Watch Clayton Kershaw rack up his 3,000th career strikeout
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Jesse Yomtov, USA TODAY July 3, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Los Angeles Dodgers lefty Clayton Kershaw became the 20th pitcher in Major League Baseball history to tally 3,000 career strikeouts, whiffing Vinny Capra of the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday, July 2.
Kershaw won three Cy Young Awards (2011, 2013 and 2014) and was the 2014 NL MVP, going 21-3 with a 1.77 ERA. Drafted by the Dodgers seventh overall in 2006, Kershaw is just the third pitcher to rack up 3,000 strikeouts exclusively with one team.
Kershaw got No. 3000 as his 100th pitch of the night, laboring through six innings but ending with four scoreless.
Kershaw, 37, joins Steve Carlton, Randy Johnson and CC Sabathia as the only left-handers in the 3,000 strikeout club.
Strikeout No. 3,000! Clayton Kershaw becomes the 20th pitcher in Major League Baseball history to record 3,000 career strikeouts. pic.twitter.com/mD7tM1POJC
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) July 3, 2025
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