Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Clayton Kershaw

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Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: Pitching Comparison

Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: Totals

Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: 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	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
2	Jason Vargas	22-36	2005	2019	99	99	.500	4.29	298	277	8	13	8	0	1643.0	1664	826	784	216	508	28	1147	47	9	25	7002	2286	93	4.43	1.322	9.1	1.2	2.8	6.3

Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: 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	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
2	Jason Vargas	31	2014	2014	1	0	1.000	3.52	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.1	11	6	6	3	6	0	11	0	0	1	61	17		4.60	1.109	6.5	1.8	3.5	6.5

Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: Value

Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Clayton Kershaw	20-36	2008	2024	432	429	2742.2	76.5	54.4
2	Jason Vargas	22-36	2005	2019	298	277	1643.0	16.8	1.8

Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: Totals Against

Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: 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	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
2	Jason Vargas	22-36	2005	2019	298	277	1643.0	2286	6358	1086	332	30	122	38	76.25	19	138	40	48	.262	.319	.425	.744	105	.164	.287	871	2704	578	2219	2286

Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: 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	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
2	Jason Vargas	31	2014	2014	3	3	15.1	17	55	7	1	0	1	0	100.00	0	2	0	0	.200	.279	.382	.661		.182	.195	6	21	4	17	17

Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: Starting & Relieving

Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Clayton Kershaw	20-36	2008	2024	295	69	62.0	0	0		0		1	3
2	Jason Vargas	22-36	2005	2019	135	49	50.2	23	2	9	0		8	21

Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	16	50	53.9	4	0	0	1	50.0	2	7
2	Jason Vargas	31	2014	2014	1	33	53.7						0	0

Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: Ratios

Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Clayton Kershaw	20-36	2008	2024	432	429	2742.2	27.4	6.3	21.2
2	Jason Vargas	22-36	2005	2019	298	277	1643.0	16.4	7.3	9.1

Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	39	32	194.1	27.0	6.5	20.6
2	Jason Vargas	31	2014	2014	3	3	15.1	18.0	9.8	8.2

Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: Pitch Summary

Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Clayton Kershaw	20-36	2008	2024	432	429	2742.2	39005	97	25760	66.04
2	Jason Vargas	22-36	2005	2019	298	277	1643.0	25577	94	16173	63.23

Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	39	32	194.1	3051	91	2024	66.34
2	Jason Vargas	31	2014	2014	3	3	15.1	235	78	143	60.85

Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: Head-to-Head Pitching

Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: Totals

Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: 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	2	0	1.000	3.46	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.0	9	5	5	1	3	0	20	1	0	0	50	0.923	6.2	0.7	2.1	13.8
2	Jason Vargas	0	2	.000	8.44	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.2	18	10	10	3	2	0	5	0	0	0	46	1.875	15.2	2.5	1.7	4.2

Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: Game Logs

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Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: 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	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	2012-06-09	GS-7, W	7.0	4	3	3	0	1	2	0	12	1	0	0	27	7	24	2	1	0	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	2	67	115	75	0.2	0.19			0.95
2	Jason Vargas	SEA	2012-06-09	GS-6, L	6.0	9	5	5	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	25	10	24	7	1	0	2	1	0	13	2	0	0	2	36	100	70	-0.2	-2.27			0.70
3	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	2009-06-26	GS-6, W	6.0	5	2	2	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	23	6	22	5	0	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	61	96	64	0.1	0.84			1.01
4	Jason Vargas	SEA	2009-06-26	GS-5, L	4.2	9	5	5	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	21	10	19	5	1	1	0	1	0	18	2	1	0	4	27	78	45	-0.3	-3.22			0.64

Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: Batter vs. Pitcher

Clayton Kershaw (Pitcher) vs. Jason Vargas (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Clayton Kershaw (Pitcher) vs. Jason Vargas (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	2009	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Clayton Kershaw (Pitcher) vs. Jason Vargas (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Clayton Kershaw (Pitcher) vs. Jason Vargas (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2009	2009-06-26	SEA	LAD	down 3-0	t3	---	2	6 (3-2)	Strikeout Swinging
2	2009	2009-06-26	SEA	LAD	down 4-1	t5	---	2	4 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Jason Vargas (Pitcher) vs. Clayton Kershaw (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Jason Vargas (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	2009	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	1
	Totals	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	1

Jason Vargas (Pitcher) vs. Clayton Kershaw (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Jason Vargas (Pitcher) vs. Clayton Kershaw (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2009	2009-06-26	LAD	SEA	ahead 0-3	b2	1--	1	2 (1-0)	Ground Ball Double Play: Bunt P-SS-2B (Front of Home)
2	2009	2009-06-26	LAD	SEA	ahead 1-4	b5	--3	0	3 (0-2)	Single to CF (Line Drive to LF-CF); M. Kemp Scores

Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: Batting Comparison

Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: Batting Totals

Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: 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	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
2	Jason Vargas	22-36	2005	2019	88	146	132	8	24	3	0	0	4	0	0	4	47	.182	.206	.205	.410	12	27	1	0	10	0	0

Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: 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
2	Jason Vargas	31	2014	2014	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: Batting Value

Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Clayton Kershaw	20-36	2008	2024	357	847	2.8	2.8	2.9	0.0	-90	2	-3	0
2	Jason Vargas	22-36	2005	2019	88	146	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	-18	0	-1	0

Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: Batting Sabermetric

Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: 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	Clayton Kershaw	20-36	2008	2024	357	847	13	151	166	711	33	.230	85	-91	-9.1	.023	3.3	100.0	1
2	Jason Vargas	22-36	2005	2019	88	146	3	28	28	119	7	.282	12	-16	-1.6	.023	2.8		0

Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: 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	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	40	52	1	12	12	40	3	.231	2			.026	3.0		0
2	Jason Vargas	31	2014	2014	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	.000	0			.000	2.0		0

Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: Batting Win Probability

Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Clayton Kershaw	20-36	2008	2024	357	847	-8.5	-9.0	-0.1	-104.04	-10.7	-98.17	0.94
2	Jason Vargas	22-36	2005	2019	88	146	-1.8	-1.8	-0.4	-20.25	-2.0	-19.90	0.80

Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: Head-to-Head Batting

Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: Totals

Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: 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	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
2	Jason Vargas	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: Game Logs

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Clayton Kershaw vs. Jason Vargas: 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	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	2012-06-09																																	P
2	Jason Vargas	SEA	2012-06-09																																	P
3	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	2009-06-26	*	6	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.48	-0.012	0.37	-0.01%	-0.04			P
4	Jason Vargas	SEA	2009-06-26	*	5	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.33	-0.017	0.38	-0.01%	-0.20			P

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