Clayton Kershaw vs Tim Lincecum

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Clayton Kershaw and Tim Lincecum compared on their MLB careers: Clayton Kershaw played 18 seasons, 2008 to 2025, Tim Lincecum 10 seasons, 2007 to 2016. Clayton Kershaw has 223 wins to Tim Lincecum's 110. They have faced each other 7 times: Clayton Kershaw's team won 5, Tim Lincecum's 2. Clayton Kershaw won 3 titles, Tim Lincecum won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Clayton Kershaw leads in 4 of the 7 lines, Tim Lincecum in 3. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Clayton Kershaw and Tim Lincecum career totals
455GP278
223, betterW110
96L89, better
2.5, betterERA3.7
2,855.1IP1,682
3,052, betterK1,736
713BB669, better
1.0, betterWHIP1.3
0SV1, better

Clayton Kershaw vs Tim Lincecum head to head

They have faced each other 7 times: Clayton Kershaw's team won 5, Tim Lincecum's 2.

Clayton Kershaw and Tim Lincecum, record against each other
GamesPlayedClayton Kershaw wonTim Lincecum won
Regular season75, better2
Clayton Kershaw and Tim Lincecum, averages in their games against each other
6.4IP6.5
3.7H6.4, better
1.1R2.1, better
0.7ER2.0, better
7.0, betterK6.0

Every game against each other

Clayton Kershaw vs Tim Lincecum, every game
Jun 26, 2013SF at LADW 4-28 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 7 K5.1 IP, 10 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 4 K
Sep 20, 2011SF at LADW 2-17.1 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 6 K7 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 5 K
Sep 9, 2011LAD at SFW 2-18 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 9 K8 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 6 K
Jul 20, 2011LAD at SFW 1-08 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 12 K7 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 7 K
Mar 31, 2011SF at LADW 2-17 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 9 K7 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 5 K
Jul 20, 2010SF at LADL 7-56 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 6 K4.2 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 K
Sep 28, 2008LAD at SFL 3-11 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 K7 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 13 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?

Clayton Kershaw and Tim Lincecum postseason
41GP13
13, betterW5
13L2, better
4.6ERA2.4, better
196.2IP56.1
213, betterK65
54BB14, better
1.1WHIP0.9, better
1, betterSV0

Where each stands all time

Clayton Kershaw and Tim Lincecum all-time places
20th (3,052), betterStrikeouts (pitching)141st (1,736)
71st (223), betterWins (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 and Tim Lincecum titles and awards
3Championships3
3, betterNL Cy Young2
1, betterNL Gold Glove—
1, betterNL MVP—

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 Tim Lincecum 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.
1st2008554.2620077, better54.00, better
2nd2009882.79200818, better5, better2.62, better
3rd201013102.91200915, better7, better2.48, better
4th201121, better5, better2.28, better201016103.43
5th201214, better9, better2.53, better201113142.74
6th201316, better9, better1.83, better201210155.18
7th201421, better3, better1.77, better201310144.37
8th201516, better7, better2.13, better20141294.74
9th201612, better41.69, better2015744.13
10th201718, better4, better2.31, better2016269.16
11th2018952.73————
12th20191653.03————
13th2020622.16————
14th20211083.55————
15th20221232.28————
16th20231352.46————
17th2024224.50————
18th20251123.36————

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA