Ed Whitson
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 PIT Apr 08 L, 4-5 vs Expos Finish 2.0 1 9 1 1 0 2 0 2 4.50 PIT Apr 14 W, 7-4 vs Cardinals Start 8.0 6 35 4 2 0 3 1 2 2.70 W (1-0) PIT Apr 20 L, 4-5 at Astros Middle 2.0 3 10 2 2 0 1 0 1 3.75 PIT Apr 27 L, 8-9 vs Astros Finish 1.0 2 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 4.15 L (1-1) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT May 04 L, 3-4 at Cardinals Finish 2.0 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 2 3.60 PIT May 05 W, 6-5 at Cardinals Finish 1 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.38 PIT May 07 W, 4-2 at Braves Middle 2.0 0 10 0 0 0 3 0 1 3.00 PIT May 09 W, 17-9 at Braves Middle 1.0 1 7 4 4 1 2 0 0 4.74 PIT May 11 L, 4-8 vs Reds Middle 1.2 3 8 1 1 0 0 0 2 4.79 L (1-2) PIT May 13 L, 3-7 vs Reds Middle 1.1 2 8 1 1 0 1 1 1 4.91 PIT May 17 W, 6-5 vs Mets Start 5.0 8 23 4 4 0 1 0 1 5.33 PIT May 22 L, 3-6 at Expos Start 2.1 4 15 5 2 0 2 0 1 5.52 L (1-3) PIT May 26 L, 8-10 at Mets Middle 0.1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5.46 PIT May 28 W, 6-1 at Mets Middle 0.0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 5.46 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT Jun 01 W, 9-8 vs Padres Start 5.1 7 26 5 2 1 3 0 4 5.14 PIT Jun 06 W, 5-4 vs Dodgers Start 7.0 6 28 4 4 3 3 0 4 5.14 PIT Jun 12 L, 3-6 at Padres Middle 2.1 1 10 0 0 0 2 0 1 4.87 PIT Jun 17 W, 5-1 at Dodgers Start 7.1 2 27 1 1 1 2 0 6 4.35 W (2-3) PIT Jun 27 L, 9-12 vs Mets Start 6.0 5 26 3 3 0 4 0 2 4.37 SFG Jun 30 L, 0-2 vs Reds Finish 1.0 1 8 2 2 0 1 1 1 4.60 L (2-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SFG Jul 05 L, 4-5 at Braves Start 7.2 8 31 3 3 1 1 0 5 4.48 SFG Jul 10 W, 11-7 at Expos Start 2.0 5 12 4 4 1 1 1 1 4.87 SFG Jul 15 W, 4-0 at Mets Start 5.0 3 21 0 0 0 4 0 1 4.54 W (3-4) SFG Jul 22 (2) L, 5-15 vs Expos Start 3.1 7 17 5 5 0 0 0 2 4.93 L (3-5) SFG Jul 26 W, 6-2 at Padres Start 7.2 6 32 2 2 0 4 0 5 4.70 W (4-5) SFG Jul 31 L, 4-6 at Astros Start 1.1 5 11 6 6 0 2 0 0 5.25 L (4-6) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SFG Aug 06 W, 7-1 at Dodgers Start 1 9.0 7 36 1 1 0 3 0 4 4.85 W (5-6) SFG Aug 11 L, 4-7 vs Dodgers Start 6.1 6 28 4 3 1 0 0 3 4.81 L (5-7) SFG Aug 17 L, 0-3 at Cardinals Start 5.0 7 24 3 3 0 2 0 3 4.84 L (5-8) SFG Aug 22 L, 6-8 at Pirates Start 4.1 6 22 4 4 0 3 1 2 4.98 SFG Aug 30 W, 3-2 vs Cardinals Start 2 9.0 4 32 2 2 0 1 0 6 4.75 W (6-8) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SFG Sep 03 L, 0-3 at Padres Start 6.0 5 28 3 2 0 2 2 7 4.67 L (6-9) SFG Sep 08 W, 2-1 at Astros Start 6.0 7 24 1 1 0 0 0 1 4.52 SFG Sep 13 L, 1-4 vs Braves Start 5.0 6 26 3 3 0 5 0 6 4.56 L (6-10) SFG Sep 18 W, 3-1 vs Reds Start 8.1 6 33 1 1 1 2 0 6 4.35 W (7-10) SFG Sep 23 W, 2-1 at Braves Start 6.0 4 24 1 0 0 1 0 7 4.18 SFG Sep 28 L, 0-2 vs Padres Start 7.1 5 30 2 2 1 1 1 2 4.10 L (7-11)
| 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 7 8 3.85 24 24 2 0 0 0 140.1 135 611 71 60 10 50 6 81 13-11 4.42 runs/start
Middle relief 0 1 6.75 8 0 0 0 0 0 10.2 10 57 8 8 1 12 1 6 3-5
As closer 0 2 5.14 5 0 0 5 1 0 7.0 6 34 4 4 0 4 2 6 1-4
L/R G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP OPS
vs LHB 265 31 69 95 15 4 1 29 9 3 30 7 4 32 1 .260 .358 .357 .716
vs RHB 344 47 82 132 14 3 10 44 16 2 36 2 1 61 4 .238 .384 .315 .699
Team
Site W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
Home 3 7 4.29 16 11 1 3 0 0 77.2 75 343 43 37 7 27 5 45 6-10 4.73 runs/start
Road 4 4 3.92 21 13 1 2 1 0 80.1 76 359 40 35 4 39 4 48 11-10 4.15 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 4 3.38 15 10 2 2 0 0 64.0 53 284 30 24 1 31 4 41 7-8 4.30 runs/start
Night 2 7 4.60 22 14 0 3 1 0 94.0 98 418 53 48 10 35 5 52 10-12 4.50 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 4.15 4 1 0 2 0 0 13.0 12 60 8 6 0 6 2 6 1-3 7.00 runs/start
May 0 2 6.48 10 2 0 2 1 0 16.2 20 86 15 12 1 13 1 8 5-5 4.50 runs/start
June 1 1 3.72 6 4 0 1 0 0 29.0 22 125 15 12 5 15 1 18 3-3 7.00 runs/start
July 2 2 6.67 6 6 0 0 0 0 27.0 34 124 20 20 2 12 1 14 3-3 5.67 runs/start
August 2 2 3.48 5 5 2 0 0 0 33.2 30 142 14 13 1 9 1 18 2-3 4.00 runs/start
September 1 3 2.09 6 6 0 0 0 0 38.2 33 165 11 9 2 11 3 29 3-3 1.33 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 8.71 4 2 0 1 0 0 10.1 17 51 10 10 0 3 1 3 1-3 3.00 runs/start
Braves 0 1 4.15 5 3 0 0 0 0 21.2 19 98 11 10 2 12 0 19 3-2 2.33 runs/start
Cardinals 2 1 2.52 5 3 1 2 1 0 25.0 19 102 9 7 0 7 1 13 3-2 3.33 runs/start
Dodgers 2 1 2.73 4 4 1 0 0 0 29.2 21 119 10 9 5 8 0 17 3-1 5.25 runs/start
Expos 0 2 11.17 4 3 0 1 0 0 9.2 17 53 15 12 1 5 1 6 1-3 6.33 runs/start
Mets 1 0 3.86 5 3 0 0 0 0 16.1 16 74 7 7 0 12 0 4 3-2 6.33 runs/start
Padres 1 2 2.51 5 4 0 0 0 0 28.2 24 126 12 8 2 12 3 19 2-3 3.75 runs/start
Pirates 0 0 8.31 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 6 22 4 4 0 3 1 2 0-1 6.00 runs/start
Reds 1 2 3.65 4 1 0 1 0 0 12.1 12 57 5 5 1 4 2 10 1-3 3.00 runs/start
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