1979 Toronto Blue Jays Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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1979 Toronto Blue Jays Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980)
53-109, Finished 7th in AL East
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Scored 613 runs, Allowed 862 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 57-105
Manager: Roy Hartsfield (53-109)
Ballpark: Exhibition Stadium (ballparks.com)
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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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	Rick Cerone	25	136	514	469	47	112	27	4	7	61	1	4	37	40	.239	.294	.358	.652	76	168	5	1	3	4	1
2	1B	John Mayberry*	30	137	541	464	61	127	22	1	21	74	1	1	69	60	.274	.372	.461	.833	124	214	10	5	1	2	7
3	2B	Danny Ainge	20	87	331	308	26	73	7	1	2	19	1	0	12	58	.237	.269	.286	.554	50	88	8	2	7	2	1
4	SS	Alfredo Griffin#	21	153	689	624	81	179	22	10	2	31	21	16	40	59	.287	.333	.364	.697	89	227	10	5	16	4	0
5	3B	Roy Howell*	25	138	563	511	60	126	28	4	15	72	1	4	42	91	.247	.310	.405	.715	92	207	12	6	1	3	4
6	LF	Al Woods*	25	132	488	436	57	121	24	4	5	36	6	4	40	28	.278	.337	.385	.722	95	168	7	1	7	4	0
7	CF	Rick Bosetti	25	162	657	619	59	161	35	2	8	65	13	12	22	70	.260	.286	.362	.648	74	224	17	3	6	7	0
8	RF	Bob Bailor	27	130	465	414	50	95	11	5	1	38	14	8	36	27	.229	.297	.287	.585	59	119	6	6	4	5	2
9	DH	Rico Carty	39	132	512	461	48	118	26	0	12	55	3	1	46	45	.256	.322	.390	.713	92	180	21	1	0	4	4
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	OF	Otto Velez	28	99	325	274	45	79	21	0	15	48	0	1	46	45	.288	.396	.529	.925	148	145	8	3	2	0	2
11	IF	Luis Gomez	27	59	171	163	11	39	7	0	0	11	1	0	6	17	.239	.266	.282	.548	49	46	7	0	2	0	0
12	2B	Dave McKay#	29	47	169	156	19	34	9	0	0	12	1	1	7	19	.218	.256	.276	.532	44	43	5	1	5	0	0
13	RF	Joe Cannon*	25	61	146	142	14	30	1	1	1	5	12	2	1	34	.211	.217	.254	.470	27	36	2	0	3	0	0
14	DH	Tony Solaita*	32	36	121	102	14	27	8	1	2	13	0	0	17	16	.265	.364	.422	.785	112	43	2	0	0	2	0
15	C	Bob Davis	27	32	101	89	6	11	2	0	1	8	0	0	6	15	.124	.188	.180	.367	0	16	7	1	5	0	0
16	2B	Tim Johnson*	29	43	96	86	6	16	2	1	0	6	0	1	8	15	.186	.255	.233	.488	33	20	2	0	2	0	0
17	1B	Craig Kusick	30	23	63	54	3	11	1	0	2	7	0	0	7	7	.204	.302	.333	.635	72	18	2	1	0	1	0
18	UT	Bob Robertson	32	15	32	29	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	9	.103	.188	.207	.394	7	6	0	0	0	0	0
19	UT	Ted Wilborn#	20	22	14	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	.000	.077	.000	.077	-77	0	0	0	1	0	0
20	OF	Bobby Brown#	25	4	12	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	-50	0	0	0	0	0	0
21		Pedro Hernandez	20	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
22	P	Jackson Todd	27	0	0	0					0
23	P	Dave Lemanczyk	28	0	0	0					0
24	P	Mark Lemongello	23	0	0	0					0
25	P	Dave Freisleben	27	0	0	0					0
26	P	Dyar Miller	33	0	0	0					0
27	P	Mike Willis*	28	0	0	0					0
28	P	Phil Huffman	21	0	0	0					0
29	P	Tom Underwood	25	0	0	0					0
30	P	Steve Grilli	30	0	0	0					0
31	P	Jesse Jefferson	30	0	0	0					0
32	P	Jerry Garvin*	23	0	0	0					0
33	P	Steve Luebber	29	0	0	0					0
34	P	Balor Moore*	28	0	0	0					0
35	P	Butch Edge	22	0	0	0					0
36	P	Dave Stieb	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Jim Clancy	23	0	0	0					0
38	P	Tom Murphy	33	0	0	0					0
39	P	Tom Buskey	32	0	0	0					0
		Team Totals	26.7	162	6010	5423	613	1362	253	34	95	562	75	56	448	663	.251	.311	.363	.673	82	1968	131	36	65	38	21
		Rank in 14 AL teams				9	13	13	7	8	14		11	6	14	12	13	13	13	13		13
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	Tom Underwood*	25	9	16	.360	3.69	33	32	0	12	1	0	227.0	213	113	93	23	95	3	127	9	0	11	963	117	1.357	8.4	0.9	3.8	5.0	1.34
2	SP	Phil Huffman	21	6	18	.250	5.77	31	31	0	2	1	0	173.0	220	130	111	25	68	0	56	0	3	5	802	75	1.665	11.4	1.3	3.5	2.9	0.82
3	SP	Dave Lemanczyk	28	8	10	.444	3.71	22	20	1	11	3	0	143.0	137	65	59	12	45	2	63	6	0	11	597	116	1.273	8.6	0.8	2.8	4.0	1.40
4	SP	Dave Stieb	21	8	8	.500	4.31	18	18	0	7	1	0	129.1	139	70	62	11	48	3	52	4	1	3	563	100	1.446	9.7	0.8	3.3	3.6	1.08
5	SP	Jim Clancy	23	2	7	.222	5.51	12	11	0	2	0	0	63.2	65	44	39	8	31	0	33	0	0	2	278	78	1.508	9.2	1.1	4.4	4.7	1.06
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
6	CL	Tom Buskey	32	6	10	.375	3.43	44	0	40	0	0	7	78.2	74	33	30	10	25	7	44	1	0	3	329	126	1.258	8.5	1.1	2.9	5.0	1.76
7	RP	Balor Moore*	28	5	7	.417	4.84	34	16	9	5	0	0	139.1	135	85	75	17	79	4	51	8	1	8	614	89	1.536	8.7	1.1	5.1	3.3	0.65
8	RP	Jesse Jefferson	30	2	10	.167	5.51	34	10	12	2	0	1	116.0	150	75	71	19	45	2	43	2	0	2	513	78	1.681	11.6	1.5	3.5	3.3	0.96
9	RP	Dave Freisleben	27	2	3	.400	4.95	42	2	26	0	0	3	91.0	101	57	50	5	53	3	35	2	1	6	407	87	1.692	10.0	0.5	5.2	3.5	0.66
10	RP	Mark Lemongello	23	1	9	.100	6.29	18	10	5	2	0	0	83.0	97	64	58	14	34	8	40	3	0	2	369	69	1.578	10.5	1.5	3.7	4.3	1.18
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
11		Butch Edge	22	3	4	.429	5.23	9	9	0	1	0	0	51.2	60	32	30	6	24	1	19	1	0	4	240	83	1.626	10.5	1.0	4.2	3.3	0.79
12		Jackson Todd	27	0	1	.000	5.85	12	1	7	0	0	0	32.1	40	26	21	7	7	0	14	1	0	2	144	74	1.454	11.1	1.9	1.9	3.9	2.00
13		Mike Willis*	28	0	3	.000	8.44	17	1	7	0	0	0	26.2	35	27	25	1	16	2	8	1	0	3	128	51	1.913	11.8	0.3	5.4	2.7	0.50
14		Jerry Garvin*	23	0	1	.000	2.78	8	1	0	0	0	0	22.2	15	9	7	2	10	0	14	2	1	0	91	155	1.103	6.0	0.8	4.0	5.6	1.40
15		Tom Murphy	33	1	2	.333	5.40	10	0	5	0	0	0	18.1	23	11	11	1	8	0	6	0	0	0	82	80	1.691	11.3	0.5	3.9	2.9	0.75
16		Dyar Miller	33	0	0		10.57	10	0	5	0	0	0	15.1	27	18	18	3	5	0	7	0	0	2	75	41	2.087	15.8	1.8	2.9	4.1	1.40
17		Craig Kusick	30	0	0		4.91	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.2	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	88	0.818	7.4	2.5	0.0	0.0
18		Steve Grilli	30	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8		0.429	3.9	0.0	0.0	3.9
19		Steve Luebber	29	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3							0.00
		Team Totals	25.6	53	109	.327	4.85	162	162	118	44	6	11	1417.0	1537	862	763	165	594	35	613	40	7	64	6220	89	1.504	9.8	1.0	3.8	3.9	1.03
		Rank in 14 AL teams		14	1		14				5	8	14	13	10	14	14	11	12		10116
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	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Danny Ainge	20	87	86	737.2	470	198	261	11	67	.977	1.6	2.6	0.6	-0.6	1.2		1		5.60	5.28						2B-DH
Bob Bailor	27	132	107	954.1	252	218	31	3	2	.988	1.7	2.1	-4.3	-2.7	-1.6	6	0		2.35	1.89						RF-3B-CF-LF-DH
Rick Bosetti	25	162	162	1386.0	494	463	18	13	4	.974	7.5	6.5	0.5	0.5	0.1	7			3.12	2.97						CF
Bobby Brown	25	4	3	30.0	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	-0.1	-4.0	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	0			2.40	2.00						RF-LF
Tom Buskey	32	44	0	78.2	25	5	19	1	1	.960									2.75	0.55						P
Joe Cannon	25	57	33	321.0	88	83	5	0	1	1.000	1.0	3.7	0.0	-0.4	0.4	1			2.47	1.54						RF-LF
Rico Carty	39	129																		0.00						DH
Rick Cerone	25	136	133	1168.2	641	560	68	13	10	.980	-1.0	-1.0						-1	4.84	4.62	6	52	69	47	41%	C
Jim Clancy	23	12	11	63.2	12	1	11	0	0	1.000									1.70	1.00						P
Bob Davis	27	32	29	248.1	127	114	11	2	1	.984	-1.0	-4.8						-1	4.53	3.91	2	12	16	9	36%	C
Butch Edge	22	9	9	51.2	8	1	7	0	0	1.000									1.39	0.89						P
Dave Freisleben	27	42	2	91.0	17	3	13	1	1	.941									1.58	0.38						P
Jerry Garvin	23	8	1	22.2	2	1	1	0	1	1.000									0.79	0.25						P
Luis Gomez	27	57	42	398.1	189	70	116	3	25	.984	2.4	7.2	1.4	1.0	0.6		1		4.20	3.26						3B-2B-SS
Alfredo Griffin	21	153	153	1320.1	809	272	501	36	124	.956	2.9	2.6	-0.1	1.7	-1.8		3		5.27	5.05						SS
Steve Grilli	30	1	0	2.1	0	0	0	0	0										0.00	0.00						P
Roy Howell	25	137	131	1128.1	418	108	290	20	28	.952	7.5	8.0	8.5	1.8	6.7		-1		3.17	2.91						3B-DH
Phil Huffman	21	31	31	173.0	37	7	30	0	0	1.000									1.92	1.19						P
Jesse Jefferson	30	34	10	116.0	36	10	22	4	1	.889									2.48	0.94						P
Tim Johnson	29	41	24	234.2	168	91	70	7	24	.958	-3.6	-18.4	-3.6	-4.5	1.0		0		6.17	3.93						2B-3B-1B
Craig Kusick	30	22	18	146.2	182	163	15	4	14	.978	3.4	27.8	3.4	0.9	2.5		0		10.92	8.09						1B-P-DH
Dave Lemanczyk	28	22	20	143.0	34	12	20	2	2	.941									2.01	1.45						P
Mark Lemongello	23	18	10	83.0	25	8	15	2	0	.920									2.49	1.28						P
Steve Luebber	29	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0											0.00						P
John Mayberry	30	135	129	1129.2	1272	1192	74	6	129	.995	-5.8	-6.2	-5.8	-6.3	0.5		0		10.09	9.38						1B
Dave McKay	29	48	45	397.0	276	119	150	7	37	.975	3.4	10.3	2.4	-0.5	2.9		1		6.10	5.60						2B-3B
Dyar Miller	33	10	0	15.1	3	2	1	0	0	1.000									1.76	0.30						P
Balor Moore	28	34	16	139.1	30	4	22	4	1	.867									1.68	0.76						P
Tom Murphy	33	10	0	18.1	8	3	5	0	1	1.000									3.93	0.80						P
Bob Robertson	32	13	5	51.0	61	54	7	0	6	1.000	2.3	54.1	2.3	0.6	1.7		0		10.76	4.69						1B-DH
Tony Solaita	32	32	4	37.0	43	39	4	0	8	1.000	-0.4	-13.0	-0.4	-0.4	0.0		0		10.46	1.34						1B-DH
Dave Stieb	21	18	18	129.1	44	12	31	1	1	.977									2.99	2.39						P
Jackson Todd	27	12	1	32.1	9	6	3	0	0	1.000									2.51	0.75						P
Tom Underwood	25	33	32	227.0	47	6	36	5	2	.894									1.67	1.27						P
Otto Velez	28	93	68	554.1	169	160	5	4	3	.976	0.3	0.6	-1.7	-1.4	-0.3	2	0		2.68	1.77						LF-RF-1B-DH
Ted Wilborn	20	11	2	37.0	8	7	0	1	0	.875	-1.9	-61.6	-1.9	-1.3	-0.6	0			1.70	0.64						LF-RF-CF-DH
Mike Willis	28	17	1	26.2	6	1	5	0	0	1.000									2.02	0.35						P
Al Woods	25	129	122	1059.1	268	250	9	9	2	.966	-8.6	-9.7	-8.6	-2.5	-6.1	0			2.20	2.01						LF-DH
Team Totals	26.8	162	1458	12753.0	6288	4251	1878	159	496	.975	11.6	1.1	-7.4	-13.9	6.9	16	5	-2	4.33	3.14	8	64	85	56	40%
Rank in 14 AL teams								3	2	12
	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1978 / 1980 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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