Clay Buchholz

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, 19,173rd 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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Team Record in Appearances: 11-5 / in Starts: 11-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2009 Pitching Game Log

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2009 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	21	89	Jul 17	BOS	@	TOR	W,4-1	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	5.2	4	1	1	3	3	0	0	1.59	3.63	24	103	66	18	9	10	8	3	1	0	57			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	1	1	1.04	0.181	1.36	0.14%	1.80	1b start a 2	6b 12- 2 out a3
2	22	94	Jul 22	BOS	@	TEX	L,1-3	GS-4	L(1-1)	4	4.0	6	3	3	2	3	1	1	3.72	5.06	21	90	56	15	12	11	4	2	1	0	39			3	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.126	2.26	-0.14%	-0.74	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
3	23	99	Jul 28	BOS		OAK	L,8-9	GS-6		5	5.2	9	2	2	2	5	0	0	3.52	4.08	28	107	67	19	7	12	9	4	1	0	46			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.075	1.57	0.07%	1.06	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out a3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
4	24	104	Aug 2	BOS	@	BAL	W,18-10	GS-5		4	4.0	9	7	7	4	3	2	0	6.05	5.53	23	76	45	14	4	10	6	3	0	0	15			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	2	0	0	.54	-0.300	.92	-0.31%	-5.82	1b start a 4	5b 12- 0 out a7
5	25	109	Aug 8	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-5	GS-6	L(1-2)	5	6.0	6	2	2	5	3	0	0	5.33	5.31	28	105	59	14	9	11	9	4	0	0	50			0	0	0	21	2	0	1	2	1	1	1.21	0.082	2.68	0.11%	1.42	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
6	26	114	Aug 13	BOS		DET	L,0-2	GS-7	L(1-3)	4	7.0	5	2	1	3	3	1	0	4.45	5.32	29	100	60	9	10	14	9	3	1	0	61			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.140	1.72	0.16%	1.98	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
7	27	119	Aug 19	BOS	@	TOR	W,6-1	GS-6	W(2-3)	5	6.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.99	4.84	25	94	54	14	8	8	12	6	0	0	59			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.216	2.24	0.26%	2.26	1b start tie	6b 3 out a4
8	28	124	Aug 24	BOS		CHW	W,12-8	GS-5		4	4.2	6	7	7	3	3	2	0	5.02	5.33	23	92	61	15	9	8	9	2	0	0	24			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	1	0	.87	-0.324	1.75	-0.39%	-4.27	1t start tie	5t --- 2 out a2
9	29	129	Aug 29	BOS		TOR	W,3-2	GS-9	W(3-3)	4	8.1	3	1	1	2	9	0	0	4.38	4.73	29	107	67	23	16	11	7	4	0	0	80			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.488	1.88	0.59%	4.54	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a3
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
10	30	133	Sep 3	BOS	@	TBR	W,6-3	GS-6	W(4-3)	4	6.0	6	3	3	1	3	0	0	4.40	4.51	25	91	56	18	7	10	11	4	3	0	50			2	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.062	2.86	0.09%	0.19	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a1
11	31	138	Sep 8	BOS		BAL	W,10-0	GS-7	W(5-3)	4	7.0	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.92	4.25	25	106	68	20	11	12	7	1	1	0	75			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.160	.51	0.17%	3.98	1t start tie	7t 3 out a9
12	32	141	Sep 13(1)	BOS		TBR	W,3-1	GS-7		4	7.0	5	1	1	3	5	0	0	3.66	4.12	28	97	57	14	15	12	8	5	0	0	65			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.288	2.11	0.28%	2.98	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
13	33	146	Sep 18	BOS	@	BAL	W,3-1	GS-6	W(6-3)	4	6.0	5	1	1	3	1	1	0	3.49	4.30	25	95	54	13	6	8	13	4	2	0	56			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	0.279	.39	0.06%	2.29	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
14	34	152	Sep 24	BOS	@	KCR	W,10-3	GS-7	W(7-3)	5	6.2	5	0	0	0	8	0	1	3.21	4.05	26	109	69	24	13	11	6	2	0	0	72			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.273	.04	0.01%	3.23	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a5
15	35	157	Sep 29	BOS		TOR	L,7-8	GS-5	L(7-4)	4	5.0	8	7	7	1	4	5	0	3.74	4.67	24	79	56	19	10	8	11	2	1	0	26			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	-0.367	.00	0.00%	-4.15	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
16	36	162	Oct 4	BOS		CLE	W,12-7	GS-3		4	3.0	5	6	6	2	6	1	0	4.21	4.69	16	70	41	10	7	2	6	2	0	0	29			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.430	.00	0.00%	-4.29	1t start tie	3t 3 out d2
							11-5		W-L:7-4	4.3	92.0	91	44	43	36	68	13	2	4.21	4.69	399	1521	62%	17%	10%	1.17		17%	4%	0	50		---%	6	0	0	356	14	0	1	7	3	2	.94	0.697	1.45	1.12%	6.45

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