Clayton Kershaw

P | Los Angeles Dodgers Age: 33 (3/19/1988) Throws:

SP Rank #

2021 Season Stats

W-L	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%	CSW%
5-3	44.2	2.62	0.99	26.1%	4.5%	33.4%

Clayton Kershaw P | LAD

Slider | 46%
Four-Seamer | 37%
Curveball | 17%
Changeup | 0%
Cutter | 0%
All

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 All

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Swing%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Strike%	GB%	FB%	AVG	BABIP	PLUS%
2017	88.5	35.5%	41.7%	43.8%	25.8%	8.8%	34.6%	68.3%	55.5%	21.9%	.198	.312	53.2%
2018	88.1	42.1%	35.1%	49.3%	14.7%	12.0%	26.6%	69.4%	63.2%	17.7%	.184	.236	50.7%
2019	86.9	39.1%	45.3%	46.1%	21.1%	8.0%	29.1%	71.6%	58.0%	21.3%	.213	.278	47.3%
2020	87.9	40.5%	42.1%	50.6%	22.2%	11.4%	33.6%	73.3%	68.1%	18.8%	.190	.269	52.5%
2021	87.6	45.9%	45.7%	48.8%	26.1%	10.5%	36.6%	72.9%	55.0%	28.3%	.196	.288	56.3%

Year	# Thrown	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	Strikes	Balls	AVG
2017	896	254	38	6	0	3	94	16	612	284	.198
2018	995	321	36	12	2	6	88	15	691	304	.184
2019	1,044	343	51	6	1	11	106	16	747	297	.213
2020	360	110	12	6	0	2	36	5	264	96	.190
2021	295	102	13	3	1	2	36	5	215	80	.196

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	Weak%	Medium%	Hard%	Pull%	Oppo%	BABIP	BACON
2017	55.5%	22.6%	21.9%	13.3%	17.5%	66.4%	16.1%	35.8%	16.1%	.312	.326
2018	63.2%	19.1%	17.7%	5.4%	14.8%	66.5%	18.7%	44.5%	10.5%	.236	.257
2019	58.0%	20.8%	21.3%	11.4%	16.9%	55.6%	27.5%	43.5%	12.1%	.278	.314
2020	68.1%	13.0%	18.8%	7.7%	4.3%	76.8%	18.8%	44.9%	7.2%	.269	.290
2021	55.0%	16.7%	28.3%	17.6%	6.7%	71.7%	21.7%	31.7%	6.7%	.288	.311

Year	O-Swing%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Contact%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Swing%	Strike%
2017	41.7%	43.8%	25.8%	8.8%	34.6%	56.7%	35.2%	70.6%	59.5%	68.3%
2018	35.1%	49.3%	14.7%	12.0%	26.6%	74.5%	52.0%	84.6%	57.5%	69.4%
2019	45.3%	46.1%	21.1%	8.0%	29.1%	66.8%	40.8%	83.1%	63.5%	71.6%
2020	42.1%	50.6%	22.2%	11.4%	33.6%	64.1%	42.7%	75.0%	61.9%	73.3%
2021	45.7%	48.8%	26.1%	10.5%	36.6%	58.2%	29.0%	75.7%	62.4%	72.9%

Year	Early CS%	2-Str O-Swing%	F-Strike%	TF-Strike%
2017	11.8%	28.0%	46.5%	38.6%
2018	18.4%	23.6%	41.1%	30.5%
2019	12.6%	30.9%	34.4%	24.8%
2020	22.2%	27.6%	44.5%	36.4%
2021	14.0%	31.0%	36.3%	30.4%

Year	aLoc%	h-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	v-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%
2017	16.6%	32.3%	51.1%	9.0%	17.4%	73.5%	5.7%	54.1%	28.8%	35.5%	43.8%	13.6%
2018	26.3%	32.4%	41.3%	12.0%	22.7%	65.3%	8.7%	49.1%	31.2%	38.7%	49.3%	19.4%
2019	13.2%	28.2%	58.6%	8.9%	21.6%	69.4%	7.2%	47.0%	30.2%	41.3%	46.1%	17.1%
2020	15.0%	33.1%	51.9%	9.2%	18.9%	71.9%	8.3%	43.9%	28.9%	43.3%	50.6%	12.7%
2021	71.9%	3.7%	24.4%	14.2%	20.0%	65.8%	0.7%	48.5%	36.6%	33.9%	48.8%	15.4%

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Swing%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Strike%	GB%	FB%	AVG	BABIP	PLUS%
2017	92.7	46.6%	22.7%	58.3%	7.8%	21.6%	29.4%	70.6%	42.7%	38.5%	.239	.246	53.1%
2018	90.8	41.1%	23.3%	58.4%	7.8%	21.9%	29.7%	70.7%	31.9%	39.6%	.275	.276	53.2%
2019	90.3	44.1%	23.6%	54.8%	8.1%	23.5%	31.6%	67.8%	34.2%	44.9%	.229	.219	52.2%
2020	91.6	40.4%	19.6%	58.8%	7.0%	26.7%	33.7%	67.4%	29.4%	47.1%	.200	.180	54.9%
2021	90.9	37.0%	21.1%	52.1%	8.0%	23.5%	31.5%	63.9%	35.0%	45.0%	.283	.279	50.4%

Year	# Thrown	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	Strikes	Balls	AVG
2017	1,174	327	47	10	1	16	62	13	829	345	.239
2018	972	250	38	15	0	11	33	13	687	285	.275
2019	1,179	273	29	14	1	12	36	23	799	380	.229
2020	359	70	6	2	1	4	12	3	242	117	.200
2021	238	50	11	1	0	1	3	3	152	86	.283

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	Weak%	Medium%	Hard%	Pull%	Oppo%	BABIP	BACON
2017	42.7%	18.4%	38.5%	8.9%	19.7%	60.7%	19.7%	29.9%	15.4%	.246	.294
2018	31.9%	28.6%	39.6%	8.3%	14.3%	63.7%	22.0%	30.2%	20.9%	.276	.315
2019	34.2%	20.9%	44.9%	16.7%	18.7%	56.1%	25.1%	31.0%	19.3%	.219	.263
2020	29.4%	21.6%	47.1%	8.3%	7.8%	60.8%	31.4%	21.6%	19.6%	.180	.241
2021	35.0%	20.0%	45.0%	16.7%	15.0%	55.0%	30.0%	22.5%	15.0%	.279	.295

Year	O-Swing%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Contact%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Swing%	Strike%
2017	22.7%	58.3%	7.8%	21.6%	29.4%	84.0%	77.5%	85.6%	49.1%	70.6%
2018	23.3%	58.4%	7.8%	21.9%	29.7%	84.0%	77.7%	85.5%	48.8%	70.7%
2019	23.6%	54.8%	8.1%	23.5%	31.6%	81.8%	73.0%	84.6%	44.3%	67.8%
2020	19.6%	58.8%	7.0%	26.7%	33.7%	82.9%	69.0%	86.3%	40.7%	67.4%
2021	21.1%	52.1%	8.0%	23.5%	31.5%	80.2%	79.2%	80.6%	40.3%	63.9%

Year	Early CS%	2-Str O-Swing%	F-Strike%	TF-Strike%
2017	25.5%	10.8%	97.9%	77.7%
2018	25.4%	12.4%	117.2%	93.2%
2019	28.4%	16.0%	119.0%	97.1%
2020	31.7%	13.0%	144.3%	130.0%
2021	25.5%	12.9%	150.0%	120.0%

Year	aLoc%	h-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	v-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%
2017	31.9%	26.7%	41.4%	25.4%	31.9%	42.7%	9.2%	66.0%	22.5%	25.1%	58.3%	17.7%
2018	28.5%	31.4%	40.1%	27.2%	29.2%	43.6%	7.9%	70.8%	19.8%	20.0%	58.4%	16.9%
2019	31.1%	29.0%	39.9%	39.3%	28.7%	32.1%	7.7%	71.9%	21.2%	19.1%	54.8%	14.7%
2020	38.4%	33.7%	27.9%	30.9%	30.4%	38.7%	12.0%	72.1%	19.5%	19.2%	58.8%	9.7%
2021	61.8%	6.7%	31.5%	39.9%	27.3%	32.8%	2.5%	79.0%	22.3%	13.0%	52.1%	14.4%

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Swing%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Strike%	GB%	FB%	AVG	BABIP	PLUS%
2017	73.3	16.8%	34.0%	43.9%	14.6%	21.7%	36.3%	64.6%	52.5%	26.2%	.136	.177	49.3%
2018	72.9	16.4%	34.2%	39.7%	14.7%	14.9%	29.6%	59.5%	49.2%	27.0%	.198	.302	44.3%
2019	73.5	16.2%	29.7%	37.0%	14.5%	14.5%	29.1%	56.1%	54.7%	26.6%	.174	.234	41.1%
2020	74.2	18.8%	26.7%	48.5%	11.4%	18.6%	29.9%	62.9%	55.2%	31.0%	.182	.214	46.1%
2021	74.7	17.0%	19.0%	46.8%	10.1%	19.3%	29.4%	54.1%	50.0%	37.5%	.174	.250	45.0%

Year	# Thrown	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	Strikes	Balls	AVG
2017	424	113	6	4	1	4	46	1	274	150	.136
2018	388	98	16	3	0	0	33	1	231	157	.198
2019	433	118	11	3	1	5	47	2	243	190	.174
2020	167	44	4	2	0	2	14	0	105	62	.182
2021	109	23	3	1	0	0	7	0	59	50	.174

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	Weak%	Medium%	Hard%	Pull%	Oppo%	BABIP	BACON
2017	52.5%	21.3%	26.2%	0.0%	14.8%	67.2%	18.0%	39.3%	9.8%	.177	.227
2018	49.2%	23.8%	27.0%	5.9%	20.6%	65.1%	14.3%	33.3%	9.5%	.302	.302
2019	54.7%	18.8%	26.6%	11.8%	15.6%	62.5%	21.9%	53.1%	9.4%	.234	.290
2020	55.2%	13.8%	31.0%	11.1%	10.3%	72.4%	17.2%	34.5%	20.7%	.214	.267
2021	50.0%	12.5%	37.5%	33.3%	25.0%	50.0%	25.0%	43.8%	18.8%	.250	.250

Year	O-Swing%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Contact%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Swing%	Strike%
2017	34.0%	43.9%	14.6%	21.7%	36.3%	65.9%	35.8%	90.1%	42.9%	64.6%
2018	34.2%	39.7%	14.7%	14.9%	29.6%	67.1%	50.0%	81.7%	44.6%	59.5%
2019	29.7%	37.0%	14.5%	14.5%	29.1%	65.0%	42.0%	83.8%	41.6%	56.1%
2020	26.7%	48.5%	11.4%	18.6%	29.9%	74.3%	56.5%	82.4%	44.3%	62.9%
2021	19.0%	46.8%	10.1%	19.3%	29.4%	71.1%	27.3%	88.9%	34.9%	54.1%

Year	Early CS%	2-Str O-Swing%	F-Strike%	TF-Strike%
2017	30.5%	28.0%	29.2%	24.8%
2018	21.1%	27.1%	34.7%	33.7%
2019	22.0%	29.7%	28.8%	25.4%
2020	24.2%	16.2%	2.3%	2.3%
2021	24.4%	22.6%	13.0%	13.0%

Year	aLoc%	h-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	v-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%
2017	38.0%	37.7%	24.3%	14.2%	19.6%	66.3%	7.5%	60.4%	0.7%	39.6%	43.9%	10.2%
2018	38.7%	44.6%	16.8%	17.5%	19.1%	63.4%	8.5%	63.4%	2.6%	36.1%	39.7%	13.4%
2019	33.7%	38.6%	27.7%	20.8%	14.8%	64.4%	7.4%	56.8%	2.3%	42.7%	37.0%	11.0%
2020	38.3%	39.5%	22.2%	21.6%	24.0%	54.5%	9.6%	59.3%	1.8%	40.7%	48.5%	16.2%
2021	78.9%	0.9%	20.2%	34.9%	18.3%	46.8%	0.0%	71.6%	0.0%	28.4%	46.8%	10.3%

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Swing%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Strike%	GB%	FB%	AVG	BABIP	PLUS%
2017	85.5	1.1%	23.5%	37.0%	11.1%	7.4%	18.5%	51.9%	16.7%	66.7%	.000	.000	37.0%
2018	84.3	0.4%	0.0%