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Kershaw v. Verlander - who had the better career?

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blind deaf mute
  09/18/25
Verlander. Better career WAR, and he leveraged his career to...
Ass Hands
  09/18/25
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gibberish (?)
  09/18/25
their stats are incredibly similar. is 1.7 career WAR statis...
...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,
  09/18/25
Ok. He also bred Kate Upton.
Ass Hands
  09/18/25
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blind deaf mute
  09/18/25
Good question. I was going to say Kershaw off the top of my ...
Voodoo Child
  09/18/25
>If you had to pick one to give the ball to in a Game 7, ...
...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,
  09/18/25
Cr. I'm going to edit my poast above because I didn't mean ...
Voodoo Child
  09/18/25
is it fair to say verlander had a slightly better career due...
...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,
  09/18/25
I think all of that is fair to say.
Voodoo Child
  09/18/25
Kershaw should get a bit of a big game bump given his most f...
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  09/18/25
Objectively Verlander, but subjectively Kershaw.
Candy Ride
  09/18/25
Yeah, I was gonna say the same. Kershaw has the classic t...
Paralegal Khinzir
  09/18/25
LaMarcus is going to be FURIOUS ITT
Voodoo Child
  09/18/25
Any edge to Verlander for pitching in the AL?
blind deaf mute
  09/18/25
doesnt WAR / ERA+ already account for that? verlander barely...
...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,
  09/18/25
Oh shit that’s a good point. Ty.
blind deaf mute
  09/18/25
Preftige edge to Kershaw for spending his whole career with ...
Ass Sunstein
  09/18/25
over a 20 year career era reigns supreme
Bob Rooney
  09/18/25
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blind deaf mute
  09/19/25
Kershaws career ERA is really insane, I would say he was the...
Fyre festival founder
  09/19/25


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Date: September 18th, 2025 4:25 PM
Author: blind deaf mute



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Date: September 18th, 2025 4:41 PM
Author: Ass Hands

Verlander. Better career WAR, and he leveraged his career to marry Kate Upton and impregnate her twice.

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Date: September 18th, 2025 7:20 PM
Author: gibberish (?)



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Date: September 18th, 2025 7:57 PM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


their stats are incredibly similar. is 1.7 career WAR statistically significant? kershaw has a much better ERA. both have 2 WS, 3 cy, 1 league MV.

i assume verlander has a higher WAR just because he played 3 more seasons

https://stathead.com/baseball/vs/clayton-kershaw-vs-justin-verlander

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Date: September 18th, 2025 11:18 PM
Author: Ass Hands

Ok. He also bred Kate Upton.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777305&forum_id=2"#49283169)



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Date: September 18th, 2025 7:17 PM
Author: blind deaf mute



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Date: September 18th, 2025 8:20 PM
Author: Voodoo Child

Good question. I was going to say Kershaw off the top of my head, but looking at it more closely, I’d give the edge to Verlander. Keeshaw’s ratio stats are better across the board, but Verlander’s pitched 700 more innings. Ultimately he was more valuable because he stayed in one piece most seasons.

Comparing postseasons:

Verlander: 17-12, 3.58

Kershaw: 13-13, 4.49

Edit:

As an aside, if you had to pick one to give the ball to in a Game 7, it easily would be Verlander. Kershaw consistently sucked in big games.

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Date: September 18th, 2025 8:22 PM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


>If you had to pick one to give the ball to in a Game 7, it easily would be Verlander.

yes, but this is very different than the op, i.e., "better career"

u might want to give the game 7 ball to andy pettite over a lot of guys in the hall

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Date: September 18th, 2025 8:26 PM
Author: Voodoo Child

Cr. I'm going to edit my poast above because I didn't mean to suggest this was my criterion to conclude that Verlander has been better. It was more of an aside.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777305&forum_id=2"#49282769)



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Date: September 18th, 2025 9:05 PM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


is it fair to say verlander had a slightly better career due to consistency/longevity, but peak kershaw might have been slightly more dominant, and that verlander was a better postseason pitcher?

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Date: September 18th, 2025 10:43 PM
Author: Voodoo Child

I think all of that is fair to say.

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Date: September 18th, 2025 11:10 PM
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Kershaw should get a bit of a big game bump given his most famous flop was against the cheating Astros

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Date: September 18th, 2025 8:22 PM
Author: Candy Ride

Objectively Verlander, but subjectively Kershaw.

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Date: September 18th, 2025 11:02 PM
Author: Paralegal Khinzir

Yeah, I was gonna say the same.

Kershaw has the classic tall white guy look, the Dodger blue looks great on everyone, one-team man, etc.

Verlander looks like of pudgy/scummy and has been on like 10 teams, but statisically and in big games probably better.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777305&forum_id=2"#49283130)



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Date: September 18th, 2025 8:28 PM
Author: Voodoo Child

LaMarcus is going to be FURIOUS ITT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777305&forum_id=2"#49282771)



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Date: September 18th, 2025 10:35 PM
Author: blind deaf mute

Any edge to Verlander for pitching in the AL?

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Date: September 18th, 2025 10:54 PM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,


doesnt WAR / ERA+ already account for that? verlander barely wins on WAR bc he's pitched 3 more years, and kershaw wins significantly on ERA+ (154 vs 128)

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Date: September 18th, 2025 11:26 PM
Author: blind deaf mute

Oh shit that’s a good point. Ty.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777305&forum_id=2"#49283175)



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Date: September 18th, 2025 10:37 PM
Author: Ass Sunstein

Preftige edge to Kershaw for spending his whole career with one team (and the most preftigious team for pitchers historically).

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Date: September 18th, 2025 11:14 PM
Author: Bob Rooney

over a 20 year career era reigns supreme

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Date: September 19th, 2025 1:10 AM
Author: blind deaf mute



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Date: September 19th, 2025 2:01 AM
Author: Fyre festival founder

Kershaws career ERA is really insane, I would say he was the better pitcher at their peaks. But you probably gotta give the slight career edge to Verlander for the longevity and durability and Kershaw being a playoff choker.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777305&forum_id=2"#49283278)