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Randy Lerch

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-5, 190lb (196cm, 86kg)

Born: October 9, 1954 in Sacramento, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 8th round of the 1973 MLB June Amateur Draft from Cordova HS (Rancho Cordova, CA).

High School: Cordova HS (Rancho Cordova, CA)

Debut: September 14, 1975 (Age 20-340d, 13,717th in major league history)
vs. CHC 1.0 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 5 ER

Last Game: June 22, 1986 (Age 31-256d)
vs. STL 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Full Name: Randy Louis Lerch

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.2

ERA

4.53

253

164

1099.1

507

WHIP

1.514

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Team Record in Appearances: 17-20 / in Starts: 17-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 35, Entered with runners on base: 2

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	70	2	Apr 7	PHI	@	STL	L,2-3	GS-8		99	8.0	8	2	2	1	1	1	1	2.25	4.86	31	9	11	2	2	8	58			2	1	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.49	0.278	2.18	0.25%	1.83	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
2	71	6	Apr 12	PHI	@	NYM	L,2-3	GS-6	L(0-1)	4	6.0	8	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.21	3.95	26	6	7	0	0	8	45			1	0	0	22	3	1	0	1	2	0	.97	-0.136	1.48	-0.13%	-0.32	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
3	72	10	Apr 18	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	W(1-1)	5	9.0	9	2	2	0	2	1	0	2.74	3.86	36	13	12	1	1	9	63			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.524	2.27	0.55%	2.44	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
4	73	14	Apr 23	PHI		LAD	W,4-3	GS-8		4	7.1	9	3	3	0	2	0	0	2.97	3.46	29	11	8	0	0	8	50			0	1	0	27	2	1	0	1	2	0	1.18	-0.144	2.14	-0.16%	0.21	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out d1
5	74	19	Apr 29	PHI		SDP	W,4-3	GS-5		5	5.0	5	3	2	1	1	1	0	3.06	3.75	22	7	8	0	0	5	47			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	.67	-0.123	1.24	-0.14%	-0.58	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	75	23	May 4	PHI	@	LAD	W,5-2	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	6	2	2	4	1	1	0	2.84	4.06	35	14	10	1	3	6	64			0	2	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.269	2.03	0.29%	2.19	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
7	76	27	May 8	PHI	@	SDP	W,9-8	GS-5		3	5.0	7	4	4	3	2	1	0	3.28	4.29	24	9	4	1	0	6	36			0	1	0	18	1	0	0	0	1	0	.84	-0.182	1.74	-0.23%	-1.82	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
8	77	31	May 12	PHI	@	SFG	L,1-4	GS-5	L(2-2)	3	4.1	6	2	1	0	4	0	0	3.19	4.02	18	5	7	2	0	2	49			1	0	0	17	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.01	-0.066	2.11	-0.08%	-0.29	1b start tie	5b 1-- 1 out d2
9	78	35	May 17	PHI	@	CHC	W,23-22	GS-1		4	0.1	5	5	5	0	0	1	0	4.00	4.25	6	1	5	3	0	0	21			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.217	1.98	-0.34%	-4.18	1b start a 7	1b -2- 1 out a3
10	79	40	May 22	PHI		STL	W,3-1	GS-8		4	8.0	7	1	1	2	7	1	0	3.63	4.14	32	7	9	1	3	7	69			0	0	0	30	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.32	0.416	3.51	0.67%	2.87	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
11	80	45	May 28	PHI		CHC	L,1-4	GS-8	L(2-3)	5	7.2	5	2	2	2	3	1	0	3.49	4.17	30	7	13	1	1	5	62			1	0	0	28	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.30	0.004	3.04	0.01%	1.52	1t start tie	8t --3 2 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	81	50	Jun 2	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-4	GS-6	L(2-4)	4	6.0	7	3	3	2	2	1	0	3.57	4.25	26	10	5	1	0	7	46			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.23	-0.154	2.01	-0.15%	-0.16	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
13	82	55	Jun 6	PHI	@	HOU	L,3-4	GS-7		3	6.0	5	2	2	3	0	0	0	3.53	4.25	25	12	5	3	0	5	51			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.146	1.79	0.14%	1.69	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out a3
14	83	59	Jun 11	PHI		HOU	W,4-2	CG	W(3-4)	4	9.0	9	2	2	2	2	0	1	3.38	4.15	37	9	14	0	3	9	61			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.37	0.350	1.91	0.29%	2.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
15	84	64	Jun 17	PHI		CIN	W,9-3	GS-8	W(4-4)	5	8.0	7	3	3	3	6	1	0	3.38	4.14	33	9	8	3	2	7	59			0	1	1	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.077	1.79	0.07%	0.87	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
16	85	68	Jun 22	PHI	@	MON	L,5-6	GS-4	L(4-5)	4	3.2	10	4	2	0	1	0	0	3.43	4.07	22	5	6	2	1	10	30			0	0	0	21	1	1	0	0	1	1	1.54	-0.335	3.02	-0.39%	-2.56	1b start a 2	4b 12- 2 out d2
17	86	73	Jun 27	PHI	@	CHC	L,4-11	GS-3	L(4-6)	4	2.0	4	4	4	2	1	1	0	3.71	4.21	12	1	4	1	0	4	31			0	0	0	9	3	0	1	0	1	0	.72	-0.239	.87	-0.17%	-2.97	1b start tie	3b 12- 0 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	87	78	Jul 1(2)	PHI	@	STL	L,1-2	GS-9	L(4-7)	3	8.0	5	2	2	3	3	1	0	3.61	4.25	30	9	10	1	1	5	64			0	1	1	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.243	1.53	0.18%	2.45	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out tie
19	88	88	Jul 11	PHI		SDP	L,3-7	GS-1	L(4-8)	9	0.2	5	4	4	0	0	3	0	3.90	4.58	7	1	1	0	0	5	26			1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.325	.86	-0.26%	-3.74	1t start tie	1t 1-- 2 out d4
20	89	92	Jul 15	PHI		LAD	W,10-3	GS-6	W(5-8)	3	6.0	4	1	1	2	1	1	0	3.78	4.63	21	9	5	1	2	4	59			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	3	0	0	.46	0.161	.79	0.17%	1.91	1t start tie	6t 3 out a9
21	90	94	Jul 20	PHI	@	SFG	W,6-4	GS-6	W(6-8)	4	6.0	3	4	2	2	3	1	0	3.74	4.64	24	8	8	3	1	3	55			0	0	0	20	0	1	1	0	1	2	1.39	-0.327	2.47	-0.35%	-1.38	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
22	91	98	Jul 24	PHI	@	LAD	L,3-15	GS-3	L(6-9)	3	2.0	10	8	8	0	0	1	0	4.25	4.72	15	2	3	0	0	10	4			1	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.28	-0.584	1.90	-0.52%	-6.44	1b start a 3	3b 1-- 0 out d4
23	92	102	Jul 29	PHI		STL	L,5-6	GS-5	L(6-10)	4	4.1	8	6	4	2	0	0	1	4.39	4.72	22	5	6	0	1	8	25			2	0	1	17	2	0	0	1	2	0	1.08	-0.260	1.24	-0.18%	-2.47	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	93	106	Aug 2(1)	PHI	@	NYM	W,7-4	GS-3		3	2.1	6	2	2	0	2	0	0	4.44	4.65	13	2	3	0	1	6	39			0	0	0	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.101	1.58	-0.09%	-1.17	1b start a 4	3b 123 1 out a3
25	94	110	Aug 4	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-4	5-6		1	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.40	4.64	6	2	2	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.020	.31	0.01%	0.93	5b 12- 2 out d4	6b 3 out d4
26	95	112	Aug 5(2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-5	4-6		0	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.31	4.62	9	3	4	0	1	1		1	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.069	.35	0.03%	1.66	4b -2- 1 out d3	6b 3 out d3
27	96	117	Aug 10(2)	PHI		PIT	L,2-3	GS-4	L(6-11)	4	3.1	4	3	3	1	1	0	0	4.40	4.58	15	4	5	1	0	4	40			1	0	0	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.182	1.66	-0.17%	-1.73	1t start tie	4t -2- 1 out d3
28	97	122	Aug 17	PHI	@	HOU	W,5-2	CG	W(7-11)	6	9.0	7	2	1	0	3	1	0	4.20	4.52	34	12	12	1	0	7	70			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.286	.25	0.05%	1.98	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a3
29	98	126	Aug 21	PHI		ATL	L,4-5	GS-6		3	5.2	5	4	4	3	4	0	0	4.28	4.46	25	4	9	0	0	5	44			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.173	.19	-0.03%	-1.52	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d3
30	99	130	Aug 26	PHI		HOU	L,1-4	GS-7		4	7.0	5	1	1	2	4	0	0	4.15	4.37	27	11	5	0	0	5	65			1	0	1	21	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.08	0.307	.13	0.02%	2.39	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
31	100	138	Sep 3(2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-7	GS-5	L(7-12)	7	4.1	7	5	5	3	3	1	0	4.31	4.43	20	6	1	0	0	7	29			0	1	1	15	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.16	-0.272	.02	0.00%	-3.05	1b start tie	5b 1-- 1 out d4
32	101	140	Sep 6(2)	PHI		NYM	W,2-1	GS-7	W(8-12)	2	6.0	1	0	0	3	4	0	0	4.16	4.37	21	8	6	0	1	0	71			0	1	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.179	.00	0.00%	1.92	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a2
33	102	145	Sep 12	PHI	@	NYM	W,4-0	SHO	W(9-12)	5	9.0	7	0	0	2	8	0	0	3.96	4.24	34	8	10	1	2	6	79			0	0	1	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.284	.00	0.00%	4.02	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
34	103	149	Sep 16	PHI		CHC	W,4-3	GS-7		3	7.0	6	3	3	3	2	0	0	3.95	4.21	29	9	9	0	0	6	52			2	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.14	0.069	.00	0.00%	0.39	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
35	104	154	Sep 20	PHI		PIT	W,2-1	CG	W(10-12)	3	9.0	9	1	1	2	9	0	0	3.82	4.08	36	6	10	1	3	9	72			2	0	1	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.86	0.575	.00	0.00%	3.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
36	105	158	Sep 24	PHI		STL	L,2-7	GS-8	L(10-13)	3	8.0	7	3	3	4	4	0	0	3.80	4.05	35	8	12	3	1	7	56			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.16	0.022	.00	0.00%	0.87	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
37	106	162	Sep 29	PHI	@	MON	L,2-3	GS-8		4	8.0	9	2	2	0	3	0	0	3.74	3.97	32	6	14	2	0	9	59			2	1	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.038	.00	0.00%	1.72	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
							17-20		W-L:10-13	3.9	214.0	228	98	89	60	92	20	3	3.74	3.97	899	0.95		7%	6%	215	50	3	0%	20	12	7	810	42	8	4	15	15	7	1.11	0.497	1.32	-0.66%	5.20

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