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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 MIN Apr 09 L, 1-5 vs A's Start 7.1 8 34 4 4 1 4 0 3 4.91 L (0-1) MIN Apr 14 W, 5-4 at Mariners Start 5.1 6 22 3 2 1 1 0 2 4.26 W (1-1) MIN Apr 20 L, 0-3 at A's Start 1 8.0 6 31 3 3 2 2 0 6 3.92 L (1-2) MIN Apr 25 L, 4-6 vs Angels Start 6.1 5 28 5 4 1 3 0 5 4.33 L (1-3) MIN Apr 29 T, 7-7 vs Mariners Start 2.2 5 14 4 4 1 2 0 1 5.16 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN May 04 L, 3-4 at Orioles Start 9.1 10 41 4 3 0 2 2 6 4.62 L (1-4) MIN May 10 L, 1-5 vs Indians Start 4.2 7 22 4 4 0 1 0 4 4.95 L (1-5) MIN May 16 L, 0-7 vs Orioles Start 3.1 6 18 5 5 1 2 0 1 5.55 L (1-6) MIN May 22 W, 7-0 at Royals Start 2 1 9.0 6 35 0 0 0 2 0 3 4.66 W (2-6) MIN May 27 W, 2-1 at Rangers Start 8.0 10 34 1 1 0 1 2 5 4.22 W (3-6) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN Jun 02 L, 3-5 vs Rangers Start 7.2 7 31 5 4 1 1 1 7 4.27 L (3-7) MIN Jun 07 L, 0-3 at Tigers Start 6.1 6 25 3 3 0 1 2 4 4.27 L (3-8) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN Aug 10 W, 6-2 vs A's Finish 1 4.0 3 15 0 0 0 1 0 1 4.06 MIN Aug 14 (1) W, 6-1 vs Mariners Finish 2 3.0 3 13 1 0 0 0 0 2 3.92 MIN Aug 17 L, 2-12 at Tigers Start 0.2 4 9 7 7 0 3 0 0 4.62 L (3-9) MIN Aug 21 W, 7-6 at Brewers Finish 3 2.0 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 2 4.52 MIN Aug 22 L, 3-4 at Brewers Middle 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 MIN Aug 25 W, 3-0 at Yankees Finish 4 3.2 2 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.32 MIN Aug 28 W, 6-0 vs Tigers Finish 5 2.2 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.20 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CHW Sep 01 L, 1-2 vs Tigers Finish 1.0 1 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 4.25 L (3-10) CHW Sep 02 L, 4-5 vs Tigers Middle 1.1 3 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.28 L (3-11) CHW Sep 06 L, 2-3 vs Blue Jays Finish 2.0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.20 CHW Sep 12 L, 1-3 at Twins Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.15 CHW Sep 15 L, 4-8 at Mariners Start 6.0 4 25 2 2 1 4 0 6 4.09 L (3-12) CHW Sep 19 L, 1-2 vs A's Finish 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.08 CHW Sep 27 (2) W, 10-3 at A's Start 3 9.0 10 37 3 3 1 1 0 4 3.99 W (4-12) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CHW Oct 02 L, 2-3 vs Twins Start 6.1 8 29 3 3 0 1 0 8 4.01 L (4-13)

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       4  11   4.68   16  16   3   0   0   1  100.0  108   435   56   52  10   31   7   65    4-11  3.19 runs/start
Middle relief    0   1   5.40    2   0   0   0   0   0    1.2    3     7    1    1   0    0   0    0    0-2 
As closer        0   1   0.46    9   0   0   9   5   0   19.2   14    75    2    1   0    3   0   11    5-4 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB               74   11   22   28   1   1   1   11   1   1    4   0   0   17   1  .297  .378  .329  .707
vs RHB              390   42  103  150  14   3   9   39   1   6   30   7   0   59   5  .264  .385  .325  .709

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             0   8   5.13   14   7   0   6   3   0   52.2   60   234   33   30   5   16   1   36    3-10  2.57 runs/start
Road             4   5   3.15   13   9   3   3   2   1   68.2   65   283   26   24   5   18   6   40    6-7   3.67 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   5   5.79    9   7   1   2   0   0   42.0   48   186   28   27   5   14   2   24    1-7   3.29 runs/start
Night            3   8   3.06   18   9   2   7   5   1   79.1   77   331   31   27   5   20   5   52    8-10  3.11 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   3   5.16    5   5   1   0   0   0   29.2   30   129   19   17   6   12   0   17    1-3   3.40 runs/start
May              2   3   3.41    5   5   1   0   0   1   34.1   39   150   14   13   1    8   4   19    2-3   2.60 runs/start
June             0   2   4.50    2   2   0   0   0   0   14.0   13    56    8    7   1    2   3   11    0-2   1.50 runs/start
August           0   1   3.86    7   1   0   5   5   0   16.1   16    69    8    7   0    5   0    8    5-2   2.00 runs/start
September        1   3   3.05    7   2   1   4   0   0   20.2   19    84    7    7   2    6   0   13    1-6   7.00 runs/start
October          0   1   4.26    1   1   0   0   0   0    6.1    8    29    3    3   0    1   0    8    0-1   2.00 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   5.68    1   1   0   0   0   0    6.1    5    28    5    4   1    3   0    5    0-1   4.00 runs/start
A's              1   2   3.14    5   3   2   2   1   0   28.2   27   118   10   10   4    8   0   15    2-3   3.67 runs/start
Blue Jays        0   0   0.00    1   0   0   1   0   0    2.0    1     7    0    0   0    0   0    1    0-1 
Brewers          0   0   0.00    2   0   0   1   1   0    2.1    1     8    0    0   0    1   0    2    1-1 
Indians          0   1   7.71    1   1   0   0   0   0    4.2    7    22    4    4   0    1   0    4    0-1   1.00 runs/start
Mariners         1   1   4.24    4   3   0   1   1   0   17.0   18    74   10    8   3    7   0   11    2-1   5.33 runs/start
Orioles          0   2   5.68    2   2   0   0   0   0   12.2   16    59    9    8   1    4   2    7    0-2   1.50 runs/start
Rangers          1   1   2.87    2   2   0   0   0   0   15.2   17    65    6    5   1    2   3   12    1-1   2.50 runs/start
Royals           1   0   0.00    1   1   1   0   0   1    9.0    6    35    0    0   0    2   0    3    1-0   7.00 runs/start
Tigers           0   4   9.00    5   2   0   2   1   0   12.0   17    56   12   12   0    5   2    6    1-4   1.00 runs/start
Twins            0   1   3.68    2   1   0   1   0   0    7.1    8    32    3    3   0    1   0    9    0-2   2.00 runs/start
Yankees          0   0   0.00    1   0   0   1   1   0    3.2    2    13    0    0   0    0   0    1    1-0 

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