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Clay Buchholz

Clay Daniel Buchholz

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 14, 1984 in Nederland, TX
High School: Lumberton HS (Lumberton, TX)
Schools: Angelina College (Lufkin, TX), McNeese State University (Lake Charles, LA)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (42nd pick) of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 23, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 17, 2007
Team: RedSox 2007-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2015, 5 yrs/$30.5M (11-15) & 16-17 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.059, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Bobby Straface [*]
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2007 22 BOS AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2008 23 BOS AL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2009 24 BOS AL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2010 25 BOS AL 28 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 437 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-6
2011 26 BOS AL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Yrs 78 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 437 1 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 437 2 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2007 22 BOS AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
2008 23 BOS AL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $396,000 1
2009 24 BOS AL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
2010 25 BOS AL 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $443,000 1 AS,CYA-6
2011 26 BOS AL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $555,000 1
2012 27 BOS AL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 0.0 $
6 Seasons 88 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 0.1 1 $1,394,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2010 25 BOS AL 1 0 1 105 1.000 1.000 .267 1.000 .336 1.000 .418 2.000 .754 437 .000 0.5 0.0 .000 .000
5 Yrs 1 0 1 105 1.000 1.000 .267 1.000 .336 1.000 .418 2.000 .754 437 .000 0.5 0.0 .000 .000
162 Game Avg. 2 0 2 105 1.000 1.000 .267 1.000 .336 1.000 .418 2.000 .754 437 .000 1 0 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2009 24 BOS AL ALDS LAA L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2010 BOS AL 25 DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2010 25 BOS AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 100% 0%
6 Yrs 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 100% 0%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.0% 8.5% 7.8% 33% 2.11 4.9 34.6 7.9 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.5% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2007 22 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
2008 23 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
2009 24 BOS AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 25 BOS AL 0.5 0.0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 .28 0.0 -0.0 0.3 0.0 0.61 0.4 0
2011 26 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
2012 27 BOS AL
6 Yrs 0.5 0.0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 .28 0.0 -0.0 0.3 0.0 0.61 0.4 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2010 25 BOS AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2010 25 BOS AL 1 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 1 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 14% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2010 25 BOS AL 1 1 1.00 1 100% 0% 0% 0% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1 Yr 1 1 1.00 1 100% 0% 0% 0% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2010 25 64 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 437 1 0 0 0 0 0
2011 26 78 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 437 1 0 0 0 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2010 25 28 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 28
1 Yr 28 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 28
162 Game Avg. 162 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 6 28

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2010

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2010 AL (6, 10%)
0.10 Career Shares (184th)

                            

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