Clay Buchholz
Clay D. Buchholz
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 14, 1984 in Nederland, TX
High School: Lumberton (Lumberton, TX)
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
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2007 22 BOS AL 3 1 .750 1.59 4 3 0 1 1 0 22.2 14 6 4 0 10 0 22 1 0 0 88 298 1.059 5.6 0.0 4.0 8.7 2.20
2008 23 BOS AL 2 9 .182 6.75 16 15 0 1 0 0 76.0 93 63 57 11 41 1 72 2 1 2 357 68 1.763 11.0 1.3 4.9 8.5 1.76
2009 24 BOS AL 7 4 .636 4.21 16 16 0 0 0 0 92.0 91 44 43 13 36 1 68 2 0 1 399 111 1.380 8.9 1.3 3.5 6.7 1.89
3 Seasons 12 14 .462 4.91 36 34 0 2 1 0 190.2 198 113 104 24 87 2 162 5 1 3 844 95 1.495 9.3 1.1 4.1 7.6 1.86
162 Game Avg. 12 14 .462 4.91 35 33 0 2 1 0 185 192 110 101 23 85 2 157 5 1 3 820 95 1.495 9.3 1.1 4.1 7.6 1.86

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2009 24 BOS AL ALDS L LAA 0 0 3.60 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 23 1.400 10.8 1.8 1.8 5.4 3.00
1 ALDS 0 0 3.60 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 23 1.400 10.8 1.8 1.8 5.4 3.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 22 BOS AL 4 88 76 6 14 3 0 0 0 0 10 22 .184 .284 .224 .508 .255 17 3 1 0 1 0
2008 23 BOS AL 16 357 311 63 93 14 2 11 3 2 41 72 .299 .381 .463 .844 .355 144 4 2 0 3 1
2009 24 BOS AL 16 399 356 44 91 14 0 13 6 0 36 68 .256 .325 .404 .729 .281 144 7 2 2 3 1
3 Seasons 36 844 743 113 198 31 2 24 9 2 87 162 .266 .344 .410 .755 .309 305 14 5 2 7 2
162 Game Avg. 35 820 722 110 192 30 2 23 9 2 85 157 .266 .344 .410 .755 .309 296 14 5 2 7 2
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2007 22 BOS AL 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 .667 0 0 1 1 2 67% 63 93 44 2 0 0 3 6.8 9.0 6.6 91 1 1 1 0 115
2008 23 BOS AL 16 15 2 9 4 1 1 3 12 .200 0 2 1 0 3 20% 41 75 18 14 7 1 8 4.5 5.3 5.0 91 2 10 3 0 113
2009 24 BOS AL 16 16 7 4 5 1 2 11 5 .688 1 1 0 0 9 56% 50 80 15 8 1 0 5 6.6 7.1 5.8 95 3 6 7 0 109
3 Seasons 36 34 11 14 9 2 3 16 18 .471 1 3 2 1 14 41% 47 93 15 24 8 1 16 5.7 6.6 5.5 93 6 17 11 0 115
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2007 22 BOS AL 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.911 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 52
2008 23 BOS AL 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.073 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 21
2 Seasons 20 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.041 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 6.0 37

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2007 22 BOS AL 88 60% 0.0% 25.0% 11.4% 3.4% 21% 0.55 0.88 63% 25% 0.0% 12% 21 3 14%
2008 23 BOS AL 357 50% 3.1% 20.2% 11.5% 7.6% 29% 0.94 1.25 65% 17% 9.7% 8% 92 4 4%
2009 24 BOS AL 399 49% 3.3% 17.0% 9.0% 6.8% 30% 1.15 1.74 70% 17% 10.5% 8% 60 7 12%
3 Seasons 844 51% 2.8% 19.2% 10.3% 6.8% 29% 0.99 1.42 67% 18% 9.0% 9% 173 14 8%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2007 22 BOS AL 88 326 3.70 206 63% 29% 20% 24% 27% 71% 0% 45% 71% 64% 8% 7 5 25% 22 16 0 18% 5 2 0 0 0
2008 23 BOS AL 357 1381 3.87 858 62% 32% 17% 23% 28% 68% 0% 42% 76% 60% 5% 18 11 24% 87 59 5 24% 16 7 0 0 0
2009 24 BOS AL 399 1521 3.81 936 62% 28% 18% 24% 31% 72% 1% 45% 76% 61% 5% 21 13 20% 81 42 3 28% 10 7 0 0 0
3 Seasons 844 3228 3.82 2000 62% 30% 17% 23% 30% 70% 0% 44% 75% 61% 5% 46 29 23% 190 117 8 25% 31 16 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2007 22 BOS AL 88 14 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 67% 1 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
2008 23 BOS AL 357 93 12 2 11 0 13 3 8 1 10 28 15 3 54% 5 2 0 141 3 2 60% 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
2009 24 BOS AL 399 91 11 1 13 0 4 9 4 9 4 14 9 2 64% 2 1 0 142 6 0 100% 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
3 Seasons 844 198 26 4 24 0 18 12 12 10 14 48 28 5 58% 8 3 0 313 9 2 82% 6 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 15 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2007 22 3 1 .750 1.59 4 3 0 1 1 0 22.2 14 6 4 0 10 0 22 1 0 0 88 298 1.059 5.6 0.0 4.0 8.7 2.20 298
2008 23 5 10 .333 5.56 20 18 0 2 1 0 98.2 107 69 61 11 51 1 94 3 1 2 445 83 1.601 9.8 1.0 4.7 8.6 1.84 83
2009 24 12 14 .462 4.91 36 34 0 2 1 0 190.2 198 113 104 24 87 2 162 5 1 3 844 95 1.495 9.3 1.1 4.1 7.6 1.86 95

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2007 22 2 0 1.000 1.64 22.0 13 4 4 0 9 21 1 1.000 5.3 3.7 8.6 2.33 0.0 4
2008 23 2 6 .250 6.36 75.0 90 59 53 11 40 71 2 1.733 10.8 4.8 8.5 1.78 1.3 16
2009 24 5 5 .500 3.96 91.0 89 44 40 13 35 67 2 1.363 8.8 3.5 6.6 1.91 1.3 16
3 Seasons 9 11 .450 4.64 188.0 192 107 97 24 84 159 5 1.468 9.2 7.6 1.89 1.1 36

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y
2007 AL--1--5th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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  6. Shawn Hill (980)
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  8. Corky Valentine (980)
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  10. Mike Warren (979)
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  5. Jason Davis (981)
  6. Tommy Bridges (981)
  7. Mike Warren (979)
  8. Todd Stottlemyre (979)
  9. Jerry Janeski (978)
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