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: 11-23 / in Starts: 11-20

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 0

1973 Pitching Game Log

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1973 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	144	1	Apr 6	SDP		LAD	W,4-2	GS-9	W(1-0)	99	8.0	7	2	2	2	8	1	0	2.25	2.94	34	6	12	0	2	6	66			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.46	0.204	2.37	0.20%	1.00	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a2
2	145	6	Apr 11	SDP		ATL	L,1-8	GS-3	L(1-1)	4	3.0	6	4	3	2	1	0	0	4.09	3.20	17	3	5	1	0	6	32			1	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.283	1.40	-0.24%	-2.74	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
3	146	12	Apr 16	SDP		CIN	L,6-7	GS-3	L(1-2)	4	2.2	8	5	5	2	1	2	0	6.59	5.27	17	1	5	2	1	8	21			0	1	0	15	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.29	-0.324	1.93	-0.29%	-3.83	1t start tie	3t --- 2 out d5
4	147	16	Apr 21	SDP	@	HOU	L,0-4	GS-7	L(1-3)	4	7.0	6	2	2	2	3	0	0	5.23	4.36	27	9	7	2	0	6	58			0	1	0	25	0	1	0	1	0	0	.74	0.004	.78	0.00%	1.19	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
5	148	20	Apr 27	SDP	@	CHC	L,2-10	GS-2	L(1-4)	5	1.0	3	4	3	1	0	0	0	6.23	4.41	7	1	4	2	0	1	32			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.17	-0.239	.78	-0.10%	-2.85	1b start tie	2b 1-3 0 out d2
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	149	24	May 2	SDP		STL	L,4-5	GS-3	L(1-5)	4	2.2	8	5	5	1	1	2	0	7.40	5.32	17	3	4	0	2	8	22			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.424	.42	-0.12%	-4.29	1t start tie	3t -23 2 out d4
7	150	31	May 9	SDP		CHC	L,2-9	6-7		6	2.0	4	4	4	1	2	1	0	8.20	5.57	10	3	1	0	0	3		0	0	2	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.29	-0.100	.08	-0.02%	-3.16	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d6
8	151	38	May 18	SDP	@	CIN	L,4-5	8-GF(8)		8	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.90	5.46	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.026	.11	0.00%	0.44	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
9	152	47	May 27(2)	SDP		PHI	L,4-6	5-GF		8	5.0	4	1	1	0	6	0	0	6.96	4.64	17	1	6	1	0	4		0	0	0	1	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.012	.05	0.00%	1.10	5t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
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
10	153	52	Jun 2	SDP		NYM	W,3-0	SHO	W(2-5)	5	9.0	5	0	0	4	4	0	0	5.44	4.28	35	9	13	2	3	5	77			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.380	.05	0.01%	3.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
11	154	55	Jun 6	SDP	@	STL	L,3-6	GS-5	L(2-6)	3	5.0	5	6	6	3	8	1	0	6.02	4.23	23	5	3	1	0	4	38			0	1	0	18	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.08	-0.301	.04	-0.01%	-3.70	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
12	155	59	Jun 10	SDP	@	PHI	L,0-11	GS-2	L(2-7)	3	1.2	6	3	3	2	1	0	0	6.38	4.25	13	2	2	0	1	6	30			0	0	0	11	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.38	-0.246	.02	0.00%	-2.81	1b start tie	2b 123 2 out d3
13	156	62	Jun 14	SDP	@	MON	L,3-5	GS-6		3	5.1	9	3	3	5	6	0	0	6.24	4.14	27	4	3	1	0	9	39			0	2	0	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.192	.01	0.00%	-1.04	1b start a 1	6b 12- 1 out tie
14	157	66	Jun 19	SDP		HOU	L,3-7	GS-5	L(2-8)	4	4.1	7	6	3	1	1	1	0	6.24	4.27	22	8	5	0	0	7	31			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	1	1	.96	-0.333	.00	0.00%	-3.37	1t start tie	5t 123 1 out d2
15	158	70	Jun 23(1)	SDP		ATL	W,2-0	SHO	W(3-8)	3	9.0	3	0	0	1	13	0	0	5.40	3.69	32	7	8	1	0	3	93			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.03	0.543	.00	0.00%	3.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
16	159	75	Jun 28	SDP	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	W(4-8)	4	9.0	6	1	1	0	4	0	0	4.88	3.45	31	14	8	1	0	5	75			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	.59	0.268	.00	0.00%	2.94	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
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	160	79	Jul 2	SDP	@	HOU	W,8-5	GS-9	W(5-8)	3	8.0	10	5	4	2	5	1	0	4.84	3.47	36	12	7	0	0	10	47			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.11	-0.307	.00	0.00%	-2.32	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out a3
18	161	83	Jul 6	SDP		CHC	L,5-8	GS-5	L(5-9)	3	4.0	8	5	4	1	2	1	0	5.03	3.57	20	6	7	3	1	4	29			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	-0.337	.00	0.00%	-2.68	1t start tie	5t 1-- 0 out d3
19	162	88	Jul 12	SDP		PIT	L,0-4	GS-8	L(5-10)	5	8.0	6	4	4	0	2	2	0	4.99	3.72	30	13	9	1	2	6	56			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.165	.00	0.00%	-0.64	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
20	163	93	Jul 18	SDP	@	CHC	W,8-5	GS-6	W(6-10)	5	6.0	6	5	5	2	5	1	0	5.13	3.74	26	3	14	3	1	2	43			1	0	0	23	2	1	1	0	1	0	1.13	-0.221	.00	0.00%	-2.04	1b start a 1	6b 3 out tie
21	164	98	Jul 22(2)	SDP	@	PIT	L,7-13	GS-6	L(6-11)	3	6.0	6	5	2	1	4	1	0	5.02	3.75	27	10	6	2	2	6	49			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	1	1	3	.85	-0.266	.00	0.00%	-2.29	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
22	165	100	Jul 26(2)	SDP	@	SFG	L,5-6	GS-2		3	1.1	2	2	2	4	0	0	0	5.12	3.84	10	2	2	0	0	2	38			1	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.164	.00	0.00%	-1.59	1b start tie	2b 123 1 out tie
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
23	166	106	Aug 1	SDP		SFG	W,6-5	CG	W(7-11)	5	9.0	6	5	1	3	7	1	0	4.81	3.81	36	14	8	2	0	4	67			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.10	0.219	.00	0.00%	-1.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
24	167	111	Aug 6	SDP		LAD	L,0-2	GS-8	L(7-12)	4	8.0	6	2	2	3	7	0	0	4.64	3.69	33	10	7	2	0	6	66			2	0	0	30	0	0	2	1	0	1	1.14	0.046	.00	0.00%	1.36	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
25	168	116	Aug 12(1)	SDP		MON	L,0-2	GS-8	L(7-13)	5	8.0	6	2	2	5	4	0	0	4.50	3.68	32	11	7	2	0	5	61			1	2	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	.82	0.029	.00	0.00%	1.36	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
26	169	121	Aug 17	SDP	@	STL	W,4-2	GS-7		4	7.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	0	4.34	3.59	27	10	7	1	1	5	66			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.314	.00	0.00%	2.23	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
27	170	126	Aug 23	SDP	@	PHI	L,3-6	GS-6	L(7-14)	5	6.0	9	6	6	1	4	3	0	4.53	3.78	25	3	8	1	1	9	33			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	1	1	0	.47	-0.290	.00	0.00%	-3.18	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
28	171	131	Aug 28	SDP	@	NYM	L,6-8	GS-6	L(7-15)	4	5.1	10	6	5	5	2	1	0	4.67	3.89	31	8	6	1	2	10	23			0	0	0	26	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.34	-0.262	.00	0.00%	-2.15	1b start a 2	6b 12- 1 out d2
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
29	172	136	Sep 3	SDP		ATL	L,3-7	GS-3	L(7-16)	5	2.1	6	5	5	0	1	3	0	4.89	4.11	13	4	2	0	0	6	26			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.375	.00	0.00%	-3.96	1t start tie	3t --- 1 out d4
30	173	141	Sep 8	SDP	@	LAD	W,9-6	GS-8		4	8.0	8	5	4	1	5	3	0	4.87	4.23	35	12	9	0	1	8	52			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.43	-0.524	.00	0.00%	-1.47	1b start a 2	8b 3 out d1
31	174	146	Sep 14	SDP		SFG	W,4-3	GS-9	W(8-16)	5	8.0	7	3	0	0	6	1	0	4.64	4.16	33	12	13	4	0	2	68			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	1	3	1.00	0.093	.00	0.00%	-0.01	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a1
32	175	151	Sep 19(1)	SDP	@	HOU	L,5-8	GS-7	L(8-17)	4	6.0	10	8	7	2	5	1	1	4.84	4.17	31	3	10	0	0	10	25			0	0	0	28	4	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.434	.00	0.00%	-5.18	1b start tie	7b --3 0 out d3
33	176	156	Sep 23	SDP	@	SFG	W,11-9	GS-8		3	7.0	8	4	4	4	1	2	0	4.85	4.31	32	5	14	0	0	8	42			1	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.02	1b start a 2	8b 1-- 0 out a4
34	177	161	Sep 29	SDP		LAD	L,2-3	GS-8	L(8-18)	5	8.0	7	3	3	4	6	1	0	4.79	4.30	34	5	12	0	1	7	58			2	0	0	30	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.02	-0.081	.00	0.00%	0.36	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
							11-23		W-L:8-18	4.3	191.2	214	122	102	66	129	30	1	4.79	4.30	844	0.94		8%	5%	192	47	0	---%	12	12	0	760	33	6	7	10	6	15	1.01	-3.668	.21	-0.55%	-37.01

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