Clay Kirby

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 175lb (190cm, 79kg)

Born: June 25, 1948 in Washington, DC us

Died: October 11, 1991 in Arlington, VA

Buried: National Memorial Park, Falls Church, VA

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 1966 MLB June Amateur Draft from Washington-Liberty HS (Arlington, VA).

High School: Washington-Liberty HS (Arlington, VA)

Debut: April 11, 1969 (Age 20-290d, 12,790th in major league history)
vs. SFG 4.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER, L

Last Game: September 28, 1976 (Age 28-095d)
vs. NYM 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Full Name: Clayton Laws Kirby

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1975 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.0

104

ERA

3.84

261

239

1548.0

1061

WHIP

1.384

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Team Record in Appearances: 3-19 / in Starts: 3-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 0

1976 Pitching Game Log

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1976 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	240	6	Apr 17	MON	@	STL	L,3-4	GS-5		99	5.0	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	1.80	1.43	18	7	5	0	0	3	60			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.12	0.126	1.53	0.10%	1.24	1b start tie	5b 3 out a2
2	241	10	Apr 22	MON	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-2		4	1.2	4	2	2	2	2	0	0	4.05	2.03	11	1	4	2	0	2	39			0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.63	-0.120	2.37	-0.11%	-1.26	1b start tie	2b 1-- 2 out a1
3	242	15	Apr 28(2)	MON		HOU	W,8-7	GS-6		5	5.0	5	4	4	4	2	0	0	5.40	2.98	23	4	8	0	0	5	39			1	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.33	-0.083	1.32	-0.05%	-0.65	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out a1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
4	243	21	May 6	MON		SDP	L,1-4	GS-5	L(0-1)	7	4.1	5	2	2	2	2	1	0	5.06	3.82	19	7	8	2	0	0	45			1	1	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.022	.69	-0.01%	0.08	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out d1
5	244	25	May 11	MON	@	HOU	L,3-5	GS-1	L(0-2)	4	0.0	2	5	5	3	0	2	0	7.88	6.01	5	0	0	0	0	2	23			0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.386	.62	-0.13%	-5.00	1b start tie	1b --- 0 out d5
6	245	29	May 16	MON	@	ATL	W,5-4	GS-6		4	5.0	5	3	3	5	6	1	0	7.29	5.97	23	5	2	1	0	5	46			0	1	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.036	.82	-0.01%	-0.03	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out a1
7	246	39	May 30	MON	@	PHI	L,1-7	GS-6	L(0-3)	13	6.0	4	1	1	2	3	0	0	6.00	5.23	23	4	10	0	4	4	61			0	1	0	19	2	0	1	0	1	0	.97	0.144	.67	0.06%	1.74	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
8	247	44	Jun 5	MON		ATL	L,0-8	GS-6	L(0-4)	5	6.0	3	2	2	6	1	2	0	5.45	6.03	24	6	8	0	3	3	53			0	1	0	18	0	0	0	2	0	0	.86	0.038	.19	0.01%	0.79	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
9	248	49	Jun 11	MON	@	LAD	L,4-7	GS-2	L(0-5)	5	1.2	2	5	0	2	1	0	1	5.19	6.07	12	3	3	1	0	2	40			1	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	2	1.73	-0.413	.36	-0.05%	-4.46	1b start a 1	2b --3 2 out d4
10	249	54	Jun 16	MON	@	SDP	L,2-6	6-7		4	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.91	5.88	7	2	5	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.011	.01	0.00%	0.82	6b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d4
11	250	59	Jun 22	MON	@	PHI	W,8-3	GS-7	W(1-5)	5	6.0	3	3	3	6	6	1	0	4.85	5.87	26	5	6	0	1	3	54			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.064	.05	0.00%	-0.60	1b start a 2	7b 1-3 0 out a4
12	251	64	Jun 26	MON		PIT	L,6-7	3-7		3	4.2	5	2	2	5	6	0	0	4.75	5.61	24	6	2	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.195	.01	0.00%	-0.42	3t --- 0 out d4	7t 123 2 out d1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	252	72	Jul 6	MON		CIN	L,7-10	GS-4	L(1-6)	9	4.0	7	5	3	3	2	0	0	4.91	5.48	22	4	6	1	0	7	31			0	1	0	18	2	1	0	0	1	1	.95	-0.338	.00	0.00%	-3.14	1t start tie	4t 3 out d4
14	253	76	Jul 10	MON	@	HOU	L,2-4	GS-6	L(1-7)	3	6.0	5	3	2	3	5	0	0	4.71	5.16	26	7	6	0	0	5	54			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	1	.65	-0.139	.00	0.00%	-0.58	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
15	254	81	Jul 18(1)	MON		HOU	L,6-7	GS-7		7	6.0	8	5	5	2	2	1	0	4.97	5.16	25	6	7	0	1	8	36			0	1	0	23	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.23	-0.264	.00	0.00%	-1.58	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d2
16	255	88	Jul 24	MON		NYM	L,4-10	GS-4	L(1-8)	5	3.1	3	3	2	6	2	0	0	5.00	5.24	21	6	4	0	0	3	40			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.13	-0.215	.00	0.00%	-2.50	1t start tie	4t -23 1 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
17	256	98	Aug 3	MON	@	NYM	L,8-9	GS-6		9	5.2	4	6	6	8	4	0	1	5.35	5.30	29	7	5	1	1	4	33			1	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.97	-0.388	.00	0.00%	-3.97	1b start a 1	6b 1-3 2 out d4
18	257	113	Aug 17	MON	@	PHI	L,3-11	5-6		13	1.1	5	5	5	3	2	1	0	5.86	5.50	11	0	1	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	-0.029	.00	0.00%	-3.61	5b --- 0 out d5	6b 123 1 out d7
19	258	119	Aug 24	MON	@	LAD	L,0-6	7-GF(8)		6	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.71	5.40	7	0	5	0	3	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.87	7b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
20	259	127	Sep 3(1)	MON		PIT	L,7-9	6-6		9	1.0	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	5.63	5.50	5	0	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-1.54	6t --- 0 out d4	6t 3 out d6
21	260	133	Sep 7	MON		STL	L,4-7	9-9		3	0.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	5.87	5.54	3	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.111	.00	0.00%	-1.98	9t --- 0 out d1	9t 12- 0 out d2
22	261	157	Sep 28(1)	MON	@	NYM	L,4-5	5-6		20	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.72	5.47	6	2	2	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.80	0.080	.00	0.00%	0.82	5b --- 0 out d1	6b 3 out d1
							3-19		W-L:1-8	5.4	78.2	81	61	50	63	51	10	2	5.72	5.47	370	0.82		5%	7%	72	44	0	---%	5	6	0	297	9	3	1	8	4	7	1.00	-2.321	.39	-0.19%	-24.95

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