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Game Log for 1976
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CHW Apr 13 W, 4-1 at Twins Start 1 9.0 3 31 1 1 0 2 0 9 1.00 W (1-0) CHW Apr 17 L, 1-7 at Red Sox Middle 2.1 4 12 4 4 1 2 0 1 3.97 L (1-1) CHW Apr 29 L, 5-8 vs Brewers Start 8.0 7 33 5 5 1 2 0 9 4.66 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CHW May 05 L, 0-2 at Orioles Start 2 8.0 5 34 2 0 0 3 0 10 3.29 L (1-2) CHW May 10 W, 7-6 at Rangers Start 5.2 4 22 3 3 0 2 0 4 3.55 CHW May 15 L, 1-2 at Royals Start 3 11.0 8 49 2 2 1 6 0 5 3.07 L (1-3) CHW May 20 W, 3-2 vs Twins Start 4 9.0 7 34 2 2 0 0 0 8 2.89 W (2-3) CHW May 25 W, 7-1 at Angels Start 5 9.0 6 36 1 1 0 4 0 9 2.61 W (3-3) CHW May 30 W, 4-3 at A's Start 8.0 7 34 2 2 1 7 0 2 2.57 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CHW Jun 04 W, 4-1 vs Indians Start 6 9.0 9 37 1 1 0 1 0 3 2.39 W (4-3) CHW Jun 09 W, 4-2 at Brewers Start 7.0 8 30 2 2 0 2 0 2 2.41 W (5-3) CHW Jun 15 L, 0-4 vs Orioles Start 7 9.0 8 40 4 4 1 5 0 4 2.56 L (5-4) CHW Jun 19 L, 3-4 vs Yankees Start 7.0 10 30 4 4 0 2 0 3 2.74 L (5-5) CHW Jun 24 L, 2-4 at Twins Start 8 8.0 7 38 4 3 1 6 0 5 2.78 L (5-6) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CHW Jul 08 L, 0-6 at Yankees Start 7.0 7 31 5 4 1 2 0 2 2.92 L (5-7) CHW Jul 17 L, 2-9 vs Brewers Start 6.0 5 26 6 6 1 2 0 4 3.22 L (5-8) CHW Jul 22 (2) L, 1-5 vs Tigers Start 9 9.0 13 40 5 5 1 1 0 6 3.34 L (5-9) CHW Jul 27 L, 0-1 at A's Start 10 8.0 5 33 1 1 0 3 0 6 3.21 L (5-10) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CHW Aug 01 W, 2-1 at Angels Start 11 9.0 5 34 1 0 0 3 0 6 3.02 W (6-10) CHW Aug 06 (2) L, 3-8 vs Royals Start 5.0 6 24 8 8 1 4 0 2 3.39 L (6-11) CHW Aug 08 (1) W, 5-2 vs Royals Finish 1 2.0 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 3.35 CHW Aug 13 W, 5-2 at Orioles Start 7.1 7 32 2 2 0 2 0 2 3.31 W (7-11) CHW Aug 18 W, 4-2 vs Red Sox Start 12 9.0 9 38 2 2 0 3 1 4 3.24 W (8-11) CHW Aug 23 L, 4-5 at Tigers Start 6.0 6 26 5 4 0 5 0 4 3.33 L (8-12) CHW Aug 28 L, 8-10 at Brewers Start 6.1 11 32 7 7 2 2 0 5 3.56 L (8-13) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CHW Sep 03 L, 1-11 at Twins Start 4.0 9 22 6 6 0 3 0 1 3.77 L (8-14) CHW Sep 08 W, 6-5 at A's Start 0.1 3 9 5 5 0 3 1 0 4.00 CHW Sep 12 (1) W, 2-1 vs Angels Start 13 10.0 9 37 1 1 0 3 0 7 3.84 W (9-14) CHW Sep 17 L, 2-3 at Royals Start 14 8.0 8 36 3 3 0 1 1 2 3.83 L (9-15) CHW Sep 25 L, 4-7 vs A's Start 8.1 11 35 7 7 3 3 0 4 3.97 L (9-16) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CHW Oct 03 L, 0-3 at Rangers Start 15 8.0 7 34 3 3 1 2 0 5 3.95 L (9-17)

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  16   3.86   29  29  15   0   0   0  219.0  210   937  100   94  15   84   3  133   12-17  3.03 runs/start
Middle relief    0   1  15.43    1   0   0   0   0   0    2.1    4    12    4    4   1    2   0    1    0-1 
As closer        0   0   0.00    1   0   0   1   1   0    2.0    0     7    0    0   0    1   0    1    1-0 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              417   60  118  175  18   3  11   54   8   8   46   3   2   52   5  .283  .420  .357  .777
vs RHB              423   40   96  137  14   6   5   39  12   7   41   0   7   83   8  .227  .324  .304  .628

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             4   6   4.43   12  11   6   1   1   0   91.1   94   381   45   45   8   27   1   55    5-7   2.82 runs/start
Road             5  11   3.61   19  18   9   0   0   0  132.0  120   575   59   53   8   60   2   80    8-11  3.17 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              3   3   2.66    9   7   5   1   1   0   64.1   49   260   21   19   5   28   0   45    5-4   2.71 runs/start
Night            6  14   4.47   22  22  10   0   0   0  159.0  165   696   83   79  11   59   3   90    8-14  3.14 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   4.66    3   2   1   0   0   0   19.1   14    76   10   10   2    6   0   19    1-2   4.50 runs/start
May              2   2   1.78    6   6   4   0   0   0   50.2   37   209   12   10   2   22   0   38    4-2   3.67 runs/start
June             2   3   3.15    5   5   3   0   0   0   40.0   42   175   15   14   2   16   0   17    2-3   2.60 runs/start
July             0   4   4.80    4   4   2   0   0   0   30.0   30   130   17   16   3    8   0   18    0-4   0.75 runs/start
August           3   3   4.63    7   6   2   1   1   0   44.2   44   193   25   23   3   20   1   24    4-3   4.33 runs/start
September        1   3   6.46    5   5   2   0   0   0   30.2   40   139   22   22   3   13   2   14    2-3   3.00 runs/start
October          0   1   3.38    1   1   1   0   0   0    8.0    7    34    3    3   1    2   0    5    0-1   0.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           3   0   0.64    3   3   3   0   0   0   28.0   20   107    3    2   0   10   0   22    3-0   3.67 runs/start
A's              0   2   5.47    4   4   1   0   0   0   24.2   26   111   15   15   4   16   1   12    2-2   3.50 runs/start
Brewers          1   2   6.59    4   4   0   0   0   0   27.1   31   121   20   20   4    8   0   20    1-3   4.75 runs/start
Indians          1   0   1.00    1   1   1   0   0   0    9.0    9    37    1    1   0    1   0    3    1-0   4.00 runs/start
Orioles          1   2   2.22    3   3   2   0   0   0   24.1   20   106    8    6   1   10   0   16    1-2   1.67 runs/start
Rangers          0   1   3.95    2   2   1   0   0   0   13.2   11    56    6    6   1    4   0    9    1-1   3.50 runs/start
Red Sox          1   1   4.76    2   1   1   0   0   0   11.1   13    50    6    6   1    5   1    5    1-1   4.00 runs/start
Royals           0   3   4.50    4   3   2   1   1   0   26.0   22   116   13   13   2   12   1   10    1-3   2.00 runs/start
Tigers           0   2   5.40    2   2   1   0   0   0   15.0   19    66   10    9   1    6   0   10    0-2   2.50 runs/start
Twins            2   2   3.60    4   4   3   0   0   0   30.0   26   125   13   12   1   11   0   23    2-2   2.50 runs/start
Yankees          0   2   5.14    2   2   0   0   0   0   14.0   17    61    9    8   1    4   0    5    0-2   1.50 runs/start

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