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: 20-13 / in Starts: 20-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2015 Pitching Game Log

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2015 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	212	1	Apr 6	LAD		SDP	W,6-3	GS-6		99	6.0	6	3	3	2	9	0	1	4.50	1.63	26	99	68	17	19	6	8	5	0	0	55			1	0	0	23	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.142	1.08	-0.09%	-0.36	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
2	213	5	Apr 11	LAD	@	ARI	L,0-6	GS-7	L(0-1)	4	6.1	10	6	5	3	5	1	0	5.84	3.38	30	99	64	20	10	13	9	6	2	0	33			0	2	1	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.83	-0.192	.84	-0.12%	-2.84	1b start tie	7b --- 1 out d6
3	214	10	Apr 17	LAD		COL	W,7-3	GS-6	W(1-1)	5	6.0	6	3	1	1	12	2	0	4.42	3.57	25	104	70	17	16	5	7	5	0	0	63			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	.99	-0.004	1.22	0.00%	-0.36	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
4	215	14	Apr 22	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS-6		4	6.0	3	2	2	1	9	0	0	4.07	2.85	21	93	64	18	9	5	6	3	0	0	66			0	1	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.009	.93	-0.01%	0.76	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
5	216	20	Apr 28	LAD		SFG	L,1-2	GS-7	L(1-2)	5	7.0	7	2	2	0	8	1	0	3.73	2.81	27	92	66	15	15	12	7	3	1	0	63			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.088	1.02	0.07%	1.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
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	217	25	May 4	LAD	@	MIL	L,3-4	GS-8		5	7.1	5	3	3	0	8	1	0	3.72	2.80	27	91	59	12	15	12	7	3	0	0	64			0	0	0	27	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.111	1.26	0.08%	1.06	1b start a 1	8b -2- 1 out a1
7	218	30	May 10	LAD	@	COL	W,9-5	GS-6		5	5.2	8	5	5	4	5	0	0	4.26	2.89	29	110	62	22	12	12	8	6	1	0	34			0	0	0	24	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.44	-0.297	2.02	-0.25%	-2.52	1b start tie	6b 123 2 out tie
8	219	35	May 15	LAD		COL	W,6-4	GS-7	W(2-2)	4	6.2	4	3	3	3	10	0	0	4.24	2.70	27	110	69	18	12	8	6	5	0	0	61			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.197	.89	0.16%	1.68	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a5
9	220	40	May 21	LAD	@	SFG	L,0-4	GS-8	L(2-3)	5	7.1	7	4	4	2	7	1	1	4.32	2.89	31	99	67	17	13	10	11	7	1	0	53			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.63	0.001	1.03	0.00%	0.53	1b start tie	8b 1-3 1 out d2
10	221	45	May 26	LAD		ATL	W,8-0	GS-7	W(3-3)	4	7.0	4	0	0	0	10	0	0	3.86	2.61	25	101	69	15	21	7	8	4	1	0	79			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.220	.55	0.17%	3.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out a8
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	222	50	Jun 1	LAD	@	COL	W,11-4	GS-7	W(4-3)	5	7.0	5	2	2	1	7	1	0	3.73	2.69	27	93	60	13	13	11	8	4	2	0	65			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.084	1.01	0.07%	1.84	1b start tie	7b 3 out a6
12	223	56	Jun 6	LAD		STL	W,2-0	GS-8	W(5-3)	4	8.0	1	0	0	2	11	0	1	3.36	2.57	27	106	75	21	18	9	4	1	1	0	89			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.486	1.36	0.40%	3.53	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
13	224	61	Jun 12	LAD	@	SDP	W,4-3	GS-7		5	6.2	4	1	1	3	11	1	0	3.21	2.62	27	117	73	18	21	7	6	2	3	0	70			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.273	1.65	0.27%	2.00	1b start tie	7b --- 2 out a1
14	225	66	Jun 17	LAD		TEX	L,3-5	GS-6	L(5-4)	4	6.0	5	4	3	1	10	1	0	3.29	2.61	23	107	69	17	20	5	7	1	1	0	57			1	2	1	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.212	.93	-0.18%	-1.36	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
15	226	71	Jun 22	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-4	GS-7	L(5-5)	4	7.0	4	3	3	2	9	2	0	3.33	2.78	27	105	67	10	20	6	10	3	4	0	64			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.061	1.23	-0.06%	0.19	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
16	227	76	Jun 27	LAD	@	MIA	L,2-3	GS-7	L(5-6)	4	7.0	7	3	1	0	9	0	0	3.20	2.64	27	101	73	16	19	11	7	7	0	0	64			0	0	1	26	2	0	0	1	0	1	.88	-0.047	1.27	-0.04%	0.12	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
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	228	81	Jul 3	LAD		NYM	L,1-2	GS-7		5	7.0	5	1	1	2	7	0	0	3.08	2.60	28	102	68	16	16	11	8	4	2	0	68			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.285	1.66	0.25%	2.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
18	229	86	Jul 8	LAD		PHI	W,5-0	SHO	W(6-6)	4	9.0	8	0	0	0	13	0	1	2.85	2.45	36	123	92	29	18	12	10	6	3	0	84			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.227	.93	0.21%	3.97	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
19	230	92	Jul 18	LAD	@	WSN	W,4-2	GS-8	W(7-6)	9	8.0	3	0	0	0	14	0	0	2.68	2.28	27	101	73	12	30	10	3	3	0	0	90			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.350	1.02	0.31%	3.79	1b start tie	8b 3 out a4
20	231	97	Jul 23	LAD	@	NYM	W,3-0	SHO	W(8-6)	4	9.0	3	0	0	0	11	0	0	2.51	2.18	29	104	79	24	14	12	6	2	0	0	92			0	1	1	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.643	2.05	0.57%	4.05	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
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
21	232	104	Aug 1	LAD		LAA	W,3-1	GS-8	W(9-6)	8	8.0	2	0	0	1	7	0	0	2.37	2.15	26	115	77	27	9	9	9	1	3	0	84			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.414	1.36	0.37%	3.53	1t start tie	8t 3 out a3
22	233	109	Aug 7	LAD	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS-6		5	6.0	9	4	4	2	5	1	1	2.51	2.27	28	97	64	17	12	12	8	6	1	0	41			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.48	-0.279	2.16	-0.25%	-1.24	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
23	234	114	Aug 12	LAD		WSN	W,3-0	GS-8	W(10-6)	4	8.0	3	0	0	0	8	0	0	2.39	2.21	27	101	71	19	17	12	7	4	0	0	84			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.552	2.04	0.55%	3.53	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
24	235	119	Aug 18	LAD	@	OAK	L,4-5	GS-7		5	7.0	5	1	1	2	7	0	0	2.34	2.21	29	116	76	16	14	11	9	7	0	0	68			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.22	0.290	1.83	0.26%	2.30	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
25	236	123	Aug 23	LAD	@	HOU	L,2-3	GS-8		4	8.0	7	1	1	0	10	0	0	2.29	2.13	29	111	74	15	18	9	10	4	1	0	74			0	1	1	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	0.479	2.79	0.54%	2.78	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a1
26	237	127	Aug 28	LAD		CHC	W,4-1	GS-8	W(11-6)	4	8.0	3	1	1	1	14	1	0	2.24	2.11	28	108	79	16	20	5	8	5	1	0	85			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.277	1.30	0.29%	2.53	1t start tie	8t 3 out a3
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
27	238	132	Sep 2	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	CG	W(12-6)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	15	0	0	2.18	2.02	32	132	95	20	32	8	8	4	1	0	85			1	1	2	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	0.520	2.53	0.56%	2.97	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
28	239	138	Sep 8	LAD	@	LAA	W,6-4	GS-7	W(13-6)	5	7.0	4	2	1	2	8	1	0	2.15	2.07	28	106	66	18	14	10	8	1	3	0	69			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	2	.86	0.202	.25	0.04%	1.20	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a4
29	240	143	Sep 14	LAD		COL	W,4-1	GS-7	W(14-6)	5	7.0	3	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.12	2.09	25	105	71	17	14	10	8	5	2	0	70			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	0.316	.44	0.07%	2.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
30	241	147	Sep 19	LAD		PIT	L,2-3	GS-8	L(14-7)	4	7.0	7	3	3	2	8	0	0	2.18	2.08	28	100	70	13	16	10	8	5	1	0	57			0	1	2	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.053	.24	-0.01%	0.48	1t start tie	8t -2- 0 out tie
31	242	152	Sep 24	LAD		ARI	W,6-3	GS-5	W(15-7)	4	5.0	6	3	3	1	9	1	0	2.25	2.09	22	80	57	11	15	1	11	7	0	0	51			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.138	.28	-0.02%	-0.80	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
32	243	157	Sep 29	LAD	@	SFG	W,8-0	SHO	W(16-7)	4	9.0	1	0	0	1	13	0	0	2.16	2.03	29	104	73	16	17	4	11	5	1	0	97			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.343	.32	0.10%	4.14	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a8
33	244	162	Oct 4	LAD		SDP	W,6-3	GS-4		4	3.2	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	2.13	1.99	13	60	43	6	11	3	3	1	1	0	64			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.171	.00	0.00%	1.56	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out a2
							20-13		W-L:16-7	4.7	232.2	163	62	55	42	301	15	5	2.13	1.99	890	3392	68%	16%	16%	1.13		25%	7%	0	68		---%	7	9	9	839	26	2	1	8	0	5	.96	5.095	1.24	4.33%	47.36

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