Pitcher · 2025
Clayton Kershaw
- Age
- 37
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 225 lb
- Number
- #22
- Born
- March 19, 1988 in Dallas, TX, USA
- MLB debut
- May 25, 2008
- Drafted
- 2006, round 1
- High school
- Highland Park
- Salary, 2025
- $7.5M
- dbWAR
- 2.4 2 season(s)
- IP
- 112.2
- ERA
- 3.36
- FIP
- 3.55
- K/9
- 6.7
- FIP−
- 85 100 = avg
Clayton Kershaw is 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 1.9 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.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| 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, and how often it misses in 2025.
| Slider | 732 | 85.7 | 2,483 | 48.6% | 27.2% | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 612 | 89.0 | 2,310 | 42.6% | 7.0% | |
| Curveball | 316 | 72.3 | 2,242 | 37.7% | 38.7% | |
| Splitter | 98 | 83.1 | 1,550 | 32.7% | 41.5% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | 22 | 112.2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 102 | 42 | 84 | 35 | 3.36 | 3.55 | 1.22 | 6.7 | 2.8 | 81 | 85 | 1.9 | |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | 30.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 4.50 | 3.53 | 1.50 | 7.2 | 2.7 | 110 | 87 | 0.5 |
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Nearest 2025 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
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.