Ken Clay
Kenneth Earl Clay
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: April 6, 1954 in Lynchburg, VA
High School: E.C. Glass (Lynchburg, VA)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 7, 1977
Final Game: October 2, 1981
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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
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 90 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 75 1.443 10.1 1.4 2.9 3.2 1.12
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 84 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 Seasons 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 82 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 84 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

Postseason Pitching

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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
1977 23 NYY AL WS W LAD 0 0 2.45 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0.818 4.9 0.0 2.5 0.0 0.00
1978 24 NYY AL ALCS W KCR 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 1 3.2 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 14 0.818 0.0 0.0 7.4 4.9 0.67
1978 24 NYY AL WS W LAD 0 0 11.57 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 4 4 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 14 2.571 15.4 3.9 7.7 7.7 1.00
2 Seasons (3 Series) 0 0 3.72 4 0 1 0 0 1 9.2 6 5 4 1 6 0 4 0 0 1 42 1.241 5.6 0.9 5.6 3.7 0.67
1 ALCS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 1 3.2 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 14 0.818 0.0 0.0 7.4 4.9 0.67
2 WS 0 0 6.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 5 4 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 28 1.500 9.0 1.5 4.5 3.0 0.67

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
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
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
1981 27 SEA AL 22 444 394 62 116 30 4 10 11 4 42 32 .294 .364 .467 .831 .299 184 14 3 2 3 3
5 Seasons 111 1559 1381 208 389 81 13 35 33 12 141 129 .282 .351 .435 .786 .289 601 36 11 16 10 12
162 Game Avg. 51 721 639 96 180 37 6 16 15 6 65 60 .282 .351 .435 .786 .289 278 17 5 7 5 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1977 23 NYY AL 21 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0% 41 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 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 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 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 65 20 17 5 1 8 3.0 3.2 6.0
5 Seasons 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

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1977 23 NYY AL 21 18 11 2 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 16 7 44% 8 0.862 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 0.718 4 4 14 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 0.758 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 0.914 2 2 4 0 2 6 5 3 5 3 5 0 6.5
4 Seasons 103 75 43 4 9 6 3 3 50% 7 1 63 24 38% 0.818 16 12 47 15 7 53 39 36 52 9 56 8 6.9

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1977 23 NYY AL 239 49% 2.5% 8.4% 10.0% 6.3% 28% 1.30 78% 50 5 10%
1978 24 NYY AL 336 49% 0.9% 9.5% 6.3% 6.6% 25% 1.37 81% 62 7 11%
1979 25 NYY AL 338 40% 3.6% 8.3% 7.4% 10.4% 40% 2.05 78% 49 8 16%
1980 26 TEX AL 202 61% 2.0% 8.4% 14.4% 6.4% 30% 0.85 73% 36 2 6%
1981 27 SEA AL 445 47% 2.3% 7.2% 9.5% 9.9% 38% 1.30 80% 82 14 17%
5 Seasons 1560 48% 2.3% 8.3% 9.0% 8.3% 33% 1.37 79% 279 36 13%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 1 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 1 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 2 1 15 0
5 Seasons 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 5 1 43 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1977 23 2 3 .400 4.37 21 3 11 0 0 1 55.2 53 32 27 6 24 3 20 1 0 0 239 90 1.383 8.6 1.0 3.9 3.2 0.83 90
1978 24 5 7 .417 4.32 49 9 24 0 0 1 131.1 142 73 63 9 45 6 52 3 0 4 575 87 1.424 9.7 0.6 3.1 3.6 1.16 87
1979 25 6 14 .300 4.72 81 14 41 0 0 3 209.2 230 122 110 21 70 7 80 5 0 11 913 82 1.431 9.9 0.9 3.0 3.4 1.14 82
1980 26 8 17 .320 4.70 89 22 41 0 0 3 252.2 273 146 132 25 99 9 97 8 0 18 1115 82 1.472 9.7 0.9 3.5 3.5 0.98 82
1981 27 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 83

Neutralized Pitching

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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 5.53 140.0 182 96 86 16 66 44 5 1.771 11.7 4.2 2.8 0.67 1.0 22
5 Seasons 13 26 .333 5.49 379.0 470 258 231 41 170 135 13 1.689 11.2 3.2 0.79 1.0 111

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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