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1987 Toronto Blue Jays

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1986 / 1988

96-66, Finished 2nd in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jimy Williams (96-66)
Scored 845 runs, Allowed 655 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 100-62

Ballparks: Exhibition Stadium · 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 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
Jesse Barfield 27 R R 6' 1" 200 Oct 29, 1959 7 159 146 159 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 153 166 0 6 4 4.6 $1,525,000
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 5.0 $1,175,000 All-Star
Juan Beniquez 37 R R 5' 11" 150 May 13, 1950 16 39 18 39 9 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 4 7 14 19 0 -0.1 $
John Cerutti 27 L L 6' 2" 195 Apr 28, 1960 3 44 21 0 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $115,000
Jim Clancy 31 R R 6' 4" 220 Dec 18, 1955 11 37 37 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.5 $850,000
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 0.1 $
Rob Ducey 22 L R 6' 2" 175 May 24, 1965 1st 34 10 34 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 11 3 31 1 4 7 0.1 $
Mark Eichhorn 26 R R 6' 4" 200 Nov 21, 1960 3 89 0 0 89 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $165,500
Tony Fernandez 25 B R 6' 2" 165 Jun 30, 1962 5 146 142 146 146 0 0 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.0 $400,000 All-Star
Cecil Fielder 23 R R 6' 3" 230 Sep 21, 1963 3 82 49 82 17 0 0 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 52 33 0 0.4 $78,500
Mike Flanagan 35 L L 6' 0" 185 Dec 16, 1951 13 7 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $
Don Gordon 27 R R 6' 1" 175 Oct 10, 1959 2 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $71,500
Kelly Gruber 25 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 26, 1962 4 138 83 138 133 0 0 0 8 119 21 0 2 0 2 1 18 16 0.8 $96,000
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 3.4 $331,000 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 5 17 7 -0.7 $380,000
Joe Johnson 25 R R 6' 2" 195 Oct 30, 1961 3 14 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Jimmy Key 26 R L 6' 1" 185 Apr 22, 1961 4 36 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.6 $554,391
Gary Lavelle 38 B L 6' 2" 190 Jan 3, 1949 13 23 0 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $62,500
Rick Leach 30 L L 6' 1" 180 May 4, 1957 7 98 47 98 47 0 0 5 0 0 0 21 0 22 43 30 40 0 0.8 $259,110
Manuel Lee 22 B R 5' 10" 145 Jun 17, 1965 3 56 32 56 50 0 0 0 27 0 26 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 0.3 $
Nelson Liriano 23 B R 5' 10" 165 Jun 3, 1964 1st 37 36 37 37 0 0 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.6 $62,500
Fred McGriff 23 L L 6' 3" 200 Oct 31, 1963 2 107 88 107 14 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 18 0 1.4 $62,500
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 -0.4 $256,000
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 2 0 4 3.5 $807,500
Rance Mulliniks 31 L R 5' 11" 162 Jan 15, 1956 11 124 92 124 97 0 0 0 0 96 1 0 0 0 0 22 28 0 2.4 $475,000
Jeff Musselman 24 L L 6' 0" 180 Jun 21, 1963 2 68 1 0 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $62,500
Greg Myers 21 L R 6' 1" 200 Apr 14, 1966 1st 7 2 7 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Phil Niekro HOF 48 R R 6' 1" 180 Apr 1, 1939 24 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $93,400
Jose Nunez 23 R R 6' 3" 175 Jan 13, 1964 1st 38 9 1 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 $62,500
Mike Sharperson 25 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 4, 1961 1st 32 30 32 32 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
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 -0.5 $
Dave Stieb 29 R R 6' 0" 185 Jul 22, 1957 9 34 31 1 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2.1 $1,000,000
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 6 1 8 -0.1 $
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 1.6 $940,000
Duane Ward 23 R R 6' 4" 185 May 28, 1964 2 12 1 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
David Wells 24 L L 6' 3" 187 May 20, 1963 1st 18 2 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
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 2.8 $750,000
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
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Tony Fernandez

Nelson Liriano

Manuel Lee

Rance Mulliniks

Juan Beniquez

Rick Leach

Mike Sharperson

George Bell

Ernie Whitt

Jeff Musselman

Alexis Infante

Lloyd Moseby

Garth Iorg

Kelly Gruber

Jim Clancy

Fred McGriff

Charlie Moore

Jimmy Key

Cecil Fielder

Willie Upshaw

Jeff DeWillis

Lou Thornton

Jesse Barfield

Duane Ward

Joe Johnson

Jeff Musselman
Phil Niekro

David Wells

Dave Stieb

Mark Eichhorn

Don Gordon

Rob Ducey

Jose Nunez

Mike Flanagan
Gary Lavelle

Matt Stark

Tom Henke

Greg Myers

John Cerutti

1986 / 1988 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers