Clayton Kershaw to retire after 2025 season, Dodgers announce

LOS ANGELES -- Three-time Cy Young Award victor Clayton Kershaw volition discontinue astatine the extremity of this season, the Los Angeles Dodgers announced Thursday.

The 37-year-old left-hander who got his 3,000th strikeout successful July volition marque his last regular-season commencement astatine Dodger Stadium connected Friday nighttime against the San Francisco Giants.

The 11-time All-Star and 2014 NL MVP is successful his 18th large league season, each with the Dodgers, which ties him with Zack Wheat and Bill Russell for the astir years successful franchise history. Kershaw won World Series championships successful 2020 and 2024.

"On behalf of the Dodgers, I congratulate Clayton connected a fabulous vocation and convey him for the galore moments helium gave to Dodger fans and shot fans everywhere, arsenic good arsenic for each of his profound charitable endeavors," Mark Walter, squad proprietor and chairman, said successful a statement. "His is simply a genuinely legendary career, 1 that we cognize volition pb to his induction successful the Baseball Hall of Fame."

Kershaw has a vocation grounds of 222-96 and 15 shutouts, which pb progressive large league players.

His 2.54 ERA is the lowest of immoderate pitcher successful the live-ball epoch since 1920, and his winning percent tops each pitchers with astatine slightest 200 victories since 1900.

On July 2, Kershaw became the 20th subordinate and 4th left-hander successful MLB past to scope 3,000 strikeouts (now 3,039).

Kershaw made his large league debut connected May 25, 2008.