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 Pitching

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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
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 11 701 141 1.228 6.3 0.4 4.8 9.7 2.03
2 Seasons 13 13 .500 3.36 53 51 1 0 0 0 278.2 228 106 104 18 143 7 285 2 2 18 1171 120 1.331 7.4 0.6 4.6 9.2 1.99
162 Game Avg. 9 9 .500 3.36 35 33 1 0 0 0 182 149 69 68 12 94 5 186 1 1 12 766 120 1.331 7.4 0.6 4.6 9.2 1.99

Postseason Pitching

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

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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 Seasons 53 1171 1007 106 228 50 2 18 11 9 143 285 .226 .322 .334 .656 .296 336 24 2 14 5 7
162 Game Avg. 35 766 658 69 149 33 1 12 7 6 94 186 .226 .322 .334 .656 .296 220 16 1 9 3 5
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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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 3 3 0 0 8 38% 50 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 2 4 0 0 16 53% 58 83 12 19 6 0 13 4.0 3.1 5.6 100 1 13 16 0 112
2 Seasons 53 51 13 13 25 2 1 27 24 .529 5 7 0 0 24 47% 55 83 12 39 12 0 21 4.2 3.5 5.4 95 5 26 20 0 112
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2008 20 LAD NL 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 0.999 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 13
2009 21 LAD NL 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.049 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 39
2 Seasons 53 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1.029 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5 26

Ratio Pitching*

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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 80% 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 78% 1.0% 26.4% 13.0% 5.0% 29% 0.66 0.87 58% 18% 3.4% 18% 130 12 9%
2 Seasons 1171 79% 1.5% 24.3% 12.2% 6.0% 31% 0.78 1.10 61% 18% 5.3% 15% 226 24 11%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 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 701 3020 4.31 1845 61% 29% 18% 31% 23% 71% 1% 44% 75% 55% 7% 48 27 25% 176 98 7 29% 26 17 0 0 0
2 Seasons 1171 4879 4.17 2975 61% 30% 16% 29% 25% 70% 1% 43% 77% 55% 6% 75 42 24% 280 144 9 32% 40 26 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 3 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
2 Seasons 1171 228 30 3 18 0 25 14 4 7 11 55 25 8 45% 5 18 1 425 11 9 55% 8 7 3 2 0 0 10 6 33 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
2008 20 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 98
2009 21 13 13 .500 3.36 53 51 1 0 0 0 278.2 228 106 104 18 143 7 285 2 2 18 1171 120 1.331 7.4 0.6 4.6 9.2 1.99 120

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 4.46 103.0 109 57 51 11 52 96 1 1.563 9.5 4.5 8.4 1.85 1.0 22
2009 21 12 6 .667 2.93 163.0 119 59 53 7 91 176 1 1.288 6.6 5.0 9.7 1.93 0.4 31
2 Seasons 17 12 .586 3.52 266.0 228 116 104 18 143 272 2 1.395 7.7 9.2 1.90 0.6 53

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2009 NL--2.789--5th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2009 NL--6.263--1st

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2009 NL--9.737--5th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2009 NL--91--3rd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2009 NL--.368--2nd

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2009 NL--11--6th

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 2 (718), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 6 (1720), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Frank Knauss (973)
  2. Lew Brockett (973)
  3. Ed Bahr (970)
  4. Tip O'Neill (968)
  5. J.A. Happ (968)
  6. Dan Marion (965)
  7. Walt Kinney (965)
  8. Rick Ankiel (965)
  9. Norm Baker (964)
  10. Spec Harkness (963)
Similar Pitchers through 21 
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  1. Britt Burns (972)
  2. Moe Drabowsky (971)
  3. John Henry Johnson (971)
  4. Jack Fisher (970)
  5. Carl Cashion (970)
  6. Ken Holtzman (969)
  7. Norm Baker (968)
  8. Jerry Walker (966)
  9. Dontrelle Willis (966)
  10. Mike Witt (965)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Dave McNally (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Britt Burns (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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