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Bob Sykes

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 May 06 W, 6-0 at A's Start 1 1 9.0 4 34 0 0 0 3 0 9 0.00 W (1-0) DET May 14 W, 15-0 vs A's Start 2 2 9.0 4 34 0 0 0 6 0 5 0.00 W (2-0) DET May 19 W, 7-5 vs Red Sox Start 8.0 12 35 4 4 2 3 0 5 1.38 W (3-0) DET May 24 (2) L, 0-1 at Orioles Start 3 8.0 8 31 1 1 1 1 0 5 1.32 L (3-1) DET May 29 L, 3-6 vs Orioles Start 5.0 7 23 6 6 3 1 0 2 2.54 L (3-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Jun 03 L, 2-9 vs Twins Start 4.2 8 23 5 5 1 1 0 1 3.30 L (3-3) DET Jun 10 L, 3-6 vs Royals Start 4.2 5 18 2 2 0 0 0 1 3.35 DET Jun 15 L, 2-7 at Royals Start 3.0 7 18 4 2 1 2 0 0 3.51 L (3-4) DET Jun 18 L, 4-8 at Twins Middle 3.1 4 15 1 1 0 3 0 1 3.46 DET Jun 23 L, 3-12 vs Yankees Middle 0.1 5 6 5 5 1 0 0 0 4.25 DET Jun 29 L, 3-6 at Indians Start 3.0 2 14 3 3 1 3 0 1 4.50 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Jul 04 L, 2-9 vs Blue Jays Finish 1.2 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.37 DET Jul 06 W, 8-4 vs Indians Middle 5.0 5 22 1 1 0 2 0 4 4.18 W (4-4) DET Jul 22 W, 7-3 vs Angels Finish 5.0 2 19 0 0 0 3 0 3 3.88 W (5-4) DET Jul 26 W, 9-6 vs Orioles Finish 1 2.2 3 12 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.73 DET Jul 30 W, 5-4 vs Mariners Finish 2 3.2 4 15 1 1 0 0 0 2 3.67 DET Jul 31 L, 7-8 at Blue Jays Finish 4.1 1 14 1 1 1 0 0 1 3.59 L (5-5) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record DET Aug 03 W, 5-4 vs White Sox Finish 4.0 2 15 0 0 0 1 0 7 3.42 W (6-5) DET Aug 12 L, 3-6 at White Sox Middle 1.1 1 9 1 1 0 4 0 1 3.47 DET Aug 15 L, 2-4 vs Royals Middle 1.1 3 7 1 1 1 0 0 1 3.52 DET Aug 23 (2) L, 4-5 vs Blue Jays Start 3.1 7 17 5 5 2 0 0 3 3.89 L (6-6) DET Aug 26 L, 5-9 vs Brewers Middle 3.1 4 14 2 2 0 0 0 3 3.94

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       3   5   4.37   10  10   3   0   0   2   57.2   64   247   30   28  11   20   0   32    3-7   4.50 runs/start
Middle relief    1   0   6.75    6   0   0   0   0   0   14.2   22    73   11   11   2    9   0   10    1-5 
As closer        2   1   0.84    6   0   0   6   2   0   21.1   13    80    2    2   1    5   0   16    4-2 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB               94    3   23   27   1   0   1    3   0   0    8   0   1   19   2  .245  .287  .311  .598
vs RHB              266   44   76  123   8   0  13   42   1   1   26   0   0   39  12  .286  .462  .347  .809

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             5   3   4.67   15   6   1   5   2   1   61.2   72   265   32   32  10   18   0   40    7-8   5.67 runs/start
Road             1   3   2.53    7   4   2   1   0   1   32.0   27   135   11    9   4   16   0   18    1-6   2.75 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              3   1   2.76    9   5   2   2   1   2   45.2   37   186   14   14   2   19   0   26    4-5   5.80 runs/start
Night            3   5   5.06   13   5   1   4   1   0   48.0   62   214   29   27  12   15   0   32    4-9   3.20 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
May              3   2   2.54    5   5   3   0   0   2   39.0   35   157   11   11   6   14   0   26    3-2   6.20 runs/start
June             0   2   8.53    6   4   0   0   0   0   19.0   31    94   20   18   4    9   0    4    0-6   2.50 runs/start
July             2   1   1.21    6   0   0   5   2   0   22.1   16    87    3    3   1    6   0   13    4-2 
August           1   1   6.07    5   1   0   1   0   0   13.1   17    62    9    9   3    5   0   15    1-4   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   0   0.00    1   0   0   1   0   0    5.0    2    19    0    0   0    3   0    3    1-0 
A's              2   0   0.00    2   2   2   0   0   2   18.0    8    68    0    0   0    9   0   14    2-0   10.50 runs/start
Blue Jays        0   2   5.79    3   1   0   2   0   0    9.1    9    36    6    6   3    0   0    4    0-3   4.00 runs/start
Brewers          0   0   5.40    1   0   0   0   0   0    3.1    4    14    2    2   0    0   0    3    0-1 
Indians          1   0   4.50    2   1   0   0   0   0    8.0    7    36    4    4   1    5   0    5    1-1   3.00 runs/start
Mariners         0   0   2.45    1   0   0   1   1   0    3.2    4    15    1    1   0    0   0    2    1-0 
Orioles          0   2   4.02    3   2   1   1   1   0   15.2   18    66    7    7   4    3   0   10    1-2   1.50 runs/start
Red Sox          1   0   4.50    1   1   0   0   0   0    8.0   12    35    4    4   2    3   0    5    1-0   7.00 runs/start
Royals           0   1   5.00    3   2   0   0   0   0    9.0   15    43    7    5   2    2   0    2    0-3   2.50 runs/start
Twins            0   1   6.75    2   1   0   0   0   0    8.0   12    38    6    6   1    4   0    2    0-2   2.00 runs/start
White Sox        1   0   1.69    2   0   0   1   0   0    5.1    3    24    1    1   0    5   0    8    1-1 
Yankees          0   0 135.00    1   0   0   0   0   0    0.1    5     6    5    5   1    0   0    0    0-1 

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