Clayton Kershaw hangs his shoe plots.
The Dodgers -legend is planning to retire after the 2025 season, The team announced on Thursday.
Kershaw, 37, spent his entire career with the Dodgers and steps away from the game with a certain First-ballot Hall of Fame CV.
He is planned to start his last Dodger Stadium Regular season on Friday against the Giants.
“On behalf of the Dodgers, I congratulate Clayton with a fantastic career and thank him for the many moments he gave Dodger fans everywhere to fans and baseball fans, as well as for all his in -depth charities,” said Dodgers -owner Mark Walter Walter in a statement. “He is a real legendary career that we know will lead to his induction in the Baseball Hall of Fame.”
Kershaw was selected in the 2006 design by Dodgers No. 7 in the 2006 draft.
The Southpaw was perhaps the best pitcher of his generation, won three Cy Young Awards and made 11 All-Star games.
In 2014, Kershaw had one of the best seasons of a starting pitcher ever, with a 1.77 ERA on its way to the National League Cy Young and MVP Award.
He won World Series with the Dodgers in 2020 and 2024.
On the way to his last start of the regular season, Kershaw has a career-win-loss record of 222-96 with a 2.54 ERA and 3,039 strikeouts.
This season, his 18th year in the big competitions, Kershaw has an ERA of 3.53 over 20 Starts.
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