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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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Team Record in Appearances: 19-20 / in Starts: 17-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	2008	NLCS g2	Oct 10	LAD	@	PHI	L,5-8	7-8		11	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.73	6	18	11	4	1	0	4	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.017	3.46	0.24%	0.80	7b --- 0 out d3	8b 1-- 2 out d3
2	2008	NLCS g4	Oct 13	LAD		PHI	L,5-7	6-6	H(1)	2	0.1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.50	5.13	3	14	7	3	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.31	-0.144	70.36	-2.39%	-0.91	6t --- 0 out a1	6t -23 1 out a1
2009 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	2009	NLDS g2	Oct 8	LAD		STL	W,3-2	GS-7		4	6.2	9	2	2	1	4	1	0	2.70	4.30	28	106	67	14	9	9	14	7	4	0	51			0	0	0	26	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.26	0.040	20.30	0.10%	1.09	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out d1
4	2009	NLCS g1	Oct 15	LAD		PHI	L,6-8	GS-5	L(0-1)	6	4.2	4	5	5	5	3	1	0	5.56	5.74	22	89	48	19	1	3	11	4	4	0	34			0	1	1	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.335	28.84	-5.87%	-2.95	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out d4
5	2009	NLCS g5	Oct 21	LAD	@	PHI	L,4-10	5-6		5	2.0	1	2	2	1	3	1	1	6.08	6.32	9	36	21	8	4	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	-0.035	7.46	-0.47%	-1.00	5b --- 0 out d3	6b 3 out d5
2013 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	2013	NLDS g1	Oct 3	LAD	@	ATL	W,6-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	5	7.0	3	1	1	3	12	0	0	1.29	0.91	26	124	77	15	19	6	5	1	1	0	76			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.188	11.39	1.83%	2.13	1b start tie	7b 3 out a5
7	2013	NLDS g4	Oct 7	LAD		ATL	W,4-3	GS-6		3	6.0	3	2	0	1	6	0	0	0.69	1.20	24	91	61	12	11	10	7	5	0	0	67			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.22	0.080	27.48	0.99%	0.55	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
8	2013	NLCS g2	Oct 12	LAD	@	STL	L,0-1	GS-6	L(1-1)	4	6.0	2	1	0	1	5	0	0	0.47	1.42	20	72	44	12	9	8	6	3	2	0	70			0	0	0	18	1	1	0	1	1	0	.99	0.135	26.19	1.99%	1.68	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
9	2013	NLCS g6	Oct 18	LAD	@	STL	L,0-9	GS-5	L(1-2)	5	4.0	10	7	7	2	5	0	0	3.13	1.53	24	98	61	15	9	9	8	3	2	0	17			0	0	0	22	3	0	1	0	0	0	.81	-0.277	31.26	-5.87%	-4.68	1b start tie	5b -23 0 out d5
2014 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	2014	NLDS g1	Oct 3	LAD		STL	L,9-10	GS-7	L(0-1)	8	6.2	8	8	8	0	10	2	0	10.80	4.03	28	110	77	15	15	5	13	6	3	0	36			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.549	19.21	-5.06%	-4.32	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out d1
11	2014	NLDS g4	Oct 7	LAD	@	STL	L,2-3	GS-7	L(0-2)	3	6.0	4	3	3	2	9	1	0	7.82	3.68	23	102	66	21	15	8	4	2	0	0	59			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.274	26.05	-3.87%	-0.35	1b start tie	7b --- 0 out d1
2015 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	2015	NLDS g1	Oct 9	LAD		NYM	L,1-3	GS-7	L(0-1)	4	6.2	4	3	3	4	11	1	0	4.05	3.58	28	113	75	15	17	7	6	2	0	0	61			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.132	14.91	1.13%	1.36	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out d1
13	2015	NLDS g4	Oct 13	LAD	@	NYM	W,3-1	GS-7	W(1-1)	3	7.0	3	1	1	1	8	1	0	2.63	3.35	25	94	62	15	8	6	10	3	2	0	74			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.308	21.41	4.23%	2.15	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
2016 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	2016	NLDS g1	Oct 7	LAD	@	WSN	W,4-3	GS-5	W(1-0)	5	5.0	8	3	3	1	7	0	0	5.40	0.95	25	101	65	16	14	4	13	7	3	0	45			2	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.50	0.022	23.55	0.22%	-0.45	1b start a 1	5b 3 out a1
15	2016	NLDS g4	Oct 11	LAD		WSN	W,6-5	GS-7		3	6.2	7	5	5	2	11	0	0	6.17	0.83	29	110	76	18	21	6	10	4	1	0	49			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.17	0.051	22.66	0.47%	0.61	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out a3
16	2016	NLDS g5	Oct 13	LAD	@	WSN	W,4-3	9-GF	S(1)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.84	0.79	2	7	5	0	2	0	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.92	0.337	288.13	9.01%	0.92	9b 12- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
17	2016	NLCS g2	Oct 16	LAD	@	CHC	W,1-0	GS-7	W(2-0)	2	7.0	2	0	0	1	6	0	0	3.72	1.18	24	84	55	18	6	8	9	2	2	0	78			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.498	33.57	8.32%	3.50	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
18	2016	NLCS g6	Oct 22	LAD	@	CHC	L,0-5	GS-5	L(2-1)	5	5.0	7	5	4	0	4	2	0	4.44	2.32	22	93	67	14	9	5	13	6	2	0	39			0	0	0	21	3	0	0	0	1	1	.61	-0.234	23.53	-5.08%	-2.50	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
2017 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	2017	NLDS g1	Oct 6	LAD		ARI	W,9-5	GS-7	W(1-0)	5	6.1	5	4	4	3	7	4	0	5.68	10.58	26	100	64	17	9	7	9	5	1	0	51			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	2	0	1	.55	0.073	8.68	0.64%	-0.79	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out a3
20	2017	NLCS g1	Oct 14	LAD		CHC	W,5-2	GS-5		7	5.0	4	2	2	1	4	1	0	4.76	8.01	20	87	55	21	9	8	7	4	0	0	54			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.004	25.40	-0.40%	0.48	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
21	2017	NLCS g5	Oct 19	LAD	@	CHC	W,11-1	GS-6	W(2-0)	4	6.0	3	1	1	1	5	1	0	3.63	6.68	22	89	60	14	11	9	7	5	0	0	66			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.136	6.48	1.57%	2.20	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a8
22	2017	WS g1	Oct 24	LAD		HOU	W,3-1	GS-7	W(3-0)	4	7.0	3	1	1	0	11	1	0	2.96	5.29	24	83	57	24	8	10	4	0	0	0	78			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.300	51.80	8.74%	2.47	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
23	2017	WS g5	Oct 29	LAD	@	HOU	L,12-13	GS-5		4	4.2	4	6	6	3	2	1	0	4.34	5.57	20	94	57	17	4	4	11	3	2	0	31			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	.88	-0.217	72.64	-11.57%	-1.95	1b start a 3	5b 12- 2 out a3
24	2017	WS g7	Nov 1	LAD		HOU	L,1-5	3-6		2	4.0	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	3.82	5.22	16	43	34	11	4	5	5	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	2	0	0	0	.23	0.047	38.82	5.03%	1.98	3t --- 0 out d5	6t 3 out d5
2018 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	2018	NLDS g2	Oct 5	LAD		ATL	W,3-0	GS-8	W(1-0)	5	8.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	0.00	2.79	26	85	63	13	10	13	9	5	1	0	81			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.82	0.386	13.19	3.45%	3.79	1t start tie	8t 3 out a3
26	2018	NLCS g1	Oct 12	LAD	@	MIL	L,5-6	GS-4	L(1-1)	6	3.0	6	5	4	2	2	1	0	3.27	4.25	18	74	53	11	5	7	6	3	1	0	29			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.32	-0.285	34.56	-4.19%	-2.90	1b start tie	4b 1-- 0 out d3
27	2018	NLCS g5	Oct 17	LAD		MIL	W,5-2	GS-7	W(2-1)	4	7.0	3	1	1	2	9	0	0	2.50	3.16	25	98	69	18	18	7	7	4	0	0	74			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.265	43.14	6.24%	2.31	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
28	2018	NLCS g7	Oct 20	LAD	@	MIL	W,5-1	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.37	2.95	3	15	9	3	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.018	19.44	0.94%	0.49	9b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
29	2018	WS g1	Oct 23	LAD	@	BOS	L,4-8	GS-5	L(2-2)	2	4.0	7	5	5	3	5	0	0	3.91	2.94	20	79	52	18	8	5	7	3	2	0	30			1	1	1	17	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.03	-0.229	53.91	-6.68%	-1.88	1b start tie	5b 12- 0 out tie
30	2018	WS g5	Oct 28	LAD		BOS	L,1-5	GS-7	L(2-3)	4	7.0	7	4	4	0	5	3	0	4.20	3.96	27	92	66	21	4	10	12	6	0	0	52			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.65	-0.114	23.41	-2.65%	-0.69	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
2019 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
31	2019	NLDS g2	Oct 4	LAD		WSN	L,2-4	GS-6	L(0-1)	4	6.0	6	3	3	1	4	0	2	4.50	3.38	27	99	65	14	14	10	10	3	2	0	51			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.084	14.25	-0.85%	0.08	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
32	2019	NLDS g5	Oct 9	LAD		WSN	L,3-7	7-8	BS(1)	4	0.1	2	2	2	0	1	2	0	7.11	7.16	3	6	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.04	-0.298	84.86	-6.97%	-1.56	7t 12- 2 out a2	8t --- 0 out tie
2020 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
33	2020	NLWC g2	Oct 1	LAD		MIL	W,3-0	GS-8	W(1-0)	5	8.0	3	0	0	1	13	0	0	0.00	0.32	27	93	67	17	22	6	7	3	0	0	88			0	0	1	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.438	8.84	2.39%	4.34	1t start tie	8t 3 out a3
34	2020	NLDS g2	Oct 7	LAD		SDP	W,6-5	GS-6	W(2-0)	5	6.0	6	3	3	0	6	2	0	1.93	2.55	24	87	62	11	12	7	11	3	2	0	54			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.028	15.24	0.25%	0.16	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
35	2020	NLCS g4	Oct 15	LAD	@	ATL	L,2-10	GS-6	L(2-1)	7	5.0	7	4	4	1	4	1	0	3.32	3.14	21	87	52	8	12	10	6	3	1	0	40			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.13	-0.144	36.02	-2.60%	-1.00	1b start tie	6b -2- 0 out d2
36	2020	WS g1	Oct 20	LAD		TBR	W,8-3	GS-6	W(3-1)	4	6.0	2	1	1	1	8	1	0	2.88	3.15	21	78	53	15	19	7	5	1	2	0	71			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.199	43.04	5.81%	2.16	1t start tie	6t 3 out a5
37	2020	WS g5	Oct 25	LAD	@	TBR	W,4-2	GS-6	W(4-1)	4	5.2	5	2	2	2	6	0	0	2.93	2.96	21	85	56	15	10	9	4	1	3	0	55			1	1	0	19	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.32	0.155	109.86	8.23%	1.05	1b start a 2	6b --- 2 out a2
2022 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
38	2022	NLDS g2	Oct 12	LAD		SDP	L,3-5	GS-5		6	5.0	6	3	3	0	6	1	0	5.40	3.31	21	80	55	13	12	8	7	4	0	0	49			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.056	18.47	-0.64%	-0.48	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
2023 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
39	2023	NLDS g1	Oct 7	LAD		ARI	L,2-11	GS-1	L(0-1)	6	0.1	6	6	6	1	0	1	0	162.00	51.26	8	35	25	1	4	2	5	3	0	0	14			0	0	0	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.418	13.57	-4.17%	-6.18	1t start tie	1t -2- 1 out d6
											194.1	165	102	97	51	213	30	4	4.49		788																			5

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