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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-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #991. Rick Camp… #992. Ray Kolp… #993. Ray Scarborough… #994. CLAY BUCHHOLZ… #995. Al Smith… #996. Rafael Betancourt… #997. Bob Harmon…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #991. Rick Camp… #992. Ray Kolp… #993. Ray Scarborough… #994. CLAY BUCHHOLZ… #995. Al Smith… #996. Rafael Betancourt… #997. Bob Harmon…

Standard Pitching

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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	0.75	0.18	103.5	4.30	-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	20	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

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	H	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	Pos	Awards
2005	20	BOS-min	A-	15	0	0	0						0		LOW · NYPL
2006	21	BOS-min	A,A+	24	0	0	0						0		GRV,WMT · SALL,CARL
2007	22	BOS-min	AAA,AA	24	0	0	0						0		PAW,PRT · IL,EL
2007	22	BOS	AL	4	0	0	0						0	/1
2008	23	BOS-min	AAA,AA	11	0	0	0						0		PAW,PRT · IL,EL
2008	23	BOS	AL	16	0	0	0						0	1
2009	24	BOS-min	AAA	17	0	0	0						0		PAW · IL
2009	24	BOS	AL	16	0	0	0						0	1
2010	25	BOS-min	AAA	1	0	0	0						0		PAW · IL
2010	25	BOS	AL	28	1	1	1	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	437	1	1	AS,CYA-6
2011	26	BOS	AL	14	0	0	0						0	1
5 Yrs				78	1	1	1	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	437	1
162 Game Avg.				162	2	2	2	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	437	2

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	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	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
2008	23	BOS	AL	16	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	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
2010	25	BOS	AL	28	1	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	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$555,000	1
2012	27	BOS	AL	10		0					.500	.500		0.0		$
6 Seasons				88	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$1,394,000

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

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	-18	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	10	10	0	56.1	16	10	6	0	1	1.000	-1	-4	2.56	1.60	.950	1.66	1.67	3	1	25%	27%	0
	6 Seasons			P	88	86	3	503.1	124	58	61	5	2	.960	-5	-1	2.13	1.35	.952	1.60	1.59	26	12	32%	27%	6
	6 Seasons			TOT	88	86	3	503.1	124	58	61	5	2	.960	-5	-11	2.13	1.35	.952	1.60	1.59	26	12	32%	27%	6

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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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)	Putouts as P s c a p y 2010 AL 21 (4th) 2012 AL 10 (1st)	Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y 2010 AL 1.61 (5th)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 2012 AL 1.000 (1st)

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 15 (1244), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 8 (1076), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 11 (741), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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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.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes
2008	23	Boston Red Sox	$396,000

2010	25	Boston Red Sox	$443,000
2011	26	Boston Red Sox	$555,000

2012	27	Boston Red Sox	$3,500,000
2013	28	Boston Red Sox	$5,500,000
2014	29	Boston Red Sox	$7,700,000
2015	30	Boston Red Sox	$12,000,000
2016	31	Boston Red Sox	*$13,000,000	$13M Team Option, $245k Buyout
2017	32	Boston 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)			$1,394,000	Does 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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