Gary Serum

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: October 24, 1956 in Fargo, ND us

High School: Alexandria HS (Alexandria, MN)

Schools: Minnesota State University, Moorhead (Moorhead, MN), St. Cloud State University (St. Cloud, MN)

Debut: July 22, 1977 (Age 20-271d, 13,913th in major league history)
vs. CAL 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 29, 1979 (Age 22-340d)
vs. MIL 1.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Full Name: Gary Wayne Serum

Nicknames: Truth

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.5

ERA

4.72

271.0

125

WHIP

1.391

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-21 / in Starts: 10-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 9

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 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	9	5	Apr 9	MIN	@	SEA	W,8-6	5-GF	W(1-0)	99	5.0	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.80	4.79	18	6	8	3	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.406	1.62	0.34%	2.31	5b 12- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
2	10	8	Apr 12	MIN	@	CAL	L,5-9	1-3		2	2.1	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	3.68	5.86	10	0	7	2	0	3		3	3	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	.19	-0.133	.29	-0.12%	-3.36	1b 123 2 out d3	3b 3 out d8
3	11	13	Apr 16(2)	MIN		SEA	L,2-7	3-7		3	4.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.00	4.59	16	8	5	0	0	3		2	0	0	1	0	16	0	1	0	1	0	1	.25	0.047	.33	0.04%	1.81	3t 12- 1 out d5	7t 3 out d5
4	12	14	Apr 17	MIN		OAK	L,2-7	8-GF		0	2.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.57	4.09	7	0	3	1	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.005	.06	0.00%	0.96	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
5	13	15	Apr 19	MIN		OAK	L,5-6	11-GF(11)		1	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.40	3.85	5	1	1	1	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.34	-0.225	3.79	-0.15%	-0.14	11t 1-- 0 out tie	11t end d 1
6	14	18	Apr 25(1)	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-5	7-7		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.35	3.82	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.009	.29	0.01%	0.21	7b 1-- 2 out d2	7b 3 out d2
7	15	21	Apr 27	MIN	@	OAK	W,6-1	CG	W(2-0)	1	9.0	5	1	1	2	6	1	0	1.85	3.65	30	11	6	0	0	5	77			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	3	0	1	.69	0.238	.40	0.08%	2.99	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
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
8	16	25	May 3	MIN	@	BOS	L,9-11	GS-4		5	3.1	7	5	4	1	4	0	0	2.93	3.34	19	3	4	2	1	7	31			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.27	-0.382	.52	-0.09%	-3.59	1b start a 3	4b -2- 1 out d2
9	17	29	May 7	MIN	@	BAL	W,15-9	GS-5		3	4.1	8	5	5	0	1	1	0	3.94	3.59	20	6	5	0	0	8	28			0	0	0	20	2	1	0	0	0	0	.37	-0.058	.11	-0.01%	-3.26	1b start a 4	5b 1-- 1 out a5
10	18	39	May 21	MIN	@	KCR	W,3-2	GS-8	W(3-0)	13	8.0	6	2	2	2	1	0	0	3.60	3.49	32	9	14	3	3	6	61			1	0	0	30	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.316	.56	0.09%	1.84	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
11	19	43	May 25	MIN		TEX	L,1-7	GS-8	L(3-1)	3	7.1	7	2	1	1	4	0	0	3.23	3.24	29	11	6	1	0	7	61			1	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.125	.66	0.05%	1.59	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out d1
12	20	45	May 29(1)	MIN	@	TEX	L,1-7	GS-5	L(3-2)	3	4.1	9	5	5	3	3	1	0	3.83	3.49	25	8	2	0	0	9	25			3	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	1	1	.74	-0.254	.33	-0.07%	-3.53	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out d5
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
13	21	51	Jun 4	MIN	@	DET	L,4-6	6-8		5	1.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.91	3.47	5	4	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.062	.45	0.02%	0.53	6b 12- 2 out d1	8b 1-- 0 out d1
14	22	56	Jun 11	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS-9		6	9.0	6	1	0	2	5	0	0	3.34	3.28	38	17	8	0	0	6	76			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	0	0	3	1.89	0.392	.49	0.06%	3.20	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
15	23	65	Jun 22	MIN		CAL	L,2-4	GS-8		10	7.1	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	3.25	3.29	28	12	11	4	0	3	60			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.331	.70	0.12%	2.95	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a2
16	24	70	Jun 26	MIN	@	MIL	L,2-8	GS-7	L(3-3)	3	6.1	10	6	6	0	0	2	0	3.69	3.58	29	7	12	0	0	10	29			2	0	0	29	2	1	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.339	.57	-0.12%	-2.36	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 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
17	25	76	Jul 4	MIN		MIL	W,7-2	CG	W(4-3)	7	9.0	5	2	2	3	5	1	1	3.51	3.65	36	11	11	2	0	5	71			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.228	.26	0.07%	2.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
18	26	80	Jul 8	MIN	@	OAK	W,9-8	5-8		3	3.1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.38	3.60	13	5	3	1	1	2		2	1	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.080	1.50	0.06%	0.89	5b -23 2 out tie	8b 3 out tie
19	27	85	Jul 16(1)	MIN	@	BOS	L,3-5	GS-4		7	4.0	6	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.52	3.55	20	3	6	0	0	6	39			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	1	1	1	1.09	-0.126	.78	-0.05%	-0.89	1b start tie	4b 3 out d1
20	28	92	Jul 23	MIN		BAL	L,5-8	GS-5	L(4-4)	6	4.2	9	6	6	3	1	1	0	3.91	3.71	26	9	4	0	0	9	20			1	0	0	22	3	1	0	0	1	0	.93	-0.312	.25	-0.05%	-3.82	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out d5
21	29	99	Jul 29	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-7	2-4		5	1.2	6	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.03	3.72	11	2	2	0	0	6		1	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	.57	-0.048	.10	-0.01%	-2.37	2b -2- 1 out d3	4b -23 0 out d5
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
22	30	105	Aug 4	MIN	@	CAL	L,3-12	1-3	L(4-5)	5	2.0	7	6	6	3	2	0	0	4.49	3.75	15	2	1	0	0	7		0	0	1	1	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	-0.478	.14	-0.03%	-4.50	1b --- 1 out tie	3b -2- 1 out d3
23	31	110	Aug 8	MIN		SEA	W,10-2	GS-8	W(5-5)	3	8.0	9	2	2	3	3	0	0	4.32	3.69	34	12	8	0	1	8	56			1	0	0	29	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.07	0.074	.01	0.00%	1.84	1t start tie	8t 3 out a8
24	32	115	Aug 13(1)	MIN		OAK	W,3-1	CG	W(6-5)	4	9.0	7	1	1	0	6	0	0	4.07	3.51	33	13	7	1	0	7	75			1	0	0	33	0	1	0	1	0	0	.97	0.477	.01	0.00%	3.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
25	33	118	Aug 15	MIN	@	CLE	W,9-8	8-GF	S(1)	1	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.02	3.48	5	2	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.67	0.308	.06	0.00%	0.88	8b 12- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
26	34	123	Aug 19	MIN		TOR	W,5-0	SHO	W(7-5)	3	9.0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	3.74	3.34	30	13	11	2	1	1	88			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	2	.48	0.250	.02	0.01%	4.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
27	35	129	Aug 25	MIN	@	TOR	L,3-7	GS-3	L(7-6)	5	2.1	6	6	6	1	0	1	0	4.08	3.45	14	5	2	0	0	6	20			0	0	0	13	2	0	1	0	0	0	.74	-0.375	.00	0.00%	-4.46	1b start tie	3b 12- 1 out d3
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
28	36	136	Sep 3(1)	MIN		CLE	W,12-3	CG	W(8-6)	8	9.0	6	3	3	1	4	0	0	4.01	3.35	34	12	11	3	0	6	66			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.54	-0.018	.00	0.00%	1.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
29	37	141	Sep 8	MIN		MIL	L,0-3	CG	L(8-7)	4	9.0	9	3	2	2	1	1	0	3.89	3.42	38	14	14	6	3	7	58			1	0	0	35	3	0	1	1	0	1	.63	-0.057	.00	0.00%	1.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
30	38	145	Sep 12	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-6	GS-5	L(8-8)	3	4.2	9	6	6	1	3	0	0	4.13	3.38	22	8	1	0	0	9	24			0	1	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.278	.00	0.00%	-3.94	1b start tie	5b -2- 2 out d5
31	39	148	Sep 17	MIN	@	MIL	W,4-3	GS-7	W(9-8)	4	7.0	7	3	3	3	4	1	1	4.11	3.45	30	8	7	3	1	7	52			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.36	0.089	.00	0.00%	0.30	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a1
32	40	152	Sep 21	MIN		TEX	L,3-6	GS-8	L(9-9)	3	7.2	10	6	6	3	2	0	0	4.25	3.44	36	11	10	2	0	10	34			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	1	0	.96	-0.244	.00	0.00%	-2.48	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out d4
33	41	157	Sep 25	MIN	@	TEX	L,2-3	GS-8		3	8.0	5	2	2	1	5	2	1	4.16	3.53	29	10	8	1	0	4	68			1	2	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.26	-0.089	.00	0.00%	1.77	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
34	42	161	Sep 30	MIN	@	KCR	W,7-3	GS-10		4	9.0	8	3	3	2	4	0	0	4.10	3.47	36	14	8	4	0	8	61			1	1	0	33	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.29	0.160	.00	0.00%	0.94	1b start tie	10b 1-- 0 out tie
							13-21		W-L:9-9,Sv:1	3.8	184.1	188	88	84	44	80	14	3	4.10	3.47	774	1.25		9%	3%	182	51	16	31%	17	8	0	708	39	8	2	14	8	12	.99	0.181	.31	0.26%	-1.11

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