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

2017 Player Pitching Game Log

2017 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	GSc	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	SB	CS	PO	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2017-04-03	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		San Diego Padres	1-7	W	7.0	2	2	1	0	8	1	0	75	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	84	61	18	8	5	10	1	3
2	2017-04-08	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	Colorado Rockies	1-6	L	6.0	8	4	4	0	6	3	0	46	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	100	65	16	7	11	9	4	1
3	2017-04-14	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		Arizona Diamondbacks	1-9	W	8.1	4	1	1	1	8	0	0	78	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	29	100	72	29	11	9	11	5	2
4	2017-04-19	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		Colorado Rockies	1-7	W	7.0	5	2	2	1	10	0	0	68	25	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	27	97	70	19	19	6	10	7	1
5	2017-04-25	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	San Francisco Giants	1-7	W	7.0	6	1	1	1	7	0	0	67	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	28	90	66	18	11	10	10	4	1
6	2017-05-01	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		San Francisco Giants	1-6	L	6.0	8	4	3	0	5	2	0	47	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	25	104	74	15	8	8	10	4	1
7	2017-05-06	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	San Diego Padres	1-8	W	7.1	5	1	1	4	9	1	0	69	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	30	118	75	18	14	11	7	2	0
8	2017-05-12	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	Colorado Rockies	1-7	W	7.0	7	2	2	1	4	0	0	58	25	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	26	85	58	15	14	13	8	5	0
9	2017-05-17	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	San Francisco Giants	1-7	W	7.0	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	76	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	23	89	63	12	8	6	12	5	4
10	2017-05-23	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		St. Louis Cardinals	1-9		9.0	3	1	1	0	10	0	0	87	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	29	100	66	14	19	10	9	5	1
11	2017-05-28	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		Chicago Cubs	1-5		4.1	11	4	4	2	6	3	0	29	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	109	72	10	12	6	11	5	1
12	2017-06-02	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	Milwaukee Brewers	1-7		7.0	2	1	1	1	14	1	0	82	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	103	72	20	19	6	4	2	1
13	2017-06-07	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		Washington Nationals	1-7	W	7.0	3	1	1	3	9	1	0	73	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	95	60	18	14	2	13	8	1
14	2017-06-13	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	Cleveland Indians	1-7	W	7.0	6	2	2	2	4	1	0	59	26	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	28	101	62	15	9	12	10	6	2
15	2017-06-19	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		New York Mets	1-7	W	6.1	6	6	6	1	10	4	0	46	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	25	112	76	23	12	6	8	2	2
16	2017-06-24	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		Colorado Rockies	1-6	W	6.0	4	0	0	1	8	0	0	71	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	103	73	16	17	4	10	5	3
17	2017-06-29	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	Los Angeles Angels	1-7	W	7.0	3	1	0	2	12	0	0	79	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	26	93	67	17	18	7	6	4	1
18	2017-07-04	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		Arizona Diamondbacks	1-7	W	7.0	2	0	0	2	11	0	0	82	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	117	76	20	17	4	8	3	0
19	2017-07-09	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		Kansas City Royals	1-9	W	9.0	6	2	2	0	13	1	0	80	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	99	73	19	22	10	10	4	2
20	2017-07-18	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	Chicago White Sox	1-7	W	7.0	7	0	0	1	7	0	0	69	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	28	101	69	14	17	14	5	2	2
21	2017-07-23	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		Atlanta Braves	1-2		2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	57	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	21	15	1	7	4	0	0	0
		Player Moved from Maj-NL to AAA-PCL
22	2017-08-26	AAA-PCL	Oklahoma City Dodgers		Omaha Storm Chasers	1-5	L	5.0	2	1	1	0	8	1	0	67	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	16	64	43	10	12	4	4	1	0
		Player Moved from AAA-PCL to Maj-NL
23	2017-09-01	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	San Diego Padres	1-6	W	6.0	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	75	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	70	53	11	13	11	2	0	2
24	2017-09-07	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		Colorado Rockies	1-4	L	3.2	6	4	4	3	7	1	0	37	17	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	21	86	54	14	10	3	8	2	1
25	2017-09-12	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	San Francisco Giants	1-6	W	6.0	8	2	1	1	6	1	0	55	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	27	91	60	16	11	7	14	6	1
26	2017-09-18	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	Philadelphia Phillies	1-6	L	6.0	4	4	4	2	6	1	0	52	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	97	62	12	18	8	8	1	3
27	2017-09-24	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		San Francisco Giants	1-8	W	8.0	8	1	1	0	6	1	0	68	27	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	28	93	70	13	15	11	10	5	0
28	2017-09-30	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	Colorado Rockies	1-4		4.0	7	3	3	0	2	1	0	38	17	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	18	57	41	12	6	8	7	5	1

2017 Player Pitching Splits

2017 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	28	695	657	50	138	20	2	24	3	3	30	210	.210	.244	.356	.600	.268	234	15	0	4	3	0

Home	15	366	346	29	70	10	0	15	0	2	15	121	.202	.234	.361	.596	.259	125	7	0	3	2	0
Away	13	329	311	21	68	10	2	9	3	1	15	89	.219	.254	.351	.604	.276	109	8	0	1	1	0

April	5	134	130	10	25	5	1	4	1	0	3	39	.192	.209	.339	.548	.239	44	1	0	0	1	0
May	6	160	151	12	37	3	1	6	0	1	7	39	.245	.279	.397	.676	.293	60	5	0	2	0	0
June	6	154	144	11	24	6	0	7	0	0	10	57	.167	.221	.354	.575	.213	51	3	0	0	0	0
July	4	93	88	2	15	1	0	1	1	0	4	33	.171	.207	.216	.422	.259	19	1	0	0	0	0
August	1	16	16	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	8	.125	.125	.313	.438	.143	5	0	0	0	0	0
September	6	138	128	14	35	5	0	5	1	1	6	34	.273	.302	.430	.731	.330	55	5	0	2	2	0

As Starter	28	695	657	50	138	20	2	24	3	3	30	210	.210	.244	.356	.600	.268	234	15	0	4	3	0

vs RHB as LHP	28	555	524		105	17	0	17			25	174	.200	.236	.330	.566	.262	173	12	0	2	3	0
vs LHB as LHP	26	140	133		33	3	2	7			5	36	.248	.275	.459	.734	.289	61	3	0	2	0	0

Bases Empty	28	468	453		99	15	2	16			15	145	.219	.244	.366	.610	.284	166	0	0	0	0	0
Runners On	28	227	204		39	5	0	8			15	65	.191	.243	.333	.577	.231	68	15	0	4	3	0

vs. Younger Batters	28	375	355		76	11	0	15			15	120	.214	.245	.372	.617	.276	132	6	0	3	1	0
vs. Older Batters	27	320	302		62	9	2	9			15	90	.205	.241	.338	.579	.259	102	9	0	1	2	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	18	5	.783	2.30	28	28	0	180.0	138	50	46	24	30	0	210	0	2	0	695	0.933	10.5	7.00

Home	9	3	.750	2.54	15	15	0	95.2	70	29	27	15	15	0	121	0	0	0	366	0.889	11.4	8.07
Away	9	2	.818	2.03	13	13	0	84.1	68	21	19	9	15	0	89	0	2	0	329	0.984	9.5	5.93

April	4	1	.800	2.29	5	5	0	35.1	25	10	9	4	3	0	39	0	1	0	134	0.793	9.9	13.00
May	3	1	.750	2.43	6	6	0	40.2	37	12	11	6	7	0	39	0	0	0	160	1.082	8.6	5.57
June	5	0	1.000	2.23	6	6	0	40.1	24	11	10	7	10	0	57	0	0	0	154	0.843	12.7	5.70
July	3	0	1.000	0.72	4	4	0	25.0	15	2	2	1	4	0	33	0	1	0	93	0.760	11.9	8.25
August	0	1	.000	1.80	1	1	0	5.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	16	0.400	14.4
September	3	2	.600	3.48	6	6	0	33.2	35	14	13	5	6	0	34	0	0	0	138	1.218	9.1	5.67

As Starter	18	5	.783	2.30	28	28	0	180.0	138	50	46	24	30	0	210	0	2	0	695	0.933	10.5	7.00

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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