Danny Clay

Danny Bruce Clay

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 24, 1961 in Sun Valley, CA
School: Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1988
Team: Phillies 1988

Final Game: August 23, 1988
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Standard Pitching

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
1983	21	MIN-min	Rk,A	6	11	.353	3.64	19	18	1	6	2	0	118.2	100	64	48	6	54	1	95	0	0	6			1.298	7.6	0.5	4.1	7.2	1.76	ELZ,WRA · APPY,MIDW
1984	22	MIN-min	A	9	8	.529	2.73	26	26	0	6	0	0	171.2	146	73	52	8	64	2	96	11	0	16			1.223	7.7	0.4	3.4	5.0	1.50	KSH · MIDW
1985	23	MIN-min	AA	13	9	.591	4.48	31	28	2	11	1	1	190.2	195	112	95	15	89	2	79	5	1	10			1.490	9.2	0.7	4.2	3.7	0.89	ORL · SOUL
1986	24	MIN-min	AAA	8	11	.421	4.93	29	25	1	3	1	0	151.2	147	92	83	15	93	0	105	3	2	8			1.582	8.7	0.9	5.5	6.2	1.13	TOL · IL
1987	25	PHI-MIN-min	AAA	5	11	.313	5.36	31	22	4	4	0	1	144.1	155	100	86	15	79	1	83	6	2	6			1.621	9.7	0.9	4.9	5.2	1.05	MAI,POR · IL,PCL
1988	26	PHI-min	AAA	5	1	.833	0.99	25	2	21	0	0	10	45.1	24	7	5	0	19	3	41	1	1	2			0.949	4.8	0.0	3.8	8.1	2.16	MAI · IL
1988	26	PHI	NL	0	1	.000	6.00	17	0	2	0	0	0	24.0	27	17	16	5	21	2	12	0	1	2	114	60	2.000	10.1	1.9	7.9	4.5	0.57
1989	27	PHI-min	AAA	5	6	.455	4.58	33	7	17	0	0	2	72.2	75	46	37	4	51	1	49	9	0	5			1.734	9.3	0.5	6.3	6.1	0.96	SWB · IL
1990	28	CHC-WSN-min	AAA	2	2	.500	2.30	25	0	11	0	0	0	31.1	24	10	8	0	32	3	30	2	0	4			1.787	6.9	0.0	9.2	8.6	0.94	IWA,INA · AA
1 Yr				0	1	.000	6.00	17	0	2	0	0	0	24.0	27	17	16	5	21	2	12	0	1	2	114	60	2.000	10.1	1.9	7.9	4.5	0.57
162 Game Avg.				0	4	.000	6.00	68	0	8	0	0	0	96	108	68	64	20	84	8	48	0	4	8	456	60	2.000	10.1	1.9	7.9	4.5	0.57

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
1988	26	PHI	NL	24.0	17	0	17	6.38	3.87	-0.36	-0.31	101.7	3.98	-6	-0.7	.5	0.2	-0.4	-4	.457	.496	$
1 Season				24.0	17	0	17	6.38	3.87	-0.36	-0.31	101.7	3.98	-6	-0.7	.5	0.2	-0.4	-4	.457	.496	$

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
1988	26	PHI	NL	17	114	89	17	27	3	0	5	4	1	21	12	.303	.432	.506	.938	.301	45	4	0	3	1	2	0
1 Yr				17	114	89	17	27	3	0	5	4	1	21	12	.303	.432	.506	.938	.301	45	4	0	3	1	2	0
162 Game Avg.				68	456	356	68	108	12	0	20	16	4	84	48	.303	.432	.506	.938	.301	180	16	0	12	4	8	0
MLB Averages																.254	.318	.378	.696	.282

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1988	26	PHI	NL	-5.8	-0.6	123	-0.5	0.7	-1.2	.42	-0.8	-0.5	-8.2	-0.8	0.42	-7.9	1	2	14
1 Yr				-5.8	-0.6	123	-0.5	0.7	-1.2	.42	-0.8	-0.5	-8.2	-0.8	0.42	-7.9	1	2	14

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1988	26	PHI	NL	17	17	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	16	10	63%	6	.423	1	2	14	0	1	16	9	8	8	7	8	3	4.2	25
1 Yr				17	17	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	16	10	63%		.423	1	2	14	0	1	16	9	8	8	7	8	3	4.2	25

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%
1988	26	PHI	NL	114	50%	4.4%	10.5%	18.4%	7.0%	30%	0.40	0.69	64%	22%	15.6%	40%	30	4	13%
1 Yr				114	50%	4.4%	10.5%	18.4%	7.0%	30%	0.40	0.69	64%	22%	15.6%	40%	30	4	13%
MLB Averages					40%	2.0%	14.7%	8.2%	6.5%	29%	0.80	1.04	74%	20%	8.2%	41%			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
1988	26	PHI	NL	106	412	3.89	226	55%	25%	13%	28%	33%	75%	4%	41%	82%	49%	12%	13	5	17%	18	8	1	18%	4	6	8	0	0
1 Yr				106	412	3.89	226	55%	25%	13%	28%	33%	75%	4%	41%	82%	49%	12%	13	5	17%	18	8	1	18%	4	6	8	0	0
MLB Averages						3.58		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	76%	2%	47%	81%	57%	5%			19%				26%

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
1988	26	PHI	NL	114	27	2	0	5	0	7	2	3	2	3	11	6	2	55%	0	2	1	55	4	1	80%	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	8	0
1 Yr				114	27	2	0	5	0	7	2	3	2	3	11	6	2	55%	0	2	1	55	4	1	80%	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	8	0
MLB Averages																		54%							70%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1988	26	0	1	.000	6.00	17	0	2	0	0	0	24.0	27	17	16	5	21	2	12	0	1	2	114	60	2.000	10.1	1.9	7.9	4.5	0.57	60

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
1988	26	0	2	.000	7.71	21.0	28	20	18	5	22	11	0	2.381	12.0	9.4	4.7	0.50	2.1	17
1 Yr		0	2	.000	7.71	21.0	28	20	18	5	22	11	0	2.381	12.0		4.7	0.50	2.1	17

* 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.

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