Clayton Kershaw vs Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Clayton Kershaw and Yoshinobu Yamamoto compared on their MLB careers: Clayton Kershaw played 18 seasons, 2008 to 2025, Yoshinobu Yamamoto 3 seasons, 2024 to 2026. Clayton Kershaw has 223 wins to Yoshinobu Yamamoto's 33. Clayton Kershaw won 3 titles, Yoshinobu Yamamoto won 2 titles.
Who has the better career numbers?
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
- Clayton Kershaw: 3 championships; NL Cy Young ×3, NL Gold Glove, NL MVP
- Yoshinobu Yamamoto: 2 championships; World Series 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.