You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Encyclopedia of Players > K Listing > Clayton Kershaw Statistics and History

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

Born: March 19, 1988 in 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
    About biographical information

Standard Pitching

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · CSV · PRE · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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 7 470 100 1.495 9.1 0.9 4.3 8.4 1.92
2009 21 LAD NL 6 5 .545 3.27 17 17 0 0 0 0 93.2 66 34 34 5 54 3 95 1 2 3 388 127 1.281 6.3 0.5 5.2 9.1 1.76
2 Seasons 11 10 .524 3.80 39 38 0 0 0 0 201.1 175 85 85 16 106 6 195 2 2 10 858 111 1.396 7.8 0.7 4.7 8.7 1.84
162 Game Avg. 10 9 .524 3.80 34 34 0 0 0 0 178 155 75 75 14 94 5 172 2 2 9 758 111 1.396 7.8 0.7 4.7 8.7 1.84

Postseason Pitching

Glossary · Click headers to sort · CSV · PRE
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 2.0 1 1 2 1 1.500 4.5 9.0 4.5 0.50
1 NLCS 0 0 4.50 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 2 1 1.500 4.5 9.0 4.5 0.50

Standard Batting

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · CSV · PRE · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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 16 33 24 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 .167 .259 .167 .426 17 4 1 0 6 0 0 1
2 Seasons 37 71 53 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 19 .113 .161 .113 .274 -26 6 1 0 15 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 311 232 13 26 0 0 0 4 0 0 13 83 .113 .161 .113 .274 -26 26 4 0 66 0 0

Postseason Batting

Glossary · Click headers to sort · CSV · PRE
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
1 NLCS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · CSV · PRE
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2008 LAD NL 20 P 22 21 107.2 20 1 18 1 2 .950 1.59 0.86 .960 1.73 0.43
2009 LAD NL 21 P 17 17 93.2 14 3 11 0 2 1.000 1.35 0.82 .950 1.69 0.42
2 Seasons P 39 38 201.1 34 4 29 1 4 .971 1.48 0.85 .956 1.71 0.43
2 Seasons TOT 39 38 201.1 34 4 29 1 4 .971 1.48 0.85 .926 1.71 0.43

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2009 NL--6.342--2nd

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2009 NL--9.128--7th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2009 NL--54--1st

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2009 NL--.480--6th

Youngest s c a p y
2008 NL--born 1988-03-19--1st
2009 NL--born 1988-03-19--2nd

                                         

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Aaron Laffey (985)
  2. Harvey Bailey (985)
  3. Cy Warmoth (984)
  4. Curly Brown (984)
  5. Jim Egan (982)
  6. Jocko Thompson (981)
  7. Gary Ryerson (978)
  8. Jack Dunleavy (977)
  9. Charlie Shields (977)
  10. Jerry Nyman (977)
Similar Pitchers through 20 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Dave McNally (991)
  2. Sandy Koufax (986) *
  3. Cannonball Titcomb (984)
  4. Johnny Podres (983)
  5. Dick Brodowski (980)
  6. Denny McLain (978)
  7. Mickey McDermott (978)
  8. Kevin Kobel (978)
  9. Bob Friend (974)
  10. Bart Johnson (972)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Dave McNally (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 6, 2006: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 2006 amateur draft. Player signed June 20, 2006.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2008.

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Clayton Kershaw    

Viewed 18,829 times through July 10, 2009.
Name and misspellings: Clayton Clayton Edward Kershaw

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.