Clayton Kershaw

Bats L Throws L6'4" 225 lbBorn 1988 Dallas, USADebut 2008Team LAD10x All-StarDraft 2006 R1 #7 Los Angeles Dodgers, Highland Park HS

Awards: Cy Young Award x3, Branch Rickey Award, Gold Glove, Most Valuable Player, Pitching Triple Crown, Roberto Clemente Award, TSN Major League Player of the Year

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	514	18.8	6.8	2.73	20.7	6.57	103.5
2027							103.8
2028							104.6

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 37

His ten closest age-37 comparables averaged 90 PITCH+ the next season; 7 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	CC Sabathia	2018	106.4	89.0	468
2	Corey Kluber	2023	108.2	did not play
3	Chris Carpenter	2012	112.5	did not play
4	Yu Darvish	2024	108.2	92.5	296
5	Adam Wainwright	2019	106.6	114.1	262
6	Johnny Cueto	2023	104.4	66.4	50
7	Lance Lynn	2024	102.8	did not play
8	Andy Pettitte	2009	104.2	105.8	536
9	Chris Young	2016	104.1	68.4	148
10	Mike Mussina	2006	106.4	95.4	656

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	LAD	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024	LAD	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023	LAD	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022	LAD	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	LAD	24	39	2	8	0	0	0	3	0	1	11	0.222	0.243	0.222	0.465	23.0
2020	LAD	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	LAD	29	65	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	16	0.102	0.120	0.122	0.242	-40.3
2018	LAD	27	57	1	11	2	0	0	7	0	7	11	0.239	0.340	0.283	0.622	79.8
2017	LAD	27	59	6	9	1	0	0	2	0	4	13	0.184	0.245	0.204	0.449	21.5
2016	LAD	23	50	2	8	1	0	0	3	0	1	12	0.174	0.191	0.196	0.387	1.4
2015	LAD	34	79	2	9	2	0	0	2	0	2	23	0.127	0.162	0.155	0.317	-27.0
2014	LAD	27	74	5	11	0	1	0	3	1	4	23	0.175	0.235	0.206	0.442	23.5
2013	LAD	35	92	8	14	3	0	1	10	0	5	24	0.182	0.241	0.260	0.501	39.3
2012	LAD	34	75	2	12	1	0	0	2	0	2	19	0.207	0.230	0.224	0.454	19.8
2011	LAD	33	86	10	16	0	0	0	4	0	3	13	0.225	0.267	0.225	0.492	35.2
2010	LAD	32	74	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	17	0.055	0.071	0.055	0.126	-78.4
2009	LAD	31	59	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	3	16	0.104	0.157	0.104	0.261	-34.6
2008	LAD	22	38	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0.069	0.069	0.069	0.138	-80.2
Career		464	847	46	113	11	1	1	40	1	34	211	0.162	0.205	0.185	0.390	1.2

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									514				103.8
2026*									0
2025	LAD	11	2	3.36	23	22	0	112.7	463	8	35	84	109.4	100.9	110.4
2024	LAD	2	2	4.50	7	7	0	30.0	133	2	9	24	89.8	98.0	87.8
2023	LAD	13	5	2.46	24	24	0	131.7	523	19	40	137	111.2	102.4	113.6
2022	LAD	12	3	2.28	22	22	0	126.3	493	10	23	137	122.2	100.4	122.5
2021	LAD	10	8	3.55	22	22	0	121.7	488	15	21	144	114.9	98.5	113.5
2020	LAD	6	2	2.16	10	10	0	58.3	221	8	8	62	122.8	97.4	120.1
2019	LAD	16	5	3.03	29	28	0	178.3	706	28	41	189	113.0	102.1	115.1
2018	LAD	9	5	2.73	26	26	0	161.3	650	17	29	155	113.8	101.4	115.1
2017	LAD	18	4	2.31	27	27	0	175.0	679	23	30	202	119.7	99.8	119.5
2016	LAD	12	4	1.69	21	21	0	149.0	544	8	11	172	136.0	100.9	136.9
2015	LAD	16	7	2.13	33	33	0	232.7	890	15	42	301	125.6	98.9	124.5
2014	LAD	21	3	1.77	27	27	0	198.3	749	9	31	239	125.0
2013	LAD	16	9	1.83	33	33	0	236.0	908	11	52	232	125.2
2012	LAD	14	9	2.53	33	33	0	227.7	901	16	63	229	117.6
2011	LAD	21	5	2.28	33	33	0	233.3	912	15	54	248	121.3
2010	LAD	13	10	2.91	32	32	0	204.3	848	13	81	212	113.4
2009	LAD	8	8	2.79	31	30	0	171.0	701	7	91	185	117.0
2008	LAD	5	5	4.26	22	21	0	107.7	470	11	52	100	95.8
Career		223	96	2.53	455	451	0	2855.3	11279	235	713	3052	118.1		118.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	39	79.6	-8.3	14.8	24.7	32.8	0.214	0.243	0.215	23.0
2019	65	83.4	5.7	10.9	26.3	31.3	0.114	0.139	0.123	24.2
2018	57	80.1	-1.6	7.7	24.1	31.4	0.199	0.236	0.260	24.6
2017	59	81.6	0.0	7.5	21.4	30.7	0.196	0.222	0.223	24.8
2016	50	87.1	-8.2	21.6	22.6	34.8	0.165	0.205	0.172	25.6
2015	79	84.1	-3.5	17.0	26.1	39.0	0.156	0.185	0.177	24.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	LAD	P	23	113	6	8	0	0	1.000	+0.5
2024	LAD	P	7	30	1	2	1	0	0.750	-0.3
2023	LAD	P	24	132	5	16	0	1	1.000	+1.6
2022	LAD	P	22	126	3	10	2	0	0.867	+0.2
2021	LAD	P	22	122	4	14	0	0	1.000	-0.9
2020	LAD	P	10	58	1	4	0	0	1.000	-0.7
2019	LAD	P	29	178	3	23	0	1	1.000	+1.8
2018	LAD	P	26	161	1	24	1	1	0.962	+1.1
2017	LAD	P	27	175	4	18	1	0	0.957	-0.2
2016	LAD	P	21	149	2	15	1	0	0.944	+0.6
2015	LAD	P	33	233	8	45	1	1	0.981	-1.2
2014	LAD	P	27	198	8	31	2	3	0.951
2013	LAD	P	33	236	7	27	1	2	0.971
2012	LAD	P	33	228	9	42	0	1	1.000
2011	LAD	P	33	233	9	38	0	2	1.000
2010	LAD	P	32	204	5	30	1	0	0.972
2009	LAD	P	31	171	8	19	0	2	1.000
2008	LAD	P	22	108	1	18	1	2	0.950

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2025	AAA	Oklahoma City Comets	Pit	43	12.0 IP, 19% K	3.75
2024	AAA	Oklahoma City Baseball Club	Pit	27	7.0 IP, 26% K	3.86
2019	AA	Tulsa Drillers	Pit	22	6.0 IP, 27% K	3.00
2014	AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Pit	24	5.0 IP, 38% K	1.80
2008	AA	Jacksonville Suns	Pit	241	61.1 IP, 24% K	1.91
2007	A	Great Lakes Loons	Pit	413	97.1 IP, 32% K	2.78
2007	AA	Jacksonville Suns	Pit	107	24.2 IP, 27% K	3.72
2006	Rk	GCL Dodgers	Pit	144	37.0 IP, 38% K	1.95

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021	0.129	0.263	0.270	0.200
2019	0.075	0.159	0.100	0.179
2018	0.462	0.219	0.283	0.314
2017	0.150	0.225	0.213	0.197
2016	0.226	0.237	0.367	0.104
2015	0.100	0.212	0.184	0.153

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2020	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
2018	7	6	1	0	0	3	2	0.000	0.333	0.000	0.333
2017	6	8	0	1	0	0	3	0.125	0.125	0.125	0.250
2016	5	7	1	2	1	1	4	0.286	0.375	0.429	0.804
2015	2	5	0	1	0	0	1	0.200	0.200	0.200	0.400
2014	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0.500	0.667	0.500	1.167
2013	4	8	0	1	0	0	3	0.125	0.125	0.125	0.250
2009	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0.333	0.000	0.333
2008	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	38	39	2	6	1	6	13	0.154	0.267	0.179	0.446

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2025	0	0	17.14	2	0	0	2.1	6	2	3	0	4.29
2023	0	1	540.00	1	1	0	0.1	6	1	1	0	70.00
2022	0	0	5.40	1	1	0	5.0	6	1	0	6	1.20
2020	4	1	2.93	5	5	0	30.7	23	4	5	37	0.91
2019	0	1	7.11	2	1	0	6.3	8	2	1	5	1.42
2018	2	3	4.20	6	5	0	30.0	25	4	7	26	1.07
2017	3	0	3.82	6	5	0	33.0	21	8	10	33	0.94
2016	2	1	4.44	5	4	1	24.3	24	2	4	29	1.15
2015	1	1	2.63	2	2	0	13.7	7	2	5	19	0.88
2014	0	2	7.82	2	2	0	12.7	12	3	2	19	1.11
2013	1	2	3.13	4	4	0	23.0	18	0	7	28	1.09
2009	0	1	6.07	3	2	0	13.3	14	3	7	10	1.57
2008	0	0	4.50	2	0	0	2.0	1	0	2	1	1.50
Career	13	13	4.63	41	32	1	196.2	171	32	54	213	1.15

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2016	LAD	$33,000,000
2015	LAD	$32,571,000
2014	LAD	$4,000,000
2013	LAD	$11,750,000
2012	LAD	$7,750,000
2011	LAD	$500,000
2010	LAD	$440,000
2009	LAD	$404,000

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.