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Bert Blyleven

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 PIT Apr 06 L, 2-3 vs Expos Start 7.0 5 28 2 2 1 2 0 3 2.57 PIT Apr 11 L, 4-5 at Phillies Start 1 8.0 10 36 5 5 1 2 0 6 4.20 L (0-1) PIT Apr 17 L, 2-13 vs Phillies Start 2.2 10 19 7 7 2 1 0 1 7.13 L (0-2) PIT Apr 21 L, 4-5 at Astros Start 5.2 10 30 4 4 0 3 1 4 6.94 PIT Apr 25 W, 3-2 at Reds Start 6.2 5 27 2 2 0 2 0 5 6.00 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT May 01 L, 2-5 vs Braves Start 8.0 2 28 2 2 1 3 0 6 5.21 PIT May 05 W, 6-5 at Cardinals Start 3.2 6 18 4 4 1 3 0 4 5.62 PIT May 11 L, 4-8 vs Reds Start 6.0 7 24 4 4 2 0 0 5 5.66 PIT May 16 W, 4-3 vs Mets Start 8.0 5 33 3 2 0 3 1 2 5.17 PIT May 21 W, 4-2 at Expos Start 8.1 6 31 2 1 1 2 0 6 4.64 W (1-2) PIT May 26 L, 8-10 at Mets Start 2.2 5 15 5 5 0 1 1 3 5.13 PIT May 31 W, 4-3 vs Cubs Start 6.0 7 28 2 2 2 3 0 4 4.95 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT Jun 05 W, 3-1 vs Dodgers Start 7.1 6 34 1 1 1 7 0 5 4.61 W (2-2) PIT Jun 10 L, 4-7 vs Giants Start 5.0 10 25 3 2 0 1 1 4 4.55 PIT Jun 15 W, 6-2 at Dodgers Start 7.2 4 31 0 0 0 3 1 6 4.18 W (3-2) PIT Jun 22 W, 7-2 vs Cubs Start 6.2 6 29 2 1 1 4 0 4 3.99 W (4-2) PIT Jun 26 W, 2-1 at Mets Start 8.0 4 28 1 1 0 1 0 8 3.77 W (5-2) PIT Jun 30 L, 3-5 vs Expos Start 6.0 7 27 4 4 2 2 1 5 3.89 L (5-3) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT Jul 04 W, 6-4 at Cardinals Start 6.0 9 26 2 2 0 2 0 3 3.85 W (6-3) PIT Jul 08 (2) W, 2-1 at Reds Start 7.0 5 26 1 1 0 1 0 5 3.70 PIT Jul 12 W, 5-3 at Astros Start 6.1 6 28 2 2 0 2 1 4 3.66 W (7-3) PIT Jul 19 (1) W, 9-5 vs Astros Start 3.1 8 20 5 5 1 4 0 4 3.90 PIT Jul 23 (1) W, 7-1 vs Braves Start 2 9.0 4 32 1 1 0 1 0 6 3.72 W (8-3) PIT Jul 27 (2) W, 9-1 at Expos Start 3 9.0 5 34 1 1 0 3 0 9 3.56 W (9-3) PIT Jul 31 L, 1-2 vs Mets Start 7.0 7 31 2 2 0 5 0 4 3.52 L (9-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT Aug 05 (1) W, 12-8 vs Phillies Start 4.0 5 22 7 5 1 4 0 4 3.71 PIT Aug 10 (1) L, 3-4 at Phillies Start 7.0 7 30 3 3 0 2 1 1 3.72 PIT Aug 15 W, 5-1 vs Padres Start 4 9.0 4 31 1 1 1 2 0 5 3.58 W (10-4) PIT Aug 20 W, 6-5 vs Giants Start 6.0 10 30 5 5 1 1 0 8 3.71 PIT Aug 25 W, 4-3 at Padres Start 7.0 6 33 2 1 0 6 0 7 3.62 PIT Aug 29 W, 4-1 at Dodgers Start 7.0 6 29 1 1 1 1 0 8 3.54 W (11-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT Sep 03 (1) L, 0-2 vs Phillies Start 6.0 6 24 1 1 0 0 0 4 3.48 L (11-5) PIT Sep 08 L, 2-3 at Mets Start 7.0 8 30 2 2 1 2 0 2 3.45 PIT Sep 15 W, 5-4 vs Mets Start 6.2 7 30 4 4 0 1 0 7 3.51 PIT Sep 19 (1) W, 9-6 at Phillies Start 5.0 8 23 2 2 0 0 0 5 3.51 PIT Sep 24 (1) W, 5-2 vs Expos Start 6.0 7 24 2 2 0 2 0 4 3.50 W (12-5) PIT Sep 29 L, 6-7 vs Cubs Start 5.2 5 24 5 5 0 2 0 1 3.60

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      12   5   3.60   37  37   4   0   0   0  237.1  238  1018  102   95  21   84   8  172   23-14  4.65 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              392   46   95  139  18   4   6   46  13   7   42   5   1   83   7  .242  .355  .321  .675
vs RHB              505   50  143  215  21   3  15   47  15   4   42   3   5   89  11  .283  .426  .346  .772

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             5   4   4.16   20  20   2   0   0   0  125.1  128   543   63   58  16   48   3   86   11-9   4.55 runs/start
Road             7   1   2.97   17  17   2   0   0   0  112.0  110   475   39   37   5   36   5   86   12-5   4.76 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              2   2   4.15   13  13   0   0   0   0   78.0   83   335   40   36   6   22   3   52    6-7   4.38 runs/start
Night           10   3   3.33   24  24   4   0   0   0  159.1  155   683   62   59  15   62   5  120   17-7   4.79 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            0   2   6.00    5   5   1   0   0   0   30.0   40   140   20   20   4   10   1   19    1-4   3.00 runs/start
May              1   0   4.22    7   7   0   0   0   0   42.2   38   177   22   20   7   15   2   30    4-3   4.57 runs/start
June             4   1   1.99    6   6   0   0   0   0   40.2   37   174   11    9   4   18   3   32    4-2   4.17 runs/start
July             4   1   2.64    7   7   2   0   0   0   47.2   44   197   14   14   1   18   1   35    6-1   5.57 runs/start
August           2   0   3.60    6   6   1   0   0   0   40.0   38   175   19   16   4   16   1   33    5-1   5.67 runs/start
September        1   1   3.96    6   6   0   0   0   0   36.1   41   155   16   16   1    7   0   23    3-3   4.50 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   0   6.46    3   3   0   0   0   0   15.1   24    78   11   11   1    9   2   12    2-1   6.00 runs/start
Braves           1   0   1.59    2   2   1   0   0   0   17.0    6    60    3    3   1    4   0   12    1-1   4.50 runs/start
Cardinals        1   0   5.59    2   2   0   0   0   0    9.2   15    44    6    6   1    5   0    7    2-0   6.00 runs/start
Cubs             1   0   3.93    3   3   0   0   0   0   18.1   18    81    9    8   3    9   0    9    2-1   5.67 runs/start
Dodgers          3   0   0.82    3   3   0   0   0   0   22.0   16    94    2    2   2   11   1   19    3-0   4.33 runs/start
Expos            3   1   2.48    5   5   1   0   0   0   36.1   30   144   11   10   4   11   1   27    3-2   4.60 runs/start
Giants           0   0   5.73    2   2   0   0   0   0   11.0   20    55    8    7   1    2   1   12    1-1   5.00 runs/start
Mets             1   1   3.66    6   6   0   0   0   0   39.1   36   167   17   16   1   13   2   26    3-3   3.67 runs/start
Padres           1   0   1.12    2   2   1   0   0   0   16.0   10    64    3    2   1    8   0   12    2-0   4.50 runs/start
Phillies         0   3   6.34    6   6   1   0   0   0   32.2   46   154   25   23   4    9   1   21    2-4   5.00 runs/start
Reds             0   0   3.20    3   3   0   0   0   0   19.2   17    77    7    7   2    3   0   15    2-1   3.00 runs/start

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