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Game Log for 1980
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Apr 12 L, 4-5 at Reds Start 6.0 6 24 1 0 0 1 1 4 0.00 ATL Apr 18 W, 3-0 vs Reds Start 1 1 9.0 5 32 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.00 W (1-0) ATL Apr 23 W, 2-1 vs Padres Start 6.1 4 27 1 1 0 3 0 3 0.42 W (2-0) ATL Apr 30 L, 1-2 at Padres Start 7.0 3 26 2 2 0 4 1 4 0.95 L (2-1) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL May 05 L, 1-7 at Phillies Start 3.2 8 21 7 4 2 1 0 1 1.97 L (2-2) ATL May 10 L, 2-3 vs Astros Start 8.0 6 33 2 1 0 1 1 4 1.80 ATL May 18 (1) W, 2-1 vs Mets Start 8.1 6 31 1 1 0 2 0 1 1.68 W (3-2) ATL May 23 L, 1-2 at Mets Start 7.0 6 27 2 2 0 1 1 4 1.79 L (3-3) ATL May 30 L, 4-8 at Dodgers Start 2.1 5 15 7 6 1 2 0 0 2.65 L (3-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Jun 04 W, 7-2 at Giants Start 2 9.0 7 36 2 0 0 2 0 3 2.29 W (4-4) ATL Jun 09 L, 5-8 vs Cardinals Start 5.2 8 26 5 5 1 1 0 1 2.74 ATL Jun 15 L, 1-4 at Cubs Start 7.0 10 32 3 3 1 2 1 2 2.84 L (4-5) ATL Jun 19 W, 4-3 vs Pirates Start 7.0 7 30 3 3 0 2 0 3 2.92 W (5-5) ATL Jun 25 L, 3-15 at Reds Start 1.1 5 12 7 7 1 4 0 0 3.59 L (5-6) ATL Jun 30 W, 5-4 vs Astros Start 7.0 5 27 2 2 1 4 0 2 3.52 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Jul 05 W, 3-2 vs Padres Start 3 9.0 8 33 2 2 1 2 0 4 3.39 W (6-6) ATL Jul 13 (1) L, 5-6 at Astros Start 6.0 9 27 4 4 0 1 0 2 3.53 ATL Jul 17 L, 0-6 vs Mets Start 2.1 10 16 6 6 0 1 0 0 3.94 L (6-7) ATL Jul 21 L, 6-8 vs Expos Start 0.0 5 6 6 5 1 0 0 0 4.34 L (6-8) ATL Jul 27 L, 4-17 at Phillies Start 1.1 8 13 8 8 1 0 1 0 4.92 L (6-9) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Aug 03 L, 5-6 at Expos Finish 1.0 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 4.88 ATL Aug 06 L, 2-6 vs Dodgers Start 7.0 10 32 3 3 1 1 0 3 4.82 L (6-10) ATL Aug 11 W, 3-2 at Dodgers Start 8.1 4 31 2 2 0 4 0 4 4.65 W (7-10) ATL Aug 16 L, 1-2 at Giants Start 7.0 7 31 2 2 1 2 1 2 4.54 L (7-11) ATL Aug 22 L, 4-7 vs Cardinals Start 3.1 6 17 6 6 3 0 1 1 4.82 L (7-12) ATL Aug 27 W, 7-4 at Pirates Start 7.1 6 29 4 4 1 2 0 4 4.83 W (8-12) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Sep 01 W, 5-2 at Cubs Start 8.1 7 31 2 2 0 0 0 4 4.68 W (9-12) ATL Sep 07 W, 6-5 vs Pirates Start 2.0 4 12 3 2 0 1 0 0 4.74 ATL Sep 13 W, 5-3 vs Padres Start 6.1 4 25 3 3 1 2 0 1 4.72 W (10-12) ATL Sep 18 W, 2-1 at Giants Start 7.0 6 29 1 1 0 3 1 2 4.58 W (11-12) ATL Sep 23 L, 2-4 at Dodgers Start 4.0 8 19 3 3 0 0 0 0 4.63 L (11-13) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Oct 02 L, 2-3 at Astros Middle 0.2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.61 ATL Oct 04 L, 2-3 at Reds Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.58

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      11  13   4.66   30  30   3   0   0   1  174.0  193   750  100   90  17   50   9   61   13-17  3.33 runs/start
Middle relief    0   0   0.00    1   0   0   0   0   0    0.2    1     3    0    0   0    0   0    0    0-1 
As closer        0   0   0.00    2   0   0   2   0   0    2.0    1     8    0    0   0    1   0    1    0-2 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              323   36   89  121  10   2   6   32  10   6   23   4   0   31   6  .276  .375  .328  .702
vs RHB              360   50  106  163  20   2  11   48   8   4   28   5   0   31  15  .294  .453  .348  .801

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             6   4   4.43   14  14   2   0   0   1   81.1   88   347   43   40   9   21   2   25    8-6   3.50 runs/start
Road             5   9   4.72   19  16   1   2   0   0   95.1  107   414   57   50   8   30   7   37    5-14  3.19 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              5   3   2.85   12  10   1   2   0   0   66.1   66   278   25   21   3   18   5   23    6-6   3.50 runs/start
Night            6  10   5.63   21  20   2   0   0   1  110.1  129   483   75   69  14   33   4   39    7-14  3.25 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   1   0.95    4   4   1   0   0   1   28.1   18   109    4    3   0    9   2   13    2-2   2.50 runs/start
May              1   3   4.30    5   5   0   0   0   0   29.1   31   127   19   14   3    7   2   10    1-4   2.00 runs/start
June             2   2   4.86    6   6   1   0   0   0   37.0   42   163   22   20   4   15   1   11    3-3   4.17 runs/start
July             1   3  12.05    5   5   1   0   0   0   18.2   40    95   26   25   3    4   1    6    1-4   3.60 runs/start
August           2   3   4.50    6   5   0   1   0   0   34.0   34   145   17   17   6   10   2   15    2-4   3.40 runs/start
September        3   1   3.58    5   5   0   0   0   0   27.2   29   116   12   11   1    6   1    7    4-1   4.00 runs/start
October          0   0   0.00    2   0   0   1   0   0    1.2    1     6    0    0   0    0   0    0    0-2 

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Astros           0   0   2.91    4   3   0   0   0   0   21.2   21    90    8    7   1    6   1    8    1-3   4.00 runs/start
Cardinals        0   1  11.00    2   2   0   0   0   0    9.0   14    43   11   11   4    1   1    2    0-2   4.50 runs/start
Cubs             1   1   2.93    2   2   0   0   0   0   15.1   17    63    5    5   1    2   1    6    1-1   3.00 runs/start
Dodgers          1   3   5.82    4   4   0   0   0   0   21.2   27    97   15   14   2    7   0    7    1-3   2.75 runs/start
Expos            0   1  45.00    2   1   0   1   0   0    1.0    6    11    6    5   1    1   0    1    0-2   6.00 runs/start
Giants           2   1   1.17    3   3   1   0   0   0   23.0   20    96    5    3   1    7   2    7    2-1   3.33 runs/start
Mets             1   2   4.58    3   3   0   0   0   0   17.2   22    74    9    9   0    4   1    5    1-2   1.00 runs/start
Padres           3   1   2.51    4   4   1   0   0   0   28.2   19   111    8    8   2   11   1   12    3-1   2.75 runs/start
Phillies         0   2  21.60    2   2   0   0   0   0    5.0   16    34   15   12   3    1   1    1    0-2   2.50 runs/start
Pirates          2   0   4.96    3   3   0   0   0   0   16.1   17    71   10    9   1    5   0    7    3-0   5.67 runs/start
Reds             1   1   3.63    4   3   1   1   0   1   17.1   16    71    8    7   1    6   1    6    1-3   3.33 runs/start

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