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Rick Waits

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 CLE Apr 07 W, 3-0 vs Red Sox Start 1 1 9.0 1 32 0 0 0 6 0 4 0.00 W (1-0) CLE Apr 12 L, 3-5 at Rangers Start 6.1 7 32 4 3 0 6 0 3 1.76 L (1-1) CLE Apr 17 L, 2-6 vs Rangers Start 5.2 8 26 4 4 0 2 0 2 3.00 L (1-2) CLE Apr 22 W, 8-5 vs White Sox Start 8.1 11 32 5 5 1 0 0 1 3.68 W (2-2) CLE Apr 28 L, 2-7 at Royals Start 3.2 7 19 5 5 2 1 0 2 4.64 L (2-3) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CLE May 04 L, 4-5 vs Royals Start 7.0 11 33 4 4 1 1 0 5 4.72 CLE May 09 W, 8-7 at Brewers Start 8.0 7 35 5 5 1 7 0 4 4.88 W (3-3) CLE May 14 W, 1-0 vs Blue Jays Start 2 2 9.0 2 35 0 0 0 7 0 3 4.11 W (4-3) CLE May 19 W, 6-0 vs Tigers Start 6.0 3 22 0 0 0 3 0 1 3.71 W (5-3) CLE May 26 W, 8-4 vs Yankees Start 3 9.0 10 38 4 4 1 0 0 3 3.75 W (6-3) CLE May 30 W, 6-4 at White Sox Start 5.0 5 25 3 0 1 4 0 3 3.51 W (7-3) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CLE Jun 05 W, 12-3 at A's Start 4 9.0 9 37 3 3 1 3 0 2 3.45 W (8-3) CLE Jun 10 L, 2-5 at Mariners Start 7.1 7 30 3 2 0 1 0 2 3.38 L (8-4) CLE Jun 15 W, 13-3 vs Mariners Start 8.0 6 30 2 1 1 0 0 3 3.20 W (9-4) CLE Jun 20 L, 3-5 vs Orioles Start 4.1 7 22 5 5 3 2 0 4 3.49 L (9-5) CLE Jun 24 L, 2-8 at Yankees Start 4.1 8 22 4 4 0 1 0 2 3.68 L (9-6) CLE Jun 29 L, 6-8 at Tigers Start 5.2 7 27 6 6 2 4 0 3 3.97 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CLE Jul 04 L, 4-16 vs White Sox Start 4.1 7 23 9 9 2 2 1 1 4.50 L (9-7) CLE Jul 08 (2) L, 2-7 vs Twins Start 6.1 9 30 5 5 1 3 0 3 4.63 L (9-8) CLE Jul 20 L, 1-9 at Royals Start 4.1 7 24 8 8 1 4 0 3 5.03 L (9-9) CLE Jul 25 W, 2-0 at Twins Start 5 3 9.0 2 29 0 0 0 3 0 5 4.70 W (10-9) CLE Jul 30 W, 6-5 vs Red Sox Start 5.2 11 27 4 4 0 1 0 3 4.77 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CLE Aug 04 W, 12-8 vs Rangers Start 5.1 8 26 8 8 3 3 0 2 5.08 W (11-9) CLE Aug 09 L, 2-3 at Red Sox Start 6 8.0 6 32 3 3 0 2 0 0 4.99 L (11-10) CLE Aug 14 W, 7-4 at Mariners Start 5.2 9 25 3 3 0 1 0 2 4.98 W (12-10) CLE Aug 19 L, 2-3 at A's Start 7.2 7 34 3 3 0 4 0 5 4.92 L (12-11) CLE Aug 24 W, 5-2 vs A's Start 7 9.0 4 35 2 1 0 4 0 3 4.72 W (13-11) CLE Aug 29 (2) W, 2-1 vs Mariners Start 7.1 6 26 1 1 1 0 0 0 4.59 W (14-11) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CLE Sep 02 L, 2-5 vs Angels Start 7.1 7 29 4 4 1 3 0 2 4.60 L (14-12) CLE Sep 07 W, 9-8 vs Blue Jays Start 4.2 4 22 6 6 1 4 0 2 4.76 CLE Sep 12 L, 1-4 at Tigers Start 7.0 6 28 4 2 0 2 0 3 4.69 L (14-13) CLE Sep 17 (1) W, 5-1 vs Yankees Start 8 9.0 5 35 1 1 0 5 0 3 4.53 W (15-13) CLE Sep 22 W, 7-3 at Orioles Start 6.2 9 29 3 3 1 0 0 4 4.52 W (16-13) CLE Sep 27 L, 2-5 at Yankees Start 8.0 7 31 2 2 1 1 0 3 4.44

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  13   4.44   34  34   8   0   0   3  231.0  230   982  123  114  26   90   1   91   18-16  4.71 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              174   12   49   69   7   2   3   12   4   3   19   0   3   23   2  .282  .397  .359  .755
vs RHB              698  104  181  288  36   1  23  101  15   7   71   1   1   68  26  .259  .413  .328  .740

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home            10   5   4.45   18  18   5   0   0   2  125.1  120   523   64   62  16   46   1   45   12-6   5.28 runs/start
Road             6   8   4.43   16  16   3   0   0   1  105.2  110   459   59   52  10   44   0   46    6-10  4.06 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              6   7   5.01   13  13   2   0   0   1   88.0   92   370   50   49  10   28   1   28    6-7   4.23 runs/start
Night           10   6   4.09   21  21   6   0   0   2  143.0  138   612   73   65  16   62   0   63   12-9   5.00 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   3   4.64    5   5   1   0   0   1   33.0   34   141   18   17   3   15   0   12    2-3   3.60 runs/start
May              5   0   2.66    6   6   2   0   0   1   44.0   38   188   16   13   4   22   0   19    5-1   5.50 runs/start
June             2   3   4.89    6   6   1   0   0   0   38.2   44   168   23   21   7   11   0   16    2-4   6.33 runs/start
July             1   3   7.89    5   5   1   0   0   1   29.2   36   133   26   26   4   13   1   15    2-3   3.00 runs/start
August           4   2   3.98    6   6   2   0   0   0   43.0   40   178   20   19   4   14   0   12    4-2   5.00 runs/start
September        2   2   3.80    6   6   1   0   0   0   42.2   38   174   20   18   4   15   0   17    3-3   4.33 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           0   1   4.91    1   1   0   0   0   0    7.1    7    29    4    4   1    3   0    2    0-1   2.00 runs/start
A's              2   1   2.45    3   3   2   0   0   0   25.2   20   106    8    7   1   11   0   10    2-1   6.33 runs/start
Blue Jays        1   0   3.95    2   2   1   0   0   1   13.2    6    57    6    6   1   11   0    5    2-0   5.00 runs/start
Brewers          1   0   5.62    1   1   0   0   0   0    8.0    7    35    5    5   1    7   0    4    1-0   8.00 runs/start
Mariners         3   1   2.22    4   4   0   0   0   0   28.1   28   111    9    7   2    2   0    7    3-1   6.00 runs/start
Orioles          1   1   6.55    2   2   0   0   0   0   11.0   16    51    8    8   4    2   0    8    1-1   5.00 runs/start
Rangers          1   2   7.79    3   3   0   0   0   0   17.1   23    84   16   15   3   11   0    7    1-2   5.67 runs/start
Red Sox          1   1   2.78    3   3   2   0   0   1   22.2   18    91    7    7   0    9   0    7    2-1   3.67 runs/start
Royals           0   2  10.20    3   3   0   0   0   0   15.0   25    76   17   17   4    6   0   10    0-3   2.33 runs/start
Tigers           1   1   3.86    3   3   0   0   0   0   18.2   16    77   10    8   2    9   0    7    1-2   4.33 runs/start
Twins            1   1   2.93    2   2   1   0   0   1   15.1   11    59    5    5   1    6   0    8    1-1   2.00 runs/start
White Sox        2   1   7.13    3   3   0   0   0   0   17.2   23    80   17   14   4    6   1    5    2-1   6.00 runs/start
Yankees          2   1   3.26    4   4   2   0   0   0   30.1   30   126   11   11   2    7   0   11    2-2   4.25 runs/start

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