Clayton Kershaw

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

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

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

2025 Contract Status: Not Updated

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: 23-4 / in Starts: 23-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2017 Pitching Game Log

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2017 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	266	1	Apr 3	LAD		SDP	W,14-3	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	7.0	2	2	1	0	8	1	0	1.29	2.73	24			18	8	6	10	1	3	0	75			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	.44	0.075	.47	0.05%	1.47	1t start tie	7t 3 out a10
2	267	6	Apr 8	LAD	@	COL	L,2-4	GS-6	L(1-1)	4	6.0	8	4	4	0	6	3	0	3.46	5.00	26	100	65	16	7	11	9	4	1	0	46			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.110	1.00	-0.08%	-0.37	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
3	268	11	Apr 14	LAD		ARI	W,7-1	GS-9	W(2-1)	5	8.1	4	1	1	1	8	0	0	2.53	3.67	29	100	72	29	11	9	11	5	2	0	78			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.65	0.289	.72	0.19%	2.78	1t start tie	9t -2- 1 out a6
4	269	16	Apr 19	LAD		COL	W,4-2	GS-7	W(3-1)	4	7.0	5	2	2	1	10	0	0	2.54	2.95	27	97	70	19	19	6	10	7	1	0	68			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.19	0.222	1.25	0.14%	1.47	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
5	270	21	Apr 25	LAD	@	SFG	W,2-1	GS-7	W(4-1)	5	7.0	6	1	1	1	7	0	0	2.29	2.68	28			18	11	10	10	4	1	0	67			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.368	1.08	0.20%	2.55	1b start tie	7b 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	271	27	May 1	LAD		SFG	L,3-4	GS-6	L(4-2)	5	6.0	8	4	3	0	5	2	0	2.61	3.13	25	104	74	15	8	10	10	4	1	0	47			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.76	-0.164	.86	-0.11%	-1.03	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
7	272	31	May 6	LAD	@	SDP	W,10-2	GS-8	W(5-2)	4	7.1	5	1	1	4	9	1	0	2.40	3.28	30	118	75	18	14	10	7	2	0	0	69			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	.76	0.218	.90	0.15%	2.03	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a4
8	273	36	May 12	LAD	@	COL	W,6-2	GS-7	W(6-2)	5	7.0	7	2	2	1	4	0	0	2.43	3.18	26	85	58	15	14	13	8	5	0	0	58			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	2	0	1	.97	0.259	1.48	0.24%	2.23	1b start tie	7b 3 out a3
9	274	41	May 17	LAD	@	SFG	W,6-1	GS-7	W(7-2)	4	7.0	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.15	3.01	23	89	63	12	8	6	12	5	4	0	76			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.56	0.293	.70	0.22%	3.55	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a6
10	275	46	May 23	LAD		STL	W,2-1	GS-9		5	9.0	3	1	1	0	10	0	0	2.01	2.75	29	104	69	15	20	10	9	5	1	0	87			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	0.380	1.80	0.29%	3.46	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
11	276	51	May 28	LAD		CHC	W,9-4	GS-5		4	4.1	11	4	4	2	6	3	0	2.37	3.21	27	109	72	10	12	8	11	5	1	0	29			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.25	-0.208	1.60	-0.16%	-2.92	1t start tie	5t -23 1 out a2
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	277	56	Jun 2	LAD	@	MIL	W,2-1	GS-7		4	7.0	2	1	1	1	14	1	0	2.28	3.06	25			20	19	6	4	2	1	0	82			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	.97	0.208	1.27	0.16%	2.66	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
13	278	61	Jun 7	LAD		WSN	W,2-1	GS-7	W(8-2)	4	7.0	3	1	1	3	9	1	0	2.20	3.11	27			18	14	2	13	8	1	0	73			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.287	1.18	0.21%	2.47	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
14	279	65	Jun 13	LAD	@	CLE	W,7-5	GS-7	W(9-2)	5	7.0	6	2	2	2	4	1	0	2.23	3.23	28	101	62	15	9	12	10	6	2	0	59			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.229	1.41	0.16%	1.92	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
15	280	71	Jun 19	LAD		NYM	W,10-6	GS-7	W(10-2)	5	6.1	6	6	6	1	10	4	0	2.61	3.56	25	112	76	23	12	6	8	2	2	0	46			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.47	-0.020	.48	-0.01%	-2.79	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out a2
16	281	76	Jun 24	LAD		COL	W,4-0	GS-6	W(11-2)	4	6.0	4	0	0	1	8	0	0	2.47	3.42	23	103	73	16	17	4	10	5	3	0	71			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.254	1.15	0.20%	2.97	1t start tie	6t 3 out a4
17	282	81	Jun 29	LAD	@	LAA	W,6-2	GS-7	W(12-2)	4	7.0	3	1	0	2	12	0	0	2.32	3.25	26	93	67	17	18	7	5	3	1	0	79			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.92	0.201	.87	0.11%	2.59	1b start tie	7b 3 out a5
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
18	283	85	Jul 4	LAD		ARI	W,4-3	GS-7	W(13-2)	4	7.0	2	0	0	2	11	0	0	2.19	3.12	25	117	76	20	17	4	8	3	0	0	82			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.341	1.04	0.28%	3.47	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
19	284	90	Jul 9	LAD		KCR	W,5-2	CG	W(14-2)	4	9.0	6	2	2	0	13	1	0	2.18	3.02	33	99	73	19	22	10	10	4	2	0	80			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.310	.44	0.11%	2.46	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
20	285	94	Jul 18	LAD	@	CHW	W,1-0	GS-7	W(15-2)	8	7.0	7	0	0	1	7	0	0	2.07	2.95	28			14	17	14	5	2	2	0	69			1	0	1	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.44	0.505	.49	0.10%	3.59	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a1
21	286	99	Jul 23	LAD		ATL	W,5-4	GS-2		4	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.04	2.95	7			1	7	4	0	0	0	0	57			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.098	.22	0.02%	0.99	1t start tie	2t 3 out tie
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
22	287	133	Sep 1	LAD	@	SDP	W,1-0	GS-6	W(16-2)	39	6.0	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	1.95	2.86	20	70	53	11	13	11	2	0	2	0	75			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.365	.00	0.00%	2.95	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
23	288	140	Sep 7	LAD		COL	L,1-9	GS-4	L(16-3)	5	3.2	6	4	4	3	7	1	0	2.15	2.92	21			14	10	3	8	2	1	0	37			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	1	1	.76	-0.242	.03	-0.01%	-2.25	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d4
24	289	145	Sep 12	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-3	GS-6	W(17-3)	4	6.0	8	2	1	1	6	1	0	2.12	2.95	27			16	11	7	13	5	1	0	55			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.34	0.113	.11	0.01%	1.04	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
25	290	150	Sep 18	LAD	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS-6	L(17-4)	5	6.0	4	4	4	2	6	1	0	2.26	3.00	24	97	62	12	18	8	8	1	3	0	52			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.273	.04	-0.01%	-0.96	1b start a 2	6b 3 out d2
26	291	156	Sep 24	LAD		SFG	W,3-1	GS-8	W(18-4)	5	8.0	8	1	1	0	6	1	0	2.21	3.02	28	93	70	13	15	12	10	5	0	0	68			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	4	0	0	.99	0.366	.06	0.01%	2.96	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
27	292	161	Sep 30	LAD	@	COL	W,5-3	GS-4		5	4.0	7	3	3	0	2	1	0	2.31	3.07	18	57	41	12	6	9	7	5	1	0	38			1	1	1	17	1	0	0	1	0	1	.98	-0.084	.09	0.00%	-0.58	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
							23-4		W-L:18-4	4.6	175.0	136	49	45	30	202	23	0	2.31	3.07	679	1848	69%	23%	19%	0.96		22%	8%	0	64		---%	3	2	2	641	20	2	0	15	3	8	.96	4.280	.81	2.48%	38.69

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