Clayton Kershaw

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

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

Team: Los Angeles Dodgers (majors, 60-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, 19,320th 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

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

79.7

210

ERA

2.48

425

422

2712.2

2944

WHIP

1.004

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Team Record in Appearances: 17-7 / in Starts: 17-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2023 Pitching Game Log

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2023 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
1	402	3	Apr 1	LAD		ARI	W,10-1	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	6.0	4	1	1	0	9	1	0	1.50	2.42	21	76	56	21	12	7	5	4	0	0	69			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	.60	0.157	.59	0.09%	2.25	31.10	52.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out a7
2	403	8	Apr 7	LAD	@	ARI	L,3-6	GS-6	L(1-1)	5	6.0	7	4	4	2	4	2	1	3.75	5.09	27	91	58	14	11	11	9	5	0	0	44			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	-0.204	1.33	-0.14%	-0.85	7.50	18.00	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
3	404	13	Apr 12	LAD	@	SFG	W,10-5	GS-6	W(2-1)	4	6.0	5	3	2	2	4	0	0	3.50	4.37	25	100	65	15	11	10	9	3	0	0	54			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	1	0	.86	-0.034	.91	-0.02%	0.05	17.30	34.00	1b start tie	6b 3 out a5
4	405	18	Apr 18	LAD		NYM	W,5-0	GS-7	W(3-1)	5	7.0	3	0	0	0	9	0	0	2.52	3.34	25	105	81	13	18	8	8	5	0	0	80			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	.81	0.355	.79	0.21%	3.79	35.95	58.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
5	406	23	Apr 23	LAD	@	CHC	W,7-3	GS-6	W(4-1)	4	6.0	3	3	1	1	6	1	0	2.32	3.45	23	90	64	20	12	6	10	4	2	0	63			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	.89	0.008	.87	0.01%	0.28	25.10	43.00	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
6	407	28	Apr 29	LAD		STL	W,1-0	GS-7	W(5-1)	5	7.0	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	1.89	2.94	23	88	68	13	18	5	9	1	5	0	82			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.477	1.09	0.29%	3.79	36.55	58.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
May				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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
7	408	33	May 5	LAD	@	SDP	L,2-5	GS-5	L(5-2)	5	4.2	8	4	4	5	7	2	0	2.53	3.61	25	94	56	15	15	5	8	4	2	0	34			0	1	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	-0.231	1.40	-0.18%	-2.28	8.70	23.00	1b start a 1	5b 123 2 out d3
8	409	38	May 10	LAD	@	MIL	W,8-1	GS-7	W(6-2)	4	7.0	5	1	1	0	8	1	0	2.36	3.50	24	92	70	15	18	6	10	3	4	0	71			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	0	.70	0.176	.92	0.14%	2.63	30.75	52.00	1b start tie	7b 3 out a7
9	410	43	May 16	LAD		MIN	L,1-5	GS-4	L(6-3)	5	4.0	7	2	2	1	7	0	1	2.52	3.33	20	90	57	16	17	6	5	3	2	0	46			2	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	-0.012	1.33	-0.01%	0.17	13.60	27.00	1t start tie	4t 3 out d2
10	411	48	May 21	LAD	@	STL	L,5-10	GS-4	L(6-4)	4	3.2	5	4	4	3	6	0	0	2.98	3.27	19	95	59	13	12	5	5	2	0	0	38			0	0	0	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.238	1.01	-0.19%	-2.69	7.45	17.00	1b start tie	4b 123 2 out d3
11	412	53	May 27	LAD	@	TBR	W,6-5	GS-5		5	5.0	6	4	4	2	6	1	0	3.32	3.38	23	83	54	18	10	7	8	4	0	0	43			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.237	1.47	-0.18%	-1.50	10.45	21.00	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
Jun				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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
12	413	58	Jun 2	LAD		NYY	W,8-4	GS-7	W(7-4)	5	7.0	4	2	2	1	9	2	0	3.25	3.53	25	96	65	15	13	7	8	3	0	0	69			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.38	0.126	.46	0.09%	1.79	30.75	52.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out a6
13	414	63	Jun 8	LAD	@	CIN	W,6-0	GS-7	W(8-4)	5	7.0	5	0	0	2	9	0	0	2.95	3.35	27	98	64	16	14	8	8	4	2	0	74			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.68	0.228	.87	0.18%	3.82	33.55	58.00	1b start tie	7b 3 out a6
14	415	68	Jun 14	LAD		CHW	L,4-8	GS-6		5	6.0	6	2	2	2	5	2	0	2.95	3.61	27	97	64	14	11	12	8	1	0	0	55			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	.94	0.067	1.15	0.05%	1.25	14.70	31.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
15	416	73	Jun 20	LAD	@	LAA	W,2-0	GS-7	W(9-4)	5	7.0	5	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.72	3.53	27	103	64	8	11	6	14	5	1	0	70			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.454	1.56	0.33%	3.72	25.55	46.00	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
16	417	78	Jun 27	LAD	@	COL	W,5-0	GS-6	W(10-4)	6	6.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.55	3.51	18	79	53	10	6	10	5	4	1	0	71			0	1	1	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	.62	0.282	.77	0.21%	3.59	20.30	34.00	1b start tie	6b 3 out a5
Aug				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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
17	418	114	Aug 10	LAD		COL	W,2-1	GS-5		43	5.0	3	1	1	0	4	1	0	2.51	3.54	18	67	45	11	4	10	4	1	1	0	61			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	1	.85	0.143	.73	0.07%	1.71	15.45	24.00	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
18	419	119	Aug 16	LAD		MIL	W,7-1	GS-5	W(11-4)	5	5.0	3	1	1	2	2	1	0	2.48	3.67	19	71	44	6	9	4	11	3	0	0	57			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.165	.50	0.05%	1.71	14.25	24.00	1t start tie	5t 3 out a3
19	420	125	Aug 23 susp	LAD	@	CLE	W,6-1	GS-2		6	2.0	1	1	1	0	4	1	1	2.52	3.74	8	33	24	4	7	0	3	1	1	0	54			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.015	.27	0.00%	-0.01	9.30	15.00	1b start a 3	2b 3 out a2
20	421	131	Aug 29	LAD		ARI	W,9-1	GS-5	W(12-4)	5	5.0	3	1	1	3	5	1	0	2.48	3.82	20	79	42	14	7	6	6	1	0	0	59			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	.61	0.150	.14	0.02%	1.71	19.65	33.00	1t start tie	5t 3 out a5
Sept				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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
21	422	137	Sep 5	LAD	@	MIA	L,3-6	GS-5		6	5.0	5	3	3	5	3	2	0	2.61	4.10	23	84	51	19	7	8	7	5	0	0	43			1	0	0	18	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.38	-0.123	.15	-0.01%	-0.32	5.25	15.00	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
22	423	147	Sep 16	LAD	@	SEA	W,6-2	GS-4		10	4.0	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	2.52	4.05	15	56	34	9	7	4	5	3	0	0	60			0	1	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.211	.11	0.01%	1.94	14.60	24.00	1b start tie	4b 3 out tie
23	424	154	Sep 23	LAD		SFG	W,7-0	GS-5	W(13-4)	6	5.0	2	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.42	3.99	19	76	46	14	7	7	5	3	0	0	66			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.259	.07	0.01%	2.71	22.85	36.00	1t start tie	5t 3 out a3
24	425	161	Sep 30	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-2	GS-6	L(13-5)	6	5.1	5	2	2	2	5	1	0	2.46	4.03	22	83	52	19	10	7	8	3	2	0	53			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	-0.053	.06	0.00%	0.13	13.80	25.00	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d1
							17-7		W-L:13-5	5.0	131.2	100	39	36	40	137	19	3	2.46	4.03	523	2026	66%	16%	13%	0.93		22%	7%	0	59		---%	6	4	1	479	19	0	0	16	1	4	.93	2.141	.82	1.03%	29.38	464.45	820.00

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