Clay Buchholz

FULL NAME: Clay Daniel Buchholz

AGE (on Opening Day): 23
DOB: August 14, 1984
BIRTHPLACE: Nederland, Texas
HEIGHT: 6’3”
WEIGHT: 190lbs
BATS: Left
THROWS: Right
COLLEGE: Angelina Community College; Lufkin, Texas

(Image from Angelina Community College Athletic Website)

MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT: August 17, 2007
ACQUIRED: Drafted in the supplemental first round of the 2005 MLB Draft (42^nd pick overall). Red Sox obtained the pick as compensation for losing Pedro Martinez to the New York Mets the previous off-season.

(AP Photo)

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Clay Buchholz was born in Nederland, Texas but raised in Lumberton where he attended and played baseball for Lumberton High School. After graduating high school in 2003, Buchholz went on to attend McNeese State University in Lake Charles,Louisiana. During the winter break at McNeese State, Buchholz and high school friend, Dustin Dodge, broke into a middle school in Lumberton and stole 29 laptop computers from a storage room. A year later Buchholz transferred to Angelina Community College in Lufkin, Texas.

Clay Buchholz on January6, 2007 at "New Stars for Young Stars" Jimmy Fund event. (sittingstill.mlblogs.com)

Receiving the "Red Sox Minor League Pitcher of the Year Award" on September 27, 2006 at Fenway Park. (sittingstill.mlblogs.com)

Buchholz pitching for the Pawtucket Red Sox at McCoy Stadium on July 22, 2007. (sittingstill.mlblogs.com)

Buchholz sits in the dugout while the Red Sox offense goes to work. (AP Photo)

Links:

Phillips, Alex. "Rookie Buchholz no-hits Orioles." Redsox.com 2 September 2007.

MacDonald, Sally. "Lumberton Teens Admit Stealing Laptop Computers from School." KFDM News 2 April 2004.

Multimedia:

Clay Buchholz talks with WEEI's Dennis & Callahan in Fort Myers, Florida on Thursday February 21, 2008.