Kershaw v. Verlander - who had the better career?
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Date: September 18th, 2025 7:57 PM
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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 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 9:05 PM
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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 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 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.
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Date: September 18th, 2025 10:54 PM
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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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