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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
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on

Kershaw's 4-seam fastball averages 89.0 mph, and has touched 91.5.

612 thrown, 34.6% of his pitches.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's

Kershaw's splitter moves 65.0 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.

98 thrown, averaging 83.1 mph.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out

With two strikes Kershaw goes to the curveball: 30% of his two-strike pitches, against 13.4% the rest of the time.

477 two-strike pitches in 2025.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see

Kershaw's 4-seam fastball carries 17.7 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.

612 thrown, averaging 89.0 mph.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest

Kershaw lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.05 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.

1770 located pitches in 2025.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit

Contact off Kershaw's slider leaves the bat at 91.0 mph, against 80.8 off his splitter.

732 and 98 of them thrown.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

Catcher's Perspective • Pitch movement relative to a spinless ball

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