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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, 19,256th in major league history)
vs. STL 6.0 IP, 5 H, 7 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 28, 2025 (Age 37-193d)
vs. SEA 5.1 IP, 4 H, 7 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2008 season

Agents: Excel Sports Management

National Team: us USA (18U)

Full Name: Clayton Edward Kershaw

Nicknames: The Claw, Kid K, The Minotaur or Kersh

Instagram: @claytonkershaw

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MVP
3x Cy Young
Triple Crown
11x All-Star
2x World Series
Gold Glove
5x ERA Title
ML PoY
Clemente

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

80.9

W

223

L

96

ERA

2.53

G

455

GS

451

SV

0

IP

2855.1

SO

3052

WHIP

1.018

Clayton Kershaw Menu

Year-by-Year Splits: San Francisco Giants

Year-by-Year Splits: San Francisco Giants
I	Year	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	SO9	SO/W
	2008	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		5	3.000	0.0	0.00
	2009	0	0		1.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	13	0	0		22	0.286	16.7	13.00
	2010	1	1	.500	1.55	4	4	0	1	1	0	29.0	18	7	5	1	10	4	25	2	0		116	0.966	7.8	2.50
	2011	5	0	1.000	1.07	6	6	0	0	0	0	42.0	29	6	5	1	8	0	49	0	0		161	0.881	10.5	6.13
	2012	2	3	.400	1.62	5	5	0	1	1	0	39.0	27	7	7	2	7	1	40	0	0		147	0.872	9.2	5.71
	2013	3	1	.750	1.38	5	5	0	1	1	0	39.0	22	7	6	1	5	1	28	1	0		141	0.692	6.5	5.60
	2014	3	0	1.000	1.69	4	4	0	1	1	0	32.0	24	6	6	1	2	0	36	0	1		118	0.813	10.1	18.00
	2015	2	2	.500	2.11	5	5	0	2	1	0	38.1	24	9	9	2	5	0	52	1	0		140	0.757	12.2	10.40
	2016	2	1	.667	2.00	5	5	0	0	0	0	36.0	23	11	8	4	3	0	35	0	0		134	0.722	8.8	11.67
	2017	4	1	.800	1.59	5	5	0	0	0	0	34.0	33	8	6	4	2	0	29	0	0		131	1.029	7.7	14.50
	2018	0	1	.000	2.77	4	4	0	0	0	0	26.0	26	8	8	1	2	0	26	0	0		102	1.077	9.0	13.00
	2019	1	2	.333	2.37	4	3	0	0	0	0	19.0	16	5	5	1	6	0	17	0	0		77	1.158	8.1	2.83
	2020	1	1	.500	3.48	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.1	11	4	4	3	1	0	10	0	0		43	1.161	8.7	10.00
	2021	0	1	.000	7.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	7	5	5	2	3	0	6	0	0		27	1.667	9.0	2.00
	2022	0	1	.000	4.42	4	4	0	0	0	0	18.1	16	10	9	4	5	0	22	0	0		77	1.145	10.8	4.40
	2023	2	1	.667	2.20	3	3	0	0	0	0	16.1	12	5	4	1	6	0	14	0	0		66	1.102	7.7	2.33
	2024	0	0		4.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	6	2	2	0	2	0	6	0	0		20	2.000	13.5	3.00
	2025	1	0	1.000	3.77	3	3	0	0	0	0	14.1	12	6	6	1	9	0	13	0	0		63	1.465	8.2	1.44
	Career	27	16	.628	2.10	63	61	0	6	5	0	411.2	309	107	96	30	78	7	421	4	1		1590	0.940	9.2	5.40

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