Clay Hensley
Clayton Allen Hensley
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 31, 1979 in Tomball, TX
High School: Pearland (Pearland, TX)
School: Lamar University
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 8th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 20, 2005
Final Game: September 28, 2008
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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
2005 25 SDP NL 1 1 .500 1.70 24 1 5 0 0 0 47.2 33 12 9 0 17 2 28 0 0 2 189 226 1.049 6.2 0.0 3.2 5.3 1.65
2006 26 SDP NL 11 12 .478 3.71 37 29 2 1 1 0 187.0 174 82 77 15 76 7 122 3 0 3 787 109 1.337 8.4 0.7 3.7 5.9 1.61
2007 27 SDP NL 2 3 .400 6.84 13 9 1 0 0 0 50.0 62 40 38 5 32 2 30 1 1 4 238 58 1.880 11.2 0.9 5.8 5.4 0.94
2008 28 SDP NL 1 2 .333 5.31 32 1 8 0 0 0 39.0 36 27 23 2 25 3 26 1 0 1 173 71 1.564 8.3 0.5 5.8 6.0 1.04
4 Seasons 15 18 .455 4.09 106 40 16 1 1 0 323.2 305 161 147 22 150 14 206 5 1 10 1387 97 1.406 8.5 0.6 4.2 5.7 1.37
162 Game Avg. 7 8 .455 4.09 49 19 7 0 0 0 151 142 75 68 10 70 7 96 2 0 5 646 97 1.406 8.5 0.6 4.2 5.7 1.37

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
2005 25 SDP NL NLDS L STL 0 0 3.86 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 4 2 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 21 1.500 7.7 0.0 5.8 1.9 0.33
2006 26 SDP NL NLDS L STL 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 1.125 6.8 0.0 3.4 0.0 0.00
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 0 2.45 5 0 1 0 0 0 7.1 6 2 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 32 1.364 7.4 0.0 4.9 1.2 0.25
2 NLDS 0 0 2.45 5 0 1 0 0 0 7.1 6 2 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 32 1.364 7.4 0.0 4.9 1.2 0.25

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
2005 25 SDP NL 24 189 169 12 33 5 1 0 1 0 17 28 .195 .266 .237 .503 .231 40 6 0 1 2 2
2006 26 SDP NL 37 787 695 82 174 37 3 15 12 4 76 122 .250 .326 .377 .703 .283 262 27 3 10 3 7
2007 27 SDP NL 13 238 202 40 62 15 0 5 10 1 32 30 .307 .403 .455 .858 .339 92 4 1 2 1 2
2008 28 SDP NL 32 173 143 27 36 10 1 2 4 0 25 26 .252 .360 .378 .738 .288 54 6 1 1 3 3
4 Seasons 106 1387 1209 161 305 67 5 22 27 5 150 206 .252 .335 .371 .706 .286 448 43 5 14 9 14
162 Game Avg. 49 646 563 75 142 31 2 10 13 2 70 96 .252 .335 .371 .706 .286 209 20 2 7 4 7
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
2005 25 SDP NL 24 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 49 49 49 5 1 0 1 1.0 0.0 5.0 69 1 0 0 0 69
2006 26 SDP NL 37 29 11 10 8 2 5 16 13 .552 1 4 1 1 17 59% 53 84 22 13 3 2 12 4.1 3.8 6.1 94 4 17 8 0 116
2007 27 SDP NL 13 9 2 3 4 1 0 5 4 .556 1 4 0 0 2 22% 37 54 3 10 3 1 5 5.4 3.3 4.7 82 3 5 1 0 102
2008 28 SDP NL 32 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29 29 29 14 9 1 0 1.0 0.0 5.0 85 0 1 0 0 85
4 Seasons 106 40 13 15 12 3 5 21 19 .525 2 8 1 1 19 48% 49 84 3 42 16 4 18 4.3 3.5 5.7 90 8 23 9 0 116
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
2005 25 SDP NL 24 23 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 18 7 39% 7 0.790 9 6 8 4 4 15 11 12 18 2 18 1 5.6 27
2006 26 SDP NL 37 8 2 0 2 1 0 1 0% 2 1 1 1 100% 6 0.984 2 3 3 3 3 2 1 7 1 1 1 2 3.8 24
2007 27 SDP NL 13 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 4 0.840 0 0 4 1 0 3 1 3 2 1 2 0 5.5 27
2008 28 SDP NL 32 31 8 1 1 1 0 1 0% 4 3 9 4 44% 7 0.802 4 14 11 8 2 21 5 26 8 7 8 8 3.3 17
4 Seasons 106 66 16 2 3 2 0 2 0% 9 7 30 14 47% 0.910 15 23 26 16 9 41 18 48 29 11 29 11 4.3 22

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%
2005 25 SDP NL 189 55% 0.0% 14.8% 9.0% 3.2% 18% 1.27 1.74 76% 16% 0.0% 6% 44 6 14%
2006 26 SDP NL 787 47% 1.9% 15.5% 9.7% 7.0% 32% 1.18 1.72 71% 17% 6.4% 9% 163 27 17%
2007 27 SDP NL 238 49% 2.1% 12.6% 13.5% 8.4% 32% 0.93 1.43 71% 18% 6.2% 8% 40 4 10%
2008 28 SDP NL 173 47% 1.2% 15.0% 14.5% 7.5% 36% 1.00 1.65 68% 15% 3.6% 7% 41 6 15%
4 Seasons 1387 48% 1.6% 14.9% 10.8% 6.8% 31% 1.13 1.66 71% 17% 5.1% 8% 288 43 15%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2005 25 SDP NL 189 687 3.63 422 61% 26% 17% 23% 34% 74% 3% 46% 77% 53% 5% 9 4 23% 43 29 3 7% 3 3 0 0 0
2006 26 SDP NL 787 2902 3.69 1746 60% 27% 17% 23% 34% 73% 2% 44% 77% 59% 5% 42 23 17% 135 56 10 11% 9 12 0 0 0
2007 27 SDP NL 238 850 3.57 483 57% 26% 14% 23% 36% 74% 2% 42% 80% 55% 8% 20 15 14% 34 16 1 7% 4 3 0 0 0
2008 28 SDP NL 173 622 3.60 354 57% 26% 19% 21% 34% 74% 3% 42% 75% 49% 7% 12 4 17% 30 13 3 19% 4 5 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1387 5061 3.65 3005 59% 26% 17% 23% 34% 74% 2% 44% 77% 56% 6% 83 46 17% 242 114 17 11% 20 23 0 0 0
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
2005 25 SDP NL 189 33 4 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 13 7 1 54% 2 2 1 74 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2006 26 SDP NL 787 174 27 5 15 0 11 11 4 7 8 46 24 6 52% 9 3 1 297 12 4 75% 11 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 9 0
2007 27 SDP NL 238 62 4 2 5 0 2 4 1 1 4 18 12 1 67% 1 4 0 95 10 1 91% 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2008 28 SDP NL 173 36 1 0 2 0 5 2 0 0 2 12 7 2 58% 2 1 0 71 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
4 Seasons 1387 305 36 7 22 0 24 17 5 8 14 89 50 10 56% 14 10 2 537 27 5 84% 24 5 3 0 0 0 4 0 27 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+
2005 25 1 1 .500 1.70 24 1 5 0 0 0 47.2 33 12 9 0 17 2 28 0 0 2 189 226 1.049 6.2 0.0 3.2 5.3 1.65 226
2006 26 12 13 .480 3.30 61 30 7 1 1 0 234.2 207 94 86 15 93 9 150 3 0 5 976 121 1.278 7.9 0.6 3.6 5.8 1.61 121
2007 27 14 16 .467 3.92 74 39 8 1 1 0 284.2 269 134 124 20 125 11 180 4 1 9 1214 102 1.384 8.5 0.6 4.0 5.7 1.44 102
2008 28 15 18 .455 4.09 106 40 16 1 1 0 323.2 305 161 147 22 150 14 206 5 1 10 1387 97 1.406 8.5 0.6 4.2 5.7 1.37 97

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
2005 25 4 1 .800 1.76 46.0 33 10 9 0 17 27 0 1.087 6.5 3.3 5.3 1.59 0.0 24
2006 26 9 10 .474 4.02 177.0 176 88 79 15 77 115 3 1.429 8.9 3.9 5.8 1.49 0.8 37
2007 27 1 4 .200 7.66 47.0 63 44 40 5 33 28 1 2.043 12.1 6.3 5.4 0.85 1.0 13
2008 28 1 3 .250 6.50 36.0 38 29 26 2 26 24 1 1.778 9.5 6.5 6.0 0.92 0.5 32
4 Seasons 15 18 .455 4.53 306.0 310 171 154 22 153 194 5 1.513 9.1 5.7 1.27 0.6 106

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2006 NL--3.706--10th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2006 NL--8.374--10th

Shutouts s c a p y
2006 NL--1--7th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2006 NL--.722--6th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2282), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  6. Ramon Monzant (978)
  7. Ad Liska (978)
  8. Rene Arocha (978)
  9. Jim Britton (977)
  10. Gordon Jones (977)
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