MLB / Players

Clayton Richard

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left
Listed at6 ft 5 in · 240 lb
BornSeptember 12, 1983 · Lafayette, IN, USA
MLB debutJuly 23, 2008
Final gameJuly 13, 2019
Seasons11 (2008–2019)

Chicago White Sox 2008–2009; San Diego Padres 2009–2013; Chicago Cubs 2015–2016; San Diego Padres 2016–2018; Toronto Blue Jays 2019

Percentile snapshot

2017 season — qualified pitchers

G
32
43.9
GS
32
52.6
W
8
3.5
L
15
1.8
CG
2
87.7
SHO
1
75.4
H
240
0
ER
105
3.5
BB
59
43.9
SO
151
31.6
HR
24
52.6
IP
197.3
73.7
ERA
4.79
10.5
WHIP
1.515
3.5
K/9
6.89
22.8
FIP
4.24
42.1
FIP-
99.4
33.3
ERA+
89.1
8.8
sWAR
0.9
8.8

of 58 qualified 2017 pitchers (min 162 IP) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+
87.8
3.8
sWAR
4.4
77.9

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
200813000000000000-0.3
200939272322100201000.087.083.130.214-63.3-45.2.0901.3
201033726159200512100.148.172.180.352-10.1-1.0.1622.0
201120322803100211200.107.138.143.281-33.2-20.1.1320.6
201236796956201714000.087.099.159.258-45.6-29.1.1131.3
20131415141300010500.214.214.214.42911.323.7.194-1.7
20152315141220031600.143.200.286.48626.533.5.2180.5
20163721170100011900.059.111.059.170-63.4-51.8.0901.2
201732685727101413100.123.167.193.360-14.0-5.1.1640.9
201828514234101322400.095.156.190.346-11.9-5.0.161-1.0
201910000000000000-0.2

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
20081382500061321329547.76.041.5525.484.1392.074.3-0.3
2009382695010154757111417153.04.411.4716.714.51105.398.01.3
20103333149011206847815316201.73.751.4086.833.84102.599.92.0
2011181859000104433853899.73.881.4254.794.18115.793.00.6
201233331414011228974210731218.73.991.2354.404.66125.593.01.3
2013121125000654121241352.77.011.6334.106.51185.650.1-1.7
2015233420004718722342.33.831.2764.683.6195.299.10.5
20163693410081253141467.73.331.6555.454.21103.2122.51.2
201732328150212401055915124197.34.791.5156.894.2499.489.10.9
20182727711000159946010819158.75.331.3806.134.64119.672.8-1.0
201910101500053301822945.35.961.5664.376.32136.777.6-0.2

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
285
PA
380
AB
325
R
19
H
37
2B
10
3B
0
HR
3
RBI
28
BB
8
SO
158
SB
0
BA
.1138
OBP
.1441
SLG
.1723
OPS
.3164

Pitching

G (P)
275
GS
210
W
69
L
84
SV
1
CG
5
SHO
3
IP
1,285
SO (P)
824
BB allowed
438
ERA
4.512
WHIP
1.4292
K/9
5.77
424th-highest career K/9

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
2018-04-09SD @ COL Gameday311001304
2017-08-27SD @ MIA Gameday211001204
2012-10-01SD @ MIL Gameday311001104
2012-06-22SEA @ SD Gameday212100303
2010-07-06SD @ WSH Gameday212000002

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
2018-05-13STL @ SD Gameday8.05221100
2010-06-30COL @ SD Gameday7.05221100
2017-07-24NYM @ SD Gameday8.01255281
2018-05-08WSH @ SD Gameday8.0733080
2017-09-21COL @ SD Gameday7.1700180

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.