*	33	33	0	5	2	0	233.1	174	66	59	15	54	2	248	3	1	5	912	161	0.977	6.7	0.6	2.1	9.6	4.59	AS,CYA-1,MVP-12,GG
2012	24	LAD	NL	4	2	.667	1.97	10	10	0	1	1	0	68.2	47	17	15	6	15	1	57	0	1	1	264	188	0.903	6.2	0.8	2.0	7.5	3.80
5 Yrs				51	30	.630	2.80	128	126	1	7	4	0	785.0	609	262	244	52	293	19	802	12	6	29	3195	138	1.149	7.0	0.6	3.4	9.2	2.74
162 Game Avg.				14	8	.630	2.80	34	34	0	2	1	0	210	163	70	65	14	78	5	215	3	2	8	855	138	1.149	7.0	0.6	3.4	9.2	2.74

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
2008	20	LAD	NL	107.2	22	21	51	4.26	4.61	-0.07	0.18	96.5	4.69	6	0.6	1.6	-0.1	1.3	16	.528	.504	$
2009	21	LAD	NL	171.0	31	30	55	2.89	4.57	0.07	0.17	96.3	4.49	30	3.4	.0	-0.1	4.5	47	.608	.521	$404,000
2010	22	LAD	NL	204.1	32	32	73	3.22	4.44	-0.34	0.17	96.5	4.78	35	4.0		-0.1	5.4	54	.626	.525	$440,000
2011	23	LAD	NL	233.1	33	33	66	2.55	4.13	0.02	0.15	96.5	4.12	39	4.8		-0.1	6.3	61	.644	.529	$500,000	AS,CYA-1,MVP-12,GG
2012	24	LAD	NL	68.2	10	10	17	2.23	4.10	0.32	0.15	97.2	3.82	11	1.3		-0.1	1.7	18	.631	.508	$
5 Seasons				785.0	128	126	262	3.00	4.37	-0.05	0.16	96.5	4.42	122	14.1	.8	-0.6	19.2	196	.610	.517	$1,344,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2008	20	LAD	NL	NLCS	L	PHI	0		4.50	2	0	2.0	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	9	1.500	4.5	0.0	9.0	4.5	0.50
2009	21	LAD	NL	NLDS	W	STL	0		2.70	1	1	6.2	9	2	2	1	1	1	4	0	1	28	1.500	12.2	1.4	1.4	5.4	4.00
2009	21	LAD	NL	NLCS	L	PHI	1	.000	9.45	2	1	6.2	5	7	7	2	6	0	6	1	3	31	1.650	6.8	2.7	8.1	8.1	1.00
2 Yrs (3 Series)							1	.000	5.87	5	2	15.1	15	10	10	3	9	1	11	1	4	68	1.565	8.8	1.8	5.3	6.5	1.22
1 NLDS							0		2.70	1	1	6.2	9	2	2	1	1	1	4	0	1	28	1.500	12.2	1.4	1.4	5.4	4.00
2 NLCS							1	.000	8.31	4	1	8.2	6	8	8	2	8	0	7	1	3	40	1.615	6.2	2.1	8.3	7.3	0.88

All-Star Pitching

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	W	L	W-L%	ERA	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2011	LAD	NL	23	0	0	0		0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
2008	20	LAD	NL	22	470	411	51	109	22	2	11	5	2	52	100	.265	.347	.409	.756	.323	168	12	1	3	3	3	3
2009	21	LAD	NL	31	701	596	55	119	28	0	7	6	7	91	185	.200	.306	.282	.588	.276	168	12	1	11	2	4	2
2010	22	LAD	NL	32	848	748	73	160	32	4	13	8	8	81	212	.214	.295	.320	.615	.279	239	9	7	8	4	9	9
2011	23	LAD	NL	33	912	842	66	174	30	1	15	14	9	54	248	.207	.256	.298	.554	.274	251	14	3	11	2	2	11
2012	24	LAD	NL	10	264	242	17	47	10	1	6	2	2	15	57	.194	.241	.318	.559	.229	77	8	0	6	0	1	5
5 Yrs				128	3195	2839	262	609	122	8	52	35	28	293	802	.215	.290	.318	.608	.279	903	55	12	39	11	19	30
162 Game Avg.				34	855	760	70	163	33	2	14	9	7	78	215	.215	.290	.318	.608	.279	242	15	3	10	3	5	8
MLB Averages																.259	.327	.408	.736	.297

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi
2008	20	LAD	NL	1.0	0.1	486	0.5	8.6	-8.1	1.00	-0.1	0.5	1.1	0.1	1.00	-1.8	1
2009	21	LAD	NL	25.2	2.6	727	3.1	13.7	-10.5	1.06	3.0	-0.1	28.9	3.1	1.06	32.4	0
2010	22	LAD	NL	22.4	2.4	871	3.5	16.0	-12.5	1.03	3.0	0.4	25.8	2.8	1.03	32.5	0
2011	23	LAD	NL	37.6	4.2	944	3.8	17.1	-13.3	1.00	4.6	-0.8	38.0	4.4	1.00	43.3	0
2012	24	LAD	NL	13.6	*1.5*	271	1.3	4.9	-3.6	1.03	1.6	-0.3	15.0	1.8	1.03	16.4	0
5 Yrs				99.8	10.8	3299	12.1	60.3	-48.1	1.02	12.1	-0.3	108.9	12.2	1.02	122.8	1

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
2008	20	LAD	NL	22	21	5	5	11	1	0	13	8	.619	5	3	0	0	8	38%	50.0	70	18	20	6	0	8	4.4	4.2	5.1	88	4	13	4	0	108
2009	21	LAD	NL	31	30	8	8	14	1	1	14	16	.467	3	4	0	0	16	53%	58.0	83	12	19	6	0	13	4.0	3.1	5.6	100	1	13	16	0	112
2010	22	LAD	NL	32	32	13	10	9	3	6	18	14	.563	5	3	1	1	23	72%	59.2	84	17	18	5	0	12	3.9	4.0	6.4	106	1	4	27	0	118
2011	23	LAD	NL	33	33	21	5	7	1	1	23	10	.697	2	4	5	2	25	76%	64.8	93	32	19	5	0	17	4.4	4.5	7.1	105	1	8	22	2	125
2012	24	LAD	NL	10	10	4	2	4	0	2	7	3	.700	1	1	1	1	7	70%	64.8	79	38	3	2	0	6	3.8	3.4	6.9	96	1	4	5	0	117
5 Yrs				128	126	51	30	45	6	10	75	51	.595	16	15	7	4	79	63%	59	93	12	79	24	0	56	4.2	4.0	6.2	100	8	42	74	2	125
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	100	-13					4.5	4.5	5.9	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	SVSit	Hold	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	Ahd	Empt	>3o	IPmult	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2008	20	LAD	NL	22	1	0	1	1	6	1.004	1	1	1	0	0	3.0	13
2009	21	LAD	NL	31	1	1	0	0	8	1.059	0	1	1	1	1	6.0	39
2 Yrs				53	2	1	1	1		1.037	1	2	2	1	1	4.5	26

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
2008	20	LAD	NL	470	20%	2.3%	21.3%	11.1%	7.5%	32%	0.97	1.54	64%	19%	8.0%	10%	96	12	13%
2009	21	LAD	NL	701	22%	1.0%	26.4%	13.0%	5.0%	29%	0.66	0.86	58%	18%	3.4%	18%	130	12	9%
2010	22	LAD	NL	848	21%	1.5%	25.0%	9.6%	5.8%	31%	0.70	0.90	62%	18%	5.1%	19%	152	9	6%
2011	23	LAD	NL	912	17%	1.6%	27.2%	5.9%	5.0%	26%	0.77	0.95	64%	15%	5.7%	20%	140	14	10%
2012	24	LAD	NL	264	15%	2.3%	21.6%	5.7%	6.4%	36%	1.00	1.39	68%	14%	7.9%	17%	37	8	22%
5 Yrs				3195	19%	1.6%	25.1%	9.2%	5.7%	30%	0.77	1.02	62%	17%	5.6%	18%	555	55	10%
MLB Averages					45%	2.6%	18.2%	8.5%	7.7%	33%	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	13%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2008	20	LAD	NL	470	1859	3.96	1130	61%	32%	15%	25%	28%	68%	2%	41%	79%	54%	6%	27	15	22%	104	46	2	36%	14	9	0	0	0
2009	21	LAD	NL	704	3028	4.30	1851	61%	29%	18%	31%	23%	71%	1%	43%	75%	55%	7%	48	27	25%	177	98	7	29%	26	17	-3	0	0
2010	22	LAD	NL	853	3390	3.97	2135	63%	30%	17%	27%	26%	70%	3%	44%	75%	60%	6%	48	27	28%	236	129	12	24%	47	12	-5	0	0
2011	23	LAD	NL	918	3469	3.78	2264	65%	26%	19%	29%	27%	74%	0%	48%	75%	64%	4%	38	21	25%	230	110	8	19%	43	16	-6	0	0
2012	24	LAD	NL	266	959	3.61	614	64%	27%	18%	24%	31%	73%	1%	47%	75%	62%	3%	8	4	23%	60	38	5	19%	17	3	-2	0	1
5 Yrs				3211	12705	3.96	7994	63%	29%	17%	28%	26%	71%	1%	45%	76%	59%	5%	169	94	25%	807	421	34	25%	147	57	-16	0	1
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
2008	20	LAD	NL	470	109	18	3	11	0	9	8	3	6	5	26	9	4	35%	3	7	1	173	5	2	71%	4	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	13	0
2009	21	LAD	NL	701	119	12	0	7	0	16	6	1	1	6	29	16	4	55%	2	11	0	252	6	7	46%	4	5	2	2	0	0	7	4	20	0
2010	22	LAD	NL	848	160	17	2	13	0	14	6	7	10	3	27	16	6	59%	9	5	1	309	8	8	50%	7	8	1	0	0	0	10	7	10	0
2011	23	LAD	NL	912	174	26	3	15	0	15	12	3	5	10	30	12	8	40%	11	5	0	282	14	9	61%	12	9	2	0	0	0	10	7	12	0
2012	24	LAD	NL	264	47	10	0	6	0	2	3	3	3	3	5	2	2	40%	5	1	2	80	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	0
5 Yrs				3195	609	83	8	52	0	56	35	17	25	27	117	55	24	47%	30	29	4	1096	35	28	56%	29	26	6	2	0	0	31	22	59	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2008	20	5	5	.500	4.26	22	21	0	0	0	107.2	109	51	51	11	52	3	100	1	0	7	470	98	1.495	9.1	0.9	4.3	8.4	1.92	98
2009	21	13	13	.500	3.36	53	51	1	0	0	278.2	228	106	104	18	143	7	285	2	2	18	1171	121	1.331	7.4	0.6	4.6	9.2	1.99	121
2010	22	26	23	.531	3.17	85	83	1	1	1	483.0	388	179	170	31	224	16	497	9	4	23	2019	126	1.267	7.2	0.6	4.2	9.3	2.22	126
2011	23	47	28	.627	2.88	118	116	1	6	3	716.1	562	245	229	46	278	18	745	12	5	28	2931	135	1.173	7.1	0.6	3.5	9.4	2.68	135
2012	24	51	30	.630	2.80	128	126	1	7	4	785.0	609	262	244	52	293	19	802	12	6	29	3195	138	1.149	7.0	0.6	3.4	9.2	2.74	138

Neutralized Pitching

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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	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2008	20	5	6	.455	4.50	102.0	110	57	51	11	52	95	1	1.588	9.7	4.6	8.4	1.83	1.0	22
2009	21	11	6	.647	3.06	162.0	122	61	55	7	93	175	1	1.327	6.8	5.2	9.7	1.88	0.4	31
2010	22	13	8	.619	3.20	197.0	165	78	70	13	84	205	7	1.264	7.5	3.8	9.4	2.44	0.6	32
2011	23	17	7	.708	2.66	223.0	184	73	66	16	57	237	3	1.081	7.4	2.3	9.6	4.16	0.6	33
2012	24	5	2	.714	2.32	66.0	50	19	17	6	16	55	0	1.000	6.8	2.2	7.5	3.44	0.8	10
5 Yrs		51	29	.638	3.11	750.0	631	288	259	53	302	767	12	1.244	7.6		9.2	2.54	0.6	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)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 2010 NL 5.4 (7th) 2011 NL 6.3 (3rd) 2012 NL 1.7 (6th) Active 19.2 (37th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 2009 NL 2.79 (5th) 2010 NL 2.91 (9th) 2011 NL 2.28 (1st) 2012 NL 1.97 (2nd)
Wins s c a p y 2011 NL 21 (1st)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 2011 NL .808 (2nd)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 2011 NL 0.977 (1st) 2012 NL 0.903 (1st)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 2009 NL 6.263 (1st) 2010 NL 7.047 (4th) 2011 NL 6.711 (1st) 2012 NL 6.160 (5th)
Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 2009 NL 9.737 (5th) 2010 NL 9.338 (4th) 2011 NL 9.566 (2nd)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 2011 NL 233.3 (3rd) 2012 NL 68.7 (6th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 2010 NL 212 (5th) 2011 NL 248 (1st)	Games Started s c a p y 2011 NL 33 (4th) 2012 NL 10 (5th)
Complete Games s c a p y 2011 NL 5 (3rd) 2012 NL 1 (1st)	Shutouts s c a p y 2010 NL 1 (8th) 2011 NL 2 (2nd) 2012 NL 1 (1st) Active 4 (35th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 2009 NL 91 (3rd) 2010 NL 81 (7th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 2011 NL 4.593 (3rd)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 2009 NL 0.368 (2nd) 2010 NL 0.573 (7th) 2011 NL 0.579 (5th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 2009 NL 11 (6th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 2011 NL 912 (6th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 2009 NL 143 (10th) 2010 NL 133 (9th) 2011 NL 163 (2nd) 2012 NL 188 (3rd)
Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 2009 NL 25 (10th) 2010 NL 22 (9th) 2011 NL 38 (3rd) 2012 NL 14 (1st) Active 99 (30th) Career 99 (246th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 2010 NL 2.4 (10th) 2011 NL 4.2 (3rd) 2012 NL 1.5 (1st) Active 10.8 (27th) Career 10.8 (236th)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 2009 NL 28.94 (10th) 2010 NL 25.80 (10th) 2011 NL 38.00 (3rd) 2012 NL 15.00 (1st) Active 108.86 (30th) Career 108.86 (133rd)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 2009 NL 3.1 (8th) 2010 NL 3.5 (10th) 2011 NL 3.8 (8th) 2012 NL 1.3 (8th) Active 12.1 (31st) Career 12.1 (143rd)
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 2009 NL 3.0 (4th) 2010 NL 3.0 (6th) 2011 NL 4.6 (1st) 2012 NL 1.6 (1st) Active 12.1 (23rd) Career 12.1 (113th)	Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 2009 NL 3.1 (9th) 2011 NL 4.3 (3rd) 2012 NL 1.8 (1st) Active 12.2 (26th) Career 12.2 (122nd)	Youngest s c a p y 2008 NL born 1988-03-19 (1st) 2009 NL born 1988-03-19 (3rd)

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink	Pitching - 19 (107), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 54 (470), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 30 (459), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 28 (164), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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