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Rick Langford

Game Log for 1978
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record OAK Apr 07 L, 0-1 at Angels Start 6.0 4 22 1 1 0 2 0 1 1.50 L (0-1) OAK Apr 12 W, 4-3 vs Mariners Start 6.2 6 27 2 2 0 2 1 3 2.13 OAK Apr 19 W, 6-5 at Twins Start 6.1 5 27 2 2 2 2 0 1 2.37 OAK Apr 25 (2) W, 4-3 vs Twins Start 6.1 3 27 3 1 1 4 0 0 2.13 OAK Apr 30 W, 2-1 vs Indians Start 7.0 8 29 1 1 0 1 0 4 1.95 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record OAK May 10 L, 1-3 at Blue Jays Start 2.2 4 13 3 3 0 1 0 2 2.57 L (0-2) OAK May 14 L, 0-15 at Tigers Middle 5.1 7 27 4 4 1 4 0 2 3.12 OAK May 18 L, 4-6 at Rangers Middle 2.1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.95 OAK May 20 W, 4-3 vs White Sox Finish 2.1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.80 W (1-2) OAK May 24 L, 1-7 vs Brewers Middle 2.2 3 11 2 2 0 1 0 0 3.02 OAK May 28 (2) L, 0-4 at White Sox Middle 5.1 5 23 2 1 0 2 0 2 2.89 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record OAK Jun 02 L, 1-3 vs Yankees Finish 4.0 1 14 0 0 0 2 1 1 2.68 OAK Jun 06 W, 7-1 vs Red Sox Finish 2.0 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.59 OAK Jun 08 L, 7-10 vs Angels Middle 2.1 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.49 OAK Jun 09 L, 3-5 vs Orioles Finish 1.1 2 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 2.44 OAK Jun 13 L, 3-5 at Yankees Middle 0.1 3 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 2.71 L (1-3) OAK Jun 16 L, 0-6 at Orioles Start 6.0 5 24 3 3 2 1 0 5 2.87 L (1-4) OAK Jun 17 L, 4-5 at Orioles Finish 3.0 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.75 OAK Jun 20 L, 4-5 at Rangers Middle 0.1 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 2.74 OAK Jun 23 (1) L, 3-5 at Royals Start 2.2 4 15 4 4 0 2 0 4 3.12 L (1-5) OAK Jun 27 L, 1-3 vs Rangers Start 7.0 6 30 3 2 0 4 0 5 3.07 L (1-6) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record OAK Jul 02 (1) L, 2-4 vs Royals Start 5.2 6 24 0 0 0 2 0 5 2.87 OAK Jul 07 (2) L, 0-1 vs Twins Start 1 9.0 5 33 1 0 0 1 0 4 2.61 L (1-7) OAK Jul 14 L, 1-11 vs Indians Middle 1.2 7 11 5 5 2 0 0 0 3.02 OAK Jul 18 W, 6-3 vs Tigers Start 5.0 7 24 3 3 1 2 0 3 3.14 W (2-7) OAK Jul 23 W, 5-3 at Blue Jays Start 7.2 5 30 3 2 1 1 0 0 3.08 W (3-7) OAK Jul 27 W, 7-4 at White Sox Start 1.1 4 8 3 2 0 0 0 0 3.20 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record OAK Aug 01 W, 1-0 at Angels Start 2 1 9.0 3 31 0 0 0 1 0 11 2.97 W (4-7) OAK Aug 06 (1) W, 4-3 vs Mariners Start 3 9.0 5 34 3 3 1 2 1 5 2.97 W (5-7) OAK Aug 11 (1) W, 2-0 at Twins Start 4 2 9.0 3 34 0 0 0 3 0 5 2.78 W (6-7) OAK Aug 15 L, 0-6 vs Yankees Start 2.1 6 13 4 4 0 1 0 0 2.99 L (6-8) OAK Aug 21 L, 2-3 vs Orioles Start 8.1 7 37 3 1 0 3 2 6 2.88 L (6-9) OAK Aug 27 L, 2-6 at Yankees Start 5.1 6 22 5 5 3 0 0 4 3.07 L (6-10) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record OAK Sep 02 W, 4-3 at Red Sox Start 6.0 4 24 2 1 0 1 0 4 3.01 W (7-10) OAK Sep 12 L, 1-8 at Royals Start 5.0 10 24 5 5 0 1 1 2 3.19 L (7-11) OAK Sep 17 L, 1-3 at Rangers Start 4.0 9 22 3 3 0 1 0 1 3.28 L (7-12) OAK Sep 24 L, 2-5 at Brewers Start 5.1 9 25 5 5 0 0 0 5 3.43 L (7-13)

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       6  12   3.34   24  24   4   0   0   2  142.2  134   599   62   53  11   38   5   80   11-13  2.50 runs/start
Middle relief    0   1   6.20    8   0   0   0   0   0   20.1   29    96   15   14   4    8   1    7    0-8 
As closer        1   0   0.00    5   0   0   5   0   0   12.2    6    46    0    0   0    2   2    5    2-3 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              364   42   86  135  12   2  11   40   7   8   36   7   1   45   6  .236  .371  .315  .686
vs RHB              305   30   83  104   7   1   4   28   1   5   12   1   2   47   5  .272  .341  .305  .646

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             3   4   2.61   17  10   2   4   0   0   82.2   77   345   30   24   5   25   6   41    7-10  2.50 runs/start
Road             4   9   4.16   20  14   2   1   0   2   93.0   92   396   47   43  10   23   2   51    6-14  2.50 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   3.69   11   8   1   1   0   0   63.1   65   270   28   26   8   15   1   30    5-6   3.00 runs/start
Night            4  10   3.28   26  16   3   4   0   2  112.1  104   471   49   41   7   33   7   62    8-18  2.25 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            0   1   1.95    5   5   0   0   0   0   32.1   26   132    9    7   3   11   1    9    4-1   3.20 runs/start
May              1   1   4.35    6   1   0   1   0   0   20.2   19    88   11   10   1    8   0    9    1-5   1.00 runs/start
June             0   4   3.41   10   3   0   4   0   0   29.0   28   125   12   11   3   10   3   19    1-9   1.33 runs/start
July             2   1   3.56    6   5   1   0   0   0   30.1   34   130   15   12   4    6   0   12    3-3   4.00 runs/start
August           3   3   2.72    6   6   3   0   0   2   43.0   30   171   15   13   4   10   3   31    3-3   1.83 runs/start
September        1   3   6.20    4   4   0   0   0   0   20.1   32    95   15   14   0    3   1   12    1-3   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           1   1   0.52    3   2   1   0   0   1   17.1   10    62    1    1   0    3   0   13    1-2   0.50 runs/start
Blue Jays        1   1   4.35    2   2   0   0   0   0   10.1    9    43    6    5   1    2   0    2    1-1   3.00 runs/start
Brewers          0   1   7.88    2   1   0   0   0   0    8.0   12    36    7    7   0    1   0    5    0-2   2.00 runs/start
Indians          0   0   6.23    2   1   0   0   0   0    8.2   15    40    6    6   2    1   0    4    1-1   2.00 runs/start
Mariners         1   0   2.87    2   2   1   0   0   0   15.2   11    61    5    5   1    4   2    8    2-0   4.00 runs/start
Orioles          0   2   1.93    4   2   0   2   0   0   18.2   15    78    6    4   2    4   3   12    0-4   1.00 runs/start
Rangers          0   2   3.29    4   2   0   0   0   0   13.2   16    63    6    5   0    6   1    8    0-4   1.00 runs/start
Red Sox          1   0   1.12    2   1   0   1   0   0    8.0    6    32    2    1   0    1   0    6    2-0   4.00 runs/start
Royals           0   2   6.07    3   3   0   0   0   0   13.1   20    63    9    9   0    5   1   11    0-3   2.00 runs/start
Tigers           1   0   6.10    2   1   0   0   0   0   10.1   14    51    7    7   2    6   0    5    1-1   6.00 runs/start
Twins            1   1   0.88    4   4   2   0   0   1   30.2   16   121    6    3   3   10   0   10    3-1   3.00 runs/start
White Sox        1   0   3.00    3   1   0   1   0   0    9.0    9    38    5    3   0    2   0    3    2-1   7.00 runs/start
Yankees          0   3   8.25    4   2   0   1   0   0   12.0   16    53   11   11   4    3   1    5    0-4   1.00 runs/start

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