Clay Kirby
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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.
[edit] Statistics
[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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