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Clayton Kershaw
P | B/T: L/L | 6' 4" 225LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2006 | Rd: 1, #7, Los Angeles Dodgers | Highland Park HS
Poor Avg Great

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 10 8 3.55 22 22 0 121.2 144 1.02
14 Seasons 185 84 2.49 379 376 0 2454.2 2670 1.00
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 22 10-8 3.55 121.2 144 1.02
14 Seasons 379 185-84 2.49 2454.2 2670 1.00

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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted Balls Barrels Barrel % Exit Velocity Max EV Launch Angle Sweet Spot % XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 27 3392 542 18 3.3 85.6 113.3 8.8 29 .187 .268 .231 .224 .310 24.8 33.8 4.7 2.13 2.14
2016 28 2062 359 16 4.5 86.9 112.1 9.4 27.9 .193 .298 .204 .220 .311 27.3 31.6 2 1.69 2.09
2017 29 2521 446 28 6.3 85.3 114.1 10.3 30.5 .207 .354 .258 .256 .343 27.1 29.8 4.4 2.31 2.82
2018 30 2364 462 25 5.4 88 114.4 9.3 29.9 .236 .366 .272 .280 .347 35.4 23.9 4.5 2.73 3.32
2019 31 2672 472 31 6.6 88.7 112.5 11.8 30.1 .221 .378 .280 .278 .353 34.1 26.8 5.8 3.03 3.43
2020 32 888 150 12 8 87.8 111.4 7.9 29.3 .215 .382 .251 .270 .355 34 28.1 3.6 2.16 3.06
2021 33 1806 319 22 6.9 88.1 115.9 9.8 31.7 .219 .368 .274 .274 .368 37.3 29.5 4.3 3.55 3.17
15705 2750 152 5.5 87.1 115.9 9.8 29.7 .210 .337 .253 .255 .338 30.8 29.3 4.4
6.6 88.3 122.2 12 32.9 .242 .402 .317 .312 .363 35.6 22 8.4

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Kershaw relies on 4 pitches.
Slider
(47.6%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(36.7%) ,
Curveball
(15.1%) ,
Changeup
(0.6%) ,


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Pitch Tracking

Year Pitch Type # # RHB # LHB % MPH PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR SO BBE BA XBA SLG XSLG WOBA XWOBA EV LA Spin Ext. Whiff% PutAway%
2021 Slider 859 645 214 47.6 87.1 271 258 51 28 14 1 8 108 150 .198 .185 .353 .331 .253 .244 88.8 2 2653 6.3 44.0 34.6
2021 4-Seam Fastball 663 432 231 36.7 90.6 152 137 41 30 6 0 5 12 128 .299 .304 .453 .476 .348 .363 86.1 16 2505 6.3 16.9 13.3
2021 Curveball 273 213 60 15.1 74.2 64 64 11 7 2 0 2 24 40 .172 .172 .297 .283 .198 .194 80.4 14 2535 6.2 32.7 27.9
2021 Changeup 11 10 1 0.6 87.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .557 .000 .639 .000 .542 101.7 3 2163 6.4 0.0 0.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 365 266 99 41.1 91.6 69 64 13 6 2 1 4 13 52 .203 .252 .453 .539 .291 .347 90.9 21 2484 6.3 18.2 18.3
2020 Slider 354 276 78 39.9 87.8 109 104 20 12 6 0 2 35 69 .192 .187 .308 .282 .234 .224 86.1 -4 2676 6.2 35.0 22.7
2020 Curveball 167 148 19 18.8 74.1 43 43 8 4 2 0 2 14 29 .186 .227 .372 .389 .232 .261 84.6 12 2536 6.1 24.3 20.6
2020 Changeup 2 2 0 0.2 86.9 2178 6.4
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel %
2015 52.2 15.1 25.1 7.6 37.3 40.4 22 4.2 39.7 20.3 25.3 3.5 3.3
2016 51.3 18.1 24.8 5.8 40.4 34.5 25.1 1.9 41.5 23.7 22.6 3.9 4.5
2017 48.7 20.4 22.4 8.5 37.2 39.2 23.5 4.9 33.9 23.1 22.6 4.3 6.3
2018 49.6 18.6 23.6 8.2 42.2 36.8 21 3 36.4 22.3 27.3 4.3 5.4
2019 49.2 20.3 21.8 8.7 47 33.9 19.1 3.6 34.7 21.8 22.7 4.2 6.6
2020 53.3 21.3 20.7 4.7 44 37.3 18.7 3.3 42.7 20.7 18 6.7 8
2021 50.5 22.9 19.4 7.2 46.4 34.5 19.1 6.9 34.2 21.3 24.1 6.3 6.9
50.4 19.1 22.9 7.6 41.6 36.9 21.5 4 37.1 21.9 23.9 4.4 5.5
45.1 22.5 25.4 7.1 36.6 37.8 25.5 3.7 33.2 24.4 24.4 5.7 6.6

Pitch Movement

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How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2021 Slider LAD L 858 87.1 27.9 -5.6 -17 4.7 0.7 18
2021 Curveball LAD L 273 74.2 65.3 3 5 4.8 -5.2 -52
2021 4-Seamer LAD L 662 90.6 14 2.2 14 0.5 -7 -108
2021 Changeup LAD L 11 87 20.5 -8.4 -29 13 -0.7 -5
2020 Changeup LAD L 2 86.9 19.6 -9.2 -32 11.7 -1.4 -11
2020 Curveball LAD L 143 74.1 65.7 2.5 4 4.3 -6.1 -59
2020 Slider LAD L 324 87.9 27.4 -5 -15 4.7 1.2 35
2020 4-Seamer LAD L 333 91.6 13.2 2.7 17 0.6 -7 -109
2019 4-Seamer LAD L 1130 90.3 14.6 2.4 14 1.2 -7.4 -120
2019 Changeup LAD L 16 85.2 19.9 -10.3 -34 10.6 -2.5 -19
2019 Slider LAD L 1005 86.9 28.8 -5.3 -16 4.8 1 27
2019 Curveball LAD L 423 73.5 68 3.9 6 3.4 -6.7 -66
2018 Curveball LAD L 388 72.9 69.4 4.5 7 2.8 -6.6 -70
2018 4-Seamer LAD L 993 90.8 14 2.8 17 0.7 -7.2 -112
2018 Slider LAD L 968 88 24.1 -7.5 -24 4.3 0.7 20
2018 Changeup LAD L 11 84.8 20.6 -10.3 -33 9.5 -3.6 -27
2017 4-Seamer LAD L 1139 92.8 9.3 5 35 0.7 -6.7 -91
2017 Curveball LAD L 412 73.3 65.9 3.6 6 1 -8.7 -90
2017 Slider LAD L 843 88.6 23.1 -6.5 -22 3.5 0.6 18
2017 Changeup LAD L 25 85.9 15.4 -12.1 -44 10.9 -2.4 -18
2017 Sinker LAD L 28 94.6 10.7 -9 -46 12.3 -2.8 -19
2016 4-Seamer LAD L 1020 93.6 8.9 4.5 33 0.5 -8.6 -106
2016 Curveball LAD L 319 73.6 67.4 5.3 9 3 -6.2 -67
2016 Changeup LAD L 6 87.7 19.8 -7 -26 12.7 -0.7 -5
2016 Slider LAD L 682 88.4 26.9 -2 -7 5.8 3.6 166
2016 Sinker LAD L 18 94.6 12.4 -5.5 -31 9.3 -5.5 -37
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2021 Changeup 0.2 0 11 0.6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .557 .639 .542 100
2021 Curveball 0 0 273 15.1 64 .172 .297 .228 32.7 37.5 27.9 .172 .283 .194 22.5
2021 4-Seamer 0.8 5 663 36.7 152 .299 .453 .361 16.9 7.9 13.3 .304 .476 .365 35.9
2021 Slider -1.7 -14 859 47.6 271 .198 .353 .271 44 39.9 34.6 .185 .331 .25 42
2020 Curveball -0.1 0 167 18.8 43 .186 .372 .235 24.3 32.6 20.6 .227 .389 .261 20.7
2020 4-Seamer -1.5 -5 365 41.1 69 .203 .453 .307 18.2 18.8 18.3 .252 .539 .346 44.2
2020 Slider -2.4 -9 354 39.9 109 .192 .308 .245 35 32.1 22.7 .187 .282 .224 31.9
2020 Changeup 2 0 2 0.2
2019 Changeup 4.1 1 16 0.6 3 .333 .333 .3 33.3 0 0 .245 .281 .229 33.3
2019 Curveball -0.9 -4 423 15.8 113 .182 .364 .236 34.7 41.6 25.8 .205 .377 .249 34.4
2019 4-Seamer -1.5 -18 1130 42.3 247 .229 .44 .333 17.5 13.8 16.1 .246 .421 .322 27.1
2019 Slider -0.7 -7 1006 37.6 315 .216 .355 .278 33.9 32.7 24.8 .229 .381 .281 41
2018 Changeup 0.6 0 11 0.5 1 0 0 0 100 100 0
2018 Curveball -1.6 -6 388 16.4 98 .198 .229 .199 32.4 33.7 23.6 .228 .308 .243 19
2018 4-Seamer 0 0 993 42 233 .302 .526 .381 15.8 14.6 16.9 .299 .512 .367 41.8
2018 Slider -2.1 -21 968 40.9 315 .178 .279 .237 25.8 27.6 23.1 .195 .281 .232 33.8
2017 Changeup -4.3 -1 25 1 6 0 0 0 25 0 .15 .349 .206 33.3
2017 Sinker 1 0 28 1.1 8 .125 .5 .25 15.4 12.5 7.1 .222 .474 .283 14.3
2017 Curveball -1.1 -5 412 16.3 106 .146 .32 .206 34.9 42.5 27.8 .179 .307 .208 28.3
2017 Slider -1.9 -16 843 33.4 224 .213 .295 .262 44.6 38.8 30.1 .177 .27 .226 25.6
2017 4-Seamer -1.1 -13 1139 45.2 313 .25 .436 .32 15.9 19.8 21.3 .254 .451 .312 27.7
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2020 Curveball 135 74.2 80 19.3 5:15 5:30 -15
2020 4-Seam Fastball 310 91.6 89 18.9 11:45 12:00 -15
2020 Slider 308 87.8 49 8.8 1:00 1:15 -15
2021 Changeup 11 87 99 20 10:45 10:30 15
2021 Curveball 269 74.2 78 19.3 5:15 5:30 -15
2021 4-Seam Fastball 649 90.6 84 18.9 12:00 12:00 0
2021 Slider 847 87.1 46 9 1:00 1:15 -15
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 457 1786 -14 -12 12 9 -5
2009 703 3090 -28 -30 18 14 -26
2010 837 3342 -27 -32 20 10 -29
2011 908 3454 -19 -39 13 7 -38
2012 895 3449 -26 -31 11 7 -38
2013 997 3805 -37 -37 9 10 -55
2014 773 2832 -14 -26 0 5 -35
2015 924 3522 -36 -32 4 7 -56
2016 642 2443 -24 -26 0 4 -46
2017 783 2943 -24 -38 14 9 -40
2018 765 2803 -10 -35 9 8 -29
2019 708 2680 -17 -24 8 8 -26
2020 335 1318 -9 -21 6 3 -21
2021 488 1806 -8 -11 3 7 -9
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 3392 52 68.4 75.3 33.1 48.8 43.2 68.3 51.4 32.5 8.2 74.6
2016 2062 54.3 66.8 77.4 34.1 47.5 43.7 69.7 51.7 31 9.7 74.2
2017 2521 52 69.6 78.1 31.7 48.9 42.9 69.5 51.7 29.8 7.1 77.6
2018 2364 52.4 72.2 82.4 28.9 59.1 44.8 70.7 51.6 22.7 8.9 75.8
2019 2672 48.3 69.5 82.2 34.3 49.8 43.3 67.6 51.3 27.4 7.4 78.4
2020 888 53.5 67.6 79.8 29.3 52.1 41.3 69.7 49.8 27.6 10.2 68.1
2021 1806 49.9 69.1 76.7 32.4 39.6 43.7 62.7 50.7 34.6 8.7 77.7
15705 51.6 69.2 78.7 32.3 49.3 43.4 68.3 51.3 29.5 8.4 75.6
48.5 66.8 82 28.3 58.5 42.6 60.6 47 24.6 7.2 76

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV HardHit% K% BB% Whiff% xERA FB Velo FB Spin CB Spin
2015 99 95 98 97 99 38 86 96 97 98 93 95 99 73 53 58
2016 99 94 95 91 99 46 76 86 94 95 100 92 99 64 65 37
2017 93 87 78 62 98 17 42 91 92 90 97 84 93 53 75 38
2018 79 53 61 72 87 28 71 61 47 59 95 35 79 24 85 50
2019 83 73 67 61 91 19 57 47 70 72 83 64 83 15 91 46
2020 84 74 56 44 96 13 36 58 66 73 97 56 84 31 91 54
2021 85 71 63 55 93 36 62 66 61 85 97 94 85 15 95 63
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2019 22.3 30 24.7 5 11 12 15 50
2020 22.7 12 9.2 3 6 3 7 58.3
2021 23.5 15 13.2 2 13 5 8 53.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 30 26 27 24 27 23 23 27 26 29 28 25 18 21 24 27 20 27 20 25 19 22 23 28 24 29 26 24 28 23 27
2020 12 12 9 10 10 9 8 11 8 10 9 10 7 8 8 9 8 12 10 9 8 8 8 11 8 9 11 8 10 8 10
2021 15 13 20 12 14 12 13 16 12 15 16 13 9 12 12 14 12 13 11 13 12 10 13 16 13 13 14 12 17 12 13
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights and distances, but does not attempt to adjust for environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.2 93.6 -0.6 ↓ 92.9 -0.7 ↓ 90.8 -2.1 ↓ 90.3 -0.5 ↓ 91.6 1.3 ↑ 90.6 -1 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 88.3 87.7 -0.6 ↓ 85.9 -1.8 ↓ 84.8 -1.1 ↓ 85.2 0.4 ↑ 86.9 1.7 ↑ 87 0.1 ↑
Breaking Velocity 82.8 83.7 0.9 ↑ 83.6 -0.1 ↓ 83.7 0.1 ↑ 82.9 -0.8 ↓ 83.5 0.6 ↑ 84 0.5 ↑
Exit Velocity 85.6 86.9 1.3 ↑ 85.3 -1.6 ↓ 88 2.7 ↑ 88.7 0.7 ↑ 87.8 -0.9 ↓ 88.1 0.3 ↑
Launch Angle 8.8 9.4 0.6 ↑ 10.3 0.9 ↑ 9.3 -1 ↓ 11.8 2.5 ↑ 7.9 -3.9 ↓ 9.8 1.9 ↑
Barrel % 3.3 4.5 1.2 ↑ 6.3 1.8 ↑ 5.4 -0.9 ↓ 6.6 1.2 ↑ 8 1.4 ↑ 6.9 -1.1 ↓
Hard Hit % 24.8 27.3 2.5 ↑ 27.1 -0.2 ↓ 35.4 8.3 ↑ 34.1 -1.3 ↓ 34 -0.1 ↓ 37.3 3.3 ↑
Sweet Spot % 29 27.9 -1.1 ↓ 30.5 2.6 ↑ 29.9 -0.6 ↓ 30.1 0.2 ↑ 29.3 -0.8 ↓ 31.7 2.4 ↑
xBA .187 .193 0.006 ↑ .207 0.014 ↑ .236 0.029 ↑ .221 -0.015 ↓ .215 -0.006 ↓ .219 0.004 ↑
BA .194 .184 -0.01 ↓ .212 0.028 ↑ .227 0.015 ↑ .222 -0.005 ↓ .194 -0.028 ↓ .224 0.03 ↑
xwOBA .224 .22 -0.004 ↓ .256 0.036 ↑ .28 0.024 ↑ .278 -0.002 ↓ .27 -0.008 ↓ .274 0.004 ↑
wOBA .231 .204 -0.027 ↓ .258 0.054 ↑ .272 0.014 ↑ .28 0.008 ↑ .251 -0.029 ↓ .274 0.023 ↑
xSLG .268 .298 0.03 ↑ .354 0.056 ↑ .366 0.012 ↑ .378 0.012 ↑ .382 0.004 ↑ .368 -0.014 ↓
SLG .284 .268 -0.016 ↓ .357 0.089 ↑ .366 0.009 ↑ .394 0.028 ↑ .365 -0.029 ↓ .374 0.009 ↑
K% 33.8 31.6 -2.2 ↓ 29.8 -1.8 ↓ 23.9 -5.9 ↓ 26.8 2.9 ↑ 28.1 1.3 ↑ 29.5 1.4 ↑
BB% 4.7 2 -2.7 ↓ 4.4 2.4 ↑ 4.5 0.1 ↑ 5.8 1.3 ↑ 3.6 -2.2 ↓ 4.3 0.7 ↑
Swing % 51.4 51.7 0.3 ↑ 51.7 0 51.6 -0.1 ↓ 51.3 -0.3 ↓ 49.8 -1.5 ↓ 50.7 0.9 ↑
Whiff% 32.5 31 -1.5 ↓ 29.8 -1.2 ↓ 22.7 -7.1 ↓ 27.4 4.7 ↑ 27.6 0.2 ↑ 34.6 7 ↑
In Zone % 52 54.3 2.3 ↑ 52 -2.3 ↓ 52.4 0.4 ↑ 48.3 -4.1 ↓ 53.5 5.2 ↑ 49.9 -3.6 ↓
Out of Zone % 48 45.7 -2.3 ↓ 48 2.3 ↑ 47.6 -0.4 ↓ 51.7 4.1 ↑ 46.5 -5.2 ↓ 50.1 3.6 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 33.1 34.1 1 ↑ 31.7 -2.4 ↓ 28.9 -2.8 ↓ 34.3 5.4 ↑ 29.3 -5 ↓ 32.4 3.1 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 41.5 37.3 -4.2 ↓ 39.4 2.1 ↑ 39.3 -0.1 ↓ 36.5 -2.8 ↓ 31.2 -5.3 ↓ 36.3 5.1 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 68.3 69.7 1.4 ↑ 69.5 -0.2 ↓ 70.7 1.2 ↑ 67.6 -3.1 ↓ 69.7 2.1 ↑ 62.7 -7 ↓
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2016 532 .203 392 13 3.3 140 30 21.4
2017 657 .264 522 15 2.9 135 12 8.9
2018 649 .272 506 60 11.9 143 34 23.8
2019 706 .280 549 363 66.1 157 79 50.3
2020 221 .251 168 146 86.9 53 44 83.0
2021 488 .274 353 240 68.0 135 89 65.9

Pitch Distribution

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