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Dick Ruthven

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 PHI Apr 10 W, 7-3 vs Pirates Start 1 9.0 7 35 3 3 0 1 0 4 3.00 W (1-0) PHI Apr 15 (1) W, 3-2 at Mets Start 7.2 7 31 2 2 0 2 0 5 2.70 W (2-0) PHI Apr 20 W, 8-0 vs Mets Start 2 1 9.0 5 35 0 0 0 3 0 4 1.75 W (3-0) PHI Apr 25 W, 5-4 vs Dodgers Start 7.0 9 32 4 4 0 2 0 5 2.48 PHI Apr 30 W, 4-1 vs Giants Start 6.0 6 26 1 1 0 2 0 3 2.33 W (4-0) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PHI May 05 W, 11-0 at Dodgers Start 7.0 2 25 0 0 0 2 0 2 1.97 W (5-0) PHI May 09 W, 2-0 at Padres Start 3 2 9.0 1 30 0 0 0 2 0 2 1.65 W (6-0) PHI May 13 W, 12-3 at Giants Start 4.2 7 22 3 3 0 1 0 3 1.97 PHI May 18 L, 3-5 vs Expos Start 7.0 7 29 4 4 1 1 0 3 2.31 L (6-1) PHI May 23 L, 1-3 vs Cardinals Start 5.0 6 23 3 3 0 1 1 3 2.52 L (6-2) PHI May 29 L, 0-9 at Expos Start 4.2 9 24 7 7 1 0 1 5 3.20 L (6-3) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PHI Jun 03 (1) W, 6-4 at Reds Start 5.0 6 24 2 2 0 2 1 4 3.22 PHI Jun 08 L, 5-11 vs Braves Start 6.0 10 29 5 4 1 2 0 3 3.41 PHI Jun 13 L, 3-4 vs Astros Start 3.2 8 21 4 4 1 0 1 2 3.67 L (6-4) PHI Jun 26 W, 5-3 at Cubs Start 5.0 4 21 3 3 1 1 1 3 3.76 W (7-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PHI Jul 01 (1) L, 7-13 at Cardinals Start 5.0 7 23 4 4 1 2 0 2 3.93 PHI Jul 25 L, 8-16 at Dodgers Start 2.1 4 14 7 7 1 3 0 0 4.46 L (7-5) PHI Jul 30 W, 5-4 vs Cubs Start 7.1 3 26 2 2 0 3 0 2 4.32 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PHI Aug 03 (1) L, 3-6 at Pirates Start 6.0 8 27 3 3 1 1 1 2 4.33 PHI Aug 08 W, 4-3 vs Expos Start 6.0 5 21 2 2 2 0 0 1 4.27

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       7   5   4.27   20  20   3   0   0   2  122.1  121   518   59   58  10   31   6   58   12-8   5.10 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              201   17   55   78   7   5   2   17   8   2   18   4   2   20   3  .274  .388  .351  .739
vs RHB              272   37   66  104  14   0   8   36   6   3   13   2   0   38   2  .243  .382  .280  .663

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             3   3   3.68   10  10   2   0   0   1   66.0   66   277   28   27   5   15   2   30    6-4   4.50 runs/start
Road             4   2   4.95   10  10   1   0   0   1   56.1   55   241   31   31   5   16   4   28    6-4   5.70 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   1   6.37    6   6   0   0   0   0   29.2   35   135   21   21   3   11   2   17    4-2   6.83 runs/start
Night            5   4   3.59   14  14   3   0   0   2   92.2   86   383   38   37   7   20   4   41    8-6   4.36 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            4   0   2.33    5   5   2   0   0   1   38.2   34   159   10   10   0   10   0   21    5-0   5.40 runs/start
May              2   3   4.10    6   6   1   0   0   1   37.1   32   153   17   17   2    7   2   18    3-3   4.83 runs/start
June             1   1   5.95    4   4   0   0   0   0   19.2   28    95   14   13   3    5   3   12    2-2   4.75 runs/start
July             0   1   7.98    3   3   0   0   0   0   14.2   14    63   13   13   2    8   0    4    1-2   6.67 runs/start
August           0   0   3.75    2   2   0   0   0   0   12.0   13    48    5    5   3    1   1    3    1-1   3.50 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Astros           0   1   9.82    1   1   0   0   0   0    3.2    8    21    4    4   1    0   1    2    0-1   3.00 runs/start
Braves           0   0   6.00    1   1   0   0   0   0    6.0   10    29    5    4   1    2   0    3    0-1   5.00 runs/start
Cardinals        0   1   6.30    2   2   0   0   0   0   10.0   13    46    7    7   1    3   1    5    0-2   4.00 runs/start
Cubs             1   0   3.65    2   2   0   0   0   0   12.1    7    47    5    5   1    4   1    5    2-0   5.00 runs/start
Dodgers          1   1   6.06    3   3   0   0   0   0   16.1   15    71   11   11   1    7   0    7    2-1   8.00 runs/start
Expos            0   2   6.62    3   3   0   0   0   0   17.2   21    74   13   13   4    1   1    9    1-2   2.33 runs/start
Giants           1   0   3.38    2   2   0   0   0   0   10.2   13    48    4    4   0    3   0    6    2-0   8.00 runs/start
Mets             2   0   1.08    2   2   1   0   0   1   16.2   12    66    2    2   0    5   0    9    2-0   5.50 runs/start
Padres           1   0   0.00    1   1   1   0   0   1    9.0    1    30    0    0   0    2   0    2    1-0   2.00 runs/start
Pirates          1   0   3.60    2   2   1   0   0   0   15.0   15    62    6    6   1    2   1    6    1-1   5.00 runs/start
Reds             0   0   3.60    1   1   0   0   0   0    5.0    6    24    2    2   0    2   1    4    1-0   6.00 runs/start

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