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Clayton Kershaw

Clayton Edward Kershaw (The Claw)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 215 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
Team: Dodgers 2008-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 1 yr/$500k (11), 2 yrs/$19M (12-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.105, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2015 [*],
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 12:11AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #158. George Mullin… #159. Cliff Lee… #160. Schoolboy Rowe… #161. CLAYTON KERSHAW… #162. Mike Cuellar… #163. Bobo Newsom… #164. Rube Marquard… 

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 11 701 143 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 5 912 163 0.977 6.7 0.6 2.1 9.6 4.59 AS,CYA-1,MVP-12,GG
4 Seasons 47 28 .627 2.88 118 116 1 6 3 0 716.1 562 245 229 46 278 18 745 12 5 28 2931 135 1.173 7.1 0.6 3.5 9.4 2.68
162 Game Avg. 14 8 .627 2.88 34 34 0 2 1 0 208 163 71 67 13 81 5 216 3 1 8 852 135 1.173 7.1 0.6 3.5 9.4 2.68

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2008 20 LAD NL 107.2 21 51 62 1 1.0 11 1.2 $
2009 21 LAD NL 171.0 30 55 92 2 1.1 37 4.2 $404,000
2010 22 LAD NL 204.1 32 73 114 -0 1.0 41 4.5 $440,000
2011 23 LAD NL 233.1 33 66 130 -1 1.0 64 7.0 $500,000 AS,CYA-1,MVP-12,GG
4 Seasons 716.1 116 245 398 2 1.0 153 16.9 $1,344,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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

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 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 32 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
4 Seasons 117 257 203 17 26 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 59 .128 .161 .128 .289 -19 26 5 1 46 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 356 281 24 36 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 82 .128 .161 .128 .289 -19 36 7 1 64 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2008 20 LAD NL 38 -7 0 0 0 0 3 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 1
2009 21 LAD NL 59 -9 -0 0 0 0 6 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $404,000 1
2010 22 LAD NL 74 -13 0 1 -1 0 8 2 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $440,000 1
2011 23 LAD NL 86 -6 0 -0 1 0 9 2 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $500,000 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-12,GG
4 Seasons 257 -35 0 0 0 0 25 6 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $1,344,000

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 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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
2008 LAD NL 20 P 22 107.2 20 1 18 1 2 .950 1 2 1.59 0.86 .959 1.73 1.72
2009 LAD NL 21 P 31 171.0 27 8 19 0 2 1.000 2 2 1.42 0.87 .955 1.72 1.70
2010 LAD NL 22 P 32 204.1 36 5 30 1 0 .972 2 2 1.54 1.09 .954 1.73 1.72
2011 LAD NL 23 P 33 33 5 233.1 47 9 38 0 2 1.000 2 2 1.81 1.42 .955 1.80 1.79 14 9 39% 9 AS,CYA-1,MVP-12,GG
4 Seasons P 118 33 5 716.1 130 23 105 2 6 .985 7 1 1.61 1.08 .955 1.75 1.73 14 9 39% 9
4 Seasons TOT 118 33 5 716.1 130 23 105 2 6 .985 7 11 1.61 1.08 .955 1.75 1.73 14 9 39% 9
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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  7.6 (3rd)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2010 NL  4.5 (9th)
2011 NL  7.0 (2nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2009 NL  2.79 (5th)
2010 NL  2.91 (9th)
2011 NL  2.28 (1st)

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)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2009 NL  6.263 (1st)
2010 NL  7.047 (4th)
2011 NL  6.711 (1st)

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)

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)

Complete Games s c a p y
2011 NL  5 (3rd)

Shutouts s c a p y
2010 NL  1 (8th)
2011 NL  2 (2nd)
Active  3 (48th)

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  132 (10th)
2011 NL  163 (2nd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2009 NL  25 (10th)
2011 NL  38 (3rd)
Active  86 (32nd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2011 NL  4.2 (3rd)
Active  9.3 (32nd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2009 NL  28.94 (10th)
2010 NL  25.63 (10th)
2011 NL  38.00 (3rd)
Active  93.69 (34th)
Career  93.69 (186th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2009 NL  3.1 (8th)
2010 NL  3.5 (10th)
2011 NL  3.8 (8th)
Active  10.9 (39th)
Career  10.9 (163rd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2009 NL  3.0 (4th)
2010 NL  3.0 (7th)
2011 NL  4.6 (1st)
Active  10.5 (27th)
Career  10.5 (134th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2009 NL  3.1 (9th)
2011 NL  4.3 (3rd)
Active  10.4 (33rd)
Career  10.4 (176th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2010 NL  18 (1st)
2011 NL  11 (7th)

Assists as P s c a p y
2011 NL  38 (5th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
2009 NL  1.000 (1st)

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

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 16 (138), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 41 (611), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 28 (466), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 24 (219), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  3. Mike Lynch (942)
  4. David Price (936)
  5. Jair Jurrjens (935)
  6. Mark Prior (935)
  7. Nat Hudson (935)
  8. Bill Sweeney (932)
  9. Ricky Romero (932)
  10. Yovani Gallardo (932)
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  1. Vida Blue (965)
  2. Dontrelle Willis (949)
  3. Hal Schumacher (947)
  4. Ramon Martinez (944)
  5. Jimmy Dygert (942)
  6. Dean Chance (942)
  7. Dave Boswell (941)
  8. Ismael Valdez (941)
  9. Al Mamaux (941)
  10. Ken Holtzman (939)
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
  3. Dave McNally (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Vida Blue (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200921Los Angeles Dodgers$404,000
201022Los Angeles Dodgers$440,000
201123Los Angeles Dodgers$500,000
201224Los Angeles Dodgers$7,500,000
201325Los Angeles Dodgers$11,000,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,344,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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