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Game Log for 1971
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT Apr 10 L, 4-5 at Braves Start 9.0 9 40 4 4 1 5 1 0 4.00 PIT Apr 17 W, 2-0 at Mets Start 1 1 9.0 5 33 0 0 0 3 0 9 2.00 W (1-0) PIT Apr 22 W, 7-4 vs Braves Start 7.0 7 30 3 3 1 0 1 2 2.52 W (2-0) PIT Apr 28 W, 7-5 vs Dodgers Start 7.0 10 30 5 5 2 1 0 2 3.38 W (3-0) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT May 04 W, 10-2 at Giants Start 5.1 5 23 2 2 0 2 1 2 3.38 PIT May 09 W, 11-5 at Dodgers Start 5.1 10 28 5 5 0 2 0 4 4.01 PIT May 15 L, 5-9 vs Mets Start 4.0 6 19 5 5 2 1 0 2 4.63 L (3-1) PIT May 20 L, 4-5 at Reds Start 6.2 13 33 5 5 0 0 0 5 4.89 L (3-2) PIT May 26 W, 2-0 vs Reds Start 2 2 9.0 5 36 0 0 0 3 0 11 4.19 W (4-2) PIT May 31 W, 6-0 vs Cubs Start 3 3 9.0 5 34 0 0 0 4 0 4 3.66 W (5-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT Jun 05 L, 1-4 vs Astros Start 7.1 10 31 3 3 0 2 0 6 3.66 L (5-3) PIT Jun 10 W, 3-1 at Cardinals Start 4 9.0 7 35 1 1 0 1 0 3 3.39 W (6-3) PIT Jun 15 W, 3-0 at Astros Start 5 4 9.0 6 36 0 0 0 2 0 4 3.07 W (7-3) PIT Jun 20 (1) W, 7-1 vs Expos Start 6 9.0 9 38 1 1 0 3 0 4 2.90 W (8-3) PIT Jun 25 W, 14-4 at Phillies Start 7 9.0 4 33 4 4 2 2 0 8 2.98 W (9-3) PIT Jun 30 L, 0-4 at Mets Start 6.0 8 26 3 3 1 1 0 5 3.06 L (9-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT Jul 05 W, 6-2 at Cubs Start 8 9.0 12 40 2 2 0 1 0 4 2.98 W (10-4) PIT Jul 10 W, 5-4 vs Braves Start 7.0 8 34 3 1 1 2 0 5 2.90 PIT Jul 15 W, 4-3 vs Padres Start 8.0 4 30 1 1 0 0 2 7 2.80 PIT Jul 20 W, 11-7 vs Giants Start 1.0 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 2.84 PIT Jul 24 W, 4-3 at Padres Start 8.0 4 29 2 2 0 1 0 4 2.81 W (11-4) PIT Jul 29 W, 8-5 at Dodgers Start 3.1 5 16 4 4 1 1 0 2 2.98 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT Aug 03 W, 10-6 at Expos Start 6.1 7 29 5 5 1 4 0 1 3.14 PIT Aug 08 (1) L, 2-3 vs Phillies Start 8.0 5 34 3 2 1 5 0 4 3.10 L (11-5) PIT Aug 13 L, 0-2 vs Cardinals Start 8.0 6 33 2 1 0 1 2 4 3.01 L (11-6) PIT Aug 18 W, 3-2 vs Astros Start 8.0 8 32 2 2 0 0 0 6 2.98 PIT Aug 23 (1) W, 4-3 at Braves Start 6.1 5 26 3 3 2 2 1 3 3.02 W (12-6) PIT Aug 28 L, 0-4 at Astros Start 4.0 9 23 4 3 0 2 0 2 3.10 L (12-7) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT Sep 03 L, 4-6 vs Expos Start 7.1 9 29 3 3 0 0 0 2 3.12 PIT Sep 08 W, 10-1 vs Cubs Start 9 9.0 6 33 1 1 1 0 0 6 3.03 W (13-7) PIT Sep 13 W, 5-1 at Cubs Start 10 9.0 6 35 1 1 0 3 0 3 2.95 W (14-7) PIT Sep 18 W, 4-0 vs Mets Start 11 5 9.0 2 29 0 0 0 2 0 5 2.83 W (15-7) PIT Sep 26 L, 1-3 at Mets Start 12 8.0 10 35 3 3 0 3 0 7 2.85 L (15-8)

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   2.85   33  33  12   0   0   5  240.0  226   996   81   76  16   60   8  136   23-10  5.06 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              449   37  118  160  13   1   9   34   0   2   25   4   1   51   8  .263  .356  .308  .664
vs RHB              457   35  108  138   9   0   7   34   4   5   35   4   1   85   7  .236  .302  .296  .598

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             7   4   2.22   16  16   5   0   0   3  117.2  101   476   33   29   8   25   5   70   11-5   4.88 runs/start
Road             8   4   3.46   17  17   7   0   0   2  122.1  125   520   48   47   8   35   3   66   12-5   5.24 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              7   4   2.18   13  13   7   0   0   3  103.0   97   428   28   25   3   30   0   63    9-4   4.38 runs/start
Night            8   4   3.35   20  20   5   0   0   2  137.0  129   568   53   51  13   30   8   73   14-6   5.50 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   3.38    4   4   1   0   0   1   32.0   31   133   12   12   4    9   2   13    3-1   5.00 runs/start
May              2   2   3.89    6   6   2   0   0   2   39.1   44   173   17   17   2   12   1   28    4-2   6.33 runs/start
June             4   2   2.19    6   6   4   0   0   1   49.1   44   199   12   12   3   11   0   30    4-2   4.67 runs/start
July             2   0   2.72    6   6   1   0   0   0   36.1   34   153   13   11   2    6   2   22    6-0   6.33 runs/start
August           1   3   3.54    6   6   0   0   0   0   40.2   40   177   19   16   4   14   3   20    3-3   3.17 runs/start
September        3   1   1.70    5   5   4   0   0   1   42.1   33   161    8    8   1    8   0   23    3-2   4.80 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Astros           1   2   2.54    4   4   1   0   0   1   28.1   33   122    9    8   0    6   0   18    2-2   1.75 runs/start
Braves           2   0   3.38    4   4   0   0   0   0   29.1   29   130   13   11   5    9   3   10    3-1   5.00 runs/start
Cardinals        1   1   1.06    2   2   1   0   0   0   17.0   13    68    3    2   0    2   2    7    1-1   1.50 runs/start
Cubs             4   0   1.00    4   4   4   0   0   1   36.0   29   142    4    4   1    8   0   17    4-0   6.75 runs/start
Dodgers          1   0   8.04    3   3   0   0   0   0   15.2   25    74   14   14   3    4   0    8    3-0   8.67 runs/start
Expos            1   0   3.57    3   3   1   0   0   0   22.2   25    96    9    9   1    7   0    7    2-1   7.00 runs/start
Giants           0   0   4.26    2   2   0   0   0   0    6.1    6    27    3    3   0    3   1    2    2-0   10.50 runs/start
Mets             2   3   2.75    5   5   3   0   0   2   36.0   31   142   11   11   3   10   0   28    2-3   2.40 runs/start
Padres           1   0   1.69    2   2   0   0   0   0   16.0    8    59    3    3   0    1   2   11    2-0   4.00 runs/start
Phillies         1   1   3.18    2   2   1   0   0   0   17.0    9    67    7    6   3    7   0   12    1-1   8.00 runs/start
Reds             1   1   2.87    2   2   1   0   0   1   15.2   18    69    5    5   0    3   0   16    1-1   3.00 runs/start

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