Subscribe to Stathead , the set of tools used by the pros, to unearth this and other interesting factoids. Become a Stathead. Standard Pitching Show Minors. Bold season totals indicate player led league. Italic season totals indicate player led all major leagues. Javascript is required for the selection of a player. Choice is:. Powered by. Postseason Pitching Postseason Game Log.
Postseason Batting Postseason Game Log. Standard Fielding. Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors. Hall of Fame Statistics. Became one of just four pitchers since to reach the win plateau with or more strikeouts in a single season while under the age of 24, joining Gooden 24 wins, strikeouts in , Bert Blyleven 20 W, SO in and Vida Blue 24 W, SO in In a midseason Baseball America survey of National League managers, Kershaw was voted as having the league's third-best fastball, the circuit's best curveball and the third-best pickoff move Was at his best against divisional foes, going with a 2.
Posted a record with a 1. Dodger history at 23 years and 12 days Fernando Valenzuela was younger in 20, and 22, and Don Drysdale was younger in 21, and 22, Was dominant at Dodger Stadium, going Went with a 1. Went with a 0. Earned the league's Player of the Week honor for the period of June , going a perfect with a 1. Also had a career year at the plate, setting career highs in batting average.
Was one of only 12 pitchers in the Majors to reach Led the club with a career-high 23 quality starts, seven more than his previous high of 16 from Ranked fifth in the Majors with a. Tossed his first career complete game and shutout on Sept. Finished with a career-low average of 3. Allowed an average of just 0. Was at his best against divisional opponents, going with a 1. Tied for the National League lead and for second in the big leagues with eight pickoffs Led the Majors with 18 sacrifice hits, the most for a Dodger since Juan Pierre's 20 sacrifices in Won four games in six starts in May, the most wins in any calendar month in his career Led National League left-handers and ranked fifth overall on the circuit with strikeouts Ranked fourth in the National League with an average of 9.
Struck out 12 on July 8 against the Cubs for his secondhighest single-game total behind his 13 punchouts on April 15, vs. San Francisco Was dominant down the stretch despite not having much to show for it Allowed three runs or less in 26 of his 30 starts On the season, led all Major Leaguer pitchers by limiting hitters to a. Kershaw is the first in the Majors to do so since Rick Ankiel in Won five consecutive games from June July and posted a 0. Allowed 6. Left-handers managed to hit just.
Posted a record to go along with a 1. The opposition hit just. Allowed just seven home runs on the season and two in one game just once April 26 at COL In close and late situations, batters went just 3-for Dominated in July, going with a 0. Fanned a career-high 13 batters in his second start of the season back on April 15 vs. Atlanta 10 , Aug. Colorado Became the youngest pitcher in Los Angeles Dodger history to strike out 13 or more batters in a game and is the youngest pitcher in franchise history to strike out at least 13 since Sandy Koufax fanned 14 Reds August 27, at Ebbets Field in just his second big league start Koufax was 19 years old at the time His victory over the Mets on July 7, put him over the.
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His mom is a really good person. He's a 'Yes sir,' 'No sir' type of guy. He was a Cub Scout. Really good kid. I've never heard anything bad about him. Another guy was standing with the neighbor, and after they chatted, Jones continued his walk in the neighborhood…until a police car pulled up, asked for his identification and wanted to know what he was doing. You went walking through Highland Park? Where President George W.
Bush lives? He goes, 'Yeah, Bush lives there. It was funny at the time. I didn't know nothing about Highland Park. I just figured it was [Kershaw's] neighborhood.
Jones explained to the policeman that he was a Dodgers scout, produced a California ID at least it matched his cap and went on his way. Meanwhile, some of the clubs picking ahead of the Dodgers were doing less outside legwork and spending more time in Kershaw's home. It was a bunch of tests that, honestly, were pretty stupid. They were trying to figure it out, but the best way to do it is just to talk to you.
The Dodgers did well; they just tried to figure it out. Which I thought was great. Says Jones: "You gotta know the human side of him rather than what a piece of paper could tell you about.
With the draft now looming and Kershaw's curveball crackling, every one of his Highland Park High School starts was a big draw. Jones estimates there were at least 25 major league scouts and executives at each one. From the mound, as he stared in to each hitter, the year-old kid clearly could see the cluster of men behind the screen who would decide his future. I obviously wanted to get drafted, so I just tried to pitch well for the guys who showed up.
One day, Highland Park mercy-ruled an opponent, and Kershaw struck out every single hitter in the five-inning game.
I've never seen it. And I'm saying, 'Aw man, I'm not going to get him now! But Kershaw was not invincible. In what the Dodgers thought was a pivotal moment for them that spring, Kershaw served up a first-inning home run in a state playoff game in Frisco, Texas, and, for one day, as his rivals chanted "overrated!
Everything that everyone does. He was scattered with his command. His breaking ball was just OK. But he battled, ended up winning or , and I was probably one of the happiest guys in the ballpark that Clayton struggled. But with him having an outing that was good, but subpar for him, I think it helped seal some of the teams' decisions in front of us.
Don't be mad.
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