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1977 Toronto Blue Jays

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Alan Ashby# 25 124 459 396 25 83 16 3 2 29 0 2 50 51 .210 .301 .280 .581 60 111 14 2 10 1 3
2 1B Doug Ault 27 129 494 445 44 109 22 3 11 64 4 4 39 68 .245 .310 .382 .692 87 170 20 4 3 3 5
3 2B Steve Staggs 26 72 330 290 37 75 11 6 2 28 5 9 36 38 .259 .339 .359 .698 91 104 2 0 3 1 0
4 SS Hector Torres 31 91 292 266 33 64 7 3 5 26 1 1 16 33 .241 .282 .346 .628 70 92 10 1 5 4 1
5 3B Roy Howell* 23 96 412 364 41 115 17 1 10 44 4 1 42 76 .316 .386 .451 .837 127 164 16 1 3 2 2
6 LF Al Woods* 23 122 485 440 58 125 17 4 6 35 8 7 36 38 .284 .336 .382 .718 95 168 11 0 6 3 3
7 CF Gary Woods 22 60 239 227 21 49 9 1 0 17 5 4 7 38 .216 .246 .264 .510 39 60 5 2 3 0 0
8 RF Otto Velez 26 120 434 360 50 92 19 3 16 62 4 2 65 87 .256 .366 .458 .824 123 165 9 1 2 6 1
9 DH Ron Fairly* 38 132 528 458 60 128 24 2 19 64 0 4 58 58 .279 .362 .465 .827 123 213 12 2 8 2 11
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
10 UT Bob Bailor 25 122 523 496 62 154 21 5 5 32 15 6 17 26 .310 .335 .403 .738 100 200 7 2 6 2 1
11 UT Doug Rader 32 96 363 313 47 75 18 2 13 40 2 1 38 65 .240 .323 .435 .758 104 136 11 3 4 5 2
12 IF Dave McKay# 27 95 293 274 18 54 4 3 3 22 2 1 7 51 .197 .222 .266 .488 32 73 9 2 9 1 0
13 UT Sam Ewing* 28 97 266 244 24 70 8 2 4 34 1 1 19 42 .287 .338 .385 .724 97 94 8 0 3 0 4
14 OF John Scott 25 79 247 233 26 56 9 0 2 15 10 8 8 39 .240 .266 .305 .570 55 71 4 0 6 0 0
15 OF Steve Bowling 25 89 236 194 19 40 8 1 1 13 2 3 37 42 .206 .330 .273 .604 67 53 8 0 3 2 1
16 2B Pedro Garcia 27 41 141 130 10 27 10 1 0 9 0 0 5 21 .208 .254 .300 .554 50 39 2 3 3 0 0
17 C Rick Cerone 23 31 107 100 7 20 4 0 1 10 0 0 6 12 .200 .245 .270 .515 40 27 3 0 1 0 0
18 SS Jim Mason* 26 22 88 79 10 13 3 0 0 2 1 1 7 10 .165 .233 .203 .435 20 16 1 0 2 0 0
19 SS Tim Nordbrook 27 24 68 63 9 11 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 11 .175 .224 .206 .430 18 13 3 0 1 0 0
20 C Ernie Whitt* 25 23 45 41 4 7 3 0 0 6 0 0 2 12 .171 .200 .244 .444 20 10 1 0 0 2 0
21 C Phil Roof 36 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
22 P Dave Lemanczyk 26 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 P Mike Willis* 26 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 P Bill Singer 33 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 P Pete Vuckovich 24 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 P Jesse Jefferson 28 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 P Jerry Garvin* 21 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 P Dennis DeBarr* 24 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 P Steve Hargan 34 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 P Tom Bruno 24 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Jeff Byrd 20 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Jim Clancy 21 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Tom Murphy 31 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Mike Darr 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Chuck Hartenstein 35 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 P Jerry Johnson 33 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.0 161 6055 5418 605 1367 230 41 100 553 65 55 499 819 .252 .316 .365 .681 85 1979 156 23 81 34 34
Rank in 14 AL teams 12 13 13 10 9 13 12 10 11 7 13 11 13 13 13 12 14
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Dave Lemanczyk 26 13 16 .448 4.25 34 34 0 11 0 0 252.0 278 143 119 20 87 6 105 4 1 20 1092 99 1.448 9.9 0.7 3.1 3.8 1.21
2 SP Jerry Garvin* 21 10 18 .357 4.19 34 34 0 12 1 0 244.2 247 127 114 33 85 5 127 4 2 2 1046 100 1.357 9.1 1.2 3.1 4.7 1.49
3 SP Jesse Jefferson 28 9 17 .346 4.31 33 33 0 8 0 0 217.0 224 123 104 23 83 4 114 1 1 3 938 97 1.415 9.3 1.0 3.4 4.7 1.37
4 SP Jeff Byrd 20 2 13 .133 6.18 17 17 0 1 0 0 87.1 98 68 60 5 68 1 40 0 0 3 417 68 1.901 10.1 0.5 7.0 4.1 0.59
5 SP Jim Clancy 21 4 9 .308 5.05 13 13 0 4 1 0 76.2 80 47 43 7 47 1 44 0 0 4 346 84 1.657 9.4 0.8 5.5 5.2 0.94
6 SP Bill Singer 33 2 8 .200 6.79 13 12 1 0 0 0 59.2 71 54 45 5 39 2 33 2 0 3 288 62 1.844 10.7 0.8 5.9 5.0 0.85
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
7 CL Pete Vuckovich 24 7 7 .500 3.47 53 8 35 3 1 8 148.0 143 64 57 13 59 5 123 5 0 12 633 121 1.365 8.7 0.8 3.6 7.5 2.08
8 RP Mike Willis* 26 2 6 .250 3.94 43 3 28 0 0 5 107.1 105 48 47 15 38 6 59 0 0 2 451 107 1.332 8.8 1.3 3.2 4.9 1.55
9 RP Jerry Johnson 33 2 4 .333 4.60 43 0 25 0 0 5 86.0 91 50 44 9 54 4 54 0 1 3 392 91 1.686 9.5 0.9 5.7 5.7 1.00
10 RP Tom Murphy 31 2 1 .667 3.63 19 1 12 0 0 2 52.0 63 22 21 6 18 3 26 1 0 3 231 116 1.558 10.9 1.0 3.1 4.5 1.44
11 RP Dennis DeBarr* 24 0 1 .000 5.91 14 0 5 0 0 0 21.1 29 14 14 1 8 0 10 0 0 2 98 72 1.734 12.2 0.4 3.4 4.2 1.25
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
12 Steve Hargan 34 1 3 .250 5.22 6 5 1 1 0 0 29.1 36 17 17 2 14 2 11 0 0 2 134 81 1.705 11.0 0.6 4.3 3.4 0.79
13 Chuck Hartenstein 35 0 2 .000 6.59 13 0 10 0 0 0 27.1 40 22 20 8 6 0 15 1 0 0 123 65 1.683 13.2 2.6 2.0 4.9 2.50
14 Tom Bruno 24 0 1 .000 7.85 12 0 4 0 0 0 18.1 30 18 16 4 13 1 9 1 0 3 100 54 2.345 14.7 2.0 6.4 4.4 0.69
15 Mike Darr 21 0 1 .000 33.75 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 3 5 5 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 12 16 5.250 20.3 6.8 27.0 6.8 0.25
Team Totals 25.8 54 107 .335 4.57 161 161 121 40 3 20 1428.1 1538 822 725 152 623 40 771 20 5 62 6301 92 1.513 9.7 1.0 3.9 4.9 1.24
Rank in 14 AL teams 14 1 13 8 11 14 13 11 13 13 11 14 9
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Alan Ashby 25 124 120 113 1074.2 701 619 71 11 11 .984 6 7 5.78 5.56 6 41 64 59 48% 4 C
Doug Ault 27 122 118 113 1053.2 1232 1113 103 16 91 .987 7 8 10.39 9.97 1B
Bob Bailor 25 113 117 100 973.0 408 231 165 12 27 .971 -2 -3 3.66 3.19 SS-CF-LF-RF-DH
Steve Bowling 25 87 57 50 562.1 154 138 14 2 0 .987 5 10 2.43 1.67 RF-CF-LF
Tom Bruno 24 12 0 0 18.1 6 2 3 1 0 .833 2.45 0.42 2 0 0% 0 P
Jeff Byrd 20 17 17 1 87.1 26 9 15 2 1 .923 2.47 1.41 9 4 31% 1 P
Rick Cerone 23 31 29 28 246.2 162 146 15 1 1 .994 -1 -5 5.87 5.19 0 18 10 10 50% 1 C
Jim Clancy 21 13 13 4 76.2 23 6 14 3 4 .870 2.35 1.54 5 1 17% 0 P
Mike Darr 21 1 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 P
Dennis DeBarr 24 14 0 0 21.1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.69 0.29 0 0 0 P
Sam Ewing 28 48 64 22 343.1 73 69 1 3 0 .959 -7 -23 1.83 0.95 RF-LF-1B-DH
Ron Fairly 38 69 124 54 571.2 418 377 34 7 28 .983 2 4 6.47 3.14 1B-RF-LF-DH
Pedro Garcia 27 35 34 32 292.2 175 73 97 5 22 .971 -3 -11 5.23 4.86 2B-DH
Jerry Garvin 21 34 34 12 244.2 81 12 66 3 1 .963 2.87 2.29 10 19 66% 23 P
Steve Hargan 34 6 5 1 29.1 7 0 7 0 1 1.000 2.15 1.17 2 1 33% 0 P
Chuck Hartenstein 35 13 0 0 27.1 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.65 0.38 0 1 100% 0 P
Roy Howell 23 87 95 84 759.1 258 81 165 12 12 .953 -4 -6 2.92 2.59 3B-DH
Jesse Jefferson 28 33 33 8 217.0 58 12 38 8 2 .862 2.07 1.52 9 13 59% 7 P
Jerry Johnson 33 43 0 0 86.0 16 4 11 1 2 .938 1.57 0.35 8 4 33% 0 P
Dave Lemanczyk 26 34 34 11 252.0 66 25 37 4 4 .939 2.21 1.82 15 16 52% 2 P
Jim Mason 26 22 20 15 183.1 103 49 51 3 9 .971 -2 -14 4.91 4.55 SS
Dave McKay 27 91 79 75 716.1 360 141 205 14 36 .961 -7 -13 4.35 3.76 2B-3B-SS
Tom Murphy 31 19 1 0 52.0 11 4 7 0 0 1.000 1.90 0.58 8 1 11% 0 P
Tim Nordbrook 27 24 24 14 189.0 93 35 57 1 10 .989 -2 -10 4.38 3.83 SS
Doug Rader 32 52 83 49 453.2 210 97 106 7 3 .967 3 7 4.03 2.39 3B-1B-RF-DH
Phil Roof 36 3 2 0 18.0 11 10 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 5.50 3.67 0 0 4 2 33% 0 C
John Scott 25 68 57 49 507.0 135 127 3 5 2 .963 -8 -19 2.31 1.88 CF-LF
Bill Singer 33 13 12 0 59.2 14 2 10 2 1 .857 1.81 0.92 5 6 55% 1 P
Steve Staggs 26 72 71 71 630.0 376 169 194 13 35 .965 -9 -18 5.19 5.04 2B
Hector Torres 31 90 77 65 686.2 394 144 240 10 38 .975 -5 -8 5.03 4.13 SS-2B-3B
Otto Velez 26 79 98 60 625.2 149 140 5 4 1 .973 -4 -7 2.09 1.38 RF-DH
Pete Vuckovich 24 53 8 3 148.0 37 9 23 5 3 .865 1.95 0.60 5 5 50% 2 P
Ernie Whitt 25 14 10 9 89.0 66 62 4 0 0 1.000 0 0 6.67 4.71 1 4 7 4 36% 0 C
Mike Willis 26 43 3 0 107.1 26 6 19 1 1 .962 2.10 0.58 7 4 36% 2 P
Al Woods 23 115 113 93 949.1 233 220 6 7 1 .970 -4 -4 2.14 1.81 LF-RF-DH
Gary Woods 22 60 57 54 501.1 161 155 5 1 0 .994 1 2 2.87 2.67 CF
Team Totals 26.5 161 1449 1190 12855.0 6247 4285 1798 164 348 .974 -34 -3 4.26 3.45 7 63 85 75 47% 43
Rank in 14 AL teams 2 13 12
Age G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Alan Ashby# 25 459 -21 -2 -3 -2 6 8 15 1 0.0 -5 -0.5 0.5 $ Traded *2
Doug Ault 27 494 -8 -4 1 -3 7 -8 16 1 0.1 -6 -0.6 0.7 $19,000 Expansion Draft *3
Bob Bailor 25 523 1 1 -2 2 -2 1 16 16 1.7 19 2.0 -0.3 $ Expansion Draft 687/D9
Steve Bowling 25 236 -7 0 -1 -2 5 -2 8 1 0.0 -4 -0.4 0.4 $19,000 Expansion Draft 987
Rick Cerone 23 107 -8 0 0 0 -1 2 4 -3 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $25,000 Traded 2
Sam Ewing* 28 266 -1 1 -1 -1 -7 -5 9 -5 -0.5 2 0.2 -0.7 $ Expansion Draft 9D7/3
Ron Fairly* 38 528 14 -2 -1 0 2 -10 17 19 2.0 18 1.9 0.1 $ Traded D39/7
Pedro Garcia 27 141 -9 -2 -1 0 -3 0 5 -10 -1.1 -7 -0.7 -0.4 $30,000 Free Agency 4/D
Roy Howell* 23 412 15 1 0 -3 -4 1 13 23 2.3 27 2.8 -0.5 $ Traded 5/D
Jim Mason* 26 88 -9 1 0 0 -2 1 3 -6 -0.6 -4 -0.4 -0.2 $ Expansion Draft 6
Dave McKay# 27 293 -25 -1 2 -1 -8 2 10 -20 -2.1 -13 -1.3 -0.8 $25,000 Expansion Draft 456
Tim Nordbrook 27 68 -7 0 1 0 -2 1 2 -5 -0.5 -3 -0.3 -0.2 $ Purchased 6
Doug Rader 32 363 3 1 0 -2 3 -3 12 15 1.5 11 1.1 0.4 $ Purchased 5D/39
Phil Roof 36 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded /2
John Scott 25 247 -14 -1 0 0 -8 -2 8 -17 -1.7 -9 -0.9 -0.8 $19,000 Purchased 87
Steve Staggs 26 331 -2 -3 -2 1 -9 2 10 -3 -0.4 6 0.6 -1.0 $ Expansion Draft 4
Hector Torres 31 294 -10 -3 -2 0 -5 4 10 -6 -0.7 -1 -0.1 -0.6 $27,500 Traded 64/5
Otto Velez 26 434 14 -1 1 -1 -4 -7 14 16 1.7 20 2.1 -0.4 $30,000 Expansion Draft 9D
Ernie Whitt* 25 45 -4 0 0 0 0 1 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $23,000 Expansion Draft 2
Al Woods* 23 485 -2 0 0 0 -4 -6 16 4 0.4 8 0.8 -0.4 $ Expansion Draft *79/D
Gary Woods 22 239 -19 -1 5 -1 1 -1 8 -8 -0.9 -9 -0.9 0.0 $19,000 Expansion Draft 8
Team Total 27.0 6058 -100 -15 -3 -13 -34 -21 197 10 0.5 45 4.9 -4.4 $236,500
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Tom Bruno 24 18.1 0 18 12 -1 .6 -6 -0.6 $ Expansion Draft
Jeff Byrd 20 87.1 17 68 56 -2 1.0 -12 -1.2 $ Expansion Draft
Jim Clancy 21 76.2 13 47 49 -2 1.0 2 0.3 $ Expansion Draft
Mike Darr 21 1.1 1 5 1 0 1.1 -4 -0.4 $ Expansion Draft
Dennis DeBarr* 24 21.1 0 14 14 -1 .4 0 -0.1 $ Expansion Draft
Jerry Garvin* 21 244.2 34 127 164 -6 1.1 37 3.7 $ Expansion Draft
Steve Hargan 34 29.1 5 17 20 -1 .9 3 0.3 $ Expansion Draft
Chuck Hartenstein 35 27.1 0 22 20 -1 .3 -2 -0.3 $ Purchased
Jesse Jefferson 28 217.0 33 123 142 -5 1.0 19 1.9 $ Expansion Draft
Jerry Johnson 33 86.0 0 50 55 -2 1.0 5 -0.2 $ Traded
Dave Lemanczyk 26 252.0 34 143 166 -6 1.1 23 2.5 $ Expansion Draft
Tom Murphy 31 52.0 1 22 34 -1 .6 12 0.7 $ Purchased
Bill Singer 33 59.2 12 54 40 -1 .9 -14 -1.4 $ Expansion Draft
Pete Vuckovich 24 148.0 8 64 95 -3 1.2 31 2.9 $ Expansion Draft
Mike Willis* 26 107.1 3 48 72 -2 1.0 24 1.7 $ Expansion Draft
Team Total 25.8 1428.1 161 822 940 -34 1.0 118 9.8 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1978 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics