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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: 15-16 / in Starts: 14-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2009 Pitching Game Log

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2009 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	23	4	Apr 9	LAD	@	SDP	L,3-4	GS-5		99	5.0	2	1	1	4	6	0	0	1.80	3.10	21	105	66	17	5	5	6	1	4	0	61			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.112	1.28	0.08%	1.24	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
2	24	9	Apr 15	LAD		SFG	W,5-4	GS-7		5	7.0	1	1	1	1	13	1	0	1.50	2.26	22	105	63	14	17	0	8	0	1	0	83			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.340	1.08	0.24%	2.31	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
3	25	14	Apr 21	LAD	@	HOU	L,5-8	GS-5	L(0-1)	5	4.1	8	6	6	2	3	1	0	4.41	3.28	21	86	55	15	5	7	9	5	1	0	24			1	1	1	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.440	1.44	-0.32%	-3.82	1b start a 3	5b --- 1 out d3
4	26	19	Apr 26	LAD	@	COL	L,4-10	GS-5	L(0-2)	4	4.2	8	9	9	4	4	2	0	7.29	4.67	23	89	52	11	8	4	11	5	2	0	12			0	1	1	19	1	0	1	1	0	0	.53	-0.238	.76	-0.20%	-4.02	1b start tie	5b 123 2 out d6
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	Entered	Exited
5	27	24	May 1	LAD		SDP	W,1-0	GS-7		4	7.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	5.46	4.28	27	99	61	17	2	11	11	3	2	0	70			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.25	0.433	1.88	0.39%	3.31	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
6	28	29	May 6	LAD		WSN	W,10-3	GS-5	W(1-2)	4	5.0	4	1	1	3	5	0	0	4.91	4.07	22	99	54	19	7	7	7	2	2	0	57			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.26	0.157	1.58	0.12%	1.37	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
7	29	34	May 12	LAD	@	PHI	L,3-5	GS-6	L(1-3)	5	5.0	4	4	4	4	5	0	1	5.21	4.07	24	98	58	16	8	7	8	6	0	0	44			2	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.26	-0.276	1.65	-0.22%	-1.87	1b start a 1	6b 1-- 0 out d2
8	30	39	May 17	LAD	@	FLA	W,12-5	GS-8	W(2-3)	4	7.0	1	1	1	4	9	0	0	4.60	3.79	26	112	66	23	12	6	7	3	2	0	76			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.174	.45	0.12%	2.93	1b start a 2	8b -2- 0 out a10
9	31	43	May 22	LAD		LAA	L,1-3	GS-5		4	5.0	4	1	1	4	3	0	0	4.32	3.84	22	97	56	20	8	8	7	2	2	0	54			1	0	1	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.133	1.41	0.08%	1.37	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
10	32	48	May 27	LAD	@	COL	W,8-6	GS-6	W(3-3)	4	6.0	4	3	3	4	4	1	0	4.34	4.06	24	98	60	19	6	8	8	2	2	0	52			0	1	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	-0.024	1.16	-0.02%	0.35	1b start a 1	6b 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	Entered	Exited
11	33	56	Jun 4	LAD		PHI	L,0-3	GS-6	L(3-4)	7	5.1	4	2	2	3	5	0	0	4.26	3.96	23	105	57	16	11	7	8	4	1	0	54			0	0	0	18	3	0	1	0	1	0	1.07	-0.065	.92	-0.03%	-0.54	1t start tie	6t -23 1 out d2
12	34	61	Jun 10	LAD		SDP	L,1-3	GS-3	L(3-5)	5	2.2	5	3	3	4	2	0	0	4.50	4.05	17	81	45	10	7	5	7	2	1	0	34			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.237	1.17	-0.13%	-2.33	1t start tie	3t 123 2 out d2
13	35	65	Jun 16	LAD		OAK	W,5-4	GS-6		5	5.2	4	0	0	3	8	0	0	4.13	3.87	24	105	65	20	10	4	9	3	2	0	66			0	0	0	20	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.11	0.283	.93	0.14%	2.42	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out tie
14	36	70	Jun 21	LAD	@	LAA	W,5-3	GS-7	W(4-5)	4	7.0	4	0	0	4	5	0	0	3.76	3.83	29	107	63	17	8	12	8	3	1	0	70			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	0.473	1.09	0.22%	3.76	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
15	37	74	Jun 26	LAD		SEA	W,8-2	GS-6	W(5-5)	4	6.0	5	2	2	1	8	0	0	3.70	3.62	23	96	64	18	11	5	9	2	3	0	61			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.145	.76	0.07%	0.84	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
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
16	38	79	Jul 1	LAD		COL	W,1-0	GS-5		4	5.0	1	0	0	5	5	0	0	3.49	3.64	19	97	52	16	8	4	5	0	3	0	65			0	1	1	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.274	1.21	0.20%	2.37	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
17	39	83	Jul 7	LAD	@	NYM	W,8-0	GS-6	W(6-5)	5	6.0	3	0	0	2	7	0	0	3.27	3.52	21	101	63	23	8	6	6	2	0	0	71			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.60	0.215	.44	0.09%	2.90	1b start tie	6b 3 out a5
18	40	88	Jul 12	LAD	@	MIL	W,7-4	GS-7	W(7-5)	4	6.0	2	1	1	5	4	0	0	3.16	3.57	24	103	58	18	5	4	11	2	4	0	63			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.231	.54	0.09%	2.31	1b start a 2	7b -2- 0 out a6
19	41	91	Jul 18	LAD		HOU	W,5-2	GS-7	W(8-5)	5	7.0	2	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.95	3.47	23	103	66	14	9	6	11	4	3	0	77			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.336	.69	0.17%	3.31	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
20	42	96	Jul 24	LAD		FLA	L,3-6	GS-6		5	6.0	9	3	2	3	6	0	0	2.96	3.43	30	106	70	22	12	10	12	1	3	0	47			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.124	.50	-0.03%	-0.16	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
21	43	101	Jul 29	LAD	@	STL	L,2-3	GS-8		4	8.0	4	0	0	2	7	0	0	2.76	3.34	29	112	74	23	11	6	14	6	1	0	79			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.57	0.625	.99	0.24%	3.90	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
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
22	44	106	Aug 3	LAD		MIL	L,5-6	GS-5	L(8-6)	4	4.0	4	3	3	6	6	0	0	2.89	3.38	22	92	51	16	9	5	5	1	0	0	42			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	-0.224	.84	-0.08%	-1.94	1t start tie	5t 123 0 out d1
23	45	111	Aug 8	LAD		ATL	L,1-2	GS-7		4	7.0	2	0	0	1	10	0	0	2.73	3.23	23	103	70	19	18	3	9	1	2	0	82			0	0	1	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.433	.74	0.19%	3.31	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
24	46	116	Aug 14	LAD	@	ARI	L,1-4	GS-5	L(8-7)	5	4.1	6	4	4	4	9	0	0	2.91	3.19	23	97	61	20	15	4	6	4	0	0	40			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.222	.58	-0.11%	-1.93	1b start tie	5b 1-- 1 out d3
25	47	121	Aug 19	LAD		STL	L,2-3	GS-4		4	3.2	5	2	2	4	5	0	0	2.96	3.20	20	97	60	12	10	3	8	2	1	0	44			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.086	1.35	-0.05%	-0.53	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d2
26	48	126	Aug 25	LAD	@	COL	L,4-5	GS-7		5	6.1	4	2	2	1	6	1	0	2.96	3.22	23	104	68	22	12	8	8	2	3	0	62			0	1	1	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.183	1.19	0.14%	1.61	1b start a 1	7b --- 1 out tie
27	49	131	Aug 30	LAD	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS-7		4	7.0	4	2	2	2	11	1	0	2.94	3.20	26	105	73	16	19	2	11	3	4	0	70			1	1	1	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.180	.67	0.07%	1.49	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
Sep/Oct				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
28	50	136	Sep 4	LAD		SDP	L,0-2	GS-6	L(8-8)	4	6.0	4	2	1	3	3	0	0	2.89	3.21	23	106	62	20	5	9	8	3	2	0	58			0	1	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.89	0.024	.51	0.01%	0.84	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
29	51	151	Sep 22	LAD	@	WSN	W,14-2	8-GF		17	2.0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.85	3.18	7	39	24	7	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.99	8b --- 0 out a12	9b end a12
30	52	156	Sep 27	LAD	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS-4		4	4.0	4	2	2	1	4	0	0	2.89	3.15	17	77	49	12	9	9	3	2	0	0	49			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.053	.10	0.00%	-0.05	1b start tie	4b 3 out d1
31	53	161	Oct 3	LAD		COL	W,5-0	GS-6		5	6.0	3	0	0	3	10	0	0	2.79	3.08	23	104	65	22	14	4	6	2	0	0	73			0	0	0	20	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.32	0.347	1.21	0.19%	2.84	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
							15-16		W-L:8-8	4.5	171.0	119	55	53	91	185	7	1	2.79	3.08	701	3028	61%	18%	10%	0.73		18%	12%	0	58	0	---%	6	7	7	596	28	0	4	12	2	2	1.06	3.109	.96	1.65%	28.56

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