Clayton Kershaw

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 225lb (193cm, 102kg)

Born: March 19, 1988 in Dallas, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (7th) of the 2006 MLB June Amateur Draft from Highland Park HS (Dallas, TX).

High School: Highland Park HS (Dallas, TX)

Debut: May 25, 2008 (Age 20-067d, 19,321st in major league history)
vs. STL 6.0 IP, 5 H, 7 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2008 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$5M (24) & 25 player option

Service Time (01/2024): 15.105 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: Excel Sports Management

National Team: us USA (18U)

Full Name: Clayton Edward Kershaw

Nicknames: The Claw, Kid K, The Minotaur or Kersh

Twitter: @ClaytonKersh22

Instagram: @claytonkershaw

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MVP
3x Cy Young
Triple Crown
10x All-Star
2020 World Series
Gold Glove
5x ERA Title
ML PoY
Clemente

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

-0.3

79.4

212

ERA

4.50

2.50

432

429

30.0

2742.2

2968

WHIP

1.500

1.010

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	16-15 / in Starts: 13-10
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	22 games
Most Games w/o RBI	22 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	2008	NLCS g2	Oct 10	LAD	@	PHI	L,5-8	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					8						P
2	2008	NLCS g4	Oct 13	LAD		PHI	L,5-7	6-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
2009 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	2009	NLDS g2	Oct 8	LAD		STL	W,3-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.73	-0.036	11.75	-0.34%	-0.25	P
4	2009	NLCS g1	Oct 15	LAD		PHI	L,6-8	GS-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	9	.37	0.011	9.67	0.15%	0.12	P
5	2009	NLCS g5	Oct 21	LAD	@	PHI	L,4-10	5-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	9						P
2013 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	2013	NLDS g1	Oct 3	LAD	@	ATL	W,6-1	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.73	-0.057	11.40	-0.58%	-1.37	P
7	2013	NLDS g4	Oct 7	LAD		ATL	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.97	-0.047	21.79	-0.58%	-0.41	P
8	2013	NLCS g2	Oct 12	LAD	@	STL	L,0-1	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	1.08	0.045	28.64	0.65%	0.23	P
9	2013	NLCS g6	Oct 18	LAD	@	STL	L,0-9	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.45	-0.011	17.28	-0.24%	-0.09	P
2014 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	2014	NLDS g1	Oct 3	LAD		STL	L,9-10	GS-7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1.000			9	1.25	-0.041	19.65	-0.39%	-0.21	P
11	2014	NLDS g4	Oct 7	LAD	@	STL	L,2-3	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	9	1.07	-0.001	23.85	-0.06%	-0.12	P
2015 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	2015	NLDS g1	Oct 9	LAD		NYM	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.06	-0.102	32.22	-0.96%	-0.81	P
13	2015	NLDS g4	Oct 13	LAD	@	NYM	W,3-1	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.56	0.003	12.51	-0.01%	-0.18	P
2016 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	2016	NLDS g1	Oct 7	LAD	@	WSN	W,4-3	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.05	-0.034	16.38	-0.33%	-0.37	P
15	2016	NLDS g4	Oct 11	LAD		WSN	W,6-5	GS-7	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.667	1.167	9	.54	0.066	10.54	0.72%	0.72	P
16	2016	NLDS g5	Oct 13	LAD	@	WSN	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.500	.667	1.167	7						P
17	2016	NLCS g2	Oct 16	LAD	@	CHC	W,1-0	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.500	.929	9	.97	-0.034	25.74	-0.58%	-0.33	P
18	2016	NLCS g6	Oct 22	LAD	@	CHC	L,0-5	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.429	.804	9	.34	-0.009	13.20	-0.19%	-0.10	P
2017 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	2017	NLDS g1	Oct 6	LAD		ARI	W,9-5	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	.44	-0.022	6.90	-0.19%	-0.51	P
20	2017	NLCS g1	Oct 14	LAD		CHC	W,5-2	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.47	-0.012	12.28	-0.17%	-0.10	P
21	2017	NLCS g5	Oct 19	LAD	@	CHC	W,11-1	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.16	-0.013	2.94	-0.15%	-0.47	P
22	2017	WS g1	Oct 24	LAD		HOU	W,3-1	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	1.14	-0.038	59.55	-1.12%	-0.36	P
23	2017	WS g7	Nov 1	LAD		HOU	L,1-5	3-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.20	-0.005	33.33	-0.55%	-0.10	P
2018 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	2018	NLDS g2	Oct 5	LAD		ATL	W,3-0	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	9	.42	-0.029	6.67	-0.25%	-0.41	P
25	2018	NLCS g1	Oct 12	LAD	@	MIL	L,5-6	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	9	.87	-0.022	22.72	-0.37%	-0.23	P
26	2018	NLCS g5	Oct 17	LAD		MIL	W,5-2	GS-8	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	9	.88	0.019	36.36	0.54%	0.31	P
27	2018	NLCS g7	Oct 20	LAD	@	MIL	W,5-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	9						P
28	2018	WS g3	Oct 26	LAD		BOS	W,3-2	17-18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.429	.000	.429	1	1.75	-0.043	72.91	-0.99%	-0.15	PH
29	2018	WS g5	Oct 28	LAD		BOS	L,1-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	9	.86	-0.043	30.97	-0.99%	-0.32	P
2019 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	2019	NLDS g2	Oct 4	LAD		WSN	L,2-4	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.38	-0.010	6.07	-0.10%	-0.11	P
31	2019	NLDS g5	Oct 9	LAD		WSN	L,3-7	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	5						P
									52	39	2	6	1	0	0	0	6	0	13	0	7	0		0	0	0	.154	.267	.179	.446

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