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Doug Bird

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 KCR Apr 09 W, 5-4 at Indians Middle 2.0 5 13 4 3 0 1 0 2 13.50 KCR Apr 14 W, 3-1 vs Indians Finish 1 1.2 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 7.36 KCR Apr 17 W, 3-1 at Blue Jays Middle 1.2 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 5.06 KCR Apr 23 W, 6-5 at Orioles Middle 1.0 1 5 2 2 0 2 0 0 7.11 KCR Apr 24 W, 8-6 at Rangers Finish 5.2 4 23 0 0 0 1 1 3 3.75 W (1-0) KCR Apr 27 L, 7-8 vs Blue Jays Finish 1.0 3 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 4.85 L (1-1) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record KCR May 01 L, 4-8 at Yankees Middle 0.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.54 KCR May 06 L, 3-4 at Brewers Middle 0.0 2 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 6.92 L (1-2) KCR May 09 L, 3-4 at Red Sox Finish 1.1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 6.28 KCR May 12 W, 4-3 vs Yankees Finish 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 W (2-2) KCR May 14 W, 10-9 vs Yankees Middle 1.0 2 6 2 2 0 1 0 1 6.75 KCR May 18 L, 6-8 vs Twins Finish 1.1 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.23 KCR May 22 L, 1-10 at Mariners Finish 1.0 2 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 6.87 KCR May 23 (2) W, 5-3 at Mariners Middle 3.0 1 12 1 1 0 2 0 4 6.33 W (3-2) KCR May 28 W, 8-7 at Twins Middle 1.0 1 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 6.45 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record KCR Jun 02 L, 1-5 vs White Sox Middle 0.2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 6.26 KCR Jun 04 W, 13-2 vs White Sox Finish 2.0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.76 KCR Jun 08 (1) L, 4-5 at Rangers Middle 3.0 4 13 0 0 0 0 1 2 5.14 KCR Jun 12 L, 5-6 vs Rangers Start 7.0 7 30 5 5 1 1 0 3 5.40 KCR Jun 16 W, 2-1 at White Sox Middle 1.0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.25 KCR Jun 18 (1) W, 3-2 at White Sox Middle 1.2 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.02 KCR Jun 21 L, 2-4 vs Indians Finish 5.2 4 22 2 2 0 1 0 4 4.78 L (3-3) KCR Jun 24 W, 7-5 vs A's Middle 3.1 4 14 2 1 0 0 0 2 4.63 KCR Jun 25 L, 3-6 vs A's Finish 1.0 3 7 2 2 0 0 1 1 4.91 KCR Jun 28 L, 5-9 at Angels Middle 3.2 4 17 3 2 1 2 0 0 4.91 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record KCR Jul 03 L, 4-7 vs Angels Start 6.0 10 29 5 5 0 1 0 2 5.18 L (3-4) KCR Jul 08 W, 11-3 vs Orioles Finish 1.0 3 7 2 2 0 1 0 1 5.40 KCR Jul 16 W, 3-1 at Yankees Middle 0.1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.37 KCR Jul 22 W, 6-5 vs Red Sox Start 1.1 5 9 4 3 2 0 0 1 5.70 KCR Jul 26 W, 12-3 vs Mariners Start 6.0 1 23 3 3 0 4 0 4 5.59 W (4-4) KCR Jul 31 L, 3-4 at Indians Finish 0.1 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 5.56 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record KCR Aug 10 L, 2-3 at Orioles Start 7.2 6 30 3 3 1 1 0 3 5.35 L (4-5) KCR Aug 16 (1) L, 1-5 at Twins Start 4.0 10 22 5 5 1 0 0 6 5.65 L (4-6) KCR Aug 25 L, 2-7 at Rangers Finish 2.0 2 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 5.62 KCR Aug 28 W, 3-2 vs White Sox Middle 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.60 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record KCR Sep 06 W, 11-8 at A's Middle 3.1 3 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.49 KCR Sep 08 W, 9-7 at Angels Middle 1.1 2 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 5.51 W (5-6) KCR Sep 10 L, 3-13 at Angels Middle 5.2 10 28 7 6 0 0 1 1 5.76 KCR Sep 18 W, 7-6 at Mariners Middle 6.0 3 22 0 0 0 1 0 0 5.40 W (6-6) KCR Sep 30 L, 3-7 vs Twins Middle 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 5.29

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   6.75    6   6   0   0   0   0   32.0   39   143   25   24   5    7   0   19    2-4   5.00 runs/start
Middle relief    3   1   4.93   21   0   0   0   0   0   42.0   46   185   27   23   3   14   2   15   14-7 
As closer        2   2   4.01   13   0   0  13   1   0   24.2   25   106   11   11   0    5   3   14    5-8 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              164   24   46   74   8   4   4   20   3   1   11   4   0   25   0  .280  .451  .337  .788
vs RHB              223   44   64   89  11   1   4   41   5   1   15   1   2   23   5  .287  .399  .335  .734

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             2   3   5.79   17   4   0   8   1   0   42.0   44   183   29   27   3   10   2   23    9-8   6.75 runs/start
Road             4   3   4.92   23   2   0   5   0   0   56.2   66   251   34   31   5   16   3   25   12-11  1.50 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              0   1   9.00   13   1   0   2   0   0   22.0   35   110   25   22   4    8   2    7   10-3   6.00 runs/start
Night            6   5   4.23   27   5   0  11   1   0   76.2   75   324   38   36   4   18   3   41   11-16  4.80 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   1   4.85    6   0   0   3   1   0   13.0   14    59    8    7   0    7   1    5    5-1 
May              2   1   8.68    9   0   0   4   0   0    9.1    9    43    9    9   2    5   1    8    4-5 
June             0   1   3.72   10   1   0   3   0   0   29.0   29   122   14   12   2    4   2   14    4-6   5.00 runs/start
July             1   1   7.80    6   3   0   2   0   0   15.0   22    74   14   13   2    7   0    8    4-2   7.33 runs/start
August           0   2   5.79    4   2   0   1   0   0   14.0   18    61    9    9   2    1   0   10    1-3   1.50 runs/start
September        2   0   3.93    5   0   0   0   0   0   18.1   18    75    9    8   0    2   1    3    3-2 

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           1   1   7.56    4   1   0   0   0   0   16.2   26    80   16   14   1    4   1    3    1-3   4.00 runs/start
A's              0   0   4.70    3   0   0   1   0   0    7.2   10    34    5    4   0    0   1    3    2-1 
Blue Jays        0   1   6.75    2   0   0   1   0   0    2.2    3    12    2    2   0    2   0    0    1-1 
Brewers          0   1   0.00    1   0   0   0   0   0    0.0    2     3    2    2   1    1   0    0    0-1 
Indians          0   1   4.66    4   0   0   3   1   0    9.2   12    45    6    5   0    4   0    6    2-2 
Mariners         3   0   3.38    4   1   0   1   0   0   16.0    7    62    6    6   0    7   0    9    3-1   12.00 runs/start
Orioles          0   1   6.52    3   1   0   1   0   0    9.2   10    42    7    7   1    4   0    4    2-1   2.00 runs/start
Rangers          1   0   3.06    4   1   0   2   0   0   17.2   17    74    6    6   1    2   2    9    1-3   5.00 runs/start
Red Sox          0   0  10.12    2   1   0   1   0   0    2.2    5    13    4    3   2    0   0    3    1-1   6.00 runs/start
Twins            0   1   6.48    4   1   0   1   0   0    8.1   11    38    6    6   2    1   1    8    1-3   1.00 runs/start
White Sox        0   0   0.00    5   0   0   1   0   0    5.2    3    20    0    0   0    0   0    2    4-1 
Yankees          1   0  13.50    4   0   0   1   0   0    2.0    4    11    3    3   0    1   0    1    3-1 

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