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John Montefusco

Game Log for 1978
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SFG Apr 07 L, 2-3 vs Padres Start 5.1 6 24 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.00 SFG Apr 13 L, 6-7 at Reds Start 6.0 7 28 3 3 1 3 0 4 2.38 SFG Apr 18 L, 0-1 vs Braves Start 8.0 3 28 1 0 0 0 0 9 1.40 L (0-1) SFG Apr 23 L, 1-2 vs Reds Start 7.0 3 28 1 1 0 3 0 5 1.37 SFG Apr 28 W, 5-4 at Pirates Start 8.0 10 34 3 3 1 1 0 6 1.83 W (1-1) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SFG May 02 L, 0-9 at Cardinals Start 6.0 9 28 5 4 0 1 1 4 2.45 L (1-2) SFG May 09 W, 3-2 vs Pirates Start 8.1 9 34 2 2 0 0 0 6 2.40 SFG May 13 W, 7-6 vs Cardinals Start 7.0 6 29 4 4 0 1 0 2 2.75 W (2-2) SFG May 19 W, 10-7 at Dodgers Start 7.2 9 33 7 7 2 1 0 10 3.41 W (3-2) SFG May 24 W, 2-0 vs Astros Start 6.0 3 21 0 0 0 0 0 7 3.12 W (4-2) SFG May 28 W, 6-5 vs Dodgers Start 6.0 8 30 5 4 1 3 1 3 3.35 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SFG Jun 02 W, 6-5 at Expos Start 8.0 8 32 5 5 2 0 0 6 3.56 SFG Jun 06 L, 6-7 at Phillies Start 5.0 5 22 3 1 1 2 0 2 3.46 SFG Jun 11 W, 7-5 at Mets Start 7.2 6 29 5 5 2 2 0 6 3.66 W (5-2) SFG Jun 15 W, 6-1 vs Phillies Start 1 9.0 9 40 1 0 0 2 0 11 3.34 W (6-2) SFG Jun 20 L, 3-6 vs Reds Start 6.0 7 26 3 3 1 1 1 6 3.41 SFG Jun 25 (1) W, 9-3 vs Braves Start 2 9.0 6 35 3 3 1 4 0 11 3.38 W (7-2) SFG Jun 30 (1) L, 9-10 at Braves Start 6.0 10 27 6 5 2 1 0 1 3.57 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SFG Jul 04 L, 5-7 vs Padres Start 5.0 5 25 5 4 1 4 0 2 3.71 L (7-3) SFG Jul 08 W, 4-2 at Reds Start 5.2 3 22 2 2 0 2 0 1 3.69 SFG Jul 14 L, 2-5 at Pirates Start 6.0 7 27 4 4 1 1 1 4 3.79 L (7-4) SFG Jul 18 L, 6-7 at Cubs Start 3.1 8 19 4 4 0 2 0 0 3.95 SFG Jul 22 W, 3-2 vs Pirates Start 6.0 4 23 2 2 0 1 0 8 3.91 SFG Jul 29 L, 3-5 vs Cubs Start 6.0 5 24 2 2 1 1 0 6 3.87 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SFG Aug 02 W, 4-2 at Astros Start 3 9.0 7 37 2 2 0 4 0 3 3.77 W (8-4) SFG Aug 08 W, 3-2 vs Astros Start 7.0 7 29 2 2 0 4 0 6 3.72 W (9-4) SFG Aug 13 W, 7-6 at Dodgers Start 4.2 8 22 4 4 3 0 0 5 3.83 SFG Aug 19 L, 0-3 at Phillies Start 7.0 5 25 3 3 1 0 0 5 3.83 L (9-5) SFG Aug 25 L, 5-8 vs Expos Start 5.0 8 25 3 2 1 1 0 5 3.82 SFG Aug 30 L, 4-10 vs Mets Start 5.0 6 25 4 4 1 2 0 1 3.91 L (9-6) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SFG Sep 03 (2) W, 3-2 vs Phillies Start 8.0 6 28 2 2 0 0 0 7 3.84 W (10-6) SFG Sep 08 W, 8-5 at Braves Start 7.0 6 29 5 5 1 3 0 3 3.93 W (11-6) SFG Sep 12 L, 0-8 vs Dodgers Start 7.2 3 29 3 3 0 3 0 3 3.92 L (11-7) SFG Sep 16 W, 3-2 vs Reds Start 8.0 8 32 2 2 1 3 0 10 3.86 SFG Sep 21 L, 1-5 at Padres Start 6.1 9 27 2 2 0 2 0 2 3.83 L (11-8) SFG Sep 26 L, 1-4 vs Padres Start 6.0 4 27 2 2 0 2 2 5 3.81 L (11-9)

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   9   3.81   36  36   3   0   0   0  238.2  233  1003  110  101  25   62   6  177   18-18  4.17 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              431   59  126  196  19   3  15   58  16   1   33   6   1   57   4  .292  .455  .350  .805
vs RHB              482   42  107  159  22   0  10   39  19   4   29   0   3  120  10  .222  .330  .269  .599

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             6   5   2.79   20  20   2   0   0   0  135.1  116   562   47   42   8   37   4  115   10-10  3.45 runs/start
Road             5   4   5.14   16  16   1   0   0   0  103.1  117   441   63   59  17   25   2   62    8-8   5.06 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              6   2   3.60   17  17   2   0   0   0  110.0  108   465   47   44  11   30   2   92   10-7   4.41 runs/start
Night            5   7   3.99   19  19   1   0   0   0  128.2  125   538   63   57  14   32   4   85    8-11  3.95 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   1   1.83    5   5   0   0   0   0   34.1   29   142    8    7   2    9   0   26    1-4   2.80 runs/start
May              3   1   4.61    6   6   0   0   0   0   41.0   44   175   23   21   3    6   2   32    5-1   4.67 runs/start
June             3   0   3.91    7   7   2   0   0   0   50.2   51   211   26   22   9   12   1   43    4-3   6.57 runs/start
July             0   2   5.06    6   6   0   0   0   0   32.0   32   140   19   18   3   11   1   21    2-4   3.83 runs/start
August           2   2   4.06    6   6   1   0   0   0   37.2   41   163   18   17   6   11   0   25    3-3   3.83 runs/start
September        2   3   3.35    6   6   0   0   0   0   43.0   36   172   16   16   2   13   2   30    3-3   2.67 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Astros           3   0   1.64    3   3   1   0   0   0   22.0   17    87    4    4   0    8   0   16    3-0   3.00 runs/start
Braves           2   1   3.90    4   4   1   0   0   0   30.0   25   119   15   13   4    8   0   24    2-2   6.50 runs/start
Cardinals        1   1   5.54    2   2   0   0   0   0   13.0   15    57    9    8   0    2   1    6    1-1   3.50 runs/start
Cubs             0   0   5.79    2   2   0   0   0   0    9.1   13    43    6    6   1    3   0    6    0-2   4.50 runs/start
Dodgers          1   1   6.23    4   4   0   0   0   0   26.0   28   114   19   18   6    7   1   21    3-1   5.75 runs/start
Expos            0   0   4.85    2   2   0   0   0   0   13.0   16    57    8    7   3    1   0   11    1-1   5.50 runs/start
Mets             1   1   6.39    2   2   0   0   0   0   12.2   12    54    9    9   3    4   0    7    1-1   5.50 runs/start
Padres           0   3   3.18    4   4   0   0   0   0   22.2   24   103    9    8   1   10   2   11    0-4   2.25 runs/start
Phillies         2   1   1.86    4   4   1   0   0   0   29.0   25   115    9    6   2    4   0   25    2-2   3.75 runs/start
Pirates          1   1   3.49    4   4   0   0   0   0   28.1   30   118   11   11   2    3   1   24    3-1   3.25 runs/start
Reds             0   0   3.03    5   5   0   0   0   0   32.2   28   136   11   11   3   12   1   26    2-3   3.40 runs/start

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