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Dock Ellis

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 TEX Apr 10 W, 5-2 vs Yankees Start 5.0 1 19 1 0 0 2 0 3 0.00 W (1-0) TEX Apr 15 L, 4-12 at Red Sox Start 1.0 4 9 6 5 2 1 0 0 7.50 L (1-1) TEX Apr 24 L, 6-8 vs Royals Start 5.0 4 24 5 5 0 4 0 0 8.18 TEX Apr 29 W, 4-1 vs Red Sox Start 1 9.0 5 33 1 1 0 4 0 3 4.95 W (2-1) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record TEX May 07 L, 2-3 at Yankees Start 10.0 6 36 2 1 1 1 0 2 3.60 TEX May 14 L, 2-3 vs Orioles Start 2 9.0 8 35 3 3 1 1 0 2 3.46 L (2-2) TEX May 19 (1) L, 5-6 at Mariners Start 5.0 6 24 5 5 0 3 0 2 4.09 TEX May 24 W, 3-2 at Twins Start 7.0 7 29 1 1 0 3 0 0 3.71 TEX May 29 (1) W, 7-1 vs Twins Start 7.0 1 24 0 0 0 2 0 3 3.26 W (3-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record TEX Jun 04 W, 9-5 at Blue Jays Start 6.0 7 27 5 5 2 2 0 1 3.66 W (4-2) TEX Jun 10 W, 4-3 vs White Sox Start 3 9.0 5 35 3 2 0 5 0 4 3.45 W (5-2) TEX Jun 16 (1) L, 3-8 vs Blue Jays Start 8.0 7 34 6 6 1 1 0 8 3.78 L (5-3) TEX Jun 22 W, 8-2 vs A's Start 7.0 6 27 2 2 1 0 0 3 3.68 W (6-3) TEX Jun 27 W, 3-1 at A's Start 8.0 4 28 1 0 0 3 0 1 3.38 W (7-3) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record TEX Jul 02 L, 3-4 at Angels Start 6.0 7 26 3 3 0 2 0 1 3.44 TEX Jul 07 L, 7-12 vs Tigers Start 0.1 3 6 3 3 0 2 0 0 3.69 L (7-4) TEX Jul 13 W, 12-7 at Red Sox Start 8.0 9 34 6 6 3 4 0 2 3.92 W (8-4) TEX Jul 18 L, 1-5 at Orioles Start 5.2 10 27 5 5 0 3 0 3 4.11 L (8-5) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record TEX Aug 21 L, 6-8 at Blue Jays Start 4.2 7 22 6 3 1 1 0 1 4.18 TEX Aug 26 W, 8-4 vs Royals Start 7.2 6 31 4 3 0 2 0 3 4.14 W (9-5) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record TEX Sep 04 L, 7-8 at Angels Start 4.2 9 26 7 4 1 0 0 0 4.26 L (9-6) TEX Sep 14 L, 1-16 vs Angels Start 8.1 9 36 6 3 2 0 0 3 4.20 L (9-7)

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       9   7   4.20   22  22   3   0   0   0  141.1  131   592   81   66  15   46   0   45   10-12  5.00 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              298   34   72  103  13   3   4   31   3   5   29   0   1   22   6  .242  .346  .310  .656
vs RHB              237   37   59  108  16   0  11   35   5   5   17   0   1   23   6  .249  .456  .300  .755

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             6   4   3.35   11  11   3   0   0   0   75.1   55   304   34   28   5   23   0   32    6-5   5.00 runs/start
Road             3   3   5.18   11  11   0   0   0   0   66.0   76   288   47   38  10   23   0   13    4-7   5.00 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              1   1   5.53    5   5   0   0   0   0   27.2   31   120   22   17   6    7   0    5    1-4   4.80 runs/start
Night            8   6   3.88   17  17   3   0   0   0  113.2  100   472   59   49   9   39   0   40    9-8   5.06 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   1   4.95    4   4   1   0   0   0   20.0   14    85   13   11   2   11   0    6    2-2   4.75 runs/start
May              1   1   2.37    5   5   1   0   0   0   38.0   28   148   11   10   2   10   0    9    2-3   3.80 runs/start
June             4   1   3.55    5   5   1   0   0   0   38.0   29   151   17   15   4   11   0   17    4-1   5.40 runs/start
July             1   2   7.65    4   4   0   0   0   0   20.0   29    93   17   17   3   11   0    6    1-3   5.75 runs/start
August           1   0   4.38    2   2   0   0   0   0   12.1   13    53   10    6   1    3   0    4    1-1   7.00 runs/start
September        0   2   4.85    2   2   0   0   0   0   13.0   18    62   13    7   3    0   0    3    0-2   4.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           0   2   4.74    3   3   0   0   0   0   19.0   25    88   16   10   3    2   0    4    0-3   3.67 runs/start
A's              2   0   1.20    2   2   0   0   0   0   15.0   10    55    3    2   1    3   0    4    2-0   5.50 runs/start
Blue Jays        1   1   6.75    3   3   0   0   0   0   18.2   21    83   17   14   4    4   0   10    1-2   6.00 runs/start
Mariners         0   0   9.00    1   1   0   0   0   0    5.0    6    24    5    5   0    3   0    2    0-1   5.00 runs/start
Orioles          0   2   4.91    2   2   1   0   0   0   14.2   18    62    8    8   1    4   0    5    0-2   1.50 runs/start
Red Sox          2   1   6.00    3   3   1   0   0   0   18.0   18    76   13   12   5    9   0    5    2-1   6.67 runs/start
Royals           1   0   5.68    2   2   0   0   0   0   12.2   10    55    9    8   0    6   0    3    1-1   7.00 runs/start
Tigers           0   1  81.00    1   1   0   0   0   0    0.1    3     6    3    3   0    2   0    0    0-1   7.00 runs/start
Twins            1   0   0.64    2   2   0   0   0   0   14.0    8    53    1    1   0    5   0    3    2-0   5.00 runs/start
White Sox        1   0   2.00    1   1   1   0   0   0    9.0    5    35    3    2   0    5   0    4    1-0   4.00 runs/start
Yankees          1   0   0.60    2   2   0   0   0   0   15.0    7    55    3    1   1    3   0    5    1-1   3.50 runs/start

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