Clay Carroll stats

Last played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1978

Pitcher

Age 85

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Clay Carroll played 15 MLB seasons, 1964 to 1978.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
731
W
96
L
73
ERA
2.94
IP
1,353.1
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.

Standard by season
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.
1964ATL11201.7720.11730.89
1965ATL19014.4134.216131.38
1966ATL73872.37144.167291.08
1967ATL426125.5293.035291.51
1968ATL/CIN68782.69144.071381.15
1969CIN711263.52150.290781.51
1970CIN65942.59104.163271.26
1971CIN611042.5093.264421.28
1972CIN65642.2596.051321.26
1973CIN53883.6992.241341.56
1974CIN571252.15100.246301.25
1975CIN56752.6296.144321.30
1976CHW29442.5677.138241.18
1977CHW/STL59552.75101.138281.17
1978PIT2002.254.0031.25

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

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
Expanded by season
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.
1964ATL0007.50000
1965ATL0004.20000
1966ATL0004.20000
1967ATL0103.40000
1968ATL/CIN0004.40000
1969CIN0005.40000
1970CIN0005.40000
1971CIN0006.10000
1972CIN0004.80000
1973CIN0004.00000
1974CIN0004.10000
1975CIN0004.10000
1976CHW0004.40000
1977CHW/STL0003.40000

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
85 yearsMay 2, 1941
Debut
1964

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

All-time career rank

  • 100th in saves (143)

Among the 9,244 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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