Kershaw and the Greats

OK, hold onto your hat for some of these amazing stats featuring Dodgers lefty Clayton Kershaw.

1. With a decent next start Kershaw will complete a streak of 100 starts with a total ERA of less than 2 (it is currently 1.96 for 99 starts).  The last to do it: Maddux with an absurd 132 game streak covering 4+ seasons with a total ERA of 1.99.
2. He will almost certainly finish in the top 2 of Cy Young voting again, making 4 straight years in the top 2.  The only pitchers to do it: Maddux, Pedro, Randy Johnson.
3. His current ERA is 1.82 and was 1.83 last year.  Only 3 pitchers have completed 2 seasons in a row under 2.00 in the live-ball era: Maddux, Koufax, Hal Newhouser.
4. Finally, most impressive, Kershaw currently leads the NL in both strikeouts per 9 innings (11.0) and fewest walks per 9 innings (1.2).  If he holds on, he will be the first to do it since Walter Johnson in 1913!

We are watching history.

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