This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/7/2014
Clayton Kershaw, now 27, has played seven years in the major leagues since debuting in 2008 and his career earned run average is the lowest among starters in the lively ball era with a minimum of 1,000 innings pitched. He has a lifetime 98-49 mark and 1,445 strikeouts, which for what it's worth, is a much faster start than Sandy had say roughly six decades earlier. In 2011, he won the pitching Triple Crown and the National League Cy Young Award, becoming the youngest pitcher to accomplish either of these feats since Dwight Gooden in 1985. It was his second Cy Young Award and third consecutive ERA crown, which if you'll recall, sounds a bit Koufaxian, too. With that introduction we unveil this glistening white Dodgers 2009 game-worn home jersey from Kershaw, a real treasure from the greatest young pitcher in the game. The shirt shows game use and is problem free, with blazing the blue tackle twill scripted "Dodgers" name across the chest and red tackle twill No. 22 below. The Majestic tag with Size 50 appears on the front-left tail and the small Majestic "Cool Base" tag appears on the left seam. A white strip tag in the back collar shows black stitched "22 50 09." "Kershaw," and his No. 22 on the back and the Dodger's "LA" interlocking letters logo on the left sleeve are all in blue tackle twill; in addition, the iconic red, white and blue MLB logo tag appears on the back of the collar and the Majestic embroidered logo is on the left sleeve beneath the "LA" logo. Kershaw has added a silver sharpie signature to the back number and notations “#22” and “2009.” Seems like a good time to pick up an early career jersey from a guy poised to rewrite the record books and almost certainly finish with a plaque in Cooperstown.
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