21 – 3 is as good as it has ever been

Clayton Kershaw put his final stamp on what was possibly one of the greatest Dodger regular season pitched performances ever, but that is a story for a another day.

As has been my trend since Clayton was 18 – 3, we have been tracking his incredible winning %. Going 21 – 3 has put Clayton on the top of the LA Dodger winning percentage leader-board for starting pitchers with at least  10 starts.

Player            W-L% GS Year  W L    IP BB  SO  ERA ERA+
Clayton Kershaw   .875 27 2014 21 3 198.1 31 239 1.77  197
Orel Hershiser    .864 34 1985 19 3 239.2 68 157 2.03  171
Sandy Koufax      .833 40 1963 25 5 311.0 58 306 1.88  159
Tommy John        .813 22 1974 13 3 153.0 42  78 2.59  132
Clayton Kershaw   .808 33 2011 21 5 233.1 54 248 2.28  161
Brad Penny        .800 33 2007 16 4 208.0 73 135 3.03  147
Rick Rhoden       .800 26 1976 12 3 181.0 53  77 2.98  113

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 9/25/2014.
What I love even more is the Dodger winning % in games he started. Clayton was only able to start 27 games because he missed a month, but the team still won 23 of his 27 starts. The Dodgers only lost one Kershaw start after May 28th. One.  And that one loss was a complete game 2 – 3 decision.

So

27 starts

23 team victories

21 Kershaw victories

Only one thing stands between Clayton Kershaw the greatest regular season pitcher of the 21st century and legend.

A world series

Make it happen