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Clay Holmes
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About Clay Holmes
Clayton Walter Holmes (born March 27, 1993) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees, and New York Mets. The Pirates selected Holmes in the ninth round of the 2011 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut with the Pirates in 2018, and was traded to the Yankees during the 2021 season. Holmes became the Yankees' closer and was an MLB All-Star in 2022 and 2024. After becoming a free agent following the 2024 season, he signed with the Mets to become a starting pitcher.
Bio summary from Wikipedia.
Player Stats
| W | 6 | L | 8 | ERA | 3.29 | G | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GS | 18 | SV | 0 | IP | 101.1 | H | 79 |
| R | 39 | ER | 37 | BB | 42 | SO | 78 |
| WHIP | 1.194 | H/9 | 7.0 | HR/9 | 0.5 | BB/9 | 3.7 |
| K/9 | 6.9 | FIP | 3.63 | WAR | 2.0 |
2026 pitching — Baseball-Reference
Career — Lahman, through 2025
Batting
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | PIT | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| 2019 | PIT | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 |
| 2021 | PIT | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
Pitching
| Year | Team | W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | PIT | 1 | 3 | 6.84 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.1 | 30 | 2 | 23 | 21 |
| 2019 | PIT | 1 | 2 | 5.58 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 45 | 5 | 36 | 56 |
| 2020 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | PIT | 3 | 2 | 4.93 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 35 | 3 | 25 | 44 |
| 2021 | NYA | 5 | 2 | 1.61 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 34 |
| 2022 | NYA | 7 | 4 | 2.54 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 63.2 | 45 | 2 | 20 | 65 |
| 2023 | NYA | 4 | 4 | 2.86 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 63.0 | 51 | 2 | 23 | 71 |
| 2024 | NYA | 3 | 5 | 3.14 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 63.0 | 60 | 4 | 22 | 68 |
| 2025 | NYN | 12 | 8 | 3.53 | 33 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.2 | 150 | 14 | 66 | 129 |
Season lines from the Lahman Baseball Database (Version 2025, via SABR), joined through the Chadwick Register ID crosswalk. The databank runs through the 2025 season — the current season is the 2026 line below, from the MLB Stats API.
2026 Season — MLB Stats API
Pitching
| W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 16 | 3.29 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 202.2 | 158 | 78 | 74 | 12 | 84 | 156 | 1.19 |
2026 regular-season line from the MLB Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com), pulled when this page was built. Multi-team stints are combined; rate stats are recomputed from the combined totals.
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