Jacob deGrom vs. Clayton Kershaw — Career Comparison

Jacob deGrom
MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardRookie of the YearAll-Star
Clayton Kershaw
MillenialTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star

The numbers give Jacob deGrom a clear advantage over Clayton Kershaw across the core pitching metrics. Jacob deGrom led in strikeout rate (K%+ 130 vs 111), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 132 vs 116), and home run suppression (HR9+ 130 vs 123). Clayton Kershaw held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 140 vs 139). Jacob deGrom was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Jacob deGrom and Clayton Kershaw

Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
1.45
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.43
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
1.45
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
451
1.42
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
0.56
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
0.7
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.38
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.3
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.63
59.63
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.91
69.91
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
99.12
99.12
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.05
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
440
2.57
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
804
2.53
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.209
0.209
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.211
0.211
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
4619
27
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8566
27
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1539.2
9
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2855.1
9
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1173
6.86
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2193
6.91
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.86
6.86
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.91
6.91
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
0.85
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
0.74
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
345
2.02
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
713
2.25
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.09
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.02
2.02
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1851
10.82
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3052
9.62
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.82
10.82
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.62
9.62
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.46
7.46
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.71
6.71
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.426
1.426
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.319
1.319
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.18
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.34
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.15
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.14
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.08
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
6045
35.34
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11279
35.55
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
477
2.79
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
881
2.78
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.19
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.29
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.21
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.12
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.51
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.66
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.986
0.986
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.018
1.018
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5607
32.78
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10391
32.75
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.94
1.94
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.34
35.34
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.55
35.55

Fielding Stats for Jacob deGrom and Clayton Kershaw

Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
1.45
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.43
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
1.45
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
451
1.42
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
4619
27
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8566
27
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1539.2
9
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2855.1
9
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
0.73
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.27
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
169
0.99
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
384
1.21
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.04
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
1.75
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
481
1.52
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.72
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
1.48
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.33
98.33
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.51
97.51
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.186
1.186
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.031
1.031
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
99.12
99.12
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.07
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.05
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jacob deGrom and Clayton Kershaw

Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PAverified
260
368.79
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
464
328.69
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
423
600
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
847
600
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PAverified
383
543.26
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
698
494.45
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.528
0.528
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.485
0.485
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
110.64
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
80.05
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PAverified
66
93.62
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
70.84
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
12.77
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
7.79
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.71
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.26
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.71
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
17.02
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
9.21
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.001
0.001
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21.99
31.19
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24.44
17.31
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PAverified
96
136.17
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
129
91.38
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PAverified
95
134.75
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
151
106.97
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.488
0.488
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
38.3
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
32.59
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
41.13
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
28.34
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PAverified
53
75.18
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
60.21
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.73
30.82
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
19.82
14.04
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.83
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
24.11
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
24.09
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
116
164.54
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
211
149.47
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
3.65
3.65
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.01
4.01
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
23
32.62
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
77.92
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.71
Jacob deGrom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
11.35
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
10.63
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.71
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.71
Jacob deGrom
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100