Loading games...

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
The home runs are what is undoing his season

Kershaw has given up 8 tracked home runs, 6 of them to left field, the longest 431 feet.

8 tracked home runs allowed 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.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs

47.4% of the contact against Kershaw is on the ground and 30.6% of it is in the air.

333 tracked batted balls allowed.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him

Right-handed hitters average 90.1 mph off the bat against Kershaw and left-handers 86.3.

272 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 70 from left-handers.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field

42.7% of the balls put in play against Kershaw have gone to centre field.

146 of 342 located batted balls allowed.

Contextual Splits

Pitch
Outcome
Batter
Situation
Single
Double
Triple
Home Run
Out
Vs All Pitchers
Player Bio Data
DOB Mar 19, 1988
Birth Place Dallas, WI
Height 6' 4"
Weight 225 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Left