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Game Log for 1973
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 11 L, 1-4 at Angels Finish 3.0 2 12 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.00 MIN Apr 28 L, 3-11 at Yankees Middle 2.0 5 11 4 4 2 0 0 1 7.20 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN May 08 L, 4-14 vs Yankees Middle 1.2 3 12 4 4 0 5 0 1 10.80 MIN May 26 L, 2-7 vs Orioles Finish 4.1 4 18 2 2 0 3 0 0 8.18 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN Jun 01 L, 3-8 vs Tigers Finish 2.0 2 8 1 1 0 1 0 0 7.62 MIN Jun 06 (2) W, 13-9 at Indians Start 6.0 4 23 1 1 1 1 0 4 5.68 W (1-0) MIN Jun 13 L, 3-4 vs Brewers Start 7.0 10 29 2 2 1 0 0 6 4.85 MIN Jun 17 L, 0-6 at Tigers Start 6.1 9 29 5 5 1 1 0 3 5.29 L (1-1) MIN Jun 22 L, 3-4 vs Angels Start 8.1 8 34 4 4 0 2 0 4 5.09 L (1-2) MIN Jun 26 W, 4-0 at White Sox Start 1 1 9.0 4 34 0 0 0 3 0 15 4.17 W (2-2) MIN Jun 30 W, 6-3 at Angels Start 7.0 8 32 2 2 0 5 0 6 3.97 W (3-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN Jul 05 L, 10-12 vs Royals Start 5.1 9 28 8 8 0 4 0 2 4.79 L (3-3) MIN Jul 09 L, 0-2 vs Red Sox Start 2 9.0 7 34 2 2 1 3 0 4 4.44 L (3-4) MIN Jul 13 L, 2-11 vs Indians Start 6.2 9 34 7 7 0 7 0 3 4.87 L (3-5) MIN Jul 19 W, 6-2 at Red Sox Start 3 9.0 5 37 2 1 1 4 0 4 4.47 W (4-5) MIN Jul 28 W, 6-5 vs White Sox Start 8.0 9 34 4 3 0 2 0 5 4.37 W (5-5) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN Aug 02 W, 6-3 at A's Start 6.1 6 30 3 3 0 6 0 6 4.37 W (6-5) MIN Aug 07 (1) W, 4-2 vs Orioles Start 6.0 5 27 2 2 0 5 0 5 4.29 W (7-5) MIN Aug 11 L, 6-7 at Brewers Start 5.1 3 22 2 2 0 3 0 3 4.25 MIN Aug 15 W, 9-7 vs Tigers Start 6.0 8 28 6 2 2 2 0 5 4.18 MIN Aug 19 (2) L, 3-4 at Indians Start 7.0 4 29 3 1 0 2 0 3 4.02 MIN Aug 24 W, 3-0 vs Brewers Start 4 2 9.0 4 31 0 0 0 2 0 10 3.75 W (8-5) MIN Aug 28 W, 5-0 at Tigers Start 5 3 9.0 5 32 0 0 0 4 0 5 3.52 W (9-5) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN Sep 02 L, 0-2 at Rangers Start 7.2 5 35 2 2 0 6 0 3 3.46 L (9-6) MIN Sep 07 L, 2-5 vs White Sox Start 2.0 5 14 4 4 1 3 0 0 3.65 L (9-7) MIN Sep 11 W, 6-3 vs Rangers Start 5.2 7 27 3 3 0 3 0 4 3.69 W (10-7) MIN Sep 15 L, 4-11 at White Sox Start 2.0 6 16 6 6 1 4 0 1 3.98 L (10-8) MIN Sep 19 L, 0-3 vs A's Start 6 9.0 8 35 3 3 1 3 0 3 3.93 L (10-9) MIN Sep 23 L, 7-15 vs Angels Start 0.2 3 8 5 5 0 3 0 2 4.17 L (10-10)

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      10  10   3.89   24  24   6   0   0   3  157.1  151   682   76   68  10   78   0  106   11-13  4.50 runs/start
Middle relief    0   0  19.64    2   0   0   0   0   0    3.2    8    23    8    8   2    5   0    2    0-2 
As closer        0   0   2.89    3   0   0   3   0   0    9.1    8    38    3    3   0    5   0    1    0-3 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              296   26   73  102   6   1   7   25   4   5   44   0   4   45   7  .247  .345  .350  .694
vs RHB              347   45   94  128  15   2   5   43   8   7   44   0   0   64   9  .271  .369  .351  .720

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             4   7   5.16   16  13   3   2   0   1   90.2  101   401   57   52   6   48   0   54    5-11  4.23 runs/start
Road             6   3   3.05   13  11   3   1   0   2   79.2   66   342   30   27   6   40   0   55    6-7   4.82 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              0   3   5.90    6   5   0   0   0   0   29.0   29   134   21   19   3   15   0   15    0-6   3.20 runs/start
Night           10   7   3.82   23  19   6   3   0   3  141.1  138   609   66   60   9   73   0   94   11-12  4.84 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   0   7.20    2   0   0   1   0   0    5.0    7    23    4    4   2    1   0    2    0-2 
May              0   0   9.00    2   0   0   1   0   0    6.0    7    30    6    6   0    8   0    1    0-2 
June             3   2   2.96    7   6   1   1   0   1   45.2   45   189   15   15   3   13   0   38    3-4   4.83 runs/start
July             2   3   4.97    5   5   2   0   0   0   38.0   39   167   23   21   2   20   0   18    2-3   4.80 runs/start
August           4   0   1.85    7   7   2   0   0   2   48.2   35   199   16   10   2   24   0   37    5-2   5.14 runs/start
September        1   5   7.67    6   6   1   0   0   0   27.0   34   135   23   23   3   22   0   13    1-5   3.17 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           1   2   5.21    4   3   0   1   0   0   19.0   21    86   11   11   0   11   0   13    1-3   5.33 runs/start
A's              1   1   3.52    2   2   1   0   0   0   15.1   14    65    6    6   1    9   0    9    1-1   3.00 runs/start
Brewers          1   0   1.69    3   3   1   0   0   1   21.1   17    82    4    4   1    5   0   19    1-2   4.00 runs/start
Indians          1   1   4.12    3   3   0   0   0   0   19.2   17    86   11    9   1   10   0   10    1-2   6.00 runs/start
Orioles          1   0   3.48    2   1   0   1   0   0   10.1    9    45    4    4   0    8   0    5    1-1   4.00 runs/start
Rangers          1   1   3.38    2   2   0   0   0   0   13.1   12    62    5    5   0    9   0    7    1-1   3.00 runs/start
Red Sox          1   1   1.50    2   2   2   0   0   0   18.0   12    71    4    3   2    7   0    8    1-1   3.00 runs/start
Royals           0   1  13.50    1   1   0   0   0   0    5.1    9    28    8    8   0    4   0    2    0-1   10.00 runs/start
Tigers           1   1   3.09    4   3   1   1   0   1   23.1   24    97   12    8   3    8   0   13    2-2   4.67 runs/start
White Sox        2   2   5.57    4   4   1   0   0   1   21.0   24    98   14   13   2   12   0   21    2-2   4.00 runs/start
Yankees          0   0  19.64    2   0   0   0   0   0    3.2    8    23    8    8   2    5   0    2    0-2 

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