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</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Clayton Laws Kirby, Jr.</b> (June 25, 1948 – October 11, 1991) was an American <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> (MLB) pitcher for the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a> (1969–1973), <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> (1974–75) and <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a> (1976). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clay_Kirby&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Clayton Laws "Clay" Kirby, Jr, was born in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, and attended <a href="/wiki/Washington-Lee_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington-Lee High School">Washington-Lee High School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Arlington,_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Arlington, Virginia">Arlington, Virginia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was drafted by the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> in the third round of the <a href="/wiki/1966_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1966 Major League Baseball draft">1966 draft</a>, however, in October 1968 he was chosen in the <a href="/wiki/1968_Major_League_Baseball_expansion_draft" title="1968 Major League Baseball expansion draft">expansion draft</a> by the Padres, who would begin play in 1969 along with the Expos.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="MLB_career">MLB career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clay_Kirby&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: MLB career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He made his Major League debut at age 20 with the first-year Padres on April 11, 1969 as the Padres fell at home 8-0 to the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a>. The first major league hitter he ever faced was <a href="/wiki/Willie_Mays" title="Willie Mays">Willie Mays</a>, who walked, as Kirby gave up three earned runs in four innings.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although he led the National League in losses that year with 20 (against seven wins), he had a 3.80 <a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">earned run average</a> in 35 starts with 215.1 innings pitched.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Near_no-hitter">Near no-hitter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clay_Kirby&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Near no-hitter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On July 21, 1970, Kirby had <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hit</a> the visiting <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> through eight innings, but was trailing 1-0. In the first inning Kirby had walked <a href="/wiki/Tommie_Agee" title="Tommie Agee">Tommie Agee</a>, who stole second base. With one out Kirby walked <a href="/wiki/Ken_Singleton" title="Ken Singleton">Ken Singleton</a> and the Mets pulled off a double steal, placing Agee on third. Agee subsequently scored on an <a href="/wiki/Art_Shamsky" title="Art Shamsky">Art Shamsky</a> ground out to second baseman <a href="/wiki/Ron_Slocum" title="Ron Slocum">Ron Slocum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Now with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning, Padres Manager <a href="/wiki/Preston_G%C3%B3mez" title="Preston Gómez">Preston Gómez</a> had <a href="/wiki/Cito_Gaston" title="Cito Gaston">Cito Gaston</a> pinch-hit for Kirby, denying him a chance to complete the no-hitter. The 10,373 fans in attendance booed long and loud. Padres reliever <a href="/wiki/Jack_Baldschun" title="Jack Baldschun">Jack Baldschun</a> then gave up two runs and three hits in the ninth. The Mets' <a href="/wiki/Jim_McAndrew" title="Jim McAndrew">Jim McAndrew</a> had retired 15 batters in a row en route to what would be a three-hit, 3-0 victory for the Mets. According to Mets pitcher <a href="/wiki/Tom_Seaver" title="Tom Seaver">Tom Seaver</a>. "The Mets bench just gasped in disbelief," Seaver told <a href="/wiki/Sportswriter" class="mw-redirect" title="Sportswriter">sportswriter</a> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Durso" title="Joe Durso">Joe Durso</a>. "I personally would have let him (Kirby) hit. If the pennant race were involved, no. But in this situation, yes."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That season, Kirby posted a 10-16 record with a 4.53 ERA. The next two years Kirby had numbers of 15-13, 2.83 (with 13 complete games and 231 strikeouts) in 1971, and 12–14, 3.13 in 1972. In 1973 his record fell to 8-18 with a 4.79 ERA.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Padres, who began play in 1969, were the last Major League Baseball team never to have thrown a no-hitter until <a href="/wiki/Joe_Musgrove" title="Joe Musgrove">Joe Musgrove</a> threw the franchise's first on April 9, 2021 against the Texas Rangers. Fans and writers occasionally attribute this unlikely failure to the "Curse of Clay Kirby," in recognition of the controversial decision by Preston Gómez to remove Kirby from the game.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Big_Red_Machine">Big Red Machine</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clay_Kirby&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Big Red Machine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In November 1973 Kirby was traded to the Reds for outfielder <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Tolan" title="Bobby Tolan">Bobby Tolan</a> and the move paid off as Kirby went 12–9 with an ERA of 3.28 as the Reds won 98 games. In 1975, Kirby was one of six starters to win 10 or more games for the <a href="/wiki/Big_Red_Machine" title="Big Red Machine">Big Red Machine</a>, who won the National League title as he went 10–6 with an ERA of 4.72 in 19 starts. The Reds later won the <a href="/wiki/1975_World_Series" title="1975 World Series">1975 World Series</a>, but Kirby did not play in the series.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was sent to the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a> for <a href="/wiki/Bob_Bailey_(baseball)" title="Bob Bailey (baseball)">Bob Bailey</a> on December 12, 1975.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 1976 Kirby was stricken with a long bout of pneumonia before he joined the Expos in Florida for spring training. He was still weak and had a sore shoulder when the season opened. He got off to a miserable start and never recovered and in the 1976 season he fell to 1–8 with an ERA of 5.72, and it was his final major league season. Montreal released him on December 2, 1976. In January 1977 the Padres picked up their former pitcher to give him another chance. They invited him to their <a href="/wiki/Spring_training" title="Spring training">spring training</a> camp in <a href="/wiki/Yuma,_Arizona" title="Yuma, Arizona">Yuma, Arizona</a>. A knee injury in the final week of spring training delayed his comeback try for almost two months. The Padres placed him in their <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_League" title="Pacific Coast League">Pacific Coast League</a> farm club in Hawaii. He won his first game for the <a href="/wiki/Hawaii_Islanders" title="Hawaii Islanders">Islanders</a> on June 18, but never won another. According to teammate <a href="/wiki/John_D%27Acquisto" title="John D'Acquisto">John D'Acquisto</a> in his book <i>Fastball John</i>, "Game after game, I would see him step off the mound in despair, unable to do what he had done all through high school and through much of his time at the major league level: pitch competitive baseball." His record for the season was one win, seven losses, and an earned-run average of 7.95. </p><p>After San Diego gave up on Kirby, he tried out with the Minnesota Twins during spring training in 1978. He lasted only two weeks before he was released. Kirby was out of organized baseball before his 30th birthday. </p><p>In his eight seasons in the Major Leagues, Kirby played 261 games (239 started) and had a 75–104 record with a 3.84 ERA, 42 complete games, eight shutouts, 1,548 innings pitched and 1,061 strikeouts.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="After_baseball">After baseball</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clay_Kirby&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: After baseball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following his baseball career, Kirby was acting tournament chairman for the annual Major League Baseball Players Alumni (MLBPA) Washington Metropolitan Area Charity Golf Tournament. The event, which benefited the American Lung Association, was part of the "Swing With the Legends Golf Series."<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His family continued to live in <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_County,_California" title="San Diego County, California">San Diego County</a> until 1983, when they returned to Virginia. Kirby became a self-employed financial securities broker. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death">Death</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clay_Kirby&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On July 19, 1991, Kirby underwent a coronary <a href="/wiki/Atherectomy" title="Atherectomy">atherectomy</a> to open a blockage in an artery just above his heart. After the procedure he was told he had suffered a silent heart attack. Kirby had been complaining about chest discomfort and numbness in his arm. He died of a <a href="/wiki/Myocardial_infarction" title="Myocardial infarction">heart attack</a> on October 11, 1991, at the age of 43. His wife found him about 11 o'clock in the morning in his chair. It appeared that he had fallen asleep while reading and suffered the fatal attack. He was survived by his wife, Susan, his mother, Gloria, his sister, Carolyn, his son, Clayton, his daughter, Theresa, and two grandchildren. He was buried in the National Memorial Park in Falls Church, Virginia. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clay_Kirby&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-autogenerated1-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-autogenerated1_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-autogenerated1_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.connection-sports.com/news/2012/jul/24/top-100-clay-kirby-washington-lee-baseball-1966/">Top 100: Clay Kirby, Washington-Lee Baseball, 1966 | The Connection Newspapers</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-autogenerated2-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-autogenerated2_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-autogenerated2_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-autogenerated2_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-autogenerated2_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kirbycl01.shtml">Clay Kirby Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SDN/SDN196904110.shtml">April 11, 1969 San Francisco Giants at San Diego Padres Box Score and Play by Play - Baseball-Reference.com</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SDN/SDN197007210.shtml">July 21, 1970 New York Mets at San Diego Padres Play by Play and Box Score - Baseball-Reference.com</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2010/Jul/17/padres-forty-years-after-the-infamous-clay-kirby/">PADRES: Forty years after the infamous Clay Kirby game, the no-hitter drought lives on Page 1 of 4 | UTSanDiego.com</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/24be38aa">"Clay Kirby – Society for American Baseball Research"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Clay+Kirby+%E2%80%93+Society+for+American+Baseball+Research&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsabr.org%2Fbioproj%2Fperson%2F24be38aa&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AClay+Kirby" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lammers, Dirk. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Z7AiDAAAQBAJ&q=%22curse+of+clay+kirby%22">Baseball's One-Hit Wonders: More Than a Century of Pitching's Greatest Feats</a>. Unbridled Books. 2016.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kenney, Kirk. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/padres/sdut-san-diego-padres-no-no-hitters-2016apr14-htmlstory.html">"Padres streak approaches 7,500 games with no no-no."</a> San Diego Union-Tribune. April 14, 2016.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CIN/1975.shtml">"1975 Cincinnati Reds Statistics"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1975+Cincinnati+Reds+Statistics&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baseball-reference.com%2Fteams%2FCIN%2F1975.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AClay+Kirby" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1975/12/13/archives/mets-trade-staub-to-tigers-for-lolich-mets-get-lolich-for-staub.html">Durso Joseph. "Mets Trade Staub to Tigers for Lolich," <i>The New York Times</i>, Saturday, December 13, 1975.</a> Retrieved May 1, 2020</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clay_Kirby&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Career statistics from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/117110">MLB</a>, or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kirbycl01.shtml">Baseball Reference</a>, or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=1006960">Fangraphs</a>, or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=kirby-001cla">Baseball Reference 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