Photo of Clayton Kershaw

Photo of Clayton Kershaw

Photo of Clayton Kershaw

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: ARI-Chase Field

Year-by-Year Splits: ARI-Chase Field
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
	2009	0	1	.000	8.31	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	6	4	4	0	4	0	9	0	0		23	2.308	18.7	2.25
	2010	2	0	1.000	0.66	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.2	8	1	1	0	2	0	17	0	0		51	0.732	11.2	8.50
	2011	1	1	.500	2.70	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.1	10	8	4	3	5	0	15	0	1		54	1.125	10.1	3.00
	2012	0	2	.000	3.65	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.1	8	6	5	0	5	0	12	0	0		47	1.054	8.8	2.40
	2013	0	1	.000	3.68	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.1	6	3	3	0	3	0	9	0	0		29	1.227	11.0	3.00
	2014	1	1	.500	6.52	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.2	12	8	7	0	4	0	13	0	1		45	1.655	12.1	3.25
	2015	0	1	.000	7.11	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.1	10	6	5	1	3	0	5	0	0		30	2.053	7.1	1.67
	2016	1	0	1.000	2.45	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.1	5	2	2	1	1	0	11	0	0		27	0.818	13.5	11.00
	2018	1	1	.500	3.50	3	3	0	0	0	0	18.0	16	7	7	5	3	0	18	0	0		74	1.056	9.0	6.00
	2019	0	1	.000	7.36	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	12	9	9	4	3	0	8	0	0		47	1.364	6.5	2.67
	2020	1	0	1.000	2.53	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.2	7	4	3	0	2	0	9	0	0		42	0.844	7.6	4.50
	2021	0	1	.000	6.23	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	6	4	3	2	1	0	3	0	0		21	1.615	6.2	3.00
	2022	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0		24	0.429	6.4	5.00
	2023	0	1	.000	6.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	7	4	4	2	2	0	4	1	0		27	1.500	6.0	2.00
	2024	0	0		27.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	0		7	4.000	0.0	0.00
	2025	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0.000	0.0
	Career	8	11	.421	4.05	24	23	0	0	0	0	133.1	118	69	60	19	40	0	138	2	2		551	1.185	9.3	3.45

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