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: 13-22 / in Starts: 13-22

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1969 Pitching Game Log

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1969 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	1	4	Apr 11	SDP		SFG	L,0-8	GS-4	L(0-1)	99	4.0	5	4	3	2	2	1	0	6.75	6.26	20	4	7	0	0	5	38			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	1	.71	-0.250	1.30	-0.27%	-2.26	1t start tie	4t 3 out d4
2	2	9	Apr 17	SDP	@	SFG	L,4-5	GS-6	L(0-2)	5	5.0	5	5	5	3	3	2	0	8.00	7.40	23	6	6	0	0	5	37			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.12	-0.274	1.49	-0.22%	-1.72	1b start a 2	6b 12- 0 out tie
3	3	15	Apr 23	SDP	@	HOU	L,0-4	GS-6	L(0-3)	5	5.2	7	2	2	5	3	0	0	6.14	6.12	27	11	1	1	0	7	45			0	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.082	.99	0.04%	0.94	1b start tie	6b 123 2 out d1
4	4	19	Apr 27(1)	SDP		CIN	W,5-2	GS-6	W(1-3)	3	6.0	2	0	0	1	9	0	0	4.35	4.35	21	5	4	0	0	2	76			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.298	.87	0.18%	2.61	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
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	5	25	May 2	SDP	@	CIN	W,8-5	GS-3		4	3.0	5	4	4	3	0	1	0	5.32	5.04	16	4	4	0	1	5	30			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.09	-0.292	.81	-0.13%	-2.57	1b start a 1	3b 3 out d3
6	6	30	May 7	SDP	@	PIT	L,0-2	GS-3	L(1-4)	4	3.0	4	2	2	2	2	1	0	5.40	5.32	14	6	0	0	0	4	43			1	1	0	12	0	0	1	0	0	0	.93	-0.100	.90	-0.06%	-0.67	1b start tie	3b 3 out d2
7	7	33	May 11	SDP	@	STL	W,4-2	GS-8		3	7.0	6	2	2	1	2	0	0	4.81	4.71	29	8	13	1	2	5	58			2	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.067	.64	-0.03%	0.20	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out tie
8	8	38	May 17	SDP		STL	L,1-5	GS-8	L(1-5)	5	7.0	6	3	2	2	4	0	0	4.43	4.28	29	9	8	1	1	6	57			0	0	0	27	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.28	0.126	.74	0.04%	1.09	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out tie
9	9	42	May 22	SDP		PIT	L,1-7	GS-8	L(1-6)	4	7.1	8	6	3	3	0	1	0	4.31	4.47	33	12	10	2	1	8	41			0	0	0	30	1	0	1	1	0	1	.72	-0.168	.21	-0.03%	-2.01	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out d3
10	10	48	May 28	SDP	@	NYM	L,0-1	GS-9		5	9.0	7	0	0	3	4	0	0	3.63	4.18	35	16	7	1	3	5	74			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.56	0.660	.25	0.06%	4.16	1b start tie	9b 3 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	11	53	Jun 3	SDP	@	PHI	W,6-5	GS-6	W(2-6)	5	6.0	7	4	2	3	2	0	0	3.57	4.10	26	7	8	1	2	6	45			0	1	0	21	2	0	0	1	2	1	1.42	-0.046	.46	-0.01%	-1.34	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a2
12	12	58	Jun 10	SDP		MON	L,4-7	GS-5		6	4.1	7	4	4	4	0	1	0	3.88	4.37	24	8	5	1	1	7	29			0	0	0	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.322	.23	-0.04%	-2.16	1t start tie	5t -23 1 out tie
13	13	63	Jun 15	SDP		PHI	L,4-5	GS-10	L(2-7)	4	9.2	10	5	5	3	6	1	1	3.97	4.30	42	16	9	1	1	7	52			0	1	0	37	2	1	2	1	0	1	1.52	0.103	.26	0.01%	-0.11	1t start tie	10t 1-3 2 out tie
14	14	69	Jun 20(1)	SDP	@	HOU	L,1-6	GS-7	L(2-8)	4	7.0	8	6	6	2	7	0	1	4.29	4.09	32	14	0	0	0	8	42			1	0	0	29	2	1	0	1	0	1	.72	-0.305	.04	-0.01%	-2.89	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
15	15	75	Jun 25	SDP	@	CIN	L,0-4	GS-7	L(2-9)	4	7.0	8	1	1	1	3	1	1	4.05	4.11	28	10	6	0	1	7	59			0	1	0	26	0	1	1	2	0	0	1.10	0.187	.01	0.00%	2.33	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
16	16	79	Jun 30	SDP		SFG	L,1-6	GS-4	L(2-10)	4	3.2	7	6	4	1	4	0	0	4.28	4.00	20	4	4	0	0	7	30			1	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	2	1.18	-0.419	.00	0.00%	-4.46	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d5
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	17	83	Jul 5	SDP		HOU	W,9-8	GS-10		4	9.0	10	4	4	4	3	2	0	4.25	4.18	40	11	12	0	1	10	50			2	0	0	36	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.17	-0.144	.00	0.00%	-0.45	1t start tie	10t 1-- 0 out d1
18	18	88	Jul 9	SDP		CIN	L,3-4	GS-6	L(2-11)	3	6.0	8	3	3	1	1	0	0	4.27	4.10	24	7	8	0	4	7	44			2	1	0	21	1	1	0	1	2	0	.90	-0.134	.00	0.00%	-0.39	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
19	19	93	Jul 15	SDP	@	SFG	W,10-3	GS-8	W(3-11)	5	7.2	4	3	3	10	2	1	0	4.22	4.32	37	9	12	0	0	4	51			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	.86	0.204	.00	0.00%	-0.14	1b start tie	8b 123 2 out a7
20	20	98	Jul 20	SDP	@	ATL	L,0-10	GS-4	L(3-12)	4	3.2	5	5	0	4	3	0	0	4.09	4.32	20	4	4	1	0	5	40			2	0	0	16	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.24	-0.209	.00	0.00%	-2.58	1b start tie	4b 12- 2 out d4
21	21	102	Jul 27	SDP	@	PIT	L,1-4	GS-7	L(3-13)	6	7.0	7	2	2	2	0	0	1	4.01	4.29	29	19	0	0	0	7	53			0	0	0	25	0	1	1	2	0	0	1.06	0.050	.00	0.00%	1.11	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
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
22	22	106	Aug 1	SDP	@	CHC	L,2-5	GS-6	L(3-14)	4	5.1	7	3	3	4	1	0	0	4.05	4.29	26	10	5	1	0	6	39			0	0	1	22	1	0	1	0	0	0	.83	-0.121	.00	0.00%	-0.85	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d2
23	23	110	Aug 6	SDP		STL	W,3-2	GS-8		4	8.0	6	2	2	1	5	0	0	3.95	4.14	30	10	8	0	2	6	66			0	0	0	29	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.213	.00	0.00%	1.48	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
24	24	114	Aug 10(2)	SDP		PIT	L,6-8	GS-5	L(3-15)	3	5.0	3	5	2	2	1	2	0	3.94	4.29	21	6	9	0	1	3	46			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	.78	-0.240	.00	0.00%	-2.82	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
25	25	120	Aug 17(2)	SDP	@	NYM	L,2-3	GS-7	L(3-16)	6	6.0	4	3	3	4	7	0	0	3.96	4.21	26	3	9	0	2	3	55			0	0	0	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.14	1b start tie	7b --3 0 out d2
26	26	124	Aug 22	SDP	@	PHI	L,0-10	GS-4	L(3-17)	4	4.0	6	6	6	4	5	1	0	4.20	4.26	22	3	4	0	0	6	27			1	0	0	18	3	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.315	.00	0.00%	-4.22	1b start tie	4b 3 out d6
27	27	129	Aug 27	SDP		NYM	L,1-4	GS-8	L(3-18)	4	8.0	6	4	4	3	7	0	0	4.22	4.15	33	6	12	0	3	5	58			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.177	.00	0.00%	-0.52	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
Sep/Oct				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
28	28	133	Sep 1	SDP		PHI	W,5-2	GS-9	W(4-18)	4	8.0	7	2	2	7	5	1	0	4.13	4.21	36	10	10	2	1	4	58			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	2	0	0	.66	0.165	.00	0.00%	1.52	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a4
29	29	138	Sep 6	SDP		LAD	W,3-1	GS-1		4	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.10	4.22	3	0	2	0	0	0	52			0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.045	.00	0.00%	0.44	1t start tie	1t 3 out tie
30	30	142	Sep 10	SDP	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	W(5-18)	3	9.0	3	1	1	1	6	0	0	3.95	4.08	30	9	11	2	1	3	82			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.65	0.587	.00	0.00%	3.28	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
31	31	146	Sep 14	SDP	@	LAD	L,1-3	GS-5	L(5-19)	3	5.0	5	3	3	3	0	1	0	3.99	4.16	22	6	8	1	2	5	42			0	0	0	19	3	0	1	0	0	0	.85	-0.144	.00	0.00%	-0.90	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
32	32	150	Sep 18	SDP		CIN	W,7-1	CG	W(6-19)	3	9.0	9	1	1	3	7	0	1	3.85	4.07	39	13	6	0	1	9	69			0	0	0	35	0	1	1	1	0	0	.96	0.139	.00	0.00%	2.92	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
33	33	155	Sep 23	SDP		SFG	W,5-4	GS-7		4	6.1	2	3	3	3	2	0	1	3.86	4.06	25	8	9	0	0	2	56			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.058	.00	0.00%	0.56	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out a3
34	34	159	Sep 28	SDP	@	ATL	L,2-4	GS-6	L(6-20)	4	6.0	5	3	3	1	3	1	0	3.88	4.07	23	4	10	1	3	5	52			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.55	-0.102	.00	0.00%	-0.26	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
35	35	162	Oct 2	SDP	@	SFG	W,3-2	GS-7	W(7-20)	3	7.0	5	2	2	3	4	0	0	3.84	4.02	26	10	4	0	0	5	60			0	2	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.192	.00	0.00%	1.14	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
							13-22		W-L:7-20	4.1	215.2	204	109	92	100	113	18	6	3.84	4.02	931	1.23		3%	7%	189	50		---%	12	10	1	809	31	11	12	22	5	13	1.04	-0.733	.23	-0.45%	-9.71

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