Regular-season careers from the StatVault encyclopedia — the same tables as each player's profile.
| Jim Palmer | Stat | Clayton Kershaw |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Seasons | 18 |
| 126.6 | Career VAL | 154.0 |
| 16.8 (1975) | Peak-season VAL | 15.9 (2013) |
| Inducted 1990 | Hall of Fame | — |
| 3× | Cy Young Awards | 3× |
| 4× | Gold Gloves | 1× |
| 6× | All-Star Selections | 8× |
| — | MVP Awards | 1× |
| 1 | Black ink (league-leading seasons) | 2 |
| 11 |
VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (MLB VAL board). Black and gray ink count seasons from 1950 on.
| Jim Palmer | Stat | Clayton Kershaw |
|---|---|---|
| Career | ||
| 576 | Games | 464 |
| Batting | ||
| 85 | Hits | 113 |
| 3 | Home runs | 1 |
| 41 | RBI | 40 |
| 52 | Runs | 46 |
| 1 | Stolen bases | 1 |
| 16 | ||
| Gray ink (top-10 finishes) |
|---|
| 12 |
| Walks |
|---|
| 34 |
| .174 | Batting avg | .162 |
|---|
| .200 | On-base % | .205 |
|---|
| .215 | Slugging % | .185 |
|---|
| 22 | OPS+ | 9 |
|---|
| Pitching | ||
|---|---|---|
| 268 | Wins | 223 |
| 152 | Losses | 96 |
| 4 | Saves | 0 |
| 3948.0 | Innings pitched | 2855.1 |
| 2,212 | Strikeouts (pitching) | 3,052 |
| 2.86 | ERA | 2.53 |
| 1.18 | WHIP | 1.02 |
| 129 | ERA+ | 161 |
| Age | Jim Palmer | Clayton Kershaw |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | 0.8 | — |
| 20 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 21 | 0.4 | 8 |
| 22 | — | 8.2 |
| 23 | 7 | 13.3 |
| 24 | 12.7 | 12.4 |
| 25 | 7.4 | 15.9 |
| 26 | 8.2 | 12.8 |
| 27 | 12.3 | 14.5 |
| 28 | 3.5 | 13.2 |
| 29 | 16.8 | 10.9 |
| 30 | 11.6 | 8.1 |
| 31 | 14 | 7.9 |
| 32 | 11.3 | 3.3 |
| 33 | 5.7 | 5.5 |
| 34 | 2.6 | 7.4 |
| 35 | 1.3 | 6.2 |
| 36 | 8.7 | — |
| 37 | 0.7 | 4.9 |