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Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Pitching Comparison

Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Totals

Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Sonny Gray	23-34	2013	2024	111	94	.541	3.51	307	298	2	6	4	0	1737.1	1490	743	677	167	583	5	1724	54	6	104	7199	2187	120	3.53	1.193	7.7	0.9	3.0	8.9
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-36	2008	2024	212	94	.693	2.50	432	429	1	25	15	0	2742.2	2091	835	762	227	678	28	2968	44	25	103	10816	2914	156	2.83	1.010	6.9	0.7	2.2	9.7

Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Sonny Gray	23-33	2013	2023	1	3	.250	3.26	6	6	0	0	0	0	30.1	27	13	11	4	15	1	30	2	0	3	133	46		4.56	1.385	8.0	1.2	4.5	8.9
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	13	13	.500	4.49	39	32	2	0	0	1	194.1	165	102	97	30	51	5	213	4	0	11	788	225		3.03	1.111	7.6	1.4	2.4	9.9

Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Value

Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Sonny Gray	23-34	2013	2024	307	298	1737.1	32.1	16.8
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-36	2008	2024	432	429	2742.2	76.5	54.4

Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Totals Against

Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Sonny Gray	23-34	2013	2024	307	298	1737.1	2187	6493	1015	279	29	104	27	79.39	10	129	23	43	.229	.297	.359	.655	79	.129	.285	701	2328	475	2127	2187
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-36	2008	2024	432	429	2742.2	2914	9962	1432	400	32	85	78	52.15	71	195	90	33	.210	.262	.325	.587	64	.115	.274	858	3236	659	2813	2914

Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Sonny Gray	23-33	2013	2023	6	6	30.1	46	112	19	4	0	0	2	0.00	1	2	3	0	.241	.341	.384	.725		.143	.295	16	43	8	44	46
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	39	32	194.1	225	721	106	27	2	4	4	50.00	3	12	6	5	.229	.282	.397	.678		.168	.280	90	286	59	220	225

Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Starting & Relieving

Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Sonny Gray	23-34	2013	2024	159	53	55.2	0	0		1	0.0	2	9
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-36	2008	2024	295	69	62.0	0	0		0		1	3

Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Sonny Gray	23-33	2013	2023	1	17	53.0						0	0
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	16	50	53.9	4	0	0	1	50.0	2	7

Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Ratios

Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Sonny Gray	23-34	2013	2024	307	298	1737.1	23.9	8.1	15.8
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-36	2008	2024	432	429	2742.2	27.4	6.3	21.2

Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Sonny Gray	23-33	2013	2023	6	6	30.1	22.6	11.3	11.3
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	39	32	194.1	27.0	6.5	20.6

Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Pitch Summary

Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Sonny Gray	23-34	2013	2024	307	298	1737.1	25240	91	15903	63.01
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-36	2008	2024	432	429	2742.2	39005	97	25760	66.04

Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Sonny Gray	23-33	2013	2023	6	6	30.1	535	89	317	59.25
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	39	32	194.1	3051	91	2024	66.34

Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Head-to-Head Pitching

Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Totals

Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Totals Table
Rk	Player	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
1	Sonny Gray	0	2	.000	3.38	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.2	11	4	4	2	6	0	17	0	0	2	47	1.594	9.3	1.7	5.1	14.3
2	Clayton Kershaw	2	0	1.000	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.0	8	0	0	0	2	0	10	0	0	0	45	0.769	5.5	0.0	1.4	6.9

Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Game Logs

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Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	Sonny Gray	STL	2024-08-18	GS-5, L	5.0	7	2	2	0	1	3	0	6	0	0	0	24	10	21	4	2	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	3	48	94	56	0.0	0.57			1.19	13.25	27.00
2	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	2024-08-18	GS-6, W	6.0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	20	5	19	4	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	0	0	0	65	70	42	0.4	3.08			1.19	18.50	34.00
3	Sonny Gray	CIN	2021-04-28	GS-6, L	5.2	4	2	2	0	1	3	0	11	0	0	2	23	7	20	2	1	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	2	61	95	61	0.0	0.92			0.72
4	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	2021-04-28	GS-7, W	7.0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	25	5	24	4	0	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	76	90	64	0.4	3.69			1.06

Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Batter vs. Pitcher

Sonny Gray (Pitcher) vs. Clayton Kershaw (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Sonny Gray (Pitcher) vs. Clayton Kershaw (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	2021	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Sonny Gray (Pitcher) vs. Clayton Kershaw (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Sonny Gray (Pitcher) vs. Clayton Kershaw (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2021	2021-04-28	LAD	CIN	ahead 0-1	b2	1--	2	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Looking
2	2021	2021-04-28	LAD	CIN	ahead 0-2	b5	---	0	4 (0-2)	Groundout: 2B-1B (Deep SS-2B)

Clayton Kershaw (Pitcher) vs. Sonny Gray (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Clayton Kershaw (Pitcher) vs. Sonny Gray (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	2021	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0

Clayton Kershaw (Pitcher) vs. Sonny Gray (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Clayton Kershaw (Pitcher) vs. Sonny Gray (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2021	2021-04-28	CIN	LAD	down 1-0	t3	---	2	7 (3-2)	Walk
2	2021	2021-04-28	CIN	LAD	down 2-0	t5	---	2	3 (0-2)	Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole)

Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Batting Comparison

Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Batting Totals

Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Sonny Gray	23-34	2013	2024	63	118	99	8	14	0	1	0	3	0	0	3	35	.141	.167	.162	.328	-14	16	1	0	16	0	0
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-36	2008	2024	357	847	698	46	113	11	1	1	40	1	0	34	211	.162	.205	.185	.390	9	129	15	4	110	1	0

Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	40	52	39	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	13	.154	.267	.179	.446	7	0	0	7	0	0

Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Batting Value

Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Sonny Gray	23-34	2013	2024	63	118	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	-20	0	0	0
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-36	2008	2024	357	847	2.8	2.8	2.9	0.0	-90	2	-3	0

Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Batting Sabermetric

Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Sonny Gray	23-34	2013	2024	63	118	1	17	17	102	3	.219	11	-18	-1.8	.020	2.8		0
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-36	2008	2024	357	847	13	151	166	711	33	.230	85	-91	-9.1	.023	3.3	100.0	1

Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Sonny Gray	23-33	2013	2023	6	0	0	0	0	0			0						0
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	40	52	1	12	12	40	3	.231	2			.026	3.0		0

Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Batting Win Probability

Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Sonny Gray	23-34	2013	2024	63	118	-1.8	-1.8	-0.3	-20.83	-2.0	-20.61	0.89
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-36	2008	2024	357	847	-8.5	-9.0	-0.1	-104.04	-10.7	-98.17	0.94

Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Head-to-Head Batting

Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Totals

Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Sonny Gray	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Clayton Kershaw	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Game Logs

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Sonny Gray vs. Clayton Kershaw: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Sonny Gray	STL	2024-08-18																																	P
2	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	2024-08-18																																	P
3	Sonny Gray	CIN	2021-04-28	*	6	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.47	0.002	0.45	0.00%	0.02			P
4	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	2021-04-28	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.66	-0.036	0.79	-0.03%	-0.49			P

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