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: 14-2 / in Starts: 14-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2013 Pitching Game Log

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2013 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	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	108	2	Apr 3	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-4	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	7.0	6	1	1	2	4	1	0	1.29	4.62	28	94	62	18	5	9	13	5	1	0	63			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.54	0.166	.62	0.11%	2.39	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a6
2	109	7	Apr 8	BOS		BAL	W,3-1	GS-7	W(2-0)	4	7.0	3	0	0	4	8	0	0	0.64	3.55	27	113	65	21	10	8	7	2	1	0	75			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	0.442	1.51	0.33%	3.49	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
3	110	11	Apr 14	BOS		TBR	W,5-0	GS-8	W(3-0)	5	8.0	2	0	0	4	11	0	0	0.41	2.91	29	109	69	29	13	7	7	2	0	0	85			2	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.72	0.305	.85	0.22%	3.99	1t start tie	8t 3 out a4
4	111	16	Apr 20	BOS		KCR	W,4-3	GS-8	W(4-0)	5	8.0	8	2	2	1	6	0	0	0.90	2.65	31	104	70	25	7	13	11	5	1	0	63			2	0	0	29	3	1	0	2	0	0	1.23	0.091	1.51	0.07%	1.99	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
5	112	22	Apr 25	BOS		HOU	W,7-2	GS-8	W(5-0)	4	7.2	6	2	2	2	10	0	0	1.19	2.36	29	109	65	26	8	9	8	3	0	0	67			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	2	0	0	.72	0.132	.88	0.10%	1.76	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a5
May				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	113	27	May 1	BOS	@	TOR	W,10-1	GS-7	W(6-0)	5	7.0	2	0	0	3	8	0	0	1.01	2.31	25	101	66	28	9	7	7	2	1	0	78			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.273	.85	0.21%	3.46	1b start tie	7b 3 out a8
7	114	32	May 6	BOS		MIN	W,6-5	GS-6		4	6.0	7	4	4	2	9	0	0	1.60	2.16	27	116	78	21	17	5	11	4	0	0	49			0	0	0	24	5	0	0	0	1	0	.82	-0.153	1.01	-0.11%	-1.01	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
8	115	37	May 11	BOS		TOR	L,2-3	GS-8		4	8.0	6	2	2	3	4	0	0	1.69	2.30	31	101	68	21	9	15	9	6	1	0	63			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	.87	0.103	1.08	0.08%	1.99	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
9	116	42	May 17	BOS	@	MIN	W,3-2	GS-7		5	7.0	4	2	2	3	9	1	0	1.78	2.44	28	110	72	23	13	6	10	3	3	0	67			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.134	1.25	0.10%	1.42	1b start a 1	7b 3 out tie
10	117	47	May 22	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-2	GS-7	W(7-0)	4	7.0	5	1	1	3	4	0	0	1.73	2.51	26	113	71	22	11	11	8	4	1	0	64			0	2	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.51	0.388	1.89	0.29%	2.52	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a1
Jun				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
11	118	58	Jun 2	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-0	SHO(5)	W(8-0)	10	5.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	1.62	2.48	17	71	43	15	4	10	2	1	0	0	66			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.282	1.44	0.27%	2.42	1b start tie	5b 3 out a2
12	119	63	Jun 8(2)	BOS		LAA	W,7-2	GS-7	W(9-0)	5	6.2	6	2	2	1	4	0	0	1.71	2.47	27	104	77	20	12	8	14	6	2	0	57			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	1	0	.87	0.174	1.17	0.14%	1.26	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out a5
Sept				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
13	120	146	Sep 10	BOS	@	TBR	W,2-0	GS-5	W(10-0)	93	5.0	3	0	0	1	6	0	0	1.61	2.40	17	74	44	18	3	4	6	3	1	0	66			0	2	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.273	.27	0.05%	2.35	1b start tie	5b 3 out a2
14	121	151	Sep 15	BOS		NYY	W,9-2	GS-6	W(11-0)	4	6.0	2	1	0	4	3	0	1	1.51	2.53	23	91	53	12	11	9	6	3	0	0	65			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	2	0	0	.98	0.181	.09	0.01%	1.99	1t start tie	6t 3 out a4
15	122	156	Sep 21	BOS		TOR	L,2-4	GS-6	L(11-1)	5	6.0	6	3	2	2	2	0	0	1.60	2.58	24	106	64	16	10	11	9	5	1	0	50			0	2	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.085	.10	-0.01%	-0.01	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
16	123	160	Sep 27	BOS	@	BAL	W,12-3	GS-7	W(12-1)	5	7.0	7	3	3	0	4	2	0	1.74	2.78	27	113	77	20	10	7	16	5	1	0	55			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.39	0.097	.03	0.00%	0.49	1b start a 5	7b 3 out a5
							14-2		W-L:12-1	4.5	108.1	75	23	21	36	96	4	1	1.74	2.78	416	1629	64%	21%	9%	0.97		21%	5%	0	65		---%	6	6	0	376	15	1	0	14	2	0	.89	2.803	.92	1.85%	30.53

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