Clayton Kershaw

#22 - Starting Pitcher

Los Angeles Dodgers

Bats / Throws	Left / Left
Date of Birth	3/19/1988 (35)
Height, Weight	6'4", 225 lb
Hometown	Dallas, TX

2023 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	W-L	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%	CSW%
	13-4	126.1	2.42	1.05	26.3%	7.6%	30.1%

	12^th 6 W	83^rd 110 IP	4^th 4.60 ERA	8^th 1.33 WHIP	31^st 21.7% K%	91^st 8.0% BB%	34^th 28.1% CSW%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	PLV	xERA
	90.8	13.9%	25.3%	47.0%	5.00	3.87

	178^th 93.5 FB MPH	30^th 11.7% SwStr%	58^th 27.6% HC%	55^th 43.7% GB%	97^th 4.99 PLV	46^th 4.58 xERA

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Overview

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Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	xERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	H/9	K%	BB%	BABIP	HC%	GB%	HR/9	HR/FB%	LOB%	SwStr%	CSW%	PLV
2018	LAD	26	26	161.1	9	5	2.73	-	3.19	-	1.04	7.8	23.8%	4.5%	.276	-	-	0.95	-	78.7%	11.8%	28.4%	-
2019	LAD	29	28	178.1	16	5	3.03	-	3.87	-	1.04	7.3	26.8%	5.8%	.267	-	-	1.41	-	84.0%	14.2%	30.1%	-
2020	LAD	10	10	58.1	6	2	2.16	2.97	3.31	3.18	0.84	6.3	28.1%	3.6%	.232	22.7%	53.7%	1.23	17.0%	82.5%	14.0%	32.9%	5.17
2021	LAD	22	22	121.2	10	8	3.55	3.03	3.00	2.91	1.02	7.6	29.5%	4.3%	.292	24.2%	51.6%	1.11	15.8%	71.7%	17.6%	33.7%	5.21
2022	LAD	22	22	126.1	12	3	2.28	2.57	2.57	2.87	0.94	6.8	27.8%	4.7%	.269	22.4%	49.7%	0.71	9.8%	79.4%	14.8%	31.9%	5.14
2023	LAD	23	23	126.1	13	4	2.42	3.87	4.00	3.59	1.05	6.8	26.3%	7.6%	.248	25.3%	47.0%	1.28	18.2%	89.4%	13.9%	30.1%	5.00
SP MLB Percentile		56	56	58	92	73	98	77	72	90	95	96	85	52	94	70	72	52	23	99	84	83	49
SP MLB AVG		21	21	110.0	6	7	4.60	4.58	4.61	4.56	1.33	8.9	21.7%	8.0%	.296	27.6%	43.7%	1.39	15.5%	72.2%	11.7%	28.1%	4.99
6 Years		132	131	772.1	66	27	2.76	-	-	-	1.01	7.2	26.8%	5.2%	.268	19.1%	50.0%	1.12	28.0%	80.9%	14.3%	30.8%	5.12

Repertoire

Slider | 43%
Four-Seamer | 37%
Curveball | 18%
Changeup | 2%
Sinker | 0%
All Pitches

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 All

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Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	88.3	10.2%	-	-	14.0%	8.7%	22.7%	72.3%	66.5%	-	-	.197	.255	.245	-	-	-	-	-
2019	86.8	12.7%	-	-	23.5%	9.4%	32.9%	69.4%	63.8%	-	-	.188	.251	.259	-	-	-	-	-
2020	87.8	39.9%	44.4%	47.2%	22.0%	11.0%	33.1%	73.4%	67.8%	69.6%	18.8%	.192	.234	.269	15.4%	.177	.212	20.2%	2,692
2021	87.1	48.2%	48.5%	43.8%	27.4%	10.5%	37.8%	73.2%	67.1%	60.5%	23.0%	.203	.255	.310	22.9%	.187	.244	22.4%	2,642
2022	86.6	42.6%	48.9%	41.1%	23.3%	8.7%	32.0%	70.8%	65.3%	58.7%	23.2%	.200	.243	.289	12.5%	.204	.246	22.3%	2,576
2023	86.6	43.4%	46.1%	45.7%	22.4%	10.1%	32.5%	72.0%	67.7%	49.7%	29.5%	.165	.247	.194	22.7%	.209	.289	28.4%	2,471
SP MLB Percentile	80	96	97	76	93	15	71	99	99	78	23	86	76	89	24	59	55	21	64
SP MLB AVG	84.2	24.0%	33.0%	41.0%	15.2%	14.4%	29.6%	62.3%	56.7%	41.1%	37.4%	.235	.303	.285	16.5%	.227	.300	23.9%	2,399

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.177	.212	.248	.284	20.2%	4.3%	26.1%	16.5%	86.1	84.9	-3.9	2.2	5.1	1.3	6.0	6.2	2,692
2021	.187	.244	.275	.382	22.4%	7.9%	32.7%	18.3%	88.3	92.1	2.0	2.3	5.2	1.4	6.0	6.3	2,642
2022	.204	.246	.300	.336	22.3%	2.2%	36.4%	22.1%	88.0	87.2	4.6	2.6	4.2	1.3	6.0	6.3	2,576
2023	.209	.289	.262	.387	28.4%	10.1%	36.9%	22.6%	89.9	87.8	9.8	2.6	4.2	1.4	6.0	6.4	2,471
SP MLB Percentile	59	55	55	41	21	29	53	58	18	39	76	47	95	82	77	42	64
SP MLB AVG	.227	.300	.271	.378	23.9%	8.0%	37.3%	24.8%	87.3	87.0	15.1	3.6	1.1	-0.9	5.7	6.4	2,399

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2018	242	81	11	2	0	1	17	9	0	1	175	67	.197	.268	.255
2019	340	109	13	1	1	4	39	8	0	1	236	104	.188	.337	.251
2020	354	109	12	6	0	2	35	5	0	0	260	94	.192	.308	.234
2021	870	273	30	14	1	8	108	11	1	5	637	233	.203	.356	.255
2022	784	231	31	7	1	4	77	13	1	0	555	229	.200	.298	.243
2023	844	243	17	10	0	10	76	18	0	0	608	236	.165	.344	.247
SP MLB Percentile	94	96	22	7	27	2	95	3	53	55	96	15	86	70	76
SP MLB AVG	363	94	12	4	0	3	26	6	1	1	229	133	.235	.421	.303

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	26.9%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18.2%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	69.6%	11.6%	18.8%	0.0%	15.4%	56.5%	33.3%	10.1%	20.9%	4.3%	59.4%	10.1%	15.9%	5.8%	23.2%
2021	60.5%	16.4%	23.0%	2.6%	22.9%	51.0%	37.3%	11.8%	17.8%	5.3%	44.1%	17.8%	20.4%	4.6%	31.6%
2022	58.7%	18.1%	23.2%	5.8%	12.5%	52.1%	30.7%	17.1%	20.9%	5.1%	39.9%	18.1%	28.3%	6.5%	31.9%
2023	49.7%	20.8%	29.5%	8.7%	22.7%	52.3%	30.9%	16.8%	21.9%	2.7%	38.9%	21.5%	22.1%	4.7%	32.2%
SP MLB Percentile	78	53	23	42	24	68	42	38	97	37	87	22	59	60	63
SP MLB AVG	41.1%	21.5%	37.4%	10.4%	16.5%	47.6%	32.8%	19.6%	15.4%	4.4%	29.3%	28.9%	23.3%	6.2%	34.8%

Year	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA
2018	-	-	-	-	.197	.255	.245	.259	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	.188	.251	.259	.306	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	20.2%	4.3%	26.1%	16.5%	.192	.234	.269	.290	.177	.212	.248	.284	86.1	84.9	-3.9
2021	22.4%	7.9%	32.7%	18.3%	.203	.255	.310	.346	.187	.244	.275	.382	88.3	92.1	2.0
2022	22.3%	2.2%	36.4%	22.1%	.200	.243	.289	.309	.204	.246	.300	.336	88.0	87.2	4.6
2023	28.4%	10.1%	36.9%	22.6%	.165	.247	.194	.248	.209	.289	.262	.387	89.9	87.8	9.8
SP MLB Percentile	21	29	53	58	86	76	89	86	59	55	55	41	18	39	76
SP MLB AVG	23.9%	8.0%	37.3%	24.8%	.235	.303	.285	.327	.227	.300	.271	.378	87.3	87.0	15.1

Year	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	Whiff%	Swing%	Con%	O-Con%	Z-Con%	ECS%	2-Str O-Sw%	F-Str%	TF-Str%
2018	-	-	14.0%	8.7%	22.7%	72.3%	66.5%	22.1%	63.6%	77.9%	-	-	11.4%	-	70.7%	58.5%
2019	-	-	23.5%	9.4%	32.9%	69.4%	63.8%	39.2%	60.0%	60.8%	-	-	16.7%	-	66.1%	47.5%
2020	44.4%	47.2%	22.0%	11.0%	33.1%	73.4%	67.8%	35.3%	62.4%	64.7%	47.0%	75.4%	21.9%	30.5%	80.6%	66.1%
2021	48.5%	43.8%	27.4%	10.5%	37.8%	73.2%	67.1%	43.6%	62.8%	56.4%	33.3%	74.1%	13.8%	34.1%	63.6%	54.9%
2022	48.9%	41.1%	23.3%	8.7%	32.0%	70.8%	65.3%	37.6%	62.1%	62.4%	42.5%	79.7%	13.9%	37.0%	71.0%	58.1%
2023	46.1%	45.7%	22.4%	10.1%	32.5%	72.0%	67.7%	36.1%	62.0%	63.9%	45.0%	76.6%	14.5%	29.6%	70.0%	59.6%
SP MLB Percentile	97	76	93	15	71	99	99	73	98	73	63	82	15	65	86	83
SP MLB AVG	33.0%	41.0%	15.2%	14.4%	29.6%	62.3%	56.7%	31.6%	48.0%	68.4%	48.8%	82.4%	20.3%	26.9%	61.6%	51.8%

Year	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%	PAR%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	47.1%	14.9%	38.0%	-	21.9%	18.5%
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45.9%	9.7%	44.4%	-	17.3%	25.8%
2020	14.4%	33.3%	52.3%	8.8%	17.8%	73.4%	7.6%	42.4%	24.3%	43.8%	12.7%	43.5%	47.2%	12.9%	22.7%
2021	14.7%	32.3%	53.0%	9.9%	17.9%	72.2%	7.1%	40.7%	27.0%	48.2%	15.7%	36.1%	43.8%	15.8%	34.4%
2022	12.0%	27.7%	60.3%	9.3%	17.1%	73.6%	7.7%	49.1%	23.2%	47.7%	14.0%	38.3%	41.1%	14.4%	25.7%
2023	9.4%	29.3%	61.4%	13.9%	18.7%	67.4%	6.0%	51.4%	19.3%	52.3%	12.6%	35.2%	45.7%	15.4%	25.6%
SP MLB Percentile	14	93	58	40	33	64	55	99	0	23	12	51	76	60	85
SP MLB AVG	17.9%	22.1%	60.0%	16.4%	20.6%	63.0%	5.9%	25.4%	52.5%	56.8%	8.0%	35.3%	41.0%	14.3%	19.6%

Year	P	PLV	Total PLV	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	PLA	Hit Luck
2018	242	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	340	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	354	5.55	1,963	52.8%	21.5%	25.7%	27.1%	-4.5	2.19	-1
2021	870	5.47	4,759	51.4%	18.4%	30.2%	21.1%	-5.1	2.20	+9
2022	784	5.53	4,339	53.6%	21.4%	25.0%	28.6%	-0.3	1.79	+9
2023	844	5.39	4,552	53.3%	16.9%	29.7%	23.6%	-5.9	2.56	-8
SP MLB Percentile	94	72	95	91	16	62	62	98	-	99
SP MLB AVG	363	5.20	1,899	46.5%	25.0%	28.5%	18.0%	-	-	+5

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	90.8	10.8%	-	-	10.5%	19.5%	30.1%	68.8%	62.9%	-	-	.268	.329	.333	-	-	-	-	-
2019	90.1	14.2%	-	-	7.7%	26.6%	34.3%	70.2%	65.2%	-	-	.271	.402	.216	-	-	-	-	-
2020	91.6	41.1%	19.6%	54.0%	7.4%	26.8%	34.2%	67.4%	63.8%	31.4%	47.1%	.203	.291	.188	16.7%	.263	.351	32.4%	2,487
2021	90.7	36.4%	19.4%	51.5%	7.0%	23.4%	30.4%	63.8%	57.9%	42.4%	35.2%	.291	.346	.291	11.4%	.289	.346	31.3%	2,510
2022	90.7	40.3%	20.1%	53.1%	4.2%	25.6%	29.8%	67.8%	62.8%	42.7%	40.6%	.218	.265	.232	8.6%	.217	.278	26.9%	2,405
2023	90.8