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Clayton Kershaw

Dodgers Career team 2008–2025
Number #22
Position Starting Pitcher
Bats Left
Throws Left
Age 38
Height 6' 4"
Weight 225 lbs
Birth Place Dallas, WI
Born Mar 19, 1988

Key Insights

2025
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Franmil Reyes has hit .417/.417/1.083 against Kershaw over 12 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

5 for 12 with 2 home runs and 4 strikeouts, against a .633 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Kershaw has struck B.J. Upton out 8 times in 10 plate appearances, 80% of everything between them.

8 strikeouts in 10 plate appearances.
When these two meet, the ball gets hit hard

Austin Riley squares Kershaw up like nobody else: 103.0 mph off the bat against him, against a median of 88.1 across the hitters he has faced.

8 plate appearances with tracked contact.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

No hitter swings through more of what Kershaw throws than Justin Upton: 80.9% of the swings between them come up empty.

17 plate appearances between them. 98th percentile of the 42 matchups on his own record.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

Kershaw has faced Nolan Arenado more than any other hitter: 62 plate appearances, and Nolan Arenado has hit .295/.306/.590 in them.

18 hits, 5 home runs and 9 strikeouts across 62 plate appearances.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Luis Arraez is 0 for 12 against Kershaw, a .000 average that is the worst any regular opponent has managed.

12 career plate appearances.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Mar 19, 1988
Birth Place Dallas, WI
Height 6' 4"
Weight 225 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Left