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	17-18 / in Starts: 16-18
Longest Hitting Streak	1 game
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	16 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 84 PAs	2
Actual Runners on Base	59 (36-17-6)
Avg. MLBer w/ 84 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	50 (25-16-8)

Most Driven In
F Stanley	1
C Gaston	1
B Barton	0
E HernÃ¡ndez	0

Most Driven In By
D Roberts	1
D Thomas	1
N Colbert	1

1972 Batting Game Log

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1972 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	112	1	Apr 15	SDP		ATL	W,6-5	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	.94	0.035	1.64	0.04%	0.51	P
2	113	5 (3)	Apr 19	SDP		SFG	W,4-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.90	-0.042	1.55	-0.04%	-0.27	P
3	114	9 (3)	Apr 23	SDP	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	2.05	0.097	3.08	0.09%	0.59	P
4	115	13 (3)	Apr 28	SDP		PHI	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.99	-0.047	.95	-0.03%	-0.32	P
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
5	116	18 (4)	May 3	SDP		MON	W,3-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9	1.21	-0.060	1.01	-0.03%	-0.44	P
6	117	22 (3)	May 10	SDP	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.60	0.047	.75	0.04%	0.33	P
7	118	26 (3)	May 14	SDP	@	MON	L,3-9	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.67	-0.054	1.00	-0.05%	-0.80	P
8	119	30 (3)	May 19	SDP		CIN	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	1.51	-0.077	1.81	-0.06%	-0.47	P
9	120	35 (4)	May 23 (1)	SDP		HOU	L,0-7	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.118	.118	.235	9	1.10	-0.026	1.20	-0.02%	-0.19	P
10	121	39 (3)	May 27	SDP	@	CIN	L,4-9	GS-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.167	.118	.284	9	.51	0.023	.26	0.01%	0.23	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
11	122	43 (3)	Jun 2	SDP		CHC	L,1-2	GS-10	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.190	.150	.340	9	1.53	-0.043	.52	-0.01%	-0.01	P
12	123	47 (3)	Jun 7 (2)	SDP		PIT	L,0-1	GS-13	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.160	.125	.285	9	1.94	-0.179	.24	-0.01%	-0.90	P
13	124	51 (3)	Jun 11	SDP		STL	W,4-3	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.160	.125	.285	1						PR
14	125	52	Jun 13	SDP	@	CHC	W,4-3	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.107	.138	.107	.245	9	.69	-0.076	.04	0.00%	-0.98	P
15	126	56 (3)	Jun 17	SDP	@	PIT	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.094	.121	.094	.215	9	.39	-0.036	.01	0.00%	-0.73	P
16	127	59 (2)	Jun 21	SDP	@	STL	L,3-14	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.094	.121	.094	.215	9						P
17	128	63 (3)	Jun 26	SDP		HOU	L,7-14	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.143	.091	.234	9	1.52	0.080	.02	0.00%	0.62	P
18	129	68 (4)	Jun 30	SDP		CIN	W,4-3	GS-11	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.132	.083	.215	9	1.64	-0.109	.01	0.00%	-0.66	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
19	130	71 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	SDP	@	NYM	L,0-2	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.081	.128	.081	.209	9	.45	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.09	P
20	131	75 (3)	Jul 7 (2)	SDP	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.098	.140	.098	.237	9	.23	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.69	P
21	132	79 (3)	Jul 11	SDP	@	MON	L,5-6	GS-7	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.093	.152	.093	.245	9	1.39	-0.041	.01	0.00%	-0.40	P
22	133	82 (2)	Jul 15	SDP		NYM	L,1-2	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.149	.091	.240	9	1.76	-0.070	.00	0.00%	-0.54	P
23	134	85 (2)	Jul 19	SDP		PHI	L,2-3	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.137	.083	.221	9	1.61	-0.153	.00	0.00%	-0.67	P
24	135	89 (3)	Jul 23 (2)	SDP		MON	L,1-9	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.080	.132	.080	.212	9	1.31	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.51	P
25	136	91 (1)	Jul 28	SDP	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.075	.125	.075	.200	9	.51	-0.035	.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
26	137	96 (4)	Aug 1 (1)	SDP	@	ATL	W,9-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.070	.117	.070	.187	9	.21	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-1.07	P
27	138	101 (4)	Aug 5	SDP	@	LAD	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.111	.067	.178	9	1.77	-0.129	.00	0.00%	-0.80	P
28	139	105 (3)	Aug 9	SDP	@	SFG	W,5-2	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.063	.104	.063	.167	9	.34	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.86	P
29	140	108 (2)	Aug 13	SDP		LAD	L,3-5	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.061	.101	.061	.162	9	1.31	-0.070	.00	0.00%	-0.92	P
30	141	111 (2)	Aug 17	SDP		STL	W,3-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.058	.097	.058	.155	9	.81	-0.072	.00	0.00%	-0.99	P
31	142	115 (3)	Aug 21	SDP		CHC	W,6-5	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.056	.095	.056	.151	9	2.23	-0.132	.00	0.00%	-0.92	P
32	143	121 (5)	Aug 27	SDP	@	STL	L,2-9	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.056	.095	.056	.151	9						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
33	144	141 (19)	Sep 19	SDP		LAD	W,5-2	GS-5	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.069	.107	.069	.176	9	.75	0.032	.00	0.00%	0.36	P
34	145	145 (3)	Sep 24	SDP	@	ATL	W,2-1	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.068	.117	.068	.185	9	1.20	0.011	.00	0.00%	0.18	P
35	146	149 (3)	Sep 29	SDP		HOU	L,2-5	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.068	.115	.068	.183	9	1.46	0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.06	P
							17-18		84	74	3	5	0	0	0	2	4	0	30	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	.068	.115	.068	.183		1.10	-1.256	.38	-0.08%	-11.92

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