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Dennis Eckersley

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 BOS Apr 08 L, 5-6 at White Sox Start 7.0 4 27 2 2 0 1 0 1 2.57 BOS Apr 14 W, 5-4 vs Rangers Start 9.2 10 40 4 4 2 1 0 3 3.24 BOS Apr 18 W, 7-6 vs Brewers Start 5.1 8 26 6 6 2 3 0 0 4.91 BOS Apr 23 (2) L, 7-10 vs Indians Start 6.0 11 31 5 5 2 3 0 2 5.46 BOS Apr 29 L, 1-4 at Rangers Start 7.1 10 37 4 3 0 3 0 6 5.09 L (0-1) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record BOS May 04 W, 8-1 vs Twins Start 1 9.0 4 33 1 0 0 2 0 2 4.06 W (1-1) BOS May 09 W, 4-3 vs Royals Start 2 9.0 7 34 3 2 1 0 0 8 3.71 W (2-1) BOS May 14 W, 6-2 at Twins Start 6.2 8 32 2 2 2 4 0 2 3.60 W (3-1) BOS May 20 W, 6-5 at Tigers Start 6.0 9 26 5 5 2 1 0 0 3.95 BOS May 25 W, 9-5 at Blue Jays Start 7.0 10 32 3 3 1 1 0 2 3.95 W (4-1) BOS May 30 W, 4-0 vs Blue Jays Start 3 1 9.0 8 34 0 0 0 0 0 5 3.51 W (5-1) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record BOS Jun 04 L, 2-4 at Angels Start 7.2 10 38 4 4 2 4 1 5 3.61 L (5-2) BOS Jun 11 W, 5-3 at Mariners Start 7.0 7 29 2 2 0 2 0 4 3.54 W (6-2) BOS Jun 16 W, 6-3 vs Mariners Start 7.2 7 33 3 1 0 3 0 3 3.36 BOS Jun 21 W, 9-2 vs Yankees Start 4 9.0 6 35 2 2 1 1 0 7 3.26 W (7-2) BOS Jun 26 W, 4-1 at Yankees Start 7.2 7 34 1 1 0 4 0 7 3.12 W (8-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record BOS Jul 03 W, 9-5 vs Yankees Start 8.0 10 36 5 5 3 1 0 5 3.28 W (9-2) BOS Jul 08 (1) W, 12-5 at Indians Start 5 9.0 9 38 5 5 1 2 0 9 3.39 W (10-2) BOS Jul 16 (1) W, 5-3 vs Twins Start 7.0 11 32 3 3 0 1 0 3 3.41 W (11-2) BOS Jul 21 L, 0-9 at Royals Start 5.0 7 20 5 5 1 0 0 2 3.60 L (11-3) BOS Jul 26 L, 0-2 at Rangers Start 6 8.0 6 36 2 2 1 2 2 7 3.53 L (11-4) BOS Jul 31 W, 9-2 vs White Sox Start 7 9.0 6 34 2 2 1 2 0 7 3.45 W (12-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record BOS Aug 05 W, 8-1 at Brewers Start 8 9.0 8 35 1 1 0 0 0 9 3.32 W (13-4) BOS Aug 10 W, 6-5 vs Indians Start 5.2 8 29 4 3 1 2 2 5 3.37 BOS Aug 15 L, 2-5 at Angels Start 9 8.0 5 37 5 4 1 6 0 8 3.42 L (13-5) BOS Aug 20 W, 4-2 at A's Start 10 9.0 9 37 2 2 2 2 0 5 3.35 W (14-5) BOS Aug 25 W, 6-0 vs Angels Start 11 2 9.0 4 32 0 0 0 3 0 1 3.21 W (15-5) BOS Aug 30 (1) W, 2-1 vs Blue Jays Start 12 9.0 5 31 1 1 1 0 0 9 3.12 W (16-5) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record BOS Sep 04 L, 3-5 at Orioles Start 6.1 9 29 5 4 1 1 1 9 3.19 L (16-6) BOS Sep 09 L, 0-7 vs Yankees Start 3.2 7 21 7 6 0 1 2 3 3.38 L (16-7) BOS Sep 13 L, 1-2 at Indians Start 13 8.0 7 30 2 2 0 1 0 3 3.34 L (16-8) BOS Sep 17 W, 7-3 at Yankees Start 6.2 3 26 1 1 0 2 0 4 3.28 W (17-8) BOS Sep 21 W, 5-1 at Tigers Start 14 9.0 6 32 1 1 1 1 0 3 3.20 W (18-8) BOS Sep 26 W, 6-0 vs Tigers Start 15 3 9.0 7 34 0 0 0 2 0 4 3.09 W (19-8) BOS Sep 30 W, 5-1 vs Blue Jays Start 16 9.0 5 31 1 1 1 1 0 9 3.02 W (20-8)

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      20   8   3.02   35  35  16   0   0   3  268.1  258  1121   99   90  30   63   8  162   25-10  5.09 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              582   49  163  251  25   3  19   48  11   5   36   8   4   63  13  .280  .431  .333  .764
vs RHB              446   47   95  143  13   1  11   45  15   0   27   0   3   99   6  .213  .321  .260  .581

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home            11   1   2.75   17  17   9   0   0   3  134.0  124   546   47   41  15   26   4   76   15-2   5.76 runs/start
Road             9   7   3.28   18  18   7   0   0   0  134.1  134   575   52   49  15   37   4   86   10-8   4.44 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   3.81   14  14   3   0   0   0   99.1  107   429   44   42  14   25   5   53   11-3   5.07 runs/start
Night           13   6   2.56   21  21  13   0   0   3  169.0  151   692   55   48  16   38   3  109   14-7   5.10 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   5.09    5   5   0   0   0   0   35.1   43   161   21   20   6   11   0   12    2-3   5.00 runs/start
May              5   0   2.31    6   6   3   0   0   1   46.2   46   191   14   12   6    8   0   19    6-0   6.17 runs/start
June             3   1   2.31    5   5   1   0   0   0   39.0   37   169   12   10   3   14   1   26    4-1   5.20 runs/start
July             4   2   4.30    6   6   3   0   0   0   46.0   49   196   22   22   7    8   2   33    4-2   5.83 runs/start
August           4   1   1.99    6   6   5   0   0   1   49.2   39   201   13   11   5   13   2   37    5-1   4.67 runs/start
September        4   3   2.61    7   7   4   0   0   1   51.2   44   203   17   15   3    9   3   35    4-3   3.86 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   2.92    3   3   2   0   0   1   24.2   19   107    9    8   3   13   1   14    1-2   3.33 runs/start
A's              1   0   2.00    1   1   1   0   0   0    9.0    9    37    2    2   2    2   0    5    1-0   4.00 runs/start
Blue Jays        4   0   1.32    4   4   3   0   0   1   34.0   28   128    5    5   3    2   0   25    4-0   5.00 runs/start
Brewers          1   0   4.40    2   2   1   0   0   0   14.1   16    61    7    7   2    3   0    9    2-0   7.50 runs/start
Indians          1   1   4.71    4   4   2   0   0   0   28.2   35   128   16   15   4    8   2   19    2-2   6.50 runs/start
Mariners         1   0   1.84    2   2   0   0   0   0   14.2   14    62    5    3   0    5   0    7    2-0   5.50 runs/start
Orioles          0   1   5.68    1   1   0   0   0   0    6.1    9    29    5    4   1    1   1    9    0-1   3.00 runs/start
Rangers          0   2   3.24    3   3   1   0   0   0   25.0   26   113   10    9   3    6   2   16    1-2   2.00 runs/start
Royals           1   1   4.50    2   2   1   0   0   0   14.0   14    54    8    7   2    0   0   10    1-1   2.00 runs/start
Tigers           2   0   2.25    3   3   2   0   0   1   24.0   22    92    6    6   3    4   0    7    3-0   5.67 runs/start
Twins            3   0   1.99    3   3   1   0   0   0   22.2   23    97    6    5   2    7   0    7    3-0   6.33 runs/start
White Sox        1   0   2.25    2   2   1   0   0   0   16.0   10    61    4    4   1    3   0    8    1-1   7.00 runs/start
Yankees          4   1   3.86    5   5   1   0   0   0   35.0   33   152   16   15   4    9   2   26    4-1   5.80 runs/start

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