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Tommy John

Game Log for 1978
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Apr 08 W, 6-2 at Braves Start 7.2 7 31 2 2 1 2 0 4 2.35 W (1-0) LAD Apr 14 W, 5-1 vs Braves Start 1 9.0 6 32 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.62 W (2-0) LAD Apr 19 W, 5-4 vs Reds Start 2 9.0 10 37 4 2 0 2 0 6 1.75 W (3-0) LAD Apr 25 W, 4-2 at Reds Start 3 9.0 6 35 2 2 0 3 0 6 1.82 W (4-0) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD May 02 L, 4-5 at Cubs Start 6.0 8 25 4 3 0 1 0 5 2.21 LAD May 07 L, 4-6 at Pirates Start 6.0 9 32 6 5 0 3 0 8 2.89 L (4-1) LAD May 13 W, 5-2 vs Cubs Start 8.0 6 32 2 2 1 3 0 3 2.80 W (5-1) LAD May 17 W, 10-1 vs Pirates Start 4 9.0 4 32 1 1 0 3 0 7 2.54 W (6-1) LAD May 23 L, 2-3 at Padres Start 5 8.0 6 35 3 2 0 2 0 4 2.51 L (6-2) LAD May 29 W, 9-6 vs Padres Start 7.1 8 31 5 5 1 3 0 10 2.85 W (7-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Jun 04 L, 4-9 at Phillies Start 1.2 6 13 5 5 0 2 0 2 3.35 L (7-3) LAD Jun 09 L, 9-10 at Expos Start 3.1 12 24 8 8 0 2 0 2 4.07 L (7-4) LAD Jun 14 W, 5-3 vs Mets Start 8.2 12 40 3 3 1 2 1 5 3.98 W (8-4) LAD Jun 20 L, 3-5 vs Astros Start 5.0 8 25 5 2 0 2 1 3 3.96 L (8-5) LAD Jun 25 L, 4-5 vs Reds Start 8.2 12 41 5 3 0 2 1 5 3.89 L (8-6) LAD Jun 30 (1) W, 5-3 at Reds Start 7.0 7 30 3 3 0 2 0 3 3.89 W (9-6) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Jul 05 L, 8-9 vs Braves Start 5.2 8 24 3 3 0 1 0 2 3.93 LAD Jul 08 (2) W, 7-5 at Astros Finish 4.0 2 14 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.80 W (10-6) LAD Jul 13 L, 1-6 at Cardinals Start 5.0 7 22 2 1 0 1 1 1 3.73 L (10-7) LAD Jul 17 W, 4-3 at Cubs Start 6.0 6 26 3 2 0 2 0 1 3.69 LAD Jul 22 W, 4-3 vs Cardinals Start 8.1 9 36 3 2 1 1 0 2 3.60 W (11-7) LAD Jul 25 W, 3-1 vs Cubs Finish 1 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.58 LAD Jul 28 W, 7-3 vs Pirates Start 7.1 6 31 3 0 0 1 0 5 3.40 W (12-7) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Aug 02 L, 1-2 at Padres Start 7.0 7 29 2 2 0 0 0 7 3.37 L (12-8) LAD Aug 07 W, 3-1 vs Padres Start 6 9.0 6 35 1 1 0 1 1 3 3.24 W (13-8) LAD Aug 12 L, 2-3 vs Giants Start 7.0 7 30 3 3 2 1 0 3 3.26 L (13-9) LAD Aug 18 W, 7-3 at Mets Start 7.2 9 31 3 3 1 0 0 3 3.28 W (14-9) LAD Aug 24 W, 5-4 vs Phillies Start 8.0 10 35 4 4 1 1 1 2 3.33 W (15-9) LAD Aug 29 W, 4-1 vs Expos Start 7 9.0 6 38 1 0 0 3 1 6 3.18 W (16-9) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Sep 03 L, 5-8 vs Mets Start 5.0 10 24 7 7 1 0 0 5 3.41 L (16-10) LAD Sep 09 L, 4-7 at Braves Start 1.2 3 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.42 LAD Sep 26 L, 4-6 at Reds Finish 3.0 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.38 LAD Sep 30 W, 7-0 at Padres Start 5.0 5 20 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.30 W (17-10)

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      16  10   3.42   30  30   7   0   0   0  205.0  226   884   95   78  11   46   7  117   17-13  4.87 runs/start
As closer        1   0   0.00    3   0   0   3   1   0    8.0    4    28    0    0   0    0   0    7    2-1 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              172   16   36   41   1   2   0   14   7   2   13   0   2   46   4  .209  .238  .271  .510
vs RHB              676   75  194  255  26   1  11   68  14   4   33   7   3   78  22  .287  .377  .329  .706

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home            11   4   2.81   17  16   5   1   1   0  125.0  128   526   51   39   9   26   6   67   12-5   5.25 runs/start
Road             6   6   3.99   16  14   2   2   0   0   88.0  102   386   44   39   2   20   1   57    7-9   4.43 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   5   6.08   10  10   1   0   0   0   60.2   84   279   46   41   4   17   1   42    4-6   5.40 runs/start
Night           14   5   2.19   23  20   6   3   1   0  152.1  146   633   49   37   7   29   6   82   15-8   4.60 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            4   0   1.82    4   4   3   0   0   0   34.2   29   135    9    7   2    7   0   16    4-0   5.00 runs/start
May              3   2   3.65    6   6   2   0   0   0   44.1   41   187   21   18   2   15   0   37    3-3   5.67 runs/start
June             2   4   6.29    6   6   0   0   0   0   34.1   57   173   29   24   1   12   3   20    2-4   5.00 runs/start
July             3   1   1.93    7   5   0   2   1   0   37.1   38   156   14    8   1    6   1   15    5-2   4.80 runs/start
August           4   2   2.45    6   6   2   0   0   0   47.2   45   198   14   13   4    6   3   24    4-2   3.67 runs/start
September        1   1   4.91    4   3   0   1   0   0   14.2   20    63    8    8   1    0   0   12    1-3   5.33 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Astros           1   1   2.00    2   1   0   1   0   0    9.0   10    39    5    2   0    2   1    7    1-1   3.00 runs/start
Braves           2   0   2.62    4   4   1   0   0   0   24.0   24    95    7    7   2    3   0    6    2-2   5.75 runs/start
Cardinals        1   1   2.02    2   2   0   0   0   0   13.1   16    58    5    3   1    2   1    3    1-1   2.50 runs/start
Cubs             1   0   3.00    4   3   0   1   1   0   21.0   20    86    9    7   1    6   0    9    3-1   4.33 runs/start
Expos            1   1   5.84    2   2   1   0   0   0   12.1   18    62    9    8   0    5   1    8    1-1   6.50 runs/start
Giants           0   1   3.86    1   1   0   0   0   0    7.0    7    30    3    3   2    1   0    3    0-1   2.00 runs/start
Mets             2   1   5.48    3   3   0   0   0   0   21.1   31    95   13   13   3    2   1   13    2-1   5.67 runs/start
Padres           3   2   2.48    5   5   2   0   0   0   36.1   32   150   11   10   1    6   1   28    3-2   4.40 runs/start
Phillies         1   1   8.38    2   2   0   0   0   0    9.2   16    48    9    9   1    3   1    4    1-1   4.50 runs/start
Pirates          2   1   2.42    3   3   1   0   0   0   22.1   19    95   10    6   0    7   0   20    2-1   7.00 runs/start
Reds             3   1   2.45    5   4   2   1   0   0   36.2   37   154   14   10   0    9   1   23    3-2   4.50 runs/start

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