Clayton Kershaw Family: Meet His Wife Ellen and Their 4 Kids - Fuerza 94.3 Fm

Major League Baseball pitcher Clayton Kershaw has built a Hall of Fame career with the Los Angeles Dodgers, from when he broke into the big leagues in 2008 to when he announced his retirement in 2025.

The three-time Cy Young Award winner will go down as one of the best to ever take the mound, and he has had his wife, Ellen, by his side the entire way. The high school sweethearts first started dating in 2003, three years before the Dodgers drafted him in the first round of the 2006 MLB Draft. They married in 2010 and immediately share four children with a fifth on the way.

Though Clayton is the first MLB player in his family, he comes from a talented background. He is the great-nephew of Clyde Tombaugh, the astronomer who discovered Pluto (Tombaugh died in 1997, long before Pluto’s demotion to a dwarf planet). Kershaw’s father, Christopher, was a musician who won a Clio award for his commercial jingles.

Keep scrolling for more on Clayton Kershaw’s family.

Ellen Melson Kershaw

Clayton Kershaws Family Guide Meet the Dodgers Legends Wife and Kids — Clayton and Ellen Kershaw Photo by Jerritt Clark/WireImage

Clayton and Ellen began dating when they were freshmen at Highland Park High School in Texas, staying together through graduation and eventually going long-distance when Clayton began his pro career and Ellen went off to college.

“I would say we got closer when she went to college and I started playing professionally,” Clayton said in an interview with Risen Magazine. “We both kind of figured out stuff on our own. I think that really helped our relationship immediately. As for when she became the one? I really don’t know. I guess somewhere late in high school, or early college.”

Ellen was sure to be in the stadium when he made his Major League debut. She reflected on that moment in a 2025 video shared by the Dodgers when Clayton recorded his 3,000th career strikeout.

“I remember your very first strikeout and we were freaking out, screaming in our same section like always … cheering you on,” she said.

Cali

Clayton and Ellen welcomed their first child, daughter Cali, in 2015. As Clayton wrote in the Players Tribune in 2019, fatherhood has changed his life.

“Being a dad is the greatest thing that has ever happened to me,” he said. “My children have changed my life for the better in so many ways.”

Cali has grown up around the Dodgers, with Clayton revealing that she “loves going to the stadium” because it means she could play with the other players’ kids.

Like Ellen, she also had a message for Clayton when he anthem 3,000 strikeouts.

“Dad, I’m so proud of you … you’ve been throwing strikeouts since before I was born,” she told her dad. “I’m so happy you’ve gotten to 3,000 strikeouts.”

Charley

Born in 2015, Charley has a long way to go to reach the Majors like his dad, but he’s well on his way. As Clayton wrote in the Players Tribune, “There’s literally nothing he loves in this world more than baseball.”

“There’s really no turning back — he hits, he pitches, he runs the bases … baseball is all he ever wants to do,” he said. “Charley even started watching The Sandlot recently, and he thinks it’s the greatest thing ever.”

Charley and Clayton are frequently spotted on the field before games playing catch or with Clayton hitting ground balls to his son.

Cooper

Clayton and Ellen welcomed son Cooper in 2020.

“Want y’all to meet someone new to our team – Cooper Ellis Kershaw joined us last Sunday, and we are so thankful for a healthy baby boy,” Clayton wrote via Instagram at the time. “Cali & Charley are the best big siblings & love their baby brother so much.”