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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Team Record in Appearances: 13-23 / in Starts: 13-21

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 0

1970 Pitching Game Log

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1970 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	36	3	Apr 9	SDP		ATL	L,1-6	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	5	5	5	1	3	1	1	9.00	5.24	20	3	7	0	0	5	39			0	1	0	16	2	0	0	1	2	0	.60	-0.252	.92	-0.23%	-2.61	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
2	37	8	Apr 14	SDP	@	CIN	L,1-6	GS-5	L(0-2)	4	5.0	2	2	2	2	4	2	1	6.30	6.64	21	8	4	0	0	2	57			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	.80	0.003	1.44	0.00%	0.62	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
3	38	14	Apr 21	SDP	@	NYM	W,5-3	GS-8		6	7.0	7	3	3	3	6	0	2	5.29	5.17	32	6	8	3	3	7	54			2	0	0	25	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.26	-0.139	1.33	-0.09%	0.18	1b start tie	8b 1-3 0 out a1
4	39	18	Apr 26	SDP		PHI	L,2-3	GS-7		4	6.1	7	1	1	2	2	0	1	4.24	4.70	29	14	5	0	2	5	55			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.228	1.23	0.12%	1.84	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
5	40	23	May 2	SDP		NYM	W,5-4	GS-6	W(1-2)	5	6.0	3	3	3	2	2	1	0	4.30	4.79	23	6	10	1	1	3	54			0	0	0	20	1	1	0	0	1	0	.65	0.080	.37	0.03%	-0.13	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
6	41	27	May 6	SDP	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS-8	L(1-3)	3	7.1	5	4	2	4	4	1	0	3.93	4.82	32	11	8	0	3	5	56			1	0	0	28	0	2	0	1	0	2	1.35	-0.061	.69	-0.02%	0.39	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out tie
7	42	32	May 10	SDP	@	MON	W,5-4	GS-6	W(2-3)	3	5.0	4	3	3	4	4	1	1	4.10	5.04	24	2	9	1	0	4	47			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.114	.62	-0.04%	-0.89	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out a2
8	43	36	May 14	SDP		HOU	L,1-3	GS-6	L(2-4)	3	5.1	6	2	2	4	2	1	0	4.02	5.21	26	9	5	0	0	6	46			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.18	-0.075	.66	-0.03%	-0.02	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d1
9	44	41	May 19	SDP		LAD	L,3-8	GS-4	L(2-5)	4	3.0	5	4	4	4	0	0	0	4.50	5.30	17	5	3	0	0	5	29			1	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.276	.51	-0.08%	-2.91	1t start tie	4t 1-3 0 out d2
10	45	44	May 23	SDP	@	SFG	W,17-16	GS-2		3	2.0	7	8	8	2	1	3	0	5.71	6.02	14	4	0	0	0	7	9			1	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	.66	-0.378	.19	-0.07%	-7.00	1b start tie	2b 3 out d8
11	46	47	May 25	SDP		CIN	L,1-2	GS-8	L(2-6)	1	7.1	7	2	2	1	4	1	0	5.31	5.74	30	9	9	0	0	7	59			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.04	0.015	.38	0.00%	0.93	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out d1
12	47	51	May 30(1)	SDP	@	CHC	W,11-4	GS-5		4	4.0	5	4	4	4	2	1	0	5.54	5.87	21	4	6	1	1	5	34			0	0	0	17	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.226	.20	-0.03%	-2.16	1b start a 1	5b 1-- 0 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
13	48	59	Jun 9	SDP		CHC	L,3-7	GS-1	L(2-7)	9	0.1	3	4	4	3	0	1	0	6.08	6.20	7	0	1	0	0	3	26			0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.29	-0.331	.15	-0.02%	-4.07	1t start tie	1t 123 1 out d3
14	49	61	Jun 11	SDP		CHC	L,1-7	8-GF		1	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.89	6.11	8	2	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.96	8t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
15	50	65	Jun 14	SDP		PIT	W,2-1	CG	W(3-7)	2	9.0	4	1	1	4	7	1	0	5.30	5.84	36	9	12	3	0	4	78			1	0	0	30	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.78	0.478	.11	0.02%	3.30	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
16	51	70	Jun 20	SDP		SFG	L,1-7	GS-7	L(3-8)	5	6.0	6	5	5	5	4	1	0	5.47	5.85	28	6	7	0	0	6	39			1	0	0	23	0	1	2	1	0	0	1.17	-0.163	.06	-0.01%	-1.12	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out d2
17	52	75	Jun 26	SDP	@	LAD	L,1-4	GS-4	L(3-9)	5	4.0	4	3	2	2	0	1	0	5.42	5.92	17	4	7	0	0	4	42			1	1	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.153	.01	0.00%	-1.09	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
18	53	79	Jul 1	SDP	@	SFG	L,7-12	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.46	5.89	6	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.50	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
19	54	80	Jul 3(1)	SDP	@	ATL	L,1-8	GS-6	L(3-10)	1	5.0	10	7	6	2	5	3	0	5.76	6.10	28	5	6	0	0	10	24			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.51	-0.268	.00	0.00%	-4.36	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out d6
20	55	86	Jul 8	SDP	@	CIN	W,3-1	GS-6	W(4-10)	4	5.0	6	1	1	4	4	0	0	5.55	5.96	23	2	7	1	1	6	51			1	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.191	.00	0.00%	1.99	1b start tie	6b -2- 0 out a3
21	56	90	Jul 12	SDP		LAD	W,4-1	CG	W(5-10)	3	9.0	3	1	0	5	10	0	0	5.07	5.63	36	6	12	0	0	3	84			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	.97	0.393	.00	0.00%	3.30	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
22	57	92	Jul 17	SDP		PHI	L,3-8	GS-8	L(5-11)	4	8.0	7	6	4	1	6	2	0	5.03	5.57	31	10	8	0	5	6	53			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	2	0	1	.91	-0.277	.00	0.00%	-2.18	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
23	58	97	Jul 21	SDP		NYM	L,0-3	GS-8	L(5-12)	3	8.0	0	1	1	5	4	0	0	4.77	5.43	28	10	9	0	2	0	77			4	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.287	.00	0.00%	2.82	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
24	59	103	Jul 29	SDP	@	MON	L,3-4	GS-6	L(5-13)	7	6.0	5	4	2	6	1	1	0	4.69	5.53	26	6	8	0	0	5	45			0	1	0	18	0	0	0	2	1	1	.92	-0.181	.00	0.00%	-1.01	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
25	60	108	Aug 3	SDP		CIN	W,10-3	CG	W(6-13)	4	9.0	11	3	3	3	5	0	1	4.58	5.35	39	10	9	0	1	11	55			1	0	0	34	0	0	0	4	1	1	.52	0.297	.00	0.00%	1.30	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
26	61	113	Aug 7(2)	SDP		ATL	W,6-1	CG	W(7-13)	3	9.0	6	1	1	3	8	0	1	4.35	5.15	36	10	8	2	0	6	76			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	1	.80	0.365	.00	0.00%	3.30	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
27	62	117	Aug 13	SDP	@	STL	W,9-7	GS-8	W(8-13)	5	7.0	12	7	6	2	4	3	0	4.51	5.28	35	9	8	0	2	12	29			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.141	.00	0.00%	-2.90	1b start tie	8b -23 0 out a4
28	63	122	Aug 17	SDP	@	CHC	L,0-7	GS-7	L(8-14)	3	7.0	8	4	4	6	3	0	1	4.54	5.26	34	9	7	0	3	8	42			1	1	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	.67	-0.124	.00	0.00%	-0.09	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
29	64	127	Aug 23	SDP		STL	L,7-8	GS-8		5	7.0	6	5	5	5	9	1	0	4.62	5.21	30	7	3	0	1	6	49			2	2	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	-0.222	.00	0.00%	-1.00	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out a1
30	65	131	Aug 28	SDP		CHC	L,4-8	GS-8		4	7.0	6	3	3	4	4	0	0	4.59	5.13	30	5	11	0	2	6	53			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.109	.00	0.00%	0.97	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a1
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
31	66	135	Sep 3	SDP	@	HOU	W,4-0	SHO	W(9-14)	5	9.0	3	0	0	4	6	0	0	4.36	5.00	32	14	5	0	1	3	83			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	3	0	1	.97	0.369	.00	0.00%	4.35	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
32	67	141	Sep 8	SDP		HOU	L,7-8	GS-5	L(9-15)	4	4.0	7	6	6	2	5	1	0	4.56	5.00	21	3	4	0	0	7	27			1	1	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	-0.485	.00	0.00%	-3.92	1t start tie	5t 123 0 out a1
33	68	147	Sep 13	SDP		CIN	W,5-4	GS-8	W(10-15)	4	8.0	5	4	4	4	11	1	0	4.55	4.92	33	11	2	1	0	5	63			2	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.111	.00	0.00%	-0.18	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
34	69	153	Sep 19	SDP		SFG	L,0-3	CG	L(10-16)	5	9.0	7	3	3	5	9	0	0	4.49	4.80	38	9	8	0	0	7	65			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	2	0	.92	-0.035	.00	0.00%	1.30	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
35	70	158	Sep 26	SDP	@	SFG	L,6-7	GS-8		6	7.0	4	4	4	8	7	1	0	4.51	4.84	32	5	8	0	0	4	52			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.26	-0.114	.00	0.00%	-0.90	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a2
36	71	162	Oct 1	SDP		LAD	L,4-7	GS-6		4	5.0	9	4	4	2	6	0	0	4.57	4.76	26	1	8	1	0	9	37			2	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.169	.00	0.00%	-0.99	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out a1
							13-23		W-L:10-16	4.0	214.2	198	119	109	120	154	29	9	4.57	4.76	949	1.00		3%	6%	195	50	0	---%	25	8	0	800	27	6	5	19	11	11	1.00	-1.483	.23	-0.44%	-12.51

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