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Clay Buchholz    \BUCK-holtz\

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 (Age 23)
Team: RedSox 2007-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed (team option), 5 yrs/$30.5M (11-15) & 16-17 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 4.059, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Bobby Straface [*]
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 15, 2013 1:17AM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #741. Hank Borowy… #742. Larry Benton… #743. Carl Pavano… #744. CLAY BUCHHOLZ… #745. Red Munger… #746. Jim Hearn… #747. Max Scherzer… 

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 1 399 111 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 3 353 124 1.294 8.3 1.1 3.4 6.5 1.94
2012 27 BOS AL 11 8 .579 4.56 29 29 0 2 1 0 189.1 187 104 96 25 64 2 129 12 2 2 802 94 1.326 8.9 1.2 3.0 6.1 2.02
2013 28 BOS AL 6 0 1.000 1.69 8 8 0 0 0 0 58.2 40 11 11 1 21 0 60 0 0 0 227 256 1.040 6.1 0.2 3.2 9.2 2.86
7 Yrs 52 32 .619 3.73 115 113 0 5 3 0 695.0 643 317 288 69 270 6 531 24 4 15 2937 118 1.314 8.3 0.9 3.5 6.9 1.97
162 Game Avg. 16 10 .619 3.73 34 34 0 1 1 0 207 192 95 86 21 81 2 158 7 1 4 876 118 1.314 8.3 0.9 3.5 6.9 1.97

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 1.0 9 .684 .505
2008 23 BOS AL 76.0 16 15 63 7.46 4.78 0.14 0.18 104.6 5.04 -22 -2.0 .0 -0.0 -1.2 -12 .377 .488 $396,000
2009 24 BOS AL 92.0 16 16 44 4.30 4.86 -0.12 0.19 105.6 5.45 11 1.1 -0.1 2.0 22 .571 .507 $413,500
2010 25 BOS AL 173.2 28 28 55 2.85 4.53 0.16 0.16 104.0 4.71 34 3.9 -0.1 5.6 54 .641 .524 $443,000 AS,CYA-6
2011 26 BOS AL 82.2 14 14 34 3.70 4.61 0.21 0.17 104.9 4.79 10 1.1 -0.1 1.9 18 .577 .507 $555,000
2012 27 BOS AL 189.1 29 29 104 4.94 4.47 0.29 0.17 105.2 4.57 -8 -0.8 -0.1 0.9 11 .471 .495 $3,500,000
2013 28 BOS AL 58.2 8 8 11 1.69 4.29 0.07 0.17 108.3 4.76 19 2.3 -0.1 2.8 26 .790 .514 $5,500,000
7 Seasons 695.0 115 113 317 4.11 4.58 0.15 0.17 105.1 4.83 51 6.4 .7 -0.5 13.0 128 .556 .506 $10,807,500

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

Standard Batting

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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 2.000 437 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
2012 27 BOS AL 29 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2013 28 BOS AL 8 0 /1
7 Yrs 115 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 80 1 0 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 80 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 .501 .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 .501 .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 $413,500 1
2010 25 BOS AL 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .503 .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 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $555,000 1
2012 27 BOS AL 29 3 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .499 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $3,500,000 1
6 Seasons 107 4 -0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 0.1 1 $5,307,500

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

Standard Fielding

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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% lgCS% PO Awards
2007 BOS AL 22 P 4 3 1 22.2 5 1 3 1 0 .800 -2 -17 1.59 1.00 .956 1.59 1.60 0 0 1
2008 BOS AL 23 P 16 15 1 76.0 9 3 6 0 0 1.000 -2 -5 1.07 0.56 .952 1.60 1.59 3 2 40% 27% 1
2009 BOS AL 24 P 16 16 0 92.0 17 8 8 1 0 .941 -2 -4 1.57 1.00 .953 1.53 1.51 6 0 0% 26% 0
2010 BOS AL 25 P 28 28 1 173.2 47 21 24 2 1 .957 0 0 2.33 1.61 .953 1.63 1.61 8 6 43% 26% 3 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% 28% 1
2012 BOS AL 27 P 29 29 2 189.1 46 29 14 3 2 .935 0 0 2.04 1.48 .954 1.57 1.56 9 2 18% 25% 1
2013 BOS AL 28 P 8 8 0 58.2 16 10 6 0 1 1.000 -1 -3 2.45 2.00 .970 1.53 1.52 6 0 0% 24% 0
7 Seasons P 115 113 5 695.0 170 87 75 8 4 .953 -5 -1 2.10 1.41 .954 1.58 1.57 38 13 25% 26% 7
7 Seasons TOT 115 113 5 695.0 170 87 75 8 4 .953 -5 -8 2.10 1.41 .954 1.58 1.57 38 13 25% 26% 7
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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 (190th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2013 AL  2.8 (1st)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2010 AL  5.6 (2nd)
2013 AL  2.8 (1st)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2010 AL  2.33 (2nd)
2013 AL  1.69 (2nd)

Wins s c a p y
2010 AL  17 (7th)
2013 AL  6 (1st)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2010 AL  .708 (4th)
2013 AL  1.000 (1st)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2013 AL  1.040 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2010 AL  7.359 (6th)
2013 AL  6.136 (4th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2013 AL  9.205 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2013 AL  58.7 (2nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2013 AL  60 (5th)

Games Started s c a p y
2013 AL  8 (3rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
2012 AL  2 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2007 AL  1 (5th)
2010 AL  1 (3rd)
2012 AL  1 (7th)
Active  3 (47th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2012 AL  64 (10th)
2013 AL  21 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2010 AL  0.466 (3rd)
2013 AL  0.153 (1st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2012 AL  96 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2012 AL  12 (4th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2013 AL  227 (2nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2010 AL  187 (1st)
2013 AL  256 (1st)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2010 AL  34 (2nd)
2013 AL  17 (1st)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2010 AL  3.7 (2nd)
2013 AL  1.9 (1st)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2010 AL  33.34 (2nd)
2013 AL  19.56 (1st)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2010 AL  3.0 (7th)
2013 AL  1.5 (4th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2010 AL  2.2 (8th)
2013 AL  1.4 (2nd)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2010 AL  3.5 (2nd)
2013 AL  2.2 (1st)

Putouts as P s c a p y
2010 AL  21 (4th)
2012 AL  29 (1st)
2013 AL  10 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
2010 AL  2.33 (4th)
2012 AL  2.04 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
2010 AL  1.61 (5th)
2012 AL  1.48 (4th)
2013 AL  2.00 (1st)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 7 (342), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 39 (644), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 10 (975), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 17 (408), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (807th), 11.2 career WAR/11.2 7yr-peak WAR/11.2 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Ian Kennedy (980)
  2. Tommy Hanson (973)
  3. Johnny Broaca (966)
  4. Tommy Greene (966)
  5. Noah Lowry (965)
  6. Jair Jurrjens (964)
  7. Matt Harrison (963)
  8. Jack Bentley (962)
  9. Jeff Niemann (960)
  10. Mark Prior (959)
Similar Pitchers through 27 
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  1. Ian Kennedy (980)
  2. John Burkett (974)
  3. Tom Browning (972)
  4. Jarrod Washburn (969)
  5. Tex Carleton (969)
  6. Bobby Jones (968)
  7. Cal Eldred (968)
  8. Erik Hanson (967)
  9. Kirk McCaskill (966)
  10. Johnny Broaca (965)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Ricky Nolasco (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Daniel Hudson (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ian Kennedy (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ian Kennedy (980)  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/Other Sources
200823Boston Red Sox$396,000
200924Boston Red Sox$413,500
201025Boston Red Sox$443,000
201126Boston Red Sox$555,000
201227Boston Red Sox$3,500,000contracts
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.
Earliest Free Agent: 2016
Career to date (may be incomplete)$10,807,500Does not include future salaries
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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