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, 19,173rd 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: 15-14 / in Starts: 15-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2012 Pitching Game Log

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2012 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	79	3	Apr 8	BOS	@	DET	L,12-13	GS-4		99	4.0	8	7	7	2	2	0	1	15.75	4.34	22	78	50	10	6	9	8	3	0	0	18			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.22	-0.469	1.10	-0.25%	-4.92	1b start tie	4b 3 out tie
2	80	8	Apr 14	BOS		TBR	W,13-5	GS-7	W(1-0)	5	7.0	6	5	5	3	5	1	0	9.82	4.64	30	104	66	14	7	10	12	3	1	0	47			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.087	.78	-0.05%	-1.39	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
3	81	13	Apr 20	BOS		NYY	L,2-6	GS-7	L(1-1)	5	6.0	9	6	5	2	2	5	0	9.00	8.04	29	103	69	18	3	10	15	3	2	0	32			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	.66	-0.300	.56	-0.16%	-3.29	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d4
4	82	17	Apr 25	BOS	@	MIN	W,7-6	GS-6	W(2-1)	4	5.1	10	5	5	3	2	0	0	8.87	7.08	29	107	69	23	6	15	9	6	2	0	27			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.003	.64	0.00%	-0.64	1b start tie	6b 123 1 out a5
5	83	22	Apr 30	BOS		OAK	W,11-6	GS-7	W(3-1)	4	6.2	7	6	6	5	5	1	1	8.69	6.89	30	99	63	21	8	12	7	6	0	0	36			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	2	0	0	.55	0.072	.49	0.04%	-2.50	1t start tie	7t --- 2 out a5
May				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
6	84	27	May 6	BOS		BAL	L,6-9	GS-4		5	3.2	7	5	5	4	4	3	0	9.09	7.78	20	81	46	16	6	5	7	2	1	0	27			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	0	.79	-0.256	.58	-0.11%	-3.38	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d5
7	85	32	May 11	BOS		CLE	W,7-5	GS-7	W(4-1)	4	6.1	8	4	3	3	0	0	1	8.31	7.32	30	111	68	18	3	13	13	4	2	0	40			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.123	.38	0.04%	1.02	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out a6
8	86	37	May 16	BOS	@	TBR	L,1-2	GS-6	L(4-2)	4	5.0	6	2	2	1	5	0	1	7.77	6.75	22	87	59	13	12	8	7	3	2	0	51			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.042	1.04	-0.02%	0.01	1b start tie	6b 1-3 0 out tie
9	87	42	May 21	BOS	@	BAL	W,8-6	GS-6		4	5.1	6	5	5	4	2	1	0	7.84	6.78	24	94	57	17	7	11	7	1	1	0	34			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.09	-0.389	1.06	-0.23%	-2.88	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out tie
10	88	47	May 27	BOS		TBR	L,3-4	GS-7		5	7.0	8	2	2	1	6	0	0	7.19	6.17	27	111	69	17	11	11	9	5	0	0	58			1	1	0	26	2	0	0	2	0	0	.95	0.107	.95	0.06%	1.61	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
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
11	89	52	Jun 1	BOS	@	TOR	W,7-2	GS-8	W(5-2)	4	8.0	6	2	2	2	7	2	1	6.58	6.11	33	108	71	18	10	9	13	1	4	0	67			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	2	0	1	.99	0.285	1.06	0.18%	2.05	1b start tie	8b 3 out a5
12	90	57	Jun 7	BOS		BAL	W,7-0	SHO	W(6-2)	5	9.0	4	0	0	1	6	0	2	5.77	5.70	32	125	78	20	11	11	12	6	1	0	84			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	3	0	1	.43	0.198	.43	0.12%	4.64	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
13	91	62	Jun 12	BOS	@	MIA	W,2-1	GS-7	W(7-2)	4	7.0	5	1	1	2	9	1	0	5.38	5.48	26	103	69	23	11	7	9	3	0	0	70			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.313	.64	0.11%	2.40	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
14	92	67	Jun 19	BOS		MIA	W,7-5	GS-6	W(8-2)	6	6.0	9	5	5	1	3	1	1	5.53	5.47	27	87	58	13	8	13	9	3	0	0	36			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	-0.179	.77	-0.08%	-1.91	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
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
15	93	88	Jul 14	BOS	@	TBR	L,3-5	GS-7	L(8-3)	24	6.1	3	4	4	1	8	0	1	5.54	5.20	25	87	58	21	8	7	8	3	1	0	58			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.33	-0.121	1.10	-0.06%	-0.07	1b start tie	7b -23 1 out a1
16	94	93	Jul 19	BOS		CHW	W,3-1	GS-8		4	8.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	0	5.19	4.94	31	107	76	19	9	10	14	6	3	0	71			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	1	0	.95	0.305	.79	0.15%	3.13	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
17	95	98	Jul 24	BOS	@	TEX	W,2-1	GS-7		4	7.0	4	1	1	3	1	0	1	4.93	4.91	27	105	57	14	3	12	10	2	0	0	63			0	0	1	23	3	0	0	2	0	1	1.25	0.298	.67	0.10%	2.78	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
18	96	103	Jul 30	BOS		DET	W,7-3	GS-8	W(9-3)	5	8.0	5	3	2	2	4	1	0	4.75	4.88	31	108	67	15	14	12	13	6	2	0	64			0	0	0	29	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.28	0.198	.86	0.08%	1.13	1t start tie	8t 3 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
19	97	108	Aug 4	BOS		MIN	L,4-6	GS-7		4	7.0	7	1	0	1	3	0	0	4.48	4.76	27	103	66	21	6	16	7	4	0	0	63			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.30	0.346	.59	0.09%	2.61	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
20	98	114	Aug 10	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	W(10-3)	5	9.0	2	2	1	0	6	1	0	4.24	4.65	30	104	72	23	6	11	13	3	3	0	83			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.23	0.518	.30	0.08%	2.19	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
21	99	119	Aug 16	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-3	GS-8	W(11-3)	5	8.0	8	3	3	3	7	1	1	4.19	4.64	32	107	72	17	12	11	10	4	1	0	58			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	3	0	0	.92	0.089	.16	0.01%	1.05	1b start tie	8b 3 out a3
22	100	124	Aug 22	BOS		LAA	L,3-7	GS-6	L(11-4)	5	5.1	12	7	7	1	3	1	0	4.47	4.65	26	82	56	15	8	7	15	9	0	0	18			0	1	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	.84	-0.259	.07	-0.01%	-2.83	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d3
23	101	130	Aug 28	BOS	@	LAA	L,5-6	GS-7		5	7.0	6	4	4	3	5	2	0	4.50	4.75	30	109	65	23	6	11	11	0	2	0	51			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.14	0.000	.03	0.00%	-0.74	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
Sep/Oct				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
24	102	136	Sep 3	BOS	@	SEA	L,1-4	GS-7	L(11-5)	5	7.0	6	4	3	1	8	0	1	4.47	4.61	29	109	72	19	14	9	10	3	1	0	58			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	.75	-0.238	.00	0.00%	-0.81	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d3
25	103	141	Sep 9	BOS		TOR	L,3-4	GS-9	L(11-6)	5	8.2	7	4	4	3	4	0	0	4.46	4.54	35	121	82	18	18	14	14	5	1	0	55			2	0	0	29	0	0	1	0	2	0	1.57	-0.174	.00	0.00%	0.13	1t start tie	9t 1-3 2 out d1
26	104	146	Sep 15	BOS	@	TOR	W,3-2	GS-7		5	7.0	4	2	1	5	5	0	0	4.33	4.51	30	111	67	19	7	10	10	3	1	0	63			1	0	0	23	1	0	1	0	1	1	1.40	0.193	.00	0.00%	1.54	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
27	105	151	Sep 20	BOS	@	TBR	L,4-7	GS-7		4	7.0	4	0	0	2	4	0	0	4.16	4.44	27	94	64	17	7	9	12	3	3	0	71			1	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.421	.00	0.00%	3.30	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
28	106	155	Sep 25	BOS		TBR	L,2-5	GS-6	L(11-7)	4	6.0	8	5	4	2	5	1	0	4.22	4.45	28	99	61	19	13	10	11	5	0	0	41			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.231	.00	0.00%	-1.91	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
29	107	160	Oct 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-10	GS-2	L(11-8)	5	1.2	6	8	8	2	2	3	0	4.56	4.65	13	56	37	11	5	3	6	2	0	0	11			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	1	0	.64	-0.365	.00	0.00%	-6.30	1b start tie	2b -2- 2 out d7
							15-14		W-L:11-8	4.6	189.1	187	104	96	64	129	25	12	4.56	4.65	802	2900	64%	18%	8%	0.98		18%	6%	0	50		---%	9	2	1	711	37	2	2	27	9	8	1.02	0.359	.51	0.10%	-4.01

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