Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 2008
- Draft
- 2005Rd 8, Pk 245
- College
- Michigan
Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 2008
- Draft
- 2005Rd 8, Pk 245
- College
- Michigan
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 275
- W
- 69
- L
- 84
- ERA
- 4.51
- IP
- 1284.2
- K
- 824
- BB
- 438
- WHIP
- 1.43
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | CHW | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6.04 | 47.2 | 29 | 13 | 1.55 |
| 2009 |  CHW/SD | 38 | 9 | 5 | 4.41 | 153.0 | 114 | 71 | 1.47 |
| 2010 | SD | 33 | 14 | 9 | 3.75 | 201.2 | 153 | 78 | 1.41 |
| 2011 | SD | 18 | 5 | 9 | 3.88 | 99.2 | 53 | 38 | 1.42 |
| 2012 | SD | 33 | 14 | 14 | 3.99 | 218.2 | 107 | 42 | 1.23 |
| 2013 | SD | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7.01 | 52.2 | 24 | 21 | 1.63 |
| 2015 | CHC | 23 | 4 | 2 | 3.83 | 42.1 | 22 | 7 | 1.28 |
| 2016 | CHC/SD | 36 | 3 | 4 | 3.33 | 67.2 | 41 | 31 | 1.66 |
| 2017 | SD | 32 | 8 | 15 | 4.79 | 197.1 | 151 | 59 | 1.52 |
| 2018 | SD | 27 | 7 | 11 | 5.33 | 158.2 | 108 | 60 | 1.38 |
| 2019 | TOR | 10 | 1 | 5 | 5.96 | 45.1 | 22 | 18 | 1.57 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 8
- W
- 0
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 0.82
- IP
- 11.0
- K
- 9
- BB
- 4
- WHIP
- 1.09
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 96
- CG
- 5
- SHO
- 3
- K/9
- 5.8
- GB
- 2,325
- FB
- 1,907
- G/F
- 1.20
- WP
- 43
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | CHW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 89 | 84 | 1.1 | 1 |
| 2009 | CHW/SD | 10 | 1 | 0 | 6.7 | 240 | 231 | 1 | 7 |
| 2010 | SD | 20 | 1 | 1 | 6.8 | 295 | 328 | 0.9 | 4 |
| 2011 | SD | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | 172 | 161 | 1.1 | 3 |
| 2012 | SD | 18 | 1 | 1 | 4.4 | 411 | 343 | 1.2 | 4 |
| 2013 | SD | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 106 | 88 | 1.2 | 0 |
| 2015 | CHC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 91 | 60 | 1.5 | 4 |
| 2016 | CHC/SD | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 154 | 78 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | SD | 14 | 2 | 1 | 6.9 | 389 | 251 | 1.5 | 7 |
| 2018 | SD | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 291 | 213 | 1.4 | 7 |
| 2019 | TOR | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 | 87 | 70 | 1.2 | 3 |
What were Clayton Richard's career stats?
Clayton Richard played 11 seasons for the White Sox, the Padres, the Cubs and the Blue Jays. He had 69 wins and 824 strikeouts with a 4.51 ERA over 1,284.2 innings. His best season was 2010: 14 wins, a 3.75 ERA and 153 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
11 seasons, 2 postseasons, 2008 to 2019
Championships
- 2016 World Series with the Chicago Cubs
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