Rick Matula had an 8-10 record with an ERA of 4.15 and 67 strikeouts in 28 appearances in his rookie season in 1979.
ATL| NAME | DATE | SEASON | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | SO | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | R. Matula | 9/23/1979 | 1979 | vs | L | 1 | 2.35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 2 | | R. Matula | 9/15/1979 | 1979 | @ | W | 1 | 1.35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 3 | | R. Matula | 9/8/1979 | 1979 | vs | L | 1 | 30.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 4 | | R. Matula | 9/3/1979 | 1979 | vs | 1 | 5.40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |||
| 5 | | R. Matula | 8/29/1979 | 1979 | @ | W | 1 | 4.32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 1 | ||
| 6 | | R. Matula | 8/21/1979 | 1979 | @ | 1 | 6.35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | |||
| 7 | | R. Matula | 8/9/1979 | 1979 | @ | 1 | 2.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |||
| 8 | | R. Matula | 8/3/1979 | 1979 | @ | L | 1 | 9.82 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| 9 | | R. Matula | 7/29/1979 | 1979 | vs | L | 1 | 7.36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | ||
| 10 | | R. Matula | 7/25/1979 | 1979 | @ | 1 | 5.40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | |||
| 11 | | R. Matula | 7/21/1979 | 1979 | @ | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 0 | |||
| 12 | | R. Matula | 7/14/1979 | 1979 | vs | L | 1 | 1.42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 13 | | R. Matula | 7/8/1979 | 1979 | vs | 1 | 2.57 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||
| 14 | | R. Matula | 7/4/1979 | 1979 | vs | 1 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | |||
| 15 | | R. Matula | 6/29/1979 | 1979 | @ | W | 1 | 2.57 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | R. Matula | 6/24/1979 | 1979 | vs | W | 1 | 2.00 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | R. Matula | 6/18/1979 | 1979 | vs | W | 1 | 6.35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 18 | | R. Matula | 6/13/1979 | 1979 | @ | L | 1 | 4.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| 19 | | R. Matula | 6/5/1979 | 1979 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 20 | | R. Matula | 5/31/1979 | 1979 | @ | L | 1 | 3.86 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | R. Matula | 5/26/1979 | 1979 | @ | 1 | 4.05 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||
| 22 | | R. Matula | 5/19/1979 | 1979 | vs | 1 | 3.86 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||
| 23 | | R. Matula | 5/15/1979 | 1979 | vs | 1 | 5.14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 0 | |||
| 24 | | R. Matula | 5/4/1979 | 1979 | @ | L | 1 | 5.40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| 25 | | R. Matula | 4/28/1979 | 1979 | vs | W | 1 | 2.84 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Total | 28 | 4.15 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.1 | 193 | 79 | 90 | 14 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 754 | 3 | ||||||||
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