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Jack Billingham

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 11 L, 3-10 at Royals Start 6.0 6 23 3 3 0 2 0 1 4.50 DET Apr 16 W, 10-4 vs Royals Start 5.0 9 25 4 3 0 3 0 2 4.91 W (1-0) DET Apr 21 L, 4-5 vs Blue Jays Start 4.2 4 22 4 3 1 3 0 2 5.17 L (1-1) DET Apr 26 (1) L, 1-5 at Brewers Start 6.0 3 22 2 2 1 1 0 0 4.57 L (1-2) 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 Finish 1 3.0 3 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.01 DET May 03 L, 6-7 at Twins Finish 1.1 3 7 1 1 1 0 0 1 4.15 L (1-3) DET May 05 W, 8-4 at Twins Finish 3.2 4 16 1 1 0 1 0 3 3.94 W (2-3) DET May 08 W, 10-8 vs White Sox Finish 4.1 4 18 2 2 0 1 0 2 3.97 W (3-3) DET May 11 L, 1-5 vs Brewers Middle 0.2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.89 DET May 13 W, 6-2 vs Brewers Finish 2 1.2 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.72 DET May 21 W, 3-1 vs Yankees Start 1 9.0 8 34 1 1 0 4 0 3 3.18 W (4-3) DET May 27 (1) W, 5-1 vs Orioles Start 2 9.0 3 32 1 1 1 3 0 4 2.82 W (5-3) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Jun 01 L, 2-3 at A's Start 8.0 4 27 2 2 0 2 0 3 2.74 DET Jun 05 W, 3-1 at Mariners Start 6.1 3 26 1 1 0 4 0 3 2.62 W (6-3) DET Jun 10 W, 10-7 at Angels Start 2.2 7 14 4 4 1 0 0 1 3.03 DET Jun 14 L, 2-3 vs Mariners Start 8.0 11 33 2 1 0 0 2 0 2.84 DET Jun 19 W, 10-4 at Red Sox Start 6.1 8 29 4 2 0 1 0 5 2.84 DET Jun 23 (2) L, 5-6 at Orioles Start 7.0 9 33 6 5 1 5 0 2 3.11 L (6-4) DET Jun 28 W, 6-3 vs Red Sox Start 7.0 7 29 3 3 0 3 0 3 3.16 W (7-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Jul 03 L, 1-9 vs Blue Jays Start 3.0 8 18 5 5 1 0 1 1 3.51 L (7-5) DET Jul 08 (1) L, 4-5 at Brewers Start 3.2 4 17 2 2 1 3 1 0 3.55 DET Jul 23 L, 3-11 vs White Sox Middle 0.2 2 6 3 2 0 2 1 0 3.70 DET Jul 28 L, 0-3 at Blue Jays Middle 0.1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 3.69 DET Jul 31 L, 3-11 at Rangers Finish 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.62 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Aug 03 (1) L, 3-5 vs Royals Finish 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.56 DET Aug 07 (2) W, 8-2 vs Rangers Start 6.0 5 24 2 2 2 1 0 2 3.53 W (8-5) DET Aug 11 L, 5-11 at Royals Start 5.2 10 29 8 3 1 2 1 1 3.59 L (8-6) DET Aug 14 W, 6-3 at Angels Finish 3 3.0 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.50 DET Aug 19 L, 4-8 at Mariners Middle 1.1 4 11 4 3 0 1 2 1 3.68 DET Aug 27 W, 3-2 vs Angels Start 7.0 5 29 2 2 0 2 1 4 3.62 W (9-6) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Sep 01 L, 3-6 vs A's Start 5.0 4 19 1 1 0 1 1 1 3.55 DET Sep 07 W, 6-0 vs Yankees Finish 6.1 4 22 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.40 W (10-6) DET Sep 15 (2) L, 1-7 at Yankees Finish 5.1 8 24 1 1 1 1 0 0 3.34 DET Sep 20 L, 7-8 vs Orioles Middle 4.2 3 21 3 2 1 3 1 2 3.35 L (10-7) DET Sep 28 L, 4-7 vs Red Sox Finish 2.1 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.30

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       7   5   3.59   19  19   2   0   0   0  115.1  118   485   57   46  10   40   7   38    9-10  4.63 runs/start
Middle relief    0   1   8.22    5   0   0   0   0   0    7.2   12    44   11    7   1    6   4    6    0-5 
As closer        3   1   1.29   11   0   0  11   3   0   35.0   33   139    6    5   2    3   0   15    6-5 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              279   36   76  110   8   1   8   30   4   5   27   8   3   20  15  .272  .394  .357  .752
vs RHB              314   34   87  116  10   2   5   29   8   6   22   3   4   39  13  .277  .369  .338  .708

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             8   3   2.92   18  10   2   5   1   0   86.1   82   357   33   28   6   26   7   34    9-9   4.50 runs/start
Road             2   4   3.77   17   9   0   6   2   0   71.2   81   311   41   30   7   23   4   25    6-11  4.78 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              3   1   3.21    9   6   1   3   1   0   42.0   43   175   16   15   5   13   2   13    5-4   5.50 runs/start
Night            7   6   3.34   26  13   1   8   2   0  116.0  120   493   58   43   8   36   9   46   10-16  4.23 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   4.57    4   4   0   0   0   0   21.2   22    92   13   11   2    9   0    5    1-3   4.50 runs/start
May              4   1   1.65    8   2   2   5   2   0   32.2   27   128    7    6   2    9   0   17    6-2   4.00 runs/start
June             2   1   3.57    7   7   0   0   0   0   45.1   49   191   22   18   2   15   2   17    4-3   5.43 runs/start
July             0   1   8.38    5   2   0   1   0   0    9.2   16    50   11    9   2    5   3    3    0-5   2.50 runs/start
August           2   1   3.60    6   3   0   2   1   0   25.0   27   111   16   10   3    6   4   11    3-3   5.33 runs/start
September        1   1   1.52    5   1   0   3   0   0   23.2   22    96    5    4   2    5   2    6    1-4   3.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           1   0   4.26    3   2   0   1   1   0   12.2   15    55    6    6   1    2   1    7    3-0   6.50 runs/start
A's              0   0   2.08    2   2   0   0   0   0   13.0    8    46    3    3   0    3   1    4    0-2   2.50 runs/start
Blue Jays        0   2   9.00    3   2   0   0   0   0    8.0   14    43   10    8   2    3   1    4    0-3   2.50 runs/start
Brewers          0   1   3.00    4   2   0   1   1   0   12.0    9    48    4    4   2    4   1    4    1-3   2.50 runs/start
Mariners         1   0   2.87    3   2   0   0   0   0   15.2   18    70    7    5   0    5   4    4    1-2   2.50 runs/start
Orioles          1   2   3.48    3   2   1   0   0   0   20.2   15    86   10    8   3   11   1    8    1-2   5.00 runs/start
Rangers          1   0   2.25    2   1   0   1   0   0    8.0    5    30    2    2   2    1   0    3    1-1   8.00 runs/start
Red Sox          1   0   2.87    3   2   0   1   0   0   15.2   18    68    7    5   0    4   0    8    2-1   8.00 runs/start
Royals           1   1   4.34    4   3   0   1   0   0   18.2   25    83   15    9   1    7   1    5    1-3   6.00 runs/start
Twins            1   1   3.60    2   0   0   2   0   0    5.0    7    23    2    2   1    1   0    4    1-1 
White Sox        1   0   4.50    3   0   0   2   1   0    8.0    9    36    6    4   0    3   1    2    2-1 
Yankees          2   0   0.87    3   1   1   2   0   0   20.2   20    80    2    2   1    5   0    6    2-1   3.00 runs/start

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