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Dennis Leonard

Game Log for 1979
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 05 W, 11-2 vs Blue Jays Start 6.0 6 27 2 0 0 2 0 4 0.00 W (1-0) KCR Apr 14 L, 6-8 at Blue Jays Start 7.0 7 32 7 5 1 3 0 1 3.46 L (1-1) KCR Apr 20 L, 2-9 at Red Sox Start 7.0 11 33 6 6 1 1 1 6 4.95 L (1-2) KCR Apr 24 W, 5-0 vs White Sox Start 1 1 9.0 7 36 0 0 0 3 0 3 3.41 W (2-2) KCR Apr 28 W, 7-2 vs Indians Start 2 9.0 8 32 2 2 1 0 0 7 3.08 W (3-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record KCR May 02 L, 2-3 vs Rangers Start 3 9.0 10 38 3 3 1 1 0 1 3.06 L (3-3) KCR May 07 W, 10-6 at Rangers Start 4.1 9 22 6 6 2 0 0 4 3.86 KCR May 17 L, 6-7 vs Twins Start 6.0 11 30 5 4 0 2 0 1 4.08 L (3-4) KCR May 24 W, 5-4 vs Mariners Start 4 9.0 7 36 4 4 1 3 0 4 4.07 W (4-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record KCR Jun 19 L, 5-6 at A's Start 4.2 4 19 3 3 3 0 0 3 4.18 KCR Jun 24 W, 5-2 at Angels Start 5 9.0 3 30 2 2 1 1 0 7 3.94 W (5-4) KCR Jun 29 L, 5-6 vs Angels Start 9.0 8 36 5 3 1 1 0 6 3.84 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record KCR Jul 04 L, 4-6 at Red Sox Start 8.0 7 31 4 4 1 2 0 1 3.90 KCR Jul 09 L, 2-8 at Indians Start 6.1 9 29 7 7 3 1 0 0 4.27 L (5-5) KCR Jul 13 L, 4-9 vs Rangers Start 6.2 10 32 8 6 1 3 0 2 4.50 L (5-6) KCR Jul 19 L, 1-2 vs Indians Start 6 9.0 5 34 2 1 0 2 0 2 4.24 L (5-7) KCR Jul 23 W, 5-4 at Rangers Start 8.0 9 32 4 4 2 0 0 4 4.25 W (6-7) KCR Jul 27 L, 0-8 vs Orioles Start 2.0 8 16 5 5 2 1 1 4 4.53 L (6-8) KCR Jul 31 W, 6-5 vs Blue Jays Start 1.1 5 11 5 5 0 2 0 2 4.83 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record KCR Aug 05 W, 3-2 at Tigers Start 8.0 5 29 2 2 0 2 0 8 4.68 W (7-8) KCR Aug 10 (2) W, 7-3 vs Tigers Start 8.0 4 30 3 3 1 3 0 3 4.61 W (8-8) KCR Aug 14 L, 2-5 at Brewers Start 7.0 7 30 5 5 2 3 0 3 4.70 L (8-9) KCR Aug 19 W, 11-7 at Orioles Start 7.0 8 30 5 5 1 1 0 2 4.77 KCR Aug 25 W, 1-0 vs Red Sox Start 7 2 9.0 4 31 0 0 0 2 0 4 4.52 W (9-9) KCR Aug 29 W, 18-8 vs Brewers Start 8.0 7 32 6 6 4 1 0 6 4.62 W (10-9) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record KCR Sep 03 W, 1-0 at Twins Start 8 3 9.0 4 31 0 0 0 0 1 9 4.40 W (11-9) KCR Sep 08 L, 2-4 at Mariners Start 7.1 9 33 4 4 1 4 0 2 4.41 L (11-10) KCR Sep 12 W, 4-0 vs Twins Start 9 4 9.0 3 31 0 0 0 2 0 3 4.22 W (12-10) KCR Sep 17 W, 16-4 vs Angels Start 7.1 8 33 4 4 1 3 0 6 4.24 W (13-10) KCR Sep 22 L, 0-2 at A's Start 10 8.0 6 29 2 2 0 1 0 4 4.17 L (13-11) KCR Sep 26 W, 4-0 at Angels Start 11 5 9.0 5 32 0 0 0 1 0 8 4.00 W (14-11) KCR Sep 30 L, 5-6 vs A's Start 12 9.0 12 39 6 6 2 2 0 6 4.08 L (14-12)

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      14  12   4.08   32  32  12   0   0   5  236.0  226   966  117  107  33   53   3  126   17-15  5.16 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              445   54  110  189  21   5  16   53   5   5   39   3   0   69   6  .247  .425  .311  .736
vs RHB              447   55  116  189  16   3  17   53   3   6   14   0   2   57   7  .260  .423  .283  .706

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             9   6   3.70   17  17   8   0   0   3  126.1  123   524   60   52  15   33   1   64   10-7   6.06 runs/start
Road             5   6   4.51   15  15   4   0   0   2  109.2  103   442   57   55  18   20   2   62    7-8   4.13 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   4   3.94    8   8   4   0   0   1   64.0   56   253   30   28   6   13   1   38    4-4   4.12 runs/start
Night           11   8   4.13   24  24   8   0   0   4  172.0  170   713   87   79  27   40   2   88   13-11  5.50 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   2   3.08    5   5   2   0   0   1   38.0   39   160   17   13   3    9   1   21    3-2   6.20 runs/start
May              1   2   5.40    4   4   2   0   0   0   28.1   37   126   18   17   4    6   0   10    2-2   5.75 runs/start
June             1   0   3.18    3   3   1   0   0   0   22.2   15    85   10    8   5    2   0   16    1-2   5.00 runs/start
July             1   4   6.97    7   7   1   0   0   0   41.1   53   185   35   32   9   11   1   15    2-5   3.14 runs/start
August           4   1   4.02    6   6   1   0   0   1   47.0   35   182   21   21   8   12   0   26    5-1   7.00 runs/start
September        4   3   2.45    7   7   5   0   0   3   58.2   47   228   16   16   4   13   1   38    4-3   4.57 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           3   0   2.36    4   4   2   0   0   1   34.1   24   131   11    9   3    6   0   27    3-1   7.50 runs/start
A's              0   2   4.57    3   3   2   0   0   0   21.2   22    87   11   11   5    3   0   13    0-3   3.33 runs/start
Blue Jays        1   1   6.28    3   3   0   0   0   0   14.1   18    70   14   10   1    7   0    7    2-1   7.67 runs/start
Brewers          1   1   6.60    2   2   0   0   0   0   15.0   14    62   11   11   6    4   0    9    1-1   10.00 runs/start
Indians          1   2   3.70    3   3   2   0   0   0   24.1   22    95   11   10   4    3   0    9    1-2   3.33 runs/start
Mariners         1   1   4.41    2   2   1   0   0   0   16.1   16    69    8    8   2    7   0    6    1-1   3.50 runs/start
Orioles          0   1  10.00    2   2   0   0   0   0    9.0   16    46   10   10   3    2   1    6    1-1   5.50 runs/start
Rangers          1   2   6.11    4   4   1   0   0   0   28.0   38   124   21   19   6    4   0   11    2-2   5.25 runs/start
Red Sox          1   1   3.75    3   3   1   0   0   1   24.0   22    95   10   10   2    5   1   11    1-2   2.33 runs/start
Tigers           2   0   2.81    2   2   0   0   0   0   16.0    9    59    5    5   1    5   0   11    2-0   5.00 runs/start
Twins            2   1   1.50    3   3   2   0   0   2   24.0   18    92    5    4   0    4   1   13    2-1   3.67 runs/start
White Sox        1   0   0.00    1   1   1   0   0   1    9.0    7    36    0    0   0    3   0    3    1-0   5.00 runs/start

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