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

Born: June 25, 1948 in Washington, DC
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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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
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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 Awards
1969 21 SDP NL 35 76 66 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 37 .061 .162 .076 .238 -30 5 0 1 2 0 0 1
1970 22 SDP NL 36 82 74 4 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 38 .149 .203 .162 .365 1 12 0 0 3 0 0 1
1971 23 SDP NL 40 97 86 3 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 35 .093 .152 .093 .245 -27 8 0 0 5 0 0 1
1972 24 SDP NL 35 84 74 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 30 .068 .115 .068 .183 -45 5 1 0 6 0 0 1
1973 25 SDP NL 35 66 54 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 21 .093 .109 .111 .220 -36 6 0 0 11 0 0 1
1974 26 CIN NL 36 88 74 4 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 36 .095 .163 .095 .257 -26 7 4 0 8 0 0 1
1975 27 CIN NL 26 38 32 3 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 15 .188 .235 .219 .454 26 7 1 0 4 0 0 1
1976 28 MON NL 22 25 18 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 5 .056 .105 .111 .216 -40 2 0 0 6 0 0 1
8 Seasons 265 556 478 22 47 5 0 0 15 0 0 32 217 .098 .157 .109 .265 -23 52 6 1 45 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 340 292 13 29 3 0 0 9 0 0 20 133 .098 .157 .109 .265 -23 32 4 1 28 0 0
SDP (5 yrs) 181 405 354 14 33 3 0 0 7 0 0 23 161 .093 .151 .102 .252 -26 36 1 1 27 0 0
CIN (2 yrs) 62 126 106 7 13 1 0 0 5 0 0 8 51 .123 .184 .132 .316 -10 14 5 0 12 0 0
MON (1 yr) 22 25 18 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 5 .056 .105 .111 .216 -40 2 0 0 6 0 0
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1969 SDP NL 21 P 35 35 215.2 44 17 23 4 4 .909 0.0 0.0 1.67 1.14 .959 1.95 0.78
1970 SDP NL 22 P 36 34 214.2 31 6 23 2 1 .935 0.0 0.0 1.22 0.81 .952 1.85 0.71
1971 SDP NL 23 P 38 36 267.1 52 17 33 2 1 .962 0.0 0.0 1.68 1.32 .954 1.90 0.78
1972 SDP NL 24 P 34 34 238.2 45 11 29 5 3 .889 0.0 0.0 1.51 1.18 .953 1.78 0.73
1973 SDP NL 25 P 34 31 191.2 31 9 19 3 1 .903 0.0 0.0 1.31 0.82 .952 1.88 0.73
1974 CIN NL 26 P 36 35 230.2 48 11 27 10 1 .792 0.0 0.0 1.48 1.06 .952 1.88 0.71
1975 CIN NL 27 P 26 19 110.2 19 7 9 3 0 .842 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.14 0.45 .950 1.88 0.72
8 Seasons P 261 239 1548.0 280 79 172 29 12 .896 0.0 0.0 1.46 0.96 .954 1.87 0.74
8 Seasons TOT 261 239 1548.0 280 79 172 29 12 .896 0.0 0.0 1.46 0.96 .850 1.87 0.74

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--229th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1971 NL--7.777--2nd
1972 NL--6.599--10th
Career--6.169--189th

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--147th

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

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

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1973 NL--11--10th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 18 (1132), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1232), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1327), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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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. Lefty Tyler (954)  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
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 7, 1966: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 1966 amateur draft.

October 14, 1968: Drafted by the San Diego Padres from the St. Louis Cardinals as the 12th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

November 9, 1973: Traded by the San Diego Padres to the Cincinnati Reds for Bobby Tolan and Dave Tomlin.

December 12, 1975: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Montreal Expos for Bob Bailey.

December 2, 1976: Released by the Montreal Expos.

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