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Clay Kirby

Clayton Laws Kirby

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 25, 1948 in Washington, DC
High School: Washington HS (Arlington, VA)
Drafted
by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 1966 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1969
Teams (by GP): Padres/Reds/Expos 1969-1976

Final Game: September 28, 1976
Died: October 11, 1991 in Arlington, VA
Buried: National Memorial Park, Falls Church, VA
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Standard Pitching

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
1969 21 SDP NL 7 20 .259 3.80 35 35 0 2 0 0 215.2 204 108 91 18 100 13 113 6 0 7 931 93 1.410 8.5 0.8 4.2 4.7 1.13
1970 22 SDP NL 10 16 .385 4.53 36 34 2 6 1 0 214.2 198 118 108 29 120 5 154 9 0 7 949 88 1.481 8.3 1.2 5.0 6.5 1.28
1971 23 SDP NL 15 13 .536 2.83 38 36 0 13 2 0 267.1 213 99 84 20 103 14 231 3 0 13 1107 117 1.182 7.2 0.7 3.5 7.8 2.24
1972 24 SDP NL 12 14 .462 3.13 34 34 0 9 2 0 238.2 197 87 83 21 116 11 175 2 0 8 1004 105 1.311 7.4 0.8 4.4 6.6 1.51
1973 25 SDP NL 8 18 .308 4.79 34 31 2 4 2 0 191.2 214 122 102 30 66 7 129 1 1 13 841 72 1.461 10.0 1.4 3.1 6.1 1.95
1974 26 CIN NL 12 9 .571 3.28 36 35 0 7 1 0 230.2 210 97 84 15 91 3 160 2 0 15 981 107 1.305 8.2 0.6 3.6 6.2 1.76
1975 27 CIN NL 10 6 .625 4.72 26 19 3 1 0 0 110.2 113 63 58 13 54 3 48 5 1 12 499 77 1.509 9.2 1.1 4.4 3.9 0.89
1976 28 MON NL 1 8 .111 5.72 22 15 1 0 0 0 78.2 81 61 50 10 63 1 51 2 0 8 370 65 1.831 9.3 1.1 7.2 5.8 0.81
8 Yrs 75 104 .419 3.84 261 239 8 42 8 0 1548.0 1430 755 660 156 713 57 1061 30 2 83 6682 92 1.384 8.3 0.9 4.1 6.2 1.49
162 Game Avg. 10 14 .419 3.84 35 33 1 6 1 0 211 194 103 90 21 97 8 144 4 0 11 909 92 1.384 8.3 0.9 4.1 6.2 1.49
SDP (5 yrs) 52 81 .391 3.73 177 170 4 34 7 0 1128.0 1026 534 468 118 505 50 802 21 1 48 4832 94 1.357 8.2 0.9 4.0 6.4 1.59
CIN (2 yrs) 22 15 .595 3.74 62 54 3 8 1 0 341.1 323 160 142 28 145 6 208 7 1 27 1480 94 1.371 8.5 0.7 3.8 5.5 1.43
MON (1 yr) 1 8 .111 5.72 22 15 1 0 0 0 78.2 81 61 50 10 63 1 51 2 0 8 370 65 1.831 9.3 1.1 7.2 5.8 0.81

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1969 21 SDP NL 215.2 35 35 108 4.51 4.27 -0.20 0.07 98.2 4.45 -3 -0.4 -0.1 1.4 21 .489 .498 $
1970 22 SDP NL 214.2 36 34 118 4.95 4.57 -0.15 0.07 98.8 4.74 -8 -0.8 .0 -0.1 0.8 17 .477 .495 $
1971 23 SDP NL 267.1 38 36 99 3.33 3.92 -0.23 0.06 94.2 3.96 16 1.9 .2 -0.2 3.8 42 .550 .512 $
1972 24 SDP NL 238.2 34 34 87 3.28 3.94 -0.40 0.06 95.1 4.19 21 2.6 -0.1 4.2 44 .576 .516 $
1973 25 SDP NL 191.2 34 31 122 5.73 4.21 -0.31 0.11 93.6 4.34 -30 -3.0 .6 -0.1 -1.6 -12 .411 .481 $
1974 26 CIN NL 230.2 36 35 97 3.78 3.99 0.35 0.13 97.0 3.65 -5 -0.5 1.8 -0.1 1.2 18 .486 .497 $
1975 27 CIN NL 110.2 26 19 63 5.12 4.13 0.39 0.08 98.5 3.76 -18 -1.8 1.3 -0.1 -1.1 -7 .429 .489 $
1976 28 MON NL 78.2 22 15 61 6.98 4.22 -0.13 0.05 103.8 4.58 -22 -2.2 .3 0.1 -1.5 -14 .398 .486 $
8 Seasons 1548.0 261 239 755 4.39 4.14 -0.12 0.08 96.7 4.19 -48 -4.3 .7 -0.7 7.2 108 .483 .497 $
SDP (5 yrs) 1128.0 177 170 534 4.26 4.16 -0.26 0.07 95.9 4.31 -4 0.3 .3 -0.6 8.6 111 .502 .500 $
CIN (2 yrs) 341.1 62 54 160 4.22 4.03 0.36 0.11 97.5 3.68 -22 -2.4 1.4 -0.2 0.1 11 .462 .493 $
MON (1 yr) 78.2 22 15 61 6.98 4.22 -0.13 0.05 103.8 4.58 -22 -2.2 .3 0.1 -1.5 -14 .398 .486 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
1969 21 SDP NL 35 860 809 108 204 31 11 18 12 10 100 113 .252 .337 .384 .721 .272 311 22 6 11 5 13 13
1970 22 SDP NL 36 933 800 118 198 27 6 29 25 8 120 154 .248 .348 .405 .753 .269 324 19 9 9 11 5 11
1971 23 SDP NL 38 1027 986 99 213 31 7 20 10 9 103 231 .216 .291 .323 .614 .261 318 13 3 10 4 14 15
1972 24 SDP NL 34 1004 873 87 197 28 5 21 24 10 116 175 .226 .317 .341 .659 .259 298 17 2 11 2 11 6
1973 25 SDP NL 34 844 760 122 214 33 6 30 12 12 66 129 .282 .337 .459 .797 .303 349 10 1 11 6 7 15
1974 26 CIN NL 36 981 865 97 210 28 4 15 13 7 91 160 .243 .314 .336 .650 .279 291 14 2 14 8 3 11
1975 27 CIN NL 26 498 428 63 113 20 7 13 11 1 54 48 .264 .352 .435 .786 .271 186 9 5 9 2 3 6
1976 28 MON NL 22 370 297 61 81 9 3 10 5 6 63 51 .273 .399 .424 .823 .296 126 8 2 4 4 1 7
8 Yrs 261 6517 5818 755 1430 207 49 156 112 63 713 1061 .246 .329 .379 .708 .274 2203 112 30 79 42 57 84
162 Game Avg. 35 886 791 103 194 28 7 21 15 9 97 144 .246 .329 .379 .708 .274 300 15 4 11 6 8 11
MLB Averages .253 .321 .370 .691 .279

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1969 21 SDP NL -8.6 -0.9 966 -0.7 16.5 -17.3 1.05 -1.4 0.7 -9.7 -1.0 1.04 -14.8 0 0 0
1970 22 SDP NL -12.1 -1.2 984 -1.4 16.1 -17.5 1.00 -2.0 0.6 -11.6 -1.1 1.00 -22.6 0 0 2
1971 23 SDP NL 12.8 1.4 1064 0.8 19.7 -18.9 1.11 1.4 -0.6 7.9 0.9 1.11 11.5 0 0 2
1972 24 SDP NL 7.5 0.8 1050 1.8 19.5 -17.8 1.13 0.8 0.7 13.2 1.5 1.13 9.7 0 0 0
1973 25 SDP NL -33.3 -3.3 887 -3.7 14.0 -17.7 1.01 -3.1 -0.5 -36.9 -3.7 1.01 -32.8 0 1 2
1974 26 CIN NL 6.2 0.6 1015 0.9 18.1 -17.1 1.08 0.7 0.2 6.7 0.7 1.08 7.6 1 0 0
1975 27 CIN NL -12.4 -1.3 527 -1.0 8.0 -9.0 .95 -1.9 0.8 -15.3 -1.6 0.95 -18.7 3 1 3
1976 28 MON NL -17.6 -1.8 388 -2.3 5.6 -7.9 1.00 -2.1 -0.2 -24.9 -2.4 1.00 -20.8 0 1 6
8 Yrs -57.4 -5.5 6881 -5.6 117.5 -123.1 1.05 -7.7 2.4 -70.6 -6.7 1.05 -80.8 4 3 15

Starting Pitching*

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
1969 21 SDP NL 35 35 7 20 8 0 7 13 22 .371 1 2 2 0 18 51% 50.2 82 27 31 13 8 10 3.0 2.9 6.2
1970 22 SDP NL 36 34 10 16 8 4 5 13 21 .382 6 2 6 1 14 41% 49.7 84 9 30 15 11 12 4.1 4.1 6.2
1971 23 SDP NL 38 36 15 13 8 1 4 18 18 .500 1 5 13 2 23 64% 60.6 109 25 22 7 13 6 3.2 3.5 7.3
1972 24 SDP NL 34 34 12 14 8 2 6 16 18 .471 4 3 9 2 21 62% 57.8 96 15 20 8 20 6 2.9 2.8 7.0
1973 25 SDP NL 34 31 8 18 5 2 5 11 20 .355 2 1 4 2 12 39% 47.2 93 21 24 9 9 11 3.9 3.6 5.9
1974 26 CIN NL 36 35 12 9 14 1 3 18 16 .529 2 5 7 1 21 60% 54.9 88 14 25 5 11 9 4.5 4.0 6.6
1975 27 CIN NL 26 19 7 5 7 5 2 11 8 .579 2 4 1 0 7 37% 46.3 68 31 23 5 0 9 5.7 5.1 5.2
1976 28 MON NL 22 15 1 8 6 0 3 3 12 .200 3 2 0 0 4 27% 43.6 61 23 20 7 1 11 4.2 3.4 4.4
8 Yrs 261 239 72 103 64 15 35 103 135 .433 21 24 42 8 120 50% 52 109 9 195 69 73 74 3.8 3.6 6.3
MLB Averages .500 55% 53 109 -5 4.1 4.0 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

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
1970 22 SDP NL 36 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .998 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5
1971 23 SDP NL 38 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.108 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5
1973 25 SDP NL 34 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.010 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 2 0 8.0
1974 26 CIN NL 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.079 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3.0
1975 27 CIN NL 26 7 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 5 .949 3 1 3 1 3 3 2 5 4 1 5 0 5.0
1976 28 MON NL 22 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.003 0 1 6 0 0 7 0 7 5 1 5 0 5.6
6 Yrs 192 22 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 1.037 4 3 15 1 4 17 2 20 13 2 15 0 5.4

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1969 21 SDP NL 931 60% 2.1% 13.1% 11.6% 7.0% 29% 0.99 79% 174 22 13%
1970 22 SDP NL 949 56% 3.1% 16.5% 12.9% 6.7% 31% 0.98 67% 186 19 10%
1971 23 SDP NL 1107 52% 2.0% 22.5% 10.0% 5.7% 27% 1.02 72% 170 13 8%
1972 24 SDP NL 1004 51% 2.1% 17.4% 11.6% 5.4% 27% 1.04 68% 162 17 10%
1973 25 SDP NL 844 52% 3.6% 15.3% 7.8% 8.2% 32% 0.91 72% 166 10 6%
1974 26 CIN NL 981 51% 1.5% 16.3% 9.3% 4.8% 22% 0.82 71% 178 14 8%
1975 27 CIN NL 498 57% 2.6% 9.6% 10.8% 8.0% 35% 0.80 74% 83 9 11%
1976 28 MON NL 370 56% 2.7% 13.8% 17.0% 6.0% 27% 0.88 65% 74 8 11%
8 Yrs 6684 54% 2.4% 16.3% 10.9% 6.3% 29% 0.94 71% 1193 112 9%
MLB Averages 46% 1.9% 14.0% 8.8% 6.0% 27% 1.10 74% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
1969 21 SDP NL 860 204 18 0 16 11 7 9 9 45 19 9 42% 13 7 2 308 12 10 55% 11 6 1 1 0 1 3 0 18 71
1970 22 SDP NL 933 198 29 0 16 16 13 12 17 50 29 1 58% 11 7 0 362 25 8 76% 23 5 2 1 0 2 2 1 20 16
1971 23 SDP NL 1027 213 20 0 27 4 15 11 8 63 24 16 38% 15 13 0 331 10 9 53% 10 7 0 0 0 2 1 0 22 80
1972 24 SDP NL 1004 197 21 0 16 11 10 13 8 38 15 7 39% 6 8 3 370 24 10 71% 23 9 1 0 0 1 1 0 18 0
1973 25 SDP NL 844 214 30 2 18 16 14 16 14 54 22 6 41% 15 13 3 296 12 12 50% 10 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 30 0
1974 26 CIN NL 981 210 15 0 16 8 7 11 4 42 24 6 57% 11 15 1 375 13 7 65% 12 6 1 0 0 1 1 1 29 0
1975 27 CIN NL 498 113 13 0 10 8 5 7 6 41 18 3 44% 6 12 0 177 11 1 92% 10 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 19 0
1976 28 MON NL 370 81 10 0 12 5 5 5 5 27 12 7 44% 7 8 1 141 5 6 45% 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
8 Yrs 6517 1430 156 2 131 79 76 84 71 360 163 55 45% 84 83 10 2360 112 63 64% 104 52 8 2 0 7 9 2 176 167
MLB Averages 50% 64%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1969 21 7 20 .259 3.80 35 35 0 2 0 0 215.2 204 108 91 18 100 13 113 6 0 7 931 93 1.410 8.5 0.8 4.2 4.7 1.13 93
1970 22 17 36 .321 4.16 71 69 2 8 1 0 430.1 402 226 199 47 220 18 267 15 0 14 1880 90 1.445 8.4 1.0 4.6 5.6 1.21 90
1971 23 32 49 .395 3.65 109 105 2 21 3 0 697.2 615 325 283 67 323 32 498 18 0 27 2987 98 1.344 7.9 0.9 4.2 6.4 1.54 98
1972 24 44 63 .411 3.52 143 139 2 30 5 0 936.1 812 412 366 88 439 43 673 20 0 35 3991 100 1.336 7.8 0.8 4.2 6.5 1.53 100
1973 25 52 81 .391 3.73 177 170 4 34 7 0 1128.0 1026 534 468 118 505 50 802 21 1 48 4832 94 1.357 8.2 0.9 4.0 6.4 1.59 94
1974 26 64 90 .416 3.66 213 205 4 41 8 0 1358.2 1236 631 552 133 596 53 962 23 1 63 5813 96 1.348 8.2 0.9 3.9 6.4 1.61 96
1975 27 74 96 .435 3.74 239 224 7 42 8 0 1469.1 1349 694 610 146 650 56 1010 28 2 75 6312 94 1.360 8.3 0.9 4.0 6.2 1.55 94
1976 28 75 104 .419 3.84 261 239 8 42 8 0 1548.0 1430 755 660 156 713 57 1061 30 2 83 6682 92 1.384 8.3 0.9 4.1 6.2 1.49 92

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1969 21 10 12 .455 4.50 202.0 215 112 101 19 105 106 6 1.584 9.6 4.7 4.7 1.01 0.8 35
1970 22 10 13 .435 4.70 207.0 198 120 108 29 120 149 9 1.536 8.6 5.2 6.5 1.24 1.3 36
1971 23 16 12 .571 3.56 253.0 232 111 100 22 112 219 3 1.360 8.3 4.0 7.8 1.96 0.8 38
1972 24 12 13 .480 4.07 230.0 225 116 104 24 132 169 2 1.552 8.8 5.2 6.6 1.28 0.9 34
1973 25 6 14 .300 5.77 181.0 228 129 116 32 70 122 1 1.646 11.3 3.5 6.1 1.74 1.6 34
1974 26 13 11 .542 3.79 221.0 221 103 93 16 96 153 2 1.434 9.0 3.9 6.2 1.59 0.7 36
1975 27 4 7 .364 5.30 107.0 117 70 63 13 56 46 5 1.617 9.8 4.7 3.9 0.82 1.1 26
1976 28 2 6 .250 6.41 73.0 83 58 52 10 65 48 2 2.027 10.2 8.0 5.9 0.74 1.2 22
8 Yrs 73 88 .453 4.50 1474.0 1519 819 737 165 756 1012 30 1.543 9.3 6.2 1.34 1.0 261

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1971 NL  2.83 (10th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1975 NL  .625 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1971 NL  7.171 (3rd)
1972 NL  7.429 (6th)
Career  8.314 (240th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1971 NL  7.777 (2nd)
1972 NL  6.599 (10th)
Career  6.169 (210th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1971 NL  231 (4th)
1972 NL  175 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
1971 NL  36 (9th)
1972 NL  34 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1970 NL  29 (6th)
1972 NL  21 (4th)
1973 NL  30 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1969 NL  100 (3rd)
1970 NL  120 (2nd)
1971 NL  103 (5th)
1972 NL  116 (2nd)

Losses s c a p y
1969 NL  20 (1st)
1970 NL  16 (3rd)
1972 NL  14 (10th)
1973 NL  18 (2nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1970 NL  108 (10th)
1973 NL  102 (7th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1971 NL  13 (2nd)
1973 NL  13 (2nd)
1974 NL  15 (2nd)
1975 NL  12 (5th)
Career  83 (171st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1970 NL  9 (5th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1971 NL  1,107 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 21 (1050), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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