#22 Clayton "The Claw" Kershaw, Starting Pitcher, 30 yrs, Chicago (C) Cubs
Monday, 7/12/2018 |
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| Clayton Kershaw
The Claw
3/19/1988
30
United States
6"4
230
Starting Pitcher
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4.0 Stars
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| Big League Contract
$ 9,170,000
2022
7 Year(s), 82 Days (1286 total Days)
106 Day(s)
7 Year(s), 82 Days (1286 total Days)
13 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
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9
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4
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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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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 | | | | |
| 5/28 | MIL | L 1-4 | * | 6.2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | L | | | | |
| 6/1 | @CIN | L 2-6 | * | 5.2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 8 | L | | | | |
| 6/5 | @MIL | W 9-6 | * | 6.2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| 6/9 | BAL | W 11-3 | * | 7.1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | W | | | | |
| 6/14 | @PIT | L 3-6 | * | 7.2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | L | | | | |
| 6/19 | LAD | W 7-2 | * | 6.2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | W | | | | |
| 6/24 | ARI | L 1-3 | * | 7.1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | L | | | | |
| 6/29 | @SF | W 4-2 | * | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | | | | | |
| 7/3 | NYM | W 7-3 | * | 8.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | W | PoG | | | |
| 7/8 | @ATL | L 1-2 | * | 7.1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | L | | | | |
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| Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
| Overall | 22 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2.20 | 159.1 | 123 | 50 | 39 | 21 | 169 | 2 | 9.1 | 1 | 18 | 81.8 |
| Projected | 41 | 41 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 2.20 | 293.0 | 226 | 92 | 72 | 39 | 311 | | | | | |
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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 | 8.2 | 6.9 | 9.5 | 1.2 | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 1.55 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHB | 153 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .190 | .211 | .281 | .492 |
| vs. RHB | 426 | 94 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 40 | 17 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .221 | .246 | .303 | .548 |
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| | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| Home | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2.03 | 84.1 | 63 | 23 | 19 | 12 | 85 |
| Road | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2.40 | 75.0 | 60 | 27 | 20 | 9 | 84 |
| This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last Week | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.45 | 7.1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
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| Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| March/April | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1.62 | 44.1 | 28 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 43 |
| May | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1.57 | 51.2 | 33 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 56 |
| June | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3.42 | 47.1 | 51 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 50 |
| July | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.25 | 16.0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 |
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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 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2.20 | 159.1 | 123 | 50 | 39 | 4 | 21 | 169 | 2 | 1 | 0.90 | .293 | CHC |
| Total | 292 | 290 | 181 | 54 | 0 | 2.31 | 2096.0 | 1584 | 595 | 537 | 66 | 524 | 2259 | 42 | 29 | 1.01 | .285 | |
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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 |
| Total | 26 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2.32 | 174.2 | 145 | 54 | 45 | 40 | 209 | 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 |
| Total | 270 | 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% |
| Pitcher | 22 | 22 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 23 | 2 | .913 | 159.1 | 1.30 | | | | |
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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...
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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
| WHIP
2012 - 1.07 - 10th
2013 - 1.04 - 3rd
2015 - 0.92 - 2nd
2016 - 0.88 - 1st
2017 - 0.97 - 2nd
| Wins
2011 - 18 - 7th
2012 - 26 - 2nd
2013 - 22 - 2nd
2014 - 21 - 6th
2015 - 28 - 1st
2016 - 30 - 1st
2017 - 24 - 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
| K's
2011 - 226 - 8th
2012 - 321 - 1st
2013 - 293 - 2nd
2014 - 269 - 7th
2015 - 374 - 2nd
2016 - 311 - 2nd
2017 - 296 - 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
| SHO
2011 - 2 - 4th
2012 - 4 - 1st
2013 - 4 - 1st
2014 - 3 - 3rd
2015 - 5 - 1st
2016 - 6 - 1st
2017 - 4 - 2nd
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