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Dennis Leonard

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 KCR Apr 08 L, 5-8 at Indians Start 4.1 9 24 8 5 3 1 0 3 10.38 L (0-1) KCR Apr 12 W, 5-2 vs Orioles Start 8.0 7 34 2 2 1 4 0 5 5.11 W (1-1) KCR Apr 16 W, 2-1 vs Indians Start 1 9.0 6 34 1 1 0 1 0 5 3.38 W (2-1) KCR Apr 21 L, 1-2 at Orioles Start 2 8.0 6 31 2 2 0 2 0 7 3.07 L (2-2) KCR Apr 25 L, 1-4 at Rangers Start 3 8.0 6 32 4 4 2 3 0 4 3.38 L (2-3) KCR Apr 29 W, 11-2 vs Brewers Start 4 9.0 13 43 2 2 1 3 0 7 3.11 W (3-3) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record KCR May 03 L, 5-6 at Yankees Start 7.2 9 34 6 5 3 2 0 6 3.50 L (3-4) KCR May 08 L, 4-8 at Red Sox Start 6.2 7 30 7 4 1 3 1 2 3.71 L (3-5) KCR May 13 L, 2-5 vs Yankees Start 7.1 7 30 5 5 1 0 1 1 3.97 L (3-6) KCR May 18 L, 6-8 vs Twins Start 2.2 4 14 6 6 1 2 0 0 4.58 L (3-7) KCR May 22 L, 1-10 at Mariners Start 3.1 6 18 7 5 1 1 0 1 4.99 L (3-8) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record KCR Jun 01 W, 10-0 vs Mariners Start 5 1 9.0 6 32 0 0 0 1 0 1 4.45 W (4-8) KCR Jun 06 L, 1-2 at Rangers Start 6 8.0 6 27 2 2 1 1 0 1 4.25 L (4-9) KCR Jun 10 W, 6-3 at Tigers Start 7 9.0 9 38 3 3 2 2 1 6 4.14 W (5-9) KCR Jun 15 W, 7-2 vs Tigers Start 8 9.0 10 37 2 2 0 1 0 8 3.96 W (6-9) KCR Jun 19 W, 6-5 vs Indians Start 8.0 9 35 5 3 1 1 0 9 3.92 W (7-9) KCR Jun 23 (2) L, 4-5 vs A's Start 7.0 9 32 5 1 1 3 0 6 3.77 L (7-10) KCR Jun 27 L, 4-5 at Angels Start 6.2 6 33 4 4 0 5 0 6 3.86 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record KCR Jul 01 L, 2-4 at A's Start 5.2 10 28 4 4 0 1 1 4 3.96 L (7-11) KCR Jul 05 W, 10-1 vs Angels Start 9 9.0 6 33 1 1 0 2 0 3 3.78 W (8-11) KCR Jul 09 W, 10-4 vs Orioles Start 10 9.0 7 36 4 3 1 2 0 4 3.73 W (9-11) KCR Jul 15 W, 8-2 at Yankees Start 11 9.0 8 33 2 2 0 0 0 8 3.64 W (10-11) KCR Jul 20 W, 2-1 vs Rangers Start 12 9.0 6 33 1 1 0 1 0 6 3.50 W (11-11) KCR Jul 24 W, 5-2 vs Yankees Start 13 9.0 8 34 2 2 0 1 0 6 3.42 W (12-11) KCR Jul 29 L, 0-1 at Red Sox Start 14 8.0 5 30 1 1 0 2 0 8 3.33 L (12-12) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record KCR Aug 02 L, 2-5 at Indians Start 5.2 6 28 5 5 1 3 1 2 3.46 L (12-13) KCR Aug 07 L, 3-5 vs White Sox Start 6.1 8 29 4 4 0 2 0 4 3.53 L (12-14) KCR Aug 11 W, 9-8 at Blue Jays Start 2.1 7 14 6 6 2 1 0 1 3.76 KCR Aug 15 W, 4-2 at Tigers Start 6.0 7 28 2 2 0 5 0 2 3.73 W (13-14) KCR Aug 19 W, 3-0 vs Rangers Start 15 2 9.0 6 35 0 0 0 2 0 7 3.58 W (14-14) KCR Aug 23 L, 0-3 at White Sox Start 16 8.0 7 30 3 3 0 0 0 6 3.57 L (14-15) KCR Aug 27 W, 4-2 at Rangers Start 8.2 9 35 2 2 1 0 0 7 3.52 W (15-15) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record KCR Sep 01 L, 2-6 vs Tigers Start 5.0 7 24 6 6 1 2 0 6 3.67 L (15-16) KCR Sep 05 W, 3-0 at A's Start 17 3 9.0 3 28 0 0 0 1 0 7 3.54 W (16-16) KCR Sep 09 (2) L, 2-4 at Angels Start 7.0 9 32 4 4 1 1 2 6 3.58 L (16-17) KCR Sep 13 W, 9-1 vs A's Start 6.1 6 25 1 1 1 1 0 2 3.53 W (17-17) KCR Sep 17 W, 5-0 vs Angels Start 18 4 9.0 5 31 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.41 W (18-17) KCR Sep 21 W, 8-4 vs Brewers Start 19 9.0 10 41 4 4 0 5 0 6 3.43 W (19-17) KCR Sep 25 W, 7-2 vs Mariners Start 20 9.0 6 35 2 2 0 2 0 4 3.39 W (20-17) KCR Sep 29 W, 4-0 vs Twins Start 5.0 2 18 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.33 W (21-17)

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      21  17   3.33   40  40  20   0   0   4  294.2  283  1218  125  109  27   71   7  183   22-18  4.58 runs/start

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              552   60  145  233  31   3  17   58  11   4   43   5   5   91  11  .263  .422  .325  .747
vs RHB              562   52  138  203  31   2  10   45   7   7   28   2   4   92  15  .246  .361  .288  .649

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home            16   5   2.53   21  21  12   0   0   3  163.2  148   665   53   46   9   37   1   96   16-5   5.76 runs/start
Road             5  12   4.33   19  19   8   0   0   1  131.0  135   553   72   63  18   34   6   87    6-13  3.26 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              6   3   2.41    9   9   6   0   0   2   71.0   64   290   23   19   7   15   2   45    6-3   4.22 runs/start
Night           15  14   3.62   31  31  14   0   0   2  223.2  219   928  102   90  20   56   5  138   16-15  4.68 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            3   3   3.11    6   6   4   0   0   0   46.1   47   198   19   16   7   14   0   31    3-3   4.17 runs/start
May              0   5   8.13    5   5   0   0   0   0   27.2   33   126   31   25   7    8   2   10    0-5   3.60 runs/start
June             4   2   2.38    7   7   4   0   0   1   56.2   55   234   21   15   5   14   1   37    4-3   5.43 runs/start
July             5   2   2.15    7   7   6   0   0   0   58.2   50   227   15   14   1    9   1   39    5-2   5.29 runs/start
August           3   3   4.30    7   7   2   0   0   1   46.0   50   199   22   22   4   13   1   29    4-3   3.57 runs/start
September        6   2   2.58    8   8   4   0   0   2   59.1   48   234   17   17   3   13   2   37    6-2   5.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           2   1   2.56    4   4   2   0   0   1   31.2   26   129    9    9   1    8   2   18    2-2   5.25 runs/start
A's              2   2   1.93    4   4   1   0   0   1   28.0   28   113   10    6   2    6   1   19    2-2   4.50 runs/start
Blue Jays        0   0  23.14    1   1   0   0   0   0    2.1    7    14    6    6   2    1   0    1    1-0   9.00 runs/start
Brewers          2   0   3.00    2   2   2   0   0   0   18.0   23    84    6    6   1    8   0   13    2-0   9.50 runs/start
Indians          2   2   4.67    4   4   1   0   0   0   27.0   30   121   19   14   5    6   1   19    2-2   3.75 runs/start
Mariners         2   1   2.95    3   3   2   0   0   1   21.1   18    85    9    7   1    4   0    6    2-1   6.00 runs/start
Orioles          2   1   2.52    3   3   2   0   0   0   25.0   20   101    8    7   2    8   0   16    2-1   5.33 runs/start
Rangers          3   2   1.90    5   5   4   0   0   1   42.2   33   162    9    9   4    7   0   25    3-2   2.20 runs/start
Red Sox          0   2   3.07    2   2   1   0   0   0   14.2   12    60    8    5   1    5   1   10    0-2   2.00 runs/start
Tigers           3   1   4.03    4   4   2   0   0   0   29.0   33   127   13   13   3   10   1   22    3-1   4.75 runs/start
Twins            1   1   7.04    2   2   0   0   0   0    7.2    6    32    6    6   1    3   0    3    1-1   5.00 runs/start
White Sox        0   2   4.40    2   2   1   0   0   0   14.1   15    59    7    7   0    2   0   10    0-2   1.50 runs/start
Yankees          2   2   3.82    4   4   2   0   0   0   33.0   32   131   15   14   4    3   1   21    2-2   5.00 runs/start

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