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Game Log for 1972
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Apr 17 W, 7-2 vs Giants Start 7.0 6 28 2 2 0 2 0 3 2.57 W (1-0) HOU Apr 23 W, 13-7 at Giants Start 7.0 6 31 6 6 1 3 0 1 5.14 HOU Apr 28 L, 2-7 vs Cardinals Start 5.2 10 28 5 5 0 1 0 6 5.95 L (1-1) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU May 05 W, 3-0 at Cubs Start 1 1 9.0 5 31 0 0 0 3 0 3 4.08 W (2-1) HOU May 12 L, 2-4 vs Pirates Start 8.2 9 36 4 4 1 1 0 6 4.10 L (2-2) HOU May 17 W, 9-0 vs Braves Start 2 2 9.0 4 31 0 0 0 1 0 4 3.30 W (3-2) HOU May 22 W, 7-0 at Padres Start 3 3 9.0 4 31 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.77 W (4-2) HOU May 28 L, 5-6 vs Dodgers Start 8.0 8 35 5 4 0 3 0 4 2.98 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Jun 02 W, 7-1 at Expos Start 4 9.0 8 37 1 1 0 2 0 7 2.74 W (5-2) HOU Jun 08 L, 2-7 at Phillies Start 5.0 10 25 4 4 0 1 0 3 3.03 L (5-3) HOU Jun 13 L, 1-5 vs Expos Start 5.0 8 22 4 4 1 0 0 2 3.28 L (5-4) HOU Jun 19 W, 3-0 vs Mets Start 5 4 9.0 1 29 0 0 0 2 0 3 2.96 W (6-4) HOU Jun 24 W, 4-1 at Reds Start 6 9.0 7 34 1 1 1 0 0 4 2.78 W (7-4) HOU Jun 29 W, 8-6 at Dodgers Start 5.2 7 24 3 3 0 1 0 1 2.89 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Jul 04 W, 6-0 vs Pirates Start 7 5 9.0 8 34 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.66 W (8-4) HOU Jul 09 W, 12-6 at Cardinals Start 4.2 10 25 6 6 3 1 0 2 3.01 HOU Jul 14 L, 2-5 at Pirates Start 4.0 8 19 4 3 0 1 0 0 3.13 L (8-5) HOU Jul 19 L, 0-6 vs Cardinals Start 4.1 7 23 6 5 1 3 0 2 3.38 L (8-6) HOU Jul 31 W, 3-2 vs Padres Start 8 9.0 8 39 2 2 0 4 0 2 3.28 W (9-6) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Aug 06 (1) W, 7-3 at Giants Start 6.1 6 26 3 3 1 1 0 3 3.33 W (10-6) HOU Aug 11 W, 6-3 vs Giants Start 9 9.0 10 37 3 3 1 2 0 9 3.31 W (11-6) HOU Aug 15 L, 2-3 at Expos Start 8.0 9 33 2 2 0 1 0 3 3.26 HOU Aug 19 L, 0-4 at Phillies Start 7.0 4 29 3 0 0 1 0 2 3.12 L (11-7) HOU Aug 23 W, 7-4 at Mets Start 10 9.0 6 35 4 4 1 4 0 9 3.16 W (12-7) HOU Aug 27 W, 8-2 vs Expos Start 11 9.0 8 39 2 2 0 3 0 8 3.11 W (13-7) HOU Aug 31 W, 5-1 vs Phillies Start 12 9.0 7 33 1 1 0 1 0 4 3.01 W (14-7) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Sep 04 L, 5-6 vs Braves Start 7.2 8 31 3 3 0 2 0 5 3.03 HOU Sep 08 W, 5-3 at Giants Start 7.0 6 29 3 3 2 2 0 6 3.06 W (15-7) HOU Sep 13 W, 6-5 vs Padres Start 2.0 5 11 2 2 0 0 0 3 3.11 HOU Sep 17 W, 15-11 vs Dodgers Start 3.0 5 16 6 6 1 2 0 2 3.32 HOU Sep 22 L, 3-4 vs Reds Start 0.2 1 6 2 2 0 3 0 0 3.40 L (15-8)

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      15   8   3.40   31  31  12   0   0   5  214.2  209   887   87   81  14   51   0  115   20-11  5.32 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              375   41  106  153  16   2   9   40   5   1   29   0   2   33   6  .283  .408  .334  .742
vs RHB              442   37  103  132   8   3   5   35   9   4   22   0   3   82  20  .233  .299  .272  .571

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             8   5   3.52   17  17   7   0   0   3  115.0  113   478   47   45   5   30   0   67   10-7   5.06 runs/start
Road             7   3   3.25   14  14   5   0   0   2   99.2   96   409   40   36   9   21   0   48   10-4   5.64 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              4   0   4.96    9   9   3   0   0   1   61.2   61   262   35   34   7   21   0   33    8-1   8.67 runs/start
Night           11   8   2.76   22  22   9   0   0   4  153.0  148   625   52   47   7   30   0   82   12-10  3.95 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            1   1   5.95    3   3   0   0   0   0   19.2   22    87   13   13   1    6   0   10    2-1   7.33 runs/start
May              3   1   1.65    5   5   3   0   0   3   43.2   30   164    9    8   1    8   0   21    3-2   5.20 runs/start
June             3   2   2.74    6   6   3   0   0   1   42.2   41   171   13   13   2    6   0   20    4-2   4.17 runs/start
July             2   2   4.65    5   5   2   0   0   1   31.0   41   140   18   16   4    9   0   10    3-2   4.60 runs/start
August           5   1   2.35    7   7   4   0   0   0   57.1   50   232   18   15   3   13   0   38    5-2   5.00 runs/start
September        1   1   7.08    5   5   0   0   0   0   20.1   25    93   16   16   3    9   0   16    3-2   6.80 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Braves           1   0   1.62    2   2   1   0   0   1   16.2   12    62    3    3   0    3   0    9    1-1   7.00 runs/start
Cardinals        0   2   9.82    3   3   0   0   0   0   14.2   27    76   17   16   4    5   0   10    1-2   4.67 runs/start
Cubs             1   0   0.00    1   1   1   0   0   1    9.0    5    31    0    0   0    3   0    3    1-0   3.00 runs/start
Dodgers          0   0   7.02    3   3   0   0   0   0   16.2   20    75   14   13   1    6   0    7    2-1   9.33 runs/start
Expos            2   1   2.61    4   4   2   0   0   0   31.0   33   131    9    9   1    6   0   20    2-2   4.50 runs/start
Giants           4   0   4.21    5   5   1   0   0   0   36.1   34   151   17   17   5   10   0   22    5-0   7.60 runs/start
Mets             2   0   2.00    2   2   2   0   0   1   18.0    7    64    4    4   1    6   0   12    2-0   5.00 runs/start
Padres           2   0   1.80    3   3   2   0   0   1   20.0   17    81    4    4   0    4   0    9    3-0   5.33 runs/start
Phillies         1   2   2.14    3   3   1   0   0   0   21.0   21    87    8    5   0    3   0    9    1-2   2.33 runs/start
Pirates          1   2   2.91    3   3   1   0   0   1   21.2   25    89    8    7   1    2   0   10    1-2   3.33 runs/start
Reds             1   1   2.79    2   2   1   0   0   0    9.2    8    40    3    3   1    3   0    4    1-1   3.50 runs/start

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