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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 (Lumberton, TX)
School: McNeese State University
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 2007-2011
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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 8, 2012, 5:01PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #715. Bill Bernhard… #716. Oral Hildebrand… #717. Joey Jay… #718. CLAY BUCHHOLZ… #719. Roy Patterson… #720. Larry Andersen… #721. Steve Blass… 

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 88 303 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 69 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 1 399 112 1.380 8.9 1.3 3.5 6.7 1.89
2010 25 BOS AL 17 7 .708 2.33 28 28 0 1 1 0 173.2 142 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 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
5 Seasons 35 24 .593 3.64 78 76 0 3 2 0 447.0 416 202 181 43 185 4 342 12 2 13 1908 123 1.345 8.4 0.9 3.7 6.9 1.85
162 Game Avg. 15 11 .593 3.64 34 34 0 1 1 0 197 184 89 80 19 82 2 151 5 1 6 842 123 1.345 8.4 0.9 3.7 6.9 1.85

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2007 22 BOS AL 22.2 3 6 14 1 .9 8 0.8 $
2008 23 BOS AL 76.0 15 63 51 1 1.1 -12 -1.2 $396,000
2009 24 BOS AL 92.0 16 44 62 0 .9 18 1.7 $
2010 25 BOS AL 173.2 28 55 108 3 1.0 53 5.3 $443,000 AS,CYA-6
2011 26 BOS AL 82.2 14 34 56 0 1.1 22 2.2 $555,000
5 Seasons 447.0 76 202 291 5 1.0 89 8.8 $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

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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 2.000 438 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-6
5 Seasons 64 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 438 1 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 438 3 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2010 25 BOS AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $443,000 1 AS,CYA-6
1 Season 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $443,000

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
2007 BOS AL 22 P 4 22.2 5 1 3 1 0 .800 0 0 1.59 1.00 .956 1.59 1.60
2008 BOS AL 23 P 16 76.0 9 3 6 0 0 1.000 -1 -3 1.07 0.56 .952 1.60 1.59
2009 BOS AL 24 P 16 92.0 17 8 8 1 0 .941 -2 -4 1.57 1.00 .953 1.53 1.51
2010 BOS AL 25 P 28 173.2 47 21 24 2 1 .957 3 3 2.33 1.61 .953 1.63 1.61 AS,CYA-6
2011 BOS AL 26 P 14 14 0 82.2 30 15 14 1 0 .967 2 5 3.16 2.07 .949 1.60 1.59 6 3 33% 1
5 Seasons P 78 14 0 447.0 108 48 55 5 1 .954 2 0 2.07 1.32 .952 1.60 1.58 6 3 33% 1
5 Seasons TOT 78 14 0 447.0 108 48 55 5 1 .954 2 5 2.07 1.32 .952 1.60 1.58 6 3 33% 1
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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  5.3 (3rd)

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 per 9 IP s c a p y
2010 AL  0.466 (3rd)

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  33.40 (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 (10th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2010 AL  3.5 (2nd)

Putouts as P s c a p y
2010 AL  21 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
2010 AL  1.61 (5th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 15 (1235), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1075), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  3. Tommy Hanson (969)
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  5. Bill Stemmyer (966)
  6. Larry Jaster (964)
  7. Joe Corbett (963)
  8. Gus Krock (961)
  9. Herman Pillette (960)
  10. Dick Woodson (960)
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  3. Tom Browning (975)
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  5. Pedro Astacio (975)
  6. Pat Zachry (975)
  7. Rick Aguilera (974)
  8. Tommy Greene (974)
  9. Steve Comer (973)
  10. Erik Hanson (972)
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  3. Ian Kennedy (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

  • June 7, 2005: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (42nd pick) of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed June 23, 2005.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200823Boston Red Sox$396,000
201025Boston Red Sox$443,000
201126Boston Red Sox$555,000
201227Boston Red Sox$3,500,000
201328Boston Red Sox$5,500,000
201429Boston Red Sox$7,700,000
201530Boston Red Sox$12,000,000
201631Boston Red Sox*$13,000,000$13M Team Option, $245k Buyout
201732Boston Red Sox*$13,500,000$13.5M Team Option, $500k Buyout 2017 option increases to $14 million if Buchholz finishes either first or second in Cy Young voting during the contract.
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,394,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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