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Game Log for 1976
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 08 L, 0-5 at Brewers Finish 1.0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.00 NYY Apr 10 W, 9-7 at Brewers Middle 0.1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 W (1-0) NYY Apr 15 W, 11-4 vs Twins Finish 1 1.2 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NYY Apr 20 W, 5-4 vs White Sox Finish 2 1.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 NYY Apr 21 W, 10-7 vs White Sox Finish 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 NYY Apr 24 W, 9-8 vs Royals Finish 5.0 4 19 2 2 0 0 1 3 1.86 W (2-0) NYY Apr 27 W, 1-0 at Rangers Finish 3 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.80 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY May 02 L, 1-2 at Royals Finish 2.1 2 11 1 1 0 1 1 0 2.19 L (2-1) NYY May 04 W, 2-1 at Angels Finish 4 0.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.08 NYY May 06 W, 4-2 at Angels Finish 5 1.1 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.88 NYY May 12 W, 7-6 vs Tigers Finish 6 3.0 2 12 2 1 0 0 0 2 2.08 NYY May 14 L, 2-6 vs Orioles Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.96 NYY May 15 W, 7-3 vs Orioles Finish 7 2.2 3 11 1 1 0 0 0 3 2.14 NYY May 18 W, 11-6 at Indians Middle 6.0 3 25 0 0 0 2 2 1 1.67 W (3-1) NYY May 21 W, 6-5 vs Red Sox Finish 4.2 7 19 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.42 W (4-1) NYY May 23 L, 6-7 vs Red Sox Middle 3.0 6 17 5 4 1 1 0 3 2.34 L (4-2) NYY May 27 L, 3-5 vs Indians Finish 3.0 2 11 0 0 0 1 0 1 2.15 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY Jun 04 L, 4-6 vs A's Finish 2.0 3 10 2 2 0 0 1 1 2.50 L (4-3) NYY Jun 05 L, 6-7 vs A's Finish 1.1 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 3 2.41 L (4-4) NYY Jun 06 (1) L, 2-3 vs A's Finish 1.1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.34 NYY Jun 09 W, 4-3 vs Angels Finish 8 0.2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.30 NYY Jun 12 L, 1-2 vs Rangers Finish 2.1 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.18 NYY Jun 15 W, 4-2 at Twins Finish 9 2.2 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.06 NYY Jun 16 W, 9-4 at Twins Finish 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.05 NYY Jun 17 W, 5-4 at White Sox Finish 10 2.0 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.97 NYY Jun 18 W, 3-2 at White Sox Middle 3.2 2 13 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.83 NYY Jun 19 W, 4-3 at White Sox Finish 11 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.81 NYY Jun 20 W, 6-3 at White Sox Finish 12 1.1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.77 NYY Jun 22 L, 2-3 vs Indians Finish 1.1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.73 NYY Jun 24 W, 6-5 vs Indians Finish 1.1 2 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 1.84 W (5-4) NYY Jun 26 W, 6-3 vs Brewers Finish 13 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.81 NYY Jun 27 (1) W, 6-2 vs Brewers Finish 14 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.79 NYY Jun 27 (2) W, 10-2 vs Brewers Finish 2.0 0 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 1.73 NYY Jun 29 L, 5-7 at Tigers Finish 1.2 5 8 3 3 1 0 0 1 2.11 L (5-5) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY Jul 01 L, 2-3 at Indians Finish 1.1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.07 NYY Jul 03 W, 7-3 at Indians Finish 15 1.2 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 2.01 NYY Jul 04 W, 4-3 at Indians Finish 16 1.0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.99 NYY Jul 06 (1) L, 1-3 vs Royals Finish 1.2 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.94 NYY Jul 06 (2) W, 7-4 vs Royals Finish 1.1 2 8 2 2 0 2 0 1 2.15 W (6-5) NYY Jul 09 W, 2-1 vs White Sox Finish 17 1.1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.12 NYY Jul 10 L, 1-4 vs White Sox Finish 1.1 3 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 2.20 NYY Jul 15 (1) W, 7-6 at Rangers Middle 0.0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 2.20 NYY Jul 18 L, 2-3 at Rangers Finish 3.1 3 17 1 1 0 3 1 3 2.22 L (6-6) NYY Jul 19 W, 3-2 at White Sox Finish 18 1.0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.19 NYY Jul 28 L, 3-4 at Orioles Finish 1.2 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.15 NYY Jul 31 (1) L, 2-4 at Red Sox Finish 1.1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.11 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY Aug 01 L, 4-5 at Red Sox Middle 1.0 0 6 2 2 0 3 0 0 2.30 NYY Aug 05 L, 3-9 at Brewers Finish 0.1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.30 NYY Aug 07 L, 4-7 vs Orioles Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.27 NYY Aug 08 L, 5-8 vs Orioles Finish 0.2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.25 NYY Aug 09 L, 2-8 at Royals Finish 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.22 NYY Aug 10 W, 2-1 at Royals Finish 19 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.20 NYY Aug 11 W, 5-3 at Royals Finish 20 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.19 NYY Aug 13 W, 9-3 at Twins Finish 2.0 2 9 1 1 0 1 0 0 2.24 NYY Aug 15 L, 8-9 at Twins Finish 0.1 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.33 L (6-7) NYY Aug 18 W, 8-6 vs Rangers Finish 3.2 2 15 1 1 1 1 1 1 2.34 W (7-7) NYY Aug 22 L, 8-11 vs Angels Finish 2.0 3 11 3 1 0 1 0 1 2.39 L (7-8) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY Sep 01 L, 0-5 at A's Finish 2.0 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 2.34 NYY Sep 11 L, 5-6 vs Tigers Finish 2.0 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.29 NYY Sep 18 W, 5-3 at Brewers Finish 21 1.0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 2.27 NYY Sep 21 L, 8-11 vs Orioles Finish 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.24 NYY Sep 29 W, 9-6 at Red Sox Finish 2.0 1 8 1 1 1 1 0 2 2.29 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYY Oct 02 (1) W, 6-5 vs Indians Finish 22 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.28 NYY Oct 02 (2) W, 4-3 vs Indians Finish 23 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.26

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    2   1   3.86    6   0   0   0   0   0   14.0   12    67    8    6   1   10   2    8    4-2 
As closer        5   7   2.01   58   0   0  58  23   0   89.2   70   353   25   20   4   25   5   53   33-25

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB               90   14   20   24   1   0   1   11   2   2    9   2   0   18   1  .222  .267  .301  .568
vs RHB              275   46   62   85   7   2   4   40   4   0   26   5   0   43  12  .225  .309  .302  .611

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             5   4   2.53   32   0   0  31  10   0   57.0   52   229   22   16   3   13   3   35   17-15
Road             2   4   1.93   32   0   0  27  13   0   46.2   30   191   11   10   2   22   4   26   20-12

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              2   5   3.06   25   0   0  22   8   0   35.1   28   148   17   12   1   15   2   27   12-13
Night            5   3   1.84   39   0   0  36  15   0   68.1   54   272   16   14   4   20   5   34   25-14

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            2   0   1.80    7   0   0   6   3   0   10.0    7    38    3    2   0    2   1    7    6-1 
May              2   2   2.28   10   0   0   8   4   0   27.2   27   116    9    7   1    6   3   14    6-4 
June             1   3   2.05   17   0   0  16   7   0   26.1   19    97    7    6   2    4   1   21   11-6 
July             1   1   2.12   12   0   0  11   4   0   17.0   12    72    5    4   0   11   1   10    6-6 
August           1   2   4.05   11   0   0  10   2   0   13.1   12    61    8    6   1    7   1    4    4-7 
September        0   0   1.12    5   0   0   5   1   0    8.0    4    31    1    1   1    4   0    5    2-3 
October          0   0   0.00    2   0   0   2   2   0    1.1    1     5    0    0   0    1   0    0    2-0 

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           0   1   1.93    4   0   0   4   3   0    4.2    6    21    3    1   0    1   0    3    3-1 
A's              0   2   2.70    4   0   0   4   0   0    6.2    6    28    3    2   0    1   1    5    0-4 
Brewers          1   0   0.00    7   0   0   6   3   0    6.1    1    26    1    0   0    8   0    7    5-2 
Indians          2   0   0.53    9   0   0   8   4   0   17.0    9    63    1    1   1    6   2    5    6-3 
Orioles          0   0   1.12    6   0   0   6   1   0    8.0    6    30    1    1   0    0   0    6    1-5 
Rangers          1   1   1.86    5   0   0   4   1   0    9.2    7    44    2    2   1    7   2    7    3-2 
Red Sox          1   1   5.25    5   0   0   3   0   0   12.0   14    54    8    7   2    6   0    9    2-3 
Royals           2   1   3.55    7   0   0   7   2   0   12.2   11    52    6    5   0    3   2    5    4-3 
Tigers           0   1   5.40    3   0   0   3   1   0    6.2    8    27    5    4   1    1   0    3    1-2 
Twins            0   1   2.57    5   0   0   5   2   0    7.0    8    29    2    2   0    1   0    1    4-1 
White Sox        0   0   0.69    9   0   0   8   6   0   13.0    6    46    1    1   0    1   0   10    8-1 

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