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Dick Ruthven

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 ATL Apr 08 L, 2-6 vs Dodgers Start 4.0 8 22 4 4 1 3 0 1 9.00 L (0-1) ATL Apr 14 L, 1-5 at Dodgers Start 5.0 5 22 4 3 1 2 0 0 7.00 L (0-2) ATL Apr 19 W, 2-0 at Giants Start 1 1 9.0 2 28 0 0 0 1 0 4 3.50 W (1-2) ATL Apr 23 L, 4-5 at Padres Start 7.0 6 30 3 2 0 3 0 5 3.24 ATL Apr 27 L, 3-5 vs Giants Start 6.1 8 29 5 5 1 2 0 3 4.02 L (1-3) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL May 02 W, 5-4 vs Mets Start 6.1 4 26 2 2 1 4 0 3 3.82 ATL May 09 (1) W, 3-2 vs Expos Start 6.1 6 26 1 1 0 1 1 3 3.48 ATL May 14 W, 2-1 at Expos Start 2 9.0 8 38 1 1 0 3 1 3 3.06 W (2-3) ATL May 19 L, 0-6 at Astros Start 4.0 8 20 6 6 0 2 0 3 3.79 L (2-4) ATL May 27 L, 5-6 vs Phillies Start 7.0 5 28 3 3 1 2 0 6 3.80 ATL May 31 L, 4-10 vs Reds Start 2.1 4 13 5 4 2 1 0 2 4.21 L (2-5) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record ATL Jun 05 W, 8-4 at Pirates Start 7.2 6 31 4 1 0 1 0 4 3.89 ATL Jun 10 L, 2-6 at Phillies Start 7.0 8 29 5 5 1 1 0 8 4.11 L (2-6) PHI Jun 18 L, 1-4 at Padres Start 4.0 3 16 3 2 0 1 0 2 4.13 L (2-7) PHI Jun 23 (1) W, 6-1 vs Cubs Start 7.0 6 27 1 1 1 0 0 2 3.91 W (3-7) PHI Jun 27 W, 1-0 at Expos Start 3 2 9.0 7 34 0 0 0 1 0 5 3.56 W (4-7) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PHI Jul 02 W, 6-5 at Cubs Start 6.1 7 26 3 3 1 3 0 4 3.61 W (5-7) PHI Jul 07 L, 4-7 vs Expos Start 5.0 8 22 5 5 2 0 0 3 3.85 L (5-8) PHI Jul 16 W, 4-2 at Braves Start 7.0 5 27 1 1 0 1 0 3 3.70 W (6-8) PHI Jul 21 (1) W, 6-1 vs Astros Start 4 9.0 11 37 1 1 0 1 1 6 3.51 W (7-8) PHI Jul 31 W, 6-1 vs Mets Start 5 9.0 5 33 1 1 0 2 0 4 3.34 W (8-8) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PHI Aug 06 (1) W, 3-2 at Pirates Start 6 9.0 8 34 2 2 1 1 0 3 3.26 W (9-8) PHI Aug 10 W, 3-1 vs Pirates Start 7 9.0 6 32 1 1 1 0 0 4 3.13 W (10-8) PHI Aug 15 L, 4-5 vs Dodgers Start 7.0 8 31 5 5 2 2 0 3 3.27 L (10-9) PHI Aug 20 W, 5-3 vs Giants Start 5.0 4 21 3 3 1 3 0 2 3.33 W (11-9) PHI Aug 25 L, 5-6 at Dodgers Start 8.0 13 38 4 4 2 2 0 3 3.39 PHI Aug 29 W, 9-5 at Padres Start 8 9.0 9 36 5 5 0 2 0 5 3.47 W (12-9) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PHI Sep 03 (1) L, 1-4 at Giants Start 7.0 8 28 3 3 0 1 0 2 3.48 L (12-10) PHI Sep 08 (1) W, 1-0 vs Cardinals Start 9 3 9.0 3 31 0 0 0 2 0 4 3.32 W (13-10) PHI Sep 13 W, 6-2 vs Cubs Start 10 9.0 6 34 2 2 0 2 0 4 3.27 W (14-10) PHI Sep 19 L, 2-5 at Expos Start 7.1 8 30 5 4 0 1 0 4 3.32 L (14-11) PHI Sep 23 (2) W, 6-3 at Mets Start 11 9.0 4 33 3 3 1 2 0 7 3.31 W (15-11) PHI Sep 29 (1) L, 4-5 at Pirates Start 6.0 7 25 4 4 1 0 0 5 3.38

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      15  11   3.38   33  33  11   0   0   3  231.2  214   937   95   87  21   53   3  120   18-15  3.76 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              372   45   90  152  18   1  14   42   7   1   23   1   0   49   9  .242  .409  .285  .694
vs RHB              481   47  124  171  16   5   7   45  14   6   30   2   1   71  15  .258  .356  .303  .659

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             7   5   3.38   15  15   5   0   0   1  101.1   92   412   39   38  13   25   2   50    9-6   4.20 runs/start
Road             8   6   3.38   18  18   6   0   0   2  130.1  122   525   56   49   8   28   1   70    9-9   3.39 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   4   2.83   11  11   4   0   0   1   76.1   64   304   27   24   5   21   1   34    6-5   2.91 runs/start
Night            9   7   3.65   22  22   7   0   0   2  155.1  150   633   68   63  16   32   2   86   12-10  4.18 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   3   4.02    5   5   1   0   0   1   31.1   29   131   16   14   3   11   0   13    1-4   2.40 runs/start
May              1   2   4.37    6   6   1   0   0   0   35.0   35   151   18   17   4   13   2   20    3-3   3.17 runs/start
June             2   2   2.34    5   5   1   0   0   1   34.2   30   137   13    9   2    4   0   21    3-2   3.60 runs/start
July             4   1   2.72    5   5   2   0   0   0   36.1   36   145   11   11   3    7   1   20    4-1   5.20 runs/start
August           4   1   3.83    6   6   3   0   0   0   47.0   48   192   20   20   7   10   0   20    4-2   4.83 runs/start
September        3   2   3.04    6   6   3   0   0   1   47.1   36   181   17   16   2    8   0   26    3-3   3.33 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Astros           1   1   4.85    2   2   1   0   0   0   13.0   19    57    7    7   0    3   1    9    1-1   3.00 runs/start
Braves           1   0   1.29    1   1   0   0   0   0    7.0    5    27    1    1   0    1   0    3    1-0   4.00 runs/start
Cardinals        1   0   0.00    1   1   1   0   0   1    9.0    3    31    0    0   0    2   0    4    1-0   1.00 runs/start
Cubs             3   0   2.42    3   3   1   0   0   0   22.1   19    87    6    6   2    5   0   10    3-0   6.00 runs/start
Dodgers          0   3   6.00    4   4   0   0   0   0   24.0   34   113   17   16   6    9   0    7    0-4   3.00 runs/start
Expos            2   2   2.70    5   5   2   0   0   1   36.2   37   150   12   11   2    6   2   18    3-2   2.40 runs/start
Giants           2   2   3.62    4   4   1   0   0   1   27.1   22   106   11   11   2    7   0   11    2-2   2.75 runs/start
Mets             2   0   2.22    3   3   2   0   0   0   24.1   13    92    6    6   2    8   0   14    3-0   5.67 runs/start
Padres           1   1   4.05    3   3   1   0   0   0   20.0   18    82   11    9   0    6   0   12    1-2   4.67 runs/start
Phillies         0   1   5.14    2   2   0   0   0   0   14.0   13    57    8    8   2    3   0   14    0-2   3.50 runs/start
Pirates          2   0   2.27    4   4   2   0   0   0   31.2   27   122   11    8   3    2   0   16    3-1   4.50 runs/start
Reds             0   1  15.43    1   1   0   0   0   0    2.1    4    13    5    4   2    1   0    2    0-1   4.00 runs/start

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