Clay Buchholz

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-3, 190lb (190cm, 86kg)

Born: August 14, 1984 in Nederland, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (42nd) of the 2005 MLB June Amateur Draft from Angelina College (Lufkin, TX).

High School: Lumberton HS (Lumberton, TX)

Schools: Angelina College (Lufkin, TX), McNeese State University (Lake Charles, LA)

Debut: August 17, 2007 (Age 23-003d, 19,173rd in major league history)
vs. LAA 6.0 IP, 8 H, 5 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER, W

Last Game: September 29, 2019 (Age 35-046d)
vs. TBR 5.0 IP, 4 H, 6 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2008 season

Agents: ISE Baseball

Full Name: Clay Daniel Buchholz

Nicknames: Flaco or Buck

Pronunciation: \BUCK-holtz\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.8

ERA

3.98

236

218

1332.1

1024

WHIP

1.298

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Team Record in Appearances: 3-3 / in Starts: 3-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	2009	ALDS g3	Oct 11	BOS		LAA	L,6-7	GS-6		6	5.0	6	2	2	1	3	1	1	3.60	5.70	23	95	58	21	4	10	8	1	1	0	49			1	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.020	9.76	0.12%	-0.01	1t start tie	6t 123 0 out a4
2013 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	2013	ALDS g3	Oct 7	BOS	@	TBR	L,4-5	GS-6		9	6.0	7	3	3	3	5	1	0	4.50	5.05	27	104	64	14	10	5	14	5	5	0	48			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	-0.026	14.30	-0.23%	-0.18	1b start a 1	6b 3 out tie
3	2013	ALCS g2	Oct 13	BOS		DET	W,6-5	GS-6		5	5.2	8	5	5	0	6	2	1	6.17	5.53	26	82	53	10	8	6	13	7	1	0	39			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	1	0	1	.84	-0.148	21.64	-2.57%	-2.24	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out d5
4	2013	ALCS g6	Oct 19	BOS		DET	W,5-2	GS-6		5	5.0	4	2	2	2	4	0	0	5.40	4.67	20	85	56	13	8	9	5	3	0	0	53			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.130	41.90	2.76%	1.50	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out a1
5	2013	WS g4	Oct 27	BOS	@	STL	W,4-2	GS-4		7	4.0	3	1	0	3	2	0	0	4.35	4.60	18	66	38	12	5	7	6	3	0	0	53			0	0	0	15	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.02	0.055	65.84	1.97%	0.79	1b start tie	4b 3 out d1
2016 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	2016	ALDS g3	Oct 10	BOS		CLE	L,3-4	GS-4	L(0-1)	11	4.0	6	2	2	1	4	0	0	4.50	1.90	19	75	50	13	10	7	7	6	1	0	45			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.024	12.81	-0.28%	0.15	1t start tie	4t 3 out d2
											29.2	34	15	14	10	24	4	2	4.25		133																			1

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