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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[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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