Clay Kirby
[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.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 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
| 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
| 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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