Kershaw Tops 200 Innings, Joins Select Company

By Eric Stephen@ericstephen Sep 24, 2010, 7:27pm PDT

By retiring 11 Diamondbacks so far tonight -- in order, I might add -- Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers has joined select company. He has passed the 200 inning mark, just the sixth Los Angeles Dodger to do so at age 22 or younger:

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LA Dodgers 22 & Younger With 200 IP
Pitcher	Year	Age	IP	ERA+
Ismael Valdes	1996	22	225.0	117
Ramon Martinez	1990	22	234.1	126
Fernando Valenzuela	1983	22	257.0	96
Fernando Valenzuela	1982	21	285.0	122
Don Sutton	1967	22	232.2	78
Don Sutton	1966	21	225.2	110
Don Drysdale	1959	22	270.2	122
Don Drysdale	1958	21	211.2	99
Source: Baseball-Reference.com

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Kershaw, who including the playoffs threw 184 1/3 innings last season, has five strikeouts through four innings tonight, and 208 on the season. The number of left-handed pitchers in Los Angeles Dodger history to amass 200 strikeouts in a season are Sandy Koufax, Fernando Valenzuela, and Kershaw.

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Select company, indeed.

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