Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Clayton Kershaw

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Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: Pitching Comparison

Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: Totals

Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: 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	John Axford	26-38	2009	2021	38	34	.528	3.90	544	1	286	0	0	144	525.2	485	249	228	50	261	19	589	16	0	45	2305	787	105	3.68	1.419	8.3	0.9	4.5	10.1
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

Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: 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	John Axford	28-30	2011	2013	1	0	1.000	1.42	12	0	8	0	0	3	12.2	7	2	2	1	6	0	18	0	0	0	51	13		2.63	1.026	5.0	0.7	4.3	12.8
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

Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: Value

Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	John Axford	26-38	2009	2021	544	1	525.2	4.0	-0.3
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-36	2008	2024	432	429	2742.2	76.5	54.4

Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: Totals Against

Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: 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	John Axford	26-38	2009	2021	544	1	525.2	787	1996	354	74	7	39	11	78.00	0	38	14	18	.243	.333	.362	.695	92	.119	.316	248	723	131	762	787
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

Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: 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	John Axford	28-30	2011	2013	12	0	12.2	13	34	5	1	0	2	0	100.00	0	0	0	0	.206	.325	.324	.649		.118	.400	3	11	2	13	13
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

Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: Starting & Relieving

Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	John Axford	26-38	2009	2021	0	0	60.0	126	45	36	39	78.7	286	543
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-36	2008	2024	295	69	62.0	0	0		0		1	3

Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	John Axford	28-30	2011	2013	0			1	0	0	1	75.0	8	12
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	16	50	53.9	4	0	0	1	50.0	2	7

Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: Ratios

Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	John Axford	26-38	2009	2021	544	1	525.2	25.6	11.3	14.2
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-36	2008	2024	432	429	2742.2	27.4	6.3	21.2

Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	John Axford	28-30	2011	2013	12	0	12.2	35.3	11.8	23.5
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	39	32	194.1	27.0	6.5	20.6

Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: Pitch Summary

Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	John Axford	26-38	2009	2021	544	1	525.2	9370	38	5662	60.43
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-36	2008	2024	432	429	2742.2	39005	97	25760	66.04

Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	John Axford	28-30	2011	2013	12	0	12.2	223		136	60.99
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	39	32	194.1	3051	91	2024	66.34

Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: Head-to-Head Pitching

Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: Totals

Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: 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	Clayton Kershaw	1	1	.500	3.68	2	2	0	1	0	0	14.2	11	6	6	0	5	1	12	0	0	2	59	1.091	6.8	0.0	3.1	7.4
2	John Axford	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	7	0.500	0.0	0.0	4.5	9.0

Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: Game Logs

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Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: 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	John Axford	MIL	2013-05-20	7-7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	4	0.0	0.46	0	0	0.41
2	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	2013-05-20	CG, W	9.0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	1	32	5	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	81	107	75	0.5	3.11			1.17
3	John Axford	MIL	2012-05-30	9-GF, S	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		18	9	0.0	0.46	0	0	0.80
4	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	2012-05-30	GS-6, L	5.2	8	5	5	0	0	4	1	7	0	0	1	27	12	20	6	2	0	1	0	1	10	1	3	0	2	36	117	72	-0.2	-1.47			1.39

Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: Batter vs. Pitcher

John Axford (Pitcher) vs. Clayton Kershaw (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

John Axford (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	2013	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

John Axford (Pitcher) vs. Clayton Kershaw (Batter): Plate Appearances

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John Axford (Pitcher) vs. Clayton Kershaw (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2013	2013-05-20	LAD	MIL	ahead 1-3	t7	---	0	2 (0-1)	Groundout: 2B-1B

Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: Batting Comparison

Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: Batting Totals

Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: 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	John Axford	26-38	2009	2021	355	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	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

Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: 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

Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: Batting Value

Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	John Axford	26-38	2009	2021	355	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0	0	0	0
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-36	2008	2024	357	847	2.8	2.8	2.9	0.0	-90	2	-3	0

Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: Batting Sabermetric

Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: 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	John Axford	26-38	2009	2021	355	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0.0	.000	1.0		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

Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: 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	John Axford	28-30	2011	2013	12	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

Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: Batting Win Probability

Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	John Axford	26-38	2009	2021	355	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.44	0.0	-0.30	0.46
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-36	2008	2024	357	847	-8.5	-9.0	-0.1	-104.04	-10.7	-98.17	0.94

Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: Head-to-Head Batting

Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: Totals

Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: 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	Clayton Kershaw	2	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	John Axford	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0

Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: Game Logs

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Clayton Kershaw vs. John Axford: 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	John Axford	MIL	2013-05-20		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
2	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	2013-05-20	*	9	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.77	-0.002	0.33	0.00%	-0.06			P
3	John Axford	MIL	2012-05-30		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	2012-05-30	*	6	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.55	0.008	0.59	0.01%	0.15			P

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