1979 Toronto Blue Jays Statistics and Roster

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1979 Toronto Blue Jays (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978/1980)
53-109, Finished 7th in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 613 runs, Allowed 862 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 57-105
Managed by Roy Hartsfield

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

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Rick Cerone         25  136  469   47  112  27  4   7   61  37   40  .239  .294  .358   1   4   5   1   3   4   1   76
1B *John Mayberry       30  137  464   61  127  22  1  21   74  69   60  .274  .372  .461   1   1  10   5   1   2   7  124
2B  Danny Ainge         20   87  308   26   73   7  1   2   19  12   58  .237  .269  .286   1   0   8   2   7   2   1   50
3B *Roy Howell          25  138  511   60  126  28  4  15   72  42   91  .247  .310  .405   1   4  12   6   1   3   4   92
SS #Alfredo Griffin     21  153  624   81  179  22 10   2   31  40   59  .287  .333  .364  21  16  10   5  16   4   0   89
LF *Al Woods            25  132  436   57  121  24  4   5   36  40   28  .278  .337  .385   6   4   7   1   7   4   0   95
CF  Rick Bosetti        25  162  619   59  161  35  2   8   65  22   70  .260  .286  .362  13  12  17   3   6   7   0   74
RF  Bob Bailor          27  130  414   50   95  11  5   1   38  36   27  .229  .297  .287  14   8   6   6   4   5   2   59
DH  Rico Carty          39  132  461   48  118  26  0  12   55  46   45  .256  .322  .390   3   1  21   1   0   4   4   92
    Otto Velez          28   99  274   45   79  21  0  15   48  46   45  .288  .396  .529   0   1   8   3   2   0   2  148
    Luis Gomez          27   59  163   11   39   7  0   0   11   6   17  .239  .266  .282   1   0   7   0   2   0   0   49
   #Dave McKay          29   47  156   19   34   9  0   0   12   7   19  .218  .256  .276   1   1   5   1   5   0   0   44
   *Joe Cannon          25   61  142   14   30   1  1   1    5   1   34  .211  .217  .254  12   2   2   0   3   0   0   27
   *Tony Solaita        32   36  102   14   27   8  1   2   13  17   16  .265  .364  .422   0   0   2   0   0   2   0  112
    Bob Davis           27   32   89    6   11   2  0   1    8   6   15  .124  .188  .180   0   0   7   1   5   0   0    0
   *Tim Johnson         29   43   86    6   16   2  1   0    6   8   15  .186  .255  .233   0   1   2   0   2   0   0   33
    Craig Kusick        30   24   54    3   11   1  0   2    7   7    7  .204  .302  .333   0   0   2   1   0   1   0   72
    Bob Robertson       32   15   29    1    3   0  0   1    1   3    9  .103  .188  .207   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    7
   #Ted Wilborn         20   22   12    3    0   0  0   0    0   1    7  .000  .077  .000   0   1   0   0   1   0   0  -77
   #Bobby Brown         25    4   10    1    0   0  0   0    0   2    1  .000  .167  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -50
    Pedro Hernandez     20    3    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0   0   0     
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.7  162 5423  613 1362 253 34  95  545 448  663  .251  .308  .363  75  56 114  19  48  21   4   82
    Rank among 14 AL teams         9   13   13   7  8  14       14   12    13    13    13  11   6                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Tom Underwood       25  33   3.69   9  16  0  32   0  12   1  227.0  213  113   93  23   95  127  963  11   9  0   3 117
SP  Phil Huffman        21  31   5.77   6  18  0  31   0   2   1  173.0  220  130  111  25   68   56  802   5   0  3   0  75
SP  Dave Lemanczyk      28  22   3.71   8  10  0  20   1  11   3  143.0  137   65   59  12   45   63  597  11   6  0   2 116
SP  Dave Stieb          21  18   4.31   8   8  0  18   0   7   1  129.3  139   70   62  11   48   52  563   3   4  1   3 100
SP  Jim Clancy          23  12   5.51   2   7  0  11   0   2   0   63.7   65   44   39   8   31   33  278   2   0  0   0  78
SP  Mark Lemongello     23  18   6.29   1   9  0  10   5   2   0   83.0   97   64   58  14   34   40  369   2   3  0   8  69
SP  Butch Edge          22   9   5.23   3   4  0   9   0   1   0   51.7   60   32   30   6   24   19  240   4   1  0   1  83

CL  Tom Buskey          32  44   3.43   6  10  7   0  40   0   0   78.7   74   33   30  10   25   44  329   3   1  0   7 126
RP  Dave Freisleben     27  42   4.95   2   3  3   2  26   0   0   91.0  101   57   50   5   53   35  407   6   2  1   3  87
RP  Jesse Jefferson     30  34   5.51   2  10  1  10  12   2   0  116.0  150   75   71  19   45   43  513   2   2  0   2  78
RP *Balor Moore         28  34   4.84   5   7  0  16   9   5   0  139.3  135   85   75  17   79   51  614   8   8  1   4  89
RP *Mike Willis         28  17   8.44   0   3  0   1   7   0   0   26.7   35   27   25   1   16    8  128   3   1  0   2  51

    Jackson Todd        27  12   5.85   0   1  0   1   7   0   0   32.3   40   26   21   7    7   14  144   2   1  0   0  74
   *Jerry Garvin        23   8   2.78   0   1  0   1   0   0   0   22.7   15    9    7   2   10   14   91   0   2  1   0 155
    Tom Murphy          33  10   5.40   1   2  0   0   5   0   0   18.3   23   11   11   1    8    6   82   0   0  0   0  80
    Dyar Miller         33  10  10.57   0   0  0   0   5   0   0   15.3   27   18   18   3    5    7   75   2   0  0   0  41
    Craig Kusick        30   1   4.91   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    3.7    3    2    2   1    0    0   14   0   0  0   0  88
    Steve Grilli        30   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.3    1    0    0   0    0    1    8   0   0  0   0    
    Steve Luebber       29   1          0   0  0   0   0   0   0    0.0    2    1    1   0    1    0    3   0   0  0   0   0
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 25.5 162   4.82  53 109 11 162 118  44   7 1417.0 1537  862  759 165  594  613 6220  64  40  7  35  89
    Rank among 14 AL teams         14  14   1 14           5   8     13   10   14       11   12   13
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- RCerone 1168 133 136 560 68 13 10 .980 6 52 69 47 BDavis 248 29 32 114 11 2 1 .984 2 12 16 9 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1417 162 162 674 79 15 11 .980 8 64 85 56 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *10.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JMayberry 1129 129 135 1192 74 6 129 .995 10.09 CKusick 143 18 20 163 15 4 14 .978 11.20 BRobertson 51 5 9 54 7 0 6 1.000 10.76 TSolaita 37 4 6 39 4 0 8 1.000 10.46 OVelez 31 4 6 29 2 0 2 1.000 9.00 TJohnson 25 2 7 27 2 0 2 1.000 10.32 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1417 162 162 1504 104 10 161 .994 10.21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *5.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DAinge 737 86 86 198 261 11 67 .977 5.60 DMcKay 391 45 46 119 148 7 37 .974 6.15 TJohnson 172 19 25 62 52 5 21 .958 5.97 LGomez 116 12 20 29 38 2 10 .971 5.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1417 162 162 408 499 25 135 .973 5.76 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 *3.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RHowell 1128 131 133 108 290 20 28 .952 3.17 LGomez 185 21 22 21 37 0 9 1.000 2.82 BBailor 60 7 9 7 16 0 0 1.000 3.45 TJohnson 37 3 9 2 16 2 1 .900 4.34 DMcKay 6 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1417 162 162 138 361 22 38 .958 3.17 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 *5.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AGriffin 1320 153 153 272 501 36 124 .956 5.27 LGomez 96 9 15 20 41 1 6 .984 5.68 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1417 162 162 292 542 37 130 .958 5.30 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.22 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AWoods 1059 122 127 250 9 9 2 .966 2.20 OVelez 268 35 43 61 0 4 0 .938 2.04 JCannon 39 1 17 10 2 0 1 1.000 2.77 BBailor 20 2 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.35 TWilborn 17 1 4 3 0 1 0 .750 1.59 BBrown 13 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1417 162 162 330 11 14 3 .961 2.17 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RBosetti 1386 162 162 463 18 13 4 .974 3.12 BBailor 24 0 5 11 0 0 0 1.000 4.12 TWilborn 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1417 162 162 475 18 13 4 .974 3.13 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BBailor 850 98 113 197 15 3 2 .986 2.24 JCannon 282 32 40 73 3 0 0 1.000 2.43 OVelez 254 29 35 70 3 0 1 1.000 2.58 BBrown 17 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.65 TWilborn 13 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1417 162 162 348 21 3 3 .992 2.34 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 *2.46 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- RBosetti 1386 162 162 466 18 13 4 .974 3.14 AWoods 1059 122 127 251 10 9 2 .967 2.22 BBailor 894 100 118 210 16 3 2 .987 2.27 OVelez 523 64 73 130 3 4 1 .971 2.29 JCannon 321 33 50 81 5 0 1 1.000 2.41 TWilborn 37 2 7 7 0 1 0 .875 1.70 BBrown 30 3 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1417 162 162 1153 52 30 10 .976 2.55 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 *1.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TUnderwood 227 32 33 6 36 5 2 .894 1.67 PHuffman 173 31 31 7 30 0 0 1.000 1.92 DLemanczyk 143 20 22 12 20 2 2 .941 2.01 BMoore 139 16 34 4 22 4 1 .867 1.68 DStieb 129 18 18 12 31 1 1 .977 2.99 JJefferson 116 10 34 10 22 4 1 .889 2.48 DFreisleben 91 2 42 3 13 1 1 .941 1.58 MLemongello 83 10 18 8 15 2 0 .920 2.49 TBuskey 78 0 44 5 19 1 1 .960 2.74 JClancy 63 11 12 1 11 0 0 1.000 1.70 BEdge 51 9 9 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.39 JTodd 32 1 12 6 3 0 0 1.000 2.51 MWillis 26 1 17 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.02 JGarvin 22 1 8 1 1 0 1 1.000 0.79 TMurphy 18 0 10 3 5 0 1 1.000 3.93 DMiller 15 0 10 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.76 CKusick 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 SGrilli 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 SLuebber 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1417 162 162 82 241 20 11 .942 2.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- RCarty 129 TSolaita 26 OVelez 9 RHowell 4 BRobertson 4 TWilborn 4 AWoods 2 DAinge 1 BBailor 1 CKusick 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Griffin .287

On-base % Mayberry .372

Slugging % Mayberry .461

OPS Mayberry .833

Games Bosetti 162

At Bats Griffin 624

Plate Appearances (approx.) Griffin 689

Runs Griffin 81

Hits Griffin 179

Total Bases Griffin 227

Doubles Bosetti 35

Triples Griffin 10

Home Runs Mayberry 21

RBI Mayberry 74

Bases on Balls Mayberry 69

Strikeouts Howell 91

Stolen Bases Griffin 21

Singles Griffin 145

Adjusted OPS+ Mayberry 124

Runs Created Mayberry 82

Adjusted Batting Runs Velez 20

Batting Wins Velez 1.9

Extra-Base Hits Howell 47

Times on Base Griffin 224

Offensive Win% Mayberry .625

Hit By Pitch Bailor and Howell 6

Sac. Hits Griffin 16

Sac. Flies Bosetti 7

Intentional Walks Mayberry 7

Grounded into Double Plays Carty 21

Caught Stealing Griffin 16

Power/Speed Number Bosetti 9.9

At Bats per Strikeout Cerone 11.7

At Bats per Home Run Mayberry 22.1

Outs Bosetti 500

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Underwood 3.69

Wins Underwood 9

Won-Loss % Stieb .500

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Underwood 1.357

Hits Allowed/9IP Underwood 8.44

Bases on Balls/9IP Huffman 3.54

Strikeouts/9IP Underwood 5.04

Games Buskey 44

Saves Buskey 7

Innings Underwood 227.0

Strikeouts Underwood 127

Games Started Underwood 32

Comp. Games Underwood 12

Shutouts Lemanczyk 3

Home Runs Allow. Huffman 25

Bases On Balls Allow. Underwood 95

Hits Allowed Huffman 220

SO to Walk Underwood 1.34

Losses Huffman 18

Earned Runs Allow. Huffman 111

Wild Pitches Lemanczyk and Underwood 11

Hit Batsmen Underwood 9

Batters Faced Underwood 963

Games Finished Buskey 40

Adjusted ERA+ Underwood 117

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