Player Pitching Comparison: Clayton Kershaw vs. Justin Verlander

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Rk	Name	From	To	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2023	20-35	210	92	.695	2.48	425	422	1	25	15	0	2712.2	2055	816	747	225	669	27	2944	42	24	101	10683	157	2.82	1.004	6.8	0.7	2.2	9.8	4.40
2	Justin Verlander	2005	2024	22-41	258	141	.647	3.24	511	511	0	26	9	0	3335.2	2800	1300	1199	341	929	27	3353	109	19	96	13590	132	3.38	1.118	7.6	0.9	2.5	9.0	3.61

Value

Value
Rk	Name	From	To	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	RA9extras	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2023	20-35	2712.2	425	422	816	2.71	4.37	0.14	0.18	0.00	96.3	4.24	470	55.0	.70	-2.0	76.8	696	.629	.523	$294,701,142
2	Justin Verlander	2005	2024	22-41	3335.2	511	511	1300	3.51	4.59	0.01	0.18	0.00	100.5	4.79	457	51.1		-2.2	81.9	817	.600	.519	$371,181,666

Win Probability

Win Probability
Rk	Name	From	To	Age	PtchR	PtchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	cWPA	cWPA+	cWPA-	acLI	cClutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2023	20-35	443.7	48.5	10994	50.6	200.5	-149.9	.98	52.7	-1.1	29.8%	122.0%	-92.2%	1.00	0.4%	490.6	55.4	0.89	555.8	1	0	2
2	Justin Verlander	2005	2024	22-41	381.5	40.4	13986	42.4	246.7	-204.3	.97	43.5	0.4	27.8%	168.2%	-140.4%	1.10	1.2%	440.4	46.9	0.89	491.3	0	0	0

Ratio

Ratio
Rk	Name	From	To	Age	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	SO-BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	Opp	DP	%	PAu
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2023	20-35	21%	2.1%	27.6%	6.3%	21.3%	6.1%	32%	0.90	1.21	63%	21%	7.4%	16%	1670	193	12%	0
2	Justin Verlander	2005	2024	22-41	47%	2.5%	24.7%	6.8%	17.8%	7.0%	34%	0.63	0.74	65%	22%	7.3%	17%	2182	176	8%	0

Batting Against

Batting Against
Rk	Name	From	To	Age	PAu	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2023	20-35		425	10683	9843	816	2055	393	31	225	85	75	669	2944	.209	.261	.324	.585	.273	3185	193	42	90	30	27	99
2	Justin Verlander	2005	2024	22-41		511	13590	12432	1300	2800	547	57	341	157	79	929	3353	.225	.283	.361	.644	.279	4484	176	109	44	73	27	86

Pitches

Pitches
Rk	Name	From	To	Age	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	S/SO	L/SO%	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2023	20-35	10722	40942	3.82	27059	66.2%	26.1%	20.3%	27.7%	26.0%	73.9%	0.7%	49.0%	72.6%	65.1%	3.2%	339	208	28.3%	3034	1638	137	752	2184	25.5%	591	107	0	0	0
2	Justin Verlander	2005	2024	22-41	13629	54205	3.98	35583	65.7%	25.7%	18.0%	30.5%	25.9%	74.3%	0.5%	48.9%	75.8%	61.8%	3.5%	479	326	29.0%	3958	2281	192	811	2538	24.2%	562	127	0	0	0

Base Situation

Base Situation
						Hits			Home Runs							Advances								Batting Stats
Rk	Name	From	To	Age	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2023	20-35	10683	2055	279	25	225	1	133	175	50	119	106	369	159	99	43%	99	101	14	3369	85	75	53%	76	67	9	6	0	2	71	49	199	0
2	Justin Verlander	2005	2024	22-41	13590	2800	298	30	341	3	210	164	177	171	170	536	275	110	51%	86	96	11	4397	157	79	67%	144	68	10	10	3	1	31	3	248	0

Starter

Starter
Rk	Name	From	To	Age	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2023	20-35	425	422	210	92	120	23	37	282	140	.668	39	44	25	15	294	70%	62	102	12	150	50	1	228	4.8	4.3	6.4	98	39	153	195	7	132
2	Justin Verlander	2005	2024	22-41	511	511	258	141	112	36	44	304	207	.595	32	47	26	9	342	67%	59	100	7	189	80	0	250	4.8	4.5	6.5	106	17	103	319	56	132

Reliever

Reliever
Rk	Name	From	To	Age	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2023	20-35	425	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0			.981	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	4.0	23
2	Justin Verlander	2005	2024	22-41	511	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0					.966	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Postseason

Postseason
Rk	Name	From	To	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	Clayton Kershaw	2008	2023	20-35	13	13	.500	4.49	39	32	2	0	0	1	194.1	165	102	97	30	51	5	213	4	0	11	788	1.111	7.6	1.4	2.4	9.9	4.18
2	Justin Verlander	2006	2023	23-40	17	12	.586	3.58	38	37	0	2	1	0	226.0	179	93	90	32	74	0	244	5	1	8	920	1.119	7.1	1.3	2.9	9.7	3.30

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