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Game Log for 1974
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 06 W, 23-6 vs Twins Start 5.0 10 27 6 6 2 2 0 4 10.80 W (1-0) KCR Apr 10 W, 4-1 vs A's Start 1 9.0 6 34 1 1 0 2 0 6 4.50 W (2-0) KCR Apr 16 L, 2-3 at Rangers Start 2 8.0 5 29 3 2 1 2 0 5 3.68 L (2-1) KCR Apr 21 L, 7-11 at White Sox Start 5.2 11 34 8 7 1 4 1 8 5.20 L (2-2) KCR Apr 26 W, 4-2 vs Red Sox Start 3 9.0 6 35 2 2 0 6 0 5 4.42 W (3-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record KCR May 01 L, 1-2 vs Tigers Start 4 9.0 6 33 2 2 0 0 1 8 3.94 L (3-3) KCR May 05 W, 8-2 vs Yankees Start 5 9.0 6 35 2 2 0 3 0 6 3.62 W (4-3) KCR May 11 W, 10-2 at Angels Start 6 9.0 5 32 2 2 0 1 0 5 3.39 W (5-3) KCR May 16 W, 5-3 vs Rangers Start 8.1 9 35 3 3 1 2 0 6 3.38 W (6-3) KCR May 21 W, 4-2 vs Angels Start 6.2 6 27 1 1 0 4 0 4 3.20 W (7-3) KCR May 25 W, 4-3 vs White Sox Start 11.0 13 47 2 2 0 1 0 8 3.01 KCR May 29 L, 3-10 vs Orioles Start 6.1 8 28 7 6 0 1 0 4 3.38 L (7-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record KCR Jun 03 L, 3-4 at Orioles Start 5.2 7 27 4 4 0 5 0 2 3.54 L (7-5) KCR Jun 09 L, 6-8 vs Indians Start 5.0 9 25 5 4 1 2 0 4 3.71 L (7-6) KCR Jun 14 W, 4-3 at Tigers Start 7 9.0 8 38 3 3 0 2 1 3 3.66 W (8-6) KCR Jun 19 W, 2-0 at Brewers Start 8 1 9.0 0 28 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.39 W (9-6) KCR Jun 24 L, 1-3 vs White Sox Start 9 9.0 7 35 3 3 1 2 0 4 3.37 L (9-7) KCR Jun 29 W, 2-0 vs A's Start 10 2 9.0 5 30 0 0 0 1 0 6 3.15 W (10-7) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record KCR Jul 04 L, 3-11 at White Sox Start 6.0 9 28 6 6 1 0 1 3 3.39 L (10-8) KCR Jul 08 W, 5-0 at Red Sox Start 11 3 9.0 3 30 0 0 0 1 0 2 3.20 W (11-8) KCR Jul 12 W, 7-2 vs Tigers Start 12 9.0 10 37 2 2 0 3 0 7 3.13 W (12-8) KCR Jul 16 W, 5-4 vs Red Sox Start 13 9.0 9 37 4 3 0 1 0 9 3.13 W (13-8) KCR Jul 20 L, 2-6 at Yankees Start 1.0 7 11 4 4 0 1 0 0 3.31 L (13-9) KCR Jul 26 W, 3-2 at Angels Start 14 9.0 8 43 2 1 0 6 1 8 3.20 W (14-9) KCR Jul 31 W, 3-2 at Twins Start 8.1 8 35 2 2 0 1 1 5 3.15 W (15-9) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record KCR Aug 04 (1) W, 10-4 vs Angels Start 6.0 7 27 4 4 0 3 0 7 3.24 W (16-9) KCR Aug 09 W, 13-3 vs Brewers Start 7.0 10 29 3 3 0 0 0 9 3.26 W (17-9) KCR Aug 14 W, 9-1 at Tigers Start 15 9.0 5 37 1 1 0 5 0 7 3.17 W (18-9) KCR Aug 18 L, 0-1 at Orioles Start 16 8.1 6 34 1 1 0 4 0 5 3.09 L (18-10) KCR Aug 23 (1) W, 8-4 at Brewers Start 6.1 10 31 4 4 0 4 0 4 3.16 W (19-10) KCR Aug 27 (1) L, 8-12 vs Indians Start 7.1 15 37 8 8 1 1 0 3 3.37 L (19-11) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record KCR Sep 01 L, 1-7 vs Orioles Start 5.1 10 27 5 5 1 2 0 3 3.48 L (19-12) KCR Sep 05 L, 1-4 vs Twins Start 17 9.0 10 39 4 3 0 1 0 6 3.46 L (19-13) KCR Sep 09 (1) L, 0-3 at A's Start 18 8.0 7 31 3 3 1 2 0 4 3.46 L (19-14) KCR Sep 13 L, 5-6 at Twins Start 6.1 5 25 4 4 2 1 0 3 3.51 KCR Sep 17 W, 2-1 vs A's Start 19 9.0 3 34 1 0 0 3 0 8 3.40 W (20-14) KCR Sep 21 (2) W, 8-5 at Rangers Start 7.2 10 37 5 5 1 4 0 6 3.46 W (21-14) KCR Sep 26 W, 10-1 vs Angels Start 20 9.0 5 32 1 1 0 2 0 8 3.39 W (22-14)

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      22  14   3.39   38  38  20   0   0   3  292.1  284  1220  118  110  14   86   6  198   23-15  5.16 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              476   44  127  159  17   3   3   40   5   7   46   2   1   74   7  .267  .334  .333  .667
vs RHB              625   65  157  224  28   3  11   60  11   4   40   4   8  124  13  .251  .358  .308  .667

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home            13   7   3.29   21  21  11   0   0   1  167.0  170   690   66   61   7   42   1  125   14-7   5.81 runs/start
Road             9   7   3.52   17  17   9   0   0   2  125.1  114   530   52   49   7   44   5   73    9-8   4.35 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              5   5   5.31   10  10   3   0   0   0   62.2   79   287   39   37   5   23   2   47    5-5   7.00 runs/start
Night           17   9   2.86   28  28  17   0   0   3  229.2  205   933   79   73   9   63   4  151   18-10  4.50 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   2   4.42    5   5   3   0   0   0   36.2   38   159   20   18   4   16   1   28    3-2   8.00 runs/start
May              4   2   2.73    7   7   3   0   0   0   59.1   53   237   19   18   1   12   1   41    5-2   5.00 runs/start
June             3   3   2.70    6   6   4   0   0   2   46.2   36   183   15   14   2   13   1   22    3-3   3.00 runs/start
July             5   2   3.16    7   7   4   0   0   1   51.1   54   221   20   18   1   13   3   34    5-2   4.00 runs/start
August           4   2   4.30    6   6   2   0   0   0   44.0   53   195   21   21   1   17   0   35    4-2   8.00 runs/start
September        3   3   3.48    7   7   4   0   0   0   54.1   50   225   23   21   5   15   0   38    3-4   3.86 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           5   0   2.04    5   5   3   0   0   0   39.2   31   161   10    9   0   16   1   32    5-0   7.40 runs/start
A's              3   1   1.03    4   4   4   0   0   1   35.0   21   129    5    4   1    8   0   24    3-1   2.00 runs/start
Brewers          3   0   2.82    3   3   1   0   0   1   22.1   20    88    7    7   0    5   0   16    3-0   7.67 runs/start
Indians          0   2   8.76    2   2   0   0   0   0   12.1   24    62   13   12   2    3   0    7    0-2   7.00 runs/start
Orioles          0   4   5.61    4   4   1   0   0   0   25.2   31   116   17   16   1   12   0   14    0-4   1.75 runs/start
Rangers          2   1   3.75    3   3   1   0   0   0   24.0   24   101   11   10   3    8   0   17    2-1   5.00 runs/start
Red Sox          3   0   1.67    3   3   3   0   0   1   27.0   18   102    6    5   0    8   0   16    3-0   4.67 runs/start
Tigers           3   1   2.00    4   4   4   0   0   0   36.0   29   145    8    8   0   10   2   25    3-1   5.25 runs/start
Twins            2   1   4.71    4   4   1   0   0   0   28.2   33   126   16   15   4    5   1   18    2-2   8.00 runs/start
White Sox        0   3   5.12    4   4   1   0   0   0   31.2   40   144   19   18   3    7   2   23    1-3   3.75 runs/start
Yankees          1   1   5.40    2   2   1   0   0   0   10.0   13    46    6    6   0    4   0    6    1-1   5.00 runs/start

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