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Rick Waits

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 CLE Apr 12 L, 3-6 vs Red Sox Finish 3.0 2 11 1 1 0 0 0 2 3.00 CLE Apr 17 W, 6-0 vs Rangers Start 1 1 9.0 2 30 0 0 0 2 0 3 0.75 W (1-0) CLE Apr 23 (1) L, 3-6 at Red Sox Start 6.0 7 32 3 2 1 3 0 4 1.50 CLE Apr 27 L, 1-3 at Rangers Start 2 8.0 5 32 3 3 1 2 0 7 2.08 L (1-1) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CLE May 02 W, 4-1 at Mariners Start 8.0 5 32 1 0 0 5 0 1 1.59 W (2-1) CLE May 07 L, 3-16 at Angels Start 1.2 7 12 5 5 0 1 0 1 2.78 L (2-2) CLE May 13 W, 2-1 vs Angels Start 3 9.0 7 36 1 1 0 4 0 6 2.42 W (3-2) CLE May 17 W, 5-4 vs Yankees Start 3.2 6 19 4 2 0 2 0 0 2.61 CLE May 21 (1) L, 0-3 vs Orioles Start 4 9.0 6 34 3 3 1 2 0 7 2.67 L (3-3) CLE May 25 L, 3-9 at Yankees Start 2.0 8 13 6 6 0 0 0 1 3.49 L (3-4) CLE May 29 L, 0-2 vs Yankees Start 5 9.0 6 33 2 2 1 2 0 4 3.29 L (3-5) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CLE Jun 05 L, 0-2 vs White Sox Start 6 9.0 6 34 2 1 0 1 0 7 3.03 L (3-6) CLE Jun 12 L, 0-1 at White Sox Start 7 8.0 4 29 1 0 0 2 0 1 2.74 L (3-7) CLE Jun 18 (1) W, 3-0 vs Brewers Start 8 2 9.0 6 34 0 0 0 2 0 3 2.48 W (4-7) CLE Jun 23 W, 8-3 vs Blue Jays Start 9 9.0 7 37 3 3 1 6 0 3 2.53 W (5-7) CLE Jun 28 (1) L, 3-4 vs Tigers Start 7.1 8 33 4 2 0 3 0 2 2.52 L (5-8) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CLE Jul 02 (1) W, 2-0 at Blue Jays Start 8.2 3 32 0 0 0 5 0 2 2.34 W (6-8) CLE Jul 06 L, 4-8 at Tigers Start 2.1 7 16 6 6 1 2 0 0 2.74 L (6-9) CLE Jul 13 L, 3-7 at A's Start 6.0 7 28 6 1 1 2 0 3 2.68 L (6-10) CLE Jul 18 W, 8-3 at Angels Start 5.2 8 27 3 3 0 3 0 3 2.77 W (7-10) CLE Jul 26 L, 1-3 at Yankees Start 10 8.1 6 31 3 3 1 0 0 4 2.80 L (7-11) CLE Jul 31 W, 4-3 vs Royals Start 8.1 7 33 2 2 0 4 0 7 2.76 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CLE Aug 06 L, 2-3 at Rangers Start 11 8.2 10 38 3 2 1 4 0 1 2.72 L (7-12) CLE Aug 11 L, 2-8 vs Rangers Start 3.1 7 17 4 4 1 1 0 1 2.89 L (7-13) CLE Aug 15 L, 8-9 vs Twins Start 1.2 3 12 5 5 0 4 0 0 3.13 CLE Aug 20 W, 10-1 vs White Sox Start 12 9.0 5 33 1 1 0 3 0 4 3.02 W (8-13) CLE Aug 25 W, 2-1 at White Sox Start 8.0 5 28 1 1 0 1 0 3 2.94 W (9-13) CLE Aug 31 (2) W, 12-6 vs Brewers Start 8.0 8 36 6 5 0 4 0 3 3.05 W (10-13) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CLE Sep 05 W, 6-2 at Blue Jays Start 13 9.0 5 33 2 2 1 1 0 2 3.01 W (11-13) CLE Sep 11 (1) W, 6-4 vs Blue Jays Start 14 9.0 9 37 4 4 3 2 0 3 3.05 W (12-13) CLE Sep 16 L, 4-10 vs Tigers Start 2.1 6 13 3 3 0 1 0 1 3.14 L (12-14) CLE Sep 22 W, 8-7 vs Yankees Start 5.1 7 26 4 4 1 3 0 3 3.23 CLE Sep 27 L, 1-3 at Orioles Start 7.0 6 32 3 3 1 6 0 2 3.25 L (12-15) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CLE Oct 01 W, 9-2 at Yankees Start 15 9.0 5 34 2 2 0 3 0 3 3.20 W (13-15)

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      13  15   3.21   33  33  15   0   0   2  227.1  204   946   96   81  16   86   0   95   16-17  4.03 runs/start
As closer        0   0   3.00    1   0   0   1   0   0    3.0    2    11    1    1   0    0   0    2    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              215   29   48   70   5   1   5   26   6   2   22   0   1   32   8  .223  .326  .297  .623
vs RHB              645   62  158  221  18   6  11   55  11   5   64   0   1   65  21  .245  .343  .313  .656

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             7   6   3.12   18  17   9   1   0   2  124.0  108   508   49   43   8   46   0   59   10-8   4.76 runs/start
Road             6   9   3.30   16  16   6   0   0   0  106.1   98   449   48   39   8   40   0   38    6-10  3.25 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   3   2.43   10   9   5   1   0   1   66.2   54   271   19   18   2   24   0   33    5-5   4.00 runs/start
Night            8  12   3.52   24  24  10   0   0   1  163.2  152   686   78   64  14   62   0   64   11-13  4.04 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   2.08    4   3   2   1   0   1   26.0   16   105    7    6   2    7   0   16    1-3   3.33 runs/start
May              2   4   4.04    7   7   3   0   0   0   42.1   45   179   22   19   2   16   0   20    3-4   2.43 runs/start
June             2   3   1.28    5   5   4   0   0   1   42.1   31   167   10    6   1   14   0   16    2-3   2.80 runs/start
July             2   3   3.43    6   6   1   0   0   0   39.1   38   167   20   15   3   16   0   19    3-3   3.67 runs/start
August           3   2   4.19    6   6   2   0   0   0   38.2   38   164   20   18   2   17   0   12    3-3   6.00 runs/start
September        2   2   4.41    5   5   2   0   0   0   32.2   33   141   16   16   6   13   0   11    3-2   5.00 runs/start
October          1   0   2.00    1   1   1   0   0   0    9.0    5    34    2    2   0    3   0    3    1-0   9.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           2   1   4.96    3   3   1   0   0   0   16.1   22    75    9    9   0    8   0   10    2-1   4.33 runs/start
A's              0   1   1.50    1   1   0   0   0   0    6.0    7    28    6    1   1    2   0    3    0-1   3.00 runs/start
Blue Jays        4   0   2.27    4   4   3   0   0   0   35.2   24   139    9    9   5   14   0   10    4-0   5.50 runs/start
Brewers          2   0   2.65    2   2   1   0   0   1   17.0   14    70    6    5   0    6   0    6    2-0   7.50 runs/start
Mariners         1   0   0.00    1   1   0   0   0   0    8.0    5    32    1    0   0    5   0    1    1-0   4.00 runs/start
Orioles          0   2   3.38    2   2   1   0   0   0   16.0   12    66    6    6   2    8   0    9    0-2   0.50 runs/start
Rangers          1   3   2.79    4   4   3   0   0   1   29.0   24   117   10    9   3    9   0   12    1-3   2.75 runs/start
Red Sox          0   0   3.00    2   1   0   1   0   0    9.0    9    43    4    3   1    3   0    6    0-2   3.00 runs/start
Royals           0   0   2.16    1   1   0   0   0   0    8.1    7    33    2    2   0    4   0    7    1-0   4.00 runs/start
Tigers           0   3   8.25    3   3   0   0   0   0   12.0   21    62   13   11   1    6   0    3    0-3   3.67 runs/start
Twins            0   0  27.00    1   1   0   0   0   0    1.2    3    12    5    5   0    4   0    0    0-1   8.00 runs/start
White Sox        2   2   0.79    4   4   3   0   0   0   34.0   20   124    5    3   0    7   0   15    2-2   3.00 runs/start
Yankees          1   3   4.58    6   6   3   0   0   0   37.1   38   156   21   19   3   10   0   15    3-3   4.33 runs/start

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