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Andy Messersmith

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 CAL Apr 15 W, 1-0 vs Rangers Start 1 1 9.0 2 32 0 0 0 5 0 9 0.00 W (1-0) CAL Apr 19 L, 3-12 vs Twins Start 6.0 9 28 4 4 0 2 0 6 2.40 L (1-1) CAL Apr 24 L, 4-6 at Rangers Start 6.2 6 34 6 4 0 6 1 2 3.32 L (1-2) CAL Apr 29 L, 1-6 at Orioles Start 7.0 10 36 6 6 1 4 2 4 4.40 L (1-3) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL May 06 W, 2-0 vs Brewers Start 2 2 9.0 2 29 0 0 0 0 0 7 3.35 W (2-3) CAL May 11 L, 1-8 vs Red Sox Start 6.0 6 25 6 6 1 1 0 6 4.12 L (2-4) CAL May 26 W, 10-5 vs Royals Finish 1 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.03 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL Jul 19 L, 2-8 at Red Sox Finish 2.2 2 12 0 0 0 2 0 4 3.80 CAL Jul 22 (2) L, 1-7 at Yankees Finish 4.0 1 16 0 0 0 3 0 3 3.51 CAL Jul 30 W, 4-3 vs Royals Start 6.0 7 27 2 2 0 3 0 6 3.45 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL Aug 03 L, 2-4 at White Sox Start 3 8.0 6 36 4 4 0 6 0 8 3.58 L (2-5) CAL Aug 06 (1) W, 4-3 at Royals Finish 2 1.0 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.53 CAL Aug 08 L, 3-4 vs White Sox Start 7.0 3 26 1 1 1 2 0 7 3.31 L (2-6) CAL Aug 12 L, 1-4 vs Twins Start 7.0 8 29 4 4 0 3 0 6 3.47 L (2-7) CAL Aug 17 W, 4-2 at Indians Start 4 9.0 7 34 2 2 0 1 0 8 3.32 W (3-7) CAL Aug 21 L, 1-3 at Orioles Start 7.0 5 31 3 3 1 4 1 5 3.36 L (3-8) CAL Aug 26 W, 7-1 vs Indians Start 5 9.0 4 31 1 1 0 0 0 5 3.16 W (4-8) CAL Aug 30 W, 4-1 vs Tigers Start 6 9.0 3 31 1 0 0 1 0 9 2.91 W (5-8) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL Sep 03 W, 1-0 vs Orioles Start 7 3 10.0 5 37 0 0 0 2 1 8 2.68 W (6-8) CAL Sep 07 L, 0-6 at Royals Start 5.0 10 26 5 5 0 1 1 5 2.92 L (6-9) CAL Sep 13 W, 6-5 vs Rangers Start 6.2 7 29 5 5 1 2 0 7 3.11 CAL Sep 17 W, 3-1 vs White Sox Start 8 9.0 4 34 1 1 0 3 0 11 2.98 W (7-9) CAL Sep 22 L, 0-1 at Twins Start 9 8.2 6 38 1 1 0 3 1 4 2.87 L (7-10) CAL Sep 26 W, 2-1 at Rangers Start 10 9.0 3 31 1 1 0 3 0 8 2.77 W (8-10) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL Oct 01 L, 2-3 vs Twins Start 7.0 8 30 3 3 0 2 1 4 2.81 L (8-11)

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       8  11   2.96   21  21  10   0   0   3  161.0  121   654   56   53   5   54   8  135   10-11  2.48 runs/start
As closer        0   0   0.00    4   0   0   4   2   0    8.2    4    36    0    0   0    6   0    7    2-2 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              294   23   53   73   9   1   3   23   8   3   28   7   0   72   2  .180  .248  .265  .513
vs RHB              309   34   72   98  16   2   2   33   5   2   32   1   2   70   7  .233  .317  .310  .627

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             6   5   2.39   14  13   6   1   1   3  101.2   68   391   28   27   3   26   2   91    9-5   2.92 runs/start
Road             2   6   3.44   11   8   4   3   1   0   68.0   57   299   28   26   2   34   6   51    3-8   1.75 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              3   1   0.84    7   4   3   3   1   2   42.2   23   163    4    4   0   13   2   37    4-3   2.00 runs/start
Night            5  10   3.47   18  17   7   1   1   1  127.0  102   527   52   49   5   47   6  105    8-10  2.59 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   3   4.40    4   4   1   0   0   1   28.2   27   130   16   14   1   17   3   21    1-3   2.25 runs/start
May              1   1   3.38    3   2   1   1   1   1   16.0    8    57    6    6   1    1   0   13    2-1   1.50 runs/start
July             0   0   1.42    3   1   0   2   0   0   12.2   10    55    2    2   0    8   0   13    1-2   4.00 runs/start
August           3   4   2.37    8   7   4   1   1   0   57.0   37   223   16   15   2   18   1   48    4-4   3.14 runs/start
September        3   2   2.42    6   6   4   0   0   1   48.1   35   195   13   13   1   14   3   43    4-2   2.00 runs/start
October          0   1   3.86    1   1   0   0   0   0    7.0    8    30    3    3   0    2   1    4    0-1   2.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Brewers          1   0   0.00    1   1   1   0   0   1    9.0    2    29    0    0   0    0   0    7    1-0   2.00 runs/start
Indians          2   0   1.50    2   2   2   0   0   0   18.0   11    65    3    3   0    1   0   13    2-0   5.50 runs/start
Orioles          1   2   3.38    3   3   1   0   0   1   24.0   20   104    9    9   2   10   4   17    1-2   1.00 runs/start
Rangers          2   1   2.87    4   4   2   0   0   1   31.1   18   126   12   10   1   16   1   26    3-1   3.25 runs/start
Red Sox          0   1   6.23    2   1   0   1   0   0    8.2    8    37    6    6   1    3   0   10    0-2   1.00 runs/start
Royals           0   1   4.85    4   2   0   2   2   0   13.0   18    61    7    7   0    5   1   11    3-1   2.00 runs/start
Tigers           1   0   0.00    1   1   1   0   0   0    9.0    3    31    1    0   0    1   0    9    1-0   4.00 runs/start
Twins            0   4   3.77    4   4   1   0   0   0   28.2   31   125   12   12   0   10   2   20    0-4   1.50 runs/start
White Sox        1   2   2.25    3   3   2   0   0   0   24.0   13    96    6    6   1   11   0   26    1-2   2.67 runs/start
Yankees          0   0   0.00    1   0   0   1   0   0    4.0    1    16    0    0   0    3   0    3    0-1 

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