Clay Buchholz

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-3, 190lb (190cm, 86kg)

Born: August 14, 1984 in Nederland, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (42nd) of the 2005 MLB June Amateur Draft from Angelina College (Lufkin, TX).

High School: Lumberton HS (Lumberton, TX)

Schools: Angelina College (Lufkin, TX), McNeese State University (Lake Charles, LA)

Debut: August 17, 2007 (Age 23-003d, 19,174th in major league history)
vs. LAA 6.0 IP, 8 H, 5 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER, W

Last Game: September 29, 2019 (Age 35-046d)
vs. TBR 5.0 IP, 4 H, 6 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2008 season

Agents: ISE Baseball

Full Name: Clay Daniel Buchholz

Nicknames: Flaco or Buck

Pronunciation: \BUCK-holtz\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.8

ERA

3.98

236

218

1332.1

1024

WHIP

1.298

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Team Record in Appearances: 8-9 / in Starts: 8-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2018 Pitching Game Log

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2018 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	209	46	May 20	ARI	@	NYM	L,1-4	GS-6		99	5.0	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	1.80	5.56	18	61	39	8	5	4	11	4	1	0	60			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.092	1.13	0.07%	1.22	1b start tie	6b --- 0 out tie
2	210	51	May 26	ARI	@	OAK	L,0-3	GS-6	L(0-1)	5	6.0	2	1	1	0	3	1	0	1.64	4.89	20	81	55	10	8	4	13	4	3	0	67			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.170	.85	0.12%	1.97	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	211	56	Jun 1	ARI		MIA	W,9-1	GS-7	W(1-1)	5	7.0	6	1	1	1	9	0	0	1.50	3.38	29	99	71	22	12	8	11	7	2	0	69			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	.60	0.199	.68	0.14%	2.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out a7
4	212	61	Jun 6	ARI	@	SFG	L,4-5	GS-6		4	6.0	7	2	2	1	7	1	0	1.88	3.41	25			15	9	6	11	6	2	0	56			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.094	1.63	0.09%	0.70	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
5	213	66	Jun 12	ARI		PIT	W,13-8	GS-4		5	4.0	7	6	5	2	2	1	1	3.21	4.02	22			15	4	6	10	4	2	0	26			0	0	0	17	3	0	0	1	1	0	.75	-0.108	1.08	-0.09%	-3.97	1t start tie	4t 3 out a2
6	214	71	Jun 17	ARI		NYM	L,3-5	GS-6		4	5.2	4	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.94	3.87	22	88	55	14	5	11	6	4	0	0	58			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.22	0.144	1.78	0.13%	1.44	1t start tie	6t -23 2 out a1
7	215	77	Jun 24	ARI	@	PIT	W,3-0	GS-5	W(2-1)	6	5.0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.56	3.52	17	53	42	9	9	7	5	2	0	0	68			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.236	1.02	0.21%	2.32	1b start a 2	5b 3 out a3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	216	102	Jul 24	ARI	@	CHC	W,5-1	GS-7	W(3-1)	29	6.2	6	1	1	2	5	1	0	2.38	3.67	27	94	65	24	9	8	12	7	5	0	61			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.263	1.45	0.27%	2.08	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a3
9	217	107	Jul 29	ARI	@	SDP	W,5-4	GS-6	W(4-1)	4	5.2	6	3	3	3	7	0	0	2.65	3.51	26	92	58	19	9	7	9	7	1	0	49			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.092	1.80	-0.10%	-0.71	1b start a 2	6b 12- 2 out a2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	218	112	Aug 4	ARI		SFG	W,9-3	GS-6	W(5-1)	5	6.0	7	2	2	2	8	2	0	2.68	3.76	27	104	70	18	18	7	10	4	1	0	56			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.108	1.47	0.13%	1.05	1t start tie	6t 3 out a6
11	219	117	Aug 10	ARI	@	CIN	L,0-3	GS-7	L(5-2)	5	7.0	8	3	2	2	4	0	0	2.67	3.66	30	93	65	13	7	10	14	5	1	0	53			0	0	0	27	1	0	1	1	1	0	1.15	0.016	2.17	0.02%	0.45	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
12	220	122	Aug 16	ARI	@	SDP	W,5-1	CG	W(6-2)	5	9.0	5	1	1	0	6	1	0	2.47	3.61	32	112	76	30	5	12	14	7	1	0	79			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.181	.69	0.22%	3.05	1b start a 5	9b 3 out a4
13	221	127	Aug 22	ARI		LAA	W,5-1	GS-7	W(7-2)	5	7.0	4	0	0	0	7	0	0	2.25	3.40	24	86	64	21	9	10	7	2	0	0	76			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.349	1.83	0.42%	3.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
14	222	132	Aug 28	ARI	@	SFG	L,0-1	GS-7		5	7.0	5	0	0	2	3	0	1	2.07	3.41	27	91	58	17	8	10	11	6	1	0	68			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.20	0.424	2.74	0.58%	3.15	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	223	137	Sep 2	ARI	@	LAD	L,2-3	GS-6		4	5.0	4	1	1	2	4	1	1	2.05	3.55	21			19	5	6	8	3	1	0	57			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.074	3.53	0.15%	0.99	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out d1
16	224	142	Sep 8	ARI		ATL	L,4-5	GS-7		5	6.1	5	2	1	2	6	0	0	2.01	3.47	26			16	16	8	10	5	1	0	61			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.37	0.151	3.03	0.20%	1.02	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out tie
17	225	147	Sep 13	ARI	@	COL	L,3-10	1-0		4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.01	3.47	0											0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0t --- 0 out tie	0t --- 0 out tie
							8-9		W-L:7-2	4.7	98.1	80	25	22	22	81	9	3	2.01	3.47	393	1054	68%	26%	13%	0.77		27%	8%	0	60	0	---%	0	0	0	363	19	1	1	9	4	3	.90	2.301	1.69	2.57%	20.87

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