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Steve Baker

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 DET May 25 L, 1-2 at Orioles Start 6.1 8 28 1 1 1 3 0 6 1.42 DET May 30 W, 5-2 vs Orioles Start 7.0 3 28 2 1 0 4 0 7 1.35 W (1-0) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Jun 04 W, 6-4 vs Twins Start 4.0 3 17 3 3 2 4 0 2 2.60 DET Jun 11 W, 5-2 vs Royals Start 8.1 4 32 2 2 0 4 0 5 2.45 DET Jun 16 L, 2-5 at Twins Finish 4.0 7 20 2 2 0 1 0 3 2.73 DET Jun 20 W, 4-3 at Blue Jays Start 8.1 5 33 3 3 1 5 0 2 2.84 DET Jun 25 L, 2-4 vs Yankees Start 5.1 7 25 3 3 0 3 0 2 3.12 L (1-1) DET Jun 30 L, 2-10 at Yankees Start 2.0 6 15 6 5 1 2 0 1 3.97 L (1-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Jul 09 L, 3-4 at Rangers Start 3.1 3 16 3 2 0 4 0 0 4.07 DET Jul 17 W, 4-3 at Angels Start 4.0 6 21 3 3 0 3 0 1 4.27 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Sep 04 (2) W, 5-4 at Yankees Middle 2.0 2 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 4.12 DET Sep 06 L, 2-8 at Yankees Middle 1.0 2 6 2 0 0 1 0 1 4.04 DET Sep 18 L, 4-5 vs Red Sox Middle 4.1 1 18 1 1 0 4 0 5 3.90 L (1-3) DET Sep 23 (2) L, 1-6 at Orioles Start 1.1 6 12 4 4 0 2 0 0 4.40 L (1-4) DET Sep 30 W, 5-4 vs Orioles Middle 2.0 3 10 2 2 1 1 0 3 4.55 W (2-4)

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       1   3   4.86   10  10   0   0   0   0   50.0   51   227   30   27   5   34   0   26    5-5   3.30 runs/start
Middle relief    1   1   2.89    4   0   0   0   0   0    9.1    8    42    5    3   1    7   0   10    2-2 
As closer        0   0   4.50    1   0   0   1   0   0    4.0    7    20    2    2   0    1   0    3    0-1 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              135   23   44   68   4   1   6   22   4   1   25   0   0   24   6  .326  .504  .423  .927
vs RHB              104    9   22   25   3   0   0    8   4   1   17   0   0   15   3  .212  .240  .320  .560

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             2   2   3.48    6   4   0   0   0   0   31.0   21   130   13   12   3   20   0   24    4-2   4.50 runs/start
Road             0   2   5.57    9   6   0   1   0   0   32.1   45   159   24   20   3   22   0   15    3-6   2.50 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              1   1   4.15    5   3   0   0   0   0   21.2   19    92   10   10   3   13   0   13    4-1   4.33 runs/start
Night            1   3   4.75   10   7   0   1   0   0   41.2   47   197   27   22   3   29   0   26    3-7   2.86 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
May              1   0   1.35    2   2   0   0   0   0   13.1   11    56    3    2   1    7   0   13    1-1   3.00 runs/start
June             0   2   5.06    6   5   0   1   0   0   32.0   32   142   19   18   4   19   0   15    3-3   3.80 runs/start
July             0   0   6.14    2   2   0   0   0   0    7.1    9    37    6    5   0    7   0    1    1-1   3.50 runs/start
September        1   2   5.91    5   1   0   0   0   0   10.2   14    54    9    7   1    9   0   10    2-3   1.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           0   0   6.75    1   1   0   0   0   0    4.0    6    21    3    3   0    3   0    1    1-0   4.00 runs/start
Blue Jays        0   0   3.24    1   1   0   0   0   0    8.1    5    33    3    3   1    5   0    2    1-0   4.00 runs/start
Orioles          2   1   4.32    4   3   0   0   0   0   16.2   20    78    9    8   2   10   0   16    2-2   2.33 runs/start
Rangers          0   0   5.40    1   1   0   0   0   0    3.1    3    16    3    2   0    4   0    0    0-1   3.00 runs/start
Red Sox          0   1   2.08    1   0   0   0   0   0    4.1    1    18    1    1   0    4   0    5    0-1 
Royals           0   0   2.16    1   1   0   0   0   0    8.1    4    32    2    2   0    4   0    5    1-0   5.00 runs/start
Twins            0   0   5.62    2   1   0   1   0   0    8.0   10    37    5    5   2    5   0    5    1-1   6.00 runs/start
Yankees          0   2   6.97    4   2   0   0   0   0   10.1   17    54   11    8   1    7   0    5    1-3   2.00 runs/start

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