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Clayton Richard

Clayton C. Richard

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 245 lb.

Born: September 12, 1983 in Lafayette, IN
High School: McCutcheon (Lafayette, IN)
School: University of Michigan
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 8th round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 23, 2008
Teams (by GP): Padres/WhiteSox 2008-2011
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$469k (11), 1 yr/$2.71M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.070, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: SFX [*]
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson… 

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
2008 24 CHW AL 2 5 .286 6.04 13 8 3 0 0 0 47.2 61 37 32 5 13 2 29 0 1 1 215 76 1.552 11.5 0.9 2.5 5.5 2.23
2009 25 TOT MLB 9 5 .643 4.41 38 26 3 1 0 0 153.0 154 81 75 17 71 0 114 3 3 7 663 98 1.471 9.1 1.0 4.2 6.7 1.61
2009 25 CHW AL 4 3 .571 4.65 26 14 3 1 0 0 89.0 94 50 46 10 37 0 66 3 2 5 387 101 1.472 9.5 1.0 3.7 6.7 1.78
2009 25 SDP NL 5 2 .714 4.08 12 12 0 0 0 0 64.0 60 31 29 7 34 0 48 0 1 2 276 93 1.469 8.4 1.0 4.8 6.8 1.41
2010 26 SDP NL 14 9 .609 3.75 33 33 0 1 1 0 201.2 206 89 84 16 78 6 153 4 2 4 861 98 1.408 9.2 0.7 3.5 6.8 1.96
2011 27 SDP NL 5 9 .357 3.88 18 18 0 0 0 0 99.2 104 52 43 8 38 2 53 2 1 3 427 92 1.425 9.4 0.7 3.4 4.8 1.39
4 Seasons 30 28 .517 4.20 102 85 6 2 1 0 502.0 525 259 234 46 200 10 349 9 7 15 2166 94 1.444 9.4 0.8 3.6 6.3 1.75
162 Game Avg. 11 10 .517 4.20 37 31 2 1 0 0 183 191 94 85 17 73 4 127 3 3 5 788 94 1.444 9.4 0.8 3.6 6.3 1.75
SDP (3 yrs) 24 20 .545 3.84 63 63 0 1 1 0 365.1 370 172 156 31 150 8 254 6 4 9 1564 95 1.423 9.1 0.8 3.7 6.3 1.69
CHW (2 yrs) 6 8 .429 5.14 39 22 6 1 0 0 136.2 155 87 78 15 50 2 95 3 3 6 602 91 1.500 10.2 1.0 3.3 6.3 1.90
NL (3 yrs) NL 24 20 .545 3.84 63 63 0 1 1 0 365.1 370 172 156 31 150 8 254 6 4 9 1564 95 1.423 9.1 0.8 3.7 6.3 1.69
AL (2 yrs) AL 6 8 .429 5.14 39 22 6 1 0 0 136.2 155 87 78 15 50 2 95 3 3 6 602 91 1.500 10.2 1.0 3.3 6.3 1.90

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 Awards
2008 24 CHW AL 47.2 8 37 34 -2 .9 -3 -0.3 $
2009 25 CHW AL 89.0 14 50 61 -3 .9 11 0.9 $405,000
2009 25 SDP NL 64.0 12 31 36 -2 .9 5 0.5 $
2010 26 SDP NL 201.2 33 89 100 4 1.1 11 1.3 $423,700
2011 27 SDP NL 99.2 18 52 54 0 .9 2 0.2 $468,800
4 Seasons 502.0 85 259 285 -3 1.0 26 2.6 $1,297,500
SDP (3 yrs) 365.1 63 172 190 2 1.0 18 2.0 $892,500
CHW (2 yrs) 136.2 22 87 95 -5 .9 8 0.6 $405,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2008 24 CHW AL ALDS L TBR 0 0 1.42 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 5 1 1 0 3 0 6 0 0 0 25 1.263 7.1 0.0 4.3 8.5 2.00
1 ALDS 0 0 1.42 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 5 1 1 0 3 0 6 0 0 0 25 1.263 7.1 0.0 4.3 8.5 2.00

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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
2008 24 CHW AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2009 25 TOT MLB 39 27 23 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 .087 .083 .130 .214 -43 3 0 0 3 1 0 1
2009 25 CHW AL 27 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 150 2 0 0 0 0 0 11
2009 25 SDP NL 12 24 20 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 .050 .048 .050 .098 -73 1 0 0 3 1 0 11
2010 26 SDP NL 33 72 61 5 9 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 21 .148 .172 .180 .352 -1 11 0 1 8 1 0 1
2011 27 SDP NL 18 32 28 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 12 .107 .138 .143 .281 -20 4 1 0 3 0 0 1
4 Seasons 103 131 112 7 14 4 0 0 9 0 0 2 43 .125 .145 .161 .306 -14 18 1 1 14 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 206 176 11 22 6 0 0 14 0 0 3 68 .125 .145 .161 .306 -14 28 2 2 22 3 0
SDP (3 yrs) 63 128 109 6 13 3 0 0 9 0 0 2 42 .119 .140 .147 .287 -19 16 1 1 14 2 0
CHW (2 yrs) 40 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 150 2 0 0 0 0 0
NL (3 yrs) 63 128 109 6 13 3 0 0 9 0 0 2 42 .119 .140 .147 .287 -19 16 1 1 14 2 0
AL (2 yrs) 40 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 150 2 0 0 0 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 Awards
2009 25 CHW AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $405,000 11
2009 25 SDP NL 24 -5 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.2 0.0 $ 11
2010 26 SDP NL 72 -8 0 -0 1 0 7 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $423,700 1
2011 27 SDP NL 32 -4 -0 -0 -0 0 3 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $468,800 1
3 Seasons 131 -18 0 0 0 0 13 4 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $1,297,500
SDP (3 yrs) 128 -18 0 0 0 0 13 4 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $892,500
CHW (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $405,000

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
2008 CHW AL 24 P 13 47.2 13 3 7 3 0 .769 -1 -4 1.89 0.77 .952 1.60 1.59
2009 TOT MLB 25 P 38 153.0 38 9 26 3 1 .921 -1 -1 2.06 0.92 .954 1.61 1.57
2009 CHW AL 25 P 26 89.0 19 3 14 2 1 .895 0 0 1.72 0.65 .953 1.53 1.51
2009 SDP NL 25 P 12 64.0 19 6 12 1 0 .947 -1 -3 2.53 1.50 .955 1.72 1.70
2010 SDP NL 26 P 33 201.2 43 6 33 4 3 .907 4 4 1.74 1.18 .954 1.73 1.72
2011 SDP NL 27 P 18 18 0 99.2 29 5 21 3 1 .897 4 8 2.35 1.44 .955 1.80 1.79 5 5 50% 5
4 Seasons P 102 18 0 502.0 123 23 87 13 5 .894 6 2 1.97 1.08 .954 1.69 1.66 5 5 50% 5
4 Seasons TOT 102 18 0 502.0 123 23 87 13 5 .894 6 14 1.97 1.08 .954 1.69 1.66 5 5 50% 5
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Started s c a p y
2010 NL  33 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2010 NL  1 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2010 NL  78 (8th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
2010 NL  4 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2433), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1705), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Ralph Birkofer (981)
  2. Greg Mathews (978)
  3. Duster Mails (976)
  4. Jerome Williams (973)
  5. J.A. Happ (973)
  6. Ron Romanick (972)
  7. Brandon McCarthy (972)
  8. Steve Cooke (972)
  9. Joe Cowley (971)
  10. Dallas Braden (970)
Similar Pitchers through 27 
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  1. Erik Bedard (980)
  2. Kris Benson (976)
  3. Tim Lollar (976)
  4. Chris Capuano (975)
  5. Ken Heintzelman (975)
  6. Mark Portugal (974)
  7. Ralph Birkofer (973)
  8. John Maine (973)
  9. Charlie Leibrandt (973)
  10. Dennis Rasmussen (973)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Lefty Grove (985) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Chris Capuano (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Erik Bedard (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200925Chicago White Sox$405,000
201026San Diego Padres$423,700
201127San Diego Padres$468,800
201228San Diego Padres$2,705,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,297,500Does not include future salaries
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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