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Rick Sutcliffe

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 LAD Apr 08 W, 6-5 vs Padres Finish 5.0 3 20 0 0 0 1 1 4 0.00 W (1-0) LAD Apr 12 L, 2-10 vs Braves Middle 1.2 3 8 2 1 0 1 0 1 1.35 LAD Apr 13 L, 1-2 vs Braves Middle 2.1 1 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.00 LAD Apr 18 L, 0-4 vs Astros Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.90 LAD Apr 20 L, 2-3 at Giants Middle 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.75 LAD Apr 23 L, 3-4 at Phillies Middle 0.1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.73 LAD Apr 24 L, 6-7 at Phillies Middle 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.67 LAD Apr 25 L, 4-5 at Phillies Middle 2.1 4 13 3 3 0 1 1 1 2.30 L (1-1) LAD Apr 29 (2) L, 3-6 at Mets Middle 5.2 6 22 2 2 1 0 0 2 2.53 L (1-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD May 03 W, 5-2 vs Phillies Start 1 9.0 7 34 2 2 1 1 0 7 2.37 W (2-2) LAD May 08 W, 3-2 vs Mets Start 7.0 5 29 2 2 0 5 0 2 2.41 W (3-2) LAD May 13 W, 8-2 vs Expos Start 5.0 5 24 2 2 0 4 0 1 2.55 W (4-2) LAD May 19 L, 4-5 at Reds Start 5.0 8 25 5 5 0 2 0 1 3.23 L (4-3) LAD May 25 W, 17-6 vs Reds Start 8.0 14 38 6 6 1 0 0 7 3.74 W (5-3) LAD May 30 W, 6-5 vs Giants Start 7.0 9 30 5 5 1 2 0 3 4.04 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Jun 04 W, 4-2 at Pirates Start 2 9.0 4 33 2 2 1 3 0 2 3.79 W (6-3) LAD Jun 09 L, 3-5 at Cubs Start 6.0 8 27 4 3 0 2 1 3 3.84 L (6-4) LAD Jun 13 W, 9-8 vs Cardinals Start 8.2 12 42 6 2 1 5 0 8 3.66 W (7-4) LAD Jun 19 L, 4-7 vs Cubs Start 6.0 5 31 6 5 0 8 0 0 3.91 L (7-5) LAD Jun 25 W, 4-3 vs Padres Start 7.0 5 26 3 3 1 1 0 3 3.91 LAD Jun 29 L, 2-5 vs Braves Start 8.0 9 38 5 4 0 6 1 2 3.95 L (7-6) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Jul 03 L, 2-3 at Padres Start 7.0 7 28 3 3 0 1 0 4 3.95 L (7-7) LAD Jul 08 W, 8-6 at Expos Start 7.1 5 31 3 1 0 4 0 4 3.78 W (8-7) LAD Jul 13 L, 2-3 at Phillies Start 3 8.0 6 33 3 3 0 4 0 3 3.76 L (8-8) LAD Jul 20 W, 6-5 vs Expos Start 8.1 11 35 2 2 0 1 0 4 3.66 LAD Jul 25 W, 16-8 vs Phillies Start 8.2 8 39 8 8 1 5 0 2 3.94 W (9-8) LAD Jul 30 L, 4-9 at Reds Start 5.2 7 28 4 4 2 4 0 4 4.03 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Aug 04 W, 4-3 vs Giants Start 7.0 5 29 3 3 2 6 0 3 4.02 LAD Aug 09 W, 4-3 vs Astros Start 5.2 11 29 3 3 0 1 0 3 4.04 W (10-8) LAD Aug 15 W, 6-5 at Cardinals Start 7.2 5 31 4 4 0 4 0 5 4.07 W (11-8) LAD Aug 20 L, 1-2 at Cubs Start 5.2 5 26 2 2 1 3 1 3 4.04 L (11-9) LAD Aug 26 W, 4-1 vs Cardinals Start 8.0 8 32 1 1 0 0 0 2 3.92 W (12-9) LAD Aug 31 W, 6-4 vs Cubs Start 8.1 3 29 2 2 1 1 0 4 3.84 W (13-9) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Sep 05 W, 5-3 at Braves Start 7.1 5 29 3 3 1 2 0 2 3.84 LAD Sep 09 W, 3-1 at Reds Start 7.0 5 29 1 1 0 3 0 4 3.75 W (14-9) LAD Sep 14 W, 2-0 vs Reds Start 4 1 9.0 3 32 0 0 0 4 0 1 3.60 W (15-9) LAD Sep 19 W, 7-2 vs Giants Start 7.2 3 29 2 2 0 2 1 9 3.55 W (16-9) LAD Sep 25 W, 11-2 at Giants Start 7.2 4 28 2 2 1 1 0 3 3.52 W (17-9) LAD Sep 30 L, 2-3 vs Astros Start 5 9.0 7 36 3 2 0 2 0 7 3.46 L (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   8   3.55   30  30   5   0   0   1  220.2  199   930   97   87  15   87   4  106   21-9   5.40 runs/start
Middle relief    0   2   3.52    7   0   0   0   0   0   15.1   15    63    7    6   1    3   1    5    0-7 
As closer        1   0   0.00    2   0   0   2   0   0    6.0    3    23    0    0   0    1   1    6    1-1 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              422   54  107  144  19   0   6   49  11   1   45   4   1   47   5  .254  .341  .329  .670
vs RHB              470   43  110  153   9   2  10   43  12   7   46   2   1   70  10  .234  .326  .304  .630

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home            12   3   3.36   22  18   3   2   0   1  147.1  137   622   63   55   9   57   3   76   16-6   6.06 runs/start
Road             5   7   3.61   17  12   2   0   0   0   94.2   80   394   41   38   7   34   3   41    6-11  4.42 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              7   4   3.08   11   9   1   1   0   0   73.0   71   315   29   25   3   25   3   35    7-4   5.44 runs/start
Night           10   6   3.62   28  21   4   1   0   1  169.0  146   701   75   68  13   66   3   82   15-13  5.38 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   2.53    9   0   0   2   0   0   21.1   18    86    7    6   1    4   2   11    1-8 
May              4   1   4.83    6   6   1   0   0   0   41.0   48   180   22   22   3   14   0   21    5-1   7.17 runs/start
June             2   3   3.83    6   6   1   0   0   0   44.2   43   197   26   19   3   25   2   18    3-3   4.33 runs/start
July             2   2   4.20    6   6   1   0   0   0   45.0   44   194   23   21   3   19   0   21    3-3   6.33 runs/start
August           4   1   3.19    6   6   0   0   0   0   42.1   37   176   15   15   4   15   1   20    5-1   4.17 runs/start
September        4   1   1.89    6   6   2   0   0   1   47.2   27   183   11   10   2   14   1   26    5-1   5.00 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   2.87    3   2   1   1   0   0   15.2   18    68    6    5   0    3   0   12    1-2   3.00 runs/start
Braves           0   1   3.72    4   2   0   0   0   0   19.1   18    84   10    8   1   10   1    6    1-3   3.50 runs/start
Cardinals        3   0   2.59    3   3   0   0   0   0   24.1   25   105   11    7   1    9   0   15    3-0   6.33 runs/start
Cubs             1   3   4.15    4   4   0   0   0   0   26.0   21   113   14   12   2   14   2   10    1-3   3.50 runs/start
Expos            2   0   2.18    3   3   0   0   0   0   20.2   21    90    7    5   0    9   0    9    3-0   7.33 runs/start
Giants           2   0   3.45    5   4   0   0   0   0   31.1   21   122   12   12   4   11   1   18    4-1   7.00 runs/start
Mets             1   1   2.84    2   1   0   0   0   0   12.2   11    51    4    4   1    5   0    4    1-1   3.00 runs/start
Padres           1   1   2.84    3   2   0   1   0   0   19.0   15    74    6    6   1    3   1   11    2-1   3.00 runs/start
Phillies         2   2   4.91    6   3   2   0   0   0   29.1   26   124   16   16   2   11   1   13    2-4   7.67 runs/start
Pirates          1   0   2.00    1   1   1   0   0   0    9.0    4    33    2    2   1    3   0    2    1-0   4.00 runs/start
Reds             3   1   4.15    5   5   1   0   0   1   34.2   37   152   16   16   3   13   0   17    3-2   6.00 runs/start

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