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Joel Finch

Game Log for 1979
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record BOS Jun 12 L, 6-7 at Royals Middle 5.0 2 16 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.00 BOS Jun 19 L, 4-10 vs Tigers Start 5.2 7 26 4 4 1 4 0 2 3.38 BOS Jun 27 W, 3-1 at Tigers Start 6.1 6 26 1 1 1 4 0 2 2.65 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record BOS Jul 02 L, 2-7 at Yankees Start 5.1 5 23 3 3 2 1 0 3 3.22 L (0-1) BOS Jul 07 W, 10-8 at Mariners Start 1.2 3 9 3 3 0 0 0 0 4.12 BOS Jul 09 L, 0-6 at Angels Finish 2.0 2 10 1 1 0 2 0 2 4.15 BOS Jul 23 L, 2-9 vs Angels Start 0.1 2 6 5 5 0 2 0 0 5.81 L (0-2) BOS Jul 25 W, 16-4 vs A's Finish 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.40 BOS Jul 27 L, 2-11 at Rangers Finish 6.2 10 31 3 3 0 1 0 2 5.14 BOS Jul 31 (2) L, 0-3 at Indians Start 3.2 8 19 3 3 0 0 0 1 5.35 L (0-3) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record BOS Sep 03 L, 6-10 at Yankees Middle 3.2 3 17 2 2 0 3 1 0 5.31 BOS Sep 09 L, 4-16 vs Orioles Middle 1.1 4 11 4 4 1 1 1 1 5.98 BOS Sep 16 L, 3-13 at Orioles Finish 4.1 2 16 0 0 0 1 0 5 5.44 BOS Sep 20 L, 2-6 at Blue Jays Finish 2.1 1 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 5.19 BOS Sep 27 W, 6-5 vs Blue Jays Start 7.0 10 28 2 2 0 2 0 3 4.87

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       0   3   6.30    7   7   0   0   0   0   30.0   41   137   21   21   4   13   0   11    3-4   3.86 runs/start
Middle relief    0   0   5.40    3   0   0   0   0   0   10.0    9    44    6    6   1    4   3    3    0-3 
As closer        0   0   2.08    5   0   0   5   0   0   17.1   15    72    4    4   0    5   0   11    1-4 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              113   12   37   54   4   2   3   12   2   2   10   3   0   14   3  .327  .478  .394  .872
vs RHB              112   18   28   39   5   0   2   17   0   1   12   0   1   11   4  .250  .348  .328  .676

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             0   1   8.27    5   3   0   1   0   0   16.1   23    77   15   15   2    9   1    7    2-3   4.00 runs/start
Road             0   2   3.51   10   4   0   4   0   0   41.0   42   176   16   16   3   13   2   18    2-8   3.75 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   0   5.79    3   0   0   1   0   0    9.1    9    44    6    6   1    5   2    6    0-3 
Night            0   3   4.69   12   7   0   4   0   0   48.0   56   209   25   25   4   17   1   19    4-8   3.86 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
June             0   0   2.65    3   2   0   0   0   0   17.0   15    68    5    5   2    8   1    6    1-2   3.50 runs/start
July             0   3   7.48    7   4   0   3   0   0   21.2   30   104   18   18   2    6   0    9    2-5   3.50 runs/start
September        0   0   3.86    5   1   0   2   0   0   18.2   20    81    8    8   1    8   2   10    1-4   6.00 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   1  23.14    2   1   0   1   0   0    2.1    4    16    6    6   0    4   0    2    0-2   2.00 runs/start
A's              0   0   0.00    1   0   0   1   0   0    2.0    0     6    0    0   0    0   0    1    1-0 
Blue Jays        0   0   1.93    2   1   0   1   0   0    9.1   11    37    2    2   0    3   0    4    1-1   6.00 runs/start
Indians          0   1   7.36    1   1   0   0   0   0    3.2    8    19    3    3   0    0   0    1    0-1   0.00 runs/start
Mariners         0   0  16.20    1   1   0   0   0   0    1.2    3     9    3    3   0    0   0    0    1-0   10.00 runs/start
Orioles          0   0   6.35    2   0   0   1   0   0    5.2    6    27    4    4   1    2   1    6    0-2 
Rangers          0   0   4.05    1   0   0   1   0   0    6.2   10    31    3    3   0    1   0    2    0-1 
Royals           0   0   0.00    1   0   0   0   0   0    5.0    2    16    0    0   0    0   1    2    0-1 
Tigers           0   0   3.75    2   2   0   0   0   0   12.0   13    52    5    5   2    8   0    4    1-1   3.50 runs/start
Yankees          0   1   5.00    2   1   0   0   0   0    9.0    8    40    5    5   2    4   1    3    0-2   2.00 runs/start

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