Sal Campfield vs. Clayton Kershaw — Career Comparison

Sal Campfield
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Clayton Kershaw
MillenialTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star

Clayton Kershaw built a career as a starting pitcher and Sal Campfield as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Clayton Kershaw posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.53 and WHIP 1.028 compared to 4 and 1.370 for Sal Campfield. By the career numbers, Clayton Kershaw had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sal Campfield and Clayton Kershaw

Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.43
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
1.42
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
0.7
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.3
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.91
69.91
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.12
99.12
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.67
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.08
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.05
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
4
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
804
2.53
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
27
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8566
27
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2855.1
9
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
10.33
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2193
6.91
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.33
10.33
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.91
6.91
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
235
0.74
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
713
2.25
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.09
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3052
9.62
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.62
9.62
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.71
6.71
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.34
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.14
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.08
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
39
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11279
35.55
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.33
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
5
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
881
2.78
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.29
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.12
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.66
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.018
1.018
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
36.33
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10391
32.75
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
39
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.55
35.55

Fielding Stats for Sal Campfield and Clayton Kershaw

Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.43
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
1.42
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
27
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8566
27
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2855.1
9
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.27
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.67
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
384
1.21
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
481
1.52
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.67
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
1.48
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.51
97.51
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.833
0.833
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.031
1.031
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.12
99.12
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.05
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sal Campfield and Clayton Kershaw

Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
6
276.92
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
464
328.69
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
847
600
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
698
494.45
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.485
0.485
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
80.05
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
70.84
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
7.79
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.71
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.71
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
9.21
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.001
0.001
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.76
35.21
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24.44
17.31
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
129
91.38
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
151
106.97
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.481
0.481
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
32.59
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
28.34
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
230.77
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
60.21
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
28.65
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19.82
14.04
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.83
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
24.09
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
211
149.47
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.5
6.5
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
4.01
4.01
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
77.92
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.71
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
15
10.63
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.71
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.71
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100