Clay Buchholz

Q: When was Clay Buchholz born?

Clay Buchholz was born on August 14, 1984.

Q: Where was Clay Buchholz born?

Clay Buchholz was born in Nederland, TX .

Q: How tall is Clay Buchholz?

Clay Buchholz is 6-3 (190 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Clay Buchholz weigh when playing?

Clay Buchholz weighed 190 lbs (86 kg) when playing.

Q: How many seasons did Clay Buchholz play?

Clay Buchholz played 13 seasons.

Q: Is Clay Buchholz in the Hall of Fame?

Clay Buchholz has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: When was Clay Buchholz drafted?

Clay Buchholz was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (42nd) of the 2005 MLB June Amateur Draft from Angelina College (Lufkin, TX) .

Q: How many strikeouts did Clay Buchholz have?

Clay Buchholz had 1,024 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Clay Buchholz played for?

Clay Buchholz played for 4 teams; the Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, Arizona Diamondbacks and Toronto Blue Jays.

Q: How many World Series has Clay Buchholz won?

Clay Buchholz has won 1 World Series.

Position: 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)

Debut: August 17, 2007 (Age 23-003d, 19,174th in major league history)
vs. LAA 6.0 IP, 8 H, 5 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER, W

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	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2005	20	BOS-min	A-	0	1	.000	2.61	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	LOW NYPL
2006	21	BOS-min	A,A+	11	4	.733	2.42	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	GRV,WMT SALL,CARL
2007	22	BOS-min	AA,AAA	8	5	.615	2.44	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	PRT,PAW EL,IL
2007	22	BOS	AL	3	1	.750	1.59	4	3	0	1	1	0	22.2	14	6	4	0	10	0	22	1	0	0	88	303	2.75	1.059	5.6	0.0	4.0	8.7	2.20
2008	23	BOS-min	AAA,AA	5	2	.714	2.30	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	PAW,PRT IL,EL
2008	23	BOS	AL	2	9	.182	6.75	16	15	0	1	0	0	76.0	93	63	57	11	41	1	72	2	1	2	357	69	4.82	1.763	11.0	1.3	4.9	8.5	1.76
2009	24	BOS-min	AAA	7	2	.778	2.36	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	PAW IL
2009	24	BOS	AL	7	4	.636	4.21	16	16	0	0	0	0	92.0	91	44	43	13	36	1	68	2	0	1	399	111	4.69	1.380	8.9	1.3	3.5	6.7	1.89
2010	25	BOS-min	AAA	0	0		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	PAW IL
2010	25	BOS	AL	17	7	.708	2.33	28	28	0	1	1	0	173.2	142	55	45	9	67	1	120	5	1	7	711	*187*	3.61	1.203	7.4	0.5	3.5	6.2	1.79	AS,CYA-6
2011	26	BOS	AL	6	3	.667	3.48	14	14	0	0	0	0	82.2	76	34	32	10	31	1	60	2	0	3	353	124	4.34	1.294	8.3	1.1	3.4	6.5	1.94
2012	27	BOS-min	AAA	0	0		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	PAW IL
2012	27	BOS	AL	11	8	.579	4.56	29	29	0	2	1	0	189.1	187	104	96	25	64	2	129	12	2	2	802	92	4.65	1.326	8.9	1.2	3.0	6.1	2.02
2013	28	BOS-min	AAA,A-	0	0		4.50	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	PAW,LOW IL,NYPL
2013	28	BOS	AL	12	1	.923	1.74	16	16	0	1	1	0	108.1	75	23	21	4	36	0	96	1	0	1	416	237	2.78	1.025	6.2	0.3	3.0	8.0	2.67	AS
2014	29	BOS-min	AAA	0	1	.000	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	PAW IL
2014	29	BOS	AL	8	11	.421	5.34	28	28	0	2	2	0	170.1	182	108	101	17	54	2	132	10	0	8	737	75	4.01	1.386	9.6	0.9	2.9	7.0	2.44
2015	30	BOS	AL	7	7	.500	3.26	18	18	0	1	0	0	113.1	114	48	41	6	23	0	107	5	0	3	469	132	2.68	1.209	9.1	0.5	1.8	8.5	4.65
2016	31	BOS	AL	8	10	.444	4.78	37	21	7	0	0	0	139.1	130	80	74	21	55	1	93	5	0	1	588	94	5.06	1.328	8.4	1.4	3.6	6.0	1.69
2017	32	PHI	NL	0	1	.000	12.27	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.1	16	10	10	1	3	0	5	0	0	0	40	37	4.79	2.591	19.6	1.2	3.7	6.1	1.67
2018	33	ARI-KCR-min	AAA,A+,AA	2	1	.667	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	REN,OMA,VIS,NTA PCL,CALL,TL
2018	33	ARI	NL	7	2	.778	2.01	16	16	0	1	0	0	98.1	80	25	22	9	22	1	81	3	0	1	393	209	3.47	1.037	7.3	0.8	2.0	7.4	3.68
2019	34	TOR-min	AAA,Rk,A+	0	1	.000	3.86	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		BFL,BJY,DUN IL,GULF,FLOR
2019	34	TOR	AL	2	5	.286	6.56	12	12	0	0	0	0	59.0	72	44	43	13	16	1	39	1	0	1	254	69	5.62	1.492	11.0	2.0	2.4	5.9	2.44
13 Yrs				90	69	.566	3.98	236	218	7	10	6	0	1332.1	1272	644	589	139	458	11	1024	49	4	30	5607	109	4.07	1.298	8.6	0.9	3.1	6.9	2.24
162 Game Avg.				13	10	.566	3.98	35	33	1	1	1	0	200	191	96	88	21	69	2	153	7	1	4	840	109	4.07	1.298	8.6	0.9	3.1	6.9	2.24

BOS (10 yrs)				81	61	.570	3.96	206	188	7	9	6	0	1167.2	1104	565	514	116	417	9	899	45	4	28	4920	109	4.04	1.303	8.5	0.9	3.2	6.9	2.16
ARI (1 yr)				7	2	.778	2.01	16	16	0	1	0	0	98.1	80	25	22	9	22	1	81	3	0	1	393	209	3.47	1.037	7.3	0.8	2.0	7.4	3.68
PHI (1 yr)				0	1	.000	12.27	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.1	16	10	10	1	3	0	5	0	0	0	40	37	4.79	2.591	19.6	1.2	3.7	6.1	1.67
TOR (1 yr)				2	5	.286	6.56	12	12	0	0	0	0	59.0	72	44	43	13	16	1	39	1	0	1	254	69	5.62	1.492	11.0	2.0	2.4	5.9	2.44

AL (11 yrs)				83	66	.557	4.09	218	200	7	9	6	0	1226.2	1176	609	557	129	433	10	938	46	4	29	5174	106	4.12	1.312	8.6	0.9	3.2	6.9	2.17
NL (2 yrs)				7	3	.700	2.73	18	18	0	1	0	0	105.2	96	35	32	10	25	1	86	3	0	1	433	155	3.56	1.145	8.2	0.9	2.1	7.3	3.44

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2009	24	BOS	AL	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	1/H
2010	25	BOS	AL	0.1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	437	.912	527	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS,CYA-6

2012	27	BOS	AL	0.0	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-257	0	0	0	1	0	0	1

2014	29	BOS	AL	0.1	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	181	.454	195	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
2015	30	BOS	AL	-0.1	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-148	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2016	31	BOS	AL	0.0	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	1	.231	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2017	32	PHI	NL	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-138	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2018	33	ARI	NL	-0.2	16	37	31	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	17	.065	.094	.097	.191	-49	.089	-110	3	0	0	5	0	0	1
8 Yrs				-0.2	29	54	46	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	24	.087	.125	.109	.234	-37	.112	-88	5	0	0	6	0	0	1/H
162 Game Avg				-1.1	162	302	257	0	22	6	0	0	6	0	0	11	134	.087	.125	.109	.234	-37	.112	-88	28	0	0	34	0	0

BOS (6 Yrs)				0.0	11	15	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.154	.214	.154	.368	2	.180	-31	2	0	0	1	0	0	1/H
ARI (1 Yr)				-0.2	16	37	31	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	17	.065	.094	.097	.191	-49	.089	-110	3	0	0	5	0	0	1
PHI (1 Yr)				0.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-138	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

AL (6 Yrs)				0.0	11	15	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.154	.214	.154	.368	2	.180	-31	2	0	0	1	0	0	1/H
NL (2 Yrs)				-0.2	18	39	33	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	19	.061	.088	.091	.179	-52	.084	-111	3	0	0	5	0	0	1

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
2009	24	BOS	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

2013	28	BOS	AL,WS	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

2016	31	BOS	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
162 Game Avg				162	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (3 Yrs)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
WS (1 Yr)				1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

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					Standard											DRS		Range Factor				Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	lgRFG	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	Pick	Awards
2007	22	BOS	AL	P	4	3	1	22.2	5	1	3	1	0	.800	.954	-2	-101	1.59	1.59	1.00	1.60	0	0	0			1
2008	23	BOS	AL	P	16	15	1	76.0	9	3	6	0	0	1.000	.952	-2	-32	1.07	1.60	0.56	1.59	2	3	2	40.0	27.2	1
2009	24	BOS	AL	P	16	16	0	92.0	17	8	8	1	0	.941	.953	-2	-26	1.57	1.53	1.00	1.51	1	6	0	0.0	26.3	0
2010	25	BOS	AL	P	28	28	1	173.2	47	21	24	2	1	.957	.953	0	0	2.33	1.63	1.61	1.61	7	8	6	42.9	26.2	3	AS,CYA-6
2011	26	BOS	AL	P	14	14	0	82.2	30	15	14	1	0	.967	.949	2	29	3.16	1.60	2.07	1.59	3	6	3	33.3	28.0	1
2012	27	BOS	AL	P	29	29	2	189.1	46	29	14	3	2	.935	.954	0	0	2.04	1.57	1.48	1.56	2	9	2	18.2	25.5	1
2013	28	BOS	AL	P	16	16	1	108.1	32	17	13	2	1	.938	.957	0	0	2.49	1.54	1.88	1.53	1	6	6	50.0	26.1	0	AS
2014	29	BOS	AL	P	28	28	2	170.1	37	20	16	1	1	.973	.950	-1	-7	1.90	1.46	1.29	1.46	8	6	5	45.5	26.5	0
2015	30	BOS	AL	P	18	18	1	113.1	17	9	6	2	0	.882	.954	-3	-32	1.19	1.52	0.83	1.51	3	2	4	66.7	31.7	0
2016	31	BOS	AL	P	37	21	0	139.1	16	9	6	1	0	.938	.950	0	0	0.97	1.41	0.41	1.39	1	3	4	57.1	29.4	0
2017	32	PHI	NL	P	2	2	0	7.1	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0.00	1.72	0.00	1.65	0	0	0			0
2018	33	ARI	NL	P	16	16	1	98.1	13	2	9	2	1	.846	.952	0	0	1.01	1.56	0.69	1.55	1	0	0			0
2019	34	TOR	AL	P	12	12	0	59.0	23	7	16	0	2	1.000	.945	2	41	3.51	1.22	1.92	1.21	1	3	2	40.0	27.2	0
13 Yrs					236	218	10	1332.1	292	141	135	16	8	.945	.952	-6	-5	1.86	1.52	1.17	1.51	30	52	34	39.5	27.1	7

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					Standard									Range Factor		Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	SB	CS	CS%	Awards
2009	24	BOS	AL	P	1	1	5.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.80	1.00	1	0	0.0

2013	28	BOS	AL,WS	P	6	6	32.0	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	0.84	0.50	0	0

2016	31	BOS	AL	P	1	1	4.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.25	1.00	0	0
3 Yrs					8	8	41.0	5	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.10	0.63	1	0	0.0

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How old is Clay Buchholz?

Clay Buchholz is 40 years old.

When was Clay Buchholz born?

Clay Buchholz was born on August 14, 1984.

Where was Clay Buchholz born?

Clay Buchholz was born in Nederland, TX.

How tall is Clay Buchholz?

Clay Buchholz is 6-3 (190 cm) tall.

How much did Clay Buchholz weigh when playing?

Clay Buchholz weighed 190 lbs (86 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Clay Buchholz play?

Clay Buchholz played 13 seasons.

Is Clay Buchholz in the Hall of Fame?

Clay Buchholz has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

When was Clay Buchholz drafted?

Clay Buchholz was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (42nd) of the 2005 MLB June Amateur Draft from Angelina College (Lufkin, TX).

What position did Clay Buchholz play?

Clay Buchholz was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Clay Buchholz have?

Clay Buchholz had 1,024 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Clay Buchholz played for?

Clay Buchholz played for 4 teams; the Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, Arizona Diamondbacks and Toronto Blue Jays.

How many World Series has Clay Buchholz won?

Clay Buchholz has won 1 World Series.

When did Clay Buchholz retire?

Clay Buchholz last played in 2019.

What are Clay Buchholz's nicknames?

Flaco, Buck are nicknames for Clay Buchholz.

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