When Clayton Kershaw is inducted into the Hall of Fame some day, we may well look back on this year as his best. For most batters, their only hope of hitting him this season was to swing at the first pitch hoping for a fastball. As ridiculous as his numbers are, though—a 21-3 record with a 1.77 ERA and 239 strikeouts in just 198.1 innings—Kershaw plays in a pitcher's era, in which no-hitters have risen back to dead ball era rates . If Kershaw played 15 years ago when home runs were at their peak, how would his numbers look and how would they compare to the best pitchers of that era?
from Regressing http://regressing.deadspin.com/clayton-kershaw-is-great-but-pedro-martinez-was-more-d-1630553736
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