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This stat says Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw is the greatest pitcher ever

It can sometimes be hard to recognize the true extent of greatness while it's happening.

But one stat says Los Angeles Dodgers lefty legend Clayton Kershaw might be the actual greatest.

The stat ERA+ accounts for the era a player competes in and normalizes it so that a 100 ERA+ is league average and anything above that is better than league average.

And of every pitcher with at least 2,300 innings pitched, Kershaw is tied for first all-time in ERA+. And he's retiring at the end of the postseason, so his regular season numbers won't change.

Kershaw put up a 154, and so did Pedro Martinez.

Here's the full top-10, via Blake Harris :

Clayton Kershaw 154

Pedro Martinez 154

Lefty Grove 148

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