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Rick Williams

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 HOU May 04 L, 5-6 at Reds Finish 0.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 HOU May 05 L, 2-6 at Reds Middle 3.0 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 HOU May 06 (1) L, 5-17 at Reds Middle 3.2 2 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 HOU May 09 W, 5-4 vs Cardinals Middle 2.0 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 HOU May 12 (2) L, 0-2 vs Cubs Start 5.0 9 26 1 1 0 2 0 4 0.66 L (0-1) HOU May 16 L, 4-8 vs Giants Start 5.1 6 23 3 3 0 1 0 0 1.89 HOU May 20 (1) W, 1-0 vs Padres Start 1 1 9.0 5 32 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.29 W (1-1) HOU May 25 L, 1-2 at Padres Start 8.0 5 31 1 1 1 1 0 1 1.25 HOU May 31 W, 3-0 vs Reds Start 2 2 9.0 7 35 0 0 0 3 0 4 1.00 W (2-1) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Jun 05 L, 0-8 vs Phillies Start 3.1 8 19 5 5 0 0 0 0 1.86 L (2-2) HOU Jun 12 L, 0-4 at Phillies Start 6.0 3 25 4 4 1 3 0 4 2.32 L (2-3) HOU Jun 18 W, 3-2 vs Mets Start 2.2 5 12 2 2 0 2 0 0 2.53 HOU Jun 23 W, 3-2 vs Padres Start 8.0 3 29 2 2 0 2 0 5 2.49 HOU Jun 28 W, 6-5 at Giants Start 7.0 6 31 5 4 1 3 0 1 2.75 W (3-3) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Jul 07 (1) L, 0-6 at Cubs Start 5.2 11 31 3 3 0 3 0 2 2.90 L (3-4) HOU Jul 10 L, 3-4 vs Pirates Middle 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.87 HOU Jul 19 (2) L, 2-4 at Pirates Finish 3.0 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.77 HOU Jul 22 W, 7-6 at Cardinals Middle 1.0 4 7 3 3 1 0 0 0 3.06 HOU Jul 27 L, 7-11 vs Dodgers Middle 0.2 2 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 3.14 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Aug 01 W, 5-4 vs Giants Middle 1.0 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.21 HOU Aug 07 L, 8-10 at Dodgers Middle 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.18 HOU Aug 12 L, 2-3 at Braves Start 6.0 8 27 3 3 1 2 0 2 3.26 L (3-5) HOU Aug 15 L, 0-3 vs Expos Middle 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.25 HOU Aug 17 L, 2-5 vs Phillies Middle 3.2 1 14 0 0 0 1 0 1 3.13 HOU Aug 26 W, 4-1 at Phillies Start 6.0 5 24 1 1 0 1 0 1 3.03 HOU Aug 29 L, 3-5 at Expos Finish 2.0 3 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.06 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Sep 04 W, 9-4 vs Dodgers Start 5.2 7 24 3 3 1 1 0 4 3.15 W (4-5) HOU Sep 07 L, 2-9 vs Giants Middle 0.2 3 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 3.21 HOU Sep 18 L, 0-4 at Padres Start 5.1 6 22 3 3 0 1 0 1 3.30 L (4-6) HOU Sep 24 (2) L, 1-8 at Braves Start 5.0 6 22 2 2 0 1 1 0 3.31 L (4-7) HOU Sep 26 L, 4-9 at Braves Middle 1.2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.26

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       4   7   3.43   16  16   2   0   0   2   97.0  100   413   38   37   5   27   1   31    7-9   2.31 runs/start
Middle relief    0   0   2.79   12   0   0   0   0   0   19.1   17    77    6    6   1    2   0    6    3-9 
As closer        0   0   1.80    3   0   0   3   0   0    5.0    5    18    1    1   0    0   0    0    0-3 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              204   19   56   73   7   2   2   19   1   0   14   1   1    7   6  .275  .358  .327  .685
vs RHB              263   29   66   86   8   0   4   28   7   3   15   0   1   30   7  .251  .327  .291  .618

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             3   2   3.00   15   8   2   0   0   2   57.0   60   240   19   19   1   14   0   24    7-8   2.88 runs/start
Road             1   5   3.50   16   8   0   3   0   0   64.1   62   268   26   25   5   15   1   13    3-13  1.75 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              1   1   2.89    4   2   1   0   0   1   18.2   21    79    6    6   1    4   0    5    2-2   0.50 runs/start
Night            3   6   3.33   27  14   1   3   0   1  102.2  101   429   39   38   5   25   1   32    8-19  2.57 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
May              2   1   1.00    9   5   2   1   0   2   45.0   38   178    5    5   1    8   0   14    3-6   1.80 runs/start
June             1   2   5.67    5   5   0   0   0   0   27.0   25   116   18   17   2   10   0   10    3-2   2.40 runs/start
July             0   1   5.73    5   1   0   1   0   0   11.0   18    54    7    7   1    4   0    3    1-4   0.00 runs/start
August           0   1   2.70    7   2   0   1   0   0   20.0   19    82    6    6   1    4   0    4    2-5   3.00 runs/start
September        1   2   4.42    5   3   0   0   0   0   18.1   22    78    9    9   1    3   1    6    1-4   3.33 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Braves           0   2   3.55    3   2   0   0   0   0   12.2   14    54    5    5   1    3   1    2    0-3   1.50 runs/start
Cardinals        0   0   9.00    2   0   0   0   0   0    3.0    6    15    3    3   1    0   0    2    2-0 
Cubs             0   2   3.38    2   2   0   0   0   0   10.2   20    57    4    4   0    5   0    6    0-2   0.00 runs/start
Dodgers          1   0   4.91    3   1   0   0   0   0    7.1    9    32    4    4   1    2   0    4    1-2   9.00 runs/start
Expos            0   0   3.86    2   0   0   1   0   0    2.1    3     9    1    1   0    0   0    0    0-2 
Giants           1   0   5.79    4   2   0   0   0   0   14.0   17    64   10    9   1    4   0    2    2-2   5.00 runs/start
Mets             0   0   6.75    1   1   0   0   0   0    2.2    5    12    2    2   0    2   0    0    1-0   3.00 runs/start
Padres           1   1   1.78    4   4   1   0   0   1   30.1   19   114    6    6   1    5   0    9    2-2   1.25 runs/start
Phillies         0   2   4.74    4   3   0   0   0   0   19.0   17    82   10   10   1    5   0    6    1-3   1.33 runs/start
Pirates          0   0   0.00    2   0   0   1   0   0    3.2    1    11    0    0   0    0   0    1    0-2 
Reds             1   0   0.00    4   1   1   1   0   1   15.2   11    58    0    0   0    3   0    5    1-3   3.00 runs/start

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