Clayton Kershaw

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

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

Team: Los Angeles Dodgers (majors, 15-day IL)

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	23-9 / in Starts: 23-9
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 86 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	53 (30-13-10)
Avg. MLBer w/ 86 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	52 (25-17-8)

Most Driven In
T Gwynn	1
J Gibbons	1
J Loney	1
D Navarro	1
J Carroll	0

Most Driven In By
M Kemp	2
C Blake	2
A Ethier	1
J Sands	1
R Furcal	1
T Gwynn	1
A Miles	1
D Strange-Gordon	0

2011 Batting Game Log

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2011 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	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	83	1	Mar 31	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.64	-0.123	1.80	-0.08%	-1.23	P
2	84	5 (3)	Apr 5	LAD	@	COL	L,0-3	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.51	-0.053	1.80	-0.04%	-0.48	P
3	85	10 (4)	Apr 11	LAD	@	SFG	W,6-1	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.81	-0.054	.92	-0.04%	-0.68	P
4	86	15 (4)	Apr 16	LAD		STL	L,2-9	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	1.09	-0.027	.95	-0.01%	-0.21	P
5	87	20 (4)	Apr 21	LAD		ATL	W,5-3	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.273	.545	9	.98	0.000	.86	0.00%	0.10	P
6	88	25 (4)	Apr 26	LAD	@	FLA	L,2-4	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.308	.308	.615	9	.97	0.027	.95	0.02%	0.16	P
May		Gtm	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
7	89	30 (4)	May 2	LAD		CHC	W,5-2	GS-7	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.267	.267	.533	9	.94	0.027	.85	0.01%	0.29	P
8	90	35 (4)	May 8	LAD	@	NYM	W,4-2	GS-7	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.278	.235	.513	9	1.14	0.029	.89	0.01%	0.20	P
9	91	39 (3)	May 13	LAD		ARI	W,4-3	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.263	.222	.485	9	.86	-0.028	.85	-0.02%	-0.26	P
10	92	44 (4)	May 18	LAD		SFG	L,5-8	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.250	.211	.461	9	.48	-0.012	.51	-0.01%	-0.09	P
11	93	49 (4)	May 23	LAD	@	HOU	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.227	.190	.418	9	1.11	-0.059	.65	-0.02%	-0.56	P
12	94	54 (4)	May 29	LAD		FLA	W,8-0	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.269	.240	.509	9	.44	0.056	.23	0.02%	0.56	P
Jun		Gtm	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
13	95	59 (4)	Jun 4	LAD	@	CIN	W,11-8	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.259	.231	.490	9	1.06	-0.030	.61	-0.01%	-0.29	P
14	96	64 (4)	Jun 9	LAD	@	COL	L,7-9	GS-7	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.300	.276	.576	9	1.15	0.020	.81	0.01%	0.21	P
15	97	69 (4)	Jun 14	LAD		CIN	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.313	.290	.603	9	.94	-0.010	.51	0.00%	0.03	P
16	98	74 (4)	Jun 20	LAD		DET	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.333	.294	.627	9	1.21	-0.014	.44	0.00%	1.04	P
17	99	79 (4)	Jun 26	LAD		LAA	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.333	.297	.631	9	1.19	-0.112	.24	-0.01%	-0.96	P
Jul		Gtm	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
18	100	89 (9)	Jul 7	LAD		NYM	W,6-0	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.310	.275	.585	9	.41	-0.031	.03	0.00%	-0.63	P
19	101	93 (3)	Jul 15	LAD	@	ARI	W,6-4	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.311	.279	.590	9	.55	-0.033	.09	0.00%	-0.20	P
20	102	98 (4)	Jul 20	LAD	@	SFG	W,1-0	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.298	.267	.565	9	.90	-0.050	.05	0.00%	-0.43	P
21	103	103 (4)	Jul 26	LAD		COL	W,3-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.286	.255	.541	9	.86	-0.027	.05	0.00%	-0.32	P
Aug		Gtm	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
22	104	108 (4)	Aug 1	LAD	@	SDP	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.288	.260	.548	9	.80	0.068	.02	0.00%	0.53	P
23	105	113 (4)	Aug 7	LAD	@	ARI	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.278	.250	.528	9	.77	-0.039	.15	-0.01%	-0.32	P
24	106	118 (4)	Aug 13	LAD		HOU	W,6-1	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.241	.268	.241	.509	9	.63	-0.042	.01	0.00%	-0.10	P
25	107	123 (4)	Aug 18	LAD	@	MIL	W,5-1	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.228	.254	.228	.482	9	.78	0.038	.00	0.00%	0.53	P
26	108	128 (4)	Aug 23	LAD	@	STL	W,13-2	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.246	.220	.466	9	.23	-0.010	.01	0.00%	-0.54	P
27	109	133 (4)	Aug 29	LAD		SDP	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.250	.226	.476	9	.42	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.05	P
Sept		Gtm	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
28	110	139 (5)	Sep 4	LAD	@	ATL	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.269	.246	.515	9	.82	0.037	.02	0.00%	0.36	P
29	111	143 (3)	Sep 9	LAD	@	SFG	W,2-1	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.261	.239	.500	9	1.36	-0.068	.00	0.00%	-0.46	P
30	112	148 (4)	Sep 14	LAD		ARI	W,3-2	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.257	.235	.492	9	.63	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.27	P
31	113	153 (4)	Sep 20	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	GS-8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.264	.232	.496	9	.46	0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.02	P
32	114	158 (4)	Sep 25	LAD	@	SDP	W,6-2	GS-8	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.267	.225	.492	9	.65	-0.055	.00	0.00%	-0.71	P
							23-9		86	71	10	16	0	0	0	4	3	0	13	1	11	0	1	1	0	0	.225	.267	.225	.492		.85	-0.610	.40	-0.19%	-4.78

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