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Clay Buchholz

Birthdate: 8/14/1984 Bats/Throws: L/R
Height/Weight: 6-3/190 Position: P
Contract: $29.9M / 4 Years (2012 - 2015) + 2 Option Years

5/17/2013: Buchholz gave up two runs on four hits and three walks with nine strikeouts during Boston's 10-inning victory over the Twins on Friday.

5/16/2013 - Daily Notes: Most Improved Pitchers So Far, Per Zi» by Carson Cistulli (FanGraphs)

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5/4/2013 - Visually Comparing Clay Buchholz, 2012-2013 by Drew Sheppard (FanGraphs)

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5/3/2013 - Buchholz, Morris and a Brief History of Spitball A» by Jack Moore (FanGraphs)

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5/2/2013 - Clay Buchholz Commands, Changes Way To Success by Jack Moore (FanGraphs)

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4/18/2013 - AL SP Stock Watch: Parker, Buchholz & McAllister by Mike Podhorzer (RotoGraphs)

Standard

Season	Pitch	Pitches	AB	PA	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SF	SH	GDP	AVG	min-Vel	max-Vel	Vel
2008	FA	638	152	184	57	39	8	1	9	28	21	2	2	0	5	.375	88.5	97.2	92.7
2008	CU	307	72	76	15	11	2	0	2	4	30	0	0	0	1	.208	69.8	85.0	77.4
2008	SL	227	47	51	9	7	1	1	0	4	10	0	0	0	1	.191	75.2	86.6	79.8
2008	CH	181	34	39	11	8	3	0	0	4	9	0	1	0	0	.324	74.2	84.7	77.7
2009	FA	815	211	242	66	50	10	0	6	28	15	1	0	2	6	.313	88.9	98.8	93.6
2009	CH	343	79	85	16	5	4	0	7	5	31	0	1	0	0	.203	75.9	83.7	80.1
2009	CU	175	29	31	3	3	0	0	0	1	10	1	0	0	0	.103	72.7	89.8	78.1
2009	SL	165	32	34	6	6	0	0	0	1	11	0	1	0	0	.188	79.5	91.4	86.0
2009	FT	10	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	89.1	91.8	90.4
2010	FA	1493	343	404	79	55	17	2	5	49	36	4	3	5	23	.230	88.4	97.7	94.1
2010	SL	550	144	158	31	29	2	0	0	12	41	1	1	0	1	.215	79.7	94.3	89.9
2010	CH	519	107	113	21	16	3	0	2	5	34	0	1	0	1	.196	77.4	91.2	82.0
2010	CU	235	37	37	11	8	1	0	2	0	9	0	0	0	0	.297	74.1	82.0	78.3
2011	FA	565	136	154	41	27	10	0	4	17	12	0	0	1	1	.301	88.4	96.0	92.3
2011	CH	246	53	61	9	3	3	1	2	7	19	0	1	0	1	.170	54.1	89.5	80.6
2011	FC	177	46	48	10	7	2	0	1	1	7	0	1	0	0	.217	87.3	94.8	90.9
2011	CU	171	34	36	6	5	0	0	1	0	13	0	2	0	0	.176	73.6	81.3	77.2
2011	FT	132	30	36	5	3	2	0	0	4	6	2	0	0	1	.167	88.5	96.1	92.7
2011	SL	55	16	17	5	3	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	2	.313	80.4	94.5	90.7
2012	FA	1189	303	355	85	52	17	1	15	42	36	5	4	1	12	.281	88.5	95.2	92.2
2012	FC	586	150	169	39	30	5	1	3	12	23	2	2	3	11	.260	80.3	93.5	89.4
2012	CU	481	99	109	24	20	2	0	2	3	29	4	2	1	1	.242	72.2	82.9	77.3
2012	CH	432	104	110	23	12	8	0	3	4	31	1	1	0	2	.221	49.4	87.9	80.5
2012	FS	112	32	32	9	4	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	.281	80.1	87.5	85.4
2012	FT	89	23	24	7	5	0	0	2	1	5	0	0	0	0	.304	84.9	94.4	91.4
2013	FA	423	109	123	26	16	8	1	1	14	33	0	0	0	2	.239	89.2	95.3	92.1
2013	FC	211	52	58	6	5	1	0	0	6	10	0	0	0	4	.115	84.4	93.0	88.0
2013	CU	140	24	26	5	3	1	0	1	1	9	0	1	0	3	.208	73.2	82.4	77.5
2013	CH	137	28	30	6	4	2	0	0	1	10	0	0	1	0	.214	76.7	88.2	80.6
2013	FT	37	14	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	.000	89.6	95.6	92.5
2013	FS	9	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	83.7	88.9	85.4
Total	FA	5123	1254	1462	354	239	70	5	40	178	153	12	9	9	49	.282	88.4	98.8	93.0
Total	CH	1858	405	438	86	48	23	1	14	26	134	1	5	1	4	.212	49.4	91.2	80.6
Total	CU	1509	295	315	64	50	6	0	8	9	100	5	5	1	5	.217	69.8	89.8	77.6
Total	SL	997	239	260	51	45	3	1	2	18	65	1	2	0	4	.213	75.2	94.5	87.0
Total	FC	974	248	275	55	42	8	1	4	19	40	2	3	3	15	.222	80.3	94.8	89.4
Total	FT	268	71	81	12	8	2	0	2	7	18	2	1	0	2	.169	84.9	96.1	92.2
Total	FS	121	34	34	10	5	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	.294	80.1	88.9	85.4

Advanced

Season	Pitch	Pitches	BB%	K%	BB/K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	BABIP	wRC	wRAA	wOBA	wRC+
2008	FA	638	15.2 %	11.4 %	1.33	.375	.473	.618	1.091	.243	.387	43.4	21.2	.468	196
2008	CU	307	5.3 %	39.5 %	0.13	.208	.250	.319	.569	.111	.325	4.5	-4.7	.253	62
2008	SL	227	7.8 %	19.6 %	0.40	.191	.255	.255	.510	.064	.243	2.2	-4.0	.234	49
2008	CH	181	10.3 %	23.1 %	0.44	.324	.385	.412	.796	.088	.423	5.5	0.8	.353	123
2009	FA	815	11.6 %	6.2 %	1.87	.313	.396	.445	.841	.133	.316	38.2	9.3	.375	128
2009	CH	343	5.9 %	36.5 %	0.16	.203	.247	.519	.766	.316	.214	9.6	-0.6	.320	101
2009	CU	175	3.2 %	32.3 %	0.10	.103	.161	.103	.265	.000	.158	-1.3	-5.0	.133	-17
2009	SL	165	2.9 %	32.4 %	0.09	.188	.206	.188	.393	.000	.273	-0.1	-4.2	.179	11
2009	FT	10	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.8	-1.4	.000	-100
2010	FA	1493	12.1 %	8.9 %	1.36	.230	.331	.335	.666	.105	.243	41.2	-5.2	.305	90
2010	SL	550	7.6 %	25.9 %	0.29	.215	.278	.229	.508	.014	.298	7.7	-10.5	.238	51
2010	CH	519	4.4 %	30.1 %	0.15	.196	.230	.280	.510	.084	.264	4.6	-8.4	.228	46
2010	CU	235	0.0 %	24.3 %	0.00	.297	.297	.486	.784	.189	.346	4.8	0.6	.340	120
2011	FA	565	11.0 %	7.8 %	1.42	.301	.379	.463	.842	.162	.308	24.1	6.8	.372	138
2011	CH	246	11.5 %	31.1 %	0.37	.170	.262	.377	.640	.208	.212	5.1	-1.7	.281	83
2011	FC	177	2.1 %	14.6 %	0.14	.217	.229	.326	.555	.109	.231	2.5	-2.9	.241	57
2011	CU	171	0.0 %	36.1 %	0.00	.176	.167	.265	.431	.088	.227	0.2	-3.8	.182	18
2011	FT	132	11.1 %	16.7 %	0.67	.167	.306	.233	.539	.067	.208	2.5	-1.5	.262	71
2011	SL	55	5.9 %	17.6 %	0.33	.313	.353	.688	1.040	.375	.273	3.6	1.7	.443	192
2012	FA	1189	11.8 %	10.1 %	1.17	.281	.373	.492	.865	.211	.273	57.3	16.8	.374	138
2012	FC	586	7.1 %	13.6 %	0.52	.260	.319	.367	.686	.107	.286	17.6	-1.6	.303	92
2012	CU	481	2.8 %	26.6 %	0.10	.242	.287	.323	.610	.081	.314	8.6	-3.9	.271	74
2012	CH	432	3.6 %	28.2 %	0.13	.221	.255	.385	.639	.163	.282	9.1	-3.5	.276	80
2012	FS	112	0.0 %	15.6 %	0.00	.281	.281	.438	.719	.156	.333	3.4	-0.2	.307	103
2012	FT	89	4.2 %	20.8 %	0.20	.304	.333	.565	.899	.261	.313	4.1	1.3	.384	156
2013	FA	423	11.4 %	26.8 %	0.42	.239	.325	.358	.683	.119	.333	12.9	-0.9	.305	94
2013	FC	211	10.3 %	17.2 %	0.60	.115	.207	.135	.342	.019	.143	-0.2	-6.7	.169	10
2013	CU	140	3.8 %	34.6 %	0.11	.208	.231	.375	.606	.167	.267	1.7	-1.2	.257	68
2013	CH	137	3.3 %	33.3 %	0.10	.214	.241	.286	.527	.071	.333	1.4	-2.0	.233	45
2013	FT	37	12.5 %	43.8 %	0.29	.000	.125	.000	.125	.000	.000	-1.1	-2.9	.086	-44
2013	FS	9	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.00	.500	.500	.500	1.000	.000	.500	0.4	0.2	.442	188
Total	FA	5123	12.2 %	10.5 %	1.16	.282	.374	.442	.816	.159	.293	216.9	47.6	.361	127
Total	CH	1858	5.9 %	30.6 %	0.19	.212	.259	.378	.636	.165	.275	35.2	-15.5	.277	77
Total	CU	1509	2.9 %	31.7 %	0.09	.217	.248	.319	.567	.102	.292	18.6	-18.0	.250	61
Total	SL	997	6.9 %	25.0 %	0.28	.213	.269	.259	.529	.046	.282	13.5	-16.8	.243	54
Total	FC	974	6.9 %	14.5 %	0.48	.222	.279	.310	.590	.089	.246	19.8	-11.4	.263	68
Total	FT	268	8.6 %	22.2 %	0.39	.169	.259	.282	.541	.113	.192	4.7	-4.4	.247	63
Total	FS	121	0.0 %	14.7 %	0.00	.294	.294	.441	.735	.147	.345	3.9	0.0	.315	108

Batted Ball & Movement

Season	Pitch	Pitches	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	Strikes	Balls	Pitches	x-Mov	z-Mov	Mov
2008	FA	638	19.8 %	41.2 %	38.9 %	9.8 %	17.6 %	394	244	638	-5.7	10.7	12.3
2008	CU	307	15.0 %	65.0 %	20.0 %	0.0 %	25.0 %	183	124	307	5.6	-8.0	10.1
2008	SL	227	13.9 %	41.7 %	44.4 %	31.3 %	0.0 %	148	79	227	0.9	5.1	5.7
2008	CH	181	15.4 %	61.5 %	23.1 %	16.7 %	0.0 %	119	62	181	-1.7	5.7	6.3
2009	FA	815	22.7 %	50.5 %	26.8 %	13.5 %	11.5 %	537	278	815	-7.2	8.3	11.2
2009	CH	343	8.2 %	51.0 %	40.8 %	5.0 %	35.0 %	216	127	343	-2.6	6.4	7.1
2009	CU	175	5.3 %	78.9 %	15.8 %	33.3 %	0.0 %	81	94	175	4.7	-9.1	10.5
2009	SL	165	4.5 %	59.1 %	36.4 %	25.0 %	0.0 %	94	71	165	2.2	1.7	3.5
2009	FT	10	0.0 %	80.0 %	20.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	5	5	10	-9.6	6.6	11.7
2010	FA	1493	18.9 %	52.3 %	28.8 %	12.6 %	5.7 %	955	538	1493	-6.9	9.4	11.9
2010	SL	550	12.0 %	59.0 %	29.0 %	34.5 %	0.0 %	338	212	550	1.2	5.9	6.4
2010	CH	519	25.4 %	35.2 %	39.4 %	25.0 %	7.1 %	326	193	519	-3.3	7.1	8.0
2010	CU	235	23.1 %	53.8 %	23.1 %	33.3 %	33.3 %	113	122	235	5.6	-8.4	10.4
2011	FA	565	14.9 %	49.6 %	35.5 %	9.3 %	9.3 %	345	220	565	-5.3	8.2	10.1
2011	CH	246	11.4 %	42.9 %	45.7 %	31.3 %	12.5 %	155	91	246	-2.2	6.0	6.7
2011	FC	177	15.0 %	52.5 %	32.5 %	38.5 %	7.7 %	117	60	177	0.6	6.8	7.1
2011	CU	171	13.6 %	45.5 %	40.9 %	0.0 %	11.1 %	97	74	171	7.8	-8.6	11.9
2011	FT	132	4.3 %	60.9 %	34.8 %	37.5 %	0.0 %	78	54	132	-9.2	6.2	11.3
2011	SL	55	7.7 %	53.8 %	38.5 %	0.0 %	40.0 %	36	19	55	1.6	8.4	9.0
2012	FA	1189	21.8 %	45.1 %	33.1 %	13.6 %	17.0 %	803	386	1189	-4.7	8.8	10.3
2012	FC	586	14.3 %	52.4 %	33.3 %	31.0 %	7.1 %	370	216	586	1.8	6.9	7.6
2012	CU	481	18.3 %	52.1 %	29.6 %	9.5 %	9.5 %	302	179	481	9.6	-7.0	12.3
2012	CH	432	17.8 %	47.9 %	34.2 %	20.0 %	12.0 %	265	167	432	-1.6	5.4	6.4
2012	FS	112	18.5 %	48.1 %	33.3 %	11.1 %	0.0 %	68	44	112	-6.1	4.8	8.2
2012	FT	89	5.9 %	52.9 %	41.2 %	14.3 %	28.6 %	54	35	89	-8.8	7.6	11.8
2013	FA	423	18.4 %	47.4 %	34.2 %	15.4 %	3.8 %	286	137	423	-4.0	10.0	10.9
2013	FC	211	16.7 %	50.0 %	33.3 %	14.3 %	0.0 %	129	82	211	3.3	6.8	7.8
2013	CU	140	37.5 %	50.0 %	12.5 %	0.0 %	50.0 %	84	56	140	10.1	-6.7	12.3
2013	CH	137	27.8 %	27.8 %	44.4 %	25.0 %	0.0 %	86	51	137	-1.1	6.3	6.7
2013	FT	37	0.0 %	85.7 %	14.3 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	23	14	37	-8.3	7.8	11.5
2013	FS	9	0.0 %	100.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	7	2	9	-1.3	7.3	8.7
Total	FA	5123	19.9 %	48.3 %	31.8 %	12.4 %	11.5 %	3320	1803	5123	-5.9	9.2	11.2
Total	CH	1858	17.6 %	44.5 %	37.9 %	20.4 %	13.6 %	1167	691	1858	-2.3	6.2	7.1
Total	CU	1509	18.0 %	56.7 %	25.3 %	10.2 %	16.3 %	860	649	1509	7.4	-7.8	11.3
Total	SL	997	11.1 %	55.0 %	33.9 %	29.3 %	3.4 %	616	381	997	1.3	5.2	5.9
Total	FC	974	14.9 %	51.9 %	33.2 %	29.0 %	5.8 %	616	358	974	1.9	6.9	7.5
Total	FT	268	3.8 %	63.5 %	32.7 %	23.5 %	11.8 %	160	108	268	-9.0	6.9	11.5
Total	FS	121	17.2 %	51.7 %	31.0 %	11.1 %	0.0 %	75	46	121	-5.8	5.0	8.2

Plate Discipline & Value

Season	Pitch	Pitches	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	SwStr%	Val	Val/C
2008	FA	638	24.4 %	60.6 %	43.0 %	79.0 %	95.5 %	90.9 %	51.3 %	3.9 %	-19.04	-2.98
2008	CU	307	23.5 %	45.5 %	34.5 %	63.9 %	85.7 %	78.3 %	50.2 %	7.5 %	-2.01	-0.66
2008	SL	227	33.6 %	60.4 %	46.7 %	38.5 %	70.2 %	58.5 %	48.9 %	19.4 %	2.65	1.17
2008	CH	181	23.1 %	64.1 %	46.4 %	33.3 %	66.7 %	59.5 %	56.9 %	18.8 %	-0.25	-0.14
2009	FA	815	25.1 %	63.0 %	46.4 %	82.2 %	94.4 %	91.5 %	56.1 %	3.9 %	-3.62	-0.44
2009	CH	343	37.7 %	69.4 %	52.5 %	37.7 %	61.3 %	52.2 %	46.7 %	25.1 %	-3.53	-1.03
2009	CU	175	15.6 %	43.0 %	28.0 %	60.0 %	82.4 %	75.5 %	45.1 %	6.9 %	1.47	0.84
2009	SL	165	25.8 %	51.3 %	37.6 %	47.8 %	74.4 %	64.5 %	46.1 %	13.3 %	2.63	1.59
2009	FT	10	0.0 %	100.0 %	50.0 %		100.0 %	100.0 %	50.0 %	0.0 %	1.44	14.43
2010	FA	1493	24.5 %	61.8 %	44.9 %	80.7 %	93.3 %	90.2 %	54.6 %	4.4 %	17.06	1.14
2010	SL	550	32.1 %	74.7 %	51.1 %	62.2 %	86.9 %	78.3 %	44.6 %	11.1 %	4.19	0.76
2010	CH	519	30.6 %	70.5 %	49.3 %	40.5 %	59.9 %	53.5 %	47.0 %	22.9 %	6.31	1.22
2010	CU	235	21.6 %	43.6 %	31.1 %	51.7 %	88.6 %	74.0 %	43.0 %	8.1 %	-4.37	-1.86
2011	FA	565	27.0 %	58.9 %	42.0 %	79.0 %	93.6 %	88.6 %	46.9 %	4.8 %	-5.68	-1.00
2011	CH	246	30.4 %	70.3 %	50.0 %	42.1 %	68.2 %	60.2 %	49.2 %	19.9 %	1.49	0.60
2011	FC	177	37.6 %	72.6 %	54.2 %	68.6 %	93.4 %	84.4 %	47.5 %	8.5 %	1.89	1.07
2011	CU	171	18.8 %	48.8 %	33.9 %	50.0 %	95.2 %	82.8 %	50.3 %	5.9 %	0.62	0.36
2011	FT	132	22.4 %	55.4 %	38.6 %	66.7 %	91.7 %	84.3 %	49.2 %	6.1 %	1.06	0.80
2011	SL	55	32.3 %	75.0 %	50.9 %	60.0 %	88.9 %	78.6 %	43.6 %	10.9 %	-1.07	-1.94
2012	FA	1189	22.1 %	63.8 %	46.2 %	88.3 %	93.6 %	92.5 %	57.8 %	3.5 %	-5.73	-0.48
2012	FC	586	33.5 %	70.8 %	50.5 %	75.7 %	91.5 %	85.8 %	45.6 %	7.2 %	4.88	0.83
2012	CU	481	34.9 %	42.0 %	38.1 %	48.9 %	85.4 %	66.7 %	44.1 %	12.7 %	1.22	0.25
2012	CH	432	33.2 %	73.1 %	50.0 %	48.2 %	69.9 %	61.6 %	42.1 %	19.2 %	-0.78	-0.18
2012	FS	112	38.2 %	81.8 %	55.4 %	57.7 %	88.9 %	75.8 %	39.3 %	13.4 %	-1.01	-0.90
2012	FT	89	22.2 %	47.7 %	34.8 %	70.0 %	100.0 %	90.3 %	49.4 %	3.4 %	-2.75	-3.09
2013	FA	423	24.8 %	55.6 %	41.1 %	75.5 %	88.0 %	84.5 %	53.2 %	6.4 %	3.34	0.79
2013	FC	211	31.7 %	68.2 %	46.9 %	66.7 %	93.3 %	82.8 %	41.7 %	8.1 %	8.16	3.87
2013	CU	140	31.3 %	21.9 %	26.4 %	57.1 %	100.0 %	75.7 %	52.1 %	6.4 %	1.99	1.42
2013	CH	137	40.7 %	72.6 %	52.6 %	37.1 %	64.9 %	51.4 %	37.2 %	25.6 %	1.21	0.88
2013	FT	37	15.8 %	44.4 %	29.7 %	100.0 %	87.5 %	90.9 %	48.7 %	2.7 %	1.99	5.39
2013	FS	9	33.3 %	66.7 %	55.6 %	0.0 %	100.0 %	80.0 %	66.7 %	11.1 %	-0.10	-1.14
Total	FA	5123	24.4 %	61.6 %	44.5 %	81.5 %	93.5 %	90.5 %	54.2 %	4.3 %	-13.67	-0.27
Total	CH	1858	32.8 %	70.2 %	50.1 %	41.3 %	64.6 %	56.4 %	46.3 %	21.9 %	4.44	0.24
Total	CU	1509	26.2 %	41.8 %	33.5 %	53.6 %	87.8 %	73.5 %	46.7 %	8.9 %	-1.09	-0.07
Total	SL	997	31.4 %	67.3 %	47.8 %	54.7 %	81.8 %	72.1 %	45.7 %	13.3 %	8.40	0.84
Total	FC	974	33.8 %	70.6 %	50.4 %	72.4 %	92.3 %	84.9 %	45.1 %	7.6 %	14.94	1.53
Total	FT	268	20.6 %	53.0 %	36.6 %	71.4 %	94.3 %	87.8 %	49.3 %	4.5 %	1.75	0.65
Total	FS	121	38.0 %	80.0 %	55.4 %	55.6 %	90.0 %	76.1 %	41.3 %	13.2 %	-1.11	-0.92

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