LOS ANGELES -- Clayton Kershaw became the Los Angeles' Dodgers all-time leader in strikeouts on Saturday night, striking out Detroit Tigers rookie Spencer Torkelson in the fourth inning for the 2,697th regular-season punchout of his storied career.
Kershaw, 34, surpassed Don Sutton, who last pitched for the Dodgers in 1988 and had reigned as the franchise's career strikeout leader since 1979.
Kershaw leads all Dodgers players in Baseball-Reference wins above replacement while ranking third in starts, fourth in wins and fifth in innings. Since the start of the live-ball era in 1920, he boasts the lowest all-time ERA (2.