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1997 Toronto Blue Jays

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996 / 1998

76-86, Finished 5th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Cito Gaston (72-85) and Mel Queen (4-1)
Scored 654 runs, Allowed 694 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-85

Ballparks: SkyDome · Attendance: 2,589,297 (6th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99

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1996 / 1998 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
Carlos Almanzar 23 R R 6' 2" 166 Nov 6, 1973 1st 4 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Luis Andujar 24 R R 6' 2" 175 Nov 22, 1972 3 17 8 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $170,000
Tilson Brito 25 R R 6' 0" 170 May 28, 1972 2 49 35 49 49 0 0 0 25 17 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.7 $160,000
Jacob Brumfield 32 R R 6' 0" 170 May 27, 1965 6 58 37 58 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 24 10 48 4 9 3 -0.3 $1,050,000
Rich Butler 24 L R 6' 1" 180 May 1, 1973 1st 7 4 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 3 0 0.1 $
Chris Carpenter 22 R R 6' 6" 230 Apr 27, 1975 1st 14 13 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $150,000
Joe Carter 37 R R 6' 3" 215 Mar 7, 1960 15 157 157 157 93 0 0 42 0 0 0 41 0 10 51 64 0 0 -1.2 $6,500,000
Roger Clemens 34 R R 6' 4" 205 Aug 4, 1962 14 34 34 1 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.5 $8,400,000 All-Star
Tim Crabtree 27 R R 6' 4" 205 Oct 13, 1969 3 37 0 2 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $245,000
Felipe Crespo 24 B R 5' 11" 195 Mar 5, 1973 2 12 8 12 8 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0.0 $160,000
Jose Cruz 23 B R 6' 0" 190 Apr 19, 1974 1st 55 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 4 0 55 0 0 0 0.3 $150,000
Omar Daal 25 L L 6' 3" 160 Mar 1, 1972 5 9 3 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Carlos Delgado 25 L R 6' 3" 215 Jun 25, 1972 5 153 137 153 119 0 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 15 1 1.2 $500,000
Mariano Duncan 34 R R 6' 0" 160 Mar 13, 1963 12 39 39 39 39 0 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Kelvim Escobar 21 R R 6' 1" 205 Apr 11, 1976 1st 27 0 1 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $150,000
Tom Evans 22 R R 6' 1" 200 Jul 9, 1974 1st 12 11 12 12 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Huck Flener 28 B L 5' 11" 175 Feb 25, 1969 3 8 1 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Carlos Garcia 29 R R 6' 1" 185 Oct 15, 1967 8 103 93 103 103 0 0 0 96 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 -2.3 $2,550,000
Alex Gonzalez 24 R R 6' 0" 180 Apr 8, 1973 4 126 125 126 125 0 0 0 0 0 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.7 $500,000
Shawn Green 24 L L 6' 4" 190 Nov 10, 1972 5 135 114 135 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 0 46 91 35 17 0 1.6 $500,000
Juan Guzman 30 R R 5' 11" 190 Oct 28, 1966 7 13 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $4,000,000
Erik Hanson 32 R R 6' 6" 210 May 18, 1965 10 3 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $3,533,333
Pat Hentgen 28 R R 6' 2" 210 Nov 13, 1968 7 35 35 2 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.4 $3,300,000 All-Star
Marty Janzen 24 R R 6' 3" 197 May 31, 1973 2 12 0 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Sandy Martinez 26 L R 6' 2" 200 Oct 8, 1970 3 3 1 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.1 $
Orlando Merced 30 B R 6' 0" 180 Nov 2, 1966 8 98 95 98 96 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 96 96 1 3 0 2.0 $2,700,000
Julio Mosquera 25 R R 6' 0" 185 Jan 29, 1972 2 3 2 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Otis Nixon 38 B R 6' 2" 180 Jan 9, 1959 15 103 103 103 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 102 0 102 1 0 0 0.5 $2,500,000
Charlie O'Brien 37 R R 6' 2" 195 May 1, 1960 12 69 66 69 69 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $625,000
Robert Perez 28 R R 6' 3" 205 Jun 4, 1969 4 37 20 37 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 9 26 7 8 4 -0.5 $185,000
Tomas Perez 23 B R 5' 11" 185 Dec 29, 1973 3 40 39 40 40 0 0 0 8 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $185,000
Robert Person 27 R R 6' 0" 180 Oct 6, 1969 3 23 22 2 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $185,000
Dan Plesac 35 L L 6' 5" 205 Feb 4, 1962 12 73 0 3 73 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $800,000
Paul Quantrill 28 L R 6' 1" 175 Nov 3, 1968 6 77 0 4 77 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 $700,000
Bill Risley 30 R R 6' 2" 215 May 29, 1967 6 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $380,000
Ken Robinson 27 R R 5' 9" 175 Nov 3, 1969 3 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Juan Samuel 36 R R 5' 11" 170 Dec 9, 1960 15 45 26 45 22 0 0 7 4 9 0 0 0 2 2 15 7 8 0.1 $375,000
Benito Santiago 32 R R 6' 1" 180 Mar 9, 1965 12 97 94 97 95 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.7 $2,500,000
Ruben Sierra 31 B R 6' 1" 175 Oct 6, 1965 12 14 13 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 8 6 1 0 -0.1 $
Paul Spoljaric 26 R L 6' 3" 205 Sep 24, 1970 3 37 0 2 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $185,000
Ed Sprague 29 R R 6' 2" 215 Jul 25, 1967 7 138 137 138 129 0 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 -0.2 $1,900,000
Shannon Stewart 23 R R 6' 0" 175 Feb 25, 1974 3 44 41 44 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 40 0 42 1 3 0 0.3 $154,000
Mike Timlin 31 R R 6' 4" 205 Mar 10, 1966 7 38 0 0 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $1,300,000
Woody Williams 30 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 19, 1966 5 31 31 1 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 $387,500
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.

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Tomas Perez
Otis Nixon
Felipe Crespo
Jacob Brumfield
Orlando Merced
Shannon Stewart
Alex Gonzalez
Juan Samuel

Tilson Brito
Rich Butler
Carlos Garcia
Ruben Sierra
Shawn Green
Robert Perez
Benito Santiago
Dan Plesac
Woody Williams

Roger Clemens
Charlie O'Brien
Jose Cruz
Mariano Duncan
Paul Spoljaric
Carlos Delgado
Tom Evans
Joe Carter
Woody Williams

Robert Person
Ed Sprague
Sandy Martinez
Marty Janzen
Tim Crabtree
Huck Flener
Erik Hanson
Carlos Almanzar
Mike Timlin

Pat Hentgen
Joe Carter
Kelvim Escobar
Julio Mosquera
Paul Quantrill
Luis Andujar
Chris Carpenter
Ken Robinson

Omar Daal
Woody Williams
Bill Risley
Juan Guzman

1996 / 1998 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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