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Dave LaRoche

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 CAL Apr 08 L, 2-4 vs A's Finish 2.0 2 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 4.50 CAL Apr 09 W, 3-2 vs A's Finish 1 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.37 CAL Apr 12 W, 9-5 vs Twins Finish 2 0.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.70 CAL Apr 13 W, 1-0 vs Twins Finish 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.08 W (1-0) CAL Apr 16 W, 2-1 at A's Middle 3.0 1 11 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.23 W (2-0) CAL Apr 21 W, 3-2 at Twins Finish 3 2.2 0 10 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.90 CAL Apr 24 L, 5-6 vs Mariners Middle 2.0 2 11 1 1 0 2 1 3 1.50 CAL Apr 25 W, 3-0 vs Mariners Finish 4 0.2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.42 CAL Apr 28 W, 5-4 vs Blue Jays Finish 5 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.38 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL May 03 L, 4-7 vs Tigers Middle 1.2 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.23 CAL May 09 W, 7-5 at Tigers Finish 2.2 2 11 1 1 0 2 0 0 1.56 W (3-0) CAL May 15 L, 6-10 at Blue Jays Middle 0.2 3 6 2 2 0 1 0 0 2.50 CAL May 16 L, 4-5 at Blue Jays Finish 0.2 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 2.41 CAL May 18 W, 9-5 at White Sox Finish 6 3.1 3 14 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.05 CAL May 21 L, 1-2 at Brewers Finish 1.2 1 8 1 1 0 2 1 1 2.28 L (3-1) CAL May 28 L, 3-6 vs Brewers Middle 1.1 0 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 2.16 CAL May 31 L, 2-17 at White Sox Finish 1.0 4 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.77 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL Jun 04 W, 4-2 vs Red Sox Finish 7 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.73 CAL Jun 05 L, 2-6 vs Orioles Middle 0.2 1 9 4 1 1 3 0 1 3.00 L (3-2) CAL Jun 07 (2) L, 0-1 at A's Finish 1.2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.83 CAL Jun 08 W, 10-7 at A's Finish 2.2 2 10 2 2 1 0 0 4 3.16 W (4-2) CAL Jun 10 W, 4-3 vs Yankees Finish 3.0 0 10 0 0 0 1 0 4 2.88 W (5-2) CAL Jun 12 L, 9-10 at Red Sox Finish 0.0 3 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 3.15 L (5-3) CAL Jun 16 W, 10-7 at Yankees Middle 1.1 2 9 3 3 0 2 0 1 3.79 CAL Jun 22 W, 4-2 at Twins Finish 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.58 W (6-3) CAL Jun 24 L, 0-3 at Rangers Finish 2.0 1 8 1 1 1 1 0 0 3.63 CAL Jun 27 W, 5-4 vs Royals Finish 8 2.0 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 3.46 CAL Jun 29 W, 3-1 vs Royals Finish 9 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.37 CAL Jun 30 W, 4-2 vs Rangers Finish 10 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.35 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL Jul 03 W, 7-4 at Royals Finish 11 1.2 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.22 CAL Jul 04 L, 3-4 at Royals Finish 0.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.22 CAL Jul 07 W, 9-5 vs Mariners Finish 12 1.2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.11 CAL Jul 08 (1) W, 10-5 vs Mariners Finish 13 2.1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.96 CAL Jul 17 L, 3-4 vs Tigers Finish 1.0 3 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 3.08 L (6-4) CAL Jul 21 (1) W, 4-2 at Tigers Finish 3.0 0 12 0 0 0 3 0 1 2.91 W (7-4) CAL Jul 23 (1) L, 3-4 at Tigers Middle 0.2 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 2 2.87 L (7-5) CAL Jul 24 W, 5-4 at Indians Middle 4.1 6 21 2 2 0 1 1 1 2.97 CAL Jul 26 W, 11-9 at Brewers Finish 14 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.95 CAL Jul 28 L, 4-5 at Orioles Finish 1.2 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 2 2.87 CAL Jul 30 W, 4-2 at Orioles Finish 15 1.1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.80 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL Aug 05 (2) W, 4-3 vs Twins Finish 16 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.71 CAL Aug 06 W, 4-3 vs Twins Finish 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.67 W (8-5) CAL Aug 08 W, 2-1 at A's Finish 17 1.2 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 2 2.60 CAL Aug 12 (1) W, 7-5 at Mariners Finish 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.53 W (9-5) CAL Aug 20 W, 1-0 vs Orioles Middle 5.0 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 6 2.35 CAL Aug 23 W, 6-3 vs Yankees Finish 18 1.2 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.30 CAL Aug 27 L, 3-4 at Red Sox Middle 3.0 1 13 0 0 0 0 3 3 2.21 CAL Aug 29 L, 3-4 at Yankees Finish 3.0 2 15 1 1 0 1 3 1 2.24 L (9-6) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL Sep 01 W, 6-4 at Blue Jays Finish 19 1.1 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.20 CAL Sep 04 W, 8-7 vs Rangers Finish 20 1.2 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.16 CAL Sep 07 W, 7-6 vs Rangers Finish 21 2.0 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 2 2.11 CAL Sep 08 L, 7-9 vs Royals Middle 0.2 5 9 5 5 0 0 2 1 2.62 L (9-7) CAL Sep 09 (1) W, 3-2 vs Royals Finish 22 1.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.59 CAL Sep 13 L, 4-6 at Rangers Finish 2.0 3 9 3 3 2 1 0 0 2.83 L (9-8) CAL Sep 16 W, 4-3 at Royals Finish 23 1.1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.79 CAL Sep 22 W, 3-2 at White Sox Finish 24 2.0 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.73 CAL Sep 26 W, 4-3 vs Brewers Finish 1.1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.69 W (10-8) CAL Sep 27 W, 4-1 vs Brewers Finish 25 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.68 CAL Sep 30 L, 5-6 vs White Sox Middle 1.2 6 11 2 2 1 0 0 0 2.82 L (10-9)

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   4   5.54   13   0   0   0   0   0   26.0   30   132   21   16   2   15   7   20    4-9 
As closer        9   5   1.81   46   0   0  46  25   0   69.2   43   271   14   14   5   22   4   50   34-12

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              104   17   27   37   5   1   1   17   3   1   14   0   1   17   0  .260  .356  .353  .709
vs RHB              235   35   46   69   5   0   6   31   4   2   23  11   1   53   7  .196  .294  .298  .591

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             4   4   2.41   29   0   0  22  16   0   41.0   28   165   15   11   3   11   3   34   21-8 
Road             6   5   3.13   30   0   0  24   9   0   54.2   45   238   20   19   4   26   8   36   17-13

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              4   2   0.35   14   0   0   9   5   0   25.2   11    98    3    1   0    9   4   19   10-4 
Night            6   7   3.73   45   0   0  37  20   0   70.0   62   305   32   29   7   28   7   51   28-17

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            2   0   1.38    9   0   0   7   5   0   13.0    7    52    2    2   1    5   1    7    7-2 
May              1   1   4.15    8   0   0   5   1   0   13.0   15    61    7    6   0   10   1    3    2-6 
June             3   2   4.24   12   0   0  10   4   0   17.0   10    74   11    8   3    9   0   18    8-4 
July             1   2   1.50   11   0   0   9   5   0   18.0   16    79    4    3   0    7   1   15    7-4 
August           2   1   0.47    8   0   0   6   3   0   19.1    6    70    1    1   0    3   6   17    6-2 
September        1   3   5.87   11   0   0   9   7   0   15.1   19    67   10   10   3    3   2   10    8-3 

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
A's              2   0   2.31    6   0   0   5   2   0   11.2    5    43    3    3   2    2   0   10    4-2 
Blue Jays        0   0   6.00    4   0   0   3   2   0    3.0    4    15    2    2   0    3   0    1    2-2 
Brewers          1   1   1.80    5   0   0   4   2   0    5.0    1    20    2    1   0    4   1    3    3-2 
Indians          0   0   4.15    1   0   0   0   0   0    4.1    6    21    2    2   0    1   1    1    1-0 
Mariners         1   0   1.04    5   0   0   4   3   0    8.2    3    33    1    1   0    3   1    8    4-1 
Orioles          0   1   1.04    4   0   0   2   1   0    8.2    4    36    4    1   1    4   0   11    2-2 
Rangers          0   1   4.50    5   0   0   5   3   0    8.0    6    32    4    4   3    3   0    4    3-2 
Red Sox          0   1   2.70    3   0   0   2   1   0    3.1    4    18    1    1   0    1   3    4    1-2 
Royals           0   1   5.87    7   0   0   6   5   0    7.2   11    36    5    5   0    1   2    5    5-2 
Tigers           2   2   2.00    5   0   0   3   0   0    9.0    7    40    3    2   0    8   0    5    2-3 
Twins            3   0   0.00    6   0   0   6   3   0    9.1    2    31    0    0   0    2   0    7    6-0 
White Sox        0   1   4.50    4   0   0   3   2   0    8.0   15    39    4    4   1    1   0    3    2-2 
Yankees          1   1   4.00    4   0   0   3   1   0    9.0    5    39    4    4   0    4   3    8    3-1 

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