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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 Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	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
2005	20	BOS-min	A-	0	1	.000	2.61	15	15	0	0	41.1	34	15	12	2	9	0	45	1	1	0	166		1.040	7.4	0.4	2.0	9.8	5.00	LOW · NYPL
2006	21	BOS-min	A,A+	11	4	.733	2.42	24	24	0	0	119.0	88	38	32	10	33	0	140	5	1	9	472		1.017	6.7	0.8	2.5	10.6	4.24	GRV,WMT · SALL,CARL
2007	22	BOS-min	AA,AAA	8	5	.615	2.44	24	23	1	0	125.1	87	39	34	9	35	0	171	3	4	2	496		0.973	6.2	0.6	2.5	12.3	4.89	PRT,PAW · EL,IL
2007	22	BOS	AL	3	1	.750	1.59	4	3	1	1	22.2	14	6	4	0	10	0	22	1	0	0	88	303	1.059	5.6	0.0	4.0	8.7	2.20
2008	23	BOS-min	AAA,AA	5	2	.714	2.30	11	11	0	0	58.2	43	17	15	3	18	0	61	2	0	3	230		1.040	6.6	0.5	2.8	9.4	3.39	PAW,PRT · IL,EL
2008	23	BOS	AL	2	9	.182	6.75	16	15	1	0	76.0	93	63	57	11	41	1	72	2	1	2	357	69	1.763	11.0	1.3	4.9	8.5	1.76
2009	24	BOS-min	AAA	7	2	.778	2.36	17	16	1	1	99.0	67	30	26	7	30	0	89	0	1	4	387		0.980	6.1	0.6	2.7	8.1	2.97	PAW · IL
2009	24	BOS	AL	7	4	.636	4.21	16	16	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
2010	25	BOS-min	AAA	0	0		4.91	1	1	0	0	3.2	4	2	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	16		1.364	9.8	2.5	2.5	4.9	2.00	PAW · IL
2010	25	BOS	AL	17	7	.708	2.33	28	28	1	1	173.2	142	55	45	9	67	1	120	5	1	7	711	*187*	1.203	7.4	0.5	3.5	6.2	1.79	AS,CYA-6
2011	26	BOS	AL	6	3	.667	3.48	14	14	0	0	82.2	76	34	32	10	31	1	60	2	0	3	353	122	1.294	8.3	1.1	3.4	6.5	1.94
2012	27	BOS	AL	4	2	.667	7.19	10	10	0	0	56.1	75	47	45	11	28	0	33	4	2	1	263	59	1.828	12.0	1.8	4.5	5.3	1.18
6 Yrs				39	26	.600	4.04	88	86	3	2	503.1	491	249	226	54	213	4	375	16	4	14	2171	110	1.399	8.8	1.0	3.8	6.7	1.76
162 Game Avg.				15	10	.600	4.04	34	34	1	1	197	192	97	88	21	83	2	147	6	2	5	848	110	1.399	8.8	1.0	3.8	6.7	1.76

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
2007	22	BOS	AL	22.2	4	3	6	2.38	4.76	0.05	0.11	106.5	5.13	7	0.7	1.3	-0.0	0.9	10	.684	.505	$
2008	23	BOS	AL	76.0	16	15	63	7.46	4.80	0.14	0.18	104.2	5.05	-22	-2.0	.0	-0.0	-1.3	-11	.378	.488	$396,000
2009	24	BOS	AL	92.0	16	16	44	4.30	4.86	-0.12	0.19	104.6	5.40	11	1.1		-0.1	1.9	23	.569	.507	$
2010	25	BOS	AL	173.2	28	28	55	2.85	4.54	0.16	0.16	103.6	4.70	34	3.9		-0.1	5.4	55	.641	.524	$443,000	AS,CYA-6
2011	26	BOS	AL	82.2	14	14	34	3.70	4.62	0.21	0.17	104.3	4.78	10	1.1		-0.1	1.8	19	.576	.507	$555,000
2012	27	BOS	AL	56.1	10	10	47	7.51	4.73	0.77	0.18	103.7	4.29	-20	-1.8		-0.1	-1.4	-14	.321	.489	$
6 Seasons				503.1	88	86	249	4.45	4.68	0.18	0.17	104.1	4.87	19	3.1	.7	-0.3	7.3	82	.535	.503	$1,394,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

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

All-Star Pitching

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	W	L	W-L%	ERA	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
2010	BOS	AL	25

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
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	1
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	5
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	2
2010	25	BOS	AL	28	711	629	55	142	23	2	9	8	6	67	120	.226	.303	.312	.615	.263	196	24	5	5	5	1	12
2011	26	BOS	AL	14	353	315	34	76	17	1	10	6	3	31	60	.241	.310	.397	.706	.265	125	4	2	1	4	1	5
2012	27	BOS	AL	10	263	229	47	75	11	0	11	3	1	28	33	.328	.408	.520	.928	.344	119	10	4	1	1	0	1
6 Yrs				88	2171	1916	249	491	82	5	54	26	12	213	375	.256	.333	.389	.722	.291	745	52	16	9	17	4	26
162 Game Avg.				34	848	749	97	192	32	2	21	10	5	83	147	.256	.333	.389	.722	.291	291	20	6	4	7	2	10
MLB Averages																.261	.329	.411	.740	.299

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevMd	LevLo
2007	22	BOS	AL	7.0	0.7	89	0.6	1.6	-1.1	.92	0.6	0.0	6.7	0.7	0.92	8.2	1	0
2008	23	BOS	AL	-17.4	-1.6	365	-2.4	6.0	-8.3	1.08	-1.1	-1.1	-18.5	-1.7	1.08	-13.1	0	1
2009	24	BOS	AL	5.9	0.6	406	0.7	6.8	-6.0	.94	0.4	0.4	6.7	0.6	0.94	7.8	0	0
2010	25	BOS	AL	34.4	3.7	737	3.0	13.8	-10.8	1.01	2.2	0.8	33.3	3.5	1.01	26.8	0	0
2011	26	BOS	AL	7.3	0.8	366	0.8	6.9	-6.1	1.10	0.3	0.5	7.3	0.7	1.10	3.3	0	0
2012	27	BOS	AL	-17.0	-1.6	270	-1.2	3.7	-4.9	.88	-1.6	0.2	-16.1	-1.5	0.88	-15.7	0	0
6 Yrs				20.1	2.6	2233	1.5	38.8	-37.2	1.00	0.8	0.8	19.4	2.4	1.00	17.2	1	1

Starting Pitching*

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%	62.7	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%	41.2	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%	50.2	80	15	8	1	0	5	6.6	7.1	5.8	95	3	6	7	0	109
2010	25	BOS	AL	28	28	17	7	4	3	2	19	9	.679	1	0	1	1	19	68%	57.8	78	20	15	5	0	15	4.8	5.4	6.2	100	2	6	20	0	117
2011	26	BOS	AL	14	14	6	3	5	3	0	9	5	.643	2	1	0	0	6	43%	52.9	75	26	12	2	0	9	4.4	4.1	5.9	97	1	7	5	1	127
2012	27	BOS	AL	10	10	4	2	4	3	0	5	5	.500	1	2	0	0	2	20%	37.0	58	18	13	7	0	5	6.5	7.4	5.6	98	1	4	5	0	111
6 Yrs				88	86	38	26	22	11	5	49	37	.570	5	6	3	2	41	48%	50	93	15	64	22	1	45	5.3	5.8	5.8	96	10	34	41	1	127
MLB Averages													.500						50%	50	100	-13					4.6	4.6	5.9	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	Wgr	1^stIP	aLI	LevMd	LevLo	Tie	Bhd	Empt	>3o	IPmult	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2007	22	BOS	AL	4	1	1	6	.916	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	9.0	52
2008	23	BOS	AL	16	1	0	6	1.077	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	3.0	21
2 Yrs				20	2	1		1.045	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	6.0	37

Ratio Pitching*

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	40%	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	51%	3.3%	17.0%	9.0%	6.8%	30%	1.15	1.74	70%	17%	10.5%	8%	60	7	12%
2010	25	BOS	AL	711	45%	1.3%	16.9%	9.4%	4.8%	24%	1.04	1.50	71%	18%	4.1%	12%	136	24	18%
2011	26	BOS	AL	353	50%	2.8%	17.0%	8.8%	7.9%	37%	1.02	1.26	71%	13%	9.1%	13%	59	4	7%
2012	27	BOS	AL	263	33%	4.2%	12.6%	10.7%	8.4%	29%	1.06	1.65	71%	18%	13.3%	12%	57	10	18%
6 Yrs				2171	46%	2.5%	17.3%	9.8%	6.5%	29%	1.02	1.44	69%	17%	8.0%	11%	425	52	12%
MLB Averages					46%	2.6%	18.0%	8.5%	7.8%	33%	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.5%	13%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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
2010	25	BOS	AL	715	2810	3.93	1737	62%	26%	16%	28%	30%	74%	0%	46%	79%	58%	4%	31	24	24%	170	81	8	28%	13	6	-4	0	0
2011	26	BOS	AL	353	1355	3.84	831	61%	28%	15%	26%	31%	72%	1%	44%	79%	56%	5%	16	8	20%	70	35	3	25%	10	7	0	0	0
2012	27	BOS	AL	263	975	3.71	616	63%	27%	12%	29%	32%	73%	0%	46%	84%	67%	6%	15	11	24%	64	35	8	36%	2	4	0	0	0
6 Yrs				2175	8368	3.85	5184	62%	28%	16%	26%	30%	72%	0%	45%	78%	60%	5%	108	72	23%	494	268	27	27%	56	33	-4	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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	0	0	5	0
2010	25	BOS	AL	711	142	22	3	9	0	14	2	7	1	8	37	19	5	51%	12	7	1	246	8	6	57%	6	5	2	0	0	1	5	3	18	0
2011	26	BOS	AL	353	76	6	1	10	0	4	5	5	1	9	23	11	3	48%	5	3	0	120	6	3	67%	6	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	12	0
2012	27	BOS	AL	263	75	14	3	11	0	8	5	6	10	1	10	8	1	80%	1	1	0	102	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
6 Yrs				2171	491	68	11	54	0	44	24	30	22	32	118	66	14	56%	26	14	1	781	26	12	68%	21	11	5	0	0	1	8	4	50	0
MLB Averages																		53%							73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	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	1	1	22.2	14	6	4	0	10	0	22	1	0	0	88	303	1.059	5.6	0.0	4.0	8.7	2.20	303
2008	23	5	10	.333	5.56	20	18	2	1	98.2	107	69	61	11	51	1	94	3	1	2	445	84	1.601	9.8	1.0	4.7	8.6	1.84	84
2009	24	12	14	.462	4.91	36	34	2	1	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
2010	25	29	21	.580	3.68	64	62	3	2	364.1	340	168	149	33	154	3	282	10	2	10	1555	123	1.356	8.4	0.8	3.8	7.0	1.83	123
2011	26	35	24	.593	3.64	78	76	3	2	447.0	416	202	181	43	185	4	342	12	2	13	1908	123	1.345	8.4	0.9	3.7	6.9	1.85	123
2012	27	39	26	.600	4.04	88	86	3	2	503.1	491	249	226	54	213	4	375	16	4	14	2171	110	1.399	8.8	1.0	3.8	6.7	1.76	110

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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	1.71	21.0	14	4	4	0	10	20	1	1.143	6.0	4.3	8.6	2.00	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	4.05	91.0	89	46	41	13	35	67	2	1.363	8.8	3.5	6.6	1.91	1.3	16
2010	25	13	5	.722	2.44	166.0	142	50	45	9	67	114	5	1.259	7.7	3.6	6.2	1.70	0.5	28
2011	26	5	4	.556	3.56	81.0	76	36	32	10	31	59	2	1.321	8.4	3.4	6.6	1.90	1.1	14
2012	27	1	4	.200	7.79	52.0	75	50	45	11	28	30	4	1.981	13.0	4.8	5.2	1.07	1.9	10
6 Yrs		28	24	.538	4.07	486.0	486	245	220	54	211	361	16	1.434	9.0		6.7	1.71	1.0	88

* 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)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 2010 AL 5.4 (2nd)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 2010 AL 2.33 (2nd)
Wins s c a p y 2010 AL 17 (7th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 2010 AL .708 (4th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 2010 AL 7.359 (6th)	Shutouts s c a p y 2007 AL 1 (5th) 2010 AL 1 (3rd)
Home Runs s c a p y 2012 AL 11 (6th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 2012 AL 28 (8th)	Hits s c a p y 2012 AL 75 (3rd)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 2010 AL 0.466 (3rd)
Earned Runs s c a p y 2012 AL 45 (1st)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 2012 AL 4 (7th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 2010 AL 187 (1st)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 2010 AL 34 (2nd)
Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 2010 AL 3.7 (2nd)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 2010 AL 33.34 (2nd)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 2010 AL 3.0 (7th)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 2010 AL 2.2 (8th)
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 2010 AL 3.5 (2nd)

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 8 (1076), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 11 (741), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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