Ken Clay

Kenneth Earl Clay

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 6, 1954 in Lynchburg, VA
High School: E. C. Glass HS (Lynchburg, VA)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 7, 1977
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Mariners/Rangers 1977-1981

Final Game: October 2, 1981
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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
1972	18	NYY-min	Rk	7	2	.778	2.97	13	13					91.0	69	32	30	5	53								1.341	6.8	0.5	5.2			JOH · APPY
1973	19	NYY-min	A	10	10	.500	2.28	24	24					158.0	129	61	40	1	80								1.323	7.3	0.1	4.6			FTL · FLOR
1974	20	NYY-min	AA	5	13	.278	4.88	31	21		5	0	1	155.0	160	103	84	14	77	1	99	6	1	6			1.529	9.3	0.8	4.5	5.7	1.29	WHA · EL
1975	21	NYY-min	AA,AAA	13	7	.650	3.68	24	24		2	0	0	154.0	143	73	63	11	71	1	32	2	0	4			1.390	8.4	0.6	4.1	1.9	0.45	WHA,SYR · EL,IL
1976	22	NYY-min	AAA	11	8	.579	4.12	30	24		8	1	1	168.0	202	94	77	6	67	5	87	2	2	8			1.601	10.8	0.3	3.6	4.7	1.30	SYR · IL
1977	23	NYY-min	AAA	5	1	.833	1.68	10	10		5	0	0	75.0	48	18	14	2	33	1	32	1	0	7			1.080	5.8	0.2	4.0	3.8	0.97	SYR · IL
1977	23	NYY	AL	2	3	.400	4.37	21	3	11	0	0	1	55.2	53	32	27	6	24	3	20	1	0	0	239	91	1.383	8.6	1.0	3.9	3.2	0.83
1978	24	NYY	AL	3	4	.429	4.28	28	6	13	0	0	0	75.2	89	41	36	3	21	3	32	2	0	4	336	85	1.454	10.6	0.4	2.5	3.8	1.52
1979	25	NYY	AL	1	7	.125	5.40	32	5	17	0	0	2	78.1	88	49	47	12	25	1	28	2	0	7	338	76	1.443	10.1	1.4	2.9	3.2	1.12
1980	26	NYY-min	AAA	9	4	.692	1.96	20	20		7	3	0	138.0	106	40	30	9	50	0	78	6	0	8			1.130	6.9	0.6	3.3	5.1	1.56	CLB · IL
1980	26	TEX	AL	2	3	.400	4.60	8	8	0	0	0	0	43.0	43	24	22	4	29	2	17	3	0	7	202	85	1.674	9.0	0.8	6.1	3.6	0.59
1981	27	SEA	AL	2	7	.222	4.63	22	14	2	0	0	0	101.0	116	62	52	10	42	3	32	3	1	5	445	84	1.564	10.3	0.9	3.7	2.9	0.76
5 Yrs				10	24	.294	4.68	111	36	43	0	0	3	353.2	389	208	184	35	141	12	129	11	1	23	1560	83	1.499	9.9	0.9	3.6	3.3	0.91
162 Game Avg.				5	11	.294	4.68	51	17	20	0	0	1	164	180	96	85	16	65	6	60	5	0	11	722	83	1.499	9.9	0.9	3.6	3.3	0.91

NYY (3 yrs)				6	14	.300	4.72	81	14	41	0	0	3	209.2	230	122	110	21	70	7	80	5	0	11	913	83	1.431	9.9	0.9	3.0	3.4	1.14
TEX (1 yr)				2	3	.400	4.60	8	8	0	0	0	0	43.0	43	24	22	4	29	2	17	3	0	7	202	85	1.674	9.0	0.8	6.1	3.6	0.59
SEA (1 yr)				2	7	.222	4.63	22	14	2	0	0	0	101.0	116	62	52	10	42	3	32	3	1	5	445	84	1.564	10.3	0.9	3.7	2.9	0.76

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
1977	23	NYY	AL	55.2	21	3	32	5.17	4.41	0.29	-0.24	98.8	3.84	-8	-0.8	1.1	-0.1	-0.5	-2	.460	.495	$
1978	24	NYY	AL	75.2	28	6	41	4.88	4.18	0.34	-0.19	98.6	3.60	-10	-1.1	.6	0.0	-0.4	-3	.461	.493	$
1979	25	NYY	AL	78.1	32	5	49	5.63	4.71	0.15	-0.27	96.7	4.14	-13	-1.3	1.4	-0.3	-0.9	-4	.461	.492	$
1980	26	TEX	AL	43.0	8	8	24	5.02	4.57	-0.59	0.15	100.6	5.34	1	0.1		-0.0	0.5	6	.517	.501	$
1981	27	SEA	AL	101.0	22	14	62	5.52	4.12	-0.15	0.06	105.4	4.56	-11	-1.1	.9	-0.1	-0.4	-4	.448	.493	$
5 Seasons				353.2	111	36	208	5.29	4.36	0.04	-0.10	100.4	4.24	-41	-4.2	1.1	-0.5	-1.7	-7	.462	.495	$

NYY (3 yrs)				209.2	81	14	122	5.24	4.44	0.26	-0.23	98.0	3.87	-32	-3.2	1.1	-0.4	-1.8	-9	.460	.493	$
TEX (1 yr)				43.0	8	8	24	5.02	4.57	-0.59	0.15	100.6	5.34	1	0.1		-0.0	0.5	6	.517	.501	$
SEA (1 yr)				101.0	22	14	62	5.52	4.12	-0.15	0.06	105.4	4.56	-11	-1.1	.9	-0.1	-0.4	-4	.448	.493	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1977	23	NYY	AL	WS	W	LAD	2.45	2	0	0	3.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	14	0.818	4.9	0.0	2.5	0.0	0.00
1978	24	NYY	AL	ALCS	W	KCR	0.00	1	1	1	3.2	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	14	0.818	0.0	0.0	7.4	4.9	0.67
1978	24	NYY	AL	WS	W	LAD	11.57	1	0	0	2.1	4	4	3	1	2	2	1	14	2.571	15.4	3.9	7.7	7.7	1.00
2 Yrs (3 Series)							3.72	4	1	1	9.2	6	5	4	1	6	4	1	42	1.241	5.6	0.9	5.6	3.7	0.67
1 ALCS							0.00	1	1	1	3.2	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	14	0.818	0.0	0.0	7.4	4.9	0.67
2 WS							6.00	3	0	0	6.0	6	5	4	1	3	2	1	28	1.500	9.0	1.5	4.5	3.0	0.67

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
1977	23	NYY	AL	21	239	211	32	53	8	1	6	4	5	24	20	.251	.329	.384	.713	.253	81	5	1	2	1	3	5
1978	24	NYY	AL	28	336	306	41	89	15	4	3	5	0	21	32	.291	.338	.395	.734	.315	121	7	2	5	2	3	7
1979	25	NYY	AL	32	338	302	49	88	20	3	12	5	3	25	28	.291	.346	.497	.843	.287	150	8	2	6	3	1	4
1980	26	TEX	AL	8	202	168	24	43	8	1	4	8	0	29	17	.256	.373	.387	.760	.264	65	2	3	1	1	2	1
1981	27	SEA	AL	22	445	394	62	116	30	4	10	11	4	42	32	.294	.364	.467	.831	.299	184	14	3	2	3	3	5
5 Yrs				111	1560	1381	208	389	81	13	35	33	12	141	129	.282	.351	.435	.786	.289	601	36	11	16	10	12	22
162 Game Avg.				51	722	639	96	180	37	6	16	15	6	65	60	.282	.351	.435	.786	.289	278	17	5	7	5	6	10
MLB Averages																.262	.326	.388	.714	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1977	23	NYY	AL	-3.3	-0.3	248	-1.2	3.2	-4.4	.85	-0.2	-1.2	-3.5	-0.3	0.85	-1.5	3	2	13
1978	24	NYY	AL	-5.8	-0.6	346	-1.5	3.4	-4.9	.69	-0.4	-1.7	-7.3	-0.8	0.69	-3.4	4	3	12
1979	25	NYY	AL	-10.3	-1.0	353	-0.5	4.6	-5.0	.74	-0.7	0.1	-6.5	-0.6	0.74	-5.3	7	4	16
1980	26	TEX	AL	-3.2	-0.3	217	-0.2	3.5	-3.7	1.06	-0.9	0.7	-4.5	-0.4	1.06	-8.4	0	0	0
1981	27	SEA	AL	-9.5	-1.0	467	-1.6	6.5	-8.1	.90	-1.4	-0.4	-14.1	-1.4	0.90	-14.9	2	2	4
5 Yrs				-32.0	-3.2	1631	-5.0	21.1	-26.1	.83	-3.6	-2.3	-35.8	-3.6	0.83	-33.4	16	11	45

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
1977	23	NYY	AL	21	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	2	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0%	41.3	47	36	11	8	1	2	5.9	4.5	4.4
1978	24	NYY	AL	28	6	2	0	4	0	0	4	2	.667	0	3	0	0	3	50%	47.0	62	32	15	5	3	1	5.1	7.2	4.2
1979	25	NYY	AL	32	5	0	4	1	0	0	0	5	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	38.0	48	31	19	8	2	3	2.6	4.2	3.1
1980	26	TEX	AL	8	8	2	3	3	1	1	3	5	.375	0	2	0	0	3	38%	45.4	67	29	13	1	2	4	4.6	4.0	5.4
1981	27	SEA	AL	22	14	2	6	6	0	1	3	11	.214	2	3	0	0	6	43%	44.1	65	20	17	5	1	8	3.0	3.2	6.0
5 Yrs				111	36	6	15	15	1	2	11	25	.306	2	8	0	0	12	33%	44	67	20	75	27	9	18	3.9	4.1	5.0
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	99	-13					4.3	4.3	6.3

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
1977	23	NYY	AL	21	18	11	2	1	2	1	1	50%	2	0	16	7	44%	8	.846	3	2	13	6	0	12	10	8	14	2	14	3	7.1
1978	24	NYY	AL	28	22	13	1	4	0	0	0		0	0	11	5	45%	4	.693	4	3	12	3	3	16	7	15	16	0	17	2	6.9
1979	25	NYY	AL	32	27	17	1	3	4	2	2	50%	5	1	28	9	32%	9	.741	7	4	16	6	2	19	17	10	17	4	20	3	7.0

1981	27	SEA	AL	22	8	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	8	3	38%	5	.901	2	2	4	0	2	6	5	3	5	3	5	0	6.5
4 Yrs				103	75	43	4	9	6	3	3	50%	7	1	63	24	38%		.800	16	11	45	15	7	53	39	36	52	9	56	8	6.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1977	23	NYY	AL	239	51%	2.5%	8.4%	10.0%	6.3%	28%	1.30	78%	50	5	10%
1978	24	NYY	AL	336	51%	0.9%	9.5%	6.3%	6.6%	25%	1.37	81%	62	7	11%
1979	25	NYY	AL	338	60%	3.6%	8.3%	7.4%	10.4%	40%	2.05	78%	49	8	16%
1980	26	TEX	AL	202	39%	2.0%	8.4%	14.4%	6.4%	30%	0.85	73%	36	2	6%
1981	27	SEA	AL	445	53%	2.3%	7.2%	9.4%	9.9%	38%	1.30	80%	82	14	17%
5 Yrs				1560	52%	2.2%	8.3%	9.0%	8.3%	33%	1.37	79%	279	36	13%
MLB Averages					44%	2.0%	12.7%	8.4%	6.6%	28%	1.10	75%			11%

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
1977	23	NYY	AL	239	53			6	0	7	1	5	4	2	15	9	1	60%	5	0	0	94	4	5	44%	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	24	NYY	AL	336	89			3	0	5	2	1	1	2	31	19	2	61%	7	4	0	132	5	0	100%	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
1979	25	NYY	AL	338	88			12	0	5	2	10	3	9	27	13	2	48%	4	7	0	108	5	3	63%	5	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	0
1980	26	TEX	AL	202	43			4	0	2	1	3	2	2	11	9	1	82%	1	7	0	82	8	0	100%	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
1981	27	SEA	AL	445	116			10	1	6	7	3	3	7	27	14	2	52%	5	5	1	179	11	4	73%	10	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	15	0
5 Yrs				1560	389			35	1	25	13	22	13	22	111	64	8	58%	22	23	1	595	33	12	73%	30	11	3	1	0	0	2	1	43	0
MLB Averages																		53%							65%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
1977	23	2	3	.400	4.37	21	3	11	1	55.2	53	32	27	6	24	3	20	1	0	0	239	91	1.383	8.6	1.0	3.9	3.2	0.83	91
1978	24	5	7	.417	4.32	49	9	24	1	131.1	142	73	63	9	45	6	52	3	0	4	575	88	1.424	9.7	0.6	3.1	3.6	1.16	88
1979	25	6	14	.300	4.72	81	14	41	3	209.2	230	122	110	21	70	7	80	5	0	11	913	83	1.431	9.9	0.9	3.0	3.4	1.14	83
1980	26	8	17	.320	4.70	89	22	41	3	252.2	273	146	132	25	99	9	97	8	0	18	1115	83	1.472	9.7	0.9	3.5	3.5	0.98	83
1981	27	10	24	.294	4.68	111	36	43	3	353.2	389	208	184	35	141	12	129	11	1	23	1560	83	1.499	9.9	0.9	3.6	3.3	0.91	83

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
1977	23	2	3	.400	4.92	53.0	55	32	29	6	25	19	1	1.509	9.3	4.2	3.2	0.76	1.0	21
1978	24	3	4	.429	5.32	71.0	97	47	42	3	23	30	2	1.690	12.3	2.9	3.8	1.30	0.4	28
1979	25	2	6	.250	6.08	74.0	91	56	50	12	26	26	2	1.581	11.1	3.2	3.2	1.00	1.5	32
1980	26	1	3	.250	5.27	41.0	45	27	24	4	30	16	3	1.829	9.9	6.6	3.5	0.53	0.9	8
1981	27	5	10	.333	5.53	140.0	183	96	86	16	66	44	5	1.779	11.8	4.2	2.8	0.67	1.0	22
5 Yrs		13	26	.333	5.49	379.0	471	258	231	41	170	135	13	1.691	11.2		3.2	0.79	1.0	111

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Pitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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