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Clayton Kershaw

Los Angeles Dodgers National League West

Age: 37
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 225 lb
Number: #22

Born: March 19, 1988 in Dallas, TX, United States
MLB debut: May 25, 2008
Drafted: 2006, round 1
High school: Highland Park
Salary, 2025: $7.5M

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dbWAR: 76.4
IP: 112.2
ERA: 3.36
FIP: 3.55
K/9: 6.7
FIP−: 85

Clayton Kershaw was a starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 2025 he struck out 84 batters over 112.2 innings across 23 appearances, 22 of them starts, going 11-2. His ERA of 3.36 was 19.3% lower than the league average of 4.16 — 9th of 21 on his team, and 180th of 542 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.55 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 24.3% of swings (11.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 18.1%. His 2.2 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2025 regular season.

FIP3.55

K/96.7

WHIP1.22

WAR2.2

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only — postseason games are listed separately below.


2025	LAD	23	22	112.2	11	2	102	42	84	35	3.36	3.55	1.22	6.7	2.8	81	85	2.2
2024	LAD	7	7	30.0	2	2	36	15	24	9	4.50	3.53	1.50	7.2	2.7	110	87	0.5
2023	LAD	24	24	131.2	13	5	100	36	137	40	2.46	4.03	1.06	9.4	2.7	57	93	1.9
2022	LAD	22	22	126.1	12	3	96	32	137	23	2.28	2.57	0.94	9.8	1.6	57	65	3.7
2021	LAD	22	22	121.2	10	8	103	48	144	21	3.55	3.00	1.02	10.7	1.6	83	70	3.2
2020	LAD	10	10	58.1	6	2	41	14	62	8	2.16	3.31	0.84	9.6	1.2	49	74	1.5
2019	LAD	29	28	178.1	16	5	145	60	189	41	3.03	3.86	1.04	9.5	2.1	67	86	3.3
2018	LAD	26	26	161.1	9	5	139	49	155	29	2.73	3.19	1.04	8.6	1.6	66	77	3.6
2017	LAD	27	27	175.0	18	4	136	45	202	30	2.31	3.07	0.95	10.4	1.5	53	70	4.6
2016	LAD	21	21	149.0	12	4	97	28	172	11	1.69	1.80	0.72	10.4	0.7	40	43	5.7
2015	LAD	33	33	232.2	16	7	163	55	301	42	2.13	1.99	0.88	11.6	1.6	54	50	8.1
2014	LAD	27	27	198.1	21	3	139	39	239	31	1.77	1.81	0.86	10.8	1.4	47	48	6.9
2013	LAD	33	33	236.0	16	9	164	48	232	52	1.83	2.39	0.92	8.8	2.0	47	62	6.8
2012	LAD	33	33	227.2	14	9	170	64	229	63	2.53	2.89	1.02	9.1	2.5	63	72	5.5
2011	LAD	33	33	233.1	21	5	174	59	248	54	2.28	2.47	0.98	9.6	2.1	58	63	6.7
2010	LAD	32	32	204.1	13	10	160	66	212	81	2.91	3.12	1.18	9.3	3.6	71	77	4.6
2009	LAD	31	30	171.0	8	8	119	53	185	91	2.79	3.08	1.23	9.7	4.8	65	71	4.2
2008	LAD	22	21	107.2	5	5	109	51	100	52	4.26	4.08	1.50	8.4	4.3	99	94	1.4

Batting Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only — postseason games are listed separately below.


2021	LAD	19	39	8	0	3	0	1	11	.222	.243	.222	.000	.320	2.6%	28.2%	.209	-3.5	25	0.2
2019	LAD	27	65	5	0	1	0	1	16	.102	.120	.122	.020	.152	1.5%	24.6%	.108	-11.9	-47	-0.2
2018	LAD	25	57	11	0	7	0	7	11	.239	.340	.283	.043	.314	12.3%	19.3%	.291	-1.3	84	0.8
2017	LAD	23	59	9	0	2	0	4	13	.184	.245	.204	.020	.250	6.8%	22.0%	.210	-5.7	22	0.3
2016	LAD	20	50	8	0	3	0	1	12	.174	.191	.196	.022	.235	2.0%	24.0%	.172	-5.9	-1	0.1
2015	LAD	31	79	9	0	2	0	2	23	.127	.162	.155	.028	.188	2.5%	29.1%	.147	-10.6	-20	0.0
2014	LAD	25	74	11	0	3	1	4	23	.175	.235	.206	.032	.275	5.4%	31.1%	.209	-5.9	27	0.5
2013	LAD	34	92	14	1	10	0	5	24	.182	.241	.260	.078	.250	5.4%	26.1%	.231	-6.1	41	0.5
2012	LAD	32	75	12	0	2	0	2	19	.207	.230	.224	.017	.300	2.7%	25.3%	.204	-6.8	22	0.3
2011	LAD	32	86	16	0	4	0	3	13	.225	.267	.225	.000	.276	3.5%	15.1%	.229	-6.1	38	0.6
2010	LAD	30	74	3	0	1	0	1	17	.055	.071	.055	.000	.079	1.4%	23.0%	.061	-15.5	-84	-0.7
2009	LAD	29	59	5	0	2	0	3	16	.104	.157	.104	.000	.156	5.1%	27.1%	.131	-9.7	-39	-0.1
2008	LAD	20	38	2	0	0	0	0	13	.069	.069	.069	.000	.125	0.0%	34.2%	.062	-8.5	-89	-0.3

Separate from the regular season

Postseason Postseason

Wild Card through World Series. These games are counted on their own: none of them are in the regular-season tables, career totals, league context, leaderboards or dbWAR on this page.

Postseason pitching

Postseason Clayton Kershaw's postseason pitching, by October and round. Not part of any regular-season figure on this page.
Season	Team	Round	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	K/9
2025 Post	LAD	Postseason total	2	0	2.1	0	0	0	6	4	2	3	0	15.43	3.86	0.0
		NLDS	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	6	4	2	3	0	18.00	4.50	0.0
		World Series	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0
2023 Post	LAD	NLDS	1	1	0.1	0	1	0	6	6	1	1	0	162.00	21.00	0.0
2022 Post	LAD	NLDS	1	1	5.0	0	0	0	6	3	1	0	6	5.40	1.20	10.8
2020 Post	LAD	Postseason total	5	5	30.2	4	1	0	23	10	4	5	37	2.93	0.91	10.9
		Wild Card	1	1	8.0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	13	0.00	0.50	14.6
		NLDS	1	1	6.0	1	0	0	6	3	2	0	6	4.50	1.00	9.0
		NLCS	1	1	5.0	0	1	0	7	4	1	1	4	7.20	1.60	7.2
		World Series	2	2	11.2	2	0	0	7	3	1	3	14	2.31	0.86	10.8
2019 Post	LAD	NLDS	2	1	6.1	0	1	0	8	5	2	1	5	7.11	1.42	7.1
2018 Post	LAD	Postseason total	6	5	30.0	2	3	0	25	14	4	7	26	4.20	1.07	7.8
		NLDS	1	1	8.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0.00	0.25	3.4
		NLCS	3	2	11.0	1	1	0	9	5	1	4	13	4.09	1.18	10.6
		World Series	2	2	11.0	0	2	0	14	9	3	3	10	7.36	1.55	8.2
2017 Post	LAD	Postseason total	6	5	33.0	3	0	0	21	14	8	10	33	3.82	0.94	9.0
		NLDS	1	1	6.1	1	0	0	5	4	4	3	7	5.68	1.26	9.9
		NLCS	2	2	11.0	1	0	0	7	3	2	2	9	2.45	0.82	7.4
		World Series	3	2	15.2	1	0	0	9	7	2	5	17	4.02	0.89	9.8
2016 Post	LAD	Postseason total	5	4	24.1	2	1	1	24	12	2	4	29	4.44	1.15	10.7
		NLDS	3	2	12.1	1	0	1	15	8	0	3	19	5.84	1.46	13.9
		NLCS	2	2	12.0	1	1	0	9	4	2	1	10	3.00	0.83	7.5
2015 Post	LAD	NLDS	2	2	13.2	1	1	0	7	4	2	5	19	2.63	0.88	12.5
2014 Post	LAD	NLDS	2	2	12.2	0	2	0	12	11	3	2	19	7.82	1.11	13.5
2013 Post	LAD	Postseason total	4	4	23.0	1	2	0	18	8	0	7	28	3.13	1.09	11.0
		NLDS	2	2	13.0	1	0	0	6	1	0	4	18	0.69	0.77	12.5
		NLCS	2	2	10.0	0	2	0	12	7	0	3	10	6.30	1.50	9.0
2009 Post	LAD	Postseason total	3	2	13.1	0	1	0	14	9	3	7	10	6.07	1.57	6.8
		NLDS	1	1	6.2	0	0	0	9	2	1	1	4	2.70	1.50	5.4
		NLCS	2	1	6.2	0	1	0	5	7	2	6	6	9.45	1.65	8.1
2008 Post	LAD	NLCS	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	4.50	1.50	4.5
Career		Postseason total · 13 Octobers	41	32	196.2	13	13	1	171	101	32	54	213	4.62	1.14	9.7

Postseason batting

Postseason Clayton Kershaw's postseason batting, by October and round. Not part of any regular-season figure on this page.
Season	Team	Round	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2019 Post	LAD	NLDS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2018 Post	LAD	Postseason total	5	10	6	1	0	0	3	2	.000	.333	.000	.333
		NLDS	1	3	2	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333
		NLCS	2	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	.000	.667	.000	.667
		World Series	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2017 Post	LAD	Postseason total	5	10	8	0	1	0	0	3	.125	.125	.125	.250
		NLDS	1	3	2	0	1	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000
		NLCS	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
		World Series	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
2016 Post	LAD	Postseason total	4	9	7	1	2	1	1	4	.286	.375	.429	.804
		NLDS	2	5	3	1	1	1	1	2	.333	.500	.667	1.167
		NLCS	2	4	4	0	1	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500
2015 Post	LAD	NLDS	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400
2014 Post	LAD	NLDS	2	6	2	0	1	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167
2013 Post	LAD	Postseason total	4	8	8	0	1	0	0	3	.125	.125	.125	.250
		NLDS	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000
		NLCS	2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667
2009 Post	LAD	Postseason total	2	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333
		NLDS	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
		NLCS	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	—	1.000	—	—
Career		Postseason total · 8 Octobers	25	52	39	2	6	1	6	13	.154	.267	.179	.446

Box-score and rate statistics only. wOBA, wRC+, FIP and dbWAR are measured against a full league season, and a postseason is a few teams playing each other for a month, so they are not computed for October.

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2025. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	94	86	23	1	7	16	.267	.330	.384	.317	17.0%
vs RHB	369	334	79	7	28	68	.237	.294	.356	.288	18.4%

Pitch sequencing

What Clayton Kershaw throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Slider	41.4%	732	85.7	2,483	48.6%	27.2%	192	.260	.718
Four-Seam Fastball	34.6%	612	89.0	2,310	42.6%	7.0%	122	.270	.733
Curveball	17.9%	316	72.3	2,242	37.7%	38.7%	85	.165	.441
Splitter	5.5%	98	83.1	1,550	32.7%	41.5%	15	.200	.467

Clayton Kershaw's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.