Kershaw re-writes the leaderboards
Part of the fun for me in posting the leaderboards before each series is to see if someone can crack them. Several weeks ago Alex Wood did just that, and last night Clayton Kershaw decided he would be mocked no more for not having a double-digit strikeout game against the Brewers on the road.
Here are the new leaderboards, and we will throw in the new LAD all-time strikeout leaderboard now that Kershaw has cracked 2,000.
First up will be game score, Clayton couldn’t knock off Hideo Nomo when Dave Roberts decided to use Chris Taylor to attempt to bunt in the top of the 8th but he did crack the 80 game score club for the 2nd time.
Player Date Opp Rslt IP H ER BB SO GSc Hideo Nomo 2003-05-24 MIL W 6-0 9.0 2 0 4 8 87 Chan Ho Park 2000-08-29 MIL W 7-2 8.0 1 2 3 14 83 Clayton Kershaw 2017-06-02 MIL W 2-1 7.0 2 1 1 14 82 Clayton Kershaw 2013-05-20 MIL W 3-1 9.0 3 1 1 5 81
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Generated 6/3/2017.
Next up he matches Chan Ho Park for strikeouts after never having a double digit strikeout game against the Brewers on the road.
Player Date Opp Rslt IP H ER BB SO GSc Clayton Kershaw 2017-06-02 MIL W 2-1 7.0 2 1 1 14 82 Chan Ho Park 2000-08-29 MIL W 7-2 8.0 1 2 3 14 83 Luke Prokopec 2001-07-25 MIL L 3-4 6.2 6 3 1 11 60 Darren Dreifort 2000-08-30 MIL L 2-3 8.0 4 2 1 11 76
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Generated 6/3/2017.
And finally the new LAD all time strikeout leaderboard.
Player SO From To Age W L W-L% IP ERA+ Don Sutton 2696 1966 1988 21-43 233 181 .563 3816.1 110 Don Drysdale 2486 1956 1969 19-32 209 166 .557 3432.0 121 Sandy Koufax 2396 1955 1966 19-30 165 87 .655 2324.1 131 Clayton Kershaw 2010 2008 2017 20-29 133 62 .682 1843.0 160
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Generated 6/3/2017.
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