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Clay Hensley

Clayton Allen Hensley

Position: Pitcher
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
Teams (by GP): Padres/Marlins 2005-2011
2012 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$1.4M (11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.161, Arb Eligible: 2012, Free Agent: 2014 [*],
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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
2002	22	SFG-min	A-	7	0	1.000	2.53	15	15	0	1	0	0	81.2	72	31	23	3	25	0	84	3	1	6	337		1.188	7.9	0.3	2.8	9.3	3.36	SKZ · NORW
2003	23	SDP-SFG-min	A,A+	9	10	.474	3.81	25	25	0	3	2	0	141.2	144	70	60	8	43	0	139	2	0	7	597		1.320	9.1	0.5	2.7	8.8	3.23	HGR,LEL,SJO · SALL,CALL
2004	24	SDP-min	AA	11	10	.524	4.30	27	27	0	2	1	0	159.0	167	84	76	14	48	2	125	8	0	6	666		1.352	9.5	0.8	2.7	7.1	2.60	MOB · SOUL
2005	25	SDP-min	AAA	2	2	.500	2.99	15	14	0	0	0	0	90.1	63	31	30	8	22	0	71	2	1	1	350		0.941	6.3	0.8	2.2	7.1	3.23	POR · PCL
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	228	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-min	AAA	2	7	.222	6.72	13	13	0	0	0	0	71.0	102	63	53	10	34	0	50	4	0	6	345		1.915	12.9	1.3	4.3	6.3	1.47	POR · PCL
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	59	1.880	11.2	0.9	5.8	5.4	0.94
2008	28	SDP-min	AAA,A+	2	1	.667	3.86	17	10	0	0	0	0	49.0	47	23	21	7	16	0	35	3	0	3	208		1.286	8.6	1.3	2.9	6.4	2.19	POR,LEL · PCL,CALL
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	72	1.564	8.3	0.5	5.8	6.0	1.04

2010	30	FLA-min	A+	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	10		0.750	3.4	0.0	3.4	6.8	2.00	JUP · FLOR
2010	30	FLA	NL	3	4	.429	2.16	68	0	23	0	0	7	75.0	54	20	18	3	29	4	77	4	0	2	307	193	1.107	6.5	0.4	3.5	9.2	2.66
2011	31	FLA-min	AA,A+,Rk	0	1	.000	3.09	3	2	0	0	0	0	11.2	9	4	4	1	1	0	15	0	0	0	45		0.857	6.9	0.8	0.8	11.6	15.00	JCK,JUP,JUM · SOUL,FLOR,GULF
2011	31	FLA	NL	6	7	.462	5.19	37	9	7	0	0	0	67.2	62	41	39	9	30	1	46	4	0	0	297	76	1.360	8.2	1.2	4.0	6.1	1.53
6 Seasons				24	29	.453	3.94	211	49	46	1	1	7	466.1	421	222	204	34	209	19	329	13	1	12	1991	102	1.351	8.1	0.7	4.0	6.3	1.57
162 Game Avg.				6	8	.453	3.94	55	13	12	0	0	2	122	110	58	53	9	55	5	86	3	0	3	521	102	1.351	8.1	0.7	4.0	6.3	1.57

SDP (4 yrs)				15	18	.455	4.09	106	40	16	1	1	0	323.2	305	161	147	22	150	14	206	5	1	10	1387	98	1.406	8.5	0.6	4.2	5.7	1.37
FLA (2 yrs)				9	11	.450	3.60	105	9	30	0	0	7	142.2	116	61	57	12	59	5	123	8	0	2	604	113	1.227	7.3	0.8	3.7	7.8	2.08

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
2005	25	SDP	NL	47.2	1	12	26	-1	.7	14	1.1	$
2006	26	SDP	NL	187.0	29	82	102	5	1.0	20	2.0	$329,000
2007	27	SDP	NL	50.0	9	40	29	-1	.8	-11	-1.2	$392,000
2008	28	SDP	NL	39.0	1	27	21	-1	.7	-6	-0.8	$410,000

2010	30	FLA	NL	75.0	0	20	40	-0	1.4	20	2.4	$425,000
2011	31	FLA	NL	67.2	9	41	39	-0	1.2	-2	-0.2	$1,400,000
6 Seasons				466.1	49	222	257	1	1.0	35	3.3	$2,956,000

SDP (4 yrs)				323.2	40	161	178	2	.9	17	1.1	$1,131,000
FLA (2 yrs)				142.2	9	61	79	-1	1.3	18	2.2	$1,825,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	BF	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2005	25	SDP	NL	NLDS	L	STL	3.86	3	0	4.2	4	2	2	3	1	21	1.500	7.7	5.8	1.9	0.33
2006	26	SDP	NL	NLDS	L	STL	0.00	2	1	2.2	2	0	0	1	0	11	1.125	6.8	3.4	0.0	0.00
2 Seasons (2 Series)							2.45	5	1	7.1	6	2	2	4	1	32	1.364	7.4	4.9	1.2	0.25
2 NLDS							2.45	5	1	7.1	6	2	2	4	1	32	1.364	7.4	4.9	1.2	0.25

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
2002	22	SFG-min	A-	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	SKZ · NORW
2003	23	SFG-SDP-min	A,A+	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	HGR,SJO,LEL · SALL,CALL
2004	24	SDP-min	AA	32	45	42	6	9	2	0	1	3	0	0	1	14	.214	.233	.333	.566		14	0	0	2	0	0	MOB · SOUL
2005	25	SDP-min	AAA	15	20	15	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.200	.250	.200	.450		3	0	0	4	0	0	POR · PCL
2005	25	SDP	NL	24	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.333	.500	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
2006	26	SDP	NL	39	56	48	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	28	.083	.137	.104	.241	-34	5	0	0	5	0	0	1
2007	27	SDP-min	AAA	13	12	10	1	4	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.400	.364	.700	1.064		7	0	0	1	1	0	POR · PCL
2007	27	SDP	NL	13	16	14	0	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	8	.214	.214	.214	.429	17	3	0	0	2	0	0	1
2008	28	SDP-min	AAA,A+	18	13	12	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.083	.083	.167	.250		2	0	0	1	0	0	POR,LEL · PCL,CALL
2008	28	SDP	NL	32	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1

2010	30	FLA-min	A+	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	JUP · FLOR
2010	30	FLA	NL	68	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2011	31	FLA-min	AA,Rk,A+	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	JCK,JUM,JUP · SOUL,GULF,FLOR
2011	31	FLA	NL	37	17	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.067	.000	.067	-80	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
6 Seasons				213	100	86	2	8	2	0	0	4	1	0	4	46	.093	.133	.116	.250	-32	10	0	0	10	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	76	65	2	6	2	0	0	3	1	0	3	35	.093	.133	.116	.250	-32	8	0	0	8	0	0

SDP (4 yrs)				108	81	70	2	8	2	0	0	4	1	0	3	40	.114	.151	.143	.294	-20	10	0	0	8	0	0
FLA (2 yrs)				105	19	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.059	.000	.059	-82	0	0	0	2	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
2005	25	SDP	NL	6	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
2006	26	SDP	NL	56	-10	0	0	0	0	7	1	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$329,000	1
2007	27	SDP	NL	16	-2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$392,000	1
2008	28	SDP	NL	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$410,000	1

2010	30	FLA	NL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0	0.0	-0	0.0	0.0	$425,000	1
2011	31	FLA	NL	17	-4	0	-0	0	0	2	0	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.2	0.0	$1,400,000	1
6 Seasons				100	-18	0	-0	0	0	12	2	-5	-0.5	-5	-0.5	0.0	$2,956,000

SDP (4 yrs)				81	-14	0	0	0	0	10	1	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$1,131,000
FLA (2 yrs)				19	-4	0	-0	0	0	2	1	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$1,825,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G
2005	25	SDP	NL	NLDS	STL	L	3
2006	26	SDP	NL	NLDS	STL	L	2
2 Seasons (2 Series)							5
2 NLDS							5

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
2005	SDP	NL	25	P	24	1	0	47.2	12	0	11	1	.917	-1	-4	2.08	0.46	.960	1.76	1.73	1	0	0%	0
2006	SDP	NL	26	P	37	29	1	187.0	45	16	27	2	.956	1	1	2.07	1.16	.958	1.72	1.71	12	4	25%	1
2007	SDP	NL	27	P	13	9	0	50.0	17	6	11	0	1.000	0	0	3.06	1.31	.965	1.67	1.67	10	1	9%	0
2008	SDP	NL	28	P	32	1	0	39.0	7	1	6	0	1.000	0	0	1.62	0.22	.959	1.73	1.72	4	0	0%	0
2010	FLA	NL	30	P	68	0	0	75.0	14	2	11	1	.929	2	5	1.56	0.19	.954	1.73	1.72	5	1	17%	0
2011	FLA	NL	31	P	37	9	0	67.2	12	4	8	0	1.000	0	0	1.60	0.32	.955	1.80	1.79	4	1	20%	0
	6 Seasons			P	211	49	1	466.1	107	29	74	4	.963	2	0	1.99	0.49	.959	1.73	1.73	36	7	16%	1
	6 Seasons			TOT	211	49	1	466.1	107	29	74	4	.963	2	5	1.99	0.49	.959	1.73	1.73	36	7	16%	1

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y 2006 NL 3.71 (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 0.722 (6th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2006 NL 3.71 (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 0.722 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 7 (1666), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1948), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Transactions

June 4, 2002: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 8th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2002.
July 13, 2003: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with cash to the San Diego Padres for Matt Herges.
December 12, 2008: Granted Free Agency.
January 5, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.
April 28, 2009: Released by the Houston Astros.
May 25, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.
November 9, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
December 14, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.
December 12, 2011: Granted Free Agency.
January 26, 2012: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary
2006	26	San Diego Padres	$329,000
2007	27	San Diego Padres	$392,000
2008	28	San Diego Padres	$410,000

2010	30	Florida Marlins	$425,000
2011	31	Florida Marlins	$1,400,000
2012 Status		not updated,
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$2,956,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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