Cy Young Award
The Outstanding NL Pitcher
Updated July 2025
Posted October 2022

Clayton Kershaw
- Cy Young Award 2011 2013

2011
Cy Young Award
Clayton Kershaw
Clayton Kershaw

2013
Cy Young Award
Clayton Kershaw
Clayton Kershaw

2014
Cy Young Award
Clayton Kershaw
Clayton Kershaw

2014
Clayton Kershaw
Most Valuable Player
National League

Clayton Kershaw
Los Angeles Dodgers
PITCHER

Clayton Kershaw 2011
LEAGUE LEADER
CLAYTON KERSHAWLead the League in Wins: 21
National League Regular Season
2011
LEAGUE LEADER
CLAYTON KERSHAWLead the League in Strikeouts: 248
National League Regular Season
2011
SPAHN AWARD
CLAYTON KERSHAWWarren Spahn Award (Best Left Handed Pitcher)
2011
NL TOP PITCHER
CLAYTON KERSHAWUSA Today National League Top Pitcher
2011
LEAGUE LEADER
CLAYTON KERSHAWLowest ERA in the League: 2.28
National League Regular Season
2011

2012
Los Angeles Dodgers
Guide
Guide
ROBERT CLEMENTE AWARD
CLAYTON KERSHAWThe Roberto Clemente Award (Exemplifies Baseball, Sportsmanship, Community Involvement, & Team Contribution)
2012
LEAGUE LEADER
CLAYTON KERSHAWLowest ERA in the League: 2.53
National League Regular Season
2012

2013
Los Angeles Dodgers
Guide
Guide
LEAGUE LEADER
CLAYTON KERSHAWLead the League in Strikeouts: 232
National League Regular Season
2013
BRANCH RICKEY AWARD
CLAYTON KERSHAWBranch Rickey Award (Exceptional Community Service)
2013
SPAHN AWARD
CLAYTON KERSHAWWarren Spahn Award (Best Left Handed Pitcher)
2013
LEAGUE LEADER
CLAYTON KERSHAWLowest ERA in the League: 1.83
National League Regular Season
2013
LEAGUE LEADER
CLAYTON KERSHAWLead the League in Wins: 21
National League Regular Season
2014
GIBBY AWARD
CLAYTON KERSHAWGreatness in Baseball Yearly Award (Most Valuable Player)
2014
GIBBY AWARD
CLAYTON KERSHAWGreatness in Baseball Yearly Award (Best Starting Pitcher)
2014
LEAGUE LEADER
CLAYTON KERSHAWLowest ERA in the League: 1.77
National League Regular Season
2014
POY
CLAYTON KERSHAWBaseball America Major League Player of the Year
2014
SPAHN AWARD
CLAYTON KERSHAWWarren Spahn Award (Best Left Handed Pitcher)
2014

2015
Los Angeles Dodgers
Guide
Guide
LEAGUE LEADER
CLAYTON KERSHAWLead the League in Strikeouts: 301
National League Regular Season
2015
LEAGUE LEADER
CLAYTON KERSHAWLead the League in Wins: 18
National League Regular Season
2017
LEAGUE LEADER
CLAYTON KERSHAWLowest ERA in the League: 2.31
National League Regular Season
2017
ALL-MLB TEAM
CLAYTON KERSHAWAll-MLB Team Member
2020
TRIPLE CROWN
2011 CLAYTON KERSHAWLead the National League in ERA, Wins, and Strikeouts
TRIPLE CROWN
- ERA: 2.28
- W: 21
- K: 248
DODGER ALL-STARS
CLAYTON KERSHAWDODGER ALL-STAR YEARS
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2017
- 2019
- 2022
- 2023
CLAYTON'S BASEBALL CARD


CLAYTON KERSHAW'S BAT
Clayton Kershaw
Pitcher
- DRAFTED: Dodgers #1 - June, 2006

Clayton Edward Kershaw (born March 19, 1988 in Dallas Texas) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League BaseballClayton Kershaw:
- He has played for the Dodgers for the entirety of his MLB career.
- A left-handed starting pitcher, Kershaw has played 14 seasons in the major leagues since he debuted in 2008.
- He is a nine-time All-Star, three-time National League (NL) Cy Young Award winner, and the 2014 NL Most Valuable Player.
- His 2.49 career earned run average (ERA) and 1.00 walks plus hits per inning pitched rate (WHIP) are the 2nd lowest behind only Jacob deGrom among starters in the live-ball era (minimum 1,000 innings pitched).
- Kershaw has a career hits allowed per nine innings pitched average of 6.83, the third-lowest in MLB history.
Clayton KershawHe has been described for much of his career as the best pitcher in baseball, and one of the greatest pitchers of all time
- Kershaw was drafted seventh overall in the 2006 MLB draft.
- He worked his way through the Dodgers' farm system in just one full season and reached the majors at 20 years old.
- When he debuted in 2008, he was the youngest player in MLB, a title he held for one full year.
- In 2011, he won the pitching Triple Crown and the NL Cy Young Award, becoming the youngest pitcher to accomplish either of these feats since Dwight Gooden in 1985.
- He has led MLB in ERA five times, and was the first major league pitcher to do so in four consecutive years (2011–2014). Kershaw is also a three-time NL wins leader and three-time NL strikeouts leader.
Clayton KershawKershaw pitched a no-hitter on June 18, 2014, becoming the 22nd Dodger to do so.Off the field, Kershaw is an active participant in volunteer work. He and his wife Ellen launched "Kershaw's Challenge" and wrote the book Arise to raise money to build an orphanage in Zambia. He has been honored with the Roberto Clemente Award and the Branch Rickey Award for his humanitarian work.







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April 1, 2013
Blue Streak
Clayton Kershaw
The Rebuilt Dodgers Will Crash the October Party
