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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 NYY Apr 05 L, 1-5 vs Brewers Finish 1.0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.00 NYY Apr 08 W, 2-1 vs Brewers Finish 1 2.0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 NYY Apr 10 W, 7-6 at Orioles Middle 2.0 4 11 3 3 0 2 0 0 5.40 W (1-0) NYY Apr 11 L, 5-6 at Orioles Middle 1.1 2 8 1 1 0 0 2 0 5.68 L (1-1) NYY Apr 15 W, 6-5 at White Sox Finish 2 0.2 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5.14 NYY Apr 18 W, 3-1 vs Orioles Finish 3 1.1 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 4.32 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY Jul 12 W, 14-2 at Mariners Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.86 NYY Jul 14 L, 7-8 at Angels Middle 3.2 7 17 5 5 3 1 0 3 6.23 NYY Jul 21 W, 12-4 vs A's Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.79 NYY Jul 23 W, 6-2 vs Mariners Finish 4 1.2 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.17 NYY Jul 24 W, 6-5 vs Angels Finish 5 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.06 NYY Jul 27 L, 5-6 at Brewers Finish 1.1 1 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 5.19 L (1-2) NYY Jul 31 W, 7-3 at White Sox Finish 6 1.2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.74 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY Aug 03 L, 0-1 vs Orioles Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 NYY Aug 04 L, 4-5 vs Orioles Finish 1.1 3 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 4.22 NYY Aug 07 L, 5-9 vs White Sox Finish 1.2 2 9 2 2 1 2 0 1 4.70 NYY Aug 14 W, 6-5 vs Rangers Finish 7 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.50 NYY Aug 15 W, 4-3 vs Rangers Finish 8 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.32 NYY Aug 18 W, 5-3 vs Twins Finish 9 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.26 NYY Aug 19 W, 4-3 vs Twins Finish 10 1.1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.05 NYY Aug 21 W, 6-2 at Royals Finish 2.0 1 8 0 0 0 0 1 2 3.77 W (2-2) NYY Aug 24 W, 7-5 at Twins Finish 11 2.1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.48 NYY Aug 29 W, 7-5 at Rangers Finish 12 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.41 NYY Aug 31 W, 7-3 vs Royals Finish 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.21 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY Sep 01 L, 8-9 vs Royals Finish 2.0 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.03 NYY Sep 02 W, 6-5 vs Royals Finish 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.95 W (3-2) NYY Sep 04 W, 3-2 vs Red Sox Finish 13 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.87 NYY Sep 06 W, 3-1 at Tigers Finish 3.1 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.63 W (4-2) NYY Sep 08 W, 5-4 at Tigers Finish 14 1.2 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.53 NYY Sep 11 W, 8-3 at Red Sox Finish 15 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.42 NYY Sep 16 L, 4-8 vs Tigers Finish 5.1 9 28 5 4 0 2 1 2 2.88 L (4-3) NYY Sep 22 W, 7-4 at Blue Jays Finish 16 3.0 4 13 1 1 0 1 0 2 2.89 NYY Sep 23 W, 7-5 at Blue Jays Finish 17 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.83 NYY Sep 25 W, 7-5 vs Indians Finish 18 1.1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.77 NYY Sep 27 W, 5-2 vs Indians Finish 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 2.72 W (5-3) NYY Sep 28 W, 7-3 vs Blue Jays Finish 2.0 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.62

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
Middle relief    1   1  11.57    3   0   0   0   0   0    7.0   13    36    9    9   3    3   2    3    1-2 
As closer        4   2   1.40   33   0   0  33  18   0   51.1   35   198    9    8   2   12   2   38   26-7 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              106   11   21   31   2   1   2   11   1   0    8   3   0   25   3  .198  .292  .274  .566
vs RHB              105   14   27   41   5   0   3   13   2   0    7   1   0   16   3  .257  .390  .310  .700

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             2   1   1.76   21   0   0  21  10   0   30.2   25   124    7    6   1    9   1   22   15-6 
Road             3   2   3.58   15   0   0  12   8   0   27.2   23   110   11   11   4    6   3   19   12-3 

                                                                                                        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   2.45   10   0   0  10   5   0   18.1   18    77    6    5   0    5   1   16    7-3 
Night            4   2   2.70   26   0   0  23  13   0   40.0   30   157   12   12   5   10   3   25   20-6 

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            1   1   4.32    6   0   0   4   3   0    8.1    9    39    4    4   0    5   2    4    4-2 
July             0   1   5.06    7   0   0   6   3   0   10.2   10    40    6    6   4    2   0    6    5-2 
August           1   0   1.23   11   0   0  11   6   0   14.2    7    57    2    2   1    4   1   11    8-3 
September        3   1   1.82   12   0   0  12   6   0   24.2   22    98    6    5   0    4   1   20   10-2 

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           0   0  11.25    2   0   0   1   1   0    4.0    7    18    5    5   3    1   0    3    1-1 
A's              0   0   0.00    1   0   0   1   0   0    1.0    0     3    0    0   0    0   0    0    1-0 
Blue Jays        0   0   1.50    3   0   0   3   2   0    6.0    6    23    1    1   0    1   0    4    3-0 
Brewers          0   1   2.08    3   0   0   3   1   0    4.1    2    16    1    1   1    1   0    3    1-2 
Indians          1   0   0.00    2   0   0   2   1   0    2.1    2     9    0    0   0    1   0    3    2-0 
Mariners         0   0   0.00    2   0   0   2   1   0    2.2    2     9    0    0   0    1   0    0    2-0 
Orioles          1   1   5.14    5   0   0   3   1   0    7.0   10    37    4    4   0    5   2    1    2-3 
Rangers          0   0   0.00    3   0   0   3   3   0    2.2    0     8    0    0   0    0   0    1    3-0 
Red Sox          0   0   0.00    2   0   0   2   2   0    3.0    0     9    0    0   0    0   0    0    2-0 
Royals           2   0   0.00    4   0   0   4   0   0    7.0    4    26    0    0   0    0   1   10    3-1 
Tigers           1   1   3.48    3   0   0   3   1   0   10.1   11    45    5    4   0    2   1    7    2-1 
Twins            0   0   0.00    3   0   0   3   3   0    4.0    1    14    0    0   0    0   0    5    3-0 
White Sox        0   0   4.50    3   0   0   3   2   0    4.0    3    17    2    2   1    3   0    4    2-1 

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