Mike Cuellar vs. Clayton Kershaw — Career Comparison

Mike Cuellar
Silent GenerationCubaThrows LeftBats LeftCaribbeanBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Clayton Kershaw
MillenialTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star

The numbers give Clayton Kershaw a clear advantage over Mike Cuellar across the core pitching metrics. Clayton Kershaw led in strikeout rate (K%+ 111 vs 78), run prevention (ERA+ 140 vs 107), and home run suppression (HR9+ 123 vs 93). Clayton Kershaw was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Mike Cuellar and Clayton Kershaw

Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
1.45
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.43
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
379
1.21
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
1.42
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
185
0.59
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
0.7
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
0.42
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.3
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.73
58.73
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.91
69.91
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.66
83.66
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.12
99.12
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
0.55
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.08
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.12
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.05
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.04
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
979
3.14
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
804
2.53
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.02
3.02
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.241
0.241
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
8424
27
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8566
27
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
2808
9
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2855.1
9
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
2538
8.13
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2193
6.91
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.13
8.13
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.91
6.91
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
0.71
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
235
0.74
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
822
2.63
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
713
2.25
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.2
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.09
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
1632
5.23
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3052
9.62
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.62
9.62
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.71
6.71
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.874
0.874
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.17
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.34
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.14
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.08
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11505
36.88
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
11279
35.55
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.11
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
1130
3.62
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
881
2.78
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.3
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.29
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.14
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.12
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.29
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.66
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.197
1.197
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.018
1.018
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10532
33.76
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10391
32.75
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.49
2.49
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.88
36.88
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.55
35.55

Fielding Stats for Mike Cuellar and Clayton Kershaw

Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
1.45
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.43
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
379
1.22
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
1.42
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
8422
27
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8566
27
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
2807.1
9
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2855.1
9
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.35
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.27
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
1.45
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
384
1.21
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.1
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
1.89
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
481
1.52
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
1.8
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
469
1.48
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.92
94.92
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.51
97.51
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.238
1.238
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.031
1.031
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.66
83.66
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.12
99.12
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.11
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.05
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Cuellar and Clayton Kershaw

Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PAverified
456
382.12
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
464
328.69
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
716
600
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
847
600
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PAverified
661
553.91
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
698
494.45
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.348
0.348
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.485
0.485
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
76
63.69
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
80.05
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
57
47.77
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
70.84
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
8
6.7
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
7.79
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.35
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.71
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
5.87
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.71
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
15.92
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
13
9.21
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.001
0.001
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.092
0.092
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
18.15
15.21
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24.44
17.31
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PAverified
113
94.69
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
129
91.38
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
86
72.07
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
151
106.97
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.299
0.299
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
37
31.01
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
32.59
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
33
27.65
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
28.34
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
63
52.79
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
60.21
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
-6.67
-5.59
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.82
14.04
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.84
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.83
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
9
7.54
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
24.09
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
304
254.75
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
149.47
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
2.36
2.36
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.01
4.01
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
43
36.03
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
77.92
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.68
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.71
Mike Cuellar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.19
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
15
10.63
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.71
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.71
Mike Cuellar
Career
Per 600 PA
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100