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Game Log for 1981
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 11 W, 5-1 vs Rangers Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 NYY Apr 15 W, 6-3 at Blue Jays Finish 1 1.1 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.00 NYY Apr 17 W, 2-1 at Rangers Finish 2 1.1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 NYY Apr 21 W, 2-0 vs Tigers Finish 3 1.2 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.00 NYY Apr 24 W, 4-2 vs Blue Jays Finish 4 2.0 3 7 1 1 1 0 0 1 1.23 NYY Apr 27 W, 3-1 at Tigers Finish 5 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.08 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY May 03 (2) W, 2-0 at A's Finish 6 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.96 NYY May 06 W, 5-2 at Angels Finish 7 1.2 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.82 NYY May 10 W, 5-2 at Mariners Finish 8 2.0 1 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.69 NYY May 12 W, 4-1 vs A's Finish 9 1.1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.63 NYY May 14 W, 9-5 vs A's Finish 2.1 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.54 W (1-0) NYY May 16 W, 7-5 vs Mariners Finish 10 1.2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.49 NYY May 18 W, 2-1 vs Royals Finish 11 1.1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.46 NYY May 27 L, 5-6 at Orioles Finish 1.2 4 10 1 1 0 1 1 1 0.84 L (1-1) NYY May 29 W, 5-2 at Indians Finish 12 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.81 NYY May 30 W, 1-0 at Indians Finish 13 1.2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.75 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY Jun 01 W, 5-3 at Indians Finish 14 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.74 NYY Jun 02 W, 5-3 vs Orioles Finish 3.1 2 16 0 0 0 4 0 2 0.65 W (2-1) NYY Jun 06 W, 2-0 vs White Sox Finish 15 1.0 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.63 NYY Jun 07 W, 3-1 vs White Sox Finish 16 2.0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.59 NYY Jun 09 W, 8-5 at Royals Finish 17 1.2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.56 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY Aug 21 L, 0-4 vs Royals Middle 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.55 NYY Aug 23 W, 8-0 vs Royals Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.53 NYY Aug 26 W, 3-2 vs Twins Finish 2.0 3 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.76 W (3-1) NYY Aug 28 W, 6-1 at White Sox Finish 1.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.74 NYY Aug 31 W, 7-0 at Twins Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.72 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY Sep 02 L, 3-4 at Twins Finish 1.0 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.70 L (3-2) NYY Sep 05 W, 2-1 at Royals Finish 18 1.0 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.68 NYY Sep 07 W, 4-2 vs Brewers Finish 19 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.66 NYY Sep 11 W, 4-1 vs Red Sox Finish 20 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.63 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY Oct 02 W, 9-0 at Orioles Finish 2.0 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.60 NYY Oct 04 L, 2-5 at Orioles Middle 2.0 1 7 1 1 1 0 0 3 0.77

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    0   0   3.86    2   0   0   0   0   0    2.1    1     8    1    1   1    0   0    3    0-2 
As closer        3   2   0.61   30   0   0  30  20   0   44.1   21   165    5    3   1   13   1   45   28-2 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB               74    7   13   17   1   0   1    7   3   1    5   1   1   19   1  .176  .230  .247  .477
vs RHB               82    5    9   14   0   1   1    5   2   0    8   0   0   29   4  .110  .171  .187  .358

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             3   0   0.75   15   0   0  14   9   0   24.0   13    89    2    2   1    6   0   25   14-1 
Road             0   2   0.79   17   0   0  16  11   0   22.2    9    84    4    2   1    7   1   23   14-3 

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              0   0   0.84    8   0   0   7   5   0   10.2    3    35    1    1   1    2   0   13    7-1 
Night            3   2   0.75   24   0   0  23  15   0   36.0   19   138    5    3   1   11   1   35   21-3 

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            0   0   1.08    6   0   0   6   5   0    8.1    4    30    1    1   1    2   0   10    6-0 
May              1   1   0.57   10   0   0  10   8   0   15.2    8    58    1    1   0    3   1   20    9-1 
June             1   0   0.00    5   0   0   5   4   0    8.1    4    33    0    0   0    5   0    6    5-0 
August           1   0   1.69    5   0   0   4   0   0    5.1    3    18    1    1   0    0   0    4    4-1 
September        0   1   0.00    4   0   0   4   3   0    5.0    1    19    2    0   0    2   0    4    3-1 
October          0   0   2.25    2   0   0   1   0   0    4.0    2    15    1    1   1    1   0    4    1-1 

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           0   0   0.00    1   0   0   1   1   0    1.2    0     5    0    0   0    1   0    2    1-0 
A's              1   0   0.00    3   0   0   3   2   0    4.2    3    17    0    0   0    0   0   11    3-0 
Blue Jays        0   0   2.70    2   0   0   2   2   0    3.1    3    12    1    1   1    1   0    3    2-0 
Brewers          0   0   0.00    1   0   0   1   1   0    1.0    0     3    0    0   0    0   0    1    1-0 
Indians          0   0   0.00    3   0   0   3   3   0    3.0    0     8    0    0   0    0   0    2    3-0 
Mariners         0   0   0.00    2   0   0   2   2   0    3.2    1    15    0    0   0    1   0    3    2-0 
Orioles          1   1   2.00    4   0   0   3   0   0    9.0    8    41    2    2   1    6   1    7    2-2 
Rangers          0   0   0.00    2   0   0   2   1   0    2.1    0     8    0    0   0    0   0    4    2-0 
Red Sox          0   0   0.00    1   0   0   1   1   0    2.0    0     6    0    0   0    0   0    1    1-0 
Royals           0   0   0.00    5   0   0   4   3   0    5.1    0    18    0    0   0    2   0    3    4-1 
Tigers           0   0   0.00    2   0   0   2   2   0    2.2    1    10    0    0   0    1   0    3    2-0 
Twins            1   1   2.25    3   0   0   3   0   0    4.0    4    17    3    1   0    0   0    4    2-1 
White Sox        0   0   0.00    3   0   0   3   2   0    4.0    2    13    0    0   0    1   0    4    3-0 

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