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Game Log for 1972
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY Apr 19 W, 3-2 vs Brewers Finish 1 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NYY Apr 25 L, 3-4 vs A's Middle 3.1 1 12 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.00 NYY Apr 30 (1) W, 5-4 vs Twins Finish 2.1 4 11 1 1 0 1 0 1 1.50 W (1-0) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY May 07 L, 5-7 at A's Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.29 NYY May 08 W, 5-3 at Twins Finish 2 1.1 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 2.16 NYY May 12 W, 6-3 at Angels Finish 3 1.1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.86 NYY May 16 W, 3-1 at Indians Finish 4 2.0 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.54 NYY May 21 (1) W, 6-3 vs Red Sox Finish 5 1.0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.42 NYY May 21 (2) W, 3-2 vs Red Sox Finish 6 2.0 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.23 NYY May 24 W, 4-2 vs Indians Finish 7 2.0 2 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.08 NYY May 27 L, 1-2 vs Tigers Finish 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.96 NYY May 29 (1) W, 5-1 vs Tigers Finish 8 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.95 NYY May 29 (2) W, 4-2 vs Tigers Finish 9 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.86 NYY May 31 W, 5-4 at Brewers Finish 10 2.1 3 11 1 1 0 1 0 2 1.16 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY Jun 03 W, 18-10 at White Sox Finish 5.0 3 18 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.95 W (2-0) NYY Jun 04 (2) L, 4-5 at White Sox Finish 0.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.27 L (2-1) NYY Jun 07 W, 7-5 at Rangers Finish 11 3.2 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.12 NYY Jun 11 L, 0-1 at Royals Finish 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.09 NYY Jun 14 W, 3-0 vs White Sox Finish 12 2.2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.01 NYY Jun 17 (2) W, 3-2 vs Rangers Finish 13 2.0 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.96 NYY Jun 20 W, 4-2 vs Royals Finish 14 2.1 5 11 1 1 0 0 0 1 1.12 NYY Jun 29 W, 4-3 vs Orioles Finish 15 3.0 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.05 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY Jul 02 (2) W, 5-2 vs Indians Finish 16 3.0 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.98 NYY Jul 06 W, 6-2 at A's Finish 17 3.1 1 12 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.91 NYY Jul 08 W, 1-0 at Twins Finish 18 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.89 NYY Jul 09 W, 9-6 at Twins Finish 19 1.2 1 6 1 1 0 1 0 1 1.04 NYY Jul 14 (2) L, 0-1 vs A's Finish 2.0 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.00 NYY Jul 22 (1) L, 0-1 vs Angels Finish 2.0 3 11 1 1 0 1 1 1 1.12 L (2-2) NYY Jul 23 L, 3-6 vs Angels Finish 3.0 2 11 0 0 0 1 0 3 1.07 NYY Jul 27 W, 6-2 vs Red Sox Finish 20 2.1 1 9 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.03 NYY Jul 28 (1) L, 5-6 vs Red Sox Finish 1.0 2 5 2 2 1 0 0 1 1.30 L (2-3) NYY Jul 31 (1) W, 5-2 at Orioles Finish 21 2.0 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.26 NYY Jul 31 (2) W, 2-1 at Orioles Finish 22 2.0 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.22 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY Aug 04 W, 9-4 at Brewers Finish 23 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.20 NYY Aug 06 (1) W, 3-0 at Brewers Finish 24 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.19 NYY Aug 06 (2) W, 6-4 at Brewers Finish 2.0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.15 W (3-3) NYY Aug 08 W, 4-2 vs Tigers Finish 3.0 1 11 0 0 0 1 0 3 1.10 W (4-3) NYY Aug 09 (2) W, 2-1 vs Tigers Finish 25 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.09 NYY Aug 10 W, 1-0 vs Tigers Finish 26 1.0 2 6 0 0 0 0 1 2 1.08 NYY Aug 12 W, 10-6 vs Brewers Finish 27 3.0 7 16 3 3 0 0 1 1 1.38 NYY Aug 13 (1) W, 5-3 vs Brewers Finish 28 1.1 1 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.36 NYY Aug 20 W, 2-0 at Rangers Finish 3.0 3 12 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.31 W (5-3) NYY Aug 25 (1) W, 4-1 vs Royals Finish 1.2 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.28 W (6-3) NYY Aug 27 (1) W, 7-6 vs Royals Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.27 W (7-3) NYY Aug 27 (2) W, 9-8 vs Royals Middle 0.2 5 7 4 3 1 0 0 0 1.57 NYY Aug 29 (1) W, 7-6 vs Rangers Finish 1.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.55 W (8-3) NYY Aug 30 W, 3-1 vs Rangers Finish 29 1.2 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.52 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY Sep 04 (1) L, 3-4 at Orioles Finish 2.0 2 9 1 1 0 0 1 1 1.59 L (8-4) NYY Sep 04 (2) W, 5-2 at Orioles Finish 30 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.58 NYY Sep 05 W, 7-6 at Orioles Finish 31 1.0 2 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.75 NYY Sep 09 W, 3-1 at Tigers Finish 32 1.1 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.73 NYY Sep 12 W, 3-2 vs Red Sox Finish 33 3.0 1 11 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.68 NYY Sep 17 W, 2-1 vs Orioles Finish 34 3.0 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.63 NYY Sep 21 L, 4-6 at Brewers Finish 1.0 3 7 2 2 0 0 1 0 1.79 NYY Sep 24 (1) W, 5-4 at Indians Middle 2.0 2 7 1 1 0 0 0 2 1.84 NYY Sep 24 (2) W, 8-3 at Indians Finish 35 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.82 NYY Sep 27 L, 5-6 at Tigers Finish 1.0 5 9 2 2 0 1 0 1 1.98 L (8-5) NYY Sep 28 W, 3-2 at Tigers Finish 2.0 1 10 0 0 0 2 1 2 1.94 W (9-5) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY Oct 01 (2) L, 3-4 vs Indians Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.92

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    0   0   6.00    3   0   0   0   0   0    6.0    8    26    5    4   1    1   0    4    2-1 
As closer        9   5   1.68   56   0   0  56  35   0  101.2   76   401   20   19   2   21   7   71   44-12

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB               76    6   18   24   6   0   0    6   0   0    3   0   0   10   0  .237  .316  .266  .582
vs RHB              312   32   66   86   5   3   3   30   0   0   19   7   0   65  12  .212  .276  .268  .544

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             5   2   1.62   32   0   0  30  19   0   61.0   48   240   13   11   2   11   4   39   25-7 
Road             4   3   2.31   27   0   0  26  16   0   46.2   36   187   12   12   1   11   3   36   21-6 

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              5   2   1.88   30   0   0  28  16   0   52.2   40   202   12   11   2   10   3   36   23-7 
Night            4   3   1.96   29   0   0  28  19   0   55.0   44   225   13   12   1   12   4   39   23-6 

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            1   0   1.50    3   0   0   2   1   0    6.0    5    24    1    1   0    2   0    3    2-1 
May              0   0   1.04   11   0   0  11   9   0   17.1    8    62    3    2   0    4   0    9    9-2 
June             1   1   0.92    8   0   0   8   5   0   19.2   12    71    2    2   1    1   1   13    6-2 
July             0   2   1.54   11   0   0  11   7   0   23.1   14    89    4    4   1    7   1   17    7-4 
August           6   0   2.42   14   0   0  13   7   0   22.1   24    96    7    6   1    4   2   19   14-0 
September        1   2   4.00   11   0   0  10   6   0   18.0   21    82    8    8   0    4   3   14    8-3 
October          0   0   0.00    1   0   0   1   0   0    1.0    0     3    0    0   0    0   0    0    0-1 

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           0   1   1.42    3   0   0   3   1   0    6.1    5    26    1    1   0    2   1    6    1-2 
A's              0   0   0.00    4   0   0   3   1   0    9.2    4    34    0    0   0    2   0    4    1-3 
Brewers          1   0   4.50    8   0   0   8   6   0   12.0   17    57    6    6   0    3   2    8    7-1 
Indians          0   0   0.82    6   0   0   5   4   0   11.0    5    39    2    1   0    1   0    6    5-1 
Orioles          0   1   1.98    7   0   0   7   6   0   13.2    9    54    3    3   0    2   1   10    6-1 
Rangers          2   0   0.00    5   0   0   5   3   0   11.1    5    41    0    0   0    1   1   13    5-0 
Red Sox          0   1   1.93    5   0   0   5   4   0    9.1    6    35    2    2   1    3   0    5    4-1 
Royals           2   0   5.40    5   0   0   4   1   0    6.2   12    31    5    4   1    0   0    2    4-1 
Tigers           2   1   1.32    9   0   0   9   5   0   13.2   11    58    2    2   0    5   2   13    7-2 
Twins            1   0   4.26    4   0   0   4   3   0    6.1    6    25    3    3   0    2   0    6    4-0 
White Sox        1   1   1.17    3   0   0   3   1   0    7.2    4    27    1    1   1    1   0    2    2-1 

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