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Jack Billingham

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 Apr 09 W, 8-4 vs Blue Jays Start 8.1 8 34 4 4 0 3 0 0 4.32 W (1-0) DET Apr 15 W, 6-3 at Blue Jays Start 7.0 9 30 3 3 0 2 0 0 4.11 W (2-0) DET Apr 24 W, 4-1 at White Sox Start 1 9.0 3 32 1 1 0 1 0 5 2.96 W (3-0) DET Apr 30 L, 3-4 at Mariners Start 7.0 5 28 3 3 0 3 0 0 3.16 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET May 05 L, 1-5 at A's Start 6.0 11 29 5 3 1 2 0 4 3.38 L (3-1) DET May 12 L, 4-10 vs A's Start 6.0 7 26 3 3 2 2 0 6 3.53 DET May 17 W, 5-3 at Brewers Start 7.0 8 28 3 3 2 1 0 3 3.58 W (4-1) DET May 23 L, 0-2 at Orioles Start 2 8.0 4 31 2 2 1 4 0 1 3.39 L (4-2) DET May 28 (1) L, 3-4 at Red Sox Start 5.1 4 23 2 2 0 5 0 0 3.39 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Jun 02 L, 2-4 vs Twins Start 3.2 7 20 4 4 0 2 0 0 3.74 L (4-3) DET Jun 09 W, 3-2 vs Royals Start 8.0 3 30 2 1 0 3 0 2 3.46 W (5-3) DET Jun 14 L, 1-7 at Royals Start 6.0 8 29 5 5 1 3 1 1 3.76 L (5-4) DET Jun 21 W, 10-8 at Blue Jays Start 0.1 6 7 4 4 0 0 0 0 4.19 DET Jun 26 L, 4-5 at Indians Start 3 8.0 8 31 5 5 1 2 0 1 4.32 L (5-5) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Jul 01 W, 8-4 at Yankees Start 7.2 11 34 4 4 1 2 0 0 4.35 W (6-5) DET Jul 05 W, 13-3 vs Indians Start 4 9.0 10 40 3 3 1 4 0 2 4.23 W (7-5) DET Jul 16 W, 4-0 at Angels Start 5 1 9.0 10 37 0 0 0 1 0 4 3.90 W (8-5) DET Jul 21 (2) W, 5-0 vs Angels Start 6 2 9.0 7 36 0 0 0 3 0 1 3.62 W (9-5) DET Jul 26 W, 9-6 vs Orioles Start 6.1 9 27 6 5 3 0 0 5 3.79 W (10-5) DET Jul 31 L, 7-8 at Blue Jays Start 5.0 8 25 6 5 1 2 0 2 3.98 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Aug 05 W, 7-0 vs White Sox Start 7 3 9.0 4 32 0 0 0 2 0 5 3.73 W (11-5) DET Aug 11 W, 7-3 at White Sox Start 8 9.0 6 33 3 2 0 1 0 2 3.63 W (12-5) DET Aug 16 W, 2-0 vs Indians Start 9 4 9.0 7 34 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.43 W (13-5) DET Aug 21 W, 9-6 at Twins Start 7.0 13 34 5 5 0 2 0 1 3.55 W (14-5) DET Aug 26 L, 5-9 vs Brewers Start 1.2 3 12 3 3 0 3 0 1 3.68 L (14-6) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Sep 01 W, 6-2 at Royals Start 10 9.0 9 34 2 2 0 2 0 0 3.59 W (15-6) DET Sep 06 L, 2-8 at Yankees Start 4.1 7 24 6 4 0 3 1 3 3.70 L (15-7) DET Sep 13 L, 3-7 vs Yankees Start 4.0 9 21 4 4 0 0 0 0 3.82 L (15-8) DET Sep 18 L, 4-5 vs Red Sox Start 5.2 6 26 4 4 2 3 0 3 3.89 DET Sep 23 (1) W, 4-3 at Orioles Start 7.1 8 30 3 3 0 2 0 6 3.88

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      15   8   3.88   30  30  10   0   0   4  201.2  218   857   95   87  16   63   2   59   17-13  4.97 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              401   40  109  139  17   2   3   35   5   7   29   1   2   19  15  .272  .347  .322  .669
vs RHB              367   50  109  172  14   5  13   44   9   3   34   1   6   40  12  .297  .469  .361  .830

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             7   3   3.50   12  12   4   0   0   3   79.2   80   338   33   31   8   25   0   26    7-5   5.42 runs/start
Road             8   5   4.13   18  18   6   0   0   1  122.0  138   519   62   56   8   38   2   33   10-8   4.67 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              4   1   3.72    7   7   1   0   0   1   46.0   50   198   19   19   1   19   0    5    4-3   5.29 runs/start
Night           11   7   3.93   23  23   9   0   0   3  155.2  168   659   76   68  15   44   2   54   13-10  4.87 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            3   0   3.16    4   4   1   0   0   0   31.1   25   124   11   11   0    9   0    5    3-1   5.25 runs/start
May              1   2   3.62    5   5   1   0   0   0   32.1   34   137   15   13   6   14   0   14    1-4   2.60 runs/start
June             1   3   6.58    5   5   1   0   0   0   26.0   32   117   20   19   2   10   1    4    2-3   4.00 runs/start
July             5   0   3.33    6   6   3   0   0   2   46.0   55   199   19   17   6   12   0   14    5-1   7.67 runs/start
August           4   1   2.52    5   5   3   0   0   2   35.2   33   145   11   10   0    8   0   10    4-1   6.00 runs/start
September        1   2   5.04    5   5   1   0   0   0   30.1   39   135   19   17   2   10   1   12    2-3   3.80 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           2   0   0.00    2   2   2   0   0   2   18.0   17    73    0    0   0    4   0    5    2-0   4.50 runs/start
A's              0   1   4.50    2   2   0   0   0   0   12.0   18    55    8    6   3    4   0   10    0-2   2.50 runs/start
Blue Jays        2   0   6.97    4   4   0   0   0   0   20.2   31    96   17   16   1    7   0    2    3-1   7.75 runs/start
Brewers          1   1   6.23    2   2   0   0   0   0    8.2   11    40    6    6   2    4   0    4    1-1   5.00 runs/start
Indians          2   1   2.77    3   3   3   0   0   1   26.0   25   105    8    8   2    6   0    4    2-1   6.33 runs/start
Mariners         0   0   3.86    1   1   0   0   0   0    7.0    5    28    3    3   0    3   0    0    0-1   3.00 runs/start
Orioles          1   1   4.15    3   3   1   0   0   0   21.2   21    88   11   10   4    6   0   12    2-1   4.33 runs/start
Red Sox          0   0   4.91    2   2   0   0   0   0   11.0   10    49    6    6   2    8   0    3    0-2   3.50 runs/start
Royals           2   1   3.13    3   3   1   0   0   0   23.0   20    93    9    8   1    8   1    3    2-1   3.33 runs/start
Twins            1   1   7.59    2   2   0   0   0   0   10.2   20    54    9    9   0    4   0    1    1-1   5.50 runs/start
White Sox        3   0   1.00    3   3   3   0   0   1   27.0   13    97    4    3   0    4   0   12    3-0   6.00 runs/start
Yankees          1   2   6.75    3   3   0   0   0   0   16.0   27    79   14   12   1    5   1    3    1-2   4.33 runs/start

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