Clayton Kershaw

Position: 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)

Debut: May 25, 2008 (Age 20-067d, 19,320th 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

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

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Team Record in Appearances: 17-4 / in Starts: 17-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2016 Pitching Game Log

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2016 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	Entered	Exited
1	245	1	Apr 4	LAD	@	SDP	W,15-0	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	7.0	1	0	0	1	9	0	0	0.00	1.00	23	96	61	27	13	5	8	4	0	0	83			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.249	.54	0.16%	3.30	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a11
2	246	6	Apr 9	LAD	@	SFG	W,3-2	GS-8		4	8.0	4	2	2	1	5	2	0	1.20	3.41	29	91	60	15	10	6	17	10	0	0	70			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.102	.83	0.07%	1.80	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
3	247	11	Apr 15	LAD		SFG	W,7-3	GS-7	W(2-0)	5	7.0	5	3	2	0	6	0	0	1.64	2.78	27	107	73	19	13	14	7	2	2	0	63			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	0.105	1.29	0.08%	0.37	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
4	248	16	Apr 21	LAD	@	ATL	W,2-1	GS-8		5	8.0	10	1	1	1	10	0	0	1.50	2.31	32	116	83	26	21	13	8	6	0	0	67			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.37	0.437	1.52	0.29%	2.88	1b start a 1	8b 3 out tie
5	249	21	Apr 26	LAD		MIA	L,3-6	GS-7	L(2-1)	4	7.0	7	5	5	0	10	1	1	2.43	2.36	29	104	71	21	12	8	10	6	1	0	53			0	0	0	28	2	1	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.345	1.06	-0.24%	-1.63	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
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	Entered	Exited
6	250	26	May 1	LAD		SDP	W,1-0	SHO	W(3-1)	4	9.0	3	0	0	0	14	0	0	1.96	1.91	29	101	75	17	26	9	6	3	2	0	95			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.730	1.43	0.48%	4.33	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
7	251	30	May 7	LAD	@	TOR	W,6-2	GS-7	W(4-1)	5	7.0	8	2	2	0	10	0	0	2.04	1.69	26	112	78	16	21	6	10	7	1	0	63			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	3	0	0	1.08	0.224	1.11	0.14%	1.63	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
8	252	35	May 12	LAD		NYM	W,5-0	SHO	W(5-1)	4	9.0	3	0	0	1	13	0	0	1.74	1.53	30	109	73	20	16	10	6	2	1	0	93			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.33	0.202	.35	0.13%	4.33	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
9	253	40	May 17	LAD		LAA	W,5-1	GS-8	W(6-1)	4	8.0	4	1	1	0	11	0	0	1.67	1.40	28	107	77	14	21	9	8	4	0	0	81			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.321	.97	0.20%	2.85	1t start tie	8t 3 out a3
10	254	46	May 23	LAD		CIN	W,1-0	SHO	W(7-1)	5	9.0	2	0	0	1	7	0	0	1.48	1.46	29	102	71	22	11	16	5	2	0	0	89			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.719	1.13	0.40%	4.33	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
11	255	51	May 29	LAD	@	NYM	W,4-2	GS-8		5	7.2	4	2	2	0	10	1	0	1.56	1.53	27	114	78	20	18	8	9	3	2	0	73			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.408	1.39	0.28%	2.58	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out a1
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	Entered	Exited
12	256	57	Jun 4	LAD		ATL	W,4-0	GS-6	W(8-1)	5	6.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	1	1.46	1.61	22	96	62	9	13	10	6	1	1	0	69			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.44	0.360	1.52	0.23%	2.89	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
13	257	62	Jun 10	LAD	@	SFG	W,3-2	GS-8	W(9-1)	5	8.0	5	2	2	0	13	1	0	1.52	1.61	29	108	78	16	30	8	8	5	0	0	77			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.273	2.00	0.27%	1.80	1b start a 2	8b 3 out tie
14	258	67	Jun 15	LAD	@	ARI	W,3-2	GS-8	W(10-1)	4	7.1	5	2	2	1	11	1	0	1.58	1.66	27	104	70	17	20	6	9	6	1	0	70			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.266	1.47	0.19%	1.96	1b start tie	8b --- 1 out a1
15	259	72	Jun 20	LAD		WSN	W,4-1	GS-7	W(11-1)	4	7.0	6	1	1	0	8	0	0	1.57	1.61	27	106	75	17	18	11	8	4	1	0	69			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.312	1.44	0.23%	2.37	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
16	260	77	Jun 26	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS-6	L(11-2)	5	6.0	9	4	4	2	4	0	0	1.79	1.67	27	98	66	20	11	8	13	7	1	0	40			0	1	0	24	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.08	-0.106	1.33	-0.08%	-1.05	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
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	Entered	Exited
17	261	140	Sep 9	LAD	@	MIA	L,1-4	GS-3	L(11-3)	74	3.0	5	2	2	0	5	1	0	1.89	1.73	14	66	46	9	9	5	4	3	0	0	46			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.097	.44	-0.04%	-0.62	1b start tie	3b 3 out d2
18	262	145	Sep 14	LAD	@	NYY	W,2-0	GS-5		4	5.0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	1.81	1.70	17	64	42	11	7	9	3	1	1	0	70			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	0.285	.85	0.14%	2.62	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
19	263	150	Sep 19	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	GS-6		4	6.0	3	1	0	1	7	0	0	1.73	1.69	21	88	62	15	11	5	8	4	3	0	70			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.76	0.181	.59	0.08%	1.89	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
20	264	155	Sep 24	LAD		COL	W,14-1	GS-7	W(12-3)	4	7.0	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	1.65	1.67	23	91	65	16	12	7	10	3	2	0	77			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.187	.06	0.02%	3.37	1t start tie	7t 3 out a8
21	265	161	Oct 1	LAD	@	SFG	L,0-3	GS-7	L(12-4)	6	7.0	6	3	2	1	4	1	0	1.69	1.80	28	82	60	12	9	11	12	5	2	0	58			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	1	0	.74	0.011	.04	0.00%	0.33	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
							17-4		W-L:12-4	4.5	149.0	97	31	28	11	172	8	2	1.69	1.80	544	2062	69%	17%	16%	1.05		25%	6%	0	70		---%	1	1	0	526	18	1	1	9	1	2	.99	4.824	1.05	3.01%	42.30

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