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Tom Seaver

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 CIN Apr 06 W, 11-9 vs Astros Start 3.0 6 15 5 5 3 0 0 3 15.00 CIN Apr 11 L, 2-3 vs Giants Start 7.0 6 29 2 2 2 1 0 8 6.30 CIN Apr 16 L, 3-4 at Astros Start 6.0 6 28 3 2 1 5 0 1 5.06 CIN Apr 21 L, 0-3 at Giants Start 7.0 2 27 1 1 0 3 1 7 3.91 L (0-1) CIN Apr 26 L, 4-14 vs Dodgers Start 4.0 8 21 5 5 2 1 0 6 5.00 L (0-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CIN May 01 L, 1-12 vs Phillies Start 2.0 7 19 7 6 0 5 1 3 6.52 L (0-3) CIN May 06 W, 6-2 vs Expos Start 6.0 9 26 2 2 1 1 0 3 5.91 W (1-3) CIN May 11 L, 1-4 at Phillies Start 7.0 9 32 4 4 1 1 1 6 5.79 L (1-4) CIN May 16 W, 5-1 at Expos Start 1 9.0 7 34 1 1 0 1 0 13 4.94 W (2-4) CIN May 21 (2) W, 1-0 vs Padres Start 7.0 6 27 0 0 0 2 0 5 4.34 W (3-4) CIN May 26 W, 3-1 at Padres Start 7.2 6 30 1 1 0 2 0 6 3.97 W (4-4) CIN May 31 W, 10-4 at Braves Start 8.0 9 34 4 3 1 2 0 8 3.91 W (5-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CIN Jun 05 W, 2-1 at Cardinals Start 2 9.0 6 36 1 0 0 3 0 8 3.48 W (6-4) CIN Jun 10 W, 6-4 at Pirates Start 3 9.0 11 38 4 4 1 1 0 6 3.53 W (7-4) CIN Jun 16 W, 4-0 vs Cardinals Start 4 1 9.0 0 30 0 0 0 3 0 3 3.22 W (8-4) CIN Jun 21 L, 0-3 at Giants Start 7.0 5 31 3 3 0 2 2 4 3.26 L (8-5) CIN Jun 26 W, 4-3 at Astros Start 8.0 6 33 3 3 0 2 1 4 3.27 W (9-5) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CIN Jul 01 L, 0-2 vs Dodgers Start 5 9.0 6 34 2 2 1 2 0 9 3.18 L (9-6) CIN Jul 07 (1) L, 6-7 vs Giants Start 5.0 7 24 5 4 2 1 0 7 3.33 L (9-7) CIN Jul 13 L, 2-4 vs Mets Start 7.0 4 26 3 1 0 2 0 8 3.23 L (9-8) CIN Jul 18 L, 1-3 vs Expos Start 7.0 6 28 2 1 0 2 0 5 3.13 L (9-9) CIN Jul 23 W, 5-4 at Expos Start 7.1 8 34 4 4 0 3 0 7 3.22 CIN Jul 28 (2) W, 2-1 vs Phillies Start 8.2 7 37 1 1 0 4 0 10 3.10 W (10-9) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CIN Aug 02 W, 6-2 at Braves Start 6 9.0 3 29 2 2 2 0 0 10 3.04 W (11-9) CIN Aug 07 L, 3-5 vs Braves Start 7.0 6 30 4 3 0 3 0 5 3.07 L (11-10) CIN Aug 12 L, 2-4 at Padres Start 7.0 7 31 4 2 0 1 1 3 3.05 L (11-11) CIN Aug 17 L, 0-2 at Cubs Start 7.0 6 30 2 1 1 3 0 3 2.99 L (11-12) CIN Aug 22 W, 5-4 vs Cardinals Start 8.0 5 33 3 3 1 3 0 5 3.01 CIN Aug 27 L, 1-7 vs Cubs Start 7.0 7 33 5 4 1 3 2 3 3.08 L (11-13) CIN Aug 31 W, 11-6 at Cardinals Start 7.0 4 26 1 1 0 1 0 4 3.02 W (12-13) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CIN Sep 05 L, 2-3 at Astros Start 7 8.2 7 35 3 3 0 1 2 10 3.02 L (12-14) CIN Sep 10 W, 8-1 vs Giants Start 7.0 6 27 1 1 1 1 0 5 2.97 W (13-14) CIN Sep 15 W, 6-1 at Giants Start 8 9.0 2 30 1 1 1 4 0 9 2.89 W (14-14) CIN Sep 20 W, 4-3 at Dodgers Start 8.1 5 35 3 3 2 5 0 12 2.91 W (15-14) CIN Sep 26 W, 6-4 vs Dodgers Start 7.0 6 29 2 2 1 2 0 6 2.90 W (16-14) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CIN Oct 01 W, 10-8 vs Braves Start 8.0 7 34 3 2 1 2 0 11 2.88

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      16  14   2.88   36  36   8   0   0   1  259.2  218  1075   97   83  26   78  11  226   20-16  3.97 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              415   39   93  147  19   4   9   36  13   4   41   9   0   84   3  .224  .354  .304  .658
vs RHB              546   53  125  205  23   3  17   50   8   4   37   2   0  142  10  .229  .375  .277  .652

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             6   8   3.34   18  18   2   0   0   1  118.2  109   502   52   44  16   38   3  105    9-9   4.06 runs/start
Road            10   6   2.49   18  18   6   0   0   0  141.0  109   573   45   39  10   40   8  121   11-7   3.89 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   3.34   10  10   1   0   0   0   67.1   72   292   29   25  10   21   2   47    7-3   5.10 runs/start
Night           12  12   2.71   26  26   7   0   0   1  192.1  146   783   68   58  16   57   9  179   13-13  3.54 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   2   5.00    5   5   0   0   0   0   27.0   28   120   16   15   8   10   1   25    1-4   4.00 runs/start
May              5   2   3.28    7   7   1   0   0   0   46.2   53   202   19   17   3   14   2   44    5-2   3.86 runs/start
June             4   1   2.14    5   5   3   0   0   1   42.0   28   168   11   10   1   11   3   25    4-1   3.20 runs/start
July             1   4   2.66    6   6   1   0   0   0   44.0   38   183   17   13   3   14   0   46    2-4   2.67 runs/start
August           2   4   2.77    7   7   1   0   0   0   52.0   38   212   21   16   5   14   3   33    3-4   4.00 runs/start
September        4   1   2.25    5   5   2   0   0   0   40.0   26   156   10   10   5   13   2   42    4-1   5.20 runs/start
October          0   0   2.25    1   1   0   0   0   0    8.0    7    34    3    2   1    2   0   11    1-0   10.00 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   4.56    4   4   1   0   0   0   25.2   25   111   14   13   4    8   3   18    2-2   5.00 runs/start
Braves           2   1   2.81    4   4   1   0   0   0   32.0   25   127   13   10   4    7   0   34    3-1   7.25 runs/start
Cardinals        3   0   1.09    4   4   2   0   0   1   33.0   15   125    5    4   1   10   0   20    4-0   5.50 runs/start
Cubs             0   2   3.21    2   2   0   0   0   0   14.0   13    63    7    5   2    6   2    6    0-2   0.50 runs/start
Dodgers          2   2   3.81    4   4   1   0   0   0   28.1   25   119   12   12   6   10   0   33    2-2   3.50 runs/start
Expos            2   1   2.45    4   4   1   0   0   0   29.1   30   122    9    8   1    7   0   28    3-1   4.25 runs/start
Giants           2   3   2.57    6   6   1   0   0   0   42.0   28   168   13   12   6   12   3   40    2-4   3.67 runs/start
Mets             0   1   1.29    1   1   0   0   0   0    7.0    4    26    3    1   0    2   0    8    0-1   2.00 runs/start
Padres           2   1   1.25    3   3   0   0   0   0   21.2   19    88    5    3   0    5   1   14    2-1   2.00 runs/start
Phillies         1   2   5.60    3   3   0   0   0   0   17.2   23    88   12   11   1   10   2   19    1-2   1.33 runs/start
Pirates          1   0   4.00    1   1   1   0   0   0    9.0   11    38    4    4   1    1   0    6    1-0   6.00 runs/start

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