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Game Log for 1981
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN Apr 09 L, 1-5 vs A's Middle 0.1 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.00 MIN Apr 15 L, 5-6 at Mariners Middle 4.0 3 17 0 0 0 2 0 1 0.00 MIN Apr 18 W, 6-4 at Angels Middle 1.1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 MIN Apr 24 W, 7-5 vs Angels Middle 6.0 5 28 1 1 1 4 1 3 0.77 MIN Apr 27 L, 3-8 vs Mariners Finish 1.0 4 8 5 5 1 1 0 0 4.26 L (0-1) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN May 08 W, 8-7 vs Indians Middle 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.15 MIN May 09 L, 1-2 vs Indians Finish 0.2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.95 MIN May 13 L, 2-5 vs Red Sox Finish 2.1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.38 MIN May 14 L, 7-9 vs Red Sox Middle 1.2 1 8 2 2 1 3 0 0 4.08 L (0-2) MIN May 16 L, 0-7 vs Orioles Middle 2.2 4 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.98 MIN May 23 L, 0-1 at Royals Finish 2.2 4 12 1 1 0 0 1 2 3.91 L (0-3) MIN May 25 L, 3-4 at Rangers Middle 1.0 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 4.12 MIN May 28 L, 2-6 at Rangers Finish 0.2 2 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 4.38 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN Jun 02 L, 3-5 vs Rangers Finish 1.1 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 4.15 MIN Jun 05 L, 0-2 at Tigers Middle 0.2 0 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 4.39 MIN Jun 11 L, 2-7 vs Tigers Finish 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.28 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN Aug 14 (2) L, 3-13 vs Mariners Middle 3.1 3 13 3 3 2 0 0 0 4.70 MIN Aug 17 L, 2-12 at Tigers Finish 3.0 4 14 2 1 0 2 0 1 4.54 MIN Aug 22 L, 3-4 at Brewers Finish 0.0 2 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 4.81 L (0-4) MIN Aug 30 L, 1-6 vs Tigers Start 4.2 4 19 2 2 0 2 0 2 4.70 L (0-5) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN Sep 02 W, 4-3 vs Yankees Finish 1.2 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.50 W (1-5) MIN Sep 03 L, 3-4 vs Brewers Middle 2.0 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.29 MIN Sep 06 L, 7-8 vs Brewers Middle 3.2 3 13 1 1 0 0 0 2 4.14 MIN Sep 13 W, 7-6 vs White Sox Start 5.1 9 26 5 5 1 2 0 5 4.59 MIN Sep 24 L, 2-9 at Royals Middle 1.2 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 2 4.44 MIN Sep 28 L, 1-6 vs Royals Finish 2.2 4 14 2 2 1 1 1 1 4.55 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN Oct 04 L, 12-13 at White Sox Middle 3.1 4 16 4 0 1 3 0 3 4.30

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       0   1   6.30    2   2   0   0   0   0   10.0   13    45    7    7   1    4   0    7    1-1   4.00 runs/start
Middle relief    0   1   2.81   14   0   0   0   0   0   32.0   26   138   14   10   5   18   1   14    3-11
As closer        1   3   5.94   11   0   0  11   0   0   16.2   22    79   12   11   3    6   3   12    1-10

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB               94   15   27   39   1   1   3   14   7   0   11   3   0    9   1  .287  .415  .380  .795
vs RHB              129   20   34   55   3   0   6   18   1   1   17   1   1   24   6  .264  .426  .353  .780

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             1   3   4.91   17   2   0   7   0   0   40.1   39   175   22   22   7   17   2   21    4-13  4.00 runs/start
Road             0   2   2.95   10   0   0   4   0   0   18.1   22    87   11    6   2   11   2   12    1-9 

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              0   3   5.13   11   2   0   2   0   0   33.1   38   154   23   19   6   19   2   16    2-9   4.00 runs/start
Night            1   2   3.20   16   0   0   9   0   0   25.1   23   108   10    9   3    9   2   17    3-13

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            0   1   4.26    5   0   0   1   0   0   12.2   13    61    6    6   2    9   1    5    2-3 
May              0   2   4.50    8   0   0   4   0   0   12.0   13    51    6    6   2    3   1    7    1-7 
June             0   0   3.37    3   0   0   2   0   0    2.2    0    11    1    1   0    3   0    3    0-3 
August           0   2   5.73    4   1   0   2   0   0   11.0   13    50    8    7   2    5   1    3    0-4   1.00 runs/start
September        1   0   4.24    6   1   0   2   0   0   17.0   18    73    8    8   2    5   1   12    2-4   7.00 runs/start
October          0   0   0.00    1   0   0   0   0   0    3.1    4    16    4    0   1    3   0    3    0-1 

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           0   0   1.23    2   0   0   0   0   0    7.1    6    33    1    1   1    4   1    4    2-0 
A's              0   0   0.00    1   0   0   0   0   0    0.1    0     3    0    0   0    2   0    0    0-1 
Brewers          0   1   3.18    3   0   0   1   0   0    5.2    5    24    2    2   0    2   1    2    0-3 
Indians          0   0   0.00    2   0   0   1   0   0    1.0    1     4    0    0   0    0   0    2    1-1 
Mariners         0   1   8.64    3   0   0   1   0   0    8.1   10    38    8    8   3    3   0    1    0-3 
Orioles          0   0   3.37    1   0   0   0   0   0    2.2    4    12    1    1   0    0   0    0    0-1 
Rangers          0   0   6.00    3   0   0   2   0   0    3.0    3    13    2    2   1    1   0    4    0-3 
Red Sox          0   1   4.50    2   0   0   1   0   0    4.0    1    15    2    2   1    3   0    1    0-2 
Royals           0   1   3.86    3   0   0   2   0   0    7.0    9    33    3    3   1    2   2    5    0-3 
Tigers           0   1   4.00    4   1   0   2   0   0    9.0    8    39    5    4   0    6   0    4    0-4   1.00 runs/start
White Sox        0   0   5.19    2   1   0   0   0   0    8.2   13    42    9    5   2    5   0    8    1-1   7.00 runs/start
Yankees          1   0   0.00    1   0   0   1   0   0    1.2    1     6    0    0   0    0   0    2    1-0 

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