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Andy Messersmith

Game Log for 1971
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL Apr 08 L, 2-3 vs Royals Start 8.0 7 37 3 0 0 2 2 6 0.00 L (0-1) CAL Apr 13 W, 3-1 at White Sox Start 5.2 1 26 1 1 0 7 0 5 0.66 CAL Apr 17 W, 4-3 at Twins Start 1 9.0 7 39 3 3 0 6 0 6 1.59 W (1-1) CAL Apr 22 L, 3-7 vs A's Start 4.2 6 25 7 5 0 4 1 3 2.96 L (1-2) CAL Apr 27 W, 2-1 vs Indians Start 8.0 5 30 1 1 1 2 0 4 2.55 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL May 01 W, 9-1 vs Tigers Start 2 9.0 4 36 1 1 0 3 0 7 2.23 W (2-2) CAL May 06 (1) L, 1-3 at Orioles Start 7.0 5 31 3 3 0 4 0 4 2.45 L (2-3) CAL May 10 L, 2-5 at Tigers Start 5.1 6 25 5 4 1 2 0 7 2.86 L (2-4) CAL May 15 W, 4-1 vs Brewers Start 3 9.0 4 35 1 1 0 3 0 6 2.60 W (3-4) CAL May 19 L, 6-12 vs Twins Start 4.0 8 22 7 7 1 2 0 1 3.36 L (3-5) CAL May 23 W, 10-5 vs White Sox Start 6.2 5 30 4 4 0 5 0 2 3.54 W (4-5) CAL May 28 W, 9-6 at Yankees Start 7.1 7 32 5 5 1 4 0 3 3.76 W (5-5) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL Jun 04 L, 1-10 at Red Sox Start 3.0 6 19 4 4 0 5 0 2 4.05 L (5-6) CAL Jun 09 W, 4-3 vs Yankees Start 8.0 8 31 3 2 0 1 0 2 3.90 CAL Jun 14 L, 3-4 vs Red Sox Start 10.0 10 42 3 3 1 2 1 4 3.78 CAL Jun 19 W, 7-4 at Royals Start 8.0 8 36 4 4 1 3 0 2 3.83 W (6-6) CAL Jun 23 (1) L, 0-6 at Brewers Start 6.0 8 32 6 3 0 4 0 6 3.87 L (6-7) CAL Jun 27 (1) W, 2-1 at White Sox Start 5.0 3 19 0 0 0 0 0 5 3.71 W (7-7) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL Jul 01 L, 4-9 vs Royals Start 5.0 7 25 5 5 1 2 0 4 3.92 L (7-8) CAL Jul 06 W, 7-5 at Twins Start 6.1 6 28 5 4 0 4 0 6 4.00 CAL Jul 10 W, 3-0 at A's Start 4 1 9.0 6 36 0 0 0 3 0 8 3.75 W (8-8) CAL Jul 15 L, 3-4 vs Orioles Start 7.0 8 29 4 2 1 1 0 3 3.70 L (8-9) CAL Jul 20 W, 2-0 vs Tigers Start 5 2 9.0 3 31 0 0 0 2 0 5 3.49 W (9-9) CAL Jul 25 (1) W, 6-2 at Orioles Start 6 9.0 5 35 2 2 1 3 0 8 3.41 W (10-9) CAL Jul 30 L, 3-4 at Tigers Start 7.1 7 28 4 4 1 1 0 5 3.47 L (10-10) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL Aug 04 L, 3-10 vs White Sox Start 1.2 5 14 6 6 0 3 0 0 3.74 L (10-11) CAL Aug 06 W, 2-0 vs Twins Start 7 3 9.0 3 36 0 0 0 5 1 6 3.56 W (11-11) CAL Aug 13 L, 0-4 at Senators Start 6.0 4 25 4 3 0 3 0 3 3.59 L (11-12) CAL Aug 17 W, 4-3 at Red Sox Start 8 9.0 9 37 3 3 2 1 0 6 3.56 W (12-12) CAL Aug 22 W, 3-0 vs Yankees Start 9 4 9.0 6 34 0 0 0 2 0 1 3.41 W (13-12) CAL Aug 27 W, 1-0 vs Red Sox Start 7.2 4 27 0 0 0 1 0 6 3.29 W (14-12) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL Sep 01 L, 0-7 vs A's Start 6.0 8 30 6 5 1 4 0 2 3.41 L (14-13) CAL Sep 06 W, 4-2 at A's Start 10 9.0 8 35 2 2 1 2 0 7 3.35 W (15-13) CAL Sep 10 W, 7-3 vs Brewers Start 11 9.0 4 38 3 3 1 8 0 7 3.34 W (16-13) CAL Sep 15 W, 6-2 at Royals Start 12 9.0 4 36 2 0 0 3 0 5 3.22 W (17-13) CAL Sep 19 W, 2-0 at White Sox Start 7.0 2 22 0 0 0 1 0 7 3.13 W (18-13) CAL Sep 24 W, 4-3 vs White Sox Start 13 9.0 8 36 3 1 0 2 1 8 3.06 W (19-13) CAL Sep 28 W, 6-2 at Twins Start 14 9.0 9 41 2 1 1 5 0 7 2.99 W (20-13)

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      20  13   2.99   38  38  14   0   0   4  276.2  224  1170  112   92  16  115   6  179   24-14  3.74 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              454   41  105  146  14   3   7   37  15   3   62   3   1   69   7  .231  .322  .328  .650
vs RHB              574   59  119  171  19   3   9   54  11   2   53   3   6  110  11  .207  .298  .283  .581

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             9   7   2.96   19  19   7   0   0   3  139.2  113   588   57   46   7   54   6   77   11-8   3.79 runs/start
Road            11   6   3.02   19  19   7   0   0   1  137.0  111   582   55   46   9   61   0  102   13-6   3.68 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             10   0   1.77   11  11   6   0   0   2   86.1   60   353   18   17   4   37   0   58   11-0   4.55 runs/start
Night           10  13   3.55   27  27   8   0   0   2  190.1  164   817   94   75  12   78   6  121   13-14  3.41 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            1   2   2.55    5   5   1   0   0   0   35.1   26   157   15   10   1   21   3   24    3-2   2.80 runs/start
May              4   3   4.66    7   7   2   0   0   0   48.1   39   211   26   25   3   23   0   30    4-3   5.86 runs/start
June             2   2   3.60    6   6   0   0   0   0   40.0   43   179   20   16   2   15   1   21    3-3   2.83 runs/start
July             3   3   2.91    7   7   3   0   0   2   52.2   42   212   20   17   4   16   0   39    4-3   4.00 runs/start
August           4   2   2.55    6   6   3   0   0   2   42.1   31   173   13   12   2   15   1   22    4-2   2.17 runs/start
September        6   1   1.86    7   7   5   0   0   0   58.0   43   238   18   12   4   25   1   43    6-1   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
A's              2   2   3.77    4   4   2   0   0   1   28.2   28   126   15   12   2   13   1   20    2-2   2.50 runs/start
Brewers          2   1   2.62    3   3   2   0   0   0   24.0   16   105   10    7   1   15   0   19    2-1   3.67 runs/start
Indians          0   0   1.12    1   1   0   0   0   0    8.0    5    30    1    1   1    2   0    4    1-0   2.00 runs/start
Orioles          1   2   2.74    3   3   1   0   0   0   23.0   18    95    9    7   2    8   0   15    1-2   3.33 runs/start
Red Sox          2   1   3.03    4   4   1   0   0   0   29.2   29   125   10   10   3    9   1   18    2-2   2.25 runs/start
Royals           2   2   2.70    4   4   1   0   0   0   30.0   26   134   14    9   2   10   2   17    2-2   4.75 runs/start
Senators         0   1   4.50    1   1   0   0   0   0    6.0    4    25    4    3   0    3   0    3    0-1   0.00 runs/start
Tigers           2   2   2.64    4   4   2   0   0   1   30.2   20   120   10    9   2    8   0   24    2-2   4.00 runs/start
Twins            3   1   3.62    5   5   3   0   0   1   37.1   33   166   17   15   2   22   1   26    4-1   5.00 runs/start
White Sox        4   1   3.09    6   6   1   0   0   0   35.0   24   147   14   12   0   18   1   27    5-1   4.00 runs/start
Yankees          2   0   2.59    3   3   1   0   0   1   24.1   21    97    8    7   1    7   0    6    3-0   5.33 runs/start

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