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Andy Messersmith

Game Log for 1976
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 18 W, 7-6 vs Dodgers Start 4.0 3 17 1 1 0 3 0 3 2.25 ATL Apr 21 W, 3-0 vs Giants Finish 1 2.0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.50 ATL Apr 24 L, 5-10 at Phillies Start 5.0 6 23 5 5 1 2 0 6 4.91 ATL Apr 28 L, 0-3 at Mets Start 7.0 6 29 3 3 1 4 0 7 4.50 L (0-1) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL May 02 L, 2-8 vs Phillies Start 7.0 4 30 4 4 0 6 0 4 4.68 L (0-2) ATL May 07 L, 1-3 at Pirates Start 7.0 7 30 3 3 0 2 0 6 4.50 L (0-3) ATL May 12 L, 3-6 vs Mets Start 5.0 6 25 5 5 2 5 0 3 5.11 L (0-4) ATL May 17 (1) W, 3-2 at Astros Start 1 9.0 7 35 2 1 0 1 0 4 4.30 W (1-4) ATL May 21 W, 8-0 at Giants Start 2 1 9.0 3 34 0 0 0 4 0 4 3.60 W (2-4) ATL May 26 W, 4-3 at Reds Start 7.0 5 28 2 1 0 2 0 5 3.34 ATL May 30 (1) L, 2-5 vs Astros Start 8.0 8 32 5 3 0 1 0 8 3.34 L (2-5) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Jun 04 W, 2-0 at Expos Start 3 2 9.0 1 30 0 0 0 1 0 7 2.96 W (3-5) ATL Jun 09 W, 2-0 at Cubs Start 4 3 9.0 3 31 0 0 0 1 0 6 2.66 W (4-5) ATL Jun 14 W, 5-2 at Cardinals Start 5 9.0 7 37 2 2 0 3 0 4 2.60 W (5-5) ATL Jun 19 (1) W, 9-3 vs Cubs Start 6 9.0 10 40 3 3 0 5 0 5 2.63 W (6-5) ATL Jun 23 (1) W, 5-2 vs Expos Start 7 9.0 5 31 2 2 1 0 0 7 2.58 W (7-5) ATL Jun 27 L, 2-3 at Padres Start 8 8.2 8 38 3 2 0 3 0 7 2.55 L (7-6) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Jul 02 W, 7-2 at Giants Start 9 9.0 6 39 2 0 0 4 0 8 2.37 W (8-6) ATL Jul 06 W, 4-2 vs Pirates Start 7.2 5 29 2 2 0 2 0 8 2.37 W (9-6) ATL Jul 10 L, 2-4 vs Mets Start 8.0 6 36 4 3 3 4 0 4 2.43 L (9-7) ATL Jul 16 L, 2-7 at Pirates Start 2.0 6 14 7 7 2 2 0 1 2.81 L (9-8) ATL Jul 20 L, 3-4 at Expos Start 10 8.0 9 33 4 4 0 2 0 5 2.90 L (9-9) ATL Jul 24 (1) W, 5-4 vs Reds Start 6.0 3 23 2 2 1 2 0 5 2.90 ATL Jul 30 W, 3-2 at Astros Start 11 9.0 5 34 2 1 0 2 0 7 2.80 W (10-9) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Aug 03 W, 7-3 vs Padres Start 12 9.0 9 35 3 1 1 1 0 1 2.71 W (11-9) ATL Aug 07 W, 4-3 vs Giants Start 7.0 9 28 3 3 1 3 0 3 2.76 ATL Aug 14 L, 0-4 vs Cardinals Start 8.0 6 33 4 3 0 2 1 4 2.78 L (11-10) ATL Aug 19 L, 2-3 at Reds Start 7.0 7 30 2 2 0 3 0 2 2.77 ATL Aug 24 L, 3-14 vs Phillies Start 3.0 6 18 8 7 1 3 0 1 3.04 L (11-11)

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      11  11   3.07   28  28  12   0   0   3  205.1  166   842   83   70  14   73   1  135   15-13  3.64 runs/start
As closer        0   0   0.00    1   0   0   1   1   0    2.0    0     5    0    0   0    0   0    0    1-0 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              357   45   77  101   6   3   4   37   3   4   43   1   0   74   3  .216  .283  .299  .582
vs RHB              402   37   89  147  22   3  10   33   6   5   30   0   2   61   8  .221  .366  .277  .643

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             4   6   3.79   14  13   3   1   1   0   92.2   80   382   46   39  10   37   1   56    8-6   4.08 runs/start
Road             7   5   2.43   15  15   9   0   0   3  114.2   86   465   37   31   4   36   0   79    8-7   3.27 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   4   2.26    8   8   3   0   0   1   59.2   44   240   20   15   1   21   0   44    4-4   2.75 runs/start
Night            9   7   3.35   21  20   9   1   1   2  147.2  122   607   63   55  13   52   1   91   12-9   4.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            0   1   4.50    4   3   0   1   1   0   18.0   15    74    9    9   2    9   0   16    2-2   4.00 runs/start
May              2   4   2.94    7   7   2   0   0   1   52.0   40   214   21   17   2   21   0   34    3-4   3.29 runs/start
June             5   1   1.51    6   6   6   0   0   2   53.2   34   207   10    9   1   13   0   36    5-1   4.17 runs/start
July             3   3   3.44    7   7   3   0   0   0   49.2   40   208   23   19   6   18   0   38    4-3   3.71 runs/start
August           1   2   4.24    5   5   1   0   0   0   34.0   37   144   20   16   3   12   1   11    2-3   3.20 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   1.73    3   3   2   0   0   0   26.0   20   101    9    5   0    4   0   19    2-1   2.67 runs/start
Cardinals        1   1   2.65    2   2   1   0   0   0   17.0   13    70    6    5   0    5   1    8    1-1   2.50 runs/start
Cubs             2   0   1.50    2   2   2   0   0   1   18.0   13    71    3    3   0    6   0   11    2-0   5.50 runs/start
Dodgers          0   0   2.25    1   1   0   0   0   0    4.0    3    17    1    1   0    3   0    3    1-0   7.00 runs/start
Expos            2   1   2.08    3   3   3   0   0   1   26.0   15    94    6    6   1    3   0   19    2-1   3.33 runs/start
Giants           2   0   1.00    4   3   2   1   1   1   27.0   18   106    5    3   1   11   0   15    4-0   6.33 runs/start
Mets             0   3   4.95    3   3   0   0   0   0   20.0   18    90   12   11   6   13   0   14    0-3   1.67 runs/start
Padres           1   1   1.53    2   2   2   0   0   0   17.2   17    73    6    3   1    4   0    8    1-1   4.50 runs/start
Phillies         0   2   9.60    3   3   0   0   0   0   15.0   16    71   17   16   2   11   0   11    0-3   3.33 runs/start
Pirates          1   2   6.48    3   3   0   0   0   0   16.2   18    73   12   12   2    6   0   15    1-2   2.33 runs/start
Reds             0   0   2.25    3   3   0   0   0   0   20.0   15    81    6    5   1    7   0   12    2-1   3.67 runs/start

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