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Steve Renko

Game Log for 1979
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record BOS Apr 18 L, 1-4 vs Brewers Start 6.2 6 29 3 3 2 2 0 5 4.05 L (0-1) BOS Apr 24 W, 4-3 at Mariners Start 6.2 7 29 3 3 1 3 0 3 4.05 BOS Apr 29 W, 2-0 at Angels Start 8.1 2 29 0 0 0 3 0 6 2.49 W (1-1) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record BOS May 04 W, 5-3 vs Mariners Start 1 9.0 5 35 3 3 2 3 0 6 2.64 W (2-1) BOS May 09 W, 9-8 vs Angels Start 5.2 9 28 4 3 0 1 0 6 2.97 BOS May 16 L, 6-10 vs Orioles Start 3.1 6 18 4 4 0 2 0 3 3.63 BOS May 22 W, 7-5 at Orioles Start 5.1 6 24 5 5 1 2 0 4 4.20 W (3-1) BOS May 28 L, 2-5 at Rangers Start 6.2 10 29 3 2 1 0 0 6 4.01 L (3-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record BOS Jun 03 W, 8-2 at Twins Start 6.0 2 23 0 0 0 4 0 0 3.59 W (4-2) BOS Jun 08 W, 2-1 vs Twins Start 7.2 6 32 1 1 0 3 0 2 3.31 BOS Jun 13 W, 11-3 at Royals Start 7.1 8 31 2 2 0 1 0 3 3.22 W (5-2) BOS Jun 18 W, 9-8 vs Tigers Start 5.0 8 26 6 2 1 1 1 5 3.24 BOS Jun 23 W, 4-3 vs Blue Jays Start 9.0 10 35 3 3 1 0 0 6 3.22 BOS Jun 28 L, 3-6 at Tigers Start 5.0 7 25 6 6 1 2 0 4 3.63 L (5-3) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record BOS Jul 03 W, 10-0 vs Royals Start 2 1 9.0 5 33 0 0 0 3 0 5 3.31 W (6-3) BOS Jul 08 W, 8-2 at Mariners Start 3 9.0 6 37 2 2 0 3 0 7 3.20 W (7-3) BOS Jul 13 W, 2-0 at A's Start 8.2 1 30 0 0 0 3 0 1 2.97 W (8-3) BOS Jul 21 L, 5-13 vs Mariners Start 6.2 10 29 6 6 0 0 0 7 3.24 L (8-4) BOS Jul 26 L, 6-8 vs A's Start 5.2 9 27 7 7 1 2 0 0 3.58 L (8-5) BOS Jul 30 L, 5-6 at Indians Start 4.0 9 23 4 4 1 2 0 1 3.74 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record BOS Aug 03 L, 3-5 at Brewers Start 5.0 7 22 4 4 2 0 0 1 3.87 L (8-6) BOS Aug 08 (2) L, 2-8 vs Indians Start 4.0 7 20 4 4 0 3 0 2 4.01 L (8-7) BOS Aug 18 W, 8-2 vs White Sox Start 4 6.0 4 23 2 2 2 1 0 3 3.97 W (9-7) BOS Aug 26 L, 3-6 at Royals Start 4.0 8 22 5 4 1 1 0 2 4.10 L (9-8) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record BOS Sep 15 W, 10-2 at Orioles Start 5.1 4 20 1 1 0 3 0 5 4.02 W (10-8) BOS Sep 20 L, 2-6 at Blue Jays Start 4.2 6 22 4 4 2 2 0 3 4.12 L (10-9) BOS Sep 29 W, 8-5 at Tigers Start 7.1 6 29 4 3 3 2 0 3 4.11 W (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   4.11   27  27   4   0   0   1  171.0  174   730   86   78  22   52   1   99   16-11  5.37 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              325   49   93  165  19   4  15   49  10   3   24   1   2   45   1  .286  .508  .339  .847
vs RHB              343   33   81  125  17   3   7   32   7   3   28   0   0   54   5  .236  .364  .292  .657

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             3   4   4.40   12  12   3   0   0   1   77.2   85   335   43   38   9   21   1   50    7-5   5.58 runs/start
Road             8   5   3.86   15  15   1   0   0   0   93.1   89   395   43   40  13   31   0   49    9-6   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   4   4.22    9   9   1   0   0   0   59.2   57   246   30   28  10   15   0   32    5-4   5.00 runs/start
Night            7   5   4.04   18  18   3   0   0   1  111.1  117   484   56   50  12   37   1   67   11-7   5.56 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   2.49    3   3   0   0   0   0   21.2   15    87    6    6   3    8   0   14    2-1   2.33 runs/start
May              2   1   5.10    5   5   1   0   0   0   30.0   36   134   19   17   4    8   0   25    3-2   5.80 runs/start
June             2   1   3.15    6   6   0   0   0   0   40.0   41   172   18   14   3   11   1   20    5-1   6.17 runs/start
July             3   2   3.98    6   6   2   0   0   1   43.0   40   179   19   19   2   13   0   21    3-3   6.00 runs/start
August           1   3   6.63    4   4   1   0   0   0   19.0   26    87   15   14   5    5   0    8    1-3   4.00 runs/start
September        2   1   4.15    3   3   0   0   0   0   17.1   16    71    9    8   5    7   0   11    2-1   6.67 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   0   1.93    2   2   0   0   0   0   14.0   11    57    4    3   0    4   0   12    2-0   5.50 runs/start
A's              1   1   4.40    2   2   0   0   0   0   14.1   10    57    7    7   1    5   0    1    1-1   4.00 runs/start
Blue Jays        0   1   4.61    2   2   0   0   0   0   13.2   16    57    7    7   3    2   0    9    1-1   3.00 runs/start
Brewers          0   2   5.40    2   2   0   0   0   0   11.2   13    51    7    7   4    2   0    6    0-2   2.00 runs/start
Indians          0   1   9.00    2   2   0   0   0   0    8.0   16    43    8    8   1    5   0    3    0-2   3.50 runs/start
Mariners         2   1   4.02    4   4   2   0   0   0   31.1   28   130   14   14   3    9   0   23    3-1   5.50 runs/start
Orioles          2   0   6.43    3   3   0   0   0   0   14.0   16    62   10   10   1    7   0   12    2-1   7.67 runs/start
Rangers          0   1   2.70    1   1   0   0   0   0    6.2   10    29    3    2   1    0   0    6    0-1   2.00 runs/start
Royals           2   1   2.66    3   3   1   0   0   1   20.1   21    86    7    6   1    5   0   10    2-1   8.00 runs/start
Tigers           1   1   5.71    3   3   0   0   0   0   17.1   21    80   16   11   5    5   1   12    2-1   6.67 runs/start
Twins            1   0   0.66    2   2   0   0   0   0   13.2    8    55    1    1   0    7   0    2    2-0   5.00 runs/start
White Sox        1   0   3.00    1   1   1   0   0   0    6.0    4    23    2    2   2    1   0    3    1-0   8.00 runs/start

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