1978 Toronto Blue Jays Statistics

1977 Season 1979 Season

Record: 59-102-0, Finished 7th in AL_East (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Roy Hartsfield (59-102)

General Manager: Pat Gillick (Promoted approximately 12/1/1977)

Ballpark: Exhibition Stadium

Attendance: 1,562,585 (7th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 103
One-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 101

Pythagorean W-L: 61-100, 590 Runs, 775 Runs Allowed

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161. Oct 1, TOR (59-102) lost to BOS, 0-5

Top 12 Players

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Regular Season

Standard Batting Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1	Rick Cerone	24	C	-0.1	88	310	282	25	63	8	2	3	20	0	3	23	32	.223	.284	.298	.582	64	.280	62	84	7	1	4	0	0	2/HD
2	John Mayberry*	29	1B	-0.5	152	587	515	51	129	15	2	22	70	1	2	60	57	.250	.329	.416	.745	108	.339	102	214	13	4	1	7	2	*3H/D
3	Dave McKay#	28	2B	-0.1	145	537	504	59	120	20	8	7	45	4	4	20	91	.238	.268	.351	.619	73	.289	66	177	17	1	10	2	2	*4/65HD
4	Luis Gómez	26	SS	-1.5	153	469	413	39	92	7	3	0	32	2	10	34	41	.223	.280	.254	.534	51	.255	46	105	10	0	19	3	1	*6/H
5	Roy Howell*	24	3B	2.2	140	601	551	67	149	28	3	8	61	0	1	44	78	.270	.325	.376	.701	96	.329	95	207	10	1	4	1	3	*5/9HD	AS
6	Al Woods*	24	LF	-0.3	62	239	220	19	53	12	3	3	25	1	2	11	23	.241	.278	.364	.641	79	.297	73	80	5	1	5	2	1	7/H
7	Rick Bosetti	24	CF	2.3	136	608	568	61	147	25	5	5	42	6	10	30	65	.259	.299	.347	.645	81	.312	86	197	5	3	5	2	0	*8/H
8	Bob Bailor	26	RF	1.8	154	676	621	74	164	29	7	1	52	5	6	38	21	.264	.310	.338	.649	82	.309	81	210	8	5	9	3	1	*958/67H
9	Rico Carty	38	DH	1.9	104	430	387	51	110	16	0	20	68	1	1	36	41	.284	.340	.481	.821	128	.376	129	186	7	0	1	6	5	D/H
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
10	Otto Vélez	27	OF	2.2	91	300	248	29	66	14	2	9	38	1	3	45	41	.266	.380	.448	.828	132	.377	132	111	8	2	3	2	1	79H/D3
11	Alan Ashby#	26	C	1.6	81	298	264	27	69	15	0	9	29	1	1	28	32	.261	.333	.420	.754	111	.338	101	111	10	1	4	1	4	2
12	Willie Upshaw*	21	LF	-1.3	95	250	224	26	53	8	2	1	17	4	6	21	35	.237	.298	.304	.602	70	.284	68	68	4	0	2	3	0	7HD3/89
13	Tom Hutton*	32	OF	-0.5	64	197	173	19	44	9	0	2	9	1	2	19	11	.254	.328	.341	.669	88	.309	82	59	5	0	5	0	0	79/3H
14	Willie Horton	35	DH	-0.7	33	127	122	12	25	6	0	3	19	0	0	4	29	.205	.228	.328	.556	55	.266	49	40	6	0	0	1	0	D/H
15	Doug Ault	28	1B	0.1	54	124	104	10	25	1	1	3	7	0	0	17	14	.240	.352	.356	.708	100	.354	113	37	6	1	2	0	1	H3/7D9
16	Tim Johnson*	28	MI	0.4	68	92	79	9	19	2	0	0	3	0	1	8	16	.241	.315	.266	.580	65	.283	64	21	0	1	3	1	0	6H4
17	Sam Ewing*	29	DH	-0.4	40	62	56	3	10	0	0	2	9	0	0	5	9	.179	.242	.286	.528	48	.246	32	16	0	0	0	1	2	H/D9
18	Garth Iorg	23	2B	-0.3	19	55	49	3	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	4	.163	.218	.163	.381	9	.187	-8	8	3	1	0	2	0	4/H
19	Gary Woods	24	OF	0.0	8	20	19	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	.158	.200	.211	.411	16	.300	64	4	0	0	0	0	0	/9H8D
20	Butch Alberts	28	DH	-0.1	6	18	18	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.278	.278	.333	.611	71	.277	57	6	0	0	0	0	0	/DH
21	Brian Milner	18	C	0.0	2	9	9	3	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	.444	.444	.667	1.111	208	.491	210	6	0	0	0	0	0	/2
22	Ernie Whitt*	26	C	0.1	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	-39	.144	-39	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2H
23	Tim Nordbrook	28	SS	0.1	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.000				.752	391	0	0	1	0	0	0	/6H
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
24	Don Kirkwood	28	P	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	1/H
	Team Totals			6.9	161	6015	5430	590	1358	217	39	98	551	28	52	448	645	.250	.308	.359	.667	87	.313	85	1947	124	23	77	37	23
	Non-Pitcher Totals			6.9		6015	5430	590	1358	217	39	98	551	28	52	448	645	.250	.308	.359	.667	87	.313	85	1947	124	23	77	37	23
	Pitcher Totals			0.0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0

Team Pitching

League Register

Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Jesse Jefferson	29	7	16	.304	4.38	31	30	1	9	2	0	211.2	214	109	103	28	86	5	97	3	1	4	907	89	4.65	1.417	9.1	1.2	3.7	4.1	1.13
2	SP	Tom Underwood*	24	6	14	.300	4.10	31	30	0	7	1	0	197.2	201	105	90	23	87	4	139	2	0	7	864	95	4.04	1.457	9.2	1.0	4.0	6.3	1.60
3	SP	Jim Clancy	22	10	12	.455	4.09	31	30	0	7	0	0	193.2	199	96	88	10	91	1	106	1	0	10	846	95	3.59	1.497	9.2	0.5	4.2	4.9	1.16
4	SP	Jerry Garvin*	22	4	12	.250	5.54	26	22	2	3	0	0	144.2	189	92	89	20	48	4	67	4	0	0	656	70	4.53	1.638	11.8	1.2	3.0	4.2	1.40
5	SP	Dave Lemanczyk	27	4	14	.222	6.26	29	20	5	3	0	0	136.2	170	97	95	16	65	1	62	3	1	4	620	62	4.69	1.720	11.2	1.1	4.3	4.1	0.95
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Víctor Cruz	20	7	3	.700	1.71	32	0	23	0	0	9	47.1	28	10	9	0	35	4	51	1	0	3	199	229	2.71	1.331	5.3	0.0	6.7	9.7	1.46
7	RP	Balor Moore*	27	6	9	.400	4.93	37	18	5	2	0	0	144.1	165	85	79	16	54	1	75	7	2	2	635	79	4.25	1.517	10.3	1.0	3.4	4.7	1.39
8	RP	Mike Willis*	27	3	7	.300	4.56	44	2	22	1	0	7	100.2	104	55	51	11	39	2	52	0	1	2	434	86	4.13	1.421	9.3	1.0	3.5	4.6	1.33
9	RP	Tom Murphy	32	6	9	.400	3.93	50	0	35	0	0	7	94.0	87	43	41	11	37	10	36	0	0	6	396	100	4.52	1.319	8.3	1.1	3.5	3.4	0.97
10	RP	Joe Coleman	31	2	0	1.000	4.60	31	0	20	0	0	0	60.2	67	34	31	6	30	3	28	1	0	5	272	85	4.48	1.599	9.9	0.9	4.5	4.2	0.93
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Don Kirkwood	28	4	5	.444	4.24	16	9	2	3	0	0	68.0	76	36	32	6	25	1	29	0	0	3	293	92	3.98	1.485	10.1	0.8	3.3	3.8	1.16
12		Dave Wallace	30	0	0		3.86	6	0	4	0	0	0	14.0	12	6	6	1	11	0	7	0	0	1	62	104	4.87	1.643	7.7	0.6	7.1	4.5	0.64
13		Tom Buskey	31	0	1	.000	3.38	8	0	6	0	0	0	13.1	14	5	5	1	5	4	7	0	0	0	59	119	3.64	1.425	9.5	0.7	3.4	4.7	1.40
14		Mark Wiley	30	0	0		6.75	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	3	2	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	12	66	2.21	1.500	10.1	0.0	3.4	6.8	2.00
		Team Totals	26.1	59	102	.366	4.54	161	161	126	35	3	23	1429.1	1529	775	721	149	614	40	758	22	5	47	6255	86	4.21	1.499	9.6	0.9	3.9	4.8	1.23
		Rank in 14 AL teams		13	2		13				12	13	12	10	12	13	13	13	14		4
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W