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John Denny

Game Log for 1978
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SLC Apr 10 W, 11-2 vs Pirates Start 1 9.0 7 36 2 2 0 2 0 4 2.00 W (1-0) SLC Apr 15 L, 2-3 vs Phillies Start 9.0 10 37 2 2 0 1 0 6 2.00 SLC Apr 22 L, 7-8 at Pirates Start 6.0 8 26 3 3 1 1 0 5 2.62 SLC Apr 26 W, 12-2 at Expos Start 2 9.0 9 37 2 2 0 2 0 5 2.45 W (2-0) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SLC May 01 L, 1-2 vs Giants Start 7.1 6 30 2 2 0 2 0 5 2.45 L (2-1) SLC May 06 W, 1-0 vs Padres Start 3 1 9.0 2 31 0 0 0 2 0 6 2.01 W (3-1) SLC May 10 W, 6-5 at Dodgers Start 3.0 8 19 5 5 0 3 0 2 2.75 SLC May 14 (1) L, 4-5 at Giants Start 7.2 4 30 4 4 2 3 0 3 3.00 SLC May 19 L, 2-6 at Cubs Start 4.0 5 18 4 4 0 2 0 0 3.38 L (3-2) SLC May 24 W, 2-0 vs Expos Start 4 2 9.0 2 28 0 0 0 1 0 3 2.96 W (4-2) SLC May 28 L, 0-2 vs Cubs Start 5.0 6 21 2 1 0 0 0 1 2.88 L (4-3) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SLC Jun 02 L, 1-2 at Astros Start 5 8.1 5 31 2 2 1 1 1 1 2.81 L (4-4) SLC Jun 06 W, 4-1 vs Reds Start 6 9.0 5 34 1 1 0 3 0 4 2.64 W (5-4) SLC Jun 11 W, 5-3 vs Astros Start 7 9.0 6 34 3 3 2 2 0 1 2.67 W (6-4) SLC Jun 16 L, 0-4 at Reds Start 6.0 6 28 4 4 1 5 0 3 2.85 L (6-5) SLC Jun 22 L, 1-2 at Phillies Start 8 8.0 3 26 2 1 0 0 0 5 2.74 L (6-6) SLC Jun 26 L, 8-11 at Pirates Start 3.0 6 15 4 4 0 2 0 2 2.97 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SLC Jul 01 L, 2-3 at Expos Start 7.0 5 25 2 2 1 1 0 4 2.95 SLC Jul 06 W, 3-2 vs Pirates Start 9 9.0 11 36 2 2 1 2 0 3 2.88 W (7-6) SLC Jul 13 W, 6-1 vs Dodgers Start 10 9.0 5 33 1 1 0 1 0 4 2.77 W (8-6) SLC Jul 17 L, 7-9 vs Giants Start 2.2 7 15 5 4 0 1 0 1 2.96 SLC Jul 22 L, 3-4 at Dodgers Start 6.1 10 32 4 4 1 4 1 2 3.07 L (8-7) SLC Jul 28 L, 3-8 at Padres Start 6.0 7 26 3 3 1 3 1 3 3.12 L (8-8) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SLC Aug 12 W, 5-1 at Mets Start 7.0 1 25 1 0 0 3 0 4 2.99 W (9-8) SLC Aug 17 W, 4-3 vs Braves Start 8.0 4 29 2 2 0 2 0 4 2.96 W (10-8) SLC Aug 22 L, 4-5 at Reds Start 7.0 3 31 4 4 1 8 0 1 3.04 SLC Aug 27 W, 14-3 at Braves Start 5.0 8 21 2 2 0 2 0 3 3.06 W (11-8) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SLC Sep 01 L, 2-5 vs Reds Start 8.0 8 35 4 4 0 5 0 5 3.12 L (11-9) SLC Sep 06 L, 1-4 vs Pirates Start 6.0 9 27 3 3 0 1 1 2 3.16 L (11-10) SLC Sep 11 L, 1-3 at Expos Start 11 8.0 9 30 3 3 1 0 0 3 3.17 L (11-11) SLC Sep 16 W, 4-1 at Cubs Start 7.2 4 30 1 1 0 2 0 2 3.10 W (12-11) SLC Sep 23 W, 5-1 vs Cubs Start 8.0 5 30 1 1 0 2 0 4 3.03 W (13-11) SLC Sep 30 W, 6-1 vs Expos Start 8.0 6 30 1 1 0 1 0 2 2.96 W (14-11)

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      14  11   2.96   33  33  11   0   0   2  234.0  200   936   81   77  13   70   4  103   15-18  4.15 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              358   34   95  130   9   4   6   33   8   3   32   1   1   28  18  .265  .363  .327  .690
vs RHB              482   42  105  150  22   1   7   39   7   9   38   3   5   75  16  .218  .311  .284  .595

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home            10   4   2.09   16  16   7   0   0   2  125.0   99   486   31   29   3   28   1   55   10-6   3.75 runs/start
Road             4   7   3.96   17  17   4   0   0   0  109.0  101   450   50   48  10   42   3   48    5-12  4.53 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              7   2   2.53   13  13   2   0   0   0   92.1   77   364   28   26   6   22   0   40    7-6   5.23 runs/start
Night            7   9   3.24   20  20   9   0   0   2  141.2  123   572   53   51   7   48   4   63    8-12  3.45 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            2   0   2.45    4   4   2   0   0   0   33.0   34   136    9    9   1    6   0   20    2-2   8.00 runs/start
May              2   3   3.20    7   7   2   0   0   2   45.0   33   177   17   16   2   13   0   20    3-4   2.29 runs/start
June             2   3   3.12    6   6   4   0   0   0   43.1   31   168   16   15   4   13   1   16    2-4   3.17 runs/start
July             2   2   3.60    6   6   2   0   0   0   40.0   45   167   17   16   4   12   2   17    2-4   4.00 runs/start
August           3   0   2.67    4   4   0   0   0   0   27.0   16   106    9    8   1   15   0   12    3-1   6.75 runs/start
September        3   3   2.56    6   6   1   0   0   0   45.2   41   182   13   13   1   11   1   18    3-3   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
Astros           1   1   2.60    2   2   2   0   0   0   17.1   11    65    5    5   3    3   1    2    1-1   3.00 runs/start
Braves           2   0   2.77    2   2   0   0   0   0   13.0   12    50    4    4   0    4   0    7    2-0   9.00 runs/start
Cubs             2   2   2.55    4   4   0   0   0   0   24.2   20    99    8    7   0    6   0    7    2-2   2.75 runs/start
Dodgers          1   1   4.91    3   3   1   0   0   0   18.1   23    84   10   10   1    8   1    8    2-1   5.00 runs/start
Expos            3   1   1.76    5   5   3   0   0   1   41.0   31   150    8    8   2    5   0   17    3-2   4.60 runs/start
Giants           0   1   5.09    3   3   0   0   0   0   17.2   17    75   11   10   2    6   0    9    0-3   4.00 runs/start
Mets             1   0   0.00    1   1   0   0   0   0    7.0    1    25    1    0   0    3   0    4    1-0   5.00 runs/start
Padres           1   1   1.80    2   2   1   0   0   1   15.0    9    57    3    3   1    5   1    9    1-1   2.00 runs/start
Phillies         0   1   1.59    2   2   1   0   0   0   17.0   13    63    4    3   0    1   0   11    0-2   1.50 runs/start
Pirates          2   1   3.82    5   5   2   0   0   0   33.0   41   140   14   14   2    8   1   16    2-3   6.00 runs/start
Reds             1   2   3.90    4   4   1   0   0   0   30.0   22   128   13   13   2   21   0   13    1-3   2.50 runs/start

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