Clay Kirby

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 175lb (190cm, 79kg)

Born: June 25, 1948 in Washington, DC us

Died: October 11, 1991 in Arlington, VA

Buried: National Memorial Park, Falls Church, VA

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 1966 MLB June Amateur Draft from Washington-Liberty HS (Arlington, VA).

High School: Washington-Liberty HS (Arlington, VA)

Debut: April 11, 1969 (Age 20-290d, 12,790th in major league history)
vs. SFG 4.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER, L

Last Game: September 28, 1976 (Age 28-095d)
vs. NYM 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Full Name: Clayton Laws Kirby

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1975 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.0

104

ERA

3.84

261

239

1548.0

1061

WHIP

1.384

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	18-22 / in Starts: 18-18
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	33 games
Most Games w/o RBI	22 games
Grand Slams	0 in 9 bases loaded PA and 9 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 97 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	67 (36-17-14)
Avg. MLBer w/ 97 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	59 (30-18-9)

Most Driven In
L Lee	1
N Colbert	1
I Murrell	1
T Dean	0
D Campbell	0
B Barton	0
E Spiezio	0

Most Driven In By
D Campbell	2
G Jestadt	1

1971 Batting Game Log

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1971 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	72	2 (1)	Apr 7	SDP		SFG	L,3-7	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.10	-0.026	1.62	-0.02%	-0.20	P
2	73	7 (4)	Apr 12	SDP	@	SFG	L,0-5	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
3	74	8	Apr 15	SDP		CHC	L,3-4	4-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
4	75	11 (2)	Apr 18	SDP		STL	L,2-4	GS-7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	9	1.05	0.014	.91	0.01%	0.20	P
5	76	14 (2)	Apr 21	SDP		LAD	L,2-10	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	9						P
6	77	17 (2)	Apr 25 (2)	SDP	@	ATL	L,3-4	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	9	.44	0.009	.34	0.00%	0.02	P
7	78	19 (1)	Apr 28	SDP	@	CIN	L,5-6	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	9						PR
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
8	79	22 (2)	May 1	SDP	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS-10	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.286	.661	9	1.69	0.167	.56	0.03%	1.30	P
9	80	26 (3)	May 5 (2)	SDP		ATL	L,1-3	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.222	.522	9	1.65	-0.087	.71	-0.02%	-0.67	P
10	81	29 (2)	May 9	SDP		CIN	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.154	.368	9	.05	-0.004	.02	0.00%	-0.60	P
11	82	35 (5)	May 16 susp	SDP	@	CHC	L,4-6	GS-5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.267	.154	.421	9	1.16	0.033	.19	0.00%	0.42	P
12	83	39 (3)	May 20	SDP	@	HOU	W,4-2	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	9	.88	-0.078	.13	-0.01%	-1.17	P
13	84	41 (1)	May 22	SDP	@	STL	L,4-7	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	9						PR
14	85	44 (2)	May 25	SDP		HOU	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	9	1.26	-0.060	.14	0.00%	-0.90	P
15	86	49 (4)	May 30	SDP		NYM	W,4-2	CG	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	9	.56	0.089	.01	0.00%	1.19	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	87	54 (4)	Jun 5	SDP		MON	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.308	.182	.490	9	.80	-0.041	.02	0.00%	-0.37	P
17	88	59 (4)	Jun 10	SDP	@	NYM	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.267	.154	.421	9	.73	-0.074	.02	0.00%	-0.93	P
18	89	63 (3)	Jun 14	SDP	@	MON	W,2-1	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.273	.143	.416	9	2.70	-0.078	.10	0.00%	-0.69	P
19	90	68 (4)	Jun 19	SDP	@	SFG	L,4-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.257	.133	.390	9	.88	-0.043	.03	0.00%	-0.34	P
20	91	72 (3)	Jun 23 (1)	SDP		HOU	W,3-2	GS-8	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.270	.156	.427	9	1.17	-0.007	.00	0.00%	0.04	P
21	92	78 (5)	Jun 28	SDP		SFG	W,6-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.275	.171	.446	9	1.71	-0.060	.00	0.00%	-0.46	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	93	82 (3)	Jul 2	SDP		LAD	L,2-9	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.286	.189	.475	9	1.12	0.018	.00	0.00%	0.17	P
23	94	86 (3)	Jul 7	SDP		STL	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.267	.175	.442	9	.44	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.53	P
24	95	91 (4)	Jul 11 (2)	SDP		CHC	W,7-5	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.250	.163	.413	9	.41	-0.036	.00	0.00%	-1.31	P
25	96	96 (4)	Jul 19	SDP	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.240	.156	.396	9	.86	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-0.33	P
26	97	101 (4)	Jul 23	SDP		PIT	L,0-4	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.152	.235	.152	.387	9	.33	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.08	P
27	98	106 (4)	Jul 28	SDP		CIN	W,4-2	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.222	.143	.365	9	.81	-0.056	.00	0.00%	-0.46	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	99	110 (3)	Aug 1	SDP		ATL	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.135	.211	.135	.345	9	1.46	-0.105	.00	0.00%	-1.15	P
29	100	114 (3)	Aug 5	SDP	@	CHC	L,0-3	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.203	.130	.333	9	1.31	-0.061	.00	0.00%	-0.46	P
30	101	118 (3)	Aug 10	SDP		NYM	L,4-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.127	.200	.127	.327	9	.45	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.08	P
31	102	122 (3)	Aug 15 (1)	SDP		PHI	W,5-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.121	.190	.121	.311	9	1.86	-0.149	.00	0.00%	-1.13	P
32	103	126 (3)	Aug 20	SDP	@	NYM	W,3-2	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.113	.179	.113	.292	9	1.16	-0.120	.00	0.00%	-0.80	P
33	104	131 (4)	Aug 25	SDP	@	PHI	W,7-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.108	.183	.108	.291	9	.48	0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.01	P
34	105	135 (3)	Aug 30 (2)	SDP	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.101	.173	.101	.275	9	.82	-0.077	.00	0.00%	-0.54	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
35	106	139 (3)	Sep 4	SDP		ATL	L,7-11	GS-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.114	.184	.114	.298	9	1.30	0.048	.00	0.00%	0.59	P
36	107	143 (3)	Sep 8	SDP		CIN	L,1-4	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.113	.182	.113	.294	9	.85	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.20	P
37	108	147 (3)	Sep 13	SDP	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.108	.175	.108	.283	9	1.31	-0.114	.00	0.00%	-0.90	P
38	109	152 (4)	Sep 18	SDP	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.104	.169	.104	.273	9	.98	-0.094	.00	0.00%	-0.86	P
39	110	156 (3)	Sep 24 (1)	SDP		HOU	L,1-2	GS-15	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.098	.159	.098	.257	9	1.96	-0.247	.00	0.00%	-1.10	P
40	111	160 (3)	Sep 29	SDP		SFG	W,4-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.093	.152	.093	.245	9	1.22	-0.119	.00	0.00%	-0.88	P
							18-22		97	86	3	8	0	0	0	3	6	0	35	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.093	.152	.093	.245		1.07	-1.444	.10	-0.02%	-13.21

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