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Jon Matlack

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 TEX Apr 08 W, 2-1 vs Yankees Start 1 9.0 8 34 1 1 0 1 1 6 1.00 W (1-0) TEX Apr 12 L, 2-3 vs Tigers Start 7.1 11 32 3 3 1 1 0 5 2.20 L (1-1) TEX Apr 17 L, 0-6 at Indians Start 6.0 6 26 6 1 1 0 1 3 2.01 L (1-2) TEX Apr 23 (1) L, 6-9 at Tigers Start 3.1 7 23 6 6 0 4 0 2 3.86 L (1-3) TEX Apr 27 W, 3-1 vs Indians Start 8.1 8 33 1 1 0 2 0 6 3.18 W (2-3) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record TEX May 05 L, 2-5 at Yankees Start 7.1 9 33 5 3 0 2 0 7 3.27 L (2-4) TEX May 12 W, 9-3 vs Orioles Start 2 9.0 11 38 3 3 1 2 0 2 3.22 W (3-4) TEX May 17 W, 4-3 vs A's Start 3 9.0 8 35 3 3 1 1 1 7 3.19 W (4-4) TEX May 22 L, 0-2 at Twins Start 4 8.0 7 34 2 2 0 5 0 1 3.07 L (4-5) TEX May 27 W, 3-2 vs Mariners Start 8.1 8 33 2 2 1 1 0 5 2.97 W (5-5) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record TEX Jun 02 L, 1-3 at Blue Jays Start 5 8.0 7 30 3 2 0 1 0 3 2.90 L (5-6) TEX Jun 08 (2) W, 3-2 vs Royals Start 9.0 7 35 2 1 0 1 0 5 2.72 TEX Jun 14 L, 1-4 at White Sox Start 6 8.0 10 35 4 4 0 1 0 6 2.86 L (5-7) TEX Jun 19 L, 1-2 vs A's Start 7 9.0 6 33 2 2 1 0 0 5 2.79 L (5-8) TEX Jun 24 W, 3-0 vs Angels Start 8 1 9.0 2 31 0 0 0 1 0 5 2.58 W (6-8) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record TEX Jul 01 W, 6-3 at Angels Finish 1 2.2 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.52 TEX Jul 05 W, 3-2 vs Yankees Start 9 9.0 7 33 2 2 0 0 0 3 2.49 W (7-8) TEX Jul 08 L, 1-5 vs Tigers Finish 3.2 4 15 1 1 0 0 0 4 2.49 TEX Jul 16 L, 1-2 at Orioles Start 10.0 6 37 1 1 0 0 0 6 2.38 TEX Jul 22 L, 1-2 vs Brewers Start 8.0 6 32 1 1 1 2 0 3 2.31 TEX Jul 27 W, 3-1 vs Red Sox Start 10 9.0 8 35 1 1 1 1 0 4 2.24 W (8-8) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record TEX Aug 01 L, 1-8 at Yankees Start 3.1 8 20 7 7 0 4 0 1 2.57 L (8-9) TEX Aug 06 W, 3-2 vs Indians Start 11 9.0 7 35 2 0 0 1 0 6 2.44 W (9-9) TEX Aug 11 W, 8-2 at Indians Start 12 9.0 12 40 2 1 0 1 0 6 2.37 W (10-9) TEX Aug 15 W, 1-0 vs White Sox Start 13 2 9.0 7 33 0 0 0 1 0 7 2.26 W (11-9) TEX Aug 20 L, 1-2 at Royals Start 14 8.0 6 31 2 1 1 0 0 4 2.21 L (11-10) TEX Aug 25 W, 7-2 vs Royals Start 15 9.0 5 32 2 2 1 2 0 4 2.20 W (12-10) TEX Aug 29 L, 1-4 vs Blue Jays Start 6.2 11 32 4 4 1 2 0 4 2.30 L (12-11) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record TEX Sep 03 L, 3-4 at Brewers Start 6.0 10 29 4 4 1 1 0 4 2.40 L (12-12) TEX Sep 08 L, 4-11 at A's Start 5.2 9 31 10 3 1 2 0 3 2.46 L (12-13) TEX Sep 13 W, 6-4 vs Angels Start 8.1 6 34 4 2 0 2 1 6 2.45 TEX Sep 17 W, 3-1 vs A's Start 16 9.0 6 33 1 1 1 0 0 9 2.40 W (13-13) TEX Sep 21 W, 6-3 at Twins Start 17 9.0 5 34 3 2 0 2 0 5 2.38 W (14-13) TEX Sep 25 W, 3-2 vs Twins Start 8.0 5 31 2 1 0 2 0 5 2.34 TEX Sep 30 W, 4-1 at Mariners Start 18 9.0 6 35 1 1 0 1 0 3 2.30 W (15-13)

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      15  13   2.32   33  33  18   0   0   2  263.2  245  1072   92   68  14   47   4  151   18-15  3.00 runs/start
As closer        0   0   1.42    2   0   0   2   1   0    6.1    7    25    1    1   0    0   0    6    1-1 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              252   27   63   80   6   1   3   25   3   1   14   0   2   46   5  .250  .317  .294  .611
vs RHB              775   61  189  259  25   6  11   57  13  12   33   4   2  111   9  .244  .334  .279  .614

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home            12   3   1.67   20  19  11   1   0   2  166.2  141   649   37   31  10   23   3  101   15-5   3.21 runs/start
Road             3  10   3.31   15  14   7   1   1   0  103.1  111   448   56   38   4   24   1   56    4-11  2.71 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              2   3   2.78    6   6   3   0   0   0   45.1   43   187   15   14   3    6   1   31    2-4   2.67 runs/start
Night           13  10   2.20   29  27  15   2   1   2  224.2  209   910   78   55  11   41   3  126   17-12  3.07 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            2   3   3.18    5   5   1   0   0   0   34.0   40   148   17   12   2    8   2   22    2-3   2.60 runs/start
May              3   2   2.81    5   5   3   0   0   0   41.2   43   173   15   13   3   11   1   22    3-2   3.60 runs/start
June             1   3   1.88    5   5   4   0   0   1   43.0   32   164   11    9   1    4   0   24    2-3   1.80 runs/start
July             2   0   1.28    6   4   2   2   1   0   42.1   34   162    6    6   2    3   0   22    3-3   2.00 runs/start
August           4   3   2.50    7   7   5   0   0   1   54.0   56   223   19   15   3   11   0   32    4-3   3.14 runs/start
September        3   2   2.29    7   7   3   0   0   0   55.0   47   227   25   14   3   10   1   35    5-2   4.14 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           1   0   0.90    3   2   1   1   1   1   20.0   11    75    4    2   0    3   1   13    3-0   4.50 runs/start
A's              2   2   2.48    4   4   3   0   0   0   32.2   29   132   16    9   4    3   1   24    2-2   3.00 runs/start
Blue Jays        0   2   3.68    2   2   1   0   0   0   14.2   18    62    7    6   1    3   0    7    0-2   1.00 runs/start
Brewers          0   1   3.21    2   2   0   0   0   0   14.0   16    61    5    5   2    3   0    7    0-2   2.00 runs/start
Indians          3   1   0.84    4   4   2   0   0   0   32.1   33   134   11    3   1    4   1   21    3-1   3.50 runs/start
Mariners         2   0   1.56    2   2   1   0   0   0   17.1   14    68    3    3   1    2   0    8    2-0   3.50 runs/start
Orioles          1   0   1.89    2   2   1   0   0   0   19.0   17    75    4    4   1    2   0    8    1-1   5.00 runs/start
Red Sox          1   0   1.00    1   1   1   0   0   0    9.0    8    35    1    1   1    1   0    4    1-0   3.00 runs/start
Royals           1   1   1.38    3   3   2   0   0   0   26.0   18    98    6    4   2    3   0   13    2-1   3.67 runs/start
Tigers           0   2   6.28    3   2   0   1   0   0   14.1   22    70   10   10   1    5   0   11    0-3   4.00 runs/start
Twins            1   1   1.80    3   3   2   0   0   0   25.0   17    99    7    5   0    9   0   11    2-1   3.00 runs/start
White Sox        1   1   2.12    2   2   2   0   0   1   17.0   17    68    4    4   0    2   0   13    1-1   1.00 runs/start
Yankees          2   2   4.08    4   4   2   0   0   0   28.2   32   120   15   13   0    7   1   17    2-2   2.00 runs/start

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