Clayton Kershaw vs. Tom Seaver — Career Comparison

Clayton Kershaw
MillenialTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star
Tom Seaver
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardRookie of the YearAll-Star

The numbers give Clayton Kershaw a clear advantage over Tom Seaver across the core pitching metrics. Clayton Kershaw led in home run suppression (HR9+ 123 vs 85), run prevention (ERA+ 140 vs 106), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 120 vs 91). Clayton Kershaw was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Clayton Kershaw and Tom Seaver

Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
455
1.43
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
656
1.23
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
1.42
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
647
1.22
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
0.7
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
311
0.59
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.3
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
205
0.39
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.91
69.91
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.27
60.27
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.12
99.12
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.63
98.63
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.08
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
0.43
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.05
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.11
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
804
2.53
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1521
2.86
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.225
0.225
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8566
27
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14348
27
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2855.1
9
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4782.2
9
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2193
6.91
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
3971
7.47
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.91
6.91
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.47
7.47
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235
0.74
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
380
0.72
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
713
2.25
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1390
2.62
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.09
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
0.22
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3052
9.62
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3640
6.85
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.62
9.62
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.71
6.71
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.55
5.55
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.052
1.052
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
0.34
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.24
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.14
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.14
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.08
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.02
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
11279
35.55
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19369
36.45
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.01
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
881
2.78
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1674
3.15
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
0.29
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.27
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.12
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
0.18
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.66
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
0.39
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.018
1.018
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.121
1.121
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10391
32.75
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17666
33.24
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.55
35.55
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.45
36.45

Fielding Stats for Clayton Kershaw and Tom Seaver

Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
455
1.43
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
656
1.23
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
1.42
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
647
1.22
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8566
27
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14349
27
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2855.1
9
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4783
9
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.27
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
0.62
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
384
1.21
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
1.3
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.08
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
481
1.52
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1062
2
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
469
1.48
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1020
1.92
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.51
97.51
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.05
96.05
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.031
1.031
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.555
1.555
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.12
99.12
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.63
98.63
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.05
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.1
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clayton Kershaw and Tom Seaver

Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
18
18
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
464
328.69
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
677
261.73
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
847
600
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1552
600
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
698
494.45
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1315
508.38
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.485
0.485
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.499
0.499
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
113
80.05
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
202
78.09
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
100
70.84
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
157
60.7
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
11
7.79
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
10.82
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.71
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
1.93
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.71
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
4.64
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
13
9.21
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
17.4
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.001
0.001
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
24.44
17.31
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65.91
25.48
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
129
91.38
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
276
106.7
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
151
106.97
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
314
121.39
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.151
0.151
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
46
32.59
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
38.27
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
40
28.34
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
33.25
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
85
60.21
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
173
66.88
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
19.82
14.04
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.4
19.87
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.83
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
4
1.55
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
34
24.09
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
108
41.75
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
149.47
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
485
187.5
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.01
4.01
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
3.2
3.2
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
110
77.92
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
121
46.78
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.71
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.55
Clayton Kershaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
10.63
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
8.51
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.71
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.55
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.71
Tom Seaver
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.55
Clayton Kershaw
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Tom Seaver
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100