#32 Clay Buchholz, Starting Pitcher, 35 yrs, Houston Astros
Tuesday, 10/1/2019 |
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| Clay Buchholz
8/14/1984
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USA
6"3
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Starting Pitcher
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| Big League Contract
$ 8,190,000
2021
12 Year(s), 61 Days (2125 total Days)
172 Day(s)
12 Year(s), 61 Days (2125 total Days)
12 Year(s)
Not eligible
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| Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
| Overall | 7 | 3 | 7 | 88-91 Mph |
| Versus LHB | 6 | 3 | 7 | |
| Versus RHB | 7 | 3 | 7 | |
| Talent | 7 | 4 | 7 | |
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Pitching Ratings
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8
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2
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Fastball
Splitfinger-Fastball
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Versus LHP | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Versus RHP | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Talent | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
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Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings
P : 7 (Range), .959 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 1
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| Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
| 8/12 | @NYM | W 4-2 | * | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | W | PoG | | | |
| 8/17 | @PIT | L 2-3 | * | 5.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | | | |
| 8/23 | @PHI | L 2-6 | * | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | L | | | | |
| 8/28 | @POR | W 6-1 | * | 6.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | W | PoG | | | |
| 9/2 | SDP | W 7-2 | * | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | W | PoG | | | |
| 9/7 | ATL | W 9-3 | * | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | W | | | | |
| 9/13 | @STL | W 8-3 | * | 7.1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | W | | | | |
| 9/18 | @CHC | L 8-9 | * | 6.1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | | | | | |
| 9/23 | @LAD | W 3-1 | * | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | W | PoG | | | |
| 9/28 | MON | W 4-1 | * | 7.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | W | PoG | | | |
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| Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
| Overall | 37 | 36 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 3.63 | 228.1 | 186 | 99 | 92 | 117 | 220 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 21 | 58.3 |
| Projected | 37 | 36 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 3.63 | 228.0 | 186 | 99 | 92 | 117 | 220 | | | | | |
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| Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| | 0 | 0 | .0 | 1 | 1 | 12.3 | 7.3 | 8.7 | 4.6 | 20 | 5 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 3.74 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHB | 399 | 86 | 20 | 1 | 11 | 45 | 49 | 54 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .216 | .307 | .353 | .660 |
| vs. RHB | 427 | 100 | 15 | 2 | 18 | 45 | 50 | 63 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .234 | .337 | .405 | .742 |
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| | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| Home | 19 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2.95 | 122.0 | 87 | 45 | 40 | 64 | 127 |
| Road | 18 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4.40 | 106.1 | 99 | 54 | 52 | 53 | 93 |
| This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last Week | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.15 | 15.2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
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| Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| March/April | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.62 | 39.0 | 35 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 28 |
| May | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.62 | 39.0 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 47 |
| June | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5.87 | 38.1 | 40 | 25 | 25 | 11 | 45 |
| July | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4.67 | 34.2 | 33 | 20 | 18 | 23 | 28 |
| August | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 | 36.0 | 27 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 32 |
| Sept./Oct. | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.18 | 41.1 | 27 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 40 |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
| 2007 | 35 | 35 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 4.72 | 202.0 | 211 | 107 | 106 | 14 | 78 | 169 | 0 | 0 | 1.43 | .321 | CAL,AL |
| 2008 | 38 | 38 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 3.38 | 253.0 | 223 | 113 | 95 | 9 | 102 | 262 | 3 | 1 | 1.28 | .309 | CAL |
| 2009 | 39 | 39 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 2.55 | 254.1 | 182 | 79 | 72 | 11 | 104 | 275 | 3 | 2 | 1.12 | .268 | CAL PIT,NL |
| 2010 | 38 | 38 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2.64 | 249.1 | 207 | 83 | 73 | 9 | 111 | 275 | 1 | 0 | 1.28 | .306 | PIT,NL |
| 2011 | 35 | 35 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 3.35 | 217.2 | 165 | 85 | 81 | 16 | 94 | 235 | 1 | 0 | 1.19 | .273 | PIT NOR |
| 2012 | 33 | 33 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3.09 | 224.0 | 184 | 84 | 77 | 12 | 85 | 219 | 1 | 0 | 1.20 | .283 | NOR,AL |
| 2013 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3.05 | 62.0 | 48 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 35 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 1.34 | .295 | NOR |
| 2014 | 35 | 35 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 5.04 | 200.0 | 197 | 119 | 112 | 27 | 88 | 205 | 2 | 1 | 1.43 | .317 | NOR SEA |
| 2015 | 37 | 37 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 3.48 | 227.2 | 193 | 93 | 88 | 16 | 92 | 216 | 1 | 1 | 1.25 | .285 | SEA |
| 2016 | 38 | 38 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4.11 | 227.2 | 208 | 116 | 104 | 18 | 114 | 233 | 0 | 0 | 1.41 | .312 | SEA |
| 2017 | 36 | 36 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 4.94 | 195.0 | 195 | 120 | 107 | 18 | 123 | 190 | 1 | 1 | 1.63 | .322 | SEA |
| 2018 | 32 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3.95 | 189.0 | 154 | 95 | 83 | 14 | 117 | 194 | 0 | 0 | 1.43 | .281 | SEA STL |
| 2019 | 37 | 36 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 3.63 | 228.1 | 186 | 99 | 92 | 29 | 117 | 220 | 0 | 0 | 1.33 | .272 | HOU,NL |
| Total | 443 | 441 | 183 | 120 | 1 | 3.66 | 2730.0 | 2353 | 1214 | 1111 | 197 | 1260 | 2768 | 13 | 6 | 1.32 | .296 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.35 | 5.2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.10 | 20.1 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6.89 | 15.2 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.70 | 6.2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4.66 | 48.1 | 48 | 29 | 25 | 30 | 56 | 0 | 0 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 2007 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CAL,AL |
| 2008 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CAL |
| 2009 | 39 | 83 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 3 | 0 | .120 | .189 | .205 | .394 | CAL PIT,NL |
| 2010 | 38 | 81 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 1 | 0 | .062 | .116 | .074 | .190 | PIT,NL |
| 2011 | 35 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .059 | .105 | .059 | .164 | PIT NOR |
| 2012 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | NOR,AL |
| 2013 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | NOR |
| 2014 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | NOR SEA |
| 2015 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | SEA |
| 2016 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | SEA |
| 2017 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | SEA |
| 2018 | 32 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .205 | .289 | .256 | .545 | SEA STL |
| 2019 | 37 | 84 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 0 | .095 | .116 | .119 | .235 | HOU,NL |
| Total | 443 | 304 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 19 | 144 | 6 | 1 | .105 | .160 | .145 | .304 | |
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
| Pitcher | 37 | 36 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 35 | 3 | .914 | 228.1 | 1.38 | | | | |
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Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by California in 2007...
Earned first career win on 4/20/2007...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/2007, going 6-0, 3.05...
Was selected to the 2007 Allstar game...
Struck out 15 batters against Oakland on 4/1/2008...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/2008, going 4-1, 2.16...
Traded from California to Pittsburgh on 3/2/2009 (Going to PIT: C Mike Rivera, P Clay Buchholz. Going to CAL: P Tom Gorzelanny, 1B Brad Fullmer, P Alberto Franco)...
Had first career hit (double) on 4/27/2009, off Chris Saenz (SFG)...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/2009, going 5-1, 1.87...
Was selected to the 2009 Allstar game...
Hit first career homerun on 7/13/2009, off Ryan Rupe (SDP)...
1/31/2010: Gets a new one-year contract worth $7,021,429 through salary arbitration...
Was selected to the 2010 Allstar game...
Injured on 10/5/2010 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 6 weeks...
1/31/2011: Gets a new one-year contract worth $7,021,429 through salary arbitration...
Traded from Pittsburgh to New Orleans on 5/16/2011 (Going to PIT: P Johnny Cueto, P Adam Eaton, RF Ichiro Suzuki, CF Brandon Moss, SS Diego Clamer. Going to NOR: P Clay Buchholz, RF Ryan Shealy)..
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1/31/2012: Gets a new one-year contract worth $7,021,429 through salary arbitration...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/2012, going 3-0, 0.74...
7/1/2012: Signed a contract extension with New Orleans, $7,020,000 per year, for 6 years.
Was selected to the 2012 Allstar game...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/2012, going 4-1, 1.54...
Injured on 5/28/2013 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for full season...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/2013, going 4-0, 1.44...
Traded from New Orleans to Seattle on 3/2/2014 (Going to NOR: SS Jason Donald, 2B John Chapman, C Humberto Quintero, P Marino Salas. Going to SEA: P Clay Buchholz, C Preston Paramore, RF Ryan She
aly)...
Pitched PERFECT GAME against Boston on 6/17/2014, striking out 12...
Injured on 8/15/2014 with a Sore Elbow, out for one week...
Traded from Seattle to St. Louis on 6/16/2018 (Going to STL: P Clay Buchholz. Going to SEA: 1B Ryan Wheeler, 2B Dustin Pedroia, P Patrick Maltby, P George Romero)...
Signed as a free agent by Houston on 2/1/2019 to a 3-year deal worth $8,190,000 per year...
Was selected to the 2019 Allstar game...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/2019, going 5-0, 2.18...
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| Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA
2008 - 3.38 - 3rd
2009 - 2.55 - 3rd
2010 - 2.64 - 2nd
2011 - 3.35 - 6th
2012 - 3.09 - 6th
| WHIP
2009 - 1.12 - 8th
2012 - 1.20 - 10th
| Wins
2007 - 19 - 3rd
2008 - 16 - 7th
2009 - 21 - 2nd
2010 - 17 - 5th
2012 - 18 - 3rd
| Losses
2017 - 15 - 8th
| IP
2008 - 253.0 - 4th
2009 - 254.1 - 2nd
2010 - 249.1 - 3rd
2011 - 217.2 - 9th
2012 - 224.0 - 10th
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K's
2008 - 262 - 9th
2009 - 275 - 10th
2016 - 233 - 9th
| BB
2008 - 102 - 4th
2009 - 104 - 3rd
2010 - 111 - 5th
2011 - 94 - 7th
2014 - 88 - 10th
2016 - 114 - 3rd
2017 - 123 - 2nd
2018 - 117 - 1st
| CG
2008 - 3 - 7th
2009 - 3 - 2nd
2010 - 1 - 9th
| SHO
2008 - 1 - 7th
2009 - 2 - 2nd
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