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Clayton Edward Kershaw

First name: Clayton

Last name: Kershaw

Birthdate: 1988-03-19

Bats: L   Throws: L

MLBAM ID: 477132

Retro ID: kersc001

Batting – Career

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
2008LAN0.50.00.5-0.10.00.40
2009LAN0.70.00.70.00.30.51
2010LAN0.90.00.9-0.10.20.81
2011LAN1.10.01.10.71.00.03
2012LAN1.00.01.00.60.90.13
2013LAN1.20.01.20.71.10.13
2014LAN0.90.00.90.60.90.13
2015LAN1.00.01.00.10.40.61
2016LAN0.60.00.60.10.30.31
2017LAN0.80.00.80.30.50.31
2018LAN0.70.00.70.60.9-0.13
2019LAN0.80.00.80.20.40.41
2021LAN0.50.00.50.30.40.01
Career10.70.010.74.07.33.522

Detailed Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
2008LAN38-7-700000005-29.1-0.20.00.0-0.20
2009LAN59-9-900000008-19.3-0.10.00.0-0.10
2010LAN74-13-1300010009-39.2-0.30.00.0-0.30
2011LAN86-6-6-10100001048.70.50.00.00.50
2012LAN75-6-6-1-1100001038.60.40.00.00.40
2013LAN92-6-60-1000001148.50.50.00.00.50
2014LAN74-6-61-1000001049.00.40.00.00.40
2015LAN79-11-11000000010-18.7-0.10.00.0-0.10
2016LAN50-6-60-201000709.20.00.00.00.00
2017LAN59-6-6-1-100000919.10.10.00.00.10
2018LAN57-2-20-100000859.40.50.00.00.50
2019LAN65-10-100-1010001009.80.00.00.00.00
2021LAN39-4-40000000629.30.20.00.00.20
Career847-92-92-2-82300011316-1.90.00.01.90

Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
2008 LAN NL 22 4.9 107.7 51 52 -2 4.90 9.3 0.23 -0.08 5 1.01 5 0.5 2.9 1.9 1.5 9
2009 LAN NL 31 7.4 171.0 55 83 5 5.52 8.9 0.21 -0.08 25 0.99 25 2.8 6.5 0.9 4.3 20
2010 LAN NL 32 9.4 204.3 73 96 2 6.38 8.7 0.18 -0.08 23 1.00 23 2.6 7.3 2.1 4.5 22
2011 LAN NL 33 10.8 233.3 66 103 3 7.07 8.0 0.16 -0.08 36 1.00 36 4.5 9.9 0.9 6.7 30
2012 LAN NL 33 10.2 227.7 70 103 2 6.90 8.2 0.23 -0.08 35 1.00 35 4.2 9.3 0.9 6.3 28
2013 LAN NL 33 10.5 236.0 55 102 5 7.15 7.7 0.16 -0.08 44 1.00 44 5.7 11.0 -0.4 7.9 33
2014 LAN NL 27 9.0 198.3 42 85 1 7.34 7.5 0.19 -0.08 44 1.00 44 5.9 10.4 -1.4 7.8 31
2015 LAN NL 33 10.5 232.7 62 104 4 7.05 8.0 0.23 -0.08 42 1.00 42 5.2 10.4 0.0 7.3 31
2016 LAN NL 21 6.7 149.0 31 69 5 7.10 7.9 0.25 -0.08 36 1.00 36 4.5 7.9 -1.1 5.9 24
2017 LAN NL 27 8.1 175.0 49 84 5 6.48 8.5 0.25 0.00 35 1.00 35 4.1 8.1 -0.1 5.7 24
2018 LAN NL 26 7.2 161.3 55 74 2 6.20 8.6 0.15 0.00 20 1.00 20 2.3 5.9 1.3 3.8 18
2019 LAN NL 29 8.1 178.3 63 89 7 6.15 9.1 0.16 0.00 23 1.00 23 2.5 6.6 1.6 4.2 20
2020 LAN NL 10 2.6 58.3 18 31 2 5.83 9.2 0.36 0.00 12 1.00 12 1.3 2.6 0.0 1.8 8
2021 LAN NL 22 5.4 121.7 51 62 0 5.53 9.4 0.24 0.00 14 1.00 14 1.5 4.2 1.2 2.6 13
2022 LAN NL 22 5.8 126.3 36 60 4 5.74 8.6 0.17 0.00 22 1.00 22 2.6 5.5 0.3 3.8 16
2023 LAN NL 24 6.1 131.7 39 65 6 5.49 8.9 0.18 0.00 23 1.00 23 2.6 5.6 0.4 3.8 17
2024 LAN NL 7 1.4 30.0 19 14 -2 4.29 9.5 0.09 0.00 -3 1.00 -3 -0.3 0.4 1.0 0.0 1
2025 LAN NL 23 5.1 112.7 46 53 2 4.90 9.0 0.16 0.00 7 1.01 7 0.8 3.3 1.7 1.8 10
Career 455 129.2 2855.3 881 1329 51 443 443 53.3 117.8 11.2 79.7 355

Defense

Pitcher Defense

Year Team Chances OAA OAA adj
2008 LAN 20 1.0 1
2009 LAN 23 0.0 0
2010 LAN 29 1.0 1
2011 LAN 39 2.0 2
2012 LAN 39 3.0 3
2013 LAN 29 -2.0 -2
2014 LAN 33 2.0 2
2015 LAN 43 4.0 4
2016 LAN 19 1.0 1
2017 LAN 21 0.0 0
2018 LAN 27 2.0 2
2019 LAN 26 2.0 2
2020 LAN 4 0.0 0
2021 LAN 14 0.0 0
2022 LAN 13 -1.0 -1
2023 LAN 20 3.0 3
2024 LAN 4 -1.0 -1
2025 LAN 14 0.0 0
417 17.0 17

Batting – Postseason

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
2009LAN0.00.00.00.00.00.00
2013LAN0.10.00.10.00.10.10
2014LAN0.10.00.10.20.2-0.21
2015LAN0.10.00.10.10.1-0.10
2016LAN0.10.00.10.10.20.00
2017LAN0.10.00.10.10.20.00
2018LAN0.10.00.10.10.20.00
2019LAN0.00.00.00.00.00.00
Career0.60.00.60.61.0-0.21

Postseason Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
2009LAN3000000000009.40.00.00.00.00
2013LAN8-1-10000000108.40.00.00.00.00
2014LAN6110000000129.00.20.00.00.20
2015LAN5000000000118.90.10.00.00.10
2016LAN9000000000119.10.10.00.00.10
2017LAN10-1-10000000219.60.10.00.00.10
2018LAN10000000000118.40.10.00.00.10
2019LAN1000000000009.30.00.00.00.00
Career52-1-1000000076-0.60.00.00.60

Postseason Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
2008 LAN MLB 2 0.1 2.0 1 1 0 1.00 10.3 -0.36 0.00 0 0.63 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0
2009 LAN MLB 3 0.6 13.3 9 7 0 4.43 10.2 0.13 0.00 -2 0.90 -2 -0.2 0.1 0.5 0.0 0
2013 LAN MLB 4 1.1 23.0 11 11 -1 5.75 9.2 0.17 0.00 2 1.00 2 0.2 0.7 0.3 0.5 2
2014 LAN MLB 2 0.6 12.7 11 5 0 6.35 10.6 0.16 0.00 -6 1.00 -6 -0.6 -0.3 0.9 -0.4 -1
2015 LAN MLB 2 0.7 13.7 4 6 1 6.85 8.4 0.18 0.00 2 1.00 2 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.4 2
2016 LAN MLB 5 1.2 24.3 13 13 -3 4.86 9.6 0.19 0.00 3 1.12 3 0.3 0.9 0.3 0.6 3
2017 LAN MLB 6 1.4 33.0 14 18 3 5.50 10.2 0.20 0.00 2 0.90 2 0.2 0.9 0.5 0.6 3
2018 LAN MLB 6 1.2 30.0 15 16 0 5.00 9.8 0.18 0.00 1 0.99 1 0.1 0.7 0.5 0.4 2
2019 LAN MLB 2 0.3 6.3 5 4 0 3.15 11.0 -0.11 0.00 -2 1.15 -2 -0.2 0.0 0.4 -0.1 0
2020 LAN MLB 5 1.4 30.7 10 17 0 6.14 9.2 0.34 0.00 7 1.00 7 0.8 1.5 -0.1 1.2 4
2022 LAN MLB 1 0.2 5.0 3 3 -1 5.00 9.2 0.18 0.00 0 1.00 0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0
2023 LAN MLB 1 0.0 0.3 6 0 -1 0.30 15.6 -0.42 0.00 -5 1.00 -5 -0.3 -0.3 0.3 -0.3 -1
2025 LAN MLB 2 0.1 2.3 5 1 -1 1.15 11.0 -0.43 0.00 -3 1.02 -3 -0.3 -0.3 0.3 -0.3 -1
Career 41 8.9 196.6 107 102 -3 -1 -1 0.2 4.5 4.1 2.7 13

Glossary

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Stat description
GSGame Shares
WAMWins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WARWins above Replacement
VSVictory Shares
WWins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
LLosses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRunsBatting runs above average
Adj RPark adjusted batting runs
RISPRuns for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSRBaserunning runs
DPDouble play avoidance runs
ROERuns from reaching on error
FldFielding runs
PosPosition adjustment
DHDesignated hitter adjustment
PitPitcher batting adjustment
RAARuns above average before position and league adjustment
RPWRuns per win
WAAWins above average before position and league adjustment
POS WinsPosition adjustment converted to wins
LGALeague quality adjustment
DVoDHDefensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
GGames pitched
GSGame shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XRExpected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DRDefensive runs support
RoleStarter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdjLeague adjustment
R+Runs above average
LILeverage index
R_lev+Leverage adjusted runs above average
ChancesEstimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIPBalls in play while this player was on the field
OAAOuts above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adjPark adjusted outs above average
DER runsRun value of outs above average
Frame RunsRuns from framing balls and strikes
SB RunsStolen base prevention runs
Block RunsWild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err RunsCatcher error prevention runs
Catcher RunsCatcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+plays made above average per ball in play
GB+ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP StartRuns from starting double plays
DP TurnRuns from turning double plays
DP runsTotal double play runs
OF Arm oppsOpportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runsRuns from throwing from the outfield

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