What years did Clay Buchholz play?

Clay Buchholz played in Major League Baseball from 2007 to 2019.

Was Clay Buchholz a pitcher?

Yes. Clay Buchholz pitched in the major leagues, recording 90 wins and 1024 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Clay Buchholz hit?

Clay Buchholz hit 0 career home runs with 4 hits.

What teams did Clay Buchholz play for?

Clay Buchholz played for 4 teams: the Boston Red Sox (2007–2016), the Philadelphia Phillies (2017), the Arizona Diamondbacks (2018), and the Toronto Blue Jays (2019).

Did Clay Buchholz win a Cy Young Award?

No. Clay Buchholz did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Clay Buchholz win?

Clay Buchholz was selected to 2 All-Star Games.

What were Clay Buchholz's career stats?

In 236 games, Clay Buchholz went 90-69 with a 3.98 ERA, 1,024 strikeouts, and 1,332.1 innings pitched.

What was Clay Buchholz's salary?

Clay Buchholz's last recorded salary was $13,000,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $13,000,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $396,000, in 2008. The Salary History table lists each season from 2008 to 2016.

What position did Clay Buchholz play?

Clay Buchholz played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Clay Buchholz and how much did he weigh?

Clay Buchholz was listed at 6 feet 3 inches and 190 pounds.

What was Clay Buchholz's career ERA?

Clay Buchholz finished with a 3.98 career ERA, going 90-69 with 1,024 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Clay Buchholz have?

Clay Buchholz recorded 1,024 career strikeouts.

Is Clay Buchholz in the Hall of Fame?

No. Clay Buchholz has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Clay Buchholz

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2007-2019)

Clay Buchholz was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2007 to 2019 for 4 teams, including the Boston Red Sox, a span of 13 seasons. Across 236 career appearances, he went 90-69 with a 3.98 ERA and 1,024 strikeouts. Clay Buchholz was a 2-time All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 54.4.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 17, 2026

W–L 90–69

ERA 3.98

WHIP 1.30

SO 1,024

Pitcher PIV 54.4

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / R
Height / Weight: 6'3" / 190 lb
Born: 8/14/1984 in Nederland, TX, USA
MLB Debut: 2007-08-17
Last Game: 2019-09-29
Awards: 2× All-Star

Full name: Clay Daniel Buchholz

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Career Pitching Statistics

Clay Buchholz — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
90	69	236	218	10	6	0	1332.1	1,272	589	139	458	1,024	3.98	54.4

Career ERA 3.98 vs. league average 4.15 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Clay Buchholz Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2007	BOS	AL	3	1	4	3	1	1	22.2	14	4	10	22	1.59	4.47 (+64%)	978.5
2008	BOS	AL	2	9	16	15	1	0	76.0	93	57	41	72	6.75	4.32 (-56%)	-935.6
2009	BOS	AL	7	4	16	16	0	0	92.0	91	43	36	68	4.21	4.32 (+3%)	-858.2
2010	BOS	AL	17	7	28	28	1	1	173.2	142	45	67	120	2.33	4.08 (+43%)	2092.1
2011	BOS	AL	6	3	14	14	0	0	82.2	76	32	31	60	3.48	3.94 (+12%)	-829.8
2012	BOS	AL	11	8	29	29	2	1	189.1	187	96	64	129	4.56	4.01 (-14%)	-3020.8
2013	BOS	AL	12	1	16	16	1	1	108.1	75	21	36	96	1.74	3.87 (+55%)	3004.9
2014	BOS	AL	8	11	28	28	2	2	170.1	182	101	54	132	5.34	3.74 (-43%)	-1134.3
2015	BOS	AL	7	7	18	18	1	0	113.1	114	41	23	107	3.26	3.96 (+18%)	3730.7
2016	BOS	AL	8	10	37	21	0	0	139.1	130	74	55	93	4.78	4.19 (-14%)	-3040.7
2017	PHI	NL	0	1	2	2	0	0	7.1	16	10	3	5	12.27	—	0.0
2018	ARI	NL	7	2	16	16	1	0	98.1	80	22	22	81	2.01	4.15 (+51%)	1713.4
2019	TOR	AL	2	5	12	12	0	0	59.0	72	43	16	39	6.56	4.51 (-46%)	-1645.8
Career · 13 seasons			90	69	236	218	10	6	1,332.1	1,272	589	458	1,024	3.98	—	54

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Clay Buchholz — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
238	46	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	2	24	.087	.125	.109	.234	0

Career AVG .087 vs. league average .256 across their career seasons — 66.1% below league average.

Career OBP .125 vs. league average .323 across their career seasons — 61.3% below league average.

Career SLG .109 vs. league average .411 across their career seasons — 73.5% below league average.

Career OPS .234 vs. league average .734 across their career seasons — 68.2% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Clay Buchholz Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2007	BOS	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	BOS	AL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	BOS	AL	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	BOS	AL	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	BOS	AL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	BOS	AL	29	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	BOS	AL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	BOS	AL	28	2	1	0	0	0	0	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	BOS	AL	18	6	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	BOS	AL	37	2	0	0	0	1	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	PHI	NL	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	ARI	NL	17	31	2	1	1	1	17	.065	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	TOR	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 13 seasons			238	46	4	1	1	2	24	.087	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Clay Buchholz — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Clay Buchholz — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	SO	AVG
2016	ALDS2	BOS	1	0	0	.000
2013	ALCS	BOS	2	0	0	.000
2013	ALDS1	BOS	1	0	0	.000
2013	WS	BOS	1	1	1	.000
2009	ALDS2	BOS	1	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Clay Buchholz — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	1	6	6	0	29.2	34	14	10	24	4.25

Playoff Pitching by Year

Clay Buchholz — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2016	ALDS2	BOS	1	1	1	4.0	6	2	1	4	4.50
2013	ALCS	BOS	0	2	2	10.2	12	7	2	10	5.91
2013	ALDS1	BOS	0	1	1	6.0	7	3	3	5	4.50
2013	WS	BOS	0	1	1	4.0	3	0	3	2	0.00
2009	ALDS2	BOS	0	1	1	5.0	6	2	1	3	3.60

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Clay Buchholz — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	116	12	0	1	0	1	.083
Away	122	34	0	3	0	0	.088

Pitching — Home / Away

Clay Buchholz — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	116	644.2	646	299	226	501	4.17
Away	120	687.2	626	290	232	523	3.80

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Clay Buchholz — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2019-09-29	TOR	TBR	W	5.0	4	1	1	1	6	1
2019-09-23	TOR	BAL	—	4.0	6	6	6	3	4	3
2019-09-18	TOR	BAL	—	3.2	10	7	7	0	4	2
2019-09-12	TOR	BOS	L	4.0	7	4	4	1	4	0
2019-09-06	TOR	TBR	L	6.0	7	4	3	0	3	1
2019-08-31	TOR	HOU	W	5.2	3	2	2	5	3	0
2019-08-25	TOR	SEA	L	6.0	3	2	2	0	3	1
2019-05-05	TOR	TEX	L	4.0	8	7	7	1	1	2
2019-04-30	TOR	LAA	—	5.0	6	3	3	2	3	1
2019-04-24	TOR	SFG	L	5.0	6	4	4	0	2	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Clay Buchholz — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	236	219	141	135	16	8

Season-by-Season Fielding

Clay Buchholz — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2007	BOS	P	4	3	1	3	1	0
2008	BOS	P	16	15	3	6	0	0
2009	BOS	P	16	16	8	8	1	0
2010	BOS	P	28	28	21	24	2	1
2011	BOS	P	14	14	15	14	1	0
2012	BOS	P	29	29	29	14	3	2
2013	BOS	P	16	16	17	13	2	1
2014	BOS	P	28	28	20	16	1	1
2015	BOS	P	18	18	9	6	2	0
2016	BOS	P	37	21	9	6	1	0
2017	PHI	P	2	2	0	0	0	0
2018	ARI	P	16	17	2	9	2	1
2019	TOR	P	12	12	7	16	0	2

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Clay Buchholz Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	237

Awards & Honors

Clay Buchholz — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2013	Pitcher of the Month	April
2010	Pitcher of the Month	August
2007	Player of the Week	Week of 2007-09-01
2007	This Year in Baseball Performance of the Year	MLB.com GIBBY

Salary History

Clay Buchholz's recorded salaries total $43,594,000 over 8 seasons, 2008 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Buchholz's career ran from 2007 to 2019. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2007 and 2009.

Clay Buchholz — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	BOS	AL	$13,000,000
2015	BOS	AL	$12,000,000
2014	BOS	AL	$7,700,000
2013	BOS	AL	$5,750,000
2012	BOS	AL	$3,750,000
2011	BOS	AL	$555,000
2010	BOS	AL	$443,000
2008	BOS	AL	$396,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$43,594,000

College History

Clay Buchholz — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
McNeese State University	Lake Charles	LA	2004
Angelina College	Lufkin	TX	2005

Award Voting History

Clay Buchholz — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2010	Cy Young Award	AL	6th	20.0	196	0

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Clay Buchholz: the record in brief

According to the bio, Clay Buchholz debuted on August 17, 2007 and played a final game on September 29, 2019. The season rows list, in order, the Boston Red Sox (2007 to 2016), the Philadelphia Phillies (2017), the Arizona Diamondbacks (2018), and the Toronto Blue Jays (2019). Listed as a pitcher, Buchholz threw right-handed and batted left-handed. Height and weight on file: 6 feet, 3 inches and 190 pounds. The birth record reads August 14, 1984, in Nederland, TX, USA. The bio lists the given name Clay Daniel.

Buchholz pitched in 236 games, starting 218, and finished with a 90-69 record and 3.98 ERA. Buchholz had 1,024 strikeouts, 10 complete games, and 6 shutouts. Buchholz's 3.98 ERA was close to the 4.15 league figure for those seasons. No season topped the 17 wins of 2010. The strikeout high was 132 in 2014. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 2.33 in 2010, when the league's was 4.08.

Frequently Asked Questions about Clay Buchholz

What years did Clay Buchholz play?: Clay Buchholz played in Major League Baseball from 2007 to 2019.
Was Clay Buchholz a pitcher?: Yes. Clay Buchholz pitched in the major leagues, recording 90 wins and 1024 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Clay Buchholz hit?: Clay Buchholz hit 0 career home runs with 4 hits.
What teams did Clay Buchholz play for?: Clay Buchholz played for 4 teams: the Boston Red Sox (2007–2016), the Philadelphia Phillies (2017), the Arizona Diamondbacks (2018), and the Toronto Blue Jays (2019).
Did Clay Buchholz win a Cy Young Award?: No. Clay Buchholz did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Clay Buchholz win?: Clay Buchholz was selected to 2 All-Star Games.
What were Clay Buchholz's career stats?: In 236 games, Clay Buchholz went 90-69 with a 3.98 ERA, 1,024 strikeouts, and 1,332.1 innings pitched.
How much did Clay Buchholz earn in his career?: Clay Buchholz's recorded salaries total $43,594,000 over 8 seasons, 2008 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Buchholz's career ran from 2007 to 2019. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2007 and 2009.
What was Clay Buchholz's salary?: Clay Buchholz's last recorded salary was $13,000,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $13,000,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $396,000, in 2008. The Salary History table lists each season from 2008 to 2016.
What position did Clay Buchholz play?: Clay Buchholz played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Clay Buchholz and how much did he weigh?: Clay Buchholz was listed at 6 feet 3 inches and 190 pounds.
What was Clay Buchholz's career ERA?: Clay Buchholz finished with a 3.98 career ERA, going 90-69 with 1,024 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Clay Buchholz have?: Clay Buchholz recorded 1,024 career strikeouts.
Is Clay Buchholz in the Hall of Fame?: No. Clay Buchholz has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.