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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 SFG Apr 12 L, 3-12 at Reds Start 5.0 10 25 6 5 0 1 0 1 9.00 L (0-1) SFG Apr 17 W, 5-1 vs Braves Start 7.0 5 26 1 1 0 2 0 4 4.50 W (1-1) SFG Apr 22 L, 4-5 vs Reds Start 9.0 6 37 4 3 1 3 0 11 3.86 SFG Apr 27 W, 5-3 at Braves Start 1 9.0 7 34 3 3 1 3 0 4 3.60 W (2-1) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SFG May 01 W, 2-1 at Cardinals Start 8.0 6 31 1 1 0 2 0 2 3.08 W (3-1) SFG May 07 W, 2-1 at Cubs Start 8.1 4 30 1 1 0 1 0 6 2.72 W (4-1) SFG May 12 W, 9-3 vs Cardinals Start 2 9.0 10 36 3 3 1 1 0 5 2.77 W (5-1) SFG May 17 W, 9-5 vs Cubs Start 7.0 11 33 4 3 0 1 0 11 2.89 W (6-1) SFG May 23 W, 3-2 vs Astros Start 7.0 6 29 2 2 0 2 0 5 2.86 SFG May 27 L, 1-3 vs Dodgers Start 7.0 6 27 2 2 0 1 0 4 2.83 L (6-2) SFG May 31 L, 0-1 at Astros Start 8.1 5 30 1 1 0 1 0 4 2.66 L (6-3) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SFG Jun 05 L, 3-4 at Phillies Start 7.0 5 27 4 4 3 2 0 7 2.85 L (6-4) SFG Jun 10 W, 2-1 at Mets Start 7.1 7 28 1 1 0 2 0 8 2.73 W (7-4) SFG Jun 14 W, 2-1 vs Phillies Start 8.1 5 29 1 1 0 1 0 2 2.60 W (8-4) SFG Jun 18 (1) W, 3-0 vs Mets Start 3 1 9.0 5 32 0 0 0 1 0 10 2.40 W (9-4) SFG Jun 23 W, 9-0 vs Braves Start 4 2 9.0 5 33 0 0 0 2 0 7 2.23 W (10-4) SFG Jun 27 W, 9-1 at Padres Start 5 9.0 6 34 1 1 0 4 0 3 2.14 W (11-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SFG Jul 02 L, 7-9 at Braves Start 6.0 7 28 5 5 1 4 0 3 2.37 SFG Jul 07 (1) W, 7-6 at Reds Start 5.0 8 24 2 2 0 3 0 3 2.42 W (12-4) SFG Jul 15 W, 6-5 at Pirates Start 7.0 8 30 5 5 0 1 1 2 2.60 SFG Jul 19 (1) W, 7-4 at Cubs Start 8.0 10 36 4 4 0 2 0 3 2.69 W (13-4) SFG Jul 25 W, 3-2 vs Cardinals Start 6 9.0 9 36 2 2 0 0 1 10 2.66 W (14-4) SFG Jul 30 (2) W, 1-0 vs Cubs Start 7 3 9.0 6 33 0 0 0 1 0 5 2.52 W (15-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SFG Aug 04 W, 2-1 vs Dodgers Start 8.2 2 30 1 1 1 2 0 5 2.45 W (16-4) SFG Aug 10 L, 2-12 at Dodgers Start 3.2 9 23 7 7 2 3 0 2 2.74 L (16-5) SFG Aug 16 L, 0-1 at Expos Start 8 8.0 3 31 1 1 0 3 1 8 2.67 L (16-6) SFG Aug 21 W, 4-2 at Mets Start 8.0 7 31 2 2 0 2 0 1 2.66 SFG Aug 27 (1) L, 1-2 vs Expos Start 9.1 4 36 2 1 0 2 1 9 2.58 L (16-7) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SFG Sep 02 L, 1-3 vs Phillies Start 7.0 7 29 1 1 0 2 0 5 2.54 SFG Sep 07 L, 5-6 at Braves Start 6.0 4 26 3 3 1 5 0 4 2.59 SFG Sep 11 L, 2-7 vs Dodgers Start 4.0 4 18 4 4 1 3 0 3 2.70 L (16-8) SFG Sep 15 L, 1-6 vs Reds Start 3.0 7 15 5 4 0 0 0 2 2.82 L (16-9) SFG Sep 20 W, 6-3 at Padres Start 7.0 11 32 3 2 0 1 0 4 2.81 W (17-9) SFG Sep 24 (1) W, 7-0 vs Astros Start 9 4 9.0 8 35 0 0 0 0 0 6 2.71 W (18-9) SFG Sep 30 L, 4-7 at Astros Start 6.0 10 28 5 4 0 2 0 2 2.79 L (18-10)

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      18  10   2.79   35  35   9   0   0   4  258.0  233  1042   87   80  12   66   4  171   21-14  3.91 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              143   15   38   49   7   2   0   15   3   0    8   0   0   30   0  .266  .343  .301  .643
vs RHB              805   67  195  269  24   7  12   64  11  15   58   4   0  141  19  .242  .334  .294  .629

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home            10   4   1.92   17  17   6   0   0   4  131.1  106   514   32   28   4   24   2  104   11-6   3.71 runs/start
Road             8   6   3.69   18  18   3   0   0   0  126.2  127   528   55   52   8   42   2   67   10-8   4.11 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              9   2   2.13   15  15   3   0   0   3  118.1   99   469   31   28   2   24   2   89   10-5   3.87 runs/start
Night            9   8   3.35   20  20   6   0   0   1  139.2  134   573   56   52  10   42   2   82   11-9   3.95 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            2   1   3.60    4   4   1   0   0   0   30.0   28   122   14   12   2    9   0   20    2-2   4.25 runs/start
May              4   2   2.14    7   7   1   0   0   0   54.2   48   216   14   13   1    9   0   37    5-2   3.71 runs/start
June             5   1   1.27    6   6   3   0   0   2   49.2   33   183    7    7   3   12   0   37    5-1   4.67 runs/start
July             4   0   3.68    6   6   2   0   0   1   44.0   48   187   18   18   1   11   2   26    5-1   5.17 runs/start
August           1   3   2.87    5   5   1   0   0   0   37.2   25   151   13   12   3   12   2   25    2-3   1.80 runs/start
September        2   3   3.86    7   7   1   0   0   1   42.0   51   183   21   18   2   13   0   26    2-5   3.71 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   2.08    4   4   1   0   0   1   30.1   29   122    8    7   0    5   0   17    2-2   3.50 runs/start
Braves           3   0   2.92    5   5   2   0   0   1   37.0   28   147   12   12   3   16   0   22    3-2   6.20 runs/start
Cardinals        3   0   2.08    3   3   2   0   0   0   26.0   25   103    6    6   1    3   1   17    3-0   4.67 runs/start
Cubs             4   0   2.23    4   4   1   0   0   1   32.1   31   132    9    8   0    5   0   25    4-0   4.75 runs/start
Dodgers          1   3   5.40    4   4   0   0   0   0   23.1   21    98   14   14   4    9   0   14    1-3   1.75 runs/start
Expos            0   2   1.04    2   2   1   0   0   0   17.1    7    67    3    2   0    5   2   17    0-2   0.50 runs/start
Mets             2   0   1.11    3   3   1   0   0   1   24.1   19    91    3    3   0    5   0   19    3-0   3.00 runs/start
Padres           2   0   1.69    2   2   1   0   0   0   16.0   17    66    4    3   0    5   0    7    2-0   7.50 runs/start
Phillies         1   1   2.42    3   3   0   0   0   0   22.1   17    85    6    6   3    5   0   14    1-2   2.00 runs/start
Pirates          0   0   6.43    1   1   0   0   0   0    7.0    8    30    5    5   0    1   1    2    1-0   6.00 runs/start
Reds             1   2   5.73    4   4   0   0   0   0   22.0   31   101   17   14   1    7   0   17    1-3   3.75 runs/start

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