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1974 Toronto Blue Jays
Record: 71-91
Finish: 4th in AL Players Division Division
Runs Scored: 754
Runs Allowed: 859
Exp W-L: 71-91
 
Ballpark: Exhibition Stadium
Attendance: 1,946,421
Manager: Chuck Glidden

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 63-74, 7th in the American League
AA: 73-64, 5th in the American League
A: 61-76, 9th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
RF  Cesar Cedeno 23 157 604 79 169 32 11 5 79 54 28 60 62 .280 .345 .394 .739 77.2 9.8 1.1
CF *Jose Cruz 26 156 570 91 181 46 13 7 86 29 13 71 53 .318 .392 .481 .872 100.9 19.4 5.3
2B  Lee Lacy 26 157 603 85 186 32 6 3 65 21 10 35 83 .308 .346 .396 .743 76.6 11.4 3.7
LF  Lee Richard 25 149 525 65 152 27 7 3 61 28 20 23 74 .290 .318 .385 .702 60.4 6.8 4.9
2B #Jim Lefebvre 32 145 483 70 128 25 3 16 73 3 5 60 78 .265 .348 .429 .777 69.9 10.2 4.2
RF *Gary Holman 30 146 459 68 117 31 1 2 55 0 2 71 75 .255 .355 .340 .694 55.3 6.5 3.4
LF  Ed Armbrister 25 150 458 59 106 20 6 5 53 41 16 43 100 .231 .296 .334 .630 49.0 2.9 3.8
C *Jake Gibbs 35 134 457 47 124 10 4 6 53 5 6 42 85 .271 .333 .350 .683 53.2 5.4 6.1
CF  Joe Rudi 27 122 395 48 82 25 2 15 50 1 0 14 72 .208 .234 .395 .629 36.0 1.1 2.4
CF *Vada Pinson 35 97 236 27 78 13 1 2 37 8 2 16 37 .331 .375 .419 .795 31.4 4.9 1.1
RF  Jeff Burroughs 23 106 194 27 49 11 1 7 38 0 0 34 41 .253 .361 .428 .789 30.4 4.6 1.5
SS  Rico Petrocelli 31 93 166 19 41 12 0 6 24 0 1 19 35 .247 .324 .428 .752 23.3 3.1 1.2
1B  Byron Browne 31 82 153 19 34 10 1 1 13 3 2 20 39 .222 .312 .320 .632 14.1 0.7 1.2
C  George Mitterwald 29 52 145 19 28 10 0 5 21 0 0 15 28 .193 .269 .366 .634 14.5 0.9 1.9
2B  Nelson Mathews 32 47 118 8 16 5 0 5 16 5 1 8 26 .136 .195 .305 .500 6.2 0.0 1.1
C *John Wojcik 32 40 47 18 9 0 0 0 3 6 2 12 8 .191 .356 .191 .547 5.5 0.3 0.7
2B *John Knox 25 24 33 5 9 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 2 .273 .314 .303 .617 3.4 0.5 0.4
  Team Totals 28.6 1857 5646 754 1509 310 56 88 730 205 108 545 898 .267 .332 .389 .720 707.4 88.3 43.8
  Rank among 10 AL teams 3 8 5 1 1 9 8 2 9 8 7 5 9 7 7 8  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Ron Cook 26 16 15 .516 37 37 0 259.0 252 108 21 68 127 3.75 19.9
 Ed Figueroa 25 8 16 .333 42 22 1 229.7 231 107 17 107 111 4.19 14.9
*Ed Connolly 34 12 9 .571 48 14 5 145.7 122 80 16 95 69 4.94 9.4
*Terry Forster 22 4 9 .308 19 19 0 126.7 145 65 11 59 65 4.62 6.3
 Bruce Kison 24 3 10 .231 19 19 0 124.3 129 85 15 76 68 6.15 1.4
 Mark Littell 21 4 6 .400 20 20 0 116.3 121 84 21 77 85 6.50 1.3
*Dick Ellsworth 34 7 4 .636 34 5 0 113.3 147 62 12 40 25 4.92 5.9
 Jim Otten 22 4 6 .400 52 0 6 102.0 99 50 8 67 41 4.41 7.1
*Jim Kaat 35 1 6 .143 18 13 0 64.3 58 31 12 23 28 4.34 3.4
 Dick Drott 37 0 5 .000 11 8 0 44.0 60 40 4 25 13 8.18 0.0
*Tony Pierce 28 5 1 .833 31 0 11 40.3 38 11 2 9 22 2.45 8.1
 Mike Hedlund 27 2 1 .667 5 5 0 37.7 40 19 7 9 15 4.54 2.0
 Jim Ray 29 1 1 .500 16 0 1 25.3 33 25 2 17 13 8.88 0.0
*Ross Grimsley 24 3 1 .750 10 0 0 22.3 30 13 0 9 9 5.24 1.2
 Tom Dettore 26 1 1 .500 6 0 2 8.0 11 7 2 4 2 7.88 0.0
Team Totals 27.6 71 91 .438 368 162 26 1459.0 1516 787 150 685 693 4.85 80.9
Rank among 10 AL teams 8 8 5 8 2 6 6 7 10 10 7  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 30.3
J.Gibbs 1095.3 121 132 547 49 6 2 .990 28.0
G.Mitterwald 331.7 38 43 172 22 5 0 .975 37.2
J.Wojcik 32.0 3 7 13 3 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1459.0 162 182 732 74 11 2 .987 30.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.49
J.Rudi 972.7 119 120 1173 77 15 130 .988 11.57
G.Holman 228.3 21 38 285 26 3 24 .990 12.26
B.Browne 128.0 10 37 151 7 0 14 1.000 11.11
N.Mathews 103.0 11 18 115 12 0 13 1.000 11.10
G.Mitterwald 11.0 1 4 13 1 0 2 1.000 11.45
C.Cedeno 9.0 0 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 11.00
J.Lefebvre 7.0 0 4 7 0 0 2 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1459.0 162 227 1755 123 18 185 .991 11.58
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.98
L.Lacy 897.7 103 106 235 372 13 86 .979 6.09
J.Lefebvre 339.0 39 41 72 161 3 30 .987 6.19
B.Browne 80.0 7 16 19 43 1 10 .984 6.98
J.Wojcik 59.0 5 9 14 26 1 8 .976 6.10
N.Mathews 53.0 6 9 13 19 0 6 1.000 5.43
J.Knox 30.3 2 6 12 20 0 7 1.000 9.50
Team Total 1459.0 162 187 365 641 18 147 .982 6.21
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.87
J.Lefebvre 835.0 94 100 61 220 13 22 .956 3.03
J.Burroughs 267.3 28 47 15 68 2 2 .976 2.79
R.Petrocelli 217.0 25 29 12 58 3 1 .959 2.90
N.Mathews 127.0 14 18 8 42 0 3 1.000 3.54
G.Mitterwald 10.0 1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.70
J.Wojcik 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Knox 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1459.0 162 199 97 390 18 28 .964 3.00
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.28
L.Richard 1197.7 146 146 195 540 30 123 .961 5.52
R.Petrocelli 181.3 10 58 36 60 5 12 .950 4.76
J.Knox 40.7 2 14 5 12 2 0 .895 3.76
J.Wojcik 38.0 4 9 6 15 0 5 1.000 4.97
N.Mathews 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1458.7 162 228 242 628 37 140 .959 5.37
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.87
G.Holman 783.0 90 100 183 6 0 2 1.000 2.17
E.Armbrister 337.0 43 46 66 2 7 0 .907 1.82
V.Pinson 235.3 26 37 43 1 0 0 1.000 1.68
J.Burroughs 34.0 1 11 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.85
B.Browne 26.0 2 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
J.Wojcik 17.0 0 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12
J.Cruz 9.7 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.80
L.Lacy 8.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Richard 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
C.Cedeno 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Rudi 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1459.0 162 218 315 9 7 2 .979 2.00
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.41
J.Cruz 1278.0 143 146 360 15 14 7 .964 2.64
V.Pinson 71.3 8 10 20 2 0 0 1.000 2.78
B.Browne 57.0 6 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.58
J.Burroughs 50.7 5 9 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.13
N.Mathews 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
C.Cedeno 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1459.0 162 174 404 17 14 7 .968 2.60
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.02
E.Armbrister 792.3 103 104 205 6 0 2 1.000 2.40
C.Cedeno 350.0 38 39 83 1 4 1 .955 2.16
V.Pinson 102.7 7 28 18 0 1 0 .947 1.58
J.Burroughs 66.0 3 25 23 0 0 0 1.000 3.14
B.Browne 58.7 6 9 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.15
G.Holman 49.0 5 8 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
J.Cruz 11.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Mitterwald 8.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
L.Richard 7.0 0 4 4 1 0 0 1.000 6.43
J.Rudi 6.0 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
L.Lacy 4.3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
J.Wojcik 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1459.0 162 237 360 8 5 3 .987 2.27
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 1.90
R.Cook 259.0 37 37 19 50 4 4 .945 2.40
E.Figueroa 229.7 22 42 23 18 3 2 .932 1.61
E.Connolly 145.7 14 48 7 23 0 0 1.000 1.85
T.Forster 126.7 19 19 10 14 0 2 1.000 1.71
B.Kison 124.3 19 19 10 19 1 3 .967 2.10
M.Littell 116.3 20 20 7 11 0 1 1.000 1.39
D.Ellsworth 113.3 5 34 7 22 0 3 1.000 2.30
J.Otten 102.0 0 52 1 19 2 2 .909 1.76
J.Kaat 64.3 13 18 4 13 1 3 .944 2.38
D.Drott 44.0 8 11 1 5 2 0 .750 1.23
T.Pierce 40.3 0 31 1 10 0 1 1.000 2.45
M.Hedlund 37.7 5 5 3 8 0 3 1.000 2.63
J.Ray 25.3 0 16 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.49
R.Grimsley 22.3 0 10 3 7 0 0 1.000 4.03
T.Dettore 8.0 0 6 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1459.0 162 368 99 227 13 24 .962 2.01
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Cruz .318
On-Base Pct Cruz .392
Slugging Pct Cruz .481
OPS Cruz .872
XR Cruz 100.9
Games Cedeno, Lacy 157
At-Bats Cedeno 604
Runs Cruz 91
Hits Lacy 186
Total Bases Cruz 274
Singles Lacy 145
Doubles Cruz 46
Triples Cruz 13
Homeruns Lefebvre 16
RBIs Cruz 86
Stolen Bases Cedeno 54
Caught Stealing Cedeno 28
Walks Holman, Cruz 71
Strikeouts Armbrister 100
ERA Cook 3.75
Wins Cook 16
Losses Figueroa 16
Winning Pct Connolly .571
Saves Pierce 11
Games Pitched Otten 52
Games Started Cook 37
Complete Games Figueroa 7
Shutouts Figueroa 2
Innings Pitched Cook 259.0
Hits Allowed Cook 252
Homeruns Allowed Cook, Littell 21
Strikeouts Cook 127
Walks Allowed Figueroa 107
Walks per 9IP Cook 2.4
Hits per 9IP Cook 8.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Cook 4.4
WHiP Cook 1.24
OAVG Cook .252
OOBP Cook .302
OSLG Figueroa .373
OOPS Cook .686
Team All-Stars
Jose Cruz
Player Salaries
Gary Holman $ 5,500,000
Jim Lefebvre $ 4,100,000
Willie Davis $ 4,000,000
Vada Pinson $ 4,000,000
Rico Petrocelli $ 4,000,000
Jake Gibbs $ 3,000,000
Gene Alley $ 3,000,000
Jose Cruz $ 2,785,714
Tony Pierce $ 1,845,714
Ron Cook $ 1,550,000
Jim Kaat $ 1,500,000
Byron Browne $ 1,400,000
Nelson Mathews $ 950,000
Ken McMullen $ 800,000
Ed Connolly $ 650,000
Ed Kranepool $ 630,000
John Wojcik $ 450,000
George Mitterwald $ 350,000
Mike Lum $ 350,000
Jim Ray $ 350,000
Terry Forster $ 300,000
Ed Armbrister $ 300,000
Jeff Burroughs $ 300,000
Cesar Cedeno $ 300,000
Joe Rudi $ 300,000
Lee Richard $ 300,000
Tom Dettore $ 300,000
John Knox $ 300,000
Ed Figueroa $ 300,000
Jim Otten $ 300,000
Ross Grimsley $ 300,000
Mike Hedlund $ 300,000
Lee Lacy $ 300,000
Mark Littell $ 300,000
Dick Ellsworth $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Signed     Dick Drott
2/4 Signed     Gene Alley
2/4 Signed     Ed Connolly
2/13 Traded John Gelnar Detroit Jeff Burroughs
Cesar Cedeno
Jose Cruz
Vada Pinson
Jim Ray
2/13 Traded Barry Lersch Detroit Bruce Kison
Len Randle
Mark Ballinger
Ross Grimsley
2/13 Signed     Willie Davis
3/3 Traded Boog Powell Detroit Mike Davison
4/2 Traded Bernie Carbo New York (N) Jim Dwyer
Dave Rosello
Dick Ellsworth
Jim Kaat
7/1 Released Bruce Kison    
9/1 Released Dick Drott    
10/3 Released Matt Alexander    
 
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