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: 16-18 / in Starts: 16-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1972 Pitching Game Log

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1972 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	110	1	Apr 15	SDP		ATL	W,6-5	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	6.0	6	2	2	3	3	0	0	3.00	2.90	26	10	4	3	0	6	52			1	0	0	23	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.45	0.032	2.53	0.03%	0.39	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
2	111	5	Apr 19	SDP		SFG	W,4-3	GS-8		3	8.0	7	3	3	3	4	0	1	3.21	2.90	33	15	3	1	0	7	57			1	2	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.116	2.35	-0.12%	0.18	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
3	112	9	Apr 23	SDP	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	6	1	1	6	5	1	0	2.35	3.62	39	10	12	1	0	6	70			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	0.508	2.21	0.46%	2.81	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
4	113	13	Apr 28	SDP		PHI	L,0-3	GS-8	L(2-1)	4	8.0	7	3	3	3	8	1	0	2.61	3.50	34	9	7	0	1	7	61			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	-0.076	1.01	-0.04%	0.18	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
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	114	18	May 3	SDP		MON	W,3-2	GS-8		4	8.0	2	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.31	3.17	26	10	7	2	0	2	77			0	1	0	24	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.09	0.179	.91	0.09%	2.18	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
6	115	22	May 10	SDP	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	W(3-1)	6	9.0	5	3	3	8	9	0	0	2.44	3.15	37	7	8	1	1	5	66			0	1	0	28	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.05	0.204	1.30	0.15%	0.97	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
7	116	26	May 14	SDP	@	MON	L,3-9	GS-6	L(3-2)	3	5.1	6	5	5	2	4	0	0	3.04	3.04	24	8	4	0	0	6	38			0	0	0	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.290	.88	-0.26%	-3.01	1b start tie	6b -2- 1 out d5
8	117	30	May 19	SDP		CIN	L,0-1	GS-8	L(3-3)	4	8.0	7	1	1	3	4	0	0	2.79	2.97	33	9	10	2	1	7	65			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.02	0.218	1.22	0.16%	2.18	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
9	118	35	May 23(1)	SDP		HOU	L,0-7	GS-6	L(3-4)	3	5.1	6	6	6	3	5	3	0	3.38	3.49	25	6	5	1	0	6	34			0	0	0	22	1	1	1	0	0	0	.69	-0.253	.75	-0.17%	-3.82	1t start tie	6t --- 1 out d6
10	119	39	May 27	SDP	@	CIN	L,4-9	GS-4	L(3-5)	3	3.2	6	7	4	3	2	1	0	3.71	3.69	19	6	3	0	0	5	26			0	1	0	15	0	1	1	1	0	1	.68	-0.332	.34	-0.10%	-5.66	1b start tie	4b -2- 2 out d7
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
11	120	43	Jun 2	SDP		CHC	L,1-2	CG(10)	L(3-6)	5	10.0	7	2	1	3	5	0	0	3.36	3.52	38	13	10	2	0	7	74			2	1	0	34	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.65	0.012	.56	0.00%	1.98	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
12	121	47	Jun 7(2)	SDP		PIT	L,0-1	GS-13		4	13.0	8	0	0	3	8	0	0	2.89	3.29	50	17	15	3	0	7	96			3	0	0	46	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.92	1.070	.23	0.08%	5.17	1t start tie	13t 3 out tie
13	122	52	Jun 13	SDP	@	CHC	W,4-3	GS-8	W(4-6)	5	7.1	7	1	1	4	6	0	0	2.77	3.22	32	7	9	2	0	6	62			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	0.304	.06	0.01%	2.30	1b start a 2	8b 1-- 1 out a3
14	123	56	Jun 17	SDP	@	PIT	W,4-0	SHO	W(5-6)	3	9.0	9	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.54	3.12	36	8	12	6	0	9	72			1	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	.80	0.308	.02	0.01%	3.81	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
15	124	59	Jun 21	SDP	@	STL	L,3-14	GS-2	L(5-7)	3	1.0	6	6	6	2	0	1	0	3.01	3.28	10	2	0	0	0	6	15			2	0	0	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	.80	-0.383	.02	-0.01%	-5.48	1b start tie	2b --3 0 out d5
16	125	63	Jun 26	SDP		HOU	L,7-14	GS-5		4	5.0	4	6	6	2	4	4	0	3.35	3.68	21	7	4	0	1	4	37			1	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.378	.01	0.00%	-4.01	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
17	126	68	Jun 30	SDP		CIN	W,4-3	GS-11		3	11.0	5	2	2	8	8	0	0	3.20	3.63	44	15	8	0	2	5	79			1	0	0	35	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.62	0.293	.01	0.00%	2.38	1t start tie	11t 3 out d2
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	127	71	Jul 4(1)	SDP	@	NYM	L,0-2	GS-3	L(5-8)	3	2.2	3	2	2	4	4	0	0	3.27	3.64	15	3	1	0	0	3	44			1	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.158	.00	0.00%	-1.46	1b start tie	3b 123 2 out d2
19	128	75	Jul 7(2)	SDP	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	W(6-8)	2	9.0	8	1	1	1	11	0	0	3.12	3.42	34	6	8	2	2	8	77			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	.37	0.175	.00	0.00%	2.97	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a5
20	129	79	Jul 11	SDP	@	MON	L,5-6	GS-7		3	6.0	5	5	5	3	10	1	0	3.30	3.39	25	4	3	2	0	5	49			0	1	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.208	.01	0.00%	-1.34	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out a2
21	130	82	Jul 15	SDP		NYM	L,1-2	GS-7	L(6-9)	3	7.0	7	2	2	3	5	0	0	3.27	3.34	31	5	11	0	1	7	57			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.010	.00	0.00%	0.79	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
22	131	85	Jul 19	SDP		PHI	L,2-3	CG(11)	L(6-10)	3	11.0	13	3	3	3	7	0	0	3.22	3.24	50	12	15	3	0	13	63			1	0	0	45	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.81	0.152	.00	0.00%	1.38	1t start tie	11t 3 out d1
23	132	89	Jul 23(2)	SDP		MON	L,1-9	GS-6	L(6-11)	3	5.1	8	6	6	5	4	1	0	3.44	3.34	27	5	5	3	0	8	27			0	1	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	.83	-0.308	.00	0.00%	-3.06	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out d3
24	133	91	Jul 28	SDP	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	W(7-11)	4	9.0	5	1	1	3	7	1	0	3.31	3.33	34	10	9	1	3	5	77			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.404	.00	0.00%	2.66	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
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	134	96	Aug 1(1)	SDP	@	ATL	W,9-0	SHO	W(8-11)	3	9.0	7	0	0	2	7	0	0	3.15	3.24	35	10	9	3	0	7	78			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	1	0	1	.33	0.131	.00	0.00%	4.24	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a9
26	135	101	Aug 5	SDP	@	LAD	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(8-12)	3	8.0	4	1	1	5	6	0	1	3.07	3.24	34	9	9	2	1	4	71			0	0	0	27	2	0	1	1	0	1	1.41	0.152	.00	0.00%	2.39	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
27	136	105	Aug 9	SDP	@	SFG	W,5-2	GS-8	W(9-12)	3	7.0	6	2	2	4	7	2	0	3.05	3.33	31	6	8	2	0	6	60			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.035	.00	0.00%	0.12	1b start a 3	8b 12- 0 out a3
28	137	108	Aug 13	SDP		LAD	L,3-5	GS-9	L(9-13)	3	8.0	10	5	5	4	5	2	0	3.15	3.43	37	9	10	1	0	9	43			3	1	0	32	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.34	-0.476	.00	0.00%	-2.14	1t start tie	9t 1-3 0 out d1
29	138	111	Aug 17	SDP		STL	W,3-2	GS-7	W(10-13)	3	7.0	2	1	1	4	3	0	0	3.09	3.42	27	8	10	3	1	2	68			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.249	.00	0.00%	1.79	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
30	139	115	Aug 21	SDP		CHC	W,6-5	GS-8		3	8.0	6	2	2	6	8	2	0	3.06	3.51	36	7	9	2	0	6	64			2	0	0	30	0	1	2	0	0	1	.88	0.082	.00	0.00%	1.18	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
31	140	121	Aug 27	SDP	@	STL	L,2-9	GS-1	L(10-14)	5	0.0	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	3.18	3.54	4	0	0	0	0	2	32			0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.66	-0.249	.00	0.00%	-2.81	1b start tie	1b 123 0 out d1
Sept				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
32	141	141	Sep 19	SDP		LAD	W,5-2	GS-5	W(11-14)	22	5.0	2	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.15	3.51	19	4	8	2	0	2	60			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.146	.00	0.00%	0.99	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
33	142	145	Sep 24	SDP	@	ATL	W,2-1	GS-5	W(12-14)	4	5.0	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	3.12	3.56	18	5	9	2	0	1	60			1	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.159	.00	0.00%	1.36	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
34	143	149	Sep 29	SDP		HOU	L,2-5	GS-6		4	5.0	4	1	1	3	2	0	0	3.09	3.56	20	6	5	0	0	4	54			0	1	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.199	.00	0.00%	1.63	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out a2
							16-18		W-L:12-14	3.5	238.2	197	86	82	116	175	21	2	3.09	3.56	1004	1.07		10%	3%	193	58		---%	24	10	0	873	28	5	11	17	2	6	1.13	1.775	.46	0.28%	13.21

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