Clayton Kershaw, 37, and Max Scherzer, 41, are two of the best pitchers MLB has seen. They had been as soon as teammates briefly in 2021, however on Friday the long run Corridor of Famers, on the first-place Dodgers and Blue Jays respectively, will face off for a fifth time.
Here is a have a look at the numbers behind every of their illustrious careers.
1. Scherzer and Kershaw are separated by only one regular-season win, with Scherzer having recorded 218 and Kershaw getting 217. Kershaw has led MLB in wins twice, whereas Scherzer did so as soon as.
2: The variety of seasons wherein Scherzer and Kershaw each hit a house run and gained a Cy Younger award: each of completed this as soon as, which is all of the extra unbelievable as a result of they every have only one profession dinger.
2.85: The mixed ERA of Scherzer and Kershaw, throughout over 5,700 innings, is simply 2.85 – Kershaw leads all lively gamers at 2.52, however Scherzer has been no slouch himself, at 3.18 regardless of pitching in loads of offense-heavy parks in his profession.
3: Between Kershaw and Scherzer, they’ve led the league in strikeouts on three events: Kershaw in 2015 when he logged his lone 300-strikeout marketing campaign with 301, and Scherzer in 2016 with 284, and in 2018 together with his personal 300-Ok displaying, with precisely that many. The 2 have additionally led at the least their respective league in strikeouts a mixed six instances, three every.
4: Kershaw has two World Collection rings – 2020 and 2024 – and Scherzer has a pair to match, from 2019 with the Nationals and 2023 with the Rangers after a midseason commerce from the Mets.
6. Kershaw and Scherzer have every gained three Cy Younger awards, for a complete of six. They gained the award in the identical season in 2013, which was Scherzer’s first and Kershaw’s second. Kershaw gained it the next yr, too, after which Scherzer went back-to-back in 2016 and 2017.
7. The variety of groups Scherzer has performed for throughout his 18-year profession. These seven groups embrace Arizona, Detroit, Washington, the Dodgers, the Mets, Texas and now Toronto. Kershaw is the other, having performed all 18 of his seasons with the Dodgers, who additionally drafted him.
8. Scherzer is an eight-time All-Star, and 7 of these appearances got here consecutively between 2013-2019. He made the Midsummer Traditional as lately as 2021.
11. Kershaw is an 11-time All-Star and made his newest look through the 2025 season, as commissioner Rob Manfred’s “Legend Choose” for the sport.
18. Each Kershaw and Scherzer have performed 18 seasons every in MLB.
21. The very best variety of wins each Kershaw and Scherzer have achieved in a single common season. Kershaw hit that mark twice in 2011 and 2014, whereas Scherzer did it in 2013 whereas with the Tigers when he led all of MLB in wins and successful share (.875).
2008: The yr that each Kershaw and Scherzer broke into MLB. They had been additionally chosen in the identical MLB Draft, 2006, although Kershaw was picked out of highschool and Scherzer out of faculty – therefore their age discrepancies.
3,000: Kershaw and Scherzer are two of the three present MLB pitchers to have eclipsed the three,000-strikeout mark, with the opposite being one other former teammate of Scherzer’s, Justin Verlander. This can be a testomony to each their constant greatness and the longevity of their careers. Scherzer truly achieved this when he was a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2021, and 4 years later is as much as 3,451 strikeouts, good for eleventh all-time. Kershaw surpassed 3,000 earlier this season, through the Dodgers sport in opposition to the White Sox on July 2nd, and is now at 3,010 Ks.
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