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1978 Toronto Blue Jays

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979

59-102, Finished 7th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Roy Hartsfield (59-102)
Scored 590 runs, Allowed 775 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 61-100

Ballparks: Exhibition Stadium · Attendance: 1,562,585 (7th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 101

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1977 / 1979 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
Butch Alberts 28 R R 6' 2" 205 May 4, 1950 1st 6 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 -0.1 $
Alan Ashby 26 B R 6' 2" 185 Jul 8, 1951 6 81 80 81 81 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $
Doug Ault 28 R L 6' 3" 200 Mar 9, 1950 3 54 28 54 32 0 0 25 0 0 0 7 0 1 8 5 26 0 0.0 $
Bob Bailor 26 R R 5' 11" 170 Jul 10, 1951 4 154 151 154 153 0 0 0 0 28 4 3 25 102 130 0 3 0 1.1 $85,000
Rick Bosetti 24 R R 5' 11" 185 Aug 5, 1953 3 136 135 136 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 135 0 135 0 0 1 1.5 $
Tom Buskey 31 R R 6' 3" 200 Feb 20, 1947 6 8 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Rico Carty 38 R R 6' 3" 200 Sep 1, 1939 14 104 101 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 101 3 0 1.7 $
Rick Cerone 24 R R 5' 11" 192 May 19, 1954 4 88 78 88 84 0 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 3 -0.5 $
Jim Clancy 22 R R 6' 4" 220 Dec 18, 1955 2 31 30 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $30,000
Joe Coleman 31 R R 6' 3" 175 Feb 3, 1947 14 31 0 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Victor Cruz 20 R R 5' 9" 174 Dec 24, 1957 1st 32 0 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $
Sam Ewing 29 L L 6' 3" 200 Apr 9, 1949 4 40 9 40 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 9 30 0 -0.3 $
Jerry Garvin 22 L L 6' 3" 195 Oct 21, 1955 2 26 22 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Luis Gomez 26 R R 5' 9" 150 Aug 19, 1951 5 153 149 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1.9 $
Willie Horton 35 R R 5' 11" 209 Oct 18, 1942 16 33 30 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 3 0 -0.9 $
Roy Howell 24 L R 6' 1" 190 Dec 18, 1953 5 140 136 140 136 0 0 0 0 131 0 0 0 5 5 1 3 1 1.8 $ All-Star
Tom Hutton 32 L L 5' 11" 180 Apr 20, 1946 9 64 49 64 60 0 0 9 0 0 0 32 0 24 56 0 6 3 -0.6 $
Garth Iorg 23 R R 5' 11" 170 Oct 12, 1954 1st 19 17 19 18 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.4 $
Jesse Jefferson 29 R R 6' 3" 188 Mar 3, 1949 6 31 30 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $
Tim Johnson 28 L R 6' 1" 170 Jul 22, 1949 6 68 19 68 62 0 0 0 13 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 5 12 0.2 $
Don Kirkwood 28 R R 6' 3" 175 Sep 24, 1949 5 17 9 1 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.6 $
Dave Lemanczyk 27 R R 6' 4" 235 Aug 17, 1950 6 29 20 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.5 $
John Mayberry 29 L L 6' 3" 215 Feb 18, 1949 11 152 140 152 139 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 12 0 -0.7 $
Dave McKay 28 B R 6' 1" 195 Mar 14, 1950 4 145 139 145 144 0 0 0 140 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 -0.4 $
Brian Milner 18 R R 6' 2" 200 Nov 17, 1959 1st 2 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Balor Moore 27 L L 6' 2" 178 Jan 25, 1951 6 37 18 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Tom Murphy 32 R R 6' 3" 185 Dec 30, 1945 11 50 0 0 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Tim Nordbrook 28 R R 6' 1" 180 Jul 7, 1949 5 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 $
Tom Underwood 24 R L 5' 11" 170 Dec 22, 1953 5 31 30 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $
Willie Upshaw 21 L L 6' 0" 185 Apr 27, 1957 1st 95 56 95 61 0 0 10 0 0 0 46 6 1 53 18 13 22 -1.5 $
Otto Velez 27 R R 6' 0" 170 Nov 29, 1950 6 91 61 91 75 0 0 1 0 0 0 39 0 39 78 9 27 2 2.0 $
Dave Wallace 30 R R 5' 10" 185 Sep 7, 1947 3 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Ernie Whitt 26 L R 6' 2" 200 Jun 13, 1952 3 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Mark Wiley 30 R R 6' 1" 200 Feb 28, 1948 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Mike Willis 27 L L 6' 2" 205 Dec 26, 1950 2 44 2 0 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Al Woods 24 L L 6' 3" 190 Aug 8, 1953 2 62 59 62 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 0 0 60 0 3 0 -0.6 $
Gary Woods 23 R R 6' 2" 185 Jul 20, 1954 3 8 5 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 6 1 1 1 0.0 $
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

Brian Milner

Sam Ewing

Alan Ashby

Rick Cerone

John Mayberry

Luis Gomez

Ernie Whitt

Roy Howell

Butch Alberts
Tom Hutton

Joe Coleman
Tim Nordbrook

Tim Johnson

Jim Clancy

Otto Velez

Al Woods

Rico Carty
Mark Wiley

Rick Bosetti

Dave Lemanczyk

Tom Underwood

Doug Ault

Willie Upshaw

Victor Cruz

Garth Iorg

Don Kirkwood

Mike Willis

Jesse Jefferson

Gary Woods

Jerry Garvin

Balor Moore

Dave McKay

Joe Coleman

Tom Buskey

Tom Murphy

Dave Wallace

Victor Cruz

Willie Horton

1977 / 1979 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers