Clay Hensley
P · Last on a Brewers farm club: Nashville Sounds, 2013
- B/T
- R/R
- Size
- 5' 11", 190 lb
- Born
- 1979-08-31 · Tomball, TX, USA
- Acquired
- Drafted 2002, round 8, pick 247, by San Francisco Giants
- MLB debut
- 2005-07-20
The path and tables below cover his minor-league seasons with any club, as the MLB Stats API lists them, through 2026. His major-league seasons are in the "Major leagues" section.
Level path
- SS-A2002Salem-Keizer Volcanoes
- A2003Hagerstown Suns
- A+2003Lake Elsinore Storm
- A+2003San Jose Giants
- A+2003
- AA2004Mobile Bay Bears
- AAA2005Portland Beavers
- AAA2007Portland Beavers
- A+2008Lake Elsinore Storm
- AAA2008Portland Beavers
- AAA2009Round Rock Express
- AAA2009New Orleans Zephyrs
- AAA2009
- A+2010Jupiter Hammerheads
- ROK2011GCL Marlins
- A+2011Jupiter Hammerheads
- AA2011Jacksonville Suns
- AAA2013Louisville Bats
- AAA2013Nashville Sounds
- AAA2013
Pitching
| Year | Lvl | Club | Age | Games pitched in. | Games started. | Wins. | Losses. | Saves. | Innings pitched. The digit after the point is outs: 110.1 is 110 innings and one out. | Hits allowed. | Walks allowed. | Strikeouts. | Home runs allowed. | Earned run average: earned runs allowed per nine innings. | Walks plus hits allowed per inning pitched. | Strikeouts per nine innings. | Walks per nine innings. | Strikeout rate: strikeouts divided by batters faced. | Walk rate: walks divided by batters faced. | Strikeout rate minus walk rate, both as a share of batters faced. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | SS-A | Salem-Keizer Volcanoes | 22 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 81.2 | 72 | 25 | 84 | 3 | 2.53 | 1.19 | 9.26 | 2.76 | 24.9% | 7.4% | 17.5% |
| 2003 | A | Hagerstown Suns | 23 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 68.0 | 56 | 20 | 74 | 4 | 3.18 | 1.12 | 9.79 | 2.65 | 26.8% | 7.2% | 19.6% |
| 2003 | A+ | Lake Elsinore Storm | 23 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 44.1 | 50 | 14 | 40 | 0 | 3.45 | 1.44 | 8.12 | 2.84 | 20.7% | 7.3% | 13.5% |
| 2003 | A+ | San Jose Giants | 23 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 29.1 | 38 | 9 | 25 | 4 | 5.83 | 1.60 | 7.67 | 2.76 | 19.5% | 7.0% | 12.5% |
| 2003 | A+ | — | 23 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 73.2 | 88 | 23 | 65 | 4 | 4.40 | 1.51 | 7.94 | 2.81 | 20.2% | 7.2% | 13.1% |
| 2004 | AA | Mobile Bay Bears | 24 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 159.0 | 167 | 48 | 125 | 14 | 4.30 | 1.35 | 7.08 | 2.72 | 18.8% | 7.2% | 11.6% |
| 2005 | AAA | Portland Beavers | 25 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 90.1 | 63 | 22 | 71 | 8 | 2.99 | 0.94 | 7.07 | 2.19 | 20.3% | 6.3% | 14.0% |
| 2007 | AAA | Portland Beavers | 27 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 71.0 | 102 | 34 | 50 | 10 | 6.72 | 1.92 | 6.34 | 4.31 | 14.5% | 9.9% | 4.6% |
| 2008 | A+ | Lake Elsinore Storm | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 9.00 | 0.00 | 25.0% | 0.0% | 25.0% |
| 2008 | AAA | Portland Beavers | 28 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 48.0 | 46 | 16 | 34 | 7 | 3.94 | 1.29 | 6.38 | 3.00 | 16.7% | 7.8% | 8.8% |
| 2009 | AAA | Round Rock Express | 29 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 7.20 | 1.90 | 4.50 | 6.30 | 10.4% | 14.6% | -4.2% |
| 2009 | AAA | New Orleans Zephyrs | 29 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 114.0 | 105 | 38 | 82 | 8 | 3.24 | 1.25 | 6.47 | 3.00 | 17.3% | 8.0% | 9.3% |
| 2009 | AAA | — | 29 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 124.0 | 117 | 45 | 87 | 9 | 3.56 | 1.31 | 6.31 | 3.27 | 16.7% | 8.6% | 8.1% |
| 2010 | A+ | Jupiter Hammerheads | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.75 | 6.75 | 3.38 | 20.0% | 10.0% | 10.0% |
| 2011 | ROK | GCL Marlins | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2.70 | 0.60 | 16.20 | 0.00 | 50.0% | 0.0% | 50.0% |
| 2011 | A+ | Jupiter Hammerheads | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4.50 | 0.50 | 4.50 | 0.00 | 14.3% | 0.0% | 14.3% |
| 2011 | AA | Jacksonville Suns | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2.08 | 1.38 | 14.54 | 2.08 | 36.8% | 5.3% | 31.6% |
| 2013 | AAA | Louisville Bats | 33 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18.0 | 14 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 4.00 | 1.28 | 10.00 | 4.50 | 27.8% | 12.5% | 15.3% |
| 2013 | AAA | Nashville Sounds | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.38 | 2.63 | 6.75 | 10.13 | 12.5% | 18.8% | -6.3% |
| 2013 | AAA | — | 33 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20.2 | 18 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 3.92 | 1.45 | 9.58 | 5.23 | 25.0% | 13.6% | 11.4% |
Hitting
| Year | Lvl | Club | Age | Games played. | Plate appearances: every trip to the plate, walks and hit-by-pitches included. | Hits. | Doubles. | Triples. | Home runs. | Runs scored. | Runs batted in. | Walks. | Strikeouts. | Stolen bases. | Batting average: hits divided by at-bats. | On-base percentage: how often he reaches base by a hit, walk or hit-by-pitch. | Slugging percentage: total bases divided by at-bats. | On-base plus slugging: OBP and SLG added together. | Isolated power: SLG minus AVG. It counts only the extra bases. | Strikeout rate: strikeouts divided by plate appearances. | Walk rate: walks divided by plate appearances. | Batting average on balls in play: hits other than home runs, divided by at-bats that ended with the ball in play. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | AA | Mobile Bay Bears | 24 | 32 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 0 | .214 | .233 | .333 | .566 | .119 | 31.1% | 2.2% | .296 |
| 2005 | AAA | Portland Beavers | 25 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .200 | .250 | .200 | .450 | .000 | 35.0% | 5.0% | .375 |
| 2007 | AAA | Portland Beavers | 27 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .400 | .364 | .700 | 1.064 | .300 | 8.3% | 0.0% | .400 |
| 2008 | AAA | Portland Beavers | 28 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .167 | .250 | .084 | 38.5% | 0.0% | .143 |
| 2009 | AAA | Round Rock Express | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 100.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2009 | AAA | New Orleans Zephyrs | 29 | 20 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .308 | .462 | .154 | 42.9% | 0.0% | .231 |
| 2009 | AAA | — | 29 | 27 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .286 | .429 | .143 | 46.7% | 0.0% | .231 |
| 2013 | AAA | Louisville Bats | 33 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | AAA | Nashville Sounds | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | AAA | — | 33 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | — | — | — |
Major leagues
Pitching
| Year | Club | Age | Games pitched in. | Games started. | Wins. | Losses. | Saves. | Innings pitched. The digit after the point is outs: 110.1 is 110 innings and one out. | Hits allowed. | Walks allowed. | Strikeouts. | Home runs allowed. | Earned run average: earned runs allowed per nine innings. | Walks plus hits allowed per inning pitched. | Strikeouts per nine innings. | Walks per nine innings. | Strikeout rate: strikeouts divided by batters faced. | Walk rate: walks divided by batters faced. | Strikeout rate minus walk rate, both as a share of batters faced. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | San Diego Padres | 25 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 47.2 | 33 | 17 | 28 | 0 | 1.70 | 1.05 | 5.29 | 3.21 | 14.8% | 9.0% | 5.8% |
| 2006 | San Diego Padres | 26 | 37 | 29 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 187.0 | 174 | 76 | 122 | 15 | 3.71 | 1.34 | 5.87 | 3.66 | 15.5% | 9.7% | 5.8% |
| 2007 | San Diego Padres | 27 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 50.0 | 62 | 32 | 30 | 5 | 6.84 | 1.88 | 5.40 | 5.76 | 12.6% | 13.4% | -0.8% |
| 2008 | San Diego Padres | 28 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 39.0 | 36 | 25 | 26 | 2 | 5.31 | 1.56 | 6.00 | 5.77 | 15.0% | 14.5% | 0.6% |
| 2010 | Florida Marlins | 30 | 68 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 75.0 | 54 | 29 | 77 | 3 | 2.16 | 1.11 | 9.24 | 3.48 | 25.1% | 9.4% | 15.6% |
| 2011 | Florida Marlins | 31 | 37 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 67.2 | 62 | 30 | 46 | 9 | 5.19 | 1.36 | 6.12 | 3.99 | 15.5% | 10.1% | 5.4% |
| 2012 | San Francisco Giants | 32 | 60 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 50.2 | 50 | 30 | 42 | 5 | 4.62 | 1.58 | 7.46 | 5.33 | 17.9% | 12.8% | 5.1% |
Hitting
| Year | Club | Age | Games played. | Plate appearances: every trip to the plate, walks and hit-by-pitches included. | Hits. | Doubles. | Triples. | Home runs. | Runs scored. | Runs batted in. | Walks. | Strikeouts. | Stolen bases. | Batting average: hits divided by at-bats. | On-base percentage: how often he reaches base by a hit, walk or hit-by-pitch. | Slugging percentage: total bases divided by at-bats. | On-base plus slugging: OBP and SLG added together. | Isolated power: SLG minus AVG. It counts only the extra bases. | Strikeout rate: strikeouts divided by plate appearances. | Walk rate: walks divided by plate appearances. | Batting average on balls in play: hits other than home runs, divided by at-bats that ended with the ball in play. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | San Diego Padres | 25 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .500 | .166 | 50.0% | 0.0% | .333 |
| 2006 | San Diego Padres | 26 | 39 | 56 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 0 | .083 | .137 | .104 | .241 | .021 | 50.0% | 5.4% | .200 |
| 2007 | San Diego Padres | 27 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .428 | .000 | 50.0% | 0.0% | .500 |
| 2008 | San Diego Padres | 28 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 33.3% | 0.0% | .000 |
| 2010 | Florida Marlins | 30 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 50.0% | 0.0% | .000 |
| 2011 | Florida Marlins | 31 | 37 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .067 | .000 | .067 | .000 | 29.4% | 5.9% | .000 |
| 2012 | San Francisco Giants | 32 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | .000 |
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Stats from the MLB Stats API, through Oct 9, 2026.