1997 Toronto Blue Jays Roster (40-man)

1996 Season 1998 Season

Record: 76-86-0, Finished 5th in AL_East (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Cito Gaston (72-85) and Mel Queen (4-1)

General Manager: Gord Ash

Scouting Director: Tim Wilken

Ballpark: SkyDome

Attendance: 2,589,297 (5th of 14)

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

Pythagorean W-L: 77-85, 654 Runs, 694 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	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 Almánzar	23	do DO	R	R	6' 2"	166	Nov 6, 1973	1st	4	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Luis Andújar	24	do DO	R	R	6' 2"	175	Nov 22, 1972	3	17	8	0	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.0	$170,000
Tilson Brito	25	do DO	R	R	6' 0"	170	May 28, 1972	2	49	35	49	49	0	0	0	25	17	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.5	$160,000
Jacob Brumfield	32	us US	R	R	6' 0"	170	May 27, 1965	6	58	37	58	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	24	10	47	4	9	3	-0.1	$1,050,000
Rich Butler	24	ca CA	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	0.1
Chris Carpenter	22	us US	R	R	6' 6"	230	Apr 27, 1975	1st	14	13	0	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	$150,000
Joe Carter	37	us US	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	-0.8	$6,500,000
Roger Clemens	34	us US	R	R	6' 4"	205	Aug 4, 1962	14	34	34	1	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.1	$8,400,000	All-Star
Tim Crabtree	27	us US	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	-0.8	$245,000
Felipe Crespo	24	pr PR	B	R	5' 11"	195	Mar 5, 1973	2	12	8	12	8	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0.2	$160,000
José Cruz	23	pr PR	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	0.6	$150,000
Omar Daal	25	ve VE	L	L	6' 3"	160	Mar 1, 1972	5	9	3	0	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5
Carlos Delgado	25	pr PR	L	R	6' 3"	215	Jun 25, 1972	5	153	137	153	119	0	0	119	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	15	1	1.9	$500,000
Mariano Duncan	34	do DO	R	R	6' 0"	160	Mar 13, 1963	12	39	39	39	39	0	0	0	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Kelvim Escobar	21	ve VE	R	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	0.7	$150,000
Tom Evans	22	us US	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	0.2
Huck Flener	28	us US	B	L	5' 11"	175	Feb 25, 1969	3	8	1	0	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.6
Carlos García	29	ve VE	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	-2.0	$2,550,000
Alex Gonzalez	24	us US	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	2.2	$500,000
Shawn Green	24	us US	L	L	6' 4"	190	Nov 10, 1972	5	135	114	135	91	0	0	0	0	0	0	45	0	46	91	35	17	0	2.1	$500,000
Juan Guzmán	30	do DO	R	R	5' 11"	190	Oct 28, 1966	7	13	13	0	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	$4,000,000
Erik Hanson	32	us US	R	R	6' 6"	210	May 18, 1965	10	3	2	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$3,533,333
Pat Hentgen	28	us US	R	R	6' 2"	210	Nov 13, 1968	7	35	35	2	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.6	$3,300,000	All-Star
Marty Janzen	24	us US	R	R	6' 3"	197	May 31, 1973	2	12	0	0	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4
Sandy Martínez	26	do DO	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	-0.1
Orlando Merced	30	pr PR	B	R	6' 0"	180	Nov 2, 1966	8	98	95	98	96	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	96	96	1	3	0	2.5	$2,700,000
Julio Mosquera	25	pa PA	R	R	6' 0"	185	Jan 29, 1972	2	3	2	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Otis Nixon	38	us US	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	1.2	$2,500,000
Charlie O'Brien	37	us US	R	R	6' 2"	195	May 1, 1960	12	69	66	69	69	0	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.8	$625,000
Robert Pérez	28	ve VE	R	R	6' 3"	205	Jun 4, 1969	4	37	20	37	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0	9	25	7	8	4	-0.3	$185,000
Tomás Pérez	23	ve VE	B	R	5' 11"	185	Dec 29, 1973	3	40	39	40	40	0	0	0	8	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	$185,000
Robert Person	27	us US	R	R	6' 0"	180	Oct 6, 1969	3	23	22	2	23	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$185,000
Dan Plesac	35	us US	L	L	6' 5"	205	Feb 4, 1962	12	73	0	3	73	73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	$800,000
Paul Quantrill	28	ca CA	L	R	6' 1"	175	Nov 3, 1968	6	77	0	4	77	77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	$700,000
Bill Risley	30	us US	R	R	6' 2"	215	May 29, 1967	6	3	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$380,000
Ken Robinson	27	us US	R	R	5' 9"	175	Nov 3, 1969	3	3	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Juan Samuel	36	do DO	R	R	5' 11"	170	Dec 9, 1960	15	45	26	45	22	0	0	7	4	9	0	0	0	2	2	15	7	8	0.3	$375,000
Benito Santiago	32	pr PR	R	R	6' 1"	180	Mar 9, 1965	12	97	94	97	95	0	95	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.8	$2,500,000
Rubén Sierra	31	pr PR	B	R	6' 1"	175	Oct 6, 1965	12	14	13	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	2	7	6	1	0	-0.1
Paul Spoljaric	26	ca CA	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	1.3	$185,000
Ed Sprague	29	us US	R	R	6' 2"	215	Jul 25, 1967	7	138	137	138	129	0	0	0	0	129	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0.4	$1,900,000
Shannon Stewart	23	us US	R	R	6' 0"	175	Feb 25, 1974	3	44	41	44	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	39	0	41	1	3	0	0.6	$154,000
Mike Timlin	31	us US	R	R	6' 4"	205	Mar 10, 1966	7	38	0	0	38	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	$1,300,000
Woody Williams	30	us US	R	R	6' 0"	180	Aug 19, 1966	5	31	31	1	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	$387,500
Name	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

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Cito Gaston	53	us US	Mar 17, 1944	Manager	Apr 1	Sep 23
Mel Queen	55	us US	Mar 26, 1942	Manager	Sep 24	Sep 28
Gene Tenace	50	us US	Oct 10, 1946	Bullpen	Apr 1	Sep 28
Nick Leyva	43	us US	Aug 16, 1953	Third base	Apr 1	Sep 28
Mel Queen	55	us US	Mar 26, 1942		Apr 1	Sep 23
Alfredo Griffin	39	do DO	Oct 6, 1957	Coach	Apr 1	Sep 28
Jim Lett	46	us US	Jan 3, 1951	Coach	Apr 1	Sep 28
Willie Upshaw	40	us US	Apr 27, 1957	Coach	Apr 1	Sep 28
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date