Clay Buchholz

Position: Starting 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)

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2005	20	-1.3	Lowell	NYPL	A-	BOS	0	1	.000	2.61	3.27	15	15	0	0	0	0	41.1	34	15	12	2	9	0	45	1	1	0	166	1.040	7.4	0.4	2.0	9.8	5.00
2006	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-A+	BOS	11	4	.733	2.42	2.87	24	24	0	0	0	0	119.0	88	38	32	10	33	0	140	5	1	9	472	1.017	6.7	0.8	2.5	10.6	4.24
2006	21	-1.9	Wilmington	CARL	A+	BOS	2	0	1.000	1.13	2.25	3	3	0	0	0	0	16.0	10	4	2	0	4	0	23	0	0	1	61	0.875	5.6	0.0	2.3	12.9	5.75
2006	21	-0.8	Greenville	SALL	A	BOS	9	4	.692	2.62	2.97	21	21	0	0	0	0	103.0	78	34	30	10	29	0	117	5	1	8	411	1.039	6.8	0.9	2.5	10.2	4.03
2007	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	BOS	8	5	.615	2.44	2.80	24	23	0	1	0	0	125.1	87	39	34	9	35	0	171	3	4	2	496	0.973	6.2	0.6	2.5	12.3	4.89
2007	22	-4.8	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	1	3	.250	3.96	4.89	8	8	0	0	0	0	38.2	32	21	17	5	13	0	55	1	3	1	164	1.164	7.4	1.2	3.0	12.8	4.23
2007	22	-2.8	Portland	EL	AA	BOS	7	2	.778	1.77	1.87	16	15	0	1	0	0	86.2	55	18	17	4	22	0	116	2	1	1	332	0.888	5.7	0.4	2.3	12.0	5.27
2007	22	-6.4	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	3	1	.750	1.59	2.38	4	3	0	1	1	0	22.2	14	6	4	0	10	0	22	1	0	0	88	1.059	5.6	0.0	4.0	8.7	2.20
2008	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	BOS	5	2	.714	2.30	2.61	11	11	0	0	0	0	58.2	43	17	15	3	18	0	61	2	0	3	230	1.040	6.6	0.5	2.8	9.4	3.39
2008	23	-4.1	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	4	2	.667	2.47	2.68	9	9	0	0	0	0	43.2	36	13	12	3	17	0	43	2	0	3	177	1.214	7.4	0.6	3.5	8.9	2.53
2008	23	-1.6	Portland	EL	AA	BOS	1	0	1.000	1.80	2.40	2	2	0	0	0	0	15.0	7	4	3	0	1	0	18	0	0	0	53	0.533	4.2	0.0	0.6	10.8	18.00
2008	23	-0.3	Scottsdale	AZFL	Fal		1	2	.333	3.86	3.86	5	5	0	0	0	0	21.0	18	9	9	1	9	0	17	1	0	0	87	1.286	7.7	0.4	3.9	7.3	1.89
2008	23	-5.3	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	2	9	.182	6.75	7.46	16	15	0	1	0	0	76.0	93	63	57	11	41	1	72	2	1	2	357	1.763	11.0	1.3	4.9	8.5	1.76
2009	24	-2.9	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	7	2	.778	2.36	2.73	17	16	0	1	1	0	99.0	67	30	26	7	30	0	89	0	1	4	387	0.980	6.1	0.6	2.7	8.1	2.97
2009	24	-4.1	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	7	4	.636	4.21	4.30	16	16	0	0	0	0	92.0	91	44	43	13	36	1	68	2	0	1	399	1.380	8.9	1.3	3.5	6.7	1.89
2010	25	-1.6	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	0	0		4.91	4.91	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	4	2	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	16	1.364	9.8	2.5	2.5	4.9	2.00
2010	25	-3.0	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	17	7	.708	2.33	2.85	28	28	0	1	1	0	173.2	142	55	45	9	67	1	120	5	1	7	711	1.203	7.4	0.5	3.5	6.2	1.79
2011	26	-2.2	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	6	3	.667	3.48	3.70	14	14	0	0	0	0	82.2	76	34	32	10	31	1	60	2	0	3	353	1.294	8.3	1.1	3.4	6.5	1.94
2012	27	-0.2	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	10	1.286	3.9	0.0	7.7	11.6	1.50
2012	27	-1.2	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	11	8	.579	4.56	4.94	29	29	0	2	1	0	189.1	187	104	96	25	64	2	129	12	2	2	802	1.326	8.9	1.2	3.0	6.1	2.02
2013	28		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A-	BOS	0	0		4.50	9.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	8	4	2	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	23	2.750	18.0	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00
2013	28	0.8	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	0	0		2.70	2.70	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	7	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	16	2.100	18.9	0.0	0.0	5.4
2013	28	6.7	Lowell	NYPL	A-	BOS	0	0		13.50	40.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.2	1	3	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	7	6.000	13.5	0.0	40.5	13.5	0.33
2013	28	-0.7	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	12	1	.923	1.74	1.91	16	16	0	1	1	0	108.1	75	23	21	4	36	0	96	1	0	1	416	1.025	6.2	0.3	3.0	8.0	2.67
2014	29	2.1	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	0	1	.000	2.53	2.53	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.2	6	3	3	2	2	0	10	1	0	0	39	0.750	5.1	1.7	1.7	8.4	5.00
2014	29	0.5	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	8	11	.421	5.34	5.71	28	28	0	2	2	0	170.1	182	108	101	17	54	2	132	10	0	8	737	1.386	9.6	0.9	2.9	7.0	2.44
2015	30	1.7	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	7	7	.500	3.26	3.81	18	18	0	1	0	0	113.1	114	48	41	6	23	0	107	5	0	3	469	1.209	9.1	0.5	1.8	8.5	4.65
2016	31	2.4	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	8	10	.444	4.78	5.17	37	21	7	0	0	0	139.1	130	80	74	21	55	1	93	5	0	1	588	1.328	8.4	1.4	3.6	6.0	1.69
2017	32	3.6	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	0	1	.000	12.27	12.27	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.1	16	10	10	1	3	0	5	0	0	0	40	2.591	19.6	1.2	3.7	6.1	1.67
2018	33		4 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-A+-AA	ARI-KCR	2	1	.667	2.94	2.94	6	6	0	0	0	0	33.2	26	11	11	3	13	0	25	0	0	3	138	1.158	7.0	0.8	3.5	6.7	1.92
2018	33	6.4	Omaha	PCL	AAA	KCR	1	0	1.000	1.59	1.59	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.1	9	2	2	2	5	0	4	0	0	2	47	1.235	7.1	1.6	4.0	3.2	0.80
2018	33	6.4	Reno	PCL	AAA	ARI	0	1	.000	5.40	5.40	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.2	12	7	7	0	5	0	10	0	0	1	52	1.457	9.3	0.0	3.9	7.7	2.00
2018	33	8.9	Northwest Arkansas	TL	AA	KCR	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	17	0.643	1.9	0.0	3.9	9.6	2.50
2018	33	9.8	Visalia	CALL	A+	ARI	1	0	1.000	3.00	3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	22	0.833	6.0	1.5	1.5	9.0	6.00
2018	33	4.8	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	7	2	.778	2.01	2.29	16	16	0	1	0	0	98.1	80	25	22	9	22	1	81	3	0	1	393	1.037	7.3	0.8	2.0	7.4	3.68
2019	34		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-Rk-A+	TOR	0	1	.000	3.86	5.14	4	4	0	0	0	0	14.0	13	8	6	5	0	0	16	0	0	0	55	0.929	8.4	3.2	0.0	10.3
2019	34	7.8	Buffalo	IL	AAA	TOR	0	1	.000	5.40	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	5	3	4	0	0	5	0	0	0	20	0.800	7.2	7.2	0.0	9.0
2019	34	11.1	Dunedin	FLOR	A+	TOR	0	0		2.25	2.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	16	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	15.8
2019	34	13.7	Blue Jays	GULF	Rk	TOR	0	0		3.60	3.60	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.0	5	2	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	19	1.000	9.0	1.8	0.0	7.2
2019	34	5.6	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	2	5	.286	6.56	6.71	12	12	0	0	0	0	59.0	72	44	43	13	16	1	39	1	0	1	254	1.492	11.0	2.0	2.4	5.9	2.44
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (13 seasons)					Majors		90	69	.566	3.98	4.35	236	218	7	10	6	0	1332.1	1272	644	589	139	458	11	1024	49	4	30	5607	1.298	8.6	0.9	3.1	6.9	2.24
Minors (11 seasons)					Minors		33	17	.660	2.52	2.94	107	105	0	2	1	0	511.2	377	167	143	42	146	0	565	13	8	21	2032	1.022	6.6	0.7	2.6	9.9	3.87
Other (1 season)					Other		1	2	.333	3.86	3.86	5	5	0	0	0	0	21.0	18	9	9	1	9	0	17	1	0	0	87	1.286	7.7	0.4	3.9	7.3	1.89
All Levels (15 Seasons)							124	88	.585	3.58	3.96	348	328	7	12	7	0	1865.0	1667	820	741	182	613	11	1606	63	12	51	7726	1.223	8.0	0.9	3.0	7.8	2.62

AAA (9 seasons)					Minors		13	10	.565	2.86	3.30	44	43	0	1	1	0	229.1	178	84	73	24	75	0	223	5	5	11	928	1.103	7.0	0.9	2.9	8.8	2.97
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		8	2	.800	1.69	1.86	19	18	0	1	0	0	106.1	63	22	20	4	25	0	139	2	1	1	402	0.828	5.3	0.3	2.1	11.8	5.56
A+ (3 seasons)					Minors		3	0	1.000	1.73	2.42	5	5	0	0	0	0	26.0	18	7	5	1	5	0	36	0	0	1	99	0.885	6.2	0.3	1.7	12.5	7.20
A (1 season)					Minors		9	4	.692	2.62	2.97	21	21	0	0	0	0	103.0	78	34	30	10	29	0	117	5	1	8	411	1.039	6.8	0.9	2.5	10.2	4.03
A- (2 seasons)					Minors		0	1	.000	2.79	3.86	16	16	0	0	0	0	42.0	35	18	13	2	12	0	46	1	1	0	173	1.119	7.5	0.4	2.6	9.9	3.83
Rk (1 season)					Minors		0	0		3.60	3.60	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.0	5	2	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	19	1.000	9.0	1.8	0.0	7.2