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1997 Toronto Blue Jays Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996 / 1998)
76-86, Finished 5th in AL East
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Scored 654 runs, Allowed 694 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-85
Manager: Cito Gaston (72-85) and Mel Queen (4-1)
Ballpark: Skydome (ballparks.com)
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 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
Carlos Almanzar 23 R R 6' 2" 166 Nov 6, 1973 1st 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Luis Andujar 24 R R 6' 2" 175 Nov 22, 1972 3 17 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $170,000.00
Tilson Brito 25 R R 6' 0" 175 May 28, 1972 2 49 35 49 49 0 0 0 25 17 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $160,000.00
Jacob Brumfield 32 R R 6' 0" 185 May 27, 1965 6 58 37 58 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 24 10 47 2 9 3 $1,050,000.00
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
Chris Carpenter 22 R R 6' 6" 215 Apr 27, 1975 1st 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
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 $6,500,000.00
Roger Clemens 34 R R 6' 4" 220 Aug 4, 1962 14 34 1 1 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $8,400,000.00 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 $245,000.00
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 0 3 1 $160,000.00
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 $150,000.00
Omar Daal 25 L L 6' 3" 175 Mar 1, 1972 5 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carlos Delgado 25 L R 6' 3" 220 Jun 25, 1972 5 153 137 153 119 0 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 15 1 $500,000.00
Mariano Duncan 34 R R 6' 0" 185 Mar 13, 1963 12 39 39 39 39 0 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kelvim Escobar 21 B 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 $150,000.00
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
Huck Flener 28 B L 5' 11" 185 Feb 25, 1969 3 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 $2,550,000.00
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 $500,000.00
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 33 17 0 $500,000.00
Juan Guzman 30 R R 5' 11" 195 Oct 28, 1966 7 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,000,000.00
Erik Hanson 32 R R 6' 6" 210 May 18, 1965 10 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,533,333.00
Pat Hentgen 28 R R 6' 2" 200 Nov 13, 1968 7 35 2 2 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,300,000.00 All-Star
Marty Janzen 24 R R 6' 3" 197 May 31, 1973 2 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Orlando Merced 30 B R 5' 11" 170 Nov 2, 1966 8 98 95 98 96 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 96 96 1 3 0 $2,700,000.00
Julio Mosquera 25 R R 6' 0" 165 Jan 29, 1972 2 3 2 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 $2,500,000.00
Charlie O'Brien 37 R R 6' 2" 190 May 1, 1960 12 69 66 69 69 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $625,000.00
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 25 4 8 4 $185,000.00
Tomas Perez 23 B R 5' 11" 165 Dec 29, 1973 3 40 39 40 40 0 0 0 8 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $185,000.00
Robert Person 27 R R 5' 11" 180 Oct 6, 1969 3 23 2 2 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $185,000.00
Dan Plesac 35 L L 6' 5" 215 Feb 4, 1962 12 73 0 3 73 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $800,000.00
Paul Quantrill 28 L R 6' 1" 185 Nov 3, 1968 6 77 0 4 77 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $700,000.00
Bill Risley 30 R R 6' 2" 215 May 29, 1967 6 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $380,000.00
Kenny Robinson 27 R R 5' 7" 175 Nov 3, 1969 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 14 7 8 $375,000.00
Benito Santiago 32 R R 6' 1" 182 Mar 9, 1965 12 97 94 97 95 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 $2,500,000.00
Ruben Sierra 31 B R 6' 1" 200 Oct 6, 1965 12 14 13 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 7 6 1 0
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 $185,000.00
Ed Sprague 29 R R 6' 2" 210 Jul 25, 1967 7 138 137 138 129 0 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 $1,900,000.00
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 0 3 0 $154,000.00
Mike Timlin 31 R R 6' 4" 210 Mar 10, 1966 7 38 0 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,300,000.00
Woody Williams 30 R R 6' 0" 190 Aug 19, 1966 5 31 1 1 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $387,500.00
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.

1996 / 1998 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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