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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: 13-9 / in Starts: 13-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2008 Pitching Game Log

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2008 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	Entered	Exited
1	1	49	May 25	LAD		STL	W,4-3	GS-6		99	6.0	5	2	2	1	7	0	0	3.00	1.30	24	102	69	20	9	9	7	1	3	0	60			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	0.093	1.59	0.07%	1.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
2	2	54	May 30	LAD	@	NYM	W,9-5	GS-4		4	3.2	5	4	4	4	2	1	0	5.59	4.17	20	83	47	20	3	8	6	5	1	0	33			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.56	-0.305	1.71	-0.20%	-2.77	1b start a 3	4b 123 2 out tie
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	Entered	Exited
3	3	59	Jun 4	LAD		COL	L,1-2	GS-5	L(0-1)	4	5.0	5	2	2	4	5	1	0	4.91	4.84	22	104	63	20	7	8	5	3	0	0	50			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	2	0	0	.87	0.002	.98	0.00%	0.50	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
4	4	64	Jun 10	LAD	@	SDP	W,7-2	GS-6		5	5.1	6	2	2	4	5	0	0	4.50	4.48	25	92	58	14	9	6	10	4	0	0	49			0	1	1	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.008	1.60	0.01%	0.32	1b start a 1	6b -23 1 out tie
5	5	69	Jun 15	LAD	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-4		4	4.0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.75	4.34	15	65	37	14	3	7	4	1	1	0	58			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	.87	0.221	.72	0.11%	2.18	1b start tie	4b 3 out tie
6	6	73	Jun 20	LAD		CLE	L,4-6	GS-6		4	5.0	4	4	4	3	5	1	0	4.34	4.55	21	85	47	19	5	3	10	1	1	0	45			0	0	0	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.147	.74	-0.09%	-1.49	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out d3
7	7	78	Jun 26	LAD		CHW	L,0-2	GS-5	L(0-2)	5	4.0	6	2	2	4	3	0	0	4.36	4.56	21	69	40	14	5	10	4	2	0	0	41			0	0	0	16	1	0	1	2	0	1	1.13	-0.102	1.24	-0.07%	-0.99	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out d2
Jul				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
8	8	83	Jul 1	LAD	@	HOU	W,7-6	GS-6		4	5.2	6	3	3	2	4	0	0	4.42	4.30	24	90	55	22	5	11	7	1	1	0	47			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	.99	0.146	1.09	0.10%	1.37	1b start a 2	6b -23 2 out a5
9	9	100	Jul 22	LAD	@	COL	L,1-10	GS-4	L(0-3)	20	3.0	10	5	5	3	2	1	0	5.18	4.64	21	74	42	11	1	8	8	4	0	0	18			0	0	0	18	1	0	1	1	0	0	.90	-0.280	1.46	-0.27%	-5.18	1b start tie	4b 123 0 out d5
10	10	104	Jul 27	LAD		WSN	W,2-0	GS-7	W(1-3)	4	6.0	4	0	0	1	5	0	0	4.53	4.31	22	86	57	19	5	11	5	1	0	0	68			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.02	0.293	1.52	0.26%	2.62	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a2
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	Entered	Exited
11	11	109	Aug 1	LAD		ARI	L,1-2	GS-6		4	6.0	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.02	4.12	23	89	57	17	7	13	6	2	1	0	66			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.355	2.87	0.56%	3.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
12	12	114	Aug 7	LAD	@	STL	W,4-1	GS-7	W(2-3)	5	7.0	3	1	1	4	7	0	0	3.71	3.97	27	108	66	19	14	9	7	4	2	0	70			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.286	1.16	0.25%	2.50	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a3
13	13	119	Aug 12	LAD		PHI	W,4-3	GS-6		4	6.0	6	3	3	2	8	1	0	3.78	3.94	26	100	59	24	10	6	10	3	0	0	54			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	1	0	.83	-0.061	1.39	-0.06%	0.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
14	14	124	Aug 17	LAD		MIL	W,7-5	GS-6		4	6.0	8	1	1	1	6	1	0	3.59	3.93	26	96	59	17	14	8	11	2	2	0	57			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.213	2.01	0.22%	2.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
15	15	129	Aug 23	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-9	GS-5	L(2-4)	5	4.0	7	6	6	2	5	1	1	4.11	4.05	22	91	52	18	8	5	9	4	0	0	27			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.346	1.36	-0.33%	-4.55	1b start tie	5b -2- 0 out d4
16	16	134	Aug 28	LAD	@	WSN	L,2-11	GS-3	L(2-5)	4	2.1	5	5	5	3	2	2	0	4.56	4.41	14	54	30	10	5	4	5	3	0	0	26			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.409	1.12	-0.36%	-4.02	1b start a 2	3b 1-- 1 out d3
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	Entered	Exited
17	17	139	Sep 2	LAD		SDP	W,8-4	GS-8	W(3-5)	4	7.0	3	3	3	3	6	0	0	4.50	4.27	28	99	66	18	12	12	7	3	0	0	62			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	.41	0.202	.73	0.22%	1.51	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a7
18	18	143	Sep 7	LAD		ARI	W,5-3	GS-4		4	4.0	6	3	3	1	4	2	0	4.60	4.45	19	92	54	15	6	5	9	5	1	0	41			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.130	6.17	-0.40%	-1.00	1t start tie	4t 3 out d1
19	19	148	Sep 13	LAD	@	COL	W,5-1	GS-6	W(4-5)	5	6.0	4	1	1	2	7	0	0	4.41	4.29	22	90	57	18	9	6	7	4	2	0	65			1	1	1	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.87	0.207	1.29	0.18%	2.34	1b start tie	6b 3 out a4
20	20	153	Sep 18	LAD	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS-5		4	5.0	2	1	1	2	5	0	0	4.28	4.19	19	86	48	12	10	3	9	2	3	0	62			1	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	1	0	.91	0.168	.87	0.10%	1.45	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
21	21	158	Sep 24	LAD		SDP	W,12-4	GS-6	W(5-5)	5	5.2	6	3	3	2	7	0	0	4.30	4.06	24	91	62	21	9	10	5	2	0	0	50			0	0	0	22	4	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	-0.068	1.14	-0.04%	-0.32	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out a1
22	22	162	Sep 28	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-3	6-6	H(1)	3	1.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.26	4.08	5	13	5	0	0	1	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.66	0.089	.00	0.00%	0.52	6b --- 0 out a1	6b 3 out a1
							13-9		W-L:5-5,Hld:1	4.3	107.2	109	51	51	52	100	11	1	4.26	4.08	470	1859	61%	19%	8%	1.06		19%	6%	0	50	0	---%	5	2	2	411	22	2	3	12	3	3	1.00	0.435	1.52	0.23%	0.96

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