#22 Clayton "The Claw" Kershaw, Starting Pitcher, 32 yrs, Chicago (C) Cubs Saturday, 2/20/2021 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Clayton Kershaw The Claw 3/19/1988 32 United States 6"4 235
Starting Pitcher L L
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Strong Minimal Some ability 5 / 6 (Very Popular) 2 / 6 (Fair) Good Normal Normal 4.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 9,170,000 2022 9 Year(s), 148 Days (1696 total Days) 0 Day(s) 9 Year(s), 148 Days (1696 total Days) 16 Year(s) Not eligible 3 Option Year(s) left
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| Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
| Overall | 10 | 10 | 10 | 98-100 Mph |
| Versus LHB | 10 | 10 | 10 | |
| Versus RHB | 10 | 10 | 10 | |
| Talent | 10 | 10 | 10 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 9 55 4
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Curveball Slider
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Versus LHP | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Versus RHP | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Talent | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 3 3 4 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 7 (Range), .950 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 1
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| Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
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| Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
| Overall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 |
| Projected | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
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| Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0.00 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| vs. RHB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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| | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Road | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
| 2011 | 30 | 30 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2.29 | 204.2 | 150 | 59 | 52 | 3 | 80 | 226 | 3 | 2 | 1.12 | .283 | TOR |
| 2012 | 41 | 41 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 2.40 | 289.1 | 219 | 85 | 77 | 12 | 92 | 321 | 4 | 4 | 1.07 | .287 | TOR,AL |
| 2013 | 38 | 38 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 2.34 | 265.0 | 197 | 71 | 69 | 7 | 79 | 293 | 4 | 4 | 1.04 | .292 | TOR CHC,NL |
| 2014 | 39 | 38 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 2.63 | 256.1 | 220 | 83 | 75 | 11 | 77 | 269 | 3 | 3 | 1.16 | .306 | CHC,NL |
| 2015 | 41 | 40 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 2.38 | 299.1 | 209 | 86 | 79 | 10 | 66 | 374 | 5 | 5 | 0.92 | .288 | CHC,NL |
| 2016 | 41 | 41 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 1.98 | 318.2 | 229 | 80 | 70 | 7 | 53 | 311 | 13 | 6 | 0.88 | .267 | CHC,NL |
| 2017 | 40 | 40 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 2.25 | 303.1 | 237 | 81 | 76 | 12 | 56 | 296 | 8 | 4 | 0.97 | .275 | CHC,NL |
| 2018 | 38 | 38 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 2.57 | 269.2 | 220 | 91 | 77 | 7 | 35 | 283 | 2 | 1 | 0.95 | .300 | CHC,NL |
| 2019 | 40 | 40 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 2.78 | 287.2 | 257 | 107 | 89 | 6 | 21 | 277 | 3 | 1 | 0.97 | .305 | CHC,NL |
| 2020 | 39 | 39 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 2.29 | 291.0 | 248 | 85 | 74 | 14 | 30 | 271 | 2 | 2 | 0.96 | .290 | CHC,NL |
| Total | 387 | 385 | 238 | 71 | 0 | 2.38 | 2785.0 | 2186 | 828 | 738 | 89 | 589 | 2921 | 47 | 32 | 1.00 | .289 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
| 2006, AA | 30 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2.97 | 199.2 | 182 | 68 | 66 | 21 | 61 | 171 | 0 | 0 | 1.22 | .290 |
| 2007, AA | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3.33 | 92.0 | 71 | 35 | 34 | 9 | 37 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 1.17 | .263 |
| 2007, AAA | 11 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7.64 | 55.1 | 57 | 49 | 47 | 15 | 39 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 1.73 | .282 |
| 2008, AA | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.80 | 15.0 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.53 | .341 |
| 2008, AAA | 22 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2.95 | 128.1 | 107 | 46 | 42 | 12 | 48 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 1.21 | .268 |
| 2009, AAA | 26 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3.74 | 159.0 | 140 | 67 | 66 | 17 | 59 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 1.25 | .276 |
| 2010, AAA | 30 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 4.32 | 166.2 | 170 | 86 | 80 | 12 | 78 | 177 | 0 | 0 | 1.49 | .346 |
| 2011, AAA | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.80 | 61.0 | 53 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 21 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 1.21 | .323 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
| 2011 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.65 | 24.2 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 27 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.82 | 3.2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.29 | 13.2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1.42 | 31.2 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2.14 | 42.0 | 33 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 61 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.87 | 15.2 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.25 | 43.1 | 33 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 45 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.75 | 36.0 | 33 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.78 | 35.1 | 31 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.49 | 28.1 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 40 | 40 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 2.56 | 274.1 | 233 | 92 | 78 | 53 | 292 | 2 | 2 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 2011 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | TOR |
| 2012 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | TOR,AL |
| 2013 | 38 | 84 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 0 | 0 | .071 | .124 | .071 | .195 | TOR CHC,NL |
| 2014 | 39 | 79 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 0 | .076 | .131 | .101 | .232 | CHC,NL |
| 2015 | 41 | 52 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | .058 | .109 | .096 | .205 | CHC,NL |
| 2016 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CHC,NL |
| 2017 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CHC,NL |
| 2018 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CHC,NL |
| 2019 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CHC,NL |
| 2020 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CHC,NL |
| Total | 387 | 225 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 109 | 0 | 0 | .067 | .118 | .084 | .202 | |
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
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Signed as a free agent by Toronto on 3/3/2006 to a minor league contract. Injured on 4/20/2008 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week... Earned first career win on 5/30/2011... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/2011, going 6-0, 0.65... Won World Series with Toronto in 2011... Won Rookie of the Year Award in 2011, going 18-4, 2.29 ERA... Won Player of the Week award on 4/26/2012, winning 2 games with a 0.55 ERA... Won Player of the Week award on 5/31/2012, winning 2 games with a 1.04 ERA... Was selected to the 2012 Allstar game... Won Cy Young Award in 2012, going 26-8, 2.40 ERA... Traded from Toronto to Chicago (C) on 4/3/2013 (Going to CHC: P Clayton Kershaw, P Chris Britton, P Jonathan Papelbon, C Carlos Santana, 2B Dustin Pedroia. Going to TOR: DH Shohei Ohtani)... Had first career hit on 5/3/2013, off Tommy Hanson (LAD)... Had first career hit on 5/3/2013, off Tommy Hanson (LAD)... Had first career hit on 5/3/2013, off Tommy Hanson (LAD)... Was selected to the 2013 Allstar game... Struck out 15 batters against Los Angeles on 8/8/2013... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/2013, going 4-2, 1.31... Won Cy Young Award in 2013, going 22-9, 2.34 ERA... Won Player of the Week award on 6/7/2014, winning 2 games with a 2.30 ERA... Was selected to the 2014 Allstar game... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/2014, going 5-0, 1.01... 2/2/2015: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,264,286 through salary arbitration... 5/9/2015: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (C), $9,170,000 per year, for 7 years. Struck out 15 batters against San Francisco on 5/16/2015... Was selected to the 2015 Allstar game... Struck out 16 batters against Chicago (W) on 8/2/2015... Won World Series with Chicago (C) in 2015... Won Cy Young Award in 2015, going 28-7, 2.38 ERA... Pitched NO-HITTER against Philadelphia on 5/24/2016, striking out 7... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/2016, going 5-2, 1.55... Was selected to the 2016 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/19/2016, winning 2 games with a 3.31 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/2016, going 7-0, 1.76... Struck out 15 batters against Chicago (W) on 8/18/2016... Won Cy Young Award in 2016, going 30-7, 1.98 ERA... Was selected to the 2017 Allstar game... Won World Series with Chicago (C) in 2017... Won Cy Young Award in 2017, going 24-7, 2.25 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/2018, going 4-1, 1.62... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/2018, going 5-1, 1.57... Was selected to the 2018 Allstar game... Injured on 7/24/2018 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week... Was selected to the 2019 Allstar game... Won World Series with Chicago (C) in 2019... Was selected to the 2020 Allstar game... Won Cy Young Award in 2020, going 23-5, 2.29 ERA...
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| Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 2011 - 2.29 - 1st 2012 - 2.40 - 3rd 2013 - 2.34 - 2nd 2014 - 2.63 - 3rd 2015 - 2.38 - 1st 2016 - 1.98 - 1st 2017 - 2.25 - 1st 2018 - 2.57 - 1st 2019 - 2.78 - 5th 2020 - 2.29 - 2nd
| WHIP 2012 - 1.07 - 10th 2013 - 1.04 - 3rd 2015 - 0.92 - 2nd 2016 - 0.88 - 1st 2017 - 0.97 - 2nd 2018 - 0.95 - 1st 2019 - 0.97 - 2nd 2020 - 0.96 - 2nd
| Wins 2011 - 18 - 7th 2012 - 26 - 2nd 2013 - 22 - 2nd 2014 - 21 - 6th 2015 - 28 - 1st 2016 - 30 - 1st 2017 - 24 - 2nd 2018 - 22 - 4th 2019 - 24 - 3rd 2020 - 23 - 2nd
| IP 2012 - 289.1 - 1st 2013 - 265.0 - 2nd 2014 - 256.1 - 5th 2015 - 299.1 - 1st 2016 - 318.2 - 1st 2017 - 303.1 - 1st 2018 - 269.2 - 5th 2019 - 287.2 - 3rd 2020 - 291.0 - 1st
| K's 2011 - 226 - 8th 2012 - 321 - 1st 2013 - 293 - 2nd 2014 - 269 - 7th 2015 - 374 - 2nd 2016 - 311 - 2nd 2017 - 296 - 2nd 2018 - 283 - 2nd 2019 - 277 - 4th 2020 - 271 - 2nd
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BB 2012 - 92 - 7th
| CG 2011 - 3 - 5th 2012 - 4 - 2nd 2013 - 4 - 2nd 2014 - 3 - 7th 2015 - 5 - 4th 2016 - 13 - 1st 2017 - 8 - 2nd 2019 - 3 - 6th 2020 - 2 - 8th
| SHO 2011 - 2 - 4th 2012 - 4 - 1st 2013 - 4 - 1st 2014 - 3 - 3rd 2015 - 5 - 1st 2016 - 6 - 1st 2017 - 4 - 2nd 2019 - 1 - 10th 2020 - 2 - 3rd
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