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Bob Shirley

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 SDP Apr 07 L, 2-5 at Dodgers Finish 1.2 2 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.00 SDP Apr 08 L, 5-6 at Dodgers Finish 1.1 1 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 3.00 L (0-1) SDP Apr 13 L, 2-4 vs Reds Start 7.0 6 27 4 4 0 1 1 4 4.50 L (0-2) SDP Apr 18 W, 7-6 vs Giants Start 6.1 5 27 4 4 0 3 0 2 4.96 SDP Apr 21 W, 9-5 at Braves Middle 0.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.96 SDP Apr 25 L, 6-9 at Expos Start 0.1 6 7 5 5 1 0 0 1 7.56 L (0-3) SDP Apr 30 L, 3-4 at Mets Finish 2.0 3 10 1 1 0 1 2 1 7.23 L (0-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SDP May 04 L, 1-12 vs Expos Finish 5.0 3 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.70 SDP May 07 L, 6-11 vs Phillies Middle 1.0 2 8 3 3 0 3 0 0 6.57 SDP May 09 L, 0-2 vs Phillies Finish 1.0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.31 SDP May 11 L, 0-4 vs Mets Finish 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.23 SDP May 13 W, 5-4 vs Mets Finish 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.79 W (1-4) SDP May 16 L, 0-7 at Reds Middle 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.59 SDP May 20 (1) L, 0-1 at Astros Finish 1.0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.40 SDP May 20 (2) L, 3-6 at Astros Finish 0.2 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 5.28 SDP May 22 W, 7-6 vs Dodgers Middle 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.12 SDP May 23 L, 2-4 vs Dodgers Middle 3.2 1 14 0 0 0 1 0 2 4.58 SDP May 26 L, 0-9 vs Astros Finish 3.0 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.23 SDP May 30 W, 10-2 vs Braves Finish 8.0 3 27 0 0 0 0 0 7 3.50 W (2-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SDP Jun 01 L, 8-9 at Pirates Middle 0.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.69 L (2-5) SDP Jun 03 L, 0-7 at Pirates Middle 2.2 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.49 SDP Jun 07 L, 3-4 at Cubs Finish 4.0 6 18 2 2 0 0 1 1 3.57 L (2-6) SDP Jun 14 W, 2-1 vs Pirates Middle 3.0 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.38 SDP Jun 15 L, 2-3 vs Cubs Middle 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.36 SDP Jun 17 L, 5-8 vs Cubs Middle 4.1 3 17 1 0 0 0 2 4 3.12 SDP Jun 22 L, 1-2 at Astros Start 6.1 2 22 2 2 0 2 0 4 3.09 L (2-7) SDP Jun 26 W, 5-1 at Dodgers Start 1 9.0 11 39 1 0 0 2 0 5 2.72 W (3-7) SDP Jun 30 L, 0-3 vs Astros Start 8.0 7 32 3 3 1 1 0 7 2.79 L (3-8) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SDP Jul 04 W, 6-0 vs Dodgers Start 2 1 9.0 2 30 0 0 0 1 0 5 2.52 W (4-8) SDP Jul 08 (2) L, 1-4 at Mets Start 4.0 5 18 4 4 0 3 0 2 2.78 L (4-9) SDP Jul 12 L, 3-4 at Phillies Start 6.0 9 27 3 3 1 4 0 1 2.88 SDP Jul 15 L, 0-4 at Expos Middle 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.87 SDP Jul 21 L, 1-2 vs Mets Start 7.2 10 33 2 1 0 2 0 3 2.76 L (4-10) SDP Jul 25 L, 5-6 vs Expos Start 7.0 11 31 4 2 0 1 0 2 2.75 SDP Jul 29 L, 2-4 vs Giants Start 6.0 4 24 3 3 1 1 0 4 2.83 L (4-11) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SDP Aug 03 W, 6-4 at Reds Start 6.0 3 25 2 2 0 4 0 5 2.84 W (5-11) SDP Aug 08 L, 7-10 at Giants Start 4.0 6 19 3 3 2 1 1 3 2.96 L (5-12) SDP Aug 12 (2) W, 5-4 vs Reds Start 5.1 8 25 4 4 0 3 0 5 3.10 SDP Aug 17 L, 6-9 at Cubs Start 6.0 6 26 3 3 1 2 0 5 3.16 SDP Aug 21 W, 3-2 at Cardinals Start 10.0 6 34 2 1 0 1 0 5 3.01 W (6-12) SDP Aug 26 L, 2-9 vs Pirates Start 2.0 8 15 7 7 2 1 0 2 3.38 L (6-13) SDP Aug 31 L, 7-8 vs Cardinals Start 4.0 9 21 6 6 0 1 0 4 3.63 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SDP Sep 04 L, 1-3 vs Giants Start 6.2 6 29 3 0 0 1 1 1 3.48 L (6-14) SDP Sep 08 W, 9-2 at Braves Start 3 9.0 5 33 2 2 1 1 0 4 3.41 W (7-14) SDP Sep 13 L, 6-8 at Dodgers Start 4.0 4 16 4 4 1 1 0 3 3.53 L (7-15) SDP Sep 15 L, 1-6 vs Braves Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.51 SDP Sep 19 L, 2-3 vs Reds Start 7.0 8 29 3 3 1 1 0 4 3.52 L (7-16) SDP Sep 25 W, 8-2 at Reds Start 4 9.0 7 37 2 2 2 4 0 4 3.45 W (8-16) SDP Sep 30 W, 5-3 at Giants Start 7.0 5 28 3 1 0 3 0 1 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       6  12   3.96   25  25   4   0   0   1  156.2  159   654   79   69  14   45   3   86    9-16  4.24 runs/start
Middle relief    0   1   2.08   11   0   0   0   0   0   17.1   12    71    5    4   0    4   2   13    3-8 
As closer        2   3   1.16   13   0   0  13   0   0   31.0   25   118    5    4   1    2   3   18    2-11

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              155   12   31   43   5   2   1   11   1   4    9   0   4   33   0  .200  .277  .260  .538
vs RHB              607   76  165  252  31   7  14   71   7  16   42   8   2   84  14  .272  .415  .326  .741

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             3   7   3.28   25  12   1   7   0   1  109.2  101   446   47   40   5   21   4   66    7-18  3.33 runs/start
Road             5   9   3.49   24  13   3   6   0   0   95.1   95   397   42   37  10   30   4   51    7-17  5.08 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              1   8   5.06   18   9   0   5   0   0   58.2   70   260   40   33   8   15   5   35    3-15  3.89 runs/start
Night            7   8   2.71   31  16   4   8   0   1  146.1  126   583   49   44   7   36   3   82   11-20  4.44 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   4   7.23    7   3   0   3   0   0   18.2   24    85   15   15   2    6   3    9    2-5   5.00 runs/start
May              2   0   0.98   12   0   0   8   0   0   27.2   18   104    4    3   0    4   0   18    3-9 
June             1   4   1.91    9   3   1   1   0   0   37.2   32   150   10    8   1    5   3   25    2-7   2.00 runs/start
July             1   3   2.92    7   6   1   0   0   1   40.0   41   164   16   13   2   12   0   18    1-6   3.00 runs/start
August           2   2   6.27    7   7   0   0   0   0   37.1   46   165   27   26   5   13   1   29    3-4   5.14 runs/start
September        2   3   2.47    7   6   2   1   0   0   43.2   35   175   17   12   5   11   1   18    3-4   5.17 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   2   2.37    5   2   0   3   0   0   19.0   14    73    6    5   1    3   0   16    0-5   0.50 runs/start
Braves           2   0   1.00    4   1   1   2   0   0   18.0    9    64    2    2   1    1   0   12    3-1   9.00 runs/start
Cardinals        1   0   4.50    2   2   0   0   0   0   14.0   15    55    8    7   0    2   0    9    1-1   5.00 runs/start
Cubs             0   1   3.07    4   1   0   1   0   0   14.2   15    62    6    5   1    2   3   10    0-4   6.00 runs/start
Dodgers          2   2   1.52    7   3   2   2   0   1   29.2   22   116    6    5   2    6   0   17    3-4   5.67 runs/start
Expos            0   1   4.97    4   2   0   1   0   0   12.2   20    55    9    7   1    1   0    5    0-4   5.50 runs/start
Giants           0   3   3.30    5   5   0   0   0   0   30.0   26   127   16   11   3    9   2   11    2-3   4.40 runs/start
Mets             1   3   3.38    5   2   0   3   0   0   16.0   18    68    7    6   0    6   2    7    1-4   1.00 runs/start
Phillies         0   0   6.75    3   1   0   1   0   0    8.0   13    40    6    6   1    7   0    1    0-3   3.00 runs/start
Pirates          0   2   9.39    4   1   0   0   0   0    7.2   11    36    8    8   2    1   0    6    1-3   2.00 runs/start
Reds             2   2   3.82    6   5   1   0   0   0   35.1   33   147   15   15   3   13   1   23    3-3   4.60 runs/start

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