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1987 Toronto Blue Jays Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1986 / 1988)
96-66, Finished 2nd in AL East
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Scored 845 runs, Allowed 655 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 100-62
Manager: Jimy Williams (96-66)
Ballpark: Exhibition Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,778,429 (1st of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 102, Pitching - 101;   one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 99
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1986 / 1988 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Jesse Barfield 27 R R 6' 1" 205 Oct 29, 1959 7 159 146 159 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 153 159 0 6 4 $1,525,000.00
George Bell 27 R R 6' 1" 190 Oct 21, 1959 6 156 154 156 149 0 0 0 1 1 0 149 0 0 149 7 2 0 $1,175,000.00 All-Star
Juan Beniquez 37 R R 5' 11" 165 May 13, 1950 16 39 18 39 9 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 4 7 13 19 0
John Cerutti 27 L L 6' 2" 200 Apr 28, 1960 3 44 0 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $115,000.00
Jim Clancy 31 R R 6' 4" 220 Dec 18, 1955 11 37 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $850,000.00
Jeff DeWillis 22 R R 6' 2" 170 Apr 13, 1965 1st 13 10 13 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rob Ducey 22 L R 6' 2" 180 May 24, 1965 1st 34 10 34 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 11 3 28 0 4 7
Mark Eichhorn 26 R R 6' 3" 210 Nov 21, 1960 3 89 0 89 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $165,500.00
Tony Fernandez 25 B R 6' 2" 175 Jun 30, 1962 5 146 142 146 146 0 0 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $400,000.00 All-Star
Cecil Fielder 23 R R 6' 3" 240 Sep 21, 1963 3 82 49 82 17 0 0 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 34 33 0 $78,500.00
Mike Flanagan 35 L L 6' 0" 195 Dec 16, 1951 13 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Gordon 27 R R 6' 1" 175 Oct 10, 1959 2 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $71,500.00
Kelly Gruber 25 R R 6' 0" 185 Feb 26, 1962 4 138 83 138 133 0 0 0 8 119 21 0 2 0 2 0 18 16 $96,000.00
Tom Henke 29 R R 6' 5" 215 Dec 21, 1957 6 72 0 1 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $331,000.00 All-Star
Alexis Infante 25 R R 5' 10" 175 Dec 4, 1961 1st 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Garth Iorg 32 R R 5' 11" 170 Oct 12, 1954 9 122 85 122 115 0 0 0 91 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 7 $380,000.00
Joe Johnson 25 R R 6' 2" 195 Oct 30, 1961 3 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Key 26 R L 6' 1" 190 Apr 22, 1961 4 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $554,391.00
Gary Lavelle 38 B L 6' 1" 200 Jan 3, 1949 13 23 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $62,500.00
Rick Leach 30 L L 6' 0" 195 May 4, 1957 7 98 47 98 47 0 0 5 0 0 0 21 0 22 43 18 40 0 $259,110.00
Manuel Lee 22 B R 5' 9" 161 Jun 17, 1965 3 56 32 56 50 0 0 0 27 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 3 5
Nelson Liriano 23 B R 5' 10" 172 Jun 3, 1964 1st 37 36 37 37 0 0 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $62,500.00
Fred McGriff 23 L L 6' 3" 215 Oct 31, 1963 2 107 88 107 14 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 18 0 $62,500.00
Charlie Moore 34 R R 5' 11" 180 Jun 21, 1953 15 51 35 51 49 0 44 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 0 5 3 $256,000.00
Lloyd Moseby 27 L R 6' 3" 200 Nov 5, 1959 8 155 148 155 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 153 0 0 4 $807,500.00
Rance Mulliniks 31 L R 6' 0" 170 Jan 15, 1956 11 124 92 124 97 0 0 0 0 96 1 0 0 0 0 13 28 0 $475,000.00
Jeff Musselman 24 L L 6' 0" 180 Jun 21, 1963 2 68 0 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $62,500.00
Greg Myers 21 L R 6' 2" 205 Apr 14, 1966 1st 7 2 7 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phil Niekro HOF 48 R R 6' 1" 180 Apr 1, 1939 24 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jose Nunez 23 R R 6' 3" 175 Jan 13, 1964 1st 38 0 1 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mike Sharperson 25 R R 6' 3" 191 Oct 4, 1961 1st 32 30 32 32 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Stark 22 R R 6' 4" 225 Jan 21, 1965 1st 5 3 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Dave Stieb 29 R R 6' 1" 195 Jul 22, 1957 9 34 0 1 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $1,000,000.00
Lou Thornton 24 L R 6' 2" 185 Apr 26, 1963 2 12 0 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 1 8
Willie Upshaw 30 L L 6' 0" 185 Apr 27, 1957 9 150 135 150 146 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 $940,000.00
Duane Ward 23 R R 6' 4" 210 May 28, 1964 2 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
David Wells 24 L L 6' 4" 225 May 20, 1963 1st 18 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ernie Whitt 35 L R 6' 2" 200 Jun 13, 1952 11 135 113 135 131 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 $750,000.00
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

1986 / 1988 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played