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: 22-7 / in Starts: 21-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2019 Pitching Game Log

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2019 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	319	18	Apr 15	LAD		CIN	W,4-3	GS-7		99	7.0	5	2	2	0	6	1	0	2.57	3.36	24	84	57	9	10	13	5	2	0	0	65			0	1	1	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.216	1.00	0.14%	1.59	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
2	320	24	Apr 21	LAD	@	MIL	W,6-5	GS-6		5	6.0	2	2	2	4	7	1	0	2.77	4.14	24	92	59	14	14	6	7	3	0	0	63			0	0	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	.78	0.160	.96	0.12%	1.21	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a3
3	321	29	Apr 27	LAD		PIT	W,3-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	5	7.0	4	1	1	0	8	0	0	2.25	3.01	25	101	67	14	13	10	7	5	0	0	73			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.255	1.04	0.19%	2.59	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
4	322	34	May 3	LAD	@	SDP	W,4-3	GS-6		5	6.0	6	3	3	1	6	2	0	2.77	3.71	24	95	68	17	9	6	11	5	2	0	53			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	.60	-0.069	.88	-0.06%	-0.02	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
5	323	39	May 8	LAD		ATL	W,9-4	GS-7	W(2-0)	4	6.2	9	4	4	1	4	1	0	3.31	3.86	29			18	11	12	12	5	1	0	43			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.064	1.20	0.05%	0.09	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out a2
6	324	44	May 14	LAD		SDP	W,6-3	GS-7	W(3-0)	5	7.0	5	3	3	1	5	2	0	3.40	4.22	25	98	64	17	14	10	9	2	4	0	59			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	0	.78	0.072	1.22	0.07%	0.59	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
7	325	49	May 21	LAD	@	TBR	W,7-3	GS-7	W(4-0)	6	6.1	6	2	2	1	8	0	0	3.33	3.80	26	97	65	13	15	12	5	4	0	0	60			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.308	1.04	0.23%	2.27	1b start a 1	7b -23 1 out a6
8	326	54	May 27	LAD		NYM	W,9-5	GS-6	W(5-0)	5	6.0	10	3	3	1	5	1	0	3.46	3.85	26			11	7	10	10	3	2	0	44			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	-0.050	1.28	-0.03%	0.08	1t start tie	6t 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
9	327	59	Jun 1	LAD		PHI	W,4-3	GS-7		4	7.0	6	1	0	0	6	0	0	3.05	3.57	27			13	13	8	13	9	0	0	69			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.29	0.337	1.22	0.19%	2.59	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
10	328	64	Jun 7	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-2	GS-7	L(5-1)	5	7.0	6	2	2	1	4	0	0	3.00	3.46	28			13	10	11	12	4	2	0	60			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.061	.80	0.03%	1.52	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
11	329	69	Jun 13	LAD		CHC	W,7-3	GS-6	W(6-1)	5	6.0	7	3	3	2	8	2	0	3.13	3.66	26	93	62	18	15	6	10	3	3	0	52			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.014	.77	-0.01%	0.08	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
12	330	74	Jun 18	LAD		SFG	W,9-0	GS-7	W(7-1)	4	7.0	3	0	0	2	6	0	0	2.85	3.54	25			16	10	9	8	4	1	0	75			0	1	1	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.383	.78	0.18%	3.59	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
13	331	80	Jun 24	LAD	@	ARI	L,5-8	GS-6		5	6.0	7	4	4	1	2	2	0	3.07	3.81	25			12	6	12	10	4	4	0	43			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.85	-0.087	.30	-0.02%	-0.79	1b start a 3	6b 3 out d1
14	332	85	Jun 29	LAD	@	COL	L,3-5	GS-7	L(7-2)	4	7.0	7	5	4	0	7	1	0	3.23	3.76	28	89	64	13	11	12	9	6	1	0	52			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.20	-0.233	.60	-0.07%	-0.71	1b start a 1	7b 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
15	333	90	Jul 5	LAD		SDP	L,2-3	GS-7		5	7.0	5	2	1	1	9	0	1	3.09	3.60	29	96	68	15	14	9	8	5	0	0	69			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.177	.22	0.02%	1.59	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
16	334	96	Jul 15	LAD	@	PHI	W,16-2	GS-6	W(8-2)	9	6.0	4	1	1	2	7	1	0	3.00	3.62	26	102	69	16	13	11	5	2	1	0	65			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	.87	0.106	.21	0.02%	2.21	1b start tie	6b 3 out a6
17	335	101	Jul 20	LAD		MIA	W,10-6	GS-6		4	6.0	2	0	0	1	10	0	0	2.84	3.45	21	97	64	17	15	4	6	0	2	0	77			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.269	.16	0.03%	3.08	1t start tie	6t 3 out a6
18	336	106	Jul 27	LAD	@	WSN	W,9-3	GS-6	W(9-2)	6	6.0	3	2	2	3	9	0	0	2.85	3.36	24			21	11	5	7	3	1	0	64			0	0	0	20	0	1	0	0	1	0	.98	0.134	.14	0.01%	1.24	1b start tie	6b 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
19	337	111	Aug 1	LAD		SDP	W,8-2	GS-6	W(10-2)	4	6.0	6	2	2	5	5	1	0	2.85	3.50	27	87	49	12	11	8	9	1	1	0	52			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.089	.16	0.01%	1.08	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
20	338	116	Aug 6	LAD		STL	W,3-1	GS-7	W(11-2)	4	7.0	4	1	1	1	9	0	0	2.77	3.37	26	101	68	17	16	5	11	4	5	0	73			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.357	.09	0.02%	2.59	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
21	339	122	Aug 14	LAD	@	MIA	W,9-1	GS-7	W(12-2)	7	7.0	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	2.63	3.21	23	90	66	19	17	7	6	2	1	0	83			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	1	.47	0.242	.02	0.01%	3.56	1b start a 3	7b 3 out a7
22	340	127	Aug 20	LAD		TOR	W,16-3	GS-6	W(13-2)	5	6.0	6	3	3	3	6	3	0	2.71	3.47	23			16	10	6	8	2	2	0	51			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	3	0	0	.71	-0.004	.04	0.00%	0.08	1t start tie	6t 3 out a5
23	341	132	Aug 25	LAD		NYY	L,1-5	GS-7	L(13-3)	4	7.0	4	3	3	0	12	3	1	2.76	3.57	26	91	68	20	18	4	9	4	1	0	69			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.004	.07	0.00%	0.59	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
24	342	138	Aug 31	LAD	@	ARI	L,5-6	GS-5	L(13-4)	5	5.0	5	5	5	2	6	2	0	2.96	3.69	22	92	58	15	12	5	9	4	2	0	41			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.21	-0.350	.10	-0.02%	-2.33	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
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
25	343	143	Sep 6	LAD		SFG	L,4-5	GS-5	L(13-5)	5	4.0	7	3	3	3	6	1	0	3.06	3.74	21			13	9	6	6	5	0	0	39			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.48	-0.023	.15	0.00%	0.05	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out tie
26	344	149	Sep 13	LAD	@	NYM	W,9-2	GS-7	W(14-5)	6	6.1	4	2	2	3	5	1	0	3.05	3.79	26	105	62	16	12	10	8	3	3	0	59			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.150	.07	0.01%	0.88	1b start tie	7b 123 1 out a6
27	345	154	Sep 20	LAD		COL	W,12-5	GS-6	W(15-5)	6	6.0	8	4	4	1	5	3	0	3.15	3.96	26	99	66	11	15	9	11	4	1	0	44			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.62	-0.146	.05	-0.01%	-0.92	1t start tie	6t 3 out a4
28	346	159	Sep 26	LAD	@	SDP	W,1-0	GS-6	W(16-5)	5	6.0	2	0	0	1	7	0	0	3.05	3.87	21	90	66	15	15	6	7	4	0	0	74			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.367	.12	0.02%	2.98	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
29	347	162	Sep 29	LAD	@	SFG	W,9-0	5-5		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.03	3.86	3	18	12	2	3	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.027	.02	0.00%	0.50	5b --- 0 out a5	5b 3 out a5
							22-7		W-L:16-5	5.0	178.1	145	63	60	41	189	28	2	3.03	3.86	706	1817	67%	23%	19%	0.97		22%	8%	0	60	0	---%	3	3	2	654	23	3	0	17	1	5	.95	2.794	.53	1.11%	31.89

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