Yu Darvish vs. Clayton Kershaw: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Clayton Kershaw

79.6

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Yu Darvish vs. Clayton Kershaw: Pitching Comparison

Yu Darvish vs. Clayton Kershaw: Totals

Yu Darvish 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	Yu Darvish	25-37	2012	2024	103	86	.545	3.60	271	271	0	2	1	0	1648.0	1349	692	659	207	532	8	1951	75	6	78	6779	1995	117	3.51	1.141	7.4	1.1	2.9	10.7
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	210	92	.695	2.48	425	422	1	25	15	0	2712.2	2055	816	747	225	669	27	2944	42	24	101	10683	2865	157	2.82	1.004	6.8	0.7	2.2	9.8

Yu Darvish 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	Yu Darvish	25-35	2012	2022	4	6	.400	4.19	11	11	0	0	0	0	58.0	52	29	27	16	12	1	54	7	0	1	241	71		5.11	1.103	8.1	2.5	1.9	8.4
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	220		3.03	1.111	7.6	1.4	2.4	9.9

Yu Darvish vs. Clayton Kershaw: Value

Yu Darvish vs. Clayton Kershaw: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Yu Darvish	25-37	2012	2024	271	271	1648.0	31.6	17.2
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	425	422	2712.2	76.8	55.0

Yu Darvish vs. Clayton Kershaw: Totals Against

Yu Darvish 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	Yu Darvish	25-37	2012	2024	271	271	1648.0	1995	6114	847	267	28	166	25	86.91	4	104	12	45	.221	.289	.375	.664	81	.154	.285	669	2293	502	1956	1995
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	425	422	2712.2	2865	9843	1406	393	31	85	75	53.13	71	193	90	30	.209	.261	.324	.585	63	.115	.273	840	3185	649	2766	2865

Yu Darvish 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	Yu Darvish	25-35	2012	2022	11	11	58.0	71	219											.237	.298					.242				71	71
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	39	32	194.1	220	721											.229	.284					.282				220	220

Yu Darvish vs. Clayton Kershaw: Starting & Relieving

Yu Darvish 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	Yu Darvish	25-37	2012	2024	156	58	57.6				0		0	0
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	294	70	62.3	0	0		0		1	3

Yu Darvish 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	Yu Darvish	25-35	2012	2022									0	0
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023								100.0	2	7

Yu Darvish vs. Clayton Kershaw: Ratios

Yu Darvish vs. Clayton Kershaw: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Yu Darvish	25-37	2012	2024	271	271	1648.0	28.8	7.8	20.9
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	425	422	2712.2	27.6	6.3	21.3

Yu Darvish vs. Clayton Kershaw: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Yu Darvish	25-35	2012	2022	11	11	58.0	22.4	5.0	17.4
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	39	32	194.1	27.0	6.5	20.6

Yu Darvish vs. Clayton Kershaw: Pitch Summary

Yu Darvish vs. Clayton Kershaw: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Yu Darvish	25-37	2012	2024	271	271	1648.0	23769	99	15348	64.57
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	425	422	2712.2	38501	98	25426	66.04

Yu Darvish vs. Clayton Kershaw: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Yu Darvish	25-35	2012	2022	11	11	58.0
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	39	32	194.1

Yu Darvish vs. Clayton Kershaw: Head-to-Head Pitching

Yu Darvish vs. Clayton Kershaw: Totals

Yu Darvish 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	Clayton Kershaw	1	2	.333	3.57	3	3	0	0	0	0	17.2	15	7	7	5	8	0	22	0	0	0	74	1.302	7.6	2.5	4.1	11.2
2	Yu Darvish	2	1	.667	1.31	3	3	0	0	0	0	20.2	9	4	3	0	6	0	24	3	0	1	77	0.726	3.9	0.0	2.6	10.5

Yu Darvish 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	Clayton Kershaw	0	0		5.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	6	3	3	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	21	1.200	10.8	1.8	0.0	10.8
2	Yu Darvish	1	0	1.000	5.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	7	3	3	3	2	0	7	0	0	0	23	1.800	12.6	5.4	3.6	12.6

Yu Darvish vs. Clayton Kershaw: Game Logs

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Yu Darvish 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	Yu Darvish	SDP	2023-05-05	GS-7, W	6.2	4	2	1	1	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	24	5	23	1	2	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	3	65.0	94	60	0.2	1.12			0.98	26.00	45.00
2	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	2023-05-05	GS-5, L	4.2	8	4	4	0	2	5	0	7	0	0	0	25	13	20	6	0	0	0	1	0	14	1	0	0	2	34.0	94	56	-0.2	-2.28			1.10	8.70	23.00
3	Yu Darvish	SDP	2021-04-23	GS-7, W	7.0	4	1	1	0	0	3	0	9	2	0	1	28	9	23	3	1	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	71.0	96	60	0.4	2.69			1.39
4	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	2021-04-23	GS-7, L	7.0	5	3	3	0	3	1	0	7	0	0	0	27	7	26	2	0	0	0	1	1	14	1	0	0	3	61.0	91	61	0.0	0.69			0.78
5	Yu Darvish	SDP	2021-04-17	GS-7, L	7.0	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	9	1	0	0	25	4	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	78.0	98	68	0.2	2.29			1.02
6	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	2021-04-17	GS-6, W	6.0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	22	4	19	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	74.0	98	61	0.4	2.82			1.21

Yu Darvish vs. Clayton Kershaw: Batter vs. Pitcher

Yu Darvish (Pitcher) vs. Clayton Kershaw (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Yu Darvish (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	4	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	0	0	0	0	0

Yu Darvish (Pitcher) vs. Clayton Kershaw (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Yu Darvish (Pitcher) vs. Clayton Kershaw (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2021	2021-04-17	LAD	SDP	tied 0-0	t3	---	2	4 (0-2)	Lineout: 3B (SS-3B Hole)
2	2021	2021-04-17	LAD	SDP	tied 0-0	t5	123	2	8 (3-2)	Walk; Z. McKinstry Scores; L. Raley to 3B; A. Barnes to 2B
3	2021	2021-04-23	LAD	SDP	tied 1-1	b2	1--	2	8 (3-2)	Strikeout Swinging
4	2021	2021-04-23	LAD	SDP	down 3-1	b5	---	0	1 (0-0)	Single to LF (Line Drive to LF Line)

Clayton Kershaw (Pitcher) vs. Yu Darvish (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Clayton Kershaw (Pitcher) vs. Yu Darvish (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	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Clayton Kershaw (Pitcher) vs. Yu Darvish (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Clayton Kershaw (Pitcher) vs. Yu Darvish (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	2021	2021-04-17	SDP	LAD	tied 0-0	b3	---	1	2 (0-1)	Groundout: SS-1B (Deep SS)
2	2021	2021-04-17	SDP	LAD	down 1-0	b5	---	2	3 (0-2)	Strikeout Swinging
3	2021	2021-04-23	SDP	LAD	tied 1-1	t3	---	0	3 (1-1)	Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
4	2021	2021-04-23	SDP	LAD	ahead 1-2	t5	---	1	3 (1-1)	Flyball: RF (Short CF-RF)
5	2021	2021-04-23	SDP	LAD	ahead 1-3	t7	---	2	4 (1-2)	Strikeout Looking

Yu Darvish vs. Clayton Kershaw: Batting Comparison

Yu Darvish vs. Clayton Kershaw: Batting Totals

Yu Darvish 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	Yu Darvish	25-37	2012	2024	82	165	152	4	15	4	0	1	5	0	0	3	83	.099	.121	.145	.266	-29	22	4	1	8	1	0
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	357	847	698	46	113	11	1	1	40	1	0	34	211	.162	.205	.185	.390	9	129	15	4	110	1	0

Yu Darvish 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	Yu Darvish	25-35	2012	2022	11	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	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

Yu Darvish vs. Clayton Kershaw: Batting Value

Yu Darvish vs. Clayton Kershaw: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Yu Darvish	25-37	2012	2024	82	165	-0.4	-0.4	-0.3	0.0	-28	-1	0	0
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	357	847	2.8	2.8	2.9	0.0	-90	2	-3	0

Yu Darvish vs. Clayton Kershaw: Batting Sabermetric

Yu Darvish 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	Yu Darvish	25-37	2012	2024	82	165	5	19	20	150	2	.203	8	-28	-2.8	.046	1.8		0
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	357	847	13	151	166	711	33	.230	85	-91	-9.1	.023	3.3	100.00	1

Yu Darvish 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	Yu Darvish	25-35	2012	2022	11	6	0	1	1	5		.000	1			.000	2.0		0
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	40	52	1	12	12	40		.231	2			.026	3.0		0

Yu Darvish vs. Clayton Kershaw: Batting Win Probability

Yu Darvish vs. Clayton Kershaw: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Yu Darvish	25-37	2012	2024	82	165	-2.6	-2.6	-0.3	-30.62		-29.40	0.89
2	Clayton Kershaw	20-35	2008	2023	357	847	-8.5	-9.0	-0.1	-104.04		-98.17	0.94

Yu Darvish vs. Clayton Kershaw: Head-to-Head Batting

Yu Darvish vs. Clayton Kershaw: Totals

Yu Darvish 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	Clayton Kershaw	3	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Yu Darvish	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Yu Darvish 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	Clayton Kershaw	1
2	Yu Darvish	1

Yu Darvish vs. Clayton Kershaw: Game Logs

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Yu Darvish 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	Yu Darvish	SDP	2023-05-05																																	P
2	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	2023-05-05																																	P
3	Yu Darvish	SDP	2021-04-23	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.68	-0.052	0.76	-0.04%	-0.53			P
4	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	2021-04-23	*	7	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.028	1.45	0.02%	0.15			P
5	Yu Darvish	SDP	2021-04-17	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.67	-0.033	0.85	-0.03%	-0.25			P
6	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	2021-04-17	*	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.16	0.127	3.08	0.11%	0.90			P

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