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1979 Toronto Blue Jays

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980

53-109, Finished 7th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Roy Hartsfield (53-109)
Scored 613 runs, Allowed 862 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 57-105

Ballparks: Exhibition Stadium · Attendance: 1,431,651 (9th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 105

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1978 / 1980 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
Danny Ainge 20 R R 6' 4" 175 Mar 17, 1959 1st 87 86 87 86 0 0 0 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 -0.7 $
Bob Bailor 27 R R 5' 11" 170 Jul 10, 1951 5 130 107 130 124 0 0 0 0 10 0 4 5 113 122 1 5 7 -0.9 $110,000
Rick Bosetti 25 R R 5' 11" 185 Aug 5, 1953 4 162 162 162 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 162 0 162 0 0 0 0.3 $
Bobby Brown 25 B R 6' 2" 190 May 25, 1954 1st 4 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Tom Buskey 32 R R 6' 3" 200 Feb 20, 1947 7 44 0 0 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $
Joe Cannon 25 L R 6' 3" 193 Jul 13, 1953 3 61 33 61 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 40 57 8 1 16 -1.1 $
Rico Carty 39 R R 6' 3" 200 Sep 1, 1939 15 132 122 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 130 10 0 -0.4 $220,000
Rick Cerone 25 R R 5' 11" 192 May 19, 1954 5 136 133 136 136 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.8 $
Jim Clancy 23 R R 6' 4" 220 Dec 18, 1955 3 12 11 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $19,000
Bob Davis 27 R R 6' 0" 180 Mar 1, 1952 6 32 29 32 32 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.9 $
Butch Edge 22 R R 6' 3" 203 Jul 18, 1956 1st 9 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Dave Freisleben 27 R R 5' 11" 195 Oct 31, 1951 6 42 2 0 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Jerry Garvin 23 L L 6' 3" 195 Oct 21, 1955 3 8 1 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Luis Gomez 27 R R 5' 9" 150 Aug 19, 1951 6 59 42 59 56 0 0 0 20 22 15 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 -0.2 $
Alfredo Griffin 21 B R 5' 11" 160 Oct 6, 1957 4 153 153 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $
Steve Grilli 30 R R 6' 2" 170 May 2, 1949 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Pedro Hernandez 20 R R 6' 1" 160 Apr 4, 1959 1st 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 $
Roy Howell 25 L R 6' 1" 190 Dec 18, 1953 6 138 135 138 133 0 0 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 2.4 $
Phil Huffman 21 R R 6' 2" 180 Jun 20, 1958 1st 31 31 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.3 $
Jesse Jefferson 30 R R 6' 3" 188 Mar 3, 1949 7 34 10 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Tim Johnson 29 L R 6' 1" 170 Jul 22, 1949 7 43 24 43 40 0 0 7 25 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 -0.8 $
Craig Kusick 30 R R 6' 3" 210 Sep 30, 1948 7 24 18 23 21 1 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0.1 $
Dave Lemanczyk 28 R R 6' 4" 235 Aug 17, 1950 7 22 20 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $ All-Star
Mark Lemongello 23 R R 6' 1" 180 Jul 21, 1955 4 18 10 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Steve Luebber 29 R R 6' 3" 185 Jul 9, 1949 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
John Mayberry 30 L L 6' 3" 215 Feb 18, 1949 12 137 129 137 135 0 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1.7 $
Dave McKay 29 B R 6' 1" 195 Mar 14, 1950 5 47 45 47 47 0 0 0 46 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.5 $
Dyar Miller 33 R R 6' 1" 195 May 29, 1946 5 10 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Balor Moore 28 L L 6' 2" 178 Jan 25, 1951 7 34 16 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Tom Murphy 33 R R 6' 3" 185 Dec 30, 1945 12 10 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Bob Robertson 32 R R 6' 1" 195 Oct 2, 1946 11 15 6 15 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 0 -0.2 $
Tony Solaita 32 L L 6' 0" 210 Jan 15, 1947 7 36 30 36 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 5 0 0.5 $
Dave Stieb 21 R R 6' 0" 185 Jul 22, 1957 1st 20 18 2 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1.4 $
Jackson Todd 27 R R 6' 2" 180 Nov 20, 1951 2 12 1 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Tom Underwood 25 R L 5' 11" 170 Dec 22, 1953 6 33 32 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 $
Otto Velez 28 R R 6' 0" 170 Nov 29, 1950 7 99 77 99 78 0 0 6 0 0 0 43 0 35 78 9 21 0 2.9 $
Ted Wilborn 20 B R 6' 0" 165 Dec 16, 1958 1st 22 2 22 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 7 8 0 15 -0.8 $
Mike Willis 28 L L 6' 2" 205 Dec 26, 1950 3 17 1 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Al Woods 25 L L 6' 3" 190 Aug 8, 1953 3 132 122 132 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 127 0 0 127 2 5 1 0.3 $
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

Danny Ainge

Alfredo Griffin

Bobby Brown
Craig Kusick
Bob Robertson

Bob Davis

Rick Cerone

John Mayberry

Luis Gomez

Roy Howell

Butch Edge

Tim Johnson

Jim Clancy

Otto Velez

Al Woods

Rico Carty

Rick Bosetti

Dave Lemanczyk

Tom Underwood

Dave Freisleben
Steve Luebber

Tony Solaita

Pedro Hernandez

Joe Cannon

Jackson Todd

Mike Willis

Jesse Jefferson

Jerry Garvin

Dave Stieb
Ted Wilborn

Balor Moore

Dave McKay

Mark Lemongello

Tom Buskey

Steve Grilli
Tom Murphy

Steve Luebber
Dyar Miller

Phil Huffman

1978 / 1980 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers