Bio
- Debut
- 1964
Bio
- Debut
- 1964
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 731
- W
- 96
- L
- 73
- ERA
- 2.94
- IP
- 1353.1
- K
- 681
- BB
- 442
- WHIP
- 1.28
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | ATL | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1.77 | 20.1 | 17 | 3 | 0.89 |
| 1965 | ATL | 19 | 0 | 1 | 4.41 | 34.2 | 16 | 13 | 1.38 |
| 1966 | ATL | 73 | 8 | 7 | 2.37 | 144.1 | 67 | 29 | 1.08 |
| 1967 | ATL | 42 | 6 | 12 | 5.52 | 93.0 | 35 | 29 | 1.51 |
| 1968 |  ATL/CIN | 68 | 7 | 8 | 2.69 | 144.0 | 71 | 38 | 1.15 |
| 1969 | CIN | 71 | 12 | 6 | 3.52 | 150.2 | 90 | 78 | 1.51 |
| 1970 | CIN | 65 | 9 | 4 | 2.59 | 104.1 | 63 | 27 | 1.26 |
| 1971 | CIN | 61 | 10 | 4 | 2.50 | 93.2 | 64 | 42 | 1.28 |
| 1972 | CIN | 65 | 6 | 4 | 2.25 | 96.0 | 51 | 32 | 1.26 |
| 1973 | CIN | 53 | 8 | 8 | 3.69 | 92.2 | 41 | 34 | 1.56 |
| 1974 | CIN | 57 | 12 | 5 | 2.15 | 100.2 | 46 | 30 | 1.25 |
| 1975 | CIN | 56 | 7 | 5 | 2.62 | 96.1 | 44 | 32 | 1.30 |
| 1976 | CHW | 29 | 4 | 4 | 2.56 | 77.1 | 38 | 24 | 1.18 |
| 1977 |  CHW/STL | 59 | 5 | 5 | 2.75 | 101.1 | 38 | 28 | 1.17 |
| 1978 | PIT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 4.0 | 0 | 3 | 1.25 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 22
- W
- 4
- L
- 2
- ERA
- 1.50
- IP
- 30.0
- K
- 22
- BB
- 13
- WHIP
- 1.23
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 1
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 4.5
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | ATL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | ATL/CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | CHW/STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Clay Carroll's career stats?
Clay Carroll played 15 seasons for the Braves, the Reds, the White Sox and the Pirates. He had 96 wins and 681 strikeouts with a 2.94 ERA over 1,353.1 innings. His best season was 1969: 12 wins, a 3.52 ERA and 90 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
15 seasons, 4 postseasons, 1964 to 1978
Clay Carroll led MLB in saves (1972); finished top 10 in a stat 5 times.
Championships
- 1975 World Series with the Cincinnati Reds
All-time career rank
- 100th in saves (143)
Among the 8,943 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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