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Steve Baker

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 DET Apr 14 L, 5-7 at Rangers Middle 2.2 2 12 1 1 0 2 0 1 3.37 L (0-1) DET Apr 16 W, 10-4 vs Royals Finish 1 4.0 2 15 0 0 0 1 0 4 1.35 DET Apr 21 L, 4-5 vs Blue Jays Middle 2.0 2 9 1 1 0 0 1 1 2.08 DET Apr 26 (2) L, 5-7 at Brewers Start 5.2 7 28 4 4 1 5 0 6 3.77 L (0-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET May 01 W, 5-2 at White Sox Start 6.0 4 23 1 1 0 3 0 4 3.10 W (1-2) DET May 06 L, 6-9 at Twins Start 3.0 7 16 5 5 0 0 0 1 4.63 DET May 08 W, 10-8 vs White Sox Middle 3.1 3 16 2 2 1 5 0 2 4.72 DET May 11 L, 1-5 vs Brewers Finish 3.0 1 10 1 1 1 0 0 1 4.55 DET May 15 L, 3-11 at Yankees Start 2.0 6 13 3 3 1 1 0 2 5.12 L (1-3) DET May 20 L, 7-9 at Indians Middle 2.1 2 9 1 1 0 1 0 2 5.03 DET May 29 W, 9-8 at Blue Jays Start 4.0 6 20 4 4 0 3 0 3 5.45 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Jun 15 L, 7-8 vs Angels Middle 2.0 2 10 2 2 1 2 0 4 5.62 DET Jun 20 L, 3-13 at Red Sox Start 4.0 5 20 5 5 2 4 0 2 6.14 L (1-4) DET Jun 24 W, 6-4 at Orioles Start 6.0 9 28 4 4 1 1 1 3 6.12 DET Jun 29 W, 8-6 vs Indians Start 2.1 3 15 4 4 0 5 0 3 6.54 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Jul 04 L, 6-7 vs Blue Jays Start 7.2 5 31 3 3 1 3 0 3 6.15 DET Jul 09 L, 3-5 vs Twins Start 8.0 8 32 5 5 2 0 0 3 6.09 L (1-5) DET Jul 14 L, 4-12 at White Sox Start 4.2 5 24 3 3 1 5 0 5 6.07 L (1-6) DET Jul 23 L, 3-11 vs White Sox Start 5.2 7 28 5 5 0 3 0 3 6.20 L (1-7) DET Jul 31 L, 3-11 at Rangers Middle 1.2 5 13 4 4 0 3 0 1 6.53 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Aug 08 (1) L, 9-16 vs Rangers Middle 4.0 6 20 5 4 1 2 0 0 6.64

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   6   7.02   12  12   0   0   0   0   59.0   72   278   46   46   9   33   1   38    4-8   5.08 runs/start
Middle relief    0   1   7.50    7   0   0   0   0   0   18.0   22    89   16   15   3   15   1   11    1-6 
As closer        0   0   1.29    2   0   0   2   1   0    7.0    3    25    1    1   1    1   0    5    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              166   24   49   74   7   0   6   23   2   1   27   1   4   29   5  .295  .446  .405  .851
vs RHB              162   29   48   76   7   0   7   28   3   2   22   1   2   25   6  .296  .469  .386  .855

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             0   2   5.79   10   4   0   2   1   0   42.0   39   186   28   27   7   21   1   24    3-7   5.00 runs/start
Road             1   5   7.50   11   8   0   0   0   0   42.0   58   206   35   35   6   28   1   30    3-8   5.12 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              0   1   6.00    5   3   0   1   1   0   21.0   27    96   14   14   2    8   1   16    2-3   5.67 runs/start
Night            1   6   6.86   16   9   0   1   0   0   63.0   70   296   49   48  11   41   1   38    4-12  4.89 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            0   2   3.77    4   1   0   1   1   0   14.1   13    64    6    6   1    8   1   12    1-3   5.00 runs/start
May              1   1   6.46    7   4   0   1   0   0   23.2   29   107   17   17   3   13   0   15    3-4   5.75 runs/start
June             0   1   9.42    4   3   0   0   0   0   14.1   19    73   15   15   4   12   1   12    2-2   5.67 runs/start
July             0   3   6.51    5   4   0   0   0   0   27.2   30   128   20   20   4   14   0   15    0-5   4.00 runs/start
August           0   0   9.00    1   0   0   0   0   0    4.0    6    20    5    4   1    2   0    0    0-1 

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           0   0   9.00    1   0   0   0   0   0    2.0    2    10    2    2   1    2   0    4    0-1 
Blue Jays        0   0   5.27    3   2   0   0   0   0   13.2   13    60    8    8   1    6   1    7    1-2   7.50 runs/start
Brewers          0   1   5.19    2   1   0   1   0   0    8.2    8    38    5    5   2    5   0    7    0-2   5.00 runs/start
Indians          0   0   9.64    2   1   0   0   0   0    4.2    5    24    5    5   0    6   0    5    1-1   8.00 runs/start
Orioles          0   0   6.00    1   1   0   0   0   0    6.0    9    28    4    4   1    1   1    3    1-0   6.00 runs/start
Rangers          0   1   9.72    3   0   0   0   0   0    8.1   13    45   10    9   1    7   0    2    0-3 
Red Sox          0   1  11.25    1   1   0   0   0   0    4.0    5    20    5    5   2    4   0    2    0-1   3.00 runs/start
Royals           0   0   0.00    1   0   0   1   1   0    4.0    2    15    0    0   0    1   0    4    1-0 
Twins            0   1   8.18    2   2   0   0   0   0   11.0   15    48   10   10   2    0   0    4    0-2   4.50 runs/start
White Sox        1   2   5.03    4   3   0   0   0   0   19.2   19    91   11   11   2   16   0   14    2-2   4.00 runs/start
Yankees          0   1  13.50    1   1   0   0   0   0    2.0    6    13    3    3   1    1   0    2    0-1   3.00 runs/start

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