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Andy Messersmith

Game Log for 1973
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Apr 07 L, 3-4 at Padres Start 7.0 2 24 3 0 1 1 0 6 0.00 LAD Apr 12 L, 2-5 vs Reds Start 8.2 12 41 5 4 0 3 0 10 2.30 L (0-1) LAD Apr 17 W, 7-2 vs Astros Start 1 9.0 8 35 2 1 0 1 0 9 1.82 W (1-1) LAD Apr 22 L, 2-4 vs Giants Start 5.2 4 25 4 4 1 3 1 4 2.67 L (1-2) LAD Apr 29 (1) W, 9-8 at Pirates Start 7.0 8 29 6 5 1 2 0 2 3.38 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD May 03 L, 1-4 vs Cubs Start 8.0 9 33 3 3 0 0 0 4 3.38 L (1-3) LAD May 08 W, 7-4 vs Pirates Start 6.0 6 24 4 4 3 1 0 1 3.68 W (2-3) LAD May 13 W, 15-3 at Giants Start 2 9.0 6 39 3 2 0 6 0 4 3.43 W (3-3) LAD May 18 W, 3-2 at Braves Start 7.0 6 30 2 2 1 2 1 3 3.34 W (4-3) LAD May 23 L, 3-4 vs Padres Start 7.2 5 31 4 4 1 5 0 4 3.48 L (4-4) LAD May 28 W, 5-1 vs Phillies Start 3 9.0 7 37 1 1 0 1 0 12 3.21 W (5-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Jun 02 L, 3-6 vs Expos Start 6.1 8 32 6 5 2 5 0 6 3.49 L (5-5) LAD Jun 07 W, 4-0 at Cubs Start 4 1 9.0 3 34 0 0 0 4 0 5 3.17 W (6-5) LAD Jun 12 W, 8-6 at Phillies Start 6.0 7 28 5 4 1 3 0 3 3.33 LAD Jun 18 W, 13-3 vs Braves Start 5 9.0 7 34 3 3 2 1 0 8 3.31 W (7-5) LAD Jun 23 (1) L, 1-4 vs Reds Start 8.0 5 32 3 3 1 3 0 4 3.31 L (7-6) LAD Jun 28 (1) L, 2-3 at Braves Start 6.0 2 23 2 1 1 2 0 4 3.23 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Jul 02 L, 2-4 at Reds Start 5.1 3 20 2 2 0 1 0 3 3.23 LAD Jul 07 W, 8-6 vs Pirates Start 6.1 9 29 6 5 2 1 0 6 3.41 LAD Jul 12 W, 4-0 vs Cardinals Start 6 2 9.0 7 32 0 0 0 0 0 7 3.20 W (8-6) LAD Jul 17 W, 8-4 at Pirates Start 8.2 6 34 4 4 2 2 0 10 3.25 W (9-6) LAD Jul 22 L, 4-5 at Cardinals Start 7.0 5 27 2 2 0 1 0 6 3.22 LAD Jul 29 W, 6-2 vs Giants Start 7 9.0 3 36 2 0 0 4 1 3 3.06 W (10-6) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Aug 03 W, 3-0 at Giants Start 8 3 9.0 3 32 0 0 0 3 0 5 2.91 W (11-6) LAD Aug 08 L, 0-1 vs Mets Start 8.0 6 31 1 1 0 3 0 7 2.83 L (11-7) LAD Aug 12 W, 2-1 vs Phillies Start 8.0 7 34 1 1 1 3 0 5 2.76 LAD Aug 17 L, 1-5 at Cubs Start 5.0 8 25 5 5 1 2 0 3 2.92 L (11-8) LAD Aug 22 L, 3-4 at Mets Start 7.0 7 30 2 0 0 1 0 5 2.82 LAD Aug 27 L, 0-4 at Expos Start 7.0 3 29 2 2 1 4 0 5 2.81 L (11-9) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Sep 01 L, 0-2 vs Astros Start 6.0 8 27 2 2 1 1 0 3 2.82 L (11-10) LAD Sep 09 W, 5-3 vs Padres Start 9 9.0 7 34 3 3 0 1 0 9 2.82 W (12-10) LAD Sep 14 W, 13-1 at Astros Start 10 9.0 4 31 1 1 0 1 0 5 2.76 W (13-10) LAD Sep 19 W, 4-1 vs Braves Start 8.0 5 33 1 1 1 3 0 6 2.70 W (14-10)

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      14  10   2.70   33  33  10   0   0   3  249.2  196  1015   90   75  24   74   3  177   18-15  4.58 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              471   44  109  165  17   0  13   43   8   3   35   2   2  101   2  .231  .350  .289  .639
vs RHB              447   38   87  145  23   1  11   32   6   5   39   1   4   76  12  .195  .324  .266  .590

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             8   8   2.88   18  18   6   0   0   1  140.2  123   580   51   45  15   39   2  108   10-8   4.06 runs/start
Road             6   2   2.48   15  15   4   0   0   2  109.0   73   435   39   30   9   35   1   69    8-7   5.20 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              4   2   2.88    9   9   4   0   0   1   68.2   51   283   26   22   4   26   2   41    6-3   5.33 runs/start
Night           10   8   2.64   24  24   6   0   0   2  181.0  145   732   64   53  20   48   1  136   12-12  4.29 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   3.38    5   5   1   0   0   0   37.1   34   154   20   14   3   10   1   31    2-3   4.60 runs/start
May              4   2   3.09    6   6   2   0   0   0   46.2   39   194   17   16   5   15   1   28    4-2   5.67 runs/start
June             2   2   3.25    6   6   2   0   0   1   44.1   32   183   19   16   7   18   0   30    3-3   5.17 runs/start
July             3   0   2.58    6   6   2   0   0   1   45.1   33   178   16   13   4    9   1   35    4-2   5.33 runs/start
August           1   3   1.84    6   6   1   0   0   1   44.0   34   181   11    9   3   16   0   30    2-4   1.50 runs/start
September        3   1   1.97    4   4   2   0   0   0   32.0   24   125    7    7   2    6   0   23    3-1   5.50 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Astros           2   1   1.50    3   3   2   0   0   0   24.0   20    93    5    4   1    3   0   17    2-1   6.67 runs/start
Braves           3   0   2.10    4   4   1   0   0   0   30.0   20   120    8    7   5    8   1   21    3-1   5.50 runs/start
Cardinals        1   0   1.12    2   2   1   0   0   1   16.0   12    59    2    2   0    1   0   13    1-1   4.00 runs/start
Cubs             1   2   3.27    3   3   1   0   0   1   22.0   20    92    8    8   1    6   0   12    1-2   2.00 runs/start
Expos            0   2   4.72    2   2   0   0   0   0   13.1   11    61    8    7   3    9   0   11    0-2   1.50 runs/start
Giants           3   1   1.65    4   4   3   0   0   1   32.2   16   132    9    6   1   16   2   16    3-1   6.50 runs/start
Mets             0   1   0.60    2   2   0   0   0   0   15.0   13    61    3    1   0    4   0   12    0-2   1.50 runs/start
Padres           1   1   2.66    3   3   1   0   0   0   23.2   14    89   10    7   2    7   0   19    1-2   3.67 runs/start
Phillies         1   0   2.35    3   3   1   0   0   0   23.0   21    99    7    6   2    7   0   20    3-0   5.00 runs/start
Pirates          2   0   5.79    4   4   0   0   0   0   28.0   29   116   20   18   8    6   0   19    4-0   8.00 runs/start
Reds             0   2   3.68    3   3   0   0   0   0   22.0   20    93   10    9   1    7   0   17    0-3   1.67 runs/start

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