Player Pitching Comparison: Clayton Kershaw vs. Justin Verlander

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Rk	Name	From	To	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2023	20-35	198	88	.692	2.49	403	400	1	25	15	0	2593.0	1966	782	716	209	631	27	2820	40	22	95	10208	156	2.77	1.002	6.8	0.7	2.2	9.8	4.47
2	Justin Verlander	2005	2022	22-39	244	133	.647	3.24	482	482	0	26	9	0	3163.0	2654	1235	1139	322	880	27	3198	104	19	90	12880	132	3.36	1.117	7.6	0.9	2.5	9.1	3.63

Value

Value

Rk	Name	From	To	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	RA9extras	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2023	20-35	2593.0	403	400	782	2.71	4.36	0.13	0.18	0.00	96.4	4.25	450	52.8	.70	-1.9	73.6	664	.631	.523	$294,701,142
2	Justin Verlander	2005	2022	22-39	3163.0	482	482	1235	3.51	4.59	0.01	0.18	0.00	100.7	4.80	435	48.7		-2.1	77.9	777	.601	.520	$284,515,000

Win Probability

Win Probability

Rk	Name	From	To	Age	PtchR	PtchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	cWPA	cWPA+	cWPA-	acLI	cClutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2023	20-35	418.6	45.9	10502	48.5	191.6	-143.1	.98	50.6	-1.3	28.7%	117.4%	-88.7%	1.01	0.3%	463.4	52.5	0.89	532.4	1	0	2
2	Justin Verlander	2005	2022	22-39	360.6	38.3	13258	40.1	234.7	-194.6	.97	41.4	-0.1	25.1%	158.1%	-133.0%	1.09	0.1%	416.5	44.3	0.89	468.5	0	0	0

Ratio

Ratio

Rk	Name	From	To	Age	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	SO-BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	Opp	DP	%	PAu
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2023	20-35	21%	2.1%	27.6%	6.2%	21.4%	6.0%	31%	0.90	1.21	63%	21%	7.3%	16%	1593	179	11%	0
2	Justin Verlander	2005	2022	22-39	47%	2.5%	24.8%	6.8%	18.0%	6.9%	34%	0.63	0.75	65%	22%	7.3%	17%	2063	168	8%	0

Batting Against

Batting Against

Rk	Name	From	To	Age	PAu	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2023	20-35		403	10208	9409	782	1966	376	31	209	79	71	631	2820	.209	.261	.322	.583	.274	3031	179	40	90	29	27	95
2	Justin Verlander	2005	2022	22-39		482	12880	11780	1235	2654	515	55	322	146	76	880	3198	.225	.284	.360	.644	.280	4245	168	104	44	69	27	82

Pitches

Pitches

Rk	Name	From	To	Age	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	S/SO	L/SO%	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2023	20-35	10245	39083	3.81	25837	66.3%	26.2%	20.2%	27.6%	26.0%	73.8%	0.7%	48.9%	72.6%	65.0%	3.2%	325	200	28.3%	2902	1571	130	722	2090	25.6%	568	101	0	0	0
2	Justin Verlander	2005	2022	22-39	12917	51429	3.98	33766	65.8%	25.8%	18.0%	30.4%	25.8%	74.2%	0.5%	48.8%	75.7%	62.1%	3.5%	447	303	29.2%	3772	2175	181	775	2419	24.2%	536	118	0	0	0

Base Situation

Base Situation

						Hits			Home Runs							Advances								Batting Stats
Rk	Name	From	To	Age	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2023	20-35	10208	1966	267	24	209	1	129	160	49	112	97	356	155	93	44%	95	95	14	3211	79	71	53%	71	64	8	5	0	2	70	48	189	0
2	Justin Verlander	2005	2022	22-39	12880	2654	278	28	322	3	193	150	172	159	163	510	262	104	51%	82	90	11	4161	146	76	66%	134	66	10	9	2	1	30	2	236	0

Starter

Starter

Rk	Name	From	To	Age	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2023	20-35	403	400	198	88	114	20	37	266	134	.665	38	40	25	15	284	71%	62	102	12	142	50	1	210	4.7	4.2	6.5	98	37	158	198	7	132
2	Justin Verlander	2005	2022	22-39	482	482	244	133	105	32	42	288	194	.598	30	45	26	9	327	68%	59	100	7	185	79	0	230	4.8	4.6	6.6	107	15	89	321	57	132

Reliever

Reliever

Rk	Name	From	To	Age	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2023	20-35	403	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0			.983	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	4.0	23
2	Justin Verlander	2005	2022	22-39	482	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0					.970	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Postseason

Postseason

Rk	Name	From	To	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2022	20-34	13	12	.520	4.22	38	31	2	0	0	1	194.0	159	96	91	29	50	5	213	4	0	11	780	1.077	7.4	1.3	2.3	9.9	4.26
2	Justin Verlander	2006	2022	23-39	16	11	.593	3.64	35	34	0	2	1	0	207.2	163	87	84	29	68	0	230	4	1	8	845	1.112	7.1	1.3	2.9	10.0	3.38

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