Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 2009
- Draft
- 2007Rd 1, Pk 36
- College
- Gonzaga
Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 2009
- Draft
- 2007Rd 1, Pk 36
- College
- Gonzaga
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 74
- W
- 6
- L
- 11
- ERA
- 4.68
- IP
- 167.1
- K
- 112
- BB
- 74
- WHIP
- 1.44
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 |  STL/ATH | 7 | 2 | 4 | 7.63 | 30.2 | 13 | 13 | 1.79 |
| 2010 | ATH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 6.0 | 7 | 2 | 1.33 |
| 2011 | COL | 16 | 2 | 4 | 3.86 | 58.1 | 30 | 24 | 1.35 |
| 2012 | BOS | 26 | 1 | 1 | 3.21 | 42.0 | 41 | 19 | 1.21 |
| 2013 | BOS | 24 | 1 | 2 | 5.34 | 30.1 | 21 | 16 | 1.58 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 5
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 6.0
- GB
- 272
- FB
- 266
- G/F
- 1.00
- WP
- 8
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | STL/ATH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 | 65 | 55 | 1.2 | 1 |
| 2010 | ATH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 | 6 | 11 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2011 | COL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.6 | 103 | 85 | 1.2 | 3 |
| 2012 | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.8 | 50 | 62 | 0.8 | 3 |
| 2013 | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 48 | 53 | 0.9 | 1 |
What were Clayton Mortensen's career stats?
Clayton Mortensen played 5 seasons for the Athletics, the Rockies and the Red Sox. He had 6 wins and 112 strikeouts with a 4.68 ERA over 167.1 innings. His best season was 2009: 2 wins, a 7.63 ERA and 13 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
5 seasons, 2009 to 2013
Championships
- 2013 World Series with the Boston Red Sox
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