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: 19-16 / in Starts: 18-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1974 Pitching Game Log

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1974 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	178	3	Apr 7	CIN		ATL	L,3-5	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	6	5	5	1	4	1	0	9.00	4.18	22	8	4	0	0	5	38			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.362	1.86	-0.39%	-2.72	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
2	179	7	Apr 12	CIN	@	ATL	W,14-2	GS-6	W(1-1)	4	5.2	6	2	2	1	4	0	0	5.91	2.86	23	6	7	1	0	5	52			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.26	0.033	1.90	0.03%	0.45	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out a2
3	180	9	Apr 16	CIN		LAD	L,3-5	GS-7		3	7.0	3	1	1	2	6	1	0	4.08	3.14	26	5	11	1	1	2	71			2	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.281	2.09	0.29%	2.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
4	181	14	Apr 21(2)	CIN		SDP	L,2-7	GS-6	L(1-2)	4	6.0	8	5	4	2	6	0	0	4.56	2.75	28	6	6	2	0	8	42			1	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.288	1.36	-0.25%	-2.26	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
5	182	19	Apr 28	CIN	@	STL	L,2-9	GS-2	L(1-3)	6	1.1	8	7	6	0	2	0	0	6.48	2.58	13	2	1	1	0	8	14			1	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	.87	-0.436	1.11	-0.33%	-5.22	1b start a 1	2b 1-3 1 out d4
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
6	183	21	May 3	CIN	@	CHC	L,5-6	GS-6		4	5.0	4	3	2	2	2	0	0	6.00	2.64	23	11	8	2	1	0	49			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	1	2	1.27	-0.039	1.64	-0.03%	-0.01	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out tie
7	184	29	May 12(2)	CIN		HOU	W,4-2	CG	W(2-3)	8	9.0	2	2	2	2	10	1	0	5.08	2.60	31	5	12	1	2	2	83			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.493	.94	0.35%	2.11	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
8	185	34	May 18	CIN	@	HOU	W,7-6	GS-5		5	5.0	4	4	4	1	4	2	0	5.32	3.08	20	3	8	0	0	4	46			1	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.213	1.34	-0.17%	-1.81	1b start a 4	5b 3 out tie
9	186	39	May 23	CIN	@	SDP	L,4-5	GS-7		4	6.2	8	3	3	2	2	0	0	5.15	3.05	29	10	9	3	1	6	46			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	-0.082	1.28	-0.05%	-0.34	1b start a 2	7b 12- 2 out tie
10	187	44	May 28	CIN		NYM	W,7-2	GS-9	W(3-3)	4	8.2	9	2	0	5	5	0	0	4.40	3.07	41	10	12	0	2	9	62			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	1	0	.56	0.230	.70	0.17%	1.70	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a5
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	188	49	Jun 3	CIN	@	NYM	W,5-2	CG	W(4-3)	5	9.0	7	2	1	4	0	0	0	3.95	3.18	38	9	18	1	3	7	63			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	0.240	1.39	0.19%	2.11	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
12	189	53	Jun 8	CIN	@	PHI	L,5-6	GS-6		4	6.0	6	4	4	5	2	0	0	4.12	3.28	28	9	7	0	1	5	41			2	0	0	21	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.26	-0.290	1.52	-0.21%	-1.12	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
13	190	57	Jun 12	CIN	@	MON	W,3-1	GS-8	W(5-3)	3	8.0	7	1	1	4	4	0	0	3.83	3.26	31	10	6	0	1	7	64			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	0.378	1.55	0.27%	2.87	1b start tie	8b 3 out a2
14	191	62	Jun 18	CIN		MON	L,1-2	CG	L(5-4)	5	9.0	6	2	2	5	5	1	0	3.65	3.39	38	8	14	1	2	6	67			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.31	0.090	2.01	0.08%	2.11	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
15	192	67	Jun 23(2)	CIN		ATL	W,2-1	GS-10		4	10.0	4	1	0	1	7	0	1	3.29	3.23	34	9	12	1	2	4	88			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	4	0	1	1.46	0.663	2.46	0.67%	3.56	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
16	193	71	Jun 27	CIN	@	ATL	W,6-3	GS-9	W(6-4)	3	8.0	7	3	3	3	5	0	0	3.29	3.17	34	9	10	0	0	7	58			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.98	-0.039	1.86	-0.05%	-0.15	1b start a 2	9b 12- 0 out a3
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
17	194	76	Jul 2	CIN		LAD	L,2-3	GS-7		4	7.0	7	2	2	4	7	0	0	3.25	3.12	31	6	7	2	1	7	58			1	0	0	27	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.53	0.182	3.87	0.28%	1.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
18	195	81	Jul 6	CIN		STL	L,1-3	GS-7	L(6-5)	3	6.1	5	3	1	2	2	0	0	3.15	3.11	27	8	11	2	1	4	55			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.133	1.04	-0.06%	0.05	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out d1
19	196	86	Jul 11	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-3	GS-8		4	8.0	8	3	3	1	5	1	0	3.17	3.12	33	12	13	6	2	2	58			2	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.34	0.067	.77	0.02%	0.79	1b start a 2	8b 3 out tie
20	197	92	Jul 15	CIN	@	STL	W,3-0	SHO	W(7-5)	3	9.0	9	0	0	1	7	0	0	2.96	3.01	34	8	9	0	1	9	75			0	1	0	33	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.44	0.601	1.63	0.41%	4.15	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
21	198	97	Jul 20	CIN		CHC	L,6-11	GS-8		4	7.1	5	3	3	5	9	0	0	3.00	2.97	31	5	10	1	2	2	60			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.195	1.49	0.18%	1.17	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a2
22	199	99	Jul 25(1)	CIN		SFG	W,14-13	GS-1		4	0.2	2	3	3	4	1	0	0	3.17	3.03	8	0	1	0	0	2	33			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.294	2.16	-0.32%	-3.28	1t start tie	1t 123 2 out d3
23	200	104	Jul 29	CIN		SDP	L,2-3	GS-5	L(7-6)	3	4.1	8	3	3	2	2	2	0	3.26	3.20	21	5	4	0	0	8	35			0	1	1	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.170	1.80	-0.23%	-1.58	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d3
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
24	201	110	Aug 4(2)	CIN	@	SDP	L,0-1	GS-9		5	9.0	4	0	0	3	5	0	0	3.07	3.16	33	10	11	1	0	4	81			1	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.642	2.51	0.70%	3.94	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
25	202	117	Aug 12	CIN		PIT	L,4-7	GS-4	L(7-7)	7	4.0	6	5	4	1	3	2	0	3.22	3.29	19	4	4	1	1	6	34			0	1	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	.87	-0.275	1.62	-0.31%	-3.18	1t start tie	4t 3 out d5
26	203	119	Aug 14	CIN		PIT	W,3-2	8-9		1	1.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.20	3.29	7	0	4	1	2	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.59	-0.216	4.60	-0.23%	-0.88	8t --- 0 out tie	9t 1-3 0 out tie
27	204	124	Aug 20	CIN		PHI	W,7-1	CG	W(8-7)	5	9.0	5	1	0	3	6	0	0	3.03	3.24	35	8	15	1	4	3	78			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.218	1.74	0.37%	3.11	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
28	205	128	Aug 25	CIN	@	MON	W,3-1	GS-7	W(9-7)	4	7.0	3	1	1	6	5	0	0	2.97	3.25	28	6	8	0	0	3	66			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.201	3.32	0.36%	2.39	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
29	206	132	Aug 30	CIN		MON	L,3-11	GS-5	L(9-8)	4	5.0	9	5	5	3	3	2	1	3.13	3.41	27	5	6	1	1	9	29			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.231	2.39	-0.38%	-2.72	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
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
30	207	136	Sep 3	CIN	@	HOU	W,7-5	GS-6		3	6.0	6	5	5	2	6	1	0	3.26	3.42	27	8	5	0	2	6	44			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	1	1	.81	-0.327	2.30	-0.56%	-2.38	1b start a 2	6b 3 out d2
31	208	139	Sep 7	CIN		LAD	W,7-5	GS-2		3	1.2	4	5	5	2	1	1	0	3.47	3.50	11	1	3	0	0	4	26			0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	2	0	1.19	-0.347	6.69	-1.17%	-4.18	1t start tie	2t --- 2 out d5
32	209	143	Sep 11	CIN		ATL	T,1-1	CG(5)		3	5.0	4	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.43	3.46	21	5	6	0	1	4	57			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.126	3.19	0.20%	1.28	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
33	210	149	Sep 16	CIN	@	SDP	W,9-2	GS-8	W(10-8)	4	8.0	7	2	2	2	5	0	0	3.38	3.41	32	8	11	2	0	6	63			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	1	0	0	.44	0.044	1.64	0.10%	1.50	1b start a 3	8b 3 out a7
34	211	153	Sep 20	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(10-9)	3	8.0	6	4	3	1	4	0	0	3.38	3.36	32	12	9	1	1	6	59			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.27	-0.305	5.30	-0.77%	-0.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
35	212	157	Sep 25	CIN		HOU	W,4-1	GS-8	W(11-9)	4	7.1	7	1	1	2	5	0	0	3.31	3.31	30	11	5	1	0	7	63			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.71	0.184	.23	0.04%	1.79	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a3
36	213	161	Sep 29	CIN		SFG	W,7-3	GS-8	W(12-9)	3	7.2	7	3	2	4	11	0	0	3.28	3.25	35	8	5	0	1	7	62			1	0	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	1	.89	0.103	.61	0.04%	0.18	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out a3
							19-16		W-L:12-9	4.0	230.2	210	97	84	91	160	15	2	3.28	3.25	981	0.86		6%	7%	185	55	0	---%	13	7	1	865	28	4	3	14	8	11	1.08	0.924	1.91	-0.75%	6.69

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