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1997 Toronto Blue Jays Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Benito Santiago 32 97 366 341 31 83 10 0 13 42 1 0 17 80 .243 .279 .387 .667 73 132 10 2 1 5 1
2 1B Carlos Delgado* 25 153 595 519 79 136 42 3 30 91 0 3 64 133 .262 .350 .528 .878 127 274 6 8 0 4 9
3 2B Carlos Garcia 29 103 381 350 29 77 18 2 3 23 11 3 15 60 .220 .253 .309 .562 47 108 7 2 10 4 0
4 SS Alex Gonzalez 24 126 478 426 46 102 23 2 12 35 15 6 34 94 .239 .302 .387 .689 80 165 9 5 11 2 1
5 3B Ed Sprague 29 138 562 504 63 115 29 4 14 48 0 1 51 102 .228 .306 .385 .691 80 194 10 6 0 1 0
6 LF Jose Cruz# 23 55 244 212 31 49 7 0 14 34 6 2 28 72 .231 .316 .462 .778 101 98 2 0 0 4 2
7 CF Otis Nixon# 38 103 464 401 54 105 12 1 1 26 47 10 52 54 .262 .343 .304 .647 72 122 10 0 6 5 0
8 RF Orlando Merced# 30 98 420 368 45 98 23 2 9 40 7 3 47 62 .266 .352 .413 .765 101 152 6 3 0 2 1
9 DH Joe Carter 37 157 668 612 76 143 30 4 21 102 8 2 40 105 .234 .284 .399 .683 77 244 12 7 0 9 5
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
10 UT Shawn Green* 24 135 471 429 57 123 22 4 16 53 14 3 36 99 .287 .340 .469 .809 110 201 4 1 1 4 4
11 C Charlie O'Brien 37 69 267 225 22 49 15 1 4 27 0 2 22 45 .218 .311 .347 .657 73 78 6 11 3 6 1
12 CF Shannon Stewart 23 44 193 168 25 48 13 7 0 22 10 3 19 24 .286 .368 .446 .814 113 75 3 4 0 2 1
13 OF Jacob Brumfield 32 58 191 174 22 36 5 1 2 20 4 4 14 31 .207 .268 .282 .550 45 49 4 1 1 1 0
14 2B Mariano Duncan 34 39 176 167 20 38 6 0 0 12 4 2 6 39 .228 .267 .263 .531 40 44 4 3 0 0 0
15 2B Tilson Brito 25 49 139 126 9 28 3 0 0 8 1 0 9 28 .222 .281 .246 .527 40 31 2 2 0 2 0
16 SS Tomas Perez# 23 40 138 123 9 24 3 2 0 9 1 1 11 28 .195 .267 .252 .519 38 31 2 1 3 0 0
17 UT Juan Samuel 36 45 108 95 13 27 5 4 3 15 5 3 10 28 .284 .364 .516 .880 128 49 2 2 1 0 0
18 UT Robert Perez 28 37 78 78 4 15 4 1 2 6 0 0 0 16 .192 .192 .346 .538 38 27 2 0 0 0 0
19 UT Ruben Sierra# 31 14 52 48 4 10 0 2 1 5 0 0 3 13 .208 .250 .354 .604 57 17 0 0 0 1 1
20 3B Tom Evans 22 12 41 38 7 11 2 0 1 2 0 1 2 10 .289 .341 .421 .763 99 16 0 1 0 0 0
21 UT Felipe Crespo# 24 12 31 28 3 8 0 1 1 5 0 0 2 4 .286 .333 .464 .798 107 13 1 0 1 0 0
22 UT Rich Butler* 24 7 16 14 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 3 .286 .375 .357 .732 94 5 0 0 0 0 0
23 C Julio Mosquera 25 3 8 8 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .375 .625 61 3 0 0 0 0 0
24 C Sandy Martinez* 26 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
25 P Pat Hentgen 28 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 P Robert Person 27 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -41 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 P Roger Clemens 34 1 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 1.000 1.667 331 2 0 0 0 0 0
28 P Woody Williams 30 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 164 1 0 0 0 0 0
29 P Paul Spoljaric 26 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 P Paul Quantrill* 28 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Kenny Robinson 27 0 0 0 0
32 P Tim Crabtree 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Bill Risley 30 0 0 0 0
34 P Luis Andujar 24 0 0 0 0
35 P Omar Daal* 25 0 0 0 0
36 P Kelvim Escobar# 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 P Carlos Almanzar 23 0 0 0 0
38 P Dan Plesac* 35 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 P Juan Guzman 30 0 0 0 0
40 P Marty Janzen 24 0 0 0 0
41 P Huck Flener# 28 0 0 0 0
42 P Erik Hanson 32 0 0 0 0
43 P Chris Carpenter 22 0 0 0 0
44 P Mike Timlin 31 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.6 162 6109 5473 654 1333 275 41 147 627 134 50 487 1138 .244 .310 .389 .699 82 2131 102 59 38 52 26
Rank in 14 AL teams 13 14 14 9 1 12 3 9 14 3 14 14 14 14 14
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Pat Hentgen 28 15 10 .600 3.68 35 35 0 9 3 0 264.0 253 116 108 31 71 2 160 7 2 6 1085 123 1.227 8.6 1.1 2.4 5.5 2.25
2 SP Roger Clemens 34 21 7 .750 2.05 34 34 0 9 3 0 264.0 204 65 60 9 68 1 292 12 0 4 1044 221 1.030 7.0 0.3 2.3 10.0 4.29
3 SP Woody Williams 30 9 14 .391 4.35 31 31 0 0 0 0 194.2 201 98 94 31 66 3 124 5 0 7 833 104 1.372 9.3 1.4 3.1 5.7 1.88
4 SP Robert Person 27 5 10 .333 5.61 23 22 0 0 0 0 128.1 125 86 80 19 60 2 99 5 0 7 566 81 1.442 8.8 1.3 4.2 6.9 1.65
5 SP Chris Carpenter 22 3 7 .300 5.09 14 13 1 1 1 0 81.1 108 55 46 7 37 0 55 2 1 7 374 89 1.783 12.0 0.8 4.1 6.1 1.49
6 SP Juan Guzman 30 3 6 .333 4.95 13 13 0 0 0 0 60.0 48 42 33 14 31 0 52 2 0 4 261 91 1.317 7.2 2.1 4.7 7.8 1.68
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
7 CL Kelvim Escobar 21 3 2 .600 2.90 27 0 23 0 0 14 31.0 28 12 10 1 19 2 36 0 0 0 139 156 1.516 8.1 0.3 5.5 10.5 1.89
8 RP Paul Quantrill 28 6 7 .462 1.94 77 0 29 0 0 5 88.0 103 25 19 5 17 3 56 1 0 1 373 233 1.364 10.5 0.5 1.7 5.7 3.29
9 RP Dan Plesac* 35 2 4 .333 3.58 73 0 18 0 0 1 50.1 47 22 20 8 19 4 61 0 0 2 215 127 1.311 8.4 1.4 3.4 10.9 3.21
10 RP Paul Spoljaric* 26 0 3 .000 3.19 37 0 10 0 0 3 48.0 37 17 17 3 21 4 43 2 1 5 198 142 1.208 6.9 0.6 3.9 8.1 2.05
11 RP Mike Timlin 31 3 2 .600 2.87 38 0 26 0 0 9 47.0 41 17 15 6 15 4 36 1 1 1 190 158 1.191 7.9 1.1 2.9 6.9 2.40
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
12 Luis Andujar 24 0 6 .000 6.48 17 8 5 0 0 0 50.0 76 45 36 9 21 1 28 0 0 2 244 70 1.940 13.7 1.6 3.8 5.0 1.33
13 Tim Crabtree 27 3 3 .500 7.08 37 0 16 0 0 2 40.2 65 32 32 7 17 3 26 2 0 4 199 64 2.016 14.4 1.5 3.8 5.8 1.53
14 Omar Daal* 25 1 1 .500 4.00 9 3 0 0 0 0 27.0 34 13 12 3 6 0 28 0 0 1 120 113 1.481 11.3 1.0 2.0 9.3 4.67
15 Marty Janzen 24 2 1 .667 3.60 12 0 6 0 0 0 25.0 23 11 10 4 13 0 17 0 0 0 105 126 1.440 8.3 1.4 4.7 6.1 1.31
16 Huck Flener* 28 0 1 .000 9.87 8 1 3 0 0 0 17.1 40 19 19 3 6 0 9 0 0 2 97 46 2.654 20.8 1.6 3.1 4.7 1.50
17 Erik Hanson 32 0 0 7.80 3 2 1 0 0 0 15.0 15 13 13 3 6 0 18 0 0 1 65 58 1.400 9.0 1.8 3.6 10.8 3.00
18 Bill Risley 30 0 1 .000 8.31 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 3 4 4 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 18 54 1.154 6.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 1.00
19 Kenny Robinson 27 0 0 2.70 3 0 2 0 0 0 3.1 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 11 168 0.600 2.7 2.7 2.7 10.8 4.00
20 Carlos Almanzar 23 0 1 .000 2.70 4 0 2 0 0 0 3.1 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 12 168 0.600 2.7 2.7 2.7 10.8 4.00
Team Totals 28.9 76 86 .469 3.93 162 162 143 19 7 34 1442.2 1453 694 630 167 497 29 1150 39 5 54 6149 115 1.352 9.1 1.0 3.1 7.2 2.31
Rank in 14 AL teams 11 4 3 1 1 11 9 3 3 2 4 2 14437
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Carlos Almanzar 23 4 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Luis Andujar 24 17 8 50.0 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.44 0.47 P
Tilson Brito 25 50 35 340.2 148 53 92 3 23 .980 -0.8 -2.8 -0.8 -1.9 1.1 0 3.83 2.90 2B-3B-SS
Jacob Brumfield 32 52 35 354.2 93 87 6 0 1 1.000 6.4 21.7 4.4 2.6 1.8 2 2.36 1.79 CF-LF-RF-DH
Rich Butler 24 4 3 27.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 13.3 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 1.67 1.25 LF-DH
Chris Carpenter 22 14 13 81.1 13 7 5 1 1 .923 1.33 0.86 P
Joe Carter 37 158 93 802.2 456 429 23 4 24 .991 -3.6 -5.4 -2.6 -2.5 -0.1 -1 0 5.07 2.86 1B-LF-RF-DH
Roger Clemens 34 34 34 264.0 51 11 39 1 1 .980 1.70 1.47 P
Tim Crabtree 27 37 0 40.2 11 3 8 0 1 1.000 2.43 0.30 P
Felipe Crespo 24 10 8 64.0 19 9 9 1 1 .947 -0.5 -9.4 -0.5 -0.8 0.3 0 2.53 1.80 3B-2B-DH
Jose Cruz 23 55 55 485.2 103 98 3 2 1 .981 -2.4 -5.9 -5.4 -1.4 -4.0 3 1.87 1.84 LF-CF
Omar Daal 25 9 3 27.0 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 2.33 0.78 P
Carlos Delgado 25 151 116 1035.2 1041 962 67 12 98 .988 -8.0 -9.3 -9.0 -4.8 -4.2 1 8.94 6.81 1B-DH
Mariano Duncan 34 39 39 332.1 188 74 111 3 24 .984 3.8 13.7 2.8 2.6 0.2 1 5.01 4.74 2B
Kelvim Escobar 21 27 0 31.0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 0.58 0.07 P
Tom Evans 22 12 11 98.0 36 9 24 3 1 .917 0.1 1.2 0.1 -2.0 2.1 0 3.03 2.75 3B
Huck Flener 28 8 1 17.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Carlos Garcia 29 105 93 847.1 437 171 256 10 51 .977 -10.5 -14.9 -9.5 -3.9 -5.6 -1 4.54 4.07 2B-SS-3B
Alex Gonzalez 24 125 125 1102.1 558 209 341 8 77 .986 10.0 10.9 10.0 3.0 7.0 0 4.49 4.40 SS
Shawn Green 24 126 81 731.1 182 173 6 3 2 .984 -0.8 -1.3 -4.8 -3.1 -1.7 4 2.20 1.42 RF-LF-DH
Juan Guzman 30 13 13 60.0 11 1 7 3 0 .727 1.20 0.62 P
Erik Hanson 32 3 2 15.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Pat Hentgen 28 35 35 264.0 54 19 34 1 1 .981 1.81 1.51 P
Marty Janzen 24 12 0 25.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.44 0.33 P
Sandy Martinez 26 3 1 12.2 15 12 2 1 0 .933 -1.0 -94.7 -1 9.95 4.67 0 2 3 1 25% C
Orlando Merced 30 98 94 830.0 206 193 10 3 4 .985 11.2 16.2 7.2 4.4 2.8 4 0 2.20 2.07 RF-1B-DH
Julio Mosquera 25 3 2 18.1 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.89 4.00 0 1 1 1 50% C
Otis Nixon 38 103 102 892.0 256 254 1 1 0 .996 -2.6 -3.5 -1.6 -0.2 -1.4 -1 2.57 2.48 CF-DH
Charlie O'Brien 37 69 66 592.1 587 543 41 3 8 .995 16.0 32.4 16 8.87 8.46 4 10 25 31 55% C
Robert Perez 28 33 16 153.0 35 35 0 0 0 1.000 2.1 16.5 2.1 1.2 0.9 0 2.06 1.06 LF-RF-DH
Tomas Perez 23 40 39 333.2 184 58 123 3 25 .984 2.9 10.4 1.9 2.1 -0.2 1 4.88 4.53 SS-2B
Robert Person 27 23 22 128.1 13 4 8 1 1 .923 0.84 0.52 P
Dan Plesac 35 73 0 50.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.18 0.01 P
Paul Quantrill 28 77 0 88.0 21 1 17 3 3 .857 1.84 0.23 P
Bill Risley 30 3 0 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Kenny Robinson 27 3 0 3.1 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 8.10 1.00 P
Juan Samuel 36 37 12 130.1 48 34 14 0 7 1.000 -1.6 -14.7 -1.6 -1.0 -0.6 0 0 3.31 1.30 3B-1B-2B-RF-DH
Benito Santiago 32 96 93 819.1 663 621 40 2 10 .997 5.0 7.3 5 7.26 6.89 7 41 48 31 39% C-DH
Ruben Sierra 31 14 7 65.0 14 13 0 1 0 .929 0.5 9.2 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 1.80 0.93 LF-RF-DH
Paul Spoljaric 26 37 0 48.0 14 4 10 0 1 1.000 2.62 0.38 P
Ed Sprague 29 137 129 1120.1 326 106 202 18 19 .945 -7.4 -7.9 -7.4 2.5 -9.9 0 2.47 2.25 3B-DH
Shannon Stewart 23 43 41 352.2 100 97 1 2 0 .980 -7.5 -25.5 -6.5 -3.3 -3.2 -1 2.50 2.28 CF-LF-DH
Mike Timlin 31 38 0 47.0 13 5 8 0 2 1.000 2.49 0.34 P
Woody Williams 30 31 31 194.2 20 9 10 1 0 .950 0.88 0.61 P
Team Totals 29.3 162 1458 12984.0 5958 4328 1536 94 389 .984 11.6 1.1 -20.4 -6.0 -14.4 10 2 20 4.06 2.85 11 54 77 64 45%
Rank in 14 AL teams 11 9 4
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

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