Clayton Kershaw vs Jose Fernandez

Clayton KershawJose Fernandez

Clayton Kershaw and Jose Fernandez compared on their MLB careers: Clayton Kershaw played 18 seasons, 2008 to 2025, Jose Fernandez 4 seasons, 2013 to 2016. Clayton Kershaw has 223 wins to Jose Fernandez's 38. Clayton Kershaw won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Clayton Kershaw and Jose Fernandez career totals
455GP76
223W38
96L17
2.5ERA2.6
2855.1IP471.1
3,052K589
713BB140
1.0WHIP1.1
0SV0

Where each stands all time

Clayton Kershaw and Jose Fernandez all-time places
20th (3,052)Strikeouts (pitching)—
71st (223)Wins (pitching)—

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

  • Clayton Kershaw: 3 championships; NL Cy Young ×3, NL Gold Glove, NL MVP
  • Jose Fernandez: 0 championships; NL Rookie of the Year

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.

Clayton Kershaw and Jose Fernandez season by season
W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.
1st2008554.2620131262.19
2nd2009882.792014422.44
3rd201013102.912015612.92
4th20112152.2820161682.86
5th20121492.53————
6th20131691.83————
7th20142131.77————
8th20151672.13————
9th20161241.69————
10th20171842.31————
11th2018952.73————
12th20191653.03————
13th2020622.16————
14th20211083.55————
15th20221232.28————
16th20231352.46————
17th2024224.50————
18th20251123.36————

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA