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

2018 Player Pitching Game Log

2018 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	GSc	AB	2B	3B	GDP	SF	SB	CS	PO	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2018-03-29	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		San Francisco Giants	1-6	L	6.0	8	1	1	2	7	1	0	57	25	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	27	91	62	12	17	6	12	7	3
2	2018-04-03	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	Arizona Diamondbacks	1-6	L	6.0	4	2	2	1	6	2	0	61	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	97	63	18	9	9	8	4	0
3	2018-04-08	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	San Francisco Giants	1-8		7.0	6	1	1	0	6	0	0	67	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	92	59	11	9	8	11	7	3
4	2018-04-15	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		Arizona Diamondbacks	1-7	W	7.0	2	1	1	0	12	1	0	81	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	100	71	18	15	7	5	0	0
5	2018-04-20	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		Washington Nationals	1-7	L	7.0	9	4	4	0	4	0	0	47	29	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	29	85	64	15	7	14	9	6	1
6	2018-04-25	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		Miami Marlins	1-5	L	5.0	5	3	3	6	7	1	0	46	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	112	64	16	12	5	8	4	2
7	2018-05-01	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	Arizona Diamondbacks	1-6		6.0	6	2	2	1	6	2	0	57	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	101	65	18	10	8	11	5	1
8	2018-05-31	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		Philadelphia Phillies	1-5		5.0	4	1	1	1	5	0	0	59	18	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	19	62	42	15	4	5	8	4	2
9	2018-06-23	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	New York Mets	1-3		3.0	5	2	2	1	4	0	0	44	13	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	14	55	39	14	4	5	4	2	0
10	2018-06-28	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		Chicago Cubs	1-5		5.0	4	1	1	0	6	0	0	61	18	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	18	68	47	18	9	7	6	3	1
11	2018-07-03	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		Pittsburgh Pirates	1-6	W	6.0	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	58	21	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	21	74	56	17	8	9	10	6	1
12	2018-07-09	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	San Diego Padres	1-6	W	6.0	2	0	0	1	5	0	0	72	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	89	60	13	8	8	8	4	1
13	2018-07-15	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		Los Angeles Angels	1-7		6.2	6	3	3	4	8	1	1	54	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	104	69	17	12	8	6	2	1
14	2018-07-21	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	Milwaukee Brewers	1-6	L	6.0	7	4	1	0	5	1	0	53	25	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	26	88	61	18	11	11	9	4	2
15	2018-07-27	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	Atlanta Braves	1-8	W	7.2	6	1	1	0	8	0	1	71	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	101	71	11	13	11	9	5	1
16	2018-08-02	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		Milwaukee Brewers	1-6	W	6.0	5	2	2	2	7	1	0	59	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	98	67	15	15	9	7	5	0
17	2018-08-08	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	Oakland Athletics	1-6		6.0	6	2	2	0	1	0	0	53	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	97	64	16	4	9	14	4	4
18	2018-08-13	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		San Francisco Giants	1-8		8.0	4	1	1	0	9	0	0	79	27	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	27	110	78	17	15	13	5	3	1
19	2018-08-19	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	Seattle Mariners	1-7	W	7.0	4	1	1	1	7	0	0	71	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	88	71	12	14	11	8	4	3
20	2018-08-25	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		San Diego Padres	1-8		8.0	7	3	2	0	9	1	0	67	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	107	77	18	14	8	14	5	3
21	2018-09-01	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		Arizona Diamondbacks	1-7		7.0	4	2	2	0	3	2	0	64	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	91	67	20	7	12	11	2	1
22	2018-09-07	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	Colorado Rockies	1-6	W	6.0	6	2	2	1	7	1	0	58	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	98	62	10	13	8	9	3	3
23	2018-09-13	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	St. Louis Cardinals	1-6	W	6.0	8	4	3	2	8	1	0	48	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	29	92	63	16	9	9	9	7	1
24	2018-09-18	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		Colorado Rockies	1-7		7.0	3	2	1	5	3	1	0	63	23	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	29	97	60	14	9	12	9	3	1
25	2018-09-24	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	Arizona Diamondbacks	1-6	W	6.0	6	3	3	1	6	1	0	53	24	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	25	84	55	13	9	6	12	5	0
26	2018-09-29	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	San Francisco Giants	1-5		5.0	8	5	5	0	4	0	0	35	21	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	22	77	51	8	5	6	12	7	1

2018 Player Pitching Splits

2018 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	26	650	612	55	139	30	2	17	3	2	29	155	.227	.264	.366	.630	.276	224	8	2	3	2	0

Home	13	333	308	26	65	15	0	9	3	1	20	82	.211	.261	.347	.609	.258	107	6	1	3	0	0
Away	13	317	304	29	74	15	2	8	0	1	9	73	.243	.266	.385	.651	.293	117	2	1	0	2	0

March	1	27	25	1	8	2	0	1	0	0	2	7	.320	.370	.520	.890	.412	13	1	0	0	0	0
April	5	129	122	11	26	7	0	4	0	0	7	35	.213	.256	.369	.625	.265	45	1	0	0	0	0
May	2	44	42	3	10	0	0	2	0	0	2	11	.238	.273	.381	.654	.276	16	1	0	0	0	0
June	2	32	31	3	9	3	0	0	0	0	1	10	.290	.313	.387	.700	.429	12	2	0	0	0	0
July	5	128	119	10	25	6	1	2	0	0	5	28	.210	.254	.328	.582	.258	39	2	2	1	0	0
August	5	133	129	9	26	4	0	2	1	0	3	33	.202	.220	.279	.499	.255	36	1	0	1	0	0
September	6	157	144	18	35	8	1	6	2	2	9	31	.243	.284	.438	.721	.266	63	0	0	1	2	0

As Starter	26	650	612	55	139	30	2	17	3	2	29	155	.227	.264	.366	.630	.276	224	8	2	3	2	0

vs RHB as LHP	26	507	476		106	25	2	11			24	121	.223	.262	.353	.615	.275	168	7	2	2	1	0
vs LHB as LHP	26	143	136		33	5	0	6			5	34	.243	.268	.412	.679	.278	56	1	0	1	1	0

Bases Empty	26	410	394		87	25	0	15			13	100	.221	.248	.399	.646	.258	157	0	1	0	0	0
Runners On	26	240	218		52	5	2	2			16	55	.239	.291	.307	.598	.307	67	8	1	3	2	0

vs. Younger Batters	26	394	374		84	15	2	10			15	101	.225	.253	.356	.609	.279	133	5	0	3	2	0
vs. Older Batters	25	256	238		55	15	0	7			14	54	.231	.280	.382	.662	.271	91	3	2	0	0	0

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	9	5	.643	2.73	26	26	0	161.1	139	55	49	17	29	0	155	2	0	0	650	1.041	8.6	5.34

Home	3	3	.500	2.58	13	13	0	83.2	65	26	24	9	20	0	82	1	0	0	333	1.016	8.8	4.10
Away	6	2	.750	2.90	13	13	0	77.2	74	29	25	8	9	0	73	1	0	0	317	1.069	8.5	8.11

March	0	1	.000	1.50	1	1	0	6.0	8	1	1	1	2	0	7	0	0	0	27	1.667	10.5	3.50
April	1	3	.250	3.09	5	5	0	32.0	26	11	11	4	7	0	35	0	0	0	129	1.031	9.8	5.00
May	0	0		2.45	2	2	0	11.0	10	3	3	2	2	0	11	0	0	0	44	1.091	9.0	5.50
June	0	0		3.38	2	2	0	8.0	9	3	3	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	32	1.250	11.3	10.00
July	3	1	.750	1.95	5	5	0	32.1	25	10	7	2	5	0	28	2	0	0	128	0.928	7.8	5.60
August	2	0	1.000	2.06	5	5	0	35.0	26	9	8	2	3	0	33	0	0	0	133	0.829	8.5	11.00
September	3	0	1.000	3.89	6	6	0	37.0	35	18	16	6	9	0	31	0	0	0	157	1.189	7.5	3.44

As Starter	9	5	.643	2.73	26	26	0	161.1	139	55	49	17	29	0	155	2	0	0	650	1.041	8.6	5.34

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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