LOS ANGELES -- Three-time Cy Young Award winner and 11-time All-Star Clayton Kershaw , who has spent all 18 seasons of his career with the Los Angeles Dodgers , will retire at the end of this season.

The Dodgers announced Kershaw's decision Thursday, adding that Friday will mark the final regular-season home start of his career. Kershaw is scheduled to hold a news conference later Thursday.

"On behalf of the Dodgers, I congratulate Clayton on a fabulous career and thank him for the many moments he gave to Dodger fans and baseball fans everywhere, as well as for his profound charitable endeavors," Dodgers owner Mark Walter said in a statement. "His is a truly legendary career, one that we know will lead to his induction in the Baseball Hall of Fame."

Kershaw also was the 2014 Nationa

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