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: 11-17 / in Starts: 11-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2014 Pitching Game Log

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2014 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	124	5	Apr 5	BOS		MIL	L,6-7	GS-5		99	4.1	13	6	6	0	3	2	0	12.46	7.75	25	72	54	13	10	11	11	5	2	0	16			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.461	.99	-0.27%	-4.75	1t start tie	5t 1-3 1 out d1
2	125	10	Apr 10	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-4	GS-6	L(0-1)	4	6.0	7	4	2	0	6	1	0	6.97	5.16	24	94	64	18	9	13	5	0	0	0	52			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	1	.74	-0.155	.77	-0.10%	-1.22	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
3	126	15	Apr 16	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-4	GS-6		5	6.0	6	3	2	2	6	1	1	5.51	5.03	28	109	72	17	8	5	14	4	1	0	54			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.28	-0.103	1.01	-0.05%	-0.30	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
4	127	20	Apr 21	BOS		BAL	L,6-7	GS-3	L(0-2)	4	2.1	7	6	6	1	1	0	0	7.71	4.85	15	55	34	8	2	7	6	4	0	0	19			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.348	.98	-0.22%	-5.06	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out d6
5	128	25	Apr 26	BOS	@	TOR	W,7-6	GS-7	W(1-2)	4	7.0	6	3	3	3	3	0	0	6.66	4.50	30	105	67	14	9	10	14	6	0	0	53			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.029	.88	-0.02%	0.25	1b start tie	7b 3 out a4
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	129	30	May 2	BOS		OAK	W,7-1	GS-7	W(2-2)	5	6.1	3	1	1	3	5	0	0	5.63	4.19	26	110	65	20	8	5	13	6	0	0	65			0	0	0	23	1	1	1	0	0	1	1.27	0.259	1.09	0.13%	1.87	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a5
7	130	35	May 9	BOS	@	TEX	L,0-8	GS-5	L(2-3)	6	4.1	10	6	6	2	3	0	0	6.44	4.07	23	96	62	14	8	7	11	5	1	0	20			0	2	0	20	1	0	0	0	1	0	.84	-0.200	.83	-0.12%	-2.48	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out d4
8	131	40	May 15	BOS	@	MIN	L,3-4	GS-6		5	6.0	10	3	3	3	6	1	0	6.17	4.17	30	107	68	23	4	11	10	5	2	0	43			0	0	0	26	1	0	1	1	1	0	.73	-0.097	.83	-0.07%	-0.16	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
9	132	45	May 21	BOS		TOR	L,4-6	GS-5	L(2-4)	5	4.2	9	5	4	2	2	2	0	6.32	4.66	26	90	53	16	2	7	15	7	1	0	28			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	1	.92	-0.289	.81	-0.15%	-3.07	1t start tie	5t 1-3 2 out d4
10	133	50	May 26	BOS	@	ATL	W,8-6	GS-4		4	3.0	4	6	6	8	4	0	0	7.02	4.89	21	88	42	12	8	3	6	2	1	0	23			0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.351	.55	-0.09%	-3.66	1b start tie	4b 12- 0 out d3
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	134	79	Jun 25	BOS	@	SEA	W,5-4	GS-8	W(3-4)	29	7.1	7	4	4	0	2	3	0	6.75	5.28	27	76	55	9	9	7	18	9	3	0	50			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	-0.014	.49	0.00%	-0.71	1b start a 2	8b --- 1 out a1
Jul				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
12	135	84	Jul 1	BOS		CHC	L,1-2	GS-7		5	6.1	5	1	1	0	2	0	2	6.22	5.10	24	100	61	12	11	12	8	5	0	0	61			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	0.063	.67	0.02%	1.21	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out tie
13	136	89	Jul 7	BOS		CHW	L,0-4	GS-7	L(3-5)	5	7.0	5	4	4	1	7	2	0	6.11	5.11	26	111	72	23	11	8	10	4	3	0	57			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.54	-0.165	.13	-0.02%	-0.62	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
14	137	95	Jul 13	BOS	@	HOU	W,11-0	SHO	W(4-5)	5	9.0	3	0	0	0	12	0	0	5.42	4.59	30	109	76	27	16	7	11	4	1	0	93			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.204	.11	0.02%	4.18	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a11
15	138	96	Jul 18	BOS		KCR	W,5-4	GS-6	W(5-5)	4	6.0	10	4	4	0	3	0	0	5.46	4.42	27	104	67	18	11	14	9	4	0	1	39			1	1	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.195	.22	-0.03%	-1.10	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
16	139	101	Jul 23	BOS	@	TOR	L,4-6	GS-6	L(5-6)	4	6.0	6	5	4	4	1	0	2	5.50	4.51	29	99	61	20	4	13	9	5	1	0	39			2	1	0	22	2	1	0	1	0	1	1.51	-0.341	.61	-0.08%	-2.22	1b start a 3	6b 3 out d1
17	140	106	Jul 28	BOS		TOR	L,1-14	GS-6	L(5-7)	4	5.0	7	7	7	4	4	1	1	5.87	4.64	26	100	56	16	12	11	6	4	1	0	25			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.63	-0.248	.10	-0.02%	-4.06	1t start tie	6t -23 0 out d5
Aug				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
18	141	111	Aug 3	BOS		NYY	L,7-8	GS-5		5	5.0	8	7	7	5	5	0	0	6.20	4.62	27	114	61	24	3	5	12	6	0	0	23			0	0	0	22	5	0	0	1	0	0	1.43	-0.466	.06	-0.01%	-4.58	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
19	142	116	Aug 9	BOS	@	LAA	L,4-5	GS-8		5	8.0	6	3	3	2	8	1	0	5.99	4.54	31	120	76	25	11	13	8	5	2	0	64			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.145	.02	0.00%	0.53	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
20	143	121	Aug 15	BOS		HOU	L,3-5	GS-7		5	7.0	7	2	2	2	9	1	0	5.79	4.46	29	110	75	22	13	9	9	2	2	0	62			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	0.129	.03	0.00%	1.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
21	144	126	Aug 20	BOS		LAA	L,3-8	GS-6	L(5-8)	4	6.0	7	6	6	2	5	0	0	5.94	4.36	27	97	64	19	10	6	14	10	0	0	37			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.08	-0.436	.00	0.00%	-3.10	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
22	145	131	Aug 25	BOS	@	TOR	W,4-3	GS-9		4	8.1	4	3	3	2	4	0	0	5.77	4.27	30	103	64	18	5	17	7	1	1	0	65			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.249	.00	0.00%	2.65	1b start tie	9b 123 1 out a3
23	146	136	Aug 31	BOS	@	TBR	W,3-0	SHO	W(6-8)	5	9.0	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	5.40	4.11	29	98	69	24	9	13	10	2	2	0	87			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.501	.00	0.00%	4.05	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
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
24	147	142	Sep 6	BOS		TOR	W,4-3	GS-7	W(7-8)	5	6.1	4	2	2	2	5	0	1	5.29	4.06	25	101	64	22	7	8	9	5	3	0	60			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.191	.00	0.00%	1.87	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a3
25	148	147	Sep 11	BOS	@	KCR	W,6-3	GS-7	W(8-8)	4	6.1	6	3	2	3	7	0	1	5.19	4.01	29	106	66	21	11	7	11	6	0	0	55			1	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.13	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out a1
26	149	152	Sep 17	BOS	@	PIT	L,1-9	GS-4	L(8-9)	5	4.0	6	5	4	1	3	2	0	5.29	4.13	19	73	49	19	6	7	8	4	2	0	34			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	1	0	1	.55	-0.304	.00	0.00%	-3.25	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
27	150	157	Sep 23	BOS		TBR	L,2-6	GS-8	L(8-10)	5	7.2	8	5	5	1	6	0	2	5.31	4.07	30	100	60	16	11	9	12	5	1	0	48			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.49	-0.166	.00	0.00%	0.44	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out d2
28	151	162	Sep 28	BOS		NYY	L,5-9	GS-6	L(8-11)	4	6.0	5	4	4	1	4	0	0	5.34	4.01	24	94	62	17	8	11	8	3	2	0	49			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	0	1	0	.70	-0.200	.00	0.00%	-1.10	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
							11-17		W-L:8-11	4.6	170.1	182	108	101	54	132	17	10	5.34	4.01	737	2741	63%	18%	9%	0.90		24%	6%	1	47		---%	6	5	0	666	36	4	2	16	4	6	1.02	-3.123	.39	-1.07%	-23.14

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