Andy Messersmith
Game Log for 1971
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL Apr 08 L, 2-3 vs Royals Start 8.0 7 37 3 0 0 2 2 6 0.00 L (0-1) CAL Apr 13 W, 3-1 at White Sox Start 5.2 1 26 1 1 0 7 0 5 0.66 CAL Apr 17 W, 4-3 at Twins Start 1 9.0 7 39 3 3 0 6 0 6 1.59 W (1-1) CAL Apr 22 L, 3-7 vs A's Start 4.2 6 25 7 5 0 4 1 3 2.96 L (1-2) CAL Apr 27 W, 2-1 vs Indians Start 8.0 5 30 1 1 1 2 0 4 2.55 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL May 01 W, 9-1 vs Tigers Start 2 9.0 4 36 1 1 0 3 0 7 2.23 W (2-2) CAL May 06 (1) L, 1-3 at Orioles Start 7.0 5 31 3 3 0 4 0 4 2.45 L (2-3) CAL May 10 L, 2-5 at Tigers Start 5.1 6 25 5 4 1 2 0 7 2.86 L (2-4) CAL May 15 W, 4-1 vs Brewers Start 3 9.0 4 35 1 1 0 3 0 6 2.60 W (3-4) CAL May 19 L, 6-12 vs Twins Start 4.0 8 22 7 7 1 2 0 1 3.36 L (3-5) CAL May 23 W, 10-5 vs White Sox Start 6.2 5 30 4 4 0 5 0 2 3.54 W (4-5) CAL May 28 W, 9-6 at Yankees Start 7.1 7 32 5 5 1 4 0 3 3.76 W (5-5) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL Jun 04 L, 1-10 at Red Sox Start 3.0 6 19 4 4 0 5 0 2 4.05 L (5-6) CAL Jun 09 W, 4-3 vs Yankees Start 8.0 8 31 3 2 0 1 0 2 3.90 CAL Jun 14 L, 3-4 vs Red Sox Start 10.0 10 42 3 3 1 2 1 4 3.78 CAL Jun 19 W, 7-4 at Royals Start 8.0 8 36 4 4 1 3 0 2 3.83 W (6-6) CAL Jun 23 (1) L, 0-6 at Brewers Start 6.0 8 32 6 3 0 4 0 6 3.87 L (6-7) CAL Jun 27 (1) W, 2-1 at White Sox Start 5.0 3 19 0 0 0 0 0 5 3.71 W (7-7) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL Jul 01 L, 4-9 vs Royals Start 5.0 7 25 5 5 1 2 0 4 3.92 L (7-8) CAL Jul 06 W, 7-5 at Twins Start 6.1 6 28 5 4 0 4 0 6 4.00 CAL Jul 10 W, 3-0 at A's Start 4 1 9.0 6 36 0 0 0 3 0 8 3.75 W (8-8) CAL Jul 15 L, 3-4 vs Orioles Start 7.0 8 29 4 2 1 1 0 3 3.70 L (8-9) CAL Jul 20 W, 2-0 vs Tigers Start 5 2 9.0 3 31 0 0 0 2 0 5 3.49 W (9-9) CAL Jul 25 (1) W, 6-2 at Orioles Start 6 9.0 5 35 2 2 1 3 0 8 3.41 W (10-9) CAL Jul 30 L, 3-4 at Tigers Start 7.1 7 28 4 4 1 1 0 5 3.47 L (10-10) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL Aug 04 L, 3-10 vs White Sox Start 1.2 5 14 6 6 0 3 0 0 3.74 L (10-11) CAL Aug 06 W, 2-0 vs Twins Start 7 3 9.0 3 36 0 0 0 5 1 6 3.56 W (11-11) CAL Aug 13 L, 0-4 at Senators Start 6.0 4 25 4 3 0 3 0 3 3.59 L (11-12) CAL Aug 17 W, 4-3 at Red Sox Start 8 9.0 9 37 3 3 2 1 0 6 3.56 W (12-12) CAL Aug 22 W, 3-0 vs Yankees Start 9 4 9.0 6 34 0 0 0 2 0 1 3.41 W (13-12) CAL Aug 27 W, 1-0 vs Red Sox Start 7.2 4 27 0 0 0 1 0 6 3.29 W (14-12) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL Sep 01 L, 0-7 vs A's Start 6.0 8 30 6 5 1 4 0 2 3.41 L (14-13) CAL Sep 06 W, 4-2 at A's Start 10 9.0 8 35 2 2 1 2 0 7 3.35 W (15-13) CAL Sep 10 W, 7-3 vs Brewers Start 11 9.0 4 38 3 3 1 8 0 7 3.34 W (16-13) CAL Sep 15 W, 6-2 at Royals Start 12 9.0 4 36 2 0 0 3 0 5 3.22 W (17-13) CAL Sep 19 W, 2-0 at White Sox Start 7.0 2 22 0 0 0 1 0 7 3.13 W (18-13) CAL Sep 24 W, 4-3 vs White Sox Start 13 9.0 8 36 3 1 0 2 1 8 3.06 W (19-13) CAL Sep 28 W, 6-2 at Twins Start 14 9.0 9 41 2 1 1 5 0 7 2.99 W (20-13)
| 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 20 13 2.99 38 38 14 0 0 4 276.2 224 1170 112 92 16 115 6 179 24-14 3.74 runs/start
L/R G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP OPS
vs LHB 454 41 105 146 14 3 7 37 15 3 62 3 1 69 7 .231 .322 .328 .650
vs RHB 574 59 119 171 19 3 9 54 11 2 53 3 6 110 11 .207 .298 .283 .581
Team
Site W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
Home 9 7 2.96 19 19 7 0 0 3 139.2 113 588 57 46 7 54 6 77 11-8 3.79 runs/start
Road 11 6 3.02 19 19 7 0 0 1 137.0 111 582 55 46 9 61 0 102 13-6 3.68 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 10 0 1.77 11 11 6 0 0 2 86.1 60 353 18 17 4 37 0 58 11-0 4.55 runs/start
Night 10 13 3.55 27 27 8 0 0 2 190.1 164 817 94 75 12 78 6 121 13-14 3.41 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 2 2.55 5 5 1 0 0 0 35.1 26 157 15 10 1 21 3 24 3-2 2.80 runs/start
May 4 3 4.66 7 7 2 0 0 0 48.1 39 211 26 25 3 23 0 30 4-3 5.86 runs/start
June 2 2 3.60 6 6 0 0 0 0 40.0 43 179 20 16 2 15 1 21 3-3 2.83 runs/start
July 3 3 2.91 7 7 3 0 0 2 52.2 42 212 20 17 4 16 0 39 4-3 4.00 runs/start
August 4 2 2.55 6 6 3 0 0 2 42.1 31 173 13 12 2 15 1 22 4-2 2.17 runs/start
September 6 1 1.86 7 7 5 0 0 0 58.0 43 238 18 12 4 25 1 43 6-1 4.14 runs/start
Team
Opponent W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
A's 2 2 3.77 4 4 2 0 0 1 28.2 28 126 15 12 2 13 1 20 2-2 2.50 runs/start
Brewers 2 1 2.62 3 3 2 0 0 0 24.0 16 105 10 7 1 15 0 19 2-1 3.67 runs/start
Indians 0 0 1.12 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 5 30 1 1 1 2 0 4 1-0 2.00 runs/start
Orioles 1 2 2.74 3 3 1 0 0 0 23.0 18 95 9 7 2 8 0 15 1-2 3.33 runs/start
Red Sox 2 1 3.03 4 4 1 0 0 0 29.2 29 125 10 10 3 9 1 18 2-2 2.25 runs/start
Royals 2 2 2.70 4 4 1 0 0 0 30.0 26 134 14 9 2 10 2 17 2-2 4.75 runs/start
Senators 0 1 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 25 4 3 0 3 0 3 0-1 0.00 runs/start
Tigers 2 2 2.64 4 4 2 0 0 1 30.2 20 120 10 9 2 8 0 24 2-2 4.00 runs/start
Twins 3 1 3.62 5 5 3 0 0 1 37.1 33 166 17 15 2 22 1 26 4-1 5.00 runs/start
White Sox 4 1 3.09 6 6 1 0 0 0 35.0 24 147 14 12 0 18 1 27 5-1 4.00 runs/start
Yankees 2 0 2.59 3 3 1 0 0 1 24.1 21 97 8 7 1 7 0 6 3-0 5.33 runs/start
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