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1977 Toronto Blue Jays

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978

54-107, Finished 7th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Roy Hartsfield (54-107)
Scored 605 runs, Allowed 822 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 58-103

Ballparks: Exhibition Stadium · Attendance: 1,701,052 (4th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 105

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1978 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Alan Ashby 25 B R 6' 2" 185 Jul 8, 1951 5 124 120 124 124 0 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Doug Ault 27 R L 6' 3" 200 Mar 9, 1950 2 129 118 129 122 0 0 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 0 0.1 $19,000
Bob Bailor 25 R R 5' 11" 170 Jul 10, 1951 3 122 117 122 113 0 0 0 0 0 54 15 47 2 64 7 4 0 1.7 $
Steve Bowling 25 R R 6' 0" 185 Jun 26, 1952 2 89 57 89 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 24 47 91 0 6 6 0.0 $19,000
Tom Bruno 24 R R 6' 5" 210 Jan 26, 1953 2 12 0 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Jeff Byrd 20 R R 6' 3" 195 Nov 11, 1956 1st 17 17 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $
Rick Cerone 23 R R 5' 11" 192 May 19, 1954 3 31 29 31 31 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $25,000
Jim Clancy 21 R R 6' 4" 220 Dec 18, 1955 1st 13 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Mike Darr 21 R R 6' 4" 190 Mar 23, 1956 1st 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Dennis DeBarr 24 L L 6' 2" 190 Jan 16, 1953 1st 14 0 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Sam Ewing 28 L L 6' 3" 200 Apr 9, 1949 3 97 64 97 48 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 0 32 47 27 30 1 -0.5 $
Ron Fairly 38 L L 5' 10" 175 Jul 12, 1938 20 132 124 132 69 0 0 40 0 0 0 9 0 24 33 58 7 0 2.0 $ All-Star
Pedro Garcia 27 R R 5' 10" 175 Apr 17, 1950 5 41 34 41 35 0 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 4 -1.1 $30,000
Jerry Garvin 21 L L 6' 3" 195 Oct 21, 1955 1st 34 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.7 $
Steve Hargan 34 R R 6' 3" 170 Sep 8, 1942 12 6 5 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Chuck Hartenstein 35 R R 5' 11" 165 May 26, 1942 7 13 0 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Roy Howell 23 L R 6' 1" 190 Dec 18, 1953 4 96 95 96 87 0 0 0 0 87 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 2.3 $
Jesse Jefferson 28 R R 6' 3" 188 Mar 3, 1949 5 33 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $
Jerry Johnson 33 R R 6' 3" 200 Dec 3, 1943 10 43 0 0 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Dave Lemanczyk 26 R R 6' 4" 235 Aug 17, 1950 5 34 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $
Jim Mason 26 L R 6' 2" 185 Aug 14, 1950 7 22 20 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.6 $
Dave McKay 27 B R 6' 1" 195 Mar 14, 1950 3 95 79 95 91 0 0 0 40 32 20 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 -2.1 $25,000
Tom Murphy 31 R R 6' 3" 185 Dec 30, 1945 10 19 1 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Tim Nordbrook 27 R R 6' 1" 180 Jul 7, 1949 4 24 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Doug Rader 32 R R 6' 2" 208 Jul 30, 1944 11 96 83 96 52 0 0 7 0 45 0 0 0 1 1 35 12 0 1.5 $
Phil Roof 36 R R 6' 2" 190 Mar 5, 1941 15 3 2 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
John Scott 25 R R 6' 2" 165 Jan 24, 1952 3 79 57 79 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 42 0 69 2 1 18 -1.7 $19,000
Bill Singer 33 R R 6' 4" 184 Apr 24, 1944 14 13 12 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.4 $90,000
Steve Staggs 26 R R 5' 9" 150 May 6, 1951 1st 72 71 72 72 0 0 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.4 $
Hector Torres 31 R R 6' 0" 175 Sep 16, 1945 9 91 77 91 90 0 0 0 23 2 68 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 -0.7 $27,500
Otto Velez 26 R R 6' 0" 170 Nov 29, 1950 5 120 98 120 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 79 79 29 18 1 1.7 $30,000
Pete Vuckovich 24 R R 6' 4" 215 Oct 27, 1952 3 53 8 0 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 $
Ernie Whitt 25 L R 6' 2" 200 Jun 13, 1952 2 23 10 23 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 -0.2 $23,000
Mike Willis 26 L L 6' 2" 205 Dec 26, 1950 1st 43 3 0 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $
Al Woods 23 L L 6' 3" 190 Aug 8, 1953 1st 122 113 122 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 107 0 14 121 5 6 2 0.4 $
Gary Woods 22 R R 6' 2" 185 Jul 20, 1954 2 60 57 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 0 60 0 1 0 -0.9 $19,000
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary

Bob Bailor

Steve Staggs

Steve Bowling

Phil Roof

Sam Ewing

Ron Fairly

Alan Ashby

Rick Cerone

Jim Mason
Doug Rader

John Scott

Ernie Whitt

Roy Howell

Tim Nordbrook

Jim Clancy

Otto Velez

Al Woods

Tom Bruno

Dennis DeBarr

Dave Lemanczyk

Chuck Hartenstein

Doug Ault

Steve Hargan

Jeff Byrd

Mike Darr

Hector Torres

Pete Vuckovich

Mike Willis

Jesse Jefferson

Gary Woods

Jerry Garvin

Pedro Garcia

Dave McKay

Jerry Johnson

Tom Murphy

Bill Singer

1978 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers