Kershaw/Koufax share the K top

♦ May 26, 2017 ♦ 4 Comments

Kershaw and Koufax both struck out 14 Cubs at Dodger Stadium to share the top spot on the strikeout leaderboard.

Pitchers on this list which includes every double digit strikeout game against the games that didn’t crack to top game score list (80 is the cut off point) are Kevin Gross, Burt Hooten,  and Ramon Martinez.

Kevin Gross and Don Sutton were the only two who lost a game that had double digit strikeouts by the starting pitcher.

LAD who had double digit strikeouts against the Cubs at Dodger Stadium

Player                      Date  Rslt   IP H ER BB SO GSc
Clayton Kershaw       2015-08-28 W 4-1  8.0 3  1  1 14  85
Sandy Koufax          1965-09-09 W 1-0  9.0 0  0  0 14 101
Sandy Koufax          1964-05-04 W 2-1 10.0 3  1  3 13  92
Clayton Kershaw       2010-07-08 W 3-2  8.0 7  2  0 12  72
Kevin Gross           1992-05-18 L 0-3  7.0 3  1  1 12  78
Ricky Nolasco         2013-08-28 W 4-0  8.0 3  0  1 11  86
Hiroki Kuroda         2008-06-06 W 3-0  9.0 4  0  0 11  90
Ismael Valdez         1995-08-16 W 6-1  9.0 7  0  0 11  82
Burt Hooton           1975-05-22 W 8-3  7.2 8  3  0 11  62
Don Sutton            1975-05-20 L 1-2  9.0 5  2  2 11  78
Sandy Koufax          1966-08-13 W 6-1  9.0 5  1  3 11  81
Tim Belcher           1991-08-30 W 2-0  9.0 4  0  0 10  89
Ramon Martinez        1990-04-28 W 5-4  9.0 7  3  1 10  68
Fernando Valenzuela   1981-08-27 W 6-0  9.0 4  0  2 10  87
Don Drysdale          1967-07-15 W 5-1  9.0 5  1  0 10  83
Sandy Koufax          1964-07-18 W 3-1  9.0 8  1  1 10  76
Don Drysdale          1964-07-17 W 3-2  9.0 6  1  0 10  79

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4 Comments

  1. 68elcamino427
    May 26, 2017 – 12:39 pm

    Every time I see Kershaw pitch
    I remind myself how fortunate I am to be able to see him work.

    As kid, I felt like Koufax and Drysdale would just go on and on
    never contemplating that someday their reigns would someday end.

    Kershaw is now in his tenth MLB season at age twentynine.

    Savor it now.

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  2. Phil Gurnee
    May 26, 2017 – 12:42 pm

    I think I heard that yesterday was the nine year anniversary of his first start. I should have written about it, I have tiny little family story related to it.
    http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LAN200805250.shtml

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    • 68elcamino427
      May 26, 2017 – 1:24 pm

      Blake DeWitt

      He had grit

      Still wear his t shirt

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    • Mike Sacha
      May 27, 2017 – 7:36 am

      Yep. His first start was the same day my oldest graduated from San Diego State.watched the game in a restaurant bar with my dad. Gordon Biersch.

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