Clay Kirby
Clayton Laws Kirby Jr.
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 25, 1948 in Washington, DC
High School: Washington (Arlington, VA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 1966 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1969
Final Game: September 28, 1976
Died: October 11, 1991 in Arlington, VA
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1969 SDP NL 21 P 35 35 215.2 44 17 23 4 4 .909 1.67 1.14 .959 1.95 0.78
1970 SDP NL 22 P 36 34 214.2 31 6 23 2 1 .935 1.22 0.81 .952 1.85 0.71
1971 SDP NL 23 P 38 36 267.1 52 17 33 2 1 .962 1.68 1.32 .954 1.90 0.78
1972 SDP NL 24 P 34 34 238.2 45 11 29 5 3 .889 1.51 1.18 .953 1.78 0.73
1973 SDP NL 25 P 34 31 191.2 31 9 19 3 1 .903 1.31 0.82 .952 1.88 0.73
1974 CIN NL 26 P 36 35 230.2 48 11 27 10 1 .792 1.48 1.06 .952 1.88 0.71
1975 CIN NL 27 P 26 19 110.2 19 7 9 3 0 .842 1.30 0.62 .953 1.86 0.72
1976 MON NL 28 P 22 15 78.2 10 1 9 0 1 1.000 1.14 0.45 .950 1.88 0.72
8 Seasons P 261 239 1548.0 280 79 172 29 12 .896 1.46 0.96 .954 1.87 0.74
8 Seasons TOT 261 239 1548.0 280 79 172 29 12 .896 1.46 0.96 .850 1.87 0.74

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1969 SDP NL 21 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 SDP NL 22 36 34 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 SDP NL 23 40 36 40 40 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1972 SDP NL 24 35 34 35 35 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1973 SDP NL 25 35 31 35 35 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 CIN NL 26 36 35 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CIN NL 27 26 19 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 MON NL 28 22 15 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 265 239 265 265 261 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1969 SDP NL 21 896 76% 24% 20 90% 0 12 0 10 19 13 2 4 0 2 2 2 3 1 3 0 7 86%
1970 SDP NL 22 968 71% 22% 27 89% 1 4 1 2 24 17 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 67%
1971 SDP NL 23 1003 71% 24% 35 89% 1 17 0 13 31 21 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 8 88%
1972 SDP NL 24 1050 72% 23% 31 90% 0 10 2 6 26 21 4 5 0 2 3 2 3 2 3 0 10 100%
1973 SDP NL 25 887 78% 23% 24 92% 0 8 1 7 21 17 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 6 83%
1974 CIN NL 26 1014 75% 22% 32 75% 2 11 2 7 24 21 1 10 0 3 7 4 1 0 0 1 8 88%
1975 CIN NL 27 526 80% 22% 11 100% 0 7 0 5 9 7 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 100%
1976 MON NL 28 388 70% 20% 10 90% 0 1 0 1 9 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
8 Seasons 6732 74% 23% 190 88% 4 70 6 51 163 123 15 29 1 10 18 10 11 5 9 2 49 90%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 90% 86%

* 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.

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