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: 15-11 / in Starts: 11-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 2

1975 Pitching Game Log

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1975 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	214	3	Apr 10	CIN		LAD	W,7-6	GS-4		99	3.1	6	5	4	1	2	0	0	10.80	2.29	18	6	3	0	1	6	31			0	0	0	16	2	1	0	0	1	1	.83	-0.271	1.46	-0.29%	-3.63	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out d5
2	215	8	Apr 15	CIN	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(0-1)	4	8.0	5	3	3	1	8	1	1	5.56	2.76	31	8	8	0	1	5	67			1	0	0	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.098	1.02	-0.10%	0.48	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
3	216	14	Apr 20(2)	CIN		HOU	L,6-7	GS-4	L(0-2)	4	3.2	5	5	3	4	2	0	1	6.00	3.45	22	6	4	0	2	5	33			2	0	0	15	0	1	1	0	0	1	1.39	-0.288	2.16	-0.27%	-3.61	1t start tie	4t 1-3 2 out d5
4	217	16	Apr 22	CIN		SFG	W,5-4	9-GF	W(1-2)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.63	3.40	3	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.76	0.131	2.61	0.12%	0.47	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
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	218	24	May 2	CIN		ATL	L,5-6	8-GF	L(1-3)	9	2.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	5.50	3.92	7	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	-0.208	2.39	-0.22%	-0.07	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 1
6	219	31	May 10	CIN	@	NYM	W,7-1	GS-6	W(2-3)	7	5.1	5	1	1	3	0	1	0	4.63	4.56	23	7	8	0	2	5	51			0	1	0	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.214	1.82	0.22%	1.14	1b start a 1	6b 1-- 1 out a4
7	220	36	May 15(2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-5	GS-6		4	6.0	8	3	3	3	5	1	0	4.60	4.56	26	8	4	1	2	6	46			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.17	-0.173	1.66	-0.15%	-0.13	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
8	221	40	May 20	CIN		NYM	L,2-6	6-7		4	1.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.75	4.60	7	1	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	.29	-0.058	.44	-0.05%	-2.01	6t --- 0 out d4	7t -23 0 out d4
9	222	44	May 25	CIN		PHI	W,4-3	GS-8	W(3-3)	4	7.2	6	3	3	1	4	1	0	4.50	4.40	30	6	13	3	0	6	58			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.207	1.43	0.21%	1.32	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a2
10	223	48	May 30	CIN	@	STL	L,4-5	GS-5		4	4.1	6	4	4	2	0	1	0	4.89	4.67	20	5	8	2	0	5	33			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	-0.168	2.28	-0.20%	-1.16	1b start tie	5b 123 1 out tie
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	224	56	Jun 8(2)	CIN		CHC	W,8-5	GS-4		8	3.1	5	3	3	2	0	0	0	5.12	4.65	17	3	11	3	3	1	36			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.260	2.93	-0.36%	-2.01	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out d1
12	225	62	Jun 14 susp	CIN	@	CHC	W,11-3	GS-5	W(4-3)	5	5.0	4	1	1	2	2	0	0	4.80	4.48	20	5	11	4	4	0	55			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.148	2.07	0.22%	1.39	1b start tie	5b 3 out a4
13	226	77	Jun 30	CIN		HOU	W,9-6	10-GF(12)	W(5-3)	15	3.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.53	4.39	10	3	5	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.32	0.392	4.34	0.44%	1.40	10t --- 0 out tie	12t end tie
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
14	227	83	Jul 6	CIN	@	SDP	W,13-2	GS-5	W(6-3)	5	5.0	6	2	2	3	2	0	0	4.45	4.33	27	8	8	0	1	6	46			2	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	3	.67	0.042	.99	0.04%	0.15	1b start a 3	5b 3 out a6
15	228	88	Jul 11(2)	CIN		NYM	W,4-1	GS-6	W(7-3)	4	6.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	1	4.04	4.16	22	4	10	1	2	3	68			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.80	0.261	.66	0.13%	2.81	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
16	229	94	Jul 20	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-11	GS-1	L(7-4)	8	0.2	1	4	3	5	0	0	0	4.41	4.38	9	1	2	0	1	1	31			1	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	1	1.39	-0.333	.62	-0.09%	-4.28	1b start tie	1b 123 2 out d4
17	230	99	Jul 25(1)	CIN		LAD	L,3-4	GS-6		4	6.0	5	2	2	4	1	2	0	4.29	4.73	25	7	8	2	1	5	51			1	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.116	.71	0.05%	0.81	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
18	231	106	Jul 31	CIN		SFG	W,11-6	GS-7	W(8-4)	5	6.0	7	4	4	3	3	2	0	4.42	4.94	28	5	10	1	4	7	42			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	.57	0.020	.21	0.00%	-1.20	1t start tie	7t --- 0 out a6
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
19	232	111	Aug 5	CIN	@	SFG	W,6-3	GS-5		4	5.0	7	3	3	2	3	0	1	4.48	4.83	24	7	4	0	1	7	42			0	0	0	20	0	1	0	1	1	0	1.01	-0.137	.09	-0.01%	-0.61	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
20	233	117	Aug 12	CIN		CHC	W,12-8	1-3		6	2.2	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.55	4.78	14	2	7	1	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.046	.02	0.00%	-0.57	1t 1-- 1 out d4	3t 3 out d5
21	234	127	Aug 23	CIN	@	PIT	W,12-7	5-7	W(9-4)	10	2.0	3	1	1	2	1	1	0	4.55	4.92	10	2	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	-0.114	.01	0.00%	-1.07	5b --- 0 out a4	7b 12- 0 out a3
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
22	235	139	Sep 4	CIN		LAD	L,2-3	GS-7	L(9-5)	11	7.0	7	3	3	2	3	1	0	4.50	4.88	30	6	12	1	0	7	52			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.026	.00	0.00%	0.27	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
23	236	144	Sep 9	CIN	@	SDP	L,2-11	GS-5	L(9-6)	4	5.0	7	5	4	2	1	1	0	4.64	4.94	23	5	8	1	1	7	34			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.59	-0.241	.00	0.00%	-2.85	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
24	237	148	Sep 13	CIN	@	SFG	L,2-9	5-5		3	0.0	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	4.82	5.03	3	0	0	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.119	.00	0.00%	-2.49	5b 1-3 0 out d1	5b 123 0 out d3
25	238	153	Sep 18	CIN	@	ATL	W,4-3	GS-7		4	6.2	5	2	2	4	3	0	0	4.68	4.93	29	9	8	1	0	5	55			1	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.141	.00	0.00%	0.88	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a1
26	239	159	Sep 24	CIN	@	HOU	W,6-4	GS-5	W(10-6)	5	5.0	3	3	3	2	2	0	0	4.72	4.85	20	9	4	1	1	3	49			1	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.150	.00	0.00%	-0.89	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
							15-11		W-L:10-6	4.8	110.2	113	63	58	54	48	13	5	4.72	4.85	498	0.77		8%	10%	100	46	3	67%	11	1	0	428	20	7	3	9	2	6	.95	-1.018	1.02	-0.31%	-15.42

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