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Name Team Age
Clay Kirke Retired (1979, Age 38) Died (2028, Age 87)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 8
(1959)		 C R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Mark Fidrych League 0 17 years (60 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B+ A  B-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B+ B+ B-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
A- A- D 
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D 
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
B- A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
A- 0 6/16/1941
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
2 4 6
Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1963 STL 154 589 86 170 22 7 18 73 50 101 10 4 13 .786 .345 .441 .289
1964 STL 149 557 82 143 23 8 20 84 51 100 7 1 6 .752 .318 .434 .257
1965 STL 151 573 87 166 23 5 20 102 49 89 9 3 5 .797 .345 .452 .290
1966 STL 154 552 94 161 31 4 20 88 58 102 7 2 2 .829 .358 .471 .292
1967 STL 151 586 98 182 29 8 30 140 47 101 12 4 3 .903 .362 .541 .311
1968 STL 149 578 97 176 32 4 29 99 50 116 14 1 2 .883 .358 .524 .304
1969 STL 148 591 94 177 33 7 20 82 59 96 14 5 1 .841 .360 .481 .299
1970 STL 148 575 116 179 29 10 32 111 64 90 12 5 3 .944 .381 .563 .311
1971 STL 148 587 111 195 28 8 31 118 67 92 11 2 1 .966 .401 .566 .332
1972 STL 150 595 106 174 40 6 33 98 54 85 13 6 0 .896 .350 .546 .292
1973 STL 151 541 111 173 28 7 37 110 61 78 11 2 2 .989 .387 .603 .320
1974 STL 147 570 109 187 30 9 31 106 54 94 12 4 1 .963 .388 .575 .328
1975 STL 148 526 86 146 32 6 31 106 62 91 8 5 2 .894 .356 .538 .278
1976 STL-CIN 142 532 85 138 26 4 21 83 52 100 23 14 3 .766 .324 .442 .259
1977 CIN 142 557 87 171 30 7 23 95 52 96 22 11 2 .878 .368 .510 .307
1978 CIN 142 550 83 149 24 4 19 95 61 93 23 7 3 .776 .344 .433 .271
1979 CIN 139 512 84 128 25 8 20 89 56 88 12 3 6 .772 .325 .447 .250
Total 2513 9571 1616 2815 485 112 435 1679 947 1612 220 79 55 .862 .357 .505 .294
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1979-11-01Clay Kirke has retired from the Cincinnati Redlegs
1976-04-16A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati Redlegs and the St. Louis Gray Jays. The St. Louis Gray Jays receive Hilly Ortenzio, Draft Pick 1978 Round 1 CIN (Edgar Kitsos) from the Cincinnati Redlegs in exchange for Harry Fisher, Stan Schoendienst, Clay Kirke.
1963-04-01The St. Louis Gray Jays have promoted Hoyt Glauber to the major league team. The St. Louis Gray Jays have promoted Clay Kirke to the major league team. The St. Louis Gray Jays have sent Gene Roy to the minors.
1959-09-12A trade has been completed between the Philadelphia Force and the St. Louis Gray Jays. The St. Louis Gray Jays receive Clay Kirke, Draft Pick - 1961 Round 2 (PHI), Draft Pick - 1962 Round 1 (PHI) from the Philadelphia Force in exchange for Marion Smith.