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Nolan Ryan

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 CAL Apr 08 L, 2-4 vs A's Start 6.0 2 24 0 0 0 4 0 13 0.00 CAL Apr 13 W, 1-0 vs Twins Start 10.0 4 36 0 0 0 4 0 12 0.00 CAL Apr 18 L, 1-6 at Mariners Start 7.0 4 31 6 5 0 6 0 8 1.96 L (0-1) CAL Apr 24 L, 5-6 vs Mariners Start 9.0 7 39 4 4 1 5 0 15 2.53 CAL Apr 29 W, 5-0 vs Blue Jays Start 1 1 9.0 2 34 0 0 0 6 0 11 1.98 W (1-1) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL May 05 W, 5-0 vs Indians Start 2 2 9.0 1 31 0 0 0 5 0 12 1.62 W (2-1) CAL May 12 L, 3-4 at Indians Start 3 8.0 7 38 4 4 1 6 0 5 2.02 L (2-2) CAL May 17 L, 6-9 at White Sox Start 4 8.0 10 40 9 9 2 6 1 6 3.00 L (2-3) CAL May 23 W, 5-4 vs White Sox Start 5 9.0 9 37 4 4 0 3 0 7 3.12 W (3-3) CAL May 28 L, 3-6 vs Brewers Start 6.2 2 27 4 4 1 6 0 8 3.31 L (3-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL Jun 02 L, 1-6 vs Red Sox Start 4.1 5 24 6 5 1 6 0 5 3.66 L (3-5) CAL Jun 06 L, 6-8 vs Orioles Start 5.1 12 28 7 7 0 2 0 3 4.14 L (3-6) CAL Jun 10 W, 4-3 vs Yankees Start 9.0 9 40 3 3 0 6 1 8 4.04 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL Jul 05 L, 1-10 at Royals Start 5.0 8 24 5 5 0 3 0 1 4.27 L (3-7) CAL Jul 09 L, 7-11 vs Mariners Start 5.1 7 26 9 8 0 3 1 5 4.72 L (3-8) CAL Jul 14 W, 3-2 vs Blue Jays Start 9.0 5 37 2 2 1 6 0 13 4.51 CAL Jul 19 W, 3-0 vs Indians Start 6 3 9.0 6 35 0 0 0 4 0 10 4.20 W (4-8) CAL Jul 23 (2) W, 4-3 at Tigers Start 7 9.0 4 33 3 3 1 3 0 11 4.12 W (5-8) CAL Jul 27 L, 3-6 at Brewers Start 5.0 8 26 6 6 1 6 0 3 4.35 L (5-9) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL Aug 01 L, 0-1 vs A's Start 8 9.0 6 39 1 1 0 7 0 8 4.15 L (5-10) CAL Aug 06 W, 4-3 vs Twins Start 8.0 8 39 3 3 0 7 0 10 4.11 CAL Aug 11 W, 3-1 at Mariners Start 9 9.0 2 34 1 1 0 6 0 10 3.95 W (6-10) CAL Aug 16 L, 2-4 vs Red Sox Start 10 9.0 4 40 4 2 1 7 1 13 3.85 L (6-11) CAL Aug 20 W, 1-0 vs Orioles Start 7.0 5 25 0 0 0 1 0 8 3.70 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL Sep 06 (1) L, 5-11 vs Rangers Start 6.2 8 33 7 7 0 4 1 9 3.90 L (6-12) CAL Sep 10 W, 13-3 vs Royals Start 11 9.0 9 38 3 1 0 1 0 12 3.77 W (7-12) CAL Sep 15 L, 2-3 at Royals Start 12 8.2 9 39 3 3 1 5 1 5 3.75 L (7-13) CAL Sep 19 W, 4-1 at Twins Start 13 9.0 6 35 1 1 0 3 0 10 3.63 W (8-13) CAL Sep 24 W, 7-3 at White Sox Start 7.0 5 32 3 3 0 5 0 6 3.64 W (9-13) CAL Sep 28 W, 11-7 vs White Sox Start 0.2 4 6 4 4 1 0 0 0 3.79 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL Oct 01 W, 5-4 vs White Sox Start 14 9.0 5 38 4 2 0 5 1 13 3.72 W (10-13)

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  13   3.72   31  31  14   0   0   3  234.2  183  1008  106   97  12  141   7  260   16-15  4.03 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              489   55  113  153  18   5   4   52  24   8   74   7   3  152  10  .231  .313  .340  .653
vs RHB              343   44   70  109  11   2   8   42  28   7   67   0   0  108   8  .204  .318  .329  .646

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             6   7   3.23   21  21   8   0   0   3  159.0  120   676   65   57   6   92   5  195   12-9   4.33 runs/start
Road             4   6   4.76   10  10   6   0   0   0   75.2   63   332   41   40   6   49   2   65    4-6   3.40 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   2   3.04    9   9   3   0   0   0   71.0   49   294   29   24   2   35   2   85    7-2   5.00 runs/start
Night            6  11   4.01   22  22  11   0   0   3  163.2  134   714   77   73  10  106   5  175    9-13  3.64 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   1.98    5   5   1   0   0   1   41.0   19   164   10    9   1   25   0   59    2-3   2.80 runs/start
May              2   3   4.65    5   5   4   0   0   1   40.2   29   173   21   21   4   26   1   38    2-3   4.40 runs/start
June             0   2   7.23    3   3   0   0   0   0   18.2   26    92   16   15   1   14   1   16    1-2   3.67 runs/start
July             2   3   5.10    6   6   2   0   0   1   42.1   38   181   25   24   3   25   1   43    3-3   3.50 runs/start
August           1   2   1.50    5   5   3   0   0   0   42.0   25   177    9    7   1   28   1   49    3-2   2.00 runs/start
September        3   2   4.17    6   6   3   0   0   0   41.0   41   183   21   19   2   18   2   42    4-2   7.00 runs/start
October          1   0   2.00    1   1   1   0   0   0    9.0    5    38    4    2   0    5   1   13    1-0   5.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
A's              0   1   0.60    2   2   1   0   0   0   15.0    8    63    1    1   0   11   0   21    0-2   1.00 runs/start
Blue Jays        1   0   1.00    2   2   1   0   0   1   18.0    7    71    2    2   1   12   0   24    2-0   4.00 runs/start
Brewers          0   2   7.71    2   2   0   0   0   0   11.2   10    53   10   10   2   12   0   11    0-2   3.00 runs/start
Indians          2   1   1.38    3   3   3   0   0   2   26.0   14   104    4    4   1   15   0   27    2-1   3.67 runs/start
Mariners         1   2   5.34    4   4   1   0   0   0   30.1   20   130   20   18   1   20   1   38    1-3   4.00 runs/start
Orioles          0   1   5.11    2   2   0   0   0   0   12.1   17    53    7    7   0    3   0   11    1-1   3.50 runs/start
Rangers          0   1   9.45    1   1   0   0   0   0    6.2    8    33    7    7   0    4   1    9    0-1   5.00 runs/start
Red Sox          0   2   4.72    2   2   1   0   0   0   13.1    9    64   10    7   2   13   1   18    0-2   1.50 runs/start
Royals           1   2   3.57    3   3   2   0   0   0   22.2   26   101   11    9   1    9   1   18    1-2   5.33 runs/start
Tigers           1   0   3.00    1   1   1   0   0   0    9.0    4    33    3    3   1    3   0   11    1-0   4.00 runs/start
Twins            1   0   1.33    3   3   1   0   0   0   27.0   18   110    4    4   0   14   0   32    3-0   3.00 runs/start
White Sox        3   1   5.88    5   5   3   0   0   0   33.2   33   153   24   22   3   19   2   32    4-1   6.80 runs/start
Yankees          0   0   3.00    1   1   0   0   0   0    9.0    9    40    3    3   0    6   1    8    1-0   4.00 runs/start

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