Vida Blue vs. Clayton Kershaw — Career Comparison

Vida Blue
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star
Clayton Kershaw
MillenialTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star

The numbers give Clayton Kershaw a clear advantage over Vida Blue across the core pitching metrics. Clayton Kershaw led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 120 vs 73), home run suppression (HR9+ 123 vs 86), and run prevention (ERA+ 140 vs 105). Clayton Kershaw was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Vida Blue and Clayton Kershaw

Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
17
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
502
1.35
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
455
1.43
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
1.27
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
1.42
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
0.56
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
0.7
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
0.43
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.3
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.49
56.49
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.91
69.91
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.22
94.22
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.12
99.12
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.38
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.08
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.05
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
1213
3.27
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
804
2.53
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.237
0.237
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10030
27
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8566
27
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3343.1
9
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2855.1
9
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
2939
7.91
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2193
6.91
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.91
7.91
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.91
6.91
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
263
0.71
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235
0.74
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
1185
3.19
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
713
2.25
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.16
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.09
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
2175
5.85
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3052
9.62
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.62
9.62
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.71
6.71
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.005
1.005
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.28
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.34
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.06
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.14
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.03
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.08
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13837
37.25
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
11279
35.55
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.03
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
1357
3.65
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
881
2.78
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
0.4
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.29
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.26
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.12
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
0.59
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.66
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.234
1.234
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.018
1.018
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12383
33.33
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10391
32.75
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.25
37.25
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.55
35.55

Fielding Stats for Vida Blue and Clayton Kershaw

Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
17
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
502
1.35
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
455
1.43
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
1.27
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
1.42
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10031
27
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8566
27
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3343.2
9
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2855.1
9
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.34
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.27
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
1.15
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
384
1.21
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.05
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
573
1.54
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
481
1.52
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
554
1.49
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
469
1.48
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.68
96.68
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.51
97.51
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.104
1.104
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.031
1.031
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.22
94.22
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.12
99.12
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.06
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.05
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Vida Blue and Clayton Kershaw

Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
17
17
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
508
493.2
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
464
328.69
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
618
600
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
847
600
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
512
497.09
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
698
494.45
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.418
0.418
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.485
0.485
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
53
51.46
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
80.05
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
40
38.83
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
70.84
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
8.74
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
7.79
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.71
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.88
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.71
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
12.62
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
13
9.21
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.001
0.001
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
16.86
16.37
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24.44
17.31
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
74
71.84
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
91.38
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
105
101.94
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
151
106.97
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.272
0.272
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
35.92
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
32.59
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
15
14.56
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
28.34
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
48
46.6
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
60.21
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
3.46
3.36
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.82
14.04
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.91
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.83
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
47.57
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
34
24.09
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
271
263.11
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
149.47
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
2.28
2.28
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.01
4.01
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
53
51.46
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
77.92
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.71
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.94
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
15
10.63
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.71
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.94
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vida Blue
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.94
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.71
Vida Blue
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100