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1997 Toronto Blue Jays (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996/1998)
76-86, Finished 5th in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 654 runs, Allowed 694 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-85
Managed by Cito Gaston and Mel Queen

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

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Benito Santiago     32   97  341   31   83  10  0  13   42  17   80  .243  .279  .387   1   0  10   2   1   5   1   73
1B *Carlos Delgado      25  153  519   79  136  42  3  30   91  64  133  .262  .350  .528   0   3   6   8   0   4   9  127
2B  Carlos Garcia       29  103  350   29   77  18  2   3   23  15   60  .220  .253  .309  11   3   7   2  10   4   0   47
3B  Ed Sprague          29  138  504   63  115  29  4  14   48  51  102  .228  .306  .385   0   1  10   6   0   1   0   80
SS  Alex Gonzalez       24  126  426   46  102  23  2  12   35  34   94  .239  .302  .387  15   6   9   5  11   2   1   80
LF #Jose Cruz           23   55  212   31   49   7  0  14   34  28   72  .231  .316  .462   6   2   2   0   0   4   2  101
CF #Otis Nixon          38  103  401   54  105  12  1   1   26  52   54  .262  .343  .304  47  10  10   0   6   5   0   72
RF #Orlando Merced      30   98  368   45   98  23  2   9   40  47   62  .266  .352  .413   7   3   6   3   0   2   1  101
DH  Joe Carter          37  157  612   76  143  30  4  21  102  40  105  .234  .284  .399   8   2  12   7   0   9   5   77
   *Shawn Green         24  135  429   57  123  22  4  16   53  36   99  .287  .340  .469  14   3   4   1   1   4   4  110
    Charlie O'Brien     37   69  225   22   49  15  1   4   27  22   45  .218  .311  .347   0   2   6  11   3   6   1   73
    Jacob Brumfield     32   58  174   22   36   5  1   2   20  14   31  .207  .268  .282   4   4   4   1   1   1   0   45
    Shannon Stewart     23   44  168   25   48  13  7   0   22  19   24  .286  .368  .446  10   3   3   4   0   2   1  113
    Mariano Duncan      34   39  167   20   38   6  0   0   12   6   39  .228  .267  .263   4   2   4   3   0   0   0   40
    Tilson Brito        25   49  126    9   28   3  0   0    8   9   28  .222  .281  .246   1   0   2   2   0   2   0   40
   #Tomas Perez         23   40  123    9   24   3  2   0    9  11   28  .195  .267  .252   1   1   2   1   3   0   0   38
    Juan Samuel         36   45   95   13   27   5  4   3   15  10   28  .284  .364  .516   5   3   2   2   1   0   0  128
    Robert Perez        28   37   78    4   15   4  1   2    6   0   16  .192  .192  .346   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   38
   #Ruben Sierra        31   14   48    4   10   0  2   1    5   3   13  .208  .250  .354   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   57
    Tom Evans           22   12   38    7   11   2  0   1    2   2   10  .289  .341  .421   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   99
   #Felipe Crespo       24   12   28    3    8   0  1   1    5   2    4  .286  .333  .464   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  107
   *Rich Butler         24    7   14    3    4   1  0   0    2   2    3  .286  .375  .357   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   94
    Julio Mosquera      25    3    8    0    2   1  0   0    0   0    2  .250  .250  .375   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   61
   *Sandy Martinez      26    3    2    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .333  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   -2

    Pat Hentgen         28    2    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Robert Person       27    2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .200  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -41
    Roger Clemens       34    1    2    1    1   1  0   0    0   1    0  .500  .667 1.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  331
    Woody Williams      30    1    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  164
   *Paul Quantrill      28    4    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Paul Spoljaric      26   37    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.5  162 5473  654 1333 275 41 147  627 487 1138  .244  .305  .389 134  50 102  59  38  52  26   83
    Rank among 14 AL teams        13   14   14   9  1  12       14    3    14    14    14   3   9                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Pat Hentgen         28  35   3.68  15  10  0  35   0   9   3  264.0  253  116  108  31   71  160 1085   6   7  2   2 123
SP  Roger Clemens       34  34   2.05  21   7  0  34   0   9   3  264.0  204   65   60   9   68  292 1044   4  12  0   1 221
SP  Woody Williams      30  31   4.35   9  14  0  31   0   0   0  194.7  201   98   94  31   66  124  833   7   5  0   3 104
SP  Robert Person       27  23   5.61   5  10  0  22   0   0   0  128.3  125   86   80  19   60   99  566   7   5  0   2  81
SP  Chris Carpenter     22  14   5.09   3   7  0  13   1   1   1   81.3  108   55   46   7   37   55  374   7   2  1   0  89
SP  Juan Guzman         30  13   4.95   3   6  0  13   0   0   0   60.0   48   42   33  14   31   52  261   4   2  0   0  91

CL  Kelvim Escobar      21  27   2.90   3   2 14   0  23   0   0   31.0   28   12   10   1   19   36  139   0   0  0   2 156
RP  Paul Quantrill      28  77   1.94   6   7  5   0  29   0   0   88.0  103   25   19   5   17   56  373   1   1  0   3 233
RP *Dan Plesac          35  73   3.58   2   4  1   0  18   0   0   50.3   47   22   20   8   19   61  215   2   0  0   4 127
RP  Mike Timlin         31  38   2.87   3   2  9   0  26   0   0   47.0   41   17   15   6   15   36  190   1   1  1   4 158
RP  Tim Crabtree        27  37   7.08   3   3  2   0  16   0   0   40.7   65   32   32   7   17   26  199   4   2  0   3  64

    Luis Andujar        24  17   6.48   0   6  0   8   5   0   0   50.0   76   45   36   9   21   28  244   2   0  0   1  70
   *Paul Spoljaric      26  37   3.19   0   3  3   0  10   0   0   48.0   37   17   17   3   21   43  198   5   2  1   4 142
   *Omar Daal           25   9   4.00   1   1  0   3   0   0   0   27.0   34   13   12   3    6   28  120   1   0  0   0 113
    Marty Janzen        24  12   3.60   2   1  0   0   6   0   0   25.0   23   11   10   4   13   17  105   0   0  0   0 126
   *Huck Flener         28   8   9.87   0   1  0   1   3   0   0   17.3   40   19   19   3    6    9   97   2   0  0   0  46
    Erik Hanson         32   3   7.80   0   0  0   2   1   0   0   15.0   15   13   13   3    6   18   65   1   0  0   0  58
    Bill Risley         30   3   8.31   0   1  0   0   1   0   0    4.3    3    4    4   2    2    2   18   0   0  0   0  54
    Kenny Robinson      27   3   2.70   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    3.3    1    1    1   1    1    4   11   0   0  0   0 168
    Carlos Almanzar     23   4   2.70   0   1  0   0   2   0   0    3.3    1    1    1   1    1    4   12   0   0  0   0 168
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.8 162   3.92  76  86 34 162 143  19  16 1442.0 1453  694  628 167  497 1150 6149  54  39  5  29 115
    Rank among 14 AL teams          3  11   4 11           1   1      9    3    3        4    2    3
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- BSantiago 819 93 95 621 40 2 10 .997 7 41 48 31 CO'Brien 592 66 69 543 41 3 8 .995 4 10 25 31 JMosquera 18 2 3 11 1 0 0 1.000 0 1 1 1 SMartinez 12 1 3 12 2 1 0 .933 0 2 3 1 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1442 162 162 1187 84 6 18 .995 11 54 77 64 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.31 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CDelgado 1035 116 119 962 67 12 98 .988 8.94 JCarter 372 42 42 325 22 1 24 .997 8.40 JSamuel 32 4 7 21 1 0 4 1.000 6.19 OMerced 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1442 162 162 1311 90 13 126 .991 8.74 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *4.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CGarcia 821 93 96 168 253 8 50 .981 4.61 MDuncan 332 39 39 74 111 3 24 .984 5.01 TBrito 198 22 25 28 65 1 14 .989 4.21 TPerez 63 7 8 15 32 2 3 .959 6.71 JSamuel 18 0 4 7 6 0 1 1.000 6.50 FCrespo 9 1 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1442 162 162 293 470 14 92 .982 4.76 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 *2.67 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ESprague 1120 129 129 106 202 18 19 .945 2.47 TEvans 98 11 12 9 24 3 1 .917 3.03 TBrito 91 8 17 12 14 0 3 1.000 2.57 JSamuel 71 7 9 3 7 0 2 1.000 1.26 FCrespo 55 7 7 8 6 1 1 .933 2.29 CGarcia 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1442 162 162 138 253 22 26 .947 2.44 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *4.55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AGonzalez 1102 125 125 209 341 8 77 .986 4.49 TPerez 270 32 32 43 91 1 22 .993 4.46 TBrito 51 5 8 13 13 2 6 .929 4.59 CGarcia 18 0 5 3 3 2 1 .750 2.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1442 162 162 268 448 13 106 .982 4.47 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.06 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JCruz 450 51 51 93 3 2 1 .980 1.92 JCarter 340 41 41 87 0 3 0 .967 2.30 SGreen 337 37 45 84 0 1 0 .988 2.24 JBrumfield 115 11 14 29 2 0 1 1.000 2.41 RPerez 107 12 17 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.60 RSierra 54 6 6 12 0 1 0 .923 2.00 RButler 27 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 SStewart 10 1 2 4 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1442 162 162 333 6 7 2 .980 2.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 *2.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ONixon 892 102 102 254 1 1 0 .996 2.57 SStewart 342 40 40 93 0 2 0 .979 2.44 JBrumfield 173 16 24 49 1 0 0 1.000 2.60 JCruz 35 4 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1442 162 162 401 2 3 0 .993 2.52 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- OMerced 827 94 96 190 10 3 4 .985 2.18 SGreen 393 44 46 89 6 2 2 .979 2.17 JCarter 90 10 10 17 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 JBrumfield 66 8 10 9 3 0 0 1.000 1.64 RPerez 46 4 9 16 0 0 0 1.000 3.13 RSierra 11 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82 JSamuel 9 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1442 162 162 325 20 5 6 .986 2.15 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *2.32 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- ONixon 892 102 102 253 1 1 0 .996 2.56 OMerced 827 94 96 190 10 3 4 .985 2.18 SGreen 731 81 91 173 6 3 3 .984 2.20 JCruz 485 55 55 100 3 2 1 .981 1.91 JCarter 430 51 51 104 1 3 0 .972 2.19 JBrumfield 354 35 47 87 6 0 1 1.000 2.36 SStewart 352 41 42 96 1 2 0 .980 2.48 RPerez 153 16 25 37 0 0 0 1.000 2.18 RSierra 65 7 7 13 0 1 0 .929 1.80 RButler 27 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 JSamuel 9 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1442 162 162 1061 28 15 9 .986 2.27 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 *1.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PHentgen 264 35 35 19 34 1 1 .981 1.81 RClemens 264 34 34 11 39 1 1 .980 1.70 WWilliams 194 31 31 9 10 1 0 .950 0.88 RPerson 128 22 23 4 8 1 1 .923 0.84 PQuantrill 88 0 77 1 17 3 3 .857 1.84 CCarpenter 81 13 14 7 5 1 1 .923 1.33 JGuzman 60 13 13 1 7 3 0 .727 1.20 DPlesac 50 0 73 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.18 LAndujar 50 8 17 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.44 PSpoljaric 48 0 37 4 10 0 1 1.000 2.62 MTimlin 47 0 38 5 8 0 2 1.000 2.49 TCrabtree 40 0 37 3 8 0 1 1.000 2.43 KEscobar 31 0 27 0 2 0 1 1.000 0.58 ODaal 27 3 9 3 4 0 0 1.000 2.33 MJanzen 25 0 12 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.44 HFlener 17 1 8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 EHanson 15 2 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BRisley 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 CAlmanzar 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 KRobinson 3 0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 8.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1442 162 162 72 163 11 13 .955 1.47 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- JCarter 65 SGreen 35 CDelgado 32 JSamuel 15 ESprague 8 RPerez 7 RSierra 6 JBrumfield 4 FCrespo 2 RButler 1 OMerced 1 ONixon 1 BSantiago 1 SStewart 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting Average Delgado .262

On-base % Delgado .350

Slugging % Delgado .528

OPS Delgado .878

Games Carter 157

At Bats Carter 612

Plate Appearances (approx.) Carter 668

Runs Delgado 79

Hits Carter 143

Total Bases Delgado 274

Doubles Delgado 42

Triples Stewart 7

Home Runs Delgado 30

RBI Carter 102

Bases on Balls Delgado 64

Strikeouts Delgado 133

Stolen Bases Nixon 47

Singles Nixon 91

Adjusted OPS+ Delgado 127

Runs Created Delgado 98

Adjusted Batting Runs Delgado 20

Batting Wins Delgado 1.9

Extra-Base Hits Delgado 75

Times on Base Delgado 208

Offensive Win% Delgado .612

Hit By Pitch O'Brien 11

Sac. Hits Gonzalez 11

Sac. Flies Carter 9

Intentional Walks Delgado 9

Grounded into Double Plays Carter 12

Caught Stealing Nixon 10

Power/Speed Number Green 14.9

At Bats per Strikeout Carter 5.8

At Bats per Home Run Delgado 17.3

Outs Carter 492

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ERA Clemens 2.05

Wins Clemens 21

Won-Loss % Clemens .750

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Clemens 1.030

Hits Allowed/9IP Clemens 6.95

Bases on Balls/9IP Clemens 2.32

Strikeouts/9IP Clemens 9.95

Games Quantrill 77

Saves Escobar 14

Innings Clemens and Hentgen 264.0

Strikeouts Clemens 292

Games Started Hentgen 35

Comp. Games Clemens and Hentgen 9

Shutouts Clemens and Hentgen 3

Home Runs Allow. Hentgen and Williams 31

Bases On Balls Allow. Hentgen 71

Hits Allowed Hentgen 253

SO to Walk Clemens 4.29

Losses Williams 14

Earned Runs Allow. Hentgen 108

Wild Pitches Carpenter, Person, and Williams 7

Hit Batsmen Clemens 12

Batters Faced Hentgen 1085

Games Finished Quantrill 29

Adjusted ERA+ Clemens 221

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Salaries

Roger Clemens $ 8,400,000

Joe Carter $ 6,500,000

Juan Guzman $ 4,000,000

Erik Hanson $ 3,533,333

Pat Hentgen $ 3,300,000

Orlando Merced $ 2,700,000

Carlos Garcia $ 2,550,000

Otis Nixon $ 2,500,000

Benito Santiago $ 2,500,000

Ed Sprague $ 1,900,000

Mike Timlin $ 1,300,000

Jacob Brumfield $ 1,050,000

Mariano Duncan $ 870,000

Dan Plesac $ 800,000

Paul Quantrill $ 700,000

Charlie O'Brien $ 625,000

Carlos Delgado $ 500,000

Alex Gonzalez $ 500,000

Shawn Green $ 500,000

Woody Williams $ 387,500

Bill Risley $ 380,000

Juan Samuel $ 375,000

Tim Crabtree $ 245,000

Robert Perez $ 185,000

Tomas Perez $ 185,000

Robert Person $ 185,000

Paul Spoljaric $ 185,000

Luis Andujar $ 170,000

Tilson Brito $ 160,000

Felipe Crespo $ 160,000

Shannon Stewart $ 154,000

Chris Carpenter $ 150,000

Jose Cruz $ 150,000

Kelvim Escobar $ 150,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
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