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: 21-12 / in Starts: 21-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2012 Pitching Game Log

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2012 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	119	1	Apr 5	LAD	@	SDP	W,5-3	GS-3		99	3.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.00	2.09	12	39	25	10	4	5	3	2	0	0	57			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.145	1.17	0.09%	1.30	1b start tie	3b 3 out tie
2	120	5	Apr 10	LAD		PIT	W,2-1	GS-7		4	7.0	4	1	1	0	7	0	0	0.90	1.39	24	88	65	19	9	10	7	1	0	0	72			0	1	1	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.234	1.43	0.15%	2.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
3	121	10	Apr 15	LAD		SDP	W,5-4	GS-6		4	5.1	8	4	3	3	3	0	0	2.35	2.18	26	89	57	13	9	15	5	2	2	0	38			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	2	0	1	1.25	-0.106	1.61	-0.08%	-0.78	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out a2
4	122	15	Apr 21	LAD	@	HOU	W,5-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	5	7.0	3	0	0	2	9	0	0	1.61	1.93	25	104	61	15	13	8	6	1	2	0	78			0	0	0	23	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.00	0.400	1.24	0.30%	3.33	1b start tie	7b 3 out a3
5	123	20	Apr 27	LAD		WSN	W,3-2	GS-8	W(2-0)	5	8.0	3	2	2	1	6	1	0	1.78	2.37	31	113	71	16	11	11	13	2	3	0	73			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	3	1.09	0.319	1.33	0.23%	1.65	1t start tie	8t 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	Entered	Exited
6	124	25	May 2	LAD	@	COL	L,5-8	GS-8		4	7.1	7	5	5	1	6	3	0	2.63	3.31	30	96	59	14	9	11	12	8	0	0	49			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.481	1.71	-0.41%	-0.84	1b start tie	8b --- 1 out d2
7	125	30	May 8	LAD		SFG	L,1-2	GS-8	L(2-1)	5	8.0	5	2	2	1	7	1	0	2.56	3.31	29	94	66	17	13	10	11	5	2	0	70			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	.84	0.159	1.31	0.15%	1.65	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
8	126	35	May 14	LAD		ARI	W,3-1	GS-7	W(3-1)	5	7.0	4	0	0	3	6	0	0	2.22	3.23	27	108	64	23	10	4	14	4	5	0	72			2	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.399	1.59	0.33%	3.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
9	127	40	May 19	LAD		STL	W,6-0	SHO	W(4-1)	4	9.0	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.90	3.08	31	117	81	18	12	14	13	2	2	0	79			0	1	1	31	1	0	0	2	0	1	.73	0.397	.88	0.28%	4.11	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
10	128	45	May 25	LAD		HOU	L,1-3	GS-7	L(4-2)	5	7.0	5	3	2	3	6	1	0	1.97	3.23	29	110	65	19	10	11	8	0	0	0	60			0	0	0	24	4	0	0	1	0	0	.69	-0.096	.70	-0.06%	0.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
11	129	50	May 30	LAD		MIL	L,3-6	GS-6	L(4-3)	4	5.2	8	5	5	4	7	0	0	2.42	3.19	27	117	72	21	10	12	4	1	0	0	36			1	0	1	20	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.39	-0.213	1.49	-0.14%	-1.47	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out d3
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
12	130	55	Jun 4	LAD	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS-7		4	7.0	8	3	3	0	5	1	0	2.55	3.22	30	104	69	23	7	10	15	6	4	0	54			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.34	0.105	1.73	0.08%	0.40	1b start a 2	7b 3 out tie
13	131	60	Jun 9	LAD	@	SEA	W,8-3	GS-7	W(5-3)	4	7.0	4	3	3	2	12	1	1	2.65	3.18	27	115	75	23	16	1	11	1	5	0	67			0	1	1	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.165	1.09	0.11%	0.19	1b start a 3	7b 3 out a2
14	132	65	Jun 15	LAD		CHW	W,7-6	GS-6		5	6.0	8	5	4	2	7	2	0	2.86	3.37	28	104	70	20	18	8	11	3	1	0	43			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.282	.75	-0.19%	-2.26	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
15	133	70	Jun 21	LAD	@	OAK	L,1-4	GS-8		5	8.0	3	1	1	2	7	0	0	2.73	3.27	27	111	71	26	14	7	11	2	3	0	77			0	1	1	24	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.07	0.406	1.26	0.29%	2.77	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
16	134	75	Jun 26	LAD	@	SFG	L,0-2	GS-6	L(5-4)	4	6.0	8	2	2	2	8	1	0	2.74	3.29	28	104	65	18	10	5	13	7	1	0	54			2	0	0	26	2	0	1	0	0	0	.90	-0.029	1.68	-0.03%	0.54	1b start tie	6b 3 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
17	135	80	Jul 1	LAD		NYM	W,8-3	GS-7	W(6-4)	4	7.0	5	3	1	3	9	0	1	2.65	3.22	29	116	70	21	17	10	6	3	0	0	65			0	1	1	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	0.030	1.57	0.03%	0.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
18	136	85	Jul 6	LAD	@	ARI	L,3-5	GS-6	L(6-5)	4	5.1	5	5	5	2	7	0	0	2.91	3.15	22	104	61	14	7	6	7	1	0	0	43			0	1	0	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.328	1.94	-0.32%	-1.73	1b start tie	6b -2- 1 out d2
19	137	88	Jul 13	LAD		SDP	W,2-1	GS-6	W(7-5)	6	6.0	6	1	1	3	6	0	0	2.84	3.13	27	110	70	18	11	10	8	2	2	0	59			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.171	1.79	0.16%	1.74	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
20	138	93	Jul 18	LAD		PHI	W,5-3	GS-8		4	8.0	5	1	1	0	7	0	0	2.74	3.02	30	120	83	20	15	12	11	4	1	0	75			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.19	0.396	1.77	0.35%	2.65	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
21	139	98	Jul 24	LAD	@	STL	L,2-8	GS-6	L(7-6)	5	5.2	7	8	8	3	4	0	1	3.14	3.05	28	105	63	11	9	10	10	4	0	0	24			1	0	0	23	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.25	-0.404	2.13	-0.41%	-3.63	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out d4
22	140	103	Jul 29	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-0	SHO	W(8-6)	4	9.0	5	0	0	1	7	0	0	2.95	2.98	32	116	74	23	14	11	13	7	2	0	83			1	1	1	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	.87	0.431	2.24	0.67%	3.81	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
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
23	141	108	Aug 4	LAD		CHC	W,3-1	GS-7	W(9-6)	5	7.0	3	1	1	2	7	0	0	2.88	2.93	26	112	74	17	9	10	7	3	1	0	72			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.299	2.08	0.31%	2.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
24	142	113	Aug 10	LAD	@	MIA	W,5-2	GS-7	W(10-6)	5	6.1	3	2	2	1	7	1	0	2.88	2.95	25	114	73	18	11	7	10	0	2	0	65			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.19	0.039	1.97	0.04%	0.50	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out a3
25	143	118	Aug 15	LAD	@	PIT	W,9-3	GS-8	W(11-6)	4	8.0	6	3	3	0	8	1	0	2.90	2.94	29	108	79	20	16	11	10	3	0	0	66			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	1	1	0	.57	0.118	1.12	0.14%	0.61	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a6
26	144	123	Aug 20	LAD		SFG	L,1-2	GS-8	L(11-7)	4	8.0	6	2	2	0	10	0	0	2.87	2.84	29	109	81	25	16	8	11	4	3	0	72			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	1	0	.74	0.088	2.26	0.16%	1.65	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
27	145	127	Aug 25	LAD		MIA	W,8-2	GS-8	W(12-7)	4	8.0	3	2	2	2	8	1	1	2.84	2.88	29	94	60	16	14	12	6	0	2	0	74			0	1	1	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.046	1.00	0.05%	1.65	1t start tie	8t 3 out a5
28	146	132	Aug 30	LAD		ARI	L,0-2	GS-6	L(12-8)	4	6.0	9	2	2	3	9	1	0	2.85	2.91	27	110	68	25	10	5	10	7	0	0	52			0	2	0	23	2	0	1	1	0	0	.96	0.008	1.74	0.01%	0.74	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
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
29	147	137	Sep 4	LAD		SDP	L,3-6	GS-7		4	7.0	5	1	1	3	9	1	0	2.79	2.93	29	116	72	19	14	10	7	3	1	0	69			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.311	2.04	0.32%	2.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
30	148	142	Sep 11	LAD	@	ARI	L,0-1	GS-7	L(12-9)	6	7.0	3	1	0	3	5	0	0	2.70	2.93	25	105	67	19	12	10	7	3	2	0	71			0	0	1	22	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.17	0.188	1.93	0.19%	2.43	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
31	149	153	Sep 23	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-3	GS-5		11	5.0	5	1	1	5	5	0	1	2.68	2.98	24	92	52	13	9	7	6	2	0	0	53			0	1	1	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.45	0.160	.89	0.06%	1.47	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
32	150	157	Sep 28	LAD		COL	W,8-0	GS-8	W(13-9)	4	8.0	5	0	0	2	10	0	0	2.58	2.92	30	113	80	24	18	8	10	3	4	0	80			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.54	0.220	.26	0.06%	3.65	1t start tie	8t 3 out a5
33	151	162	Oct 3	LAD		SFG	W,5-1	GS-8	W(14-9)	4	8.0	3	1	1	3	8	0	0	2.53	2.89	29	111	71	18	12	9	9	2	2	0	77			0	1	1	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.391	.00	0.00%	2.65	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
							21-12		W-L:14-9	4.5	227.2	170	70	64	63	229	16	5	2.53	2.89	901	3468	64%	18%	11%	0.98		16%	9%	0	63		---%	8	12	11	810	38	3	5	17	4	10	1.03	3.686	1.44	2.92%	38.92

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