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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 KCR Apr 15 W, 2-1 vs White Sox Middle 0.1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 KCR Apr 18 L, 2-3 at A's Finish 1.0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.00 KCR Apr 19 (2) L, 1-3 at A's Finish 0.1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 KCR Apr 22 (2) L, 2-3 at White Sox Middle 0.1 3 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 4.50 L (0-1) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record KCR May 10 L, 2-7 at Indians Finish 1.0 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 6.00 KCR May 14 (2) W, 8-4 vs Tigers Middle 0.2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.91 KCR May 17 L, 3-4 vs Rangers Middle 7.0 3 27 0 0 0 1 0 8 1.69 KCR May 25 W, 5-2 at Angels Finish 1 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.54 KCR May 27 L, 2-4 at Angels Finish 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.50 KCR May 30 L, 2-3 at Twins Finish 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.29 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record KCR Jun 14 L, 3-11 at Red Sox Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.20 KCR Jun 18 L, 0-3 at Brewers Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.12 KCR Jun 25 (2) W, 8-3 vs Twins Middle 2.2 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.96 W (1-1) KCR Jun 27 W, 6-4 vs White Sox Finish 2 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.95 KCR Jun 30 L, 0-2 at Twins Start 6.0 3 23 2 2 0 2 0 2 1.44 L (1-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record KCR Jul 04 W, 1-0 vs Tigers Start 1 1 9.0 4 32 0 0 0 1 0 4 1.06 W (2-2) KCR Jul 08 L, 1-2 at Indians Start 2 8.0 6 31 2 1 0 1 0 7 1.07 L (2-3) KCR Jul 12 W, 11-4 at Orioles Start 6.1 8 25 4 4 2 0 0 5 1.68 KCR Jul 16 L, 0-2 at Tigers Start 7.0 4 24 2 2 2 1 0 7 1.79 L (2-4) KCR Jul 20 L, 5-8 vs Orioles Start 8.0 9 34 3 3 0 2 0 3 1.99 KCR Jul 23 L, 4-8 vs Orioles Middle 2.0 4 11 4 4 1 1 0 1 2.48 KCR Jul 27 (2) W, 3-0 at White Sox Start 3 2 9.0 4 30 0 0 0 1 0 7 2.18 W (3-4) KCR Jul 31 W, 1-0 at Angels Start 4 3 9.0 3 30 0 0 0 1 0 9 1.94 W (4-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record KCR Aug 06 (1) L, 3-4 vs Angels Start 7.2 7 32 3 3 1 3 0 1 2.08 KCR Aug 11 W, 2-0 at Rangers Start 5 4 9.0 3 31 0 0 0 1 0 4 1.89 W (5-4) KCR Aug 16 W, 3-2 vs Yankees Start 6 9.0 6 36 2 2 1 3 0 7 1.90 W (6-4) KCR Aug 23 W, 3-0 vs Red Sox Start 7 5 9.0 1 29 0 0 0 1 0 9 1.75 W (7-4) KCR Aug 29 W, 6-4 at Brewers Start 8 9.0 8 33 4 4 2 1 0 8 1.91 W (8-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record KCR Sep 04 W, 4-3 at Rangers Start 6.1 7 27 2 2 1 1 0 1 1.96 W (9-4) KCR Sep 09 L, 2-3 vs Twins Start 12.0 5 41 2 2 0 0 0 6 1.92 KCR Sep 15 L, 3-4 at Twins Start 4.0 7 20 3 3 1 1 1 1 2.05 L (9-5) KCR Sep 21 L, 2-4 at Angels Start 6.0 10 26 4 4 1 1 0 3 2.20 L (9-6) KCR Sep 27 W, 4-2 at White Sox Start 9 9.0 7 33 2 2 0 0 0 8 2.19 W (10-6) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record KCR Oct 04 W, 4-0 vs Rangers Start 10 6 9.0 2 31 0 0 0 3 0 6 2.08 W (11-6)

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      10   5   2.01   19  19  10   0   0   6  152.1  104   568   35   34  11   24   1   98   11-8   3.05 runs/start
Middle relief    1   1   3.46    6   0   0   0   0   0   13.0   14    56    5    5   2    2   0   13    3-3 
As closer        0   0   1.12    9   0   0   9   2   0    8.0    2    28    1    1   0    4   0    9    2-7 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              271   19   59   94  10   2   7   19   6   2   20   0   1   31   6  .218  .347  .273  .620
vs RHB              341   21   61   97  12   3   6   19   8   3   10   1   0   89   5  .179  .284  .202  .487

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             5   0   1.64   13   7   4   1   1   3   76.2   45   288   14   14   3   15   0   50    8-5   3.00 runs/start
Road             6   6   2.42   21  12   6   8   1   3   96.2   75   364   27   26  10   15   1   70    8-13  3.08 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   3.02   11   5   2   1   0   0   44.2   38   175   16   15   5    8   0   32    4-7   1.60 runs/start
Night            9   2   1.75   23  14   8   8   2   6  128.2   82   477   25   25   8   22   1   88   12-11  3.57 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   0   0   2   0   0    2.0    4    12    1    1   1    2   0    1    1-3 
May              0   0   0.75    6   0   0   4   1   0   12.0    7    46    1    1   0    2   0   13    2-4 
June             1   1   1.64    5   1   0   3   1   0   11.0    4    38    2    2   0    3   0    9    2-3   0.00 runs/start
July             3   2   2.16    8   7   4   0   0   3   58.1   42   217   15   14   5    8   0   43    4-4   3.14 runs/start
August           4   0   1.85    5   5   4   0   0   2   43.2   25   161    9    9   4    9   0   29    4-1   3.40 runs/start
September        2   2   3.13    5   5   1   0   0   0   37.1   36   147   13   13   3    3   1   19    2-3   3.00 runs/start
October          1   0   0.00    1   1   1   0   0   1    9.0    2    31    0    0   0    3   0    6    1-0   4.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           1   1   2.62    5   3   1   2   1   1   24.0   21    93    7    7   2    5   0   15    2-3   2.00 runs/start
A's              0   0   0.00    2   0   0   2   0   0    1.1    0     6    0    0   0    2   0    1    0-2 
Brewers          1   0   3.60    2   1   1   1   0   0   10.0    8    36    4    4   2    1   0   10    1-1   6.00 runs/start
Indians          0   1   2.00    2   1   1   1   0   0    9.0    7    35    3    2   0    2   0    7    0-2   1.00 runs/start
Orioles          0   0   6.06    3   2   0   0   0   0   16.1   21    70   11   11   3    3   0    9    1-2   8.00 runs/start
Rangers          3   0   0.57    4   3   2   0   0   2   31.1   15   116    2    2   1    6   0   19    3-1   3.33 runs/start
Red Sox          1   0   0.00    2   1   1   1   0   1   10.0    1    32    0    0   0    2   0    9    1-1   3.00 runs/start
Tigers           1   1   1.08    3   2   1   0   0   1   16.2   10    60    2    2   2    2   0   11    2-1   0.50 runs/start
Twins            1   2   2.36    5   3   0   1   0   0   26.2   16    98    7    7   1    3   1   16    1-4   1.67 runs/start
White Sox        2   1   1.42    5   2   2   1   1   1   19.0   15    70    3    3   1    1   0   16    4-1   3.50 runs/start
Yankees          1   0   2.00    1   1   1   0   0   0    9.0    6    36    2    2   1    3   0    7    1-0   3.00 runs/start

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