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Clayton Kershaw

#22 - Starting Pitcher

Los Angeles Dodgers

Bats / Throws Left / Left
Date of Birth 3/19/1988 (37)
Height, Weight 6'4", 225 lb
Hometown Dallas, TX

2024 Season Stats

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MLB Rank MLB Average
W-L IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
2-2 30.0 4.50 1.50 18.0% 6.8%
7
W
116
IP
4.33
ERA
1.29
WHIP
21.8%
K%
7.7%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
89.9 10.9% 27.0% 51.2% 7.7% 5.00 3.47
93.5
FB MPH
11.7%
SwStr%
28.0%
CSW%
50.5%
Str-ICR
6.0%
MTK%
4.99
PLV
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Clayton Kershaw Overview

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS ERA WHIP xERA FIP xFIP PLA K% BB% H/9 HR/9 BABIP HR/FB% LOB% ICR GB% SwStr% CSW% IPR PLV
2008 LAD 22 21 107.2 5-5 8 4.26 1.50 - 4.08 - - 21.3% 11.1% 9.1 0.92 .323 - 75.7% - - - - - -
2009 LAD 31 30 171.0 8-8 16 2.79 1.23 - 3.08 - - 26.4% 13.0% 6.3 0.37 .276 - 77.5% - - - - - -
2010 LAD 32 32 204.1 13-10 23 2.91 1.18 - 3.12 - - 25.0% 9.6% 7.0 0.57 .279 - 76.2% - - - - - -
2011 LAD 33 33 233.1 21-5 25 2.28 0.98 - 2.47 - - 27.2% 5.9% 6.7 0.58 .274 - 78.6% - - - - - -
2012 LAD 33 33 227.2 14-9 25 2.53 1.02 - 2.89 - - 25.4% 7.0% 6.7 0.63 .271 - 77.9% - - - - - -
2013 LAD 33 33 236.0 16-9 27 1.83 0.92 - 2.39 - - 25.6% 5.7% 6.3 0.42 .255 - 80.6% - - - - - -
2014 LAD 27 27 198.1 21-3 24 1.77 0.86 - 1.81 - - 31.9% 4.1% 6.3 0.41 .281 - 81.6% - - - - - -
2015 LAD 33 33 232.2 16-7 27 2.13 0.88 - 1.99 - - 33.8% 4.7% 6.3 0.58 .283 - 78.3% - - - - - -
2016 LAD 21 21 149.0 12-4 17 1.69 0.72 - 1.80 - - 31.6% 2.0% 5.9 0.48 .256 - 80.0% - - - - - -
2017 LAD 27 27 175.0 18-4 20 2.31 0.95 - 3.07 - - 29.7% 4.4% 7.0 1.18 .270 - 87.4% - - - - - -
2018 LAD 26 26 161.1 9-5 20 2.73 1.04 - 3.19 - - 23.8% 4.5% 7.8 0.95 .276 - 78.7% - - 11.8% 28.4% 0.54 -
2019 LAD 29 28 178.1 16-5 22 3.03 1.04 - 3.86 - - 26.8% 5.8% 7.3 1.41 .267 - 84.0% - - 14.2% 30.1% 0.59 -
2020 LAD 10 10 58.1 6-2 6 2.16 0.84 2.97 3.31 3.38 3.00 28.1% 3.6% 6.3 1.23 .232 21.1% 82.5% 32.0% 53.7% 14.0% 32.9% 0.70 5.06
2021 LAD 22 22 121.2 10-8 11 3.55 1.02 3.03 3.00 2.88 3.01 29.5% 4.3% 7.6 1.11 .292 22.4% 71.7% 36.7% 51.6% 17.6% 33.7% 0.66 5.11
2022 LAD 22 22 126.1 12-3 12 2.28 0.94 2.57 2.57 2.77 2.61 27.8% 4.7% 6.8 0.71 .269 14.7% 79.4% 33.8% 49.7% 14.8% 31.9% 0.64 5.13
2023 LAD 24 24 131.2 13-5 11 2.46 1.06 3.85 4.03 3.55 3.28 26.2% 7.6% 6.8 1.30 .250 26.4% 89.3% 37.9% 46.9% 13.9% 30.3% 0.59 5.00
2024 LAD 7 7 30.0 2-2 1 4.50 1.50 4.32 3.53 4.09 3.47 18.0% 6.8% 10.8 0.60 .354 11.1% 63.3% 38.8% 40.8% 10.9% 27.0% 0.48 5.00
SP MLB Percentile - - - --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 22 22 116.0 7-7 9 4.33 1.29 4.27 4.28 4.24 3.31 21.8% 7.7% 8.6 1.26 .290 19.5% 72.3% 38.6% 43.3% 11.7% 28.0% 0.49 4.99
Career 432 429 2,742.2 212-94 295 2.50 1.01 - - - 0.15 27.4% 6.3% 6.9 0.74 .274 37.6% 79.3% 20.5% 49.2% 14.1% 30.7% 0.60 5.07

Clayton Kershaw Repertoire

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Clayton Kershaw Game Log

Clayton Kershaw Standard

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS Sv Hld P Strikes Balls TBF H 1B 2B 3B HR K BB HB WP
2008 LAD 22 21 107.2 5-5 8 0 - 1,859 1,130 729 470 109 74 22 2 11 100 52 1 7
2009 LAD 31 30 171.0 8-8 16 0 - 3,028 1,851 1,177 701 119 84 28 0 7 185 91 1 11
2010 LAD 32 32 204.1 13-10 23 0 - 3,390 2,135 1,255 848 160 111 32 4 13 212 81 7 5
2011 LAD 33 33 233.1 21-5 25 0 - 3,465 2,262 1,203 912 174 128 30 1 15 248 54 3 5
2012 LAD 33 33 227.2 14-9 25 0 - 3,468 2,234 1,234 901 170 113 38 3 16 229 63 5 6
2013 LAD 33 33 236.0 16-9 27 0 - 3,439 2,294 1,145 908 164 120 30 3 11 232 52 3 12
2014 LAD 27 27 198.1 21-3 24 0 - 2,720 1,885 835 749 139 96 29 5 9 239 31 2 7
2015 LAD 33 33 232.2 16-7 27 0 - 3,389 2,303 1,086 890 163 120 26 2 15 301 42 5 9
2016 LAD 21 21 149.0 12-4 17 0 - 2,062 1,426 636 544 97 70 18 1 8 172 11 2 5
2017 LAD 27 27 175.0 18-4 20 0 - 2,522 1,730 792 679 136 91 20 2 23 202 30 0 4
2018 LAD 26 26 161.1 9-5 20 0 0 2,364 1,609 753 650 139 90 30 2 17 155 29 2 10
2019 LAD 29 28 178.1 16-5 22 0 0 2,672 1,791 879 706 145 91 23 3 28 189 41 2 7
2020 LAD 10 10 58.1 6-2 6 0 0 888 611 277 221 41 22 10 1 8 62 8 1 0
2021 LAD 22 22 121.2 10-8 11 0 0 1,806 1,206 599 488 103 65 22 1 15 144 21 3 7
2022 LAD 22 22 126.1 12-3 12 0 0 1,842 1,250 592 493 96 69 16 1 10 137 23 2 0
2023 LAD 24 24 131.2 13-5 11 0 0 2,026 1,336 690 523 100 62 19 0 19 137 40 3 6
2024 LAD 7 7 30.0 2-2 1 0 0 504 334 170 133 36 26 7 1 2 24 9 2 2
SP MLB Percentile - - - --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 22 22 116.0 7-7 9 0 0 1,903 1,228 675 490 109 70 21 2 16 109 37 5 3
Career 432 429 2,742.2 212-94 295 0 0 41,444 27,387 14,052 10,816 2,091 1,432 400 32 227 2,968 678 44 103

Clayton Kershaw Advanced

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Year Team K% BB% AVG SLG OPS wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA xERA
2008 LAD 21.3% 11.1% .265 .409 .756 .334 .323 .347 - - - - - - - -
2009 LAD 26.4% 13.0% .200 .282 .588 .272 .276 .288 - - - - - - - -
2010 LAD 25.0% 9.6% .214 .320 .615 .276 .279 .296 - - - - - - - -
2011 LAD 27.2% 5.9% .207 .298 .554 .248 .274 .292 - - - - - - - -
2012 LAD 25.4% 7.0% .210 .323 .593 .261 .271 .291 - - - - - - - -
2013 LAD 25.6% 5.7% .195 .277 .521 .234 .255 .268 - - - - - - - -
2014 LAD 31.9% 4.1% .196 .289 .520 .233 .281 .295 - - - - - - - -
2015 LAD 33.8% 4.7% .194 .284 .521 .231 .283 .303 - - - - - - - -
2016 LAD 31.6% 2.0% .184 .268 .472 .204 .256 .273 - - - - - - - -
2017 LAD 29.7% 4.4% .212 .357 .603 .258 .270 .308 - - - - - - - -
2018 LAD 23.8% 4.5% .227 .366 .630 .272 .276 .303 - - - - - - - -
2019 LAD 26.8% 5.8% .222 .394 .663 .281 .267 .311 - - - - - - - -
2020 LAD 28.1% 3.6% .194 .365 .591 .251 .232 .273 .206 .260 .249 .341 87.5 88.6 7.7 2.97
2021 LAD 29.5% 4.3% .224 .374 .636 .274 .292 .326 .211 .266 .272 .352 86.7 91.1 8.9 3.03
2022 LAD 27.8% 4.7% .206 .310 .556 .245 .269 .291 .208 .252 .274 .324 86.8 86.0 11.2 2.57
2023 LAD 26.2% 7.6% .209 .367 .640 .280 .250 .292 .223 .299 .273 .369 88.7 87.4 12.0 3.85
2024 LAD 18.0% 6.8% .303 .429 .782 .336 .354 .367 .287 .320 .339 .360 89.8 86.5 13.7 4.32
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 21.8% 7.7% .248 .415 .727 .317 .290 .323 .244 .319 .282 .372 88.7 90.2 13.6 4.27
Career 27.4% 6.3% .210 .325 .587 .264 .274 .298 .182 .254 .275 .359 87.6 88.1 10.6 -

Clayton Kershaw Pitch › Mix

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Year Team FF% (MPH) SI% (MPH) FC% (MPH) SL% (MPH) ST% (MPH) CB% (MPH) CH% (MPH) FS% (MPH) KN% (MPH) Fastball% Secondary%
2018 LAD 10.8% (90.8) - - 10.2% (88.3) - 4.5% (72.9) - - - 10.8% 14.7%
2019 LAD 14.2% (90.1) - - 12.7% (86.8) - 5.6% (73.4) 0.1% (85.0) - - 14.2% 18.4%
2020 LAD 41.1% (91.6) - - 39.9% (87.8) - 18.8% (74.1) 0.2% (86.9) - - 41.1% 58.9%
2021 LAD 36.4% (90.7) - - 48.2% (87.1) - 15.1% (74.2) 0.3% (86.3) - - 36.4% 63.6%
2022 LAD 40.3% (90.7) 0.2% (91.1) - 42.6% (86.6) - 16.3% (73.2) 0.6% (83.8) - - 40.4% 59.5%
2023 LAD 36.9% (90.7) 0.2% (90.9) - 43.4% (86.5) - 17.5% (73.4) 1.7% (84.6) 0.2% (84.4) - 37.1% 62.9%
2024 LAD 35.1% (89.9) 0.6% (90.2) - 43.7% (85.9) - 16.1% (72.0) 0.4% (85.1) 4.2% (83.4) - 35.7% 64.3%
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 37.5% (93.5) 23.6% (92.9) 17.9% (88.7) 20.8% (85.1) 15.6% (81.6) 14.6% (79.1) 17.3% (85.3) 17.2% (86.1) 38.3% (77.6) 47.5% 52.5%
Career 27.5% (90.7) 0.1% (90.8) - 30.5% (86.9) - 11.8% (73.5) 0.5% (84.7) 0.2% (83.6) - 27.6% 43.0%

Clayton Kershaw Pitch › Results

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Year Team FF CSW% SI CSW% FC CSW% SL CSW% ST CSW% CB CSW% CH CSW% FS CSW% KN CSW% Fastball CSW% Secondary CSW%
2018 LAD 30.1% (27) - - 22.7% (34) - 31.1% (17) - - - 30.1% 170.7%
2019 LAD 34.3% (29) - - 32.9% (80) - 28.2% (27) 0.0% (0) - - 34.3% 137.3%
2020 LAD 34.2% (27) - - 33.1% (78) - 29.9% (19) 0.0% (0) - - 34.2% 31.9%
2021 LAD 30.4% (46) - - 37.8% (238) - 28.9% (33) 0.0% (0) - - 30.4% 35.5%
2022 LAD 29.8% (31) 33.3% (0) - 32.0% (183) - 37.2% (57) 18.2% (1) - - 29.8% 33.3%
2023 LAD 29.3% (30) 0.0% (0) - 32.5% (195) - 27.6% (51) 28.6% (6) 20.0% (0) - 29.1% 31.0%
2024 LAD 25.4% (6) 0.0% (0) - 27.3% (33) - 33.3% (13) 0.0% (0) 19.0% (3) - 25.0% 28.1%
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 27.2% (66) 26.6% (18) 26.0% (25) 29.5% (43) 28.3% (30) 31.0% (28) 23.3% (37) 24.0% (43) 25.7% (109) 27.5% 28.3%
Career 30.6% (196) 10.0% (0) - 32.8% (841) - 30.8% (217) 21.1% (7) 19.2% (3) - 30.5% 51.8%

Clayton Kershaw Batted Ball › Contact

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Year Team GB% LD% FB% PU% SS% Pull% Cent% Oppo% Foul Str% PC% Fl&B% Solid% Brl% ICR
2018 LAD - - - - - - - - 20.1% - - - - -
2019 LAD - - - - - - - - 19.3% - - - - -
2020 LAD 53.7% 14.8% 25.5% 6.0% 29.5% 47.3% 35.3% 17.3% 19.0% 67.9% 18.1% 6.0% 8.1% 32.0%
2021 LAD 51.6% 18.6% 21.1% 8.8% 33.0% 48.3% 34.8% 16.9% 15.4% 63.2% 23.9% 6.0% 6.9% 36.7%
2022 LAD 49.7% 19.2% 20.7% 10.4% 33.2% 47.1% 30.8% 22.1% 18.0% 65.9% 25.0% 5.2% 4.0% 33.8%
2023 LAD 46.9% 22.7% 21.0% 9.3% 35.3% 47.5% 29.7% 22.7% 18.7% 62.1% 24.2% 5.2% 8.5% 37.9%
2024 LAD 40.8% 28.6% 18.4% 12.2% 38.8% 46.9% 38.8% 14.3% 19.8% 61.3% 27.6% 8.2% 3.1% 38.8%
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 43.3% 22.3% 24.4% 10.0% 35.6% 42.0% 33.2% 24.8% 18.4% 61.3% 24.6% 6.4% 7.8% 38.6%
Career 49.2% 20.2% 21.3% 9.3% 33.7% 47.5% 32.7% 19.7% 18.6% 64.1% 23.9% 5.7% 6.4% 20.5%

Clayton Kershaw Batted Ball › Outcomes

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Year Team AVG wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA HR/FB ICR IPA%
2018 LAD .227 .272 .276 .303 - - - - - - - - - -
2019 LAD .222 .281 .267 .311 - - - - - - - - - -
2020 LAD .194 .251 .232 .273 .206 .260 .249 .341 87.5 88.6 7.7 21.1% 32.0% 21.7%
2021 LAD .224 .274 .292 .326 .211 .266 .272 .352 86.7 91.1 8.9 22.4% 36.7% 24.0%
2022 LAD .206 .245 .269 .291 .208 .252 .274 .324 86.8 86.0 11.2 14.7% 33.8% 22.7%
2023 LAD .209 .280 .250 .292 .223 .299 .273 .369 88.7 87.4 12.0 26.4% 37.9% 24.9%
2024 LAD .303 .336 .354 .367 .287 .320 .339 .360 89.8 86.5 13.7 11.1% 38.8% 28.6%
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG .248 .317 .290 .323 .244 .319 .282 .372 88.7 90.2 13.6 19.5% 38.6% 26.8%
Career .210 .264 .274 .298 .182 .254 .275 .359 87.6 88.1 10.6 37.6% 20.5% 13.8%

Clayton Kershaw Approach › Plate Discipline

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Year Team Zone% Str% Swing% O-Sw% Whiff% Foul Str% Con% Z-Con% O-Con% CS% SwStr% CSW% BIP% PLUS% IPR Str-ICR
2018 LAD - 68.1% 51.5% - 23.0% 20.1% 77.0% - - 16.5% 11.8% 28.4% 19.5% 62.2% 0.54 -
2019 LAD - 67.0% 51.1% - 27.7% 19.3% 72.3% - - 15.9% 14.2% 30.1% 17.7% 61.6% 0.59 -
2020 LAD 49.7% 68.8% 49.9% 31.5% 28.0% 19.0% 72.0% 80.8% 53.2% 18.9% 14.0% 32.9% 16.9% 64.2% 0.70 58.0%
2021 LAD 45.8% 66.8% 50.7% 34.6% 34.6% 15.4% 65.4% 79.7% 41.0% 16.1% 17.6% 33.7% 17.7% 61.1% 0.66 53.8%
2022 LAD 45.4% 67.9% 50.8% 36.0% 29.1% 18.0% 70.9% 84.4% 49.4% 17.1% 14.8% 31.9% 18.0% 62.6% 0.64 55.7%
2023 LAD 45.1% 65.9% 49.6% 32.8% 28.1% 18.7% 71.9% 82.5% 53.4% 16.4% 13.9% 30.3% 16.9% 61.0% 0.59 53.1%
2024 LAD 51.0% 66.3% 50.2% 30.4% 21.7% 19.8% 78.3% 88.2% 54.7% 16.1% 10.9% 27.0% 19.4% 59.1% 0.48 51.2%
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SP MLB AVG 46.0% 64.3% 48.0% 30.4% 24.3% 18.4% 75.7% 84.4% 59.1% 16.3% 11.7% 28.0% 17.9% 58.5% 0.49 50.5%
Career 27.1% 66.1% 50.7% 33.8% 27.9% 18.6% 72.1% 82.5% 49.1% 16.6% 14.1% 30.7% 18.0% 61.8% 0.60 59.9%

Clayton Kershaw Approach › Locations

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Year Team Zone% aLoc% x-mLoc% gLoc% hiLoc% y-mLoc% loLoc% iLoc% oLoc% mmLoc%
2018 LAD - - - - - - - - - -
2019 LAD - - - - - - - - - -
2020 LAD 49.7% 29.1% 34.3% 36.6% 20.6% 22.7% 56.6% 33.0% 32.7% 9.2%
2021 LAD 45.8% 21.6% 32.4% 46.0% 22.9% 21.3% 55.8% 39.2% 28.4% 7.5%
2022 LAD 45.4% 27.2% 29.2% 43.6% 23.5% 20.7% 55.8% 38.6% 32.3% 7.1%
2023 LAD 45.1% 26.8% 30.5% 42.7% 26.1% 20.1% 53.8% 38.3% 31.2% 6.1%
2024 LAD 51.0% 28.2% 30.8% 41.1% 29.4% 20.2% 50.4% 33.3% 35.9% 7.3%
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 46.0% 35.1% 26.2% 38.8% 30.4% 24.4% 45.2% 28.0% 45.8% 6.6%
Career 27.1% 26.0% 31.1% 42.9% 24.1% 20.9% 54.9% 37.6% 31.3% 7.2%

Clayton Kershaw Approach › Counts

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Year Team Early% Behind% 2-Str% Early BIP% F-Str% TF-Str% ECS% 2-Str O-Sw% PAR%
2018 LAD 60.5% 9.0% 30.5% 17.7% 70.4% 55.8% 22.2% - 21.4%
2019 LAD 59.8% 8.6% 31.7% 15.5% 67.3% 53.6% 22.4% - 22.2%
2020 LAD 58.3% 8.7% 33.0% 11.8% 69.7% 61.1% 27.2% 23.9% 21.2%
2021 LAD 62.3% 10.6% 27.2% 15.2% 62.3% 51.1% 20.8% 29.5% 29.1%
2022 LAD 60.2% 9.6% 30.3% 15.6% 68.6% 56.2% 23.4% 29.9% 24.3%
2023 LAD 59.7% 10.1% 30.5% 14.4% 67.9% 56.4% 21.3% 25.6% 22.2%
2024 LAD 59.9% 11.7% 29.4% 15.2% 69.6% 55.6% 21.5% 20.9% 16.2%
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 58.6% 11.5% 30.0% 15.1% 62.3% 50.7% 21.4% 25.3% 18.6%
Career 60.2% 9.5% 30.4% 15.4% 67.7% 55.1% 22.4% 15.5% 23.0%

Clayton Kershaw PLV

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Year Team P PLV QP% AP% BP% Q-BP% MTK% HP HL PLA
2018 LAD 2,364 - - - - - - - - -
2019 LAD 2,672 - - - - - - - - -
2020 LAD 888 5.06 43.6% 21.3% 35.1% 8.4% 7.7% -11.2 -9 3.00
2021 LAD 1,806 5.11 46.3% 19.8% 34.0% 12.3% 5.4% -9.9 +13 3.01
2022 LAD 1,842 5.13 45.6% 21.7% 32.7% 12.9% 5.4% -16.6 +7 2.61
2023 LAD 2,026 5.00 43.2% 21.2% 35.6% 7.7% 6.4% -5.5 -1 3.28
2024 LAD 504 5.00 46.8% 16.5% 36.7% 10.1% 7.7% 7.2 +9 3.47
SP MLB Percentile - - - - - - - - - -
SP MLB AVG 1,903 4.99 45.2% 18.6% 36.2% 9.0% 6.0% - +11 3.31
Career 41,444 5.07 44.9% 20.6% 34.5% 10.5% 6.1% -36.1 +19 0.15
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