Dodgers great Clayton Kershaw should be first-ballot Hall of Famer, Ex-MLB star Tom Gordon says

Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw should be first-ballot Hall of Famer, ex-MLB star Tom Gordon tells Fox News Digital in an interview.

Los Angeles Dodgers legend Clayton Kershaw announced in September that he will retire after this season.

Kershaw, 37, recorded a career 2.53 ERA over 18 seasons, which is the lowest by any MLB pitcher in the live-ball era (since 1920) with at least 1,000 innings. 

Tom "Flash" Gordon, a former MLB star, told Fox News Digital that Kershaw should be a first-ballot Hall of Famer. 

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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw waves his cap as he leaves during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners. The game took place in Seattle, Washington, on Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)

"I’ll tell you this, if he's not a first ballot Hall of Famer, then you know, I didn't play 21 years in the league, and me and you are not talking today. And I know that's what we're doing right now," Gordon told Fox News Digital in a recent interview. 

Gordon watched a lot of Kershaw because his son, Dee Strange-Gordon, played with the Dodgers for four seasons. 

"I watched a lot of Clayton because, you know, of course Dee was there, but just the way the man went about it, the way the man got out there on the mound after taking care of the things before pitching to me," Gordon said.

"He's an elite athlete, but he exemplified that by the way he took the ball, the way he put the Dodgers in the playoffs and he put 'em on his back for years."

Kershaw joined the illustrious 3,000-strikeout club earlier this season and is one of 11 pitchers to ever win the Cy Young Award three times. He led the National League in ERA five times. 

Gordon said that