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

2023 Contract Status: Signed thru 2023, 1 yr/$20M (23)

Service Time (01/2023): 14.105 • Free Agent: 2024

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
9x All-Star
2020 World Series
Gold Glove
5x ERA Title
ML PoY

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SUMMARY

2023

Career

WAR

1.6

77.8

204

ERA

3.25

2.50

413

410

69.1

2650.1

2891

WHIP

1.096

1.004

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Team Record in Appearances: 15-7 / in Starts: 15-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2022 Pitching Game Log

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2022 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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
1	380	5	Apr 13	LAD	@	MIN	W,7-0	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	7.0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0.00	-0.60	21	80	53	13	19	2	6	1	2	0	90			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.335	.57	0.18%	3.24	45.75	70.00	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a3
2	381	10	Apr 18	LAD		ATL	W,7-4	GS-6	W(2-0)	4	5.0	6	4	4	0	7	2	0	3.00	1.95	21	87	58	12	10	7	7	2	1	0	46			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.073	.81	0.05%	-0.88	17.65	30.00	1t start tie	6t -23 0 out a4
3	382	15	Apr 24	LAD	@	SDP	W,10-2	GS-5	W(3-0)	5	5.0	4	1	1	0	3	0	1	2.65	2.11	19	75	49	14	4	9	6	1	2	0	58			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	.88	0.133	1.09	0.10%	1.27	16.25	27.00	1b start a 1	5b 3 out a7
4	383	20	Apr 30	LAD		DET	L,1-5	GS-6		5	6.0	4	1	1	2	7	0	0	2.35	2.03	24	85	57	22	8	8	7	3	4	0	65			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.252	1.21	0.16%	2.14	21.90	40.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
5	384	24	May 7(1)	LAD	@	CHC	W,7-0	GS-7	W(4-0)	6	7.0	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.80	2.25	24	81	58	10	8	11	10	7	0	0	68			0	1	1	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.69	0.318	.79	0.22%	3.45	20.15	37.00	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a5
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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
6	385	59	Jun 11	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS-4	L(4-1)	34	4.0	3	2	2	2	4	1	0	2.12	2.67	18	71	43	9	11	5	7	3	1	0	50			1	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	.92	-0.051	1.17	-0.04%	-0.03	10.00	18.00	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
7	386	63	Jun 17	LAD		CLE	L,1-2	GS-5		5	5.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.08	2.60	20	81	56	13	13	9	6	3	0	0	56			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.18	0.165	1.34	0.11%	1.62	13.65	24.00	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
8	387	68	Jun 23	LAD	@	CIN	W,10-5	GS-6	W(5-1)	5	6.0	7	1	1	1	7	0	0	2.00	2.42	25	80	53	15	10	8	9	3	0	0	60			1	0	1	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.195	1.04	0.13%	2.26	24.70	46.00	1b start tie	6b 3 out a6
9	388	73	Jun 28	LAD	@	COL	L,4-7	GS-4	L(5-2)	4	4.0	9	6	6	4	4	2	0	2.94	3.09	25	77	45	11	9	6	11	6	0	0	20			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.377	1.27	-0.25%	-3.77	-2.80	6.00	1b start a 1	4b 3 out d4
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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
10	389	78	Jul 3	LAD		SDP	L,2-4	GS-7		4	7.0	4	0	0	1	8	0	0	2.57	2.86	25	98	71	18	17	7	9	2	3	0	76			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.472	1.45	0.36%	3.67	28.75	49.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
11	390	84	Jul 9	LAD		CHC	W,4-2	GS-8	W(6-2)	5	7.2	5	2	1	0	10	0	0	2.40	2.58	28	102	71	16	15	13	5	1	2	0	73			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.19	0.102	.94	0.05%	1.95	36.25	60.00	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a2
12	391	89	Jul 15	LAD	@	LAA	W,9-1	GS-8	W(7-2)	5	8.0	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	2.13	2.47	25	89	63	18	11	10	9	3	0	0	86			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.261	.23	0.08%	3.87	33.40	52.00	1b start a 2	8b 3 out a9
13	392	94	Jul 24	LAD		SFG	W,7-4	GS-5		8	4.1	5	4	4	2	6	1	0	2.49	2.60	21	94	60	17	11	5	8	4	1	0	41			0	0	0	19	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	-0.232	.41	-0.05%	-1.66	9.55	19.00	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out tie
14	393	100	Jul 30	LAD	@	COL	L,3-5	GS-6	L(7-3)	5	5.1	8	5	3	0	3	0	1	2.66	2.60	25	92	60	20	6	10	11	6	0	0	39			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.25	-0.319	.36	-0.06%	-2.23	6.60	16.00	1b start a 1	6b 1-- 1 out d2
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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
15	394	105	Aug 4	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-3	GS-4		4	4.0	3	2	1	1	4	1	0	2.64	2.71	15	66	45	14	7	3	7	3	0	0	53			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	2	0	1	.87	-0.023	.15	0.00%	-0.03	12.60	21.00	1b start tie	4b 3 out a2
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	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
16	395	130	Sep 1	LAD	@	NYM	L,3-5	GS-5		27	5.0	1	1	1	3	6	0	0	2.59	2.70	19	74	46	9	11	5	5	2	3	0	64			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.187	.03	0.00%	1.37	18.85	30.00	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
17	396	136	Sep 7	LAD		SFG	W,7-3	GS-6		5	6.0	5	2	2	0	8	1	0	2.62	2.70	23	86	63	15	18	4	11	7	2	0	62			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.091	.01	0.00%	1.14	22.50	40.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
18	397	141	Sep 13	LAD	@	ARI	W,4-0	GS-7	W(8-3)	5	7.0	2	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.44	2.66	24	82	55	14	11	10	8	1	2	0	77			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.332	.00	0.00%	3.38	27.95	46.00	1b start tie	7b 3 out a4
19	398	146	Sep 19	LAD		ARI	W,5-2	GS-6	W(9-3)	5	6.0	6	1	1	0	10	0	0	2.39	2.50	24	94	67	12	17	7	7	4	1	0	66			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.250	.00	0.00%	2.14	31.90	55.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out a4
20	399	152	Sep 24	LAD		STL	W,6-2	GS-6	W(10-3)	4	6.0	7	2	2	1	7	1	0	2.42	2.55	26	88	64	17	16	9	9	7	1	0	56			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	.66	0.168	.00	0.00%	1.14	22.70	43.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out a4
21	400	157	Sep 30	LAD		COL	W,10-1	GS-6	W(11-3)	5	6.0	5	0	0	2	4	0	0	2.30	2.56	24	88	60	15	12	6	12	5	1	0	64			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.228	.00	0.00%	3.14	21.30	40.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out a9
22	401	162	Oct 5	LAD		COL	W,6-1	GS-5	W(12-3)	4	5.0	1	1	1	1	9	1	0	2.28	2.57	17	72	53	11	14	4	3	0	1	0	69			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.171	.00	0.00%	1.62	30.05	45.00	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
							15-7		W-L:12-3	4.9	126.1	96	36	32	23	137	10	2	2.28	2.57	493	1842	68%	17%	14%	0.91		22%	8%	0	61		---%	3	2	2	465	16	1	0	8	2	5	.92	2.731	.60	1.04%	28.80	469.65	814.00

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