Head to head · 2025 pitching

Clayton Kershaw vs Yoshinobu Yamamoto

In 2025 Yoshinobu Yamamoto has been worth 2.5 more wins. Both lines are computed from play-by-play on the same constants, so they are measured the same way rather than quoted from two sources.

Teammates: two of the 3 most valuable pitchers on the 2025 Los Angeles Dodgers.

Clayton Kershaw LAD

Yoshinobu Yamamoto LAD

2025 season

2025 pitching. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for ERA, FIP, WHIP and walks that is the lower one.
Statistic	Clayton Kershaw	Yoshinobu Yamamoto
G	23	30
GS	22	30
IP	112.2	173.2
W	11	12
SO	84	201
ERA	3.36	2.49
FIP	3.55	2.94
WHIP	1.22	0.99
K/9	6.7	10.4
BB/9	2.8	3.1
FIP−	85	71
WAR	2.2	4.7

Postseason

Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.

Every published postseason, pitching, summed with the rates recomputed from the counts.
Statistic	Clayton Kershaw	Yoshinobu Yamamoto
G	41	12
GS	32	11
IP	196.2	65.2
W	13	8
SV	1	0
SO	213	59
BB	54	15
ERA	4.62	2.47
WHIP	1.14	0.88
K/9	9.7	8.1
BB/9	2.5	2.1

Career

Totalled over the seasons published here, which is not the same as a whole career: a player who debuted before 2005 begins at 2005, not at his real first game.

Career pitching totals. ERA, WHIP and the per-nine rates are recomputed from the components rather than averaged; FIP needs each season’s own constant and is left to the season table.
Statistic	Clayton Kershaw	Yoshinobu Yamamoto
G	455	76
GS	451	76
IP	2,855.1	448.2
W	223	33
L	96	19
SV	0	0
SO	3,052	488
BB	713	123
ERA	2.53	2.61
WHIP	1.02	0.97
K/9	9.6	9.8
BB/9	2.2	2.5
HR/9	0.7	0.8
WAR	74.4	11.4

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How these are computed

FIP uses the constant solved from this season’s own runs, and FIP− is park-adjusted against the same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page. To put these two beside a third, the comparison page takes up to four.