Clayton Kershaw

Position: Starting 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)

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

2016 Player Pitching Game Log

2016 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	GSc	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	SB	CS	PO	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2016-04-04	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	San Diego Padres	1-7	W	7.0	1	0	0	1	9	0	0	83	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	96	61	27	13	5	8	4	0
2	2016-04-09	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	San Francisco Giants	1-8		8.0	4	2	2	1	5	2	0	70	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	91	60	15	10	6	17	10	0
3	2016-04-15	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		San Francisco Giants	1-7	W	7.0	5	3	2	0	6	0	0	63	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	107	73	19	13	13	7	2	2
4	2016-04-21	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	Atlanta Braves	1-8		8.0	10	1	1	1	10	0	0	67	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	32	116	83	26	21	13	10	7	0
5	2016-04-26	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		Miami Marlins	1-7	L	7.0	7	5	5	0	10	1	1	53	28	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	104	71	21	12	8	10	6	1
6	2016-05-01	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		San Diego Padres	1-9	W	9.0	3	0	0	0	14	0	0	95	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	101	75	17	26	9	7	4	2
7	2016-05-07	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	Toronto Blue Jays	1-7	W	7.0	8	2	2	0	10	0	0	63	26	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	26	112	78	16	21	6	10	7	1
8	2016-05-12	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		New York Mets	1-9	W	9.0	3	0	0	1	13	0	0	93	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	30	109	73	20	16	10	6	3	1
9	2016-05-17	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		Los Angeles Angels	1-8	W	8.0	4	1	1	0	11	0	0	81	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	107	77	14	21	9	8	4	0
10	2016-05-23	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		Cincinnati Reds	1-9	W	9.0	2	0	0	1	7	0	0	89	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	29	102	71	22	11	14	5	2	0
11	2016-05-29	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	New York Mets	1-8		7.2	4	2	2	0	10	1	0	73	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	114	78	20	18	8	9	3	2
12	2016-06-04	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		Atlanta Braves	1-6	W	6.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	1	69	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	22	96	62	9	13	8	6	1	1
13	2016-06-10	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	San Francisco Giants	1-8	W	8.0	5	2	2	0	13	1	0	77	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	108	78	16	30	9	8	5	0
14	2016-06-15	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	Arizona Diamondbacks	1-8	W	7.1	5	2	2	1	11	1	0	70	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	27	104	70	17	20	6	9	6	1
15	2016-06-20	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		Washington Nationals	1-7	W	7.0	6	1	1	0	8	0	0	69	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	106	75	17	18	11	8	4	1
16	2016-06-26	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	Pittsburgh Pirates	1-6	L	6.0	9	4	4	2	4	0	0	40	24	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	27	98	66	20	11	7	14	8	1
		Player Moved from Maj-NL to A+-CALL
17	2016-09-03	A+-CALL	Rancho Cucamonga Quakes		Modesto Nuts	1-3		3.0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	62	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	9	34	23	6	9	4	0	0	0
		Player Moved from A+-CALL to Maj-NL
18	2016-09-09	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	Miami Marlins	1-3	L	3.0	5	2	2	0	5	1	0	46	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	66	46	9	9	5	4	3	0
19	2016-09-14	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	New York Yankees	1-5		5.0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	70	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	64	42	11	7	8	3	1	1
20	2016-09-19	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		San Francisco Giants	1-6		6.0	3	1	0	1	7	0	0	70	20	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	21	88	62	15	11	5	8	4	3
21	2016-09-24	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		Colorado Rockies	1-7	W	7.2	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	79	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	91	65	16	12	7	10	3	2
22	2016-10-01	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	San Francisco Giants	1-7	L	7.0	6	3	2	1	4	1	0	58	26	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	28	82	60	12	9	12	12	5	2

2016 Player Pitching Splits

2016 Player Pitching Splits
Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Total	22	553	535	31	98	18	1	8	1	1	11	177	.183	.202	.265	.468	.256	142	10	2	4	1	1

Home	11	274	266	11	40	6	1	1	1	0	4	91	.150	.169	.192	.361	.224	51	5	2	2	0	0
Away	11	279	269	20	58	12	0	7	0	1	7	86	.216	.235	.338	.573	.288	91	5	0	2	1	1

April	5	140	136	11	27	4	1	3	0	0	3	40	.199	.221	.309	.530	.258	42	1	1	0	0	0
May	6	169	166	5	24	6	0	1	0	0	2	65	.145	.155	.199	.354	.230	33	5	0	1	0	0
June	5	132	125	9	28	6	0	2	0	1	4	40	.224	.254	.320	.574	.313	40	2	1	2	0	1
September	5	84	82	3	13	2	0	1	1	0	1	28	.159	.169	.220	.388	.226	18	2	0	1	0	0
October	1	28	26	3	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.231	.250	.346	.596	.227	9	0	0	0	1	0

As Starter	22	553	535	31	98	18	1	8	1	1	11	177	.183	.202	.265	.468	.256	142	10	2	4	1	1

vs RHB as LHP	22	410	395		79	15	1	8			9	123	.200	.221	.304	.525	.268	120	8	2	3	1	1
vs LHB as LHP	22	143	140		19	3	0	0			2	54	.136	.148	.157	.305	.221	22	2	0	1	0	0

Bases Empty	22	405	396		66	14	1	7			7	135	.167	.185	.260	.445	.232	103	0	2	0	0	0
Runners On	22	148	139		32	4	0	1			4	42	.230	.250	.281	.531	.320	39	10	0	4	1	1

vs. Younger Batters	22	230	223		33	5	1	5			3	80	.148	.163	.247	.410	.203	55	3	1	3	0	0
vs. Older Batters	21	323	312		65	13	0	3			8	97	.208	.230	.279	.509	.291	87	7	1	1	1	1

Table
Split	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	SO9	SO/W
Total	12	4	.750	1.65	22	22	0	152.2	98	31	28	8	11	1	177	2	3	0	553	0.714	10.4	16.09

Home	8	1	.889	1.03	11	11	0	78.2	40	11	9	1	4	0	91	2	3	0	274	0.559	10.4	22.75
Away	4	3	.571	2.31	11	11	0	74.0	58	20	19	7	7	1	86	0	0	0	279	0.878	10.5	12.29

April	2	1	.667	2.43	5	5	0	37.0	27	11	10	3	3	0	40	1	0	0	140	0.811	9.7	13.33
May	5	0	1.000	0.91	6	6	0	49.2	24	5	5	1	2	0	65	0	2	0	169	0.524	11.8	32.50
June	4	1	.800	2.36	5	5	0	34.1	28	9	9	2	4	1	40	1	1	0	132	0.932	10.5	10.00
September	1	1	.500	0.73	5	5	0	24.2	13	3	2	1	1	0	28	0	0	0	84	0.568	10.2	28.00
October	0	1	.000	2.57	1	1	0	7.0	6	3	2	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	28	1.000	5.1	4.00

As Starter	12	4	.750	1.65	22	22	0	152.2	98	31	28	8	11	1	177	2	3	0	553	0.714	10.4	16.09

Please note that splits include both major and minor league stats. We have decided that the splits across all levels is more useful than just minor league stats.

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