Clayton Edward Kershaw is a pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Kershaw wears number 22. He stands at a solid 6 foot 3 with 225 pounds of muscle.
Kershaw showed signs of greatness in 2010 when he posted a 2.92 earned run average and struck out 212 batters in 204.1 innings of work.
In 2011, Kershaw completed a lot of milestones. That year, he won the National League pitching Triple Crown award. He led the NL in strikeouts with 248, wins with 21, and earned run average (ERA) with 2.28. He won the Cy Young award and the Gold Glove award for pitchers.
Kershaw won the Cy Young award again in 2013. He led the league in ERA with an outstanding 1.83 mark. He also won 16 games with 232 strikeouts.
2014 was arguably Kershaw’s best year. Despite coming in late to the season, he still posted great numbers. In 198.1 innings, Clayton retired 239 batters via the strikeout, won 21 games, and posted a career best 1.77 ERA. He won the Cy Young and the Most Valuable Player award for the National League.
In Clayton Kershaw’s first 260 Major League appearances, he has picked up 125 wins while only losing 58 games. He led the league in ERA from 2011- 2014 and has picked up three Cy Young awards and an MVP.
Bryce Harper first appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated at the age of 16 after hitting a 570 foot home run.
Bryce Harper was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the first round of the 2010 draft.
In 2012, Bryce Harper won the National League Rookie of the Year award. Bryce hit 22 home runs, stole 18 bases, and scored 98 runs.
In Harper’s first two seasons, he hit 42 home runs and stole 39 bases.
Harper competed in the 2013 Home Run Derby at Citi Field. He finished the season with 20 home runs.
Bryce Harper’s best season was in 2015. That year, he got a career high in home runs with 42, runs batted in with 99, runs with 118, batting average with an outstanding .330, walks with 124, and doubles with 38 just to name a few. He became the youngest unanimous MVP in Major League Baseball history.
In Harper’s first four Major League seasons, he has appeared in three All Star Games.
Yesterday, Mark Teixeira hit two home runs in the Yankees win over the Padres. Teixeira now has seven homers on the season. More importantly, the first home run he hit was his 400 career home run. He is the fifth switch hitter to accomplish this milestone. His switch hitting teammate Carlos Beltran crushed his 400 career home run earlier in the season.