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Ken Clay

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 185lb (190cm, 83kg)

Born: April 6, 1954 in Lynchburg, VA us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from E. C. Glass HS (Lynchburg, VA).

High School: E. C. Glass HS (Lynchburg, VA)

Debut: June 7, 1977 (Age 23-062d, 13,892nd in major league history)
vs. TEX 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: October 2, 1981 (Age 27-179d)
vs. TOR 7.0 IP, 5 H, 4 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Full Name: Kenneth Earl Clay

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.2

ERA

4.68

111

353.2

129

WHIP

1.499

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Team Record in Appearances: 7-21 / in Starts: 4-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 22, Entered with runners on base: 7

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	22	4	Apr 11	NYY	@	MIL	L,6-9	7-GF(8)		99	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	4.50	4.09	8	3	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.07	-0.010	.09	-0.01%	-0.06	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
2	23	9	Apr 17	NYY		BAL	L,1-6	9-GF		5	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.00	3.92	5	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.001	.04	0.00%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
3	24	12	Apr 21	NYY		MIL	L,2-9	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.25	3.59	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 7
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	25	24	May 6	NYY		TEX	L,5-9	7-GF		14	3.0	5	3	3	1	1	0	0	5.14	3.30	14	4	3	0	0	5		0	0	2	0	0	12	1	1	0	0	1	0	.10	-0.009	.16	-0.01%	-1.63	7t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 6
5	26	29	May 14	NYY	@	KCR	L,9-10	8-GF	L(0-1)	7	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.63	3.59	6	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.06	-0.263	3.25	-0.25%	-2.00	8b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
6	27	35	May 20	NYY	@	TOR	L,8-10	4-6	L(0-2)	5	2.1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.23	3.46	7	4	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	0.200	2.32	0.21%	1.75	4b 12- 0 out tie	6b -2- 1 out tie
7	28	37	May 21(2)	NYY	@	TOR	W,9-1	GS-7	W(1-2)	0	7.0	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	3.12	2.76	29	6	12	1	2	8	62			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	0	0	1	.44	0.102	.82	0.11%	2.33	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a8
8	29	43	May 28(2)	NYY		TOR	W,6-5	GS-3		6	2.2	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.60	2.74	14	3	6	0	3	5	40			1	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.128	2.30	-0.15%	-1.04	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out d2
9	30	46	May 31	NYY		BAL	L,2-3	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.43	2.73	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.033	.91	0.04%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	31	49	Jun 3	NYY	@	OAK	L,1-5	6-GF(8)		2	3.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.00	2.59	10	5	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.011	.11	0.01%	1.70	6b 1-- 0 out d5	8b end d 4
11	32	50	Jun 4	NYY	@	OAK	L,4-6	7-8		0	1.2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.81	2.55	8	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.006	.31	0.01%	0.16	7b --- 0 out d3	8b 123 2 out d2
12	33	56	Jun 11	NYY	@	CAL	L,6-9	2-5	L(1-3)	6	2.2	7	4	3	1	0	0	0	3.49	2.66	16	5	3	1	1	7		2	1	0	0	0	15	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.78	-0.417	2.78	-0.39%	-3.31	2b 1-3 2 out a1	5b 1-3 1 out d2
13	34	59	Jun 14	NYY		SEA	W,11-9	3-6		2	3.0	7	2	2	0	2	0	0	3.73	2.52	16	4	3	0	1	7		0	0	1	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	.40	-0.101	.55	-0.08%	-1.60	3t --- 0 out d4	6t 12- 0 out d3
14	35	64	Jun 19	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-10	GS-4		4	3.0	5	4	3	1	2	0	0	4.19	2.50	15	4	3	0	0	5	36			0	0	0	13	3	0	0	1	1	1	1.01	-0.236	1.95	-0.27%	-1.91	1b start tie	4b -23 0 out a2
15	36	69	Jun 24	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	GS-1		4	0.1	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	4.93	2.59	5	1	0	0	0	3	32			0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.309	1.55	-0.23%	-3.18	1b start a 1	1b -2- 1 out d2
16	37	73	Jun 28(1)	NYY	@	MIL	L,0-5	7-GF(8)		3	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.75	2.61	5	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.02	0.00%	0.57	7b --- 2 out d5	8b end d 5
17	38	74	Jun 28(2)	NYY	@	MIL	L,2-7	8-GF(8)		-1	1.0	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	5.35	2.77	8	4	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	.29	-0.051	.34	-0.04%	-2.53	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	39	76	Jul 1	NYY		DET	L,4-8	2-3		2	1.1	2	3	3	3	2	0	1	5.87	2.98	9	0	1	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.112	.89	-0.07%	-1.87	2t 1-3 1 out d2	3t 1-3 2 out d5
19	40	99	Jul 27(2)	NYY		CLE	L,5-17	6-7		25	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.58	2.96	7	3	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.91	6t --- 0 out d13	7t 3 out d13
20	41	101	Jul 29	NYY		MIN	W,7-3	GS-6	W(2-3)	1	6.0	7	1	1	2	0	0	0	5.05	3.04	26	9	8	1	0	7	52			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.03	0.109	.86	0.05%	1.74	1t start tie	6t 3 out a5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	42	106	Aug 2 susp	NYY		BOS	L,5-7	15-GF(17)	L(2-4)	3	3.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.11	3.01	13	3	6	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.98	-0.162	4.06	-0.20%	-0.63	15t --- 0 out tie	17t end d 2
22	43	112	Aug 9	NYY		MIL	W,8-7	4-8		6	4.1	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	5.03	2.94	18	6	7	2	2	4		1	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	.59	-0.106	.47	-0.05%	0.04	4t 1-- 2 out d1	8t 3 out d3
23	44	124	Aug 23	NYY	@	CAL	L,3-6	5-7		13	3.0	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.92	3.15	14	8	1	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	.41	-0.005	.39	0.00%	0.36	5b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	45	132	Sep 1	NYY		SEA	L,0-3	9-GF		8	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.84	3.11	5	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.007	.22	0.01%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
25	46	136	Sep 4(2)	NYY		DET	L,4-5	4-7		2	4.0	2	2	1	2	2	0	0	4.67	3.10	17	7	4	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.34	-0.034	2.69	-0.04%	-0.18	4t --- 0 out a1	7t 3 out tie
26	47	139	Sep 7	NYY	@	BOS	W,15-3	4-GF	W(3-4)	2	6.0	5	2	1	1	4	1	0	4.39	3.18	24	12	2	0	1	5		1	1	0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	1	.02	0.008	.10	0.02%	1.09	4b --3 0 out a12	9b end a12
27	48	148	Sep 17	NYY		BOS	L,3-7	8-GF		9	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.39	3.32	8	4	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.11	-0.025	.61	-0.08%	-0.62	8t -23 0 out d3	9t end d 4
28	49	152	Sep 20(2)	NYY	@	TOR	W,3-2	GS-6		2	6.0	4	2	2	1	5	0	0	4.28	3.17	23	5	8	0	0	4	60			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.002	4.23	-0.01%	0.85	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
							7-21		W-L:3-4	3.5	75.2	89	41	36	21	32	3	2	4.28	3.17	336	1.37		4%	6%	87	47	11	45%	5	0	0	306	15	4	3	7	2	7	.69	-1.491	1.32	-1.42%	-7.26

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