Chris Sale vs Clayton Kershaw
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Chris Sale and Clayton Kershaw compared on their MLB careers: Chris Sale played 16 seasons, 2010 to 2026, Clayton Kershaw 18 seasons, 2008 to 2025. Chris Sale has 159 wins to Clayton Kershaw's 223. They have faced each other 3 times: Chris Sale's team won 2, Clayton Kershaw's 1. In the playoffs Chris Sale leads 2-0. Chris Sale won 1 title, Clayton Kershaw won 3 titles.
Who has the better career numbers?
Clayton Kershaw leads in 5 of the 7 lines, Chris Sale in 2. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.
Chris Sale vs Clayton Kershaw head to head
They have faced each other 3 times: Chris Sale's team won 2, Clayton Kershaw's 1. In the playoffs Chris Sale leads 2-0.
Every game against each other
| Oct 28, 2018 |  BOS at LAD (playoffs) | W 5-1 | 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 K | 7 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 5 K |
| Oct 23, 2018 |  LAD at BOS (playoffs) | W 8-4 | 4 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 7 K | 4 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 5 K |
| Jun 15, 2012 |  CHW at LAD | L 7-6 | 5.2 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 6 K | 6 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 7 K |
Games both played on opposite sides, from the game logs on file; the record is their teams’.
How do they compare in the postseason?
Where each stands all time
Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.
Titles and awards
Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.
Season by season
Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.