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Clay Kirby

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Full Name: Clayton Laws Kirby Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/175 First Game: April 11, 1969
Birthdate: June 25, 1948 Final Game: September 28, 1976
Birthplace: Washington, D.C. MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: October 11, 1991
Deathplace: Arlington, Virginia
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on June 25, 1948 in Washington, D.C., Clay Kirby (Clayton Laws Kirby) played for the San Diego Padres, Cincinnati Reds and Montreal Expos over the course of his 8 year career. Kirby broke into the bigs on April 11, 1969 with the San Diego Padres, and put up a 3.80 ERA in 215.2 innings pitched in 1969, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Clay Kirby's best season was 1971, when he posted a 2.83 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 231 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1969 SD N 35 35 7 20 3.80 113 108 91 2 0 0 215.2 204 18 100 13 7 6
1970 SD N 36 34 10 16 4.53 154 118 108 6 1 0 214.2 198 29 120 5 7 9
1971 SD N 38 36 15 13 2.83 231 99 84 13 2 0 267.1 213 20 103 14 13 3
1972 SD N 34 34 12 14 3.13 175 87 83 9 2 0 238.2 197 21 116 11 8 2
1973 SD N 34 31 8 18 4.79 129 122 102 4 2 0 191.2 214 30 66 7 13 1
1974 CIN N 36 35 12 9 3.28 160 97 84 7 1 0 230.2 210 15 91 3 15 2
1975 CIN N 26 19 10 6 4.72 48 63 58 1 0 0 110.2 113 13 54 3 12 5
1976 MON N 22 15 1 8 5.72 51 61 50 0 0 0 78.2 81 10 63 1 8 2
Total 261 239 75 104 3.84 1061 755 660 42 8 0 1548 1430 156 713 57 83 30

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1969 SD N P 35 35 215.2 17 23 4 4 0 2 12 10 1 .909
1970 SD N P 36 34 214.2 6 23 2 1 0 0 25 8 0 .935
1971 SD N P 38 36 267.1 17 33 2 1 0 0 9 9 1 .962
1972 SD N P 34 34 238.2 11 29 5 3 0 3 24 10 0 .889
1973 SD N P 34 31 191.2 9 19 3 1 0 3 12 12 0 .903
1974 CIN N P 36 35 230.2 11 27 10 1 0 1 13 7 1 .792
1975 CIN N P 26 19 110.2 7 9 3 0 0 0 11 1 0 .842
1976 MON N P 22 15 78.2 1 9 0 1 0 1 5 6 0 1.000
Total P 261 239 1548 79 172 29 12 0 10 111 63 3 .896

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1969 SD N 35 66 3 4 0 0 .061 .162 .076 1 0 7 37 1 2 0 0 0
1970 SD N 36 74 4 11 0 1 .149 .203 .162 1 0 5 38 0 3 0 0 0
1971 SD N 40 86 3 8 0 3 .093 .152 .093 0 0 6 35 0 5 0 0 0
1972 SD N 35 74 3 5 0 2 .068 .115 .068 0 0 4 30 0 6 0 0 1
1973 SD N 35 54 1 5 0 1 .093 .109 .111 1 0 1 21 0 11 0 0 0
1974 CIN N 36 74 4 7 0 3 .095 .162 .095 0 0 6 36 0 8 0 0 4
1975 CIN N 26 32 3 6 0 2 .188 .235 .219 1 0 2 15 0 4 0 0 1
1976 MON N 22 18 1 1 0 3 .056 .105 .111 1 0 1 5 0 6 0 0 0
Total 265 478 22 47 0 15 .098 .157 .109 5 0 32 217 1 45 0 0 6

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1966).
  • Selected by San Diego Padres from St. Louis Cardinals (12th pick overall) in the expansion draft (October 14, 1968).
  • Traded by San Diego Padres to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Bobby Tolan and Dave Tomlin (November 9, 1973).
  • Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Montreal Expos in exchange for Bob Bailey (December 12, 1975).
  • Released by Montreal Expos (December 2, 1976).

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