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Jim Slaton

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 DET Apr 08 L, 2-5 vs Blue Jays Start 8.1 7 36 5 3 2 4 0 6 3.24 L (0-1) DET Apr 14 L, 8-10 at Blue Jays Start 2.0 7 14 4 4 0 2 0 0 6.10 DET Apr 23 (1) W, 9-6 vs Rangers Start 6.2 9 32 5 5 1 3 0 2 6.35 W (1-1) DET Apr 28 W, 5-4 at Mariners Start 6.1 9 27 3 2 0 2 0 5 5.40 W (2-1) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET May 03 W, 7-4 at Angels Start 8.1 7 34 4 4 0 1 0 2 5.12 W (3-1) DET May 09 L, 5-7 vs Angels Start 5.2 8 31 5 5 2 5 0 2 5.54 DET May 15 W, 4-2 vs Mariners Start 1 9.0 5 32 2 2 0 3 1 3 4.86 W (4-1) DET May 20 L, 5-6 vs Red Sox Start 5.1 11 28 5 5 2 3 0 1 5.23 DET May 24 (1) W, 3-2 at Orioles Start 7.2 5 30 2 2 0 3 0 2 4.85 DET May 28 (2) L, 3-4 at Red Sox Start 6.1 11 30 4 4 1 1 0 2 4.93 L (4-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Jun 01 W, 4-3 vs Brewers Start 7.1 5 29 3 3 1 2 0 3 4.81 W (5-2) DET Jun 07 W, 8-1 at Brewers Start 2 9.0 5 39 1 1 0 6 0 4 4.39 W (6-2) DET Jun 13 L, 2-7 vs Brewers Start 6.2 9 32 7 7 2 2 0 2 4.77 L (6-3) DET Jun 18 L, 4-8 at Twins Start 0.1 1 6 3 3 0 3 0 0 5.06 L (6-4) DET Jun 24 W, 4-3 vs Yankees Start 3 9.0 4 31 3 2 0 1 0 4 4.78 W (7-4) DET Jun 28 (1) W, 4-3 at Indians Start 5.2 5 24 3 3 1 5 0 1 4.77 W (8-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Jul 02 (2) L, 3-5 at Yankees Start 4 8.2 6 33 5 5 2 3 0 3 4.81 L (8-5) DET Jul 06 W, 8-4 vs Indians Start 2.2 4 16 3 0 1 2 0 1 4.70 DET Jul 09 L, 3-4 at Rangers Middle 8.2 2 33 1 1 0 5 0 7 4.44 L (8-6) DET Jul 14 W, 2-0 at Mariners Start 5 1 9.0 7 34 0 0 0 2 0 3 4.14 W (9-6) DET Jul 19 W, 5-4 at A's Start 6 9.0 6 36 4 4 2 4 0 5 4.13 W (10-6) DET Jul 23 (2) L, 3-4 vs Angels Start 7 9.0 8 34 4 3 1 3 0 1 4.06 L (10-7) DET Jul 27 L, 3-7 vs Orioles Start 3.0 9 18 5 5 2 0 0 2 4.28 L (10-8) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Aug 01 W, 3-2 at Blue Jays Start 8 9.0 7 37 2 2 0 2 0 5 4.15 W (11-8) DET Aug 06 W, 8-0 vs White Sox Start 9 2 9.0 6 34 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.93 W (12-8) DET Aug 12 L, 3-6 at White Sox Start 5.1 9 27 3 3 0 2 0 1 3.97 L (12-9) DET Aug 17 W, 9-5 vs Indians Start 2.1 6 13 5 5 1 0 0 1 4.17 DET Aug 22 W, 7-3 at Twins Start 10 9.0 7 37 3 2 0 2 0 3 4.06 W (13-9) DET Aug 27 W, 4-2 vs Brewers Start 6.1 6 28 2 2 1 4 0 3 4.02 W (14-9) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Sep 02 L, 3-8 at Royals Start 4.0 8 21 6 6 2 1 0 0 4.21 L (14-10) DET Sep 08 W, 6-3 vs Indians Start 8.1 10 37 3 3 0 2 0 3 4.17 W (15-10) DET Sep 14 L, 2-4 vs Yankees Start 8.0 5 30 4 4 2 0 0 1 4.19 L (15-11) DET Sep 19 L, 6-8 vs Red Sox Start 2.1 6 13 4 4 1 0 0 2 4.31 DET Sep 24 W, 4-2 at Orioles Start 11 9.0 7 35 2 2 0 3 0 8 4.22 W (16-11) DET Sep 29 W, 3-2 vs Orioles Start 7.1 8 32 2 1 0 2 0 1 4.12 W (17-11)

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      17  10   4.24   34  34  11   0   0   2  225.0  233   970  116  106  27   79   1   85   20-14  4.68 runs/start
Middle relief    0   1   1.04    1   0   0   0   0   0    8.2    2    33    1    1   0    5   0    7    0-1 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              466   59  121  196  24   6  13   55  10   3   52   1   3   44  12  .260  .421  .337  .757
vs RHB              428   50  114  178  16   3  14   48   2   6   32   0   5   48  10  .266  .416  .321  .737

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             8   5   4.56   18  18   4   0   0   1  116.1  126   506   67   59  19   37   1   41   10-8   4.83 runs/start
Road             9   6   3.68   17  16   7   0   0   1  117.1  109   497   50   48   8   47   0   51   10-7   4.50 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              5   5   4.50   12  12   5   0   0   1   80.0   85   346   43   40  12   34   0   34    5-7   4.83 runs/start
Night           12   6   3.92   23  22   6   0   0   1  153.2  150   657   74   67  15   50   1   58   15-8   4.59 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            2   1   5.40    4   4   0   0   0   0   23.1   32   109   17   14   3   11   0   13    2-2   6.00 runs/start
May              2   1   4.68    6   6   1   0   0   0   42.1   47   185   22   22   5   16   1   12    3-3   4.50 runs/start
June             4   2   4.50    6   6   2   0   0   0   38.0   29   161   20   19   4   19   0   14    4-2   4.33 runs/start
July             2   4   3.24    7   6   4   0   0   1   50.0   42   204   22   18   8   19   0   22    3-4   4.00 runs/start
August           4   1   3.07    6   6   3   0   0   1   41.0   41   176   15   14   2   11   0   16    5-1   5.67 runs/start
September        3   2   4.62    6   6   1   0   0   0   39.0   44   168   21   20   5    8   0   15    3-3   4.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           1   1   4.70    3   3   1   0   0   0   23.0   23    99   13   12   3    9   0    5    1-2   5.00 runs/start
A's              1   0   4.00    1   1   1   0   0   0    9.0    6    36    4    4   2    4   0    5    1-0   5.00 runs/start
Blue Jays        1   1   4.19    3   3   1   0   0   0   19.1   21    87   11    9   2    8   0   11    1-2   4.33 runs/start
Brewers          3   1   3.99    4   4   1   0   0   0   29.1   25   128   13   13   4   14   0   12    3-1   4.50 runs/start
Indians          2   0   5.21    4   4   0   0   0   0   19.0   25    90   14   11   3    9   0    6    4-0   6.75 runs/start
Mariners         3   0   1.48    3   3   2   0   0   1   24.1   21    93    5    4   0    7   1   11    3-0   3.67 runs/start
Orioles          2   1   3.33    4   4   1   0   0   0   27.0   29   115   11   10   2    8   0   13    3-1   3.25 runs/start
Rangers          1   1   3.52    2   1   0   0   0   0   15.1   11    65    6    6   1    8   0    9    1-1   9.00 runs/start
Red Sox          0   1   8.36    3   3   0   0   0   0   14.0   28    71   13   13   4    4   0    5    0-3   4.67 runs/start
Royals           0   1  13.50    1   1   0   0   0   0    4.0    8    21    6    6   2    1   0    0    0-1   3.00 runs/start
Twins            1   1   4.82    2   2   1   0   0   0    9.1    8    43    6    5   0    5   0    3    1-1   5.50 runs/start
White Sox        1   1   1.88    2   2   1   0   0   1   14.1   15    61    3    3   0    3   0    4    1-1   5.50 runs/start
Yankees          1   2   3.86    3   3   2   0   0   0   25.2   15    94   12   11   4    4   0    8    1-2   3.00 runs/start

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