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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 KCR Apr 21 L, 4-10 at Red Sox Middle 2.2 3 15 4 1 2 3 0 2 3.37 KCR Apr 30 L, 7-8 vs Rangers Finish 6.2 3 24 2 0 0 1 1 1 0.96 L (0-1) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record KCR May 06 L, 4-5 at Indians Start 8.1 6 32 2 2 0 5 0 3 1.53 KCR May 11 L, 3-5 at White Sox Start 1 8.0 4 30 5 5 2 3 0 1 2.81 L (0-2) KCR May 16 W, 4-3 at Mariners Start 2 9.0 4 35 3 3 1 4 0 5 2.86 W (1-2) KCR May 22 L, 11-12 vs Mariners Start 1.2 6 12 4 4 1 1 0 1 3.72 KCR May 27 W, 2-1 at Twins Start 3 9.0 6 35 1 1 0 3 0 3 3.18 W (2-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record KCR Jun 07 L, 1-3 at Orioles Start 5.0 3 20 1 1 0 4 0 2 3.04 KCR Jun 11 L, 0-4 vs Red Sox Start 9.1 2 34 2 2 0 6 0 2 2.87 L (2-3) KCR Jun 16 L, 2-3 at Brewers Start 4 8.0 8 36 3 3 0 5 0 5 2.93 L (2-4) KCR Jun 21 L, 7-10 at A's Start 3.0 3 18 6 4 1 4 0 0 3.31 L (2-5) KCR Jun 27 W, 10-3 vs A's Start 8.0 6 35 2 2 1 6 0 4 3.20 W (3-5) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record KCR Jul 03 L, 0-10 at Red Sox Start 2.2 5 17 4 4 1 4 0 4 3.54 L (3-6) KCR Jul 07 W, 4-3 vs White Sox Finish 1.1 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 3.48 W (4-6) KCR Jul 09 L, 2-8 at Indians Middle 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.46 KCR Jul 21 L, 1-4 at Rangers Middle 0.1 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 3.44 KCR Jul 25 L, 2-6 at White Sox Finish 0.2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.42 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record KCR Aug 03 (1) W, 5-3 at Tigers Start 6.0 3 28 2 2 1 7 0 6 3.39 W (5-6) KCR Aug 14 L, 2-5 at Brewers Finish 1.0 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 3.35 KCR Aug 19 W, 11-7 at Orioles Finish 1.2 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 3.29 W (6-6) KCR Aug 28 L, 6-11 vs Brewers Middle 1.1 4 10 4 4 0 1 1 0 3.63 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record KCR Sep 14 L, 5-7 vs Mariners Middle 0.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.63

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       4   5   3.81   12  12   4   0   0   0   78.0   56   332   35   33   8   52   0   36    4-8   4.08 runs/start
Middle relief    0   0   9.00    5   0   0   0   0   0    5.0   10    32    8    5   2    5   2    3    0-5 
As closer        2   1   0.00    5   0   0   5   0   0   11.1    5    41    2    0   0    4   1    6    2-3 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              133   18   32   48   1   0   5   18   3   1   26   3   0   16   1  .241  .361  .372  .733
vs RHB              190   24   39   63   7   1   5   21   6   3   35   0   0   29   6  .205  .332  .322  .653

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             2   2   3.81    7   3   0   2   0   0   28.1   23   122   14   12   2   16   2    9    2-5   7.00 runs/start
Road             4   4   3.55   15   9   4   3   0   0   66.0   48   283   31   26   8   45   1   36    4-11  3.11 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              2   2   3.03    6   4   2   1   0   0   32.2   26   141   16   11   3   21   0   15    2-4   3.75 runs/start
Night            4   4   3.94   16   8   2   4   0   0   61.2   45   264   29   27   7   40   3   30    4-12  4.25 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   1   0.96    2   0   0   1   0   0    9.1    6    39    6    1   2    4   1    3    0-2 
May              2   1   3.75    5   5   3   0   0   0   36.0   26   144   15   15   4   16   0   13    2-3   4.80 runs/start
June             1   3   3.24    5   5   1   0   0   0   33.1   22   143   14   12   2   25   0   13    1-4   4.00 runs/start
July             1   1   6.35    5   1   0   2   0   0    5.2    7    29    4    4   1    6   1    7    1-4   0.00 runs/start
August           2   0   5.40    4   1   0   2   0   0   10.0    8    48    6    6   1   10   1    9    2-2   5.00 runs/start
September        0   0   0.00    1   0   0   0   0   0    0.0    2     2    0    0   0    0   0    0    0-1 

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
A's              1   1   4.91    2   2   0   0   0   0   11.0    9    53    8    6   2   10   0    4    1-1   8.50 runs/start
Brewers          0   1   6.10    3   1   1   1   0   0   10.1   13    51    7    7   0    7   1    6    0-3   2.00 runs/start
Indians          0   0   2.00    2   1   0   0   0   0    9.0    6    34    2    2   0    5   0    4    0-2   4.00 runs/start
Mariners         1   0   5.91    3   2   1   0   0   0   10.2   12    49    7    7   2    5   0    6    1-2   7.50 runs/start
Orioles          1   0   1.35    2   1   0   1   0   0    6.2    3    25    1    1   0    5   0    4    1-1   1.00 runs/start
Rangers          0   1   0.00    2   0   0   1   0   0    7.0    4    27    2    0   0    2   2    1    0-2 
Red Sox          0   2   4.30    3   2   0   0   0   0   14.2   10    66   10    7   3   13   0    8    0-3   0.00 runs/start
Tigers           1   0   3.00    1   1   0   0   0   0    6.0    3    28    2    2   1    7   0    6    1-0   5.00 runs/start
Twins            1   0   1.00    1   1   1   0   0   0    9.0    6    35    1    1   0    3   0    3    1-0   2.00 runs/start
White Sox        1   1   4.50    3   1   1   2   0   0   10.0    5    37    5    5   2    4   0    3    1-2   3.00 runs/start

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