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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Career

WAR

79.7

210

ERA

2.48

425

422

2712.2

2944

WHIP

1.004

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2006	18	-2.4	Dodgers	GULF	Rk	LAD	2	0	1.000	1.95	2.43	10	8	1	0	0	1	37.0	28	10	8	0	5	1	54	0	0	8	144	0.892	6.8	0.0	1.2	13.1	10.80
2007	19		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA	LAD	8	7	.533	2.95	3.84	25	25	0	0	0	0	122.0	89	52	40	9	67	0	163	2	1	9	520	1.279	6.6	0.7	4.9	12.0	2.43
2007	19	-5.1	Jacksonville	SOUL	AA	LAD	1	2	.333	3.65	4.74	5	5	0	0	0	0	24.2	17	13	10	4	17	0	29	0	1	1	107	1.378	6.2	1.5	6.2	10.6	1.71
2007	19	-2.7	Great Lakes	MIDW	A	LAD	7	5	.583	2.77	3.61	20	20	0	0	0	0	97.1	72	39	30	5	50	0	134	2	0	8	413	1.253	6.7	0.5	4.6	12.4	2.68
2008	20	-4.5	Jacksonville	SOUL	AA	LAD	2	3	.400	1.91	2.79	13	11	0	0	0	0	61.1	39	19	13	0	19	0	59	0	2	7	241	0.946	5.7	0.0	2.8	8.7	3.11
2008	20	-8.9	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	5	5	.500	4.26	4.26	22	21	0	0	0	0	107.2	109	51	51	11	52	3	100	1	0	7	470	1.495	9.1	0.9	4.3	8.4	1.92
2009	21	-7.6	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	8	8	.500	2.79	2.89	31	30	1	0	0	0	171.0	119	55	53	7	91	4	185	1	2	11	701	1.228	6.3	0.4	4.8	9.7	2.03
2010	22	-6.7	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	13	10	.565	2.91	3.22	32	32	0	1	1	0	204.1	160	73	66	13	81	9	212	7	2	5	848	1.179	7.0	0.6	3.6	9.3	2.62
2011	23	-5.5	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	21	5	.808	2.28	2.55	33	33	0	5	2	0	233.1	174	66	59	15	54	2	248	3	1	5	912	0.977	6.7	0.6	2.1	9.6	4.59
2012	24	-4.5	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	14	9	.609	2.53	2.77	33	33	0	2	2	0	227.2	170	70	64	16	63	5	229	5	2	6	901	1.023	6.7	0.6	2.5	9.1	3.63
2013	25	-3.1	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	16	9	.640	1.83	2.10	33	33	0	3	2	0	236.0	164	55	48	11	52	2	232	3	2	12	908	0.915	6.3	0.4	2.0	8.8	4.46
2014	26		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A+	LAD	0	0		1.80	2.70	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.0	8	3	2	1	3	0	15	0	0	0	42	1.100	7.2	0.9	2.7	13.5	5.00
2014	26	1.6	Chattanooga	SOUL	AA	LAD	0	0		1.80	3.60	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	6	2	1	0	2	0	9	0	0	0	24	1.600	10.8	0.0	3.6	16.2	4.50
2014	26	2.9	Rancho Cucamonga	CALL	A+	LAD	0	0		1.80	1.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	18	0.600	3.6	1.8	1.8	10.8	6.00
2014	26	-2.5	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	21	3	.875	1.77	1.91	27	27	0	6	2	0	198.1	139	42	39	9	31	0	239	2	2	7	749	0.857	6.3	0.4	1.4	10.8	7.71
2015	27	-1.4	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	16	7	.696	2.13	2.40	33	33	0	4	3	0	232.2	163	62	55	15	42	1	301	5	3	9	890	0.881	6.3	0.6	1.6	11.6	7.17
2016	28	4.9	Rancho Cucamonga	CALL	A+	LAD	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	9	0.333	3.0	0.0	0.0	15.0
2016	28	-0.1	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	12	4	.750	1.69	1.87	21	21	0	3	3	0	149.0	97	31	28	8	11	1	172	2	3	5	544	0.725	5.9	0.5	0.7	10.4	15.64
2017	29	2.4	Oklahoma City	PCL	AAA	LAD	0	1	.000	1.80	1.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	16	0.400	3.6	1.8	0.0	14.4
2017	29	0.6	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	18	4	.818	2.31	2.52	27	27	0	1	0	0	175.0	136	49	45	23	30	0	202	0	2	4	679	0.949	7.0	1.2	1.5	10.4	6.73
2018	30	1.8	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	9	5	.643	2.73	3.07	26	26	0	0	0	0	161.1	139	55	49	17	29	0	155	2	0	10	650	1.041	7.8	0.9	1.6	8.6	5.34
2019	31		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	LAD	0	0		3.48	3.48	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.1	9	4	4	3	2	0	12	0	0	0	39	1.065	7.8	2.6	1.7	10.5	6.00
2019	31	4.3	Oklahoma City	PCL	AAA	LAD	0	0		4.15	4.15	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	4	2	2	1	2	0	6	0	0	0	17	1.385	8.3	2.1	4.2	12.5	3.00
2019	31	6.8	Tulsa	TL	AA	LAD	0	0		3.00	3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	5	2	2	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	22	0.833	7.5	3.0	0.0	9.0
2019	31	2.7	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	16	5	.762	3.03	3.18	29	28	0	0	0	0	178.1	145	63	60	28	41	0	189	2	1	7	706	1.043	7.3	1.4	2.1	9.5	4.61
2020	32	3.6	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	6	2	.750	2.16	2.78	10	10	0	0	0	0	58.1	41	18	14	8	8	0	62	1	0	0	221	0.840	6.3	1.2	1.2	9.6	7.75
2021	33	5.6	Oklahoma City	AAAW	AAA	LAD	0	0		6.00	6.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	2	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	13	1.333	12.0	3.0	0.0	9.0
2021	33	4.1	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	10	8	.556	3.55	3.77	22	22	0	0	0	0	121.2	103	51	48	15	21	0	144	3	1	7	488	1.019	7.6	1.1	1.6	10.7	6.86
2022	34	12.2	Rancho Cucamonga	CALL	A	LAD	0	0		2.25	2.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	7	0	0	1	16	1.000	6.8	2.3	2.3	15.8	7.00
2022	34	4.8	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	12	3	.800	2.28	2.56	22	22	0	0	0	0	126.1	96	36	32	10	23	0	137	2	1	0	493	0.942	6.8	0.7	1.6	9.8	5.96
2023	35	5.8	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	13	5	.722	2.46	2.67	24	24	0	0	0	0	131.2	100	39	36	19	40	0	137	3	2	6	523	1.063	6.8	1.3	2.7	9.4	3.43
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (16 seasons)					Majors		210	92	.695	2.48	2.71	425	422	1	25	15	0	2712.2	2055	816	747	225	669	27	2944	42	24	101	10683	1.004	6.8	0.7	2.2	9.8	4.40
Minors (9 seasons)					Minors		12	11	.522	2.50	3.24	56	52	1	0	0	1	255.2	183	92	71	16	97	1	326	2	3	25	1040	1.095	6.4	0.6	3.4	11.5	3.36
All Levels (18 Seasons)							222	103	.683	2.48	2.75	481	474	2	25	15	1	2968.1	2238	908	818	241	766	28	3270	44	27	126	11723	1.012	6.8	0.7	2.3	9.9	4.27

AAA (3 seasons)					Minors		0	1	.000	3.65	3.65	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.1	10	5	5	3	2	0	17	0	0	0	46	0.973	7.3	2.2	1.5	12.4	8.50
AA (4 seasons)					Minors		3	5	.375	2.41	3.34	20	18	0	0	0	0	97.0	67	36	26	6	38	0	103	0	3	8	394	1.082	6.2	0.6	3.5	9.6	2.71
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		0	0		1.13	1.13	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	11	0	0	0	27	0.500	3.4	1.1	1.1	12.4	11.00
A (2 seasons)					Minors		7	5	.583	2.75	3.55	21	21	0	0	0	0	101.1	75	40	31	6	51	0	141	2	0	9	429	1.243	6.7	0.5	4.5	12.5	2.76
Rk (1 season)					Minors		2	0	1.000	1.95	2.43	10	8	1	0	0	1	37.0	28	10	8	0	5	1	54	0	0	8	144	0.892	6.8	0.0	1.2	13.1	10.80