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1998 Toronto Blue Jays

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1997 / 1999

88-74, Finished 3rd in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Tim Johnson (88-74)
Scored 816 runs, Allowed 768 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-77

Ballparks: SkyDome · Attendance: 2,454,303 (8th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98

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1997 / 1999 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 24 R R 6' 2" 166 Nov 6, 1973 2 25 0 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $172,500
Luis Andujar 25 R R 6' 2" 175 Nov 22, 1972 4 5 0 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Kevin Brown 25 R R 6' 2" 200 Apr 21, 1973 3 52 32 52 52 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.3 $170,000
Jose Canseco 33 R R 6' 4" 240 Jul 2, 1964 14 151 151 151 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 0 26 76 78 0 0 1.2 $2,125,000
Chris Carpenter 23 R R 6' 6" 230 Apr 27, 1975 2 33 24 1 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $190,000
Roger Clemens 35 R R 6' 4" 205 Aug 4, 1962 15 33 33 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.5 $8,550,000 All-Star
Felipe Crespo 25 B R 5' 11" 195 Mar 5, 1973 3 66 27 66 53 0 0 1 8 2 0 19 1 24 44 2 16 7 0.0 $185,000
Jose Cruz 24 B R 6' 0" 190 Apr 19, 1974 2 105 96 105 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 103 0 109 0 1 2 1.5 $325,000
Mark Dalesandro 30 R R 6' 0" 185 May 14, 1968 3 32 14 32 28 0 18 2 0 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 1 0.1 $185,000
Carlos Delgado 26 L R 6' 3" 215 Jun 25, 1972 6 142 142 142 141 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5.2 $2,400,000
Kelvim Escobar 22 R R 6' 1" 205 Apr 11, 1976 2 22 10 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $220,000
Tom Evans 23 R R 6' 1" 200 Jul 9, 1974 2 7 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Tony Fernandez 36 B R 6' 2" 165 Jun 30, 1962 15 138 134 138 135 0 0 0 82 54 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 2.6 $2,000,000
Darrin Fletcher 31 L R 6' 2" 195 Oct 3, 1966 10 124 115 124 121 0 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 1.0 $1,475,000
Alex Gonzalez 25 R R 6' 0" 180 Apr 8, 1973 5 158 157 158 158 0 0 0 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $1,497,500
Craig Grebeck 33 R R 5' 8" 160 Dec 29, 1964 9 102 83 102 101 0 0 0 91 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0.6 $415,000
Shawn Green 25 L L 6' 4" 190 Nov 10, 1972 6 158 147 158 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 128 160 0 2 1 3.1 $1,475,000
Juan Guzman 31 R R 5' 11" 190 Oct 28, 1966 8 22 22 1 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $5,000,000
Roy Halladay 21 R R 6' 6" 230 May 14, 1977 1st 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Erik Hanson 33 R R 6' 6" 210 May 18, 1965 11 11 8 1 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $3,533,333
Pat Hentgen 29 R R 6' 2" 210 Nov 13, 1968 8 29 29 2 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $3,250,000
Pat Lennon 30 R R 6' 2" 200 Apr 27, 1968 5 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0.0 $
Randy Myers 35 L L 6' 1" 190 Sep 19, 1962 14 41 0 4 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $4,416,667
Tomas Perez 24 B R 5' 11" 185 Dec 29, 1973 4 6 2 6 5 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.1 $
Robert Person 28 R R 6' 0" 180 Oct 6, 1969 4 27 0 3 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $265,000
Tony Phillips 39 B R 5' 10" 175 Apr 25, 1959 17 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 4 15 0 0 0 0.7 $
Dan Plesac 36 L L 6' 5" 205 Feb 4, 1962 13 78 0 4 78 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $800,000
Paul Quantrill 29 L R 6' 1" 175 Nov 3, 1968 7 82 0 4 82 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $1,150,000
Bill Risley 31 R R 6' 2" 215 May 29, 1967 7 44 0 1 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $405,000
Nerio Rodriguez 27 R R 6' 1" 220 Mar 4, 1971 3 7 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $172,500
Juan Samuel 37 R R 5' 11" 170 Dec 9, 1960 16 43 12 43 15 0 0 3 2 0 0 8 0 2 10 11 8 20 -0.4 $421,000
Benito Santiago 33 R R 6' 1" 180 Mar 9, 1965 13 15 6 15 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.0 $4,000,000
Steve Sinclair 26 L L 6' 2" 190 Aug 2, 1971 1st 24 0 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $170,000
Ed Sprague 30 R R 6' 2" 215 Jul 25, 1967 8 105 104 105 105 0 0 0 0 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $2,350,000
Mike Stanley 35 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 25, 1963 13 98 96 98 23 0 0 22 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 73 2 0 1.1 $1,800,000
Shannon Stewart 24 R R 6' 0" 175 Feb 25, 1974 4 144 125 144 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 44 0 154 0 2 2 2.9 $192,500
Dave Stieb 40 R R 6' 0" 185 Jul 22, 1957 16 19 3 1 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $450,000
Ben VanRyn 26 L L 6' 5" 185 Aug 9, 1971 2 10 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Woody Williams 31 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 19, 1966 6 32 32 2 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $1,615,000
Shannon Withem 25 R R 6' 3" 185 Sep 21, 1972 1st 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Kevin Witt 22 L R 6' 4" 195 Jan 5, 1976 1st 5 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.1 $
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.

Jose Canseco

Tony Fernandez

Tom Evans
Craig Grebeck

Felipe Crespo

Craig Grebeck

Mark Dalesandro

Kevin Witt

Alex Gonzalez

Darrin Fletcher

Juan Samuel

Tony Phillips

Tomas Perez

Kevin Brown

Shawn Green

Benito Santiago

Dan Plesac

Pat Lennon
Mike Stanley

Roger Clemens

Jose Cruz

Shannon Stewart

Carlos Delgado

Chris Carpenter

Randy Myers

Woody Williams

Robert Person

Jose Canseco
Ed Sprague

Dave Stieb

Erik Hanson
Nerio Rodriguez

Carlos Almanzar

Pat Hentgen

Jose Canseco

Kelvim Escobar

Paul Quantrill

Luis Andujar

Chris Carpenter
Ben VanRyn

Roy Halladay

Steve Sinclair

Bill Risley

Juan Guzman

Shannon Withem

Mark Dalesandro

1997 / 1999 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers