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Game Log for 1979
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record TEX Apr 13 W, 5-4 vs Tigers Start 5.0 7 23 2 2 0 2 0 2 3.60 TEX Apr 22 L, 1-5 at Yankees Start 2.2 7 15 4 4 1 1 0 0 7.04 L (0-1) TEX Apr 29 W, 10-0 at White Sox Start 6.2 4 28 0 0 0 4 0 0 3.77 W (1-1) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record TEX May 05 L, 6-7 vs White Sox Start 3.2 7 17 4 4 0 0 0 0 5.00 L (1-2) TEX May 07 L, 6-10 vs Royals Middle 0.1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.40 TEX May 15 W, 9-8 at Twins Start 5.1 9 29 6 5 1 2 0 1 6.08 TEX May 25 (2) L, 3-5 vs Mariners Start 7.0 8 30 4 3 1 1 1 0 5.58 L (1-3) TEX May 30 W, 3-2 vs Red Sox Start 6.0 4 23 2 1 0 2 0 2 4.91 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record TEX Jun 04 L, 5-13 at Red Sox Start 4.1 8 23 7 7 2 1 0 2 5.93 L (1-4) TEX Jun 09 L, 3-4 at Orioles Start 5.2 8 25 4 4 0 1 1 3 5.98 L (1-5) NYM Jun 18 L, 2-3 at Astros Start 6.0 7 24 2 2 0 1 1 1 5.64 NYM Jun 27 W, 12-9 at Pirates Start 6.0 8 29 3 2 0 2 1 4 5.37 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYM Jul 02 L, 2-6 at Phillies Start 6.0 9 29 6 6 1 2 0 3 5.71 L (1-6) NYM Jul 07 L, 3-11 vs Padres Start 5.0 8 22 5 5 0 2 0 3 5.94 L (1-7) NYM Jul 12 W, 12-5 vs Dodgers Start 7.1 9 34 5 5 1 2 0 5 5.96 W (2-7) NYM Jul 15 L, 0-4 vs Giants Finish 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.91 NYM Jul 22 L, 3-4 at Dodgers Start 4.0 5 20 3 2 0 2 0 3 5.84 NYM Jul 27 L, 2-4 vs Cubs Start 1 9.0 5 34 4 4 2 2 0 3 5.66 L (2-8) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYM Aug 01 L, 6-9 vs Phillies Start 3.0 10 20 7 7 1 2 0 0 6.15 L (2-9) NYM Aug 05 (1) W, 4-2 at Expos Start 6.0 6 26 2 2 0 1 0 6 5.96 W (3-9) NYM Aug 09 L, 0-4 vs Cardinals Start 7.0 9 31 4 3 0 0 2 1 5.82 L (3-10) NYM Aug 14 W, 18-5 at Braves Start 2.2 4 14 5 5 3 1 0 2 6.09 NYM Aug 19 L, 5-6 at Reds Start 4.2 9 26 5 5 0 2 1 3 6.24 NYM Aug 28 L, 4-6 vs Braves Start 7.0 10 33 4 4 1 1 2 4 6.17 L (3-11) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYM Sep 04 L, 1-5 at Expos Start 5.2 8 26 5 5 0 2 1 3 6.25 L (3-12) NYM Sep 08 W, 3-2 vs Pirates Finish 3.0 3 13 0 0 0 0 2 0 6.11 W (4-12) NYM Sep 19 (1) L, 1-3 vs Expos Finish 2.0 0 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 6.02 PIT Sep 24 (2) L, 6-7 vs Expos Start 4.0 5 17 2 2 1 1 0 0 5.97 PIT Sep 27 L, 5-9 vs Cardinals Middle 2.0 3 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 5.88 PIT Sep 29 L, 6-7 vs Cubs Middle 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.84

Pitcher data: Role: Start, finish or appear in middle relief; CG: Complete game; SHO: Shutout; Sv: Save; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BF: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; SO: Strikeouts; ERA: Earned run average

                                                                                                        Team
Role             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
As starter       3  12   6.18   24  24   1   0   0   0  129.2  174   598   95   89  15   37  10   51    8-16  5.21 runs/start
Middle relief    0   0   2.70    3   0   0   0   0   0    3.1    6    14    1    1   0    1   0    1    0-3 
As closer        1   0   0.00    3   0   0   3   0   0    5.2    3    23    0    0   0    2   2    0    1-2 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              252   26   83  105  14   1   2   26   6   2   14  11   0   15   9  .329  .417  .386  .802
vs RHB              315   61  100  158  15   2  13   61  11   5   26   1   1   37   3  .317  .502  .369  .870

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             2   7   5.05   17  11   1   3   0   0   73.0   91   321   44   41   7   18   7   21    4-13  4.55 runs/start
Road             2   5   6.72   13  13   0   0   0   0   65.2   92   314   52   49   8   22   5   31    5-8   5.77 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              3   4   6.09   12   8   0   2   0   0   44.1   64   210   31   30   2   17   4   19    3-9   4.12 runs/start
Night            1   8   5.72   18  16   1   1   0   0   94.1  119   425   65   60  13   23   8   33    6-12  5.75 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            1   1   3.77    3   3   0   0   0   0   14.1   18    66    6    6   1    7   0    2    2-1   5.33 runs/start
May              0   2   5.64    5   4   0   0   0   0   22.1   30   101   17   14   2    5   1    3    2-3   5.25 runs/start
June             0   2   6.14    4   4   0   0   0   0   22.0   31   101   16   15   2    5   3   10    1-3   5.50 runs/start
July             1   3   6.19    6   5   1   1   0   0   32.0   36   141   23   22   4   10   0   17    1-5   4.40 runs/start
August           1   3   7.71    6   6   0   0   0   0   30.1   48   150   27   26   5    7   5   16    2-4   6.17 runs/start
September        1   1   3.57    6   2   0   2   0   0   17.2   20    76    7    7   1    6   3    4    1-5   3.50 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Astros           0   0   3.00    1   1   0   0   0   0    6.0    7    24    2    2   0    1   1    1    0-1   2.00 runs/start
Braves           0   1   8.38    2   2   0   0   0   0    9.2   14    47    9    9   4    2   2    6    1-1   11.00 runs/start
Cardinals        0   1   3.00    2   1   0   0   0   0    9.0   12    39    4    3   0    1   2    2    0-2   0.00 runs/start
Cubs             0   1   3.60    2   1   1   0   0   0   10.0    6    38    4    4   2    2   0    3    0-2   2.00 runs/start
Dodgers          1   0   5.56    2   2   0   0   0   0   11.1   14    54    8    7   1    4   0    8    1-1   7.50 runs/start
Expos            1   1   4.58    4   3   0   1   0   0   17.2   19    77    9    9   1    6   1    9    1-3   3.67 runs/start
Giants           0   0   0.00    1   0   0   1   0   0    0.2    0     2    0    0   0    0   0    0    0-1 
Mariners         0   1   3.86    1   1   0   0   0   0    7.0    8    30    4    3   1    1   1    0    0-1   3.00 runs/start
Orioles          0   1   6.35    1   1   0   0   0   0    5.2    8    25    4    4   0    1   1    3    0-1   3.00 runs/start
Padres           0   1   9.00    1   1   0   0   0   0    5.0    8    22    5    5   0    2   0    3    0-1   3.00 runs/start
Phillies         0   2  13.00    2   2   0   0   0   0    9.0   19    49   13   13   2    4   0    3    0-2   4.00 runs/start
Pirates          1   0   2.00    2   1   0   1   0   0    9.0   11    42    3    2   0    2   3    4    2-0   12.00 runs/start
Reds             0   0   9.64    1   1   0   0   0   0    4.2    9    26    5    5   0    2   1    3    0-1   5.00 runs/start
Red Sox          0   1   6.97    2   2   0   0   0   0   10.1   12    46    9    8   2    3   0    4    1-1   4.00 runs/start
Royals           0   0  27.00    1   0   0   0   0   0    0.1    2     2    1    1   0    0   0    0    0-1 
Tigers           0   0   3.60    1   1   0   0   0   0    5.0    7    23    2    2   0    2   0    2    1-0   5.00 runs/start
Twins            0   0   8.44    1   1   0   0   0   0    5.1    9    29    6    5   1    2   0    1    1-0   9.00 runs/start
White Sox        1   1   3.48    2   2   0   0   0   0   10.1   11    45    4    4   0    4   0    0    1-1   8.00 runs/start
Yankees          0   1  13.50    1   1   0   0   0   0    2.2    7    15    4    4   1    1   0    0    0-1   1.00 runs/start

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