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 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
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 76 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 66 1.831 9.3 1.1 7.2 5.8 0.81
8 Seasons 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 95 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 66 1.831 9.3 1.1 7.2 5.8 0.81

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
1969 21 SDP NL 35 931 809 108 204 31 11 18 12 10 100 113 .252 .337 .384 .721 .272 311 22 6 11 5 13
1970 22 SDP NL 36 949 800 118 198 27 6 29 25 8 120 154 .248 .348 .405 .753 .269 324 19 9 9 11 5
1971 23 SDP NL 38 1106 986 99 213 29 7 20 9 9 103 231 .216 .291 .320 .612 .261 316 13 3 10 4 14
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
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
1974 26 CIN NL 36 980 865 97 210 28 4 15 13 7 91 160 .243 .314 .336 .650 .279 291 14 2 14 8 3
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
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
8 Seasons 261 6682 5818 755 1430 205 49 156 111 63 713 1061 .246 .329 .378 .707 .274 2201 112 30 79 42 57
162 Game Avg. 35 909 791 103 194 28 7 21 15 9 97 144 .246 .329 .378 .707 .274 299 15 4 11 6 8
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
1969 21 SDP NL 35 35 7 20 8 0 7 13 22 .371 1 2 2 0 18 51% 50 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% 50 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 4 13 2 23 64% 61 109 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 3 3 9 2 21 62% 58 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 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% 55 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 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% 44 61 23 20 7 1 11 4.2 3.4 4.4
8 Seasons 261 239 72 103 64 15 35 103 135 .433 20 23 42 8 120 50% 52 109 9 195 69 73 74 3.8 3.6 6.3
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
1970 22 SDP NL 36 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.000 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 1.122 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 1.022 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 1.085 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 0.970 3 2 2 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 2 5 0 0 7 0 7 5 1 5 0 5.6
6 Seasons 192 22 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 1.045 4 5 13 1 4 17 2 20 13 2 15 0 5.4

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%
1969 21 SDP NL 931 40% 1.9% 12.1% 10.7% 6.4% 29% 0.99 73% 175 22 13%
1970 22 SDP NL 949 44% 3.1% 16.2% 12.6% 6.5% 31% 0.98 66% 186 19 10%
1971 23 SDP NL 1107 49% 1.8% 20.9% 9.3% 5.1% 26% 1.02 67% 160 13 8%
1972 24 SDP NL 1004 49% 2.1% 17.4% 11.6% 5.4% 27% 1.04 68% 162 17 10%
1973 25 SDP NL 844 48% 3.6% 15.3% 7.8% 8.2% 32% 0.91 72% 166 10 6%
1974 26 CIN NL 981 49% 1.5% 16.3% 9.3% 4.8% 22% 0.82 71% 178 14 8%
1975 27 CIN NL 498 43% 2.6% 9.6% 10.8% 8.0% 35% 0.80 74% 83 9 11%
1976 28 MON NL 370 44% 2.7% 13.8% 17.0% 6.0% 27% 0.88 65% 74 8 11%
8 Seasons 6684 46% 2.3% 15.9% 10.7% 6.1% 29% 0.94 69% 1184 112 9%
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
1969 21 SDP NL 861 204 18 0 16 11 7 9 9 45 19 9 42% 13 7 2 309 12 10 55% 11 8 1 1 0 1 4 0 18 70
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 969 213 20 0 25 3 15 11 7 61 23 16 38% 13 13 0 310 9 9 50% 9 7 0 0 0 2 2 0 21 138
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 3 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 1 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 5 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 4 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 Seasons 6460 1430 156 2 129 78 76 84 70 358 162 55 45% 82 83 10 2340 111 63 64% 103 54 8 2 0 7 21 2 175 224
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+
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

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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 9 13 .409 4.65 207.0 199 119 107 29 121 148 9 1.546 8.7 5.3 6.4 1.22 1.3 36
1971 23 16 12 .571 3.57 252.0 234 111 100 22 113 218 3 1.377 8.4 4.0 7.8 1.93 0.8 38
1972 24 12 13 .480 4.03 230.0 225 114 103 24 132 169 2 1.552 8.8 5.2 6.6 1.28 0.9 34
1973 25 6 13 .316 5.80 180.0 230 129 116 32 71 121 1 1.672 11.5 3.6 6.1 1.70 1.6 34
1974 26 13 11 .542 3.75 221.0 221 102 92 16 96 153 2 1.434 9.0 3.9 6.2 1.59 0.7 36
1975 27 4 7 .364 5.26 106.0 119 69 62 14 57 46 5 1.660 10.1 4.8 3.9 0.81 1.2 26
1976 28 2 6 .250 6.32 74.0 82 58 52 10 64 48 2 1.973 10.0 7.8 5.8 0.75 1.2 22
8 Seasons 72 87 .453 4.48 1472.0 1525 814 733 166 759 1009 30 1.552 9.3 6.2 1.33 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 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
1971 NL  2.828 (10th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1971 NL  7.171 (3rd)
1972 NL  7.429 (6th)
Career  8.314 (232nd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1971 NL  7.777 (2nd)
1972 NL  6.599 (10th)
Career  6.169 (194th)

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 (148th)

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

Batters Faced s c a p y
1971 NL  1107 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 18 (1117), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1252), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Roger Craig (940)
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  5. Bill Wight (937)
  6. Ed Crane (934)
  7. Hank O'Day (934)
  8. Tim Leary (933)
  9. Rick Langford (933)
  10. Steve Hargan (932)
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  1. Al Santorini (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bob Harmon (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Matt Cain (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Matt Cain (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Phenomenal Smith (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jim Slaton (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jim Slaton (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bob Rush (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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