1970 Toronto Blue Jays
Record: 80-82
Finish: 3rd in AL Players Division Division
Runs Scored: 745
Runs Allowed: 715
Exp W-L: 84-78
 
Ballpark: Exhibition Stadium
Attendance: 1,081,780
Manager: Chuck Glidden

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 61-76, 8th in the American League
AA: 74-63, 3rd in the American League
A: 59-78, 10th in the American League
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
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
LF *Boog Powell 28 153 576 91 172 32 2 24 107 0 1 60 87 .299 .363 .486 .849 94.0 22.9 3.4
2B #Jim Lefebvre 28 155 563 86 152 29 6 13 71 2 2 70 82 .270 .348 .412 .760 76.4 15.5 5.4
CF  Joe Rudi 23 153 543 71 138 38 4 22 92 0 1 49 108 .254 .313 .460 .774 76.4 15.6 5.1
LF *Bobby Murcer 24 152 525 62 137 29 1 12 79 12 5 67 80 .261 .343 .389 .732 70.4 14.2 5.6
3B *Bill Sorrell 29 149 522 59 120 17 3 5 35 2 1 54 64 .230 .302 .303 .604 48.0 5.6 4.1
RF *Gary Holman 26 149 510 78 134 21 4 3 69 2 1 64 94 .263 .343 .337 .680 61.8 11.7 2.9
DH *Bernie Carbo 22 128 447 53 101 17 5 13 69 2 0 68 99 .226 .331 .374 .704 57.8 10.6 0.0
LF *Art Shamsky 28 119 395 51 95 21 3 4 60 4 2 35 52 .241 .300 .339 .639 40.9 5.4 3.8
SS *Ed Kranepool 25 112 379 40 97 23 3 8 38 1 1 20 77 .256 .291 .396 .687 40.8 6.7 3.1
C *Jake Gibbs 31 72 267 28 69 8 0 1 23 5 3 21 33 .258 .315 .300 .615 25.7 3.7 0.1
1B  Byron Browne 27 92 256 38 58 11 1 8 29 5 1 21 72 .227 .283 .371 .654 26.5 3.6 2.4
C *John Wojcik 28 93 227 44 46 10 0 2 15 16 4 37 43 .203 .315 .273 .588 24.4 3.1 0.5
C  George Mitterwald 25 41 124 14 26 9 1 2 9 0 0 8 23 .210 .254 .347 .601 10.8 1.1 0.1
C *Tim McCarver 28 37 100 9 23 4 0 2 10 0 1 5 10 .230 .267 .330 .597 7.2 0.3 0.3
CF *Mike Lum 24 34 65 8 14 3 0 1 4 0 0 2 12 .215 .232 .308 .540 4.6 0.0 0.4
LF *Jim Fairey 25 32 41 6 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 10 .122 .163 .122 .285 -0.8 0.0 0.4
CF  Dick Simpson 26 18 15 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 4 .133 .316 .267 .582 1.7 0.2 0.2
SS #Al Weis 32 8 18 6 4 0 1 0 2 2 1 2 3 .222 .333 .333 .667 2.3 0.6 0.3
  Team Totals 26.6 1697 5573 745 1393 274 34 120 716 53 25 589 953 .250 .320 .376 .696 668.8 120.8 38.2
  Rank among 10 AL teams 5 5 6 2 5 6 5 9 2 6 6 6 6 5 6 6  
* - 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
 Don Drysdale 33 13 11 .542 30 30 0 239.7 219 101 21 75 186 3.79 14.0
*Masanori Murakami 26 11 15 .423 36 36 0 228.0 190 101 33 67 227 3.99 11.3
 John Gelnar 27 16 5 .762 28 28 0 222.0 168 61 14 18 180 2.47 21.1
 Chris Zachary 26 14 13 .519 36 36 0 209.7 221 114 24 107 159 4.89 5.4
 Joe Schaffernoth 32 10 8 .556 52 12 7 205.7 211 70 19 46 102 3.06 16.7
*Billy McCool 25 5 13 .278 57 4 13 108.3 91 62 4 74 96 5.15 4.5
*Ron Cook 22 4 5 .444 26 6 3 92.3 90 52 14 43 39 5.07 2.6
 John Miller 29 4 6 .400 18 4 3 73.0 71 27 4 45 60 3.33 4.4
 Dale Willis 32 2 5 .286 49 0 5 67.3 72 49 5 56 35 6.55 0.0
 Mike Hedlund 23 1 1 .500 11 0 0 19.3 21 8 1 7 4 3.72 1.0
*Tony Pierce 24 0 0 .000 6 0 0 5.3 10 9 0 5 2 15.20 0.0
Team Totals 27.2 80 82 .494 349 156 31 1470.6 1364 654 139 543 1090 4.00 80.9
Rank among 10 AL teams 6 6 2 7 3 6 7 7 5 2 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 .991 31.4
J.Gibbs 534.8 48 59 388 26 2 0 .995 27.9
J.Wojcik 474.0 53 54 359 15 4 1 .989 16.3
G.Mitterwald 283.3 31 34 255 13 2 0 .993 26.9
T.McCarver 88.7 9 14 56 3 0 0 1.000 14.3
Team Total 1380.8 141 161 1058 57 8 1 .993 23.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.18
G.Holman 966.0 109 118 999 82 6 94 .994 10.07
A.Shamsky 238.3 27 30 228 12 3 13 .988 9.06
T.McCarver 118.9 13 15 139 12 2 11 .987 11.43
E.Kranepool 57.7 7 7 67 3 0 4 1.000 10.93
B.Browne 39.7 3 9 42 5 1 5 .979 10.67
M.Lum 25.3 3 5 16 3 0 2 1.000 6.75
G.Mitterwald 14.7 1 4 13 1 0 2 1.000 8.59
D.Simpson 9.0 1 1 6 1 0 0 1.000 7.00
B.Powell 6.0 0 4 7 2 0 1 1.000 13.50
J.Rudi 4.3 0 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 8.31
J.Fairey 4.0 0 3 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1483.9 164 198 1521 123 12 133 .993 9.97
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.59
J.Lefebvre 1303.0 146 149 243 475 17 92 .977 4.96
B.Browne 88.0 10 12 20 28 2 6 .960 4.91
J.Wojcik 34.0 3 8 7 15 0 5 1.000 5.82
A.Weis 31.3 3 5 5 15 0 1 1.000 5.75
B.Sorrell 13.7 0 5 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.64
Team Total 1470.0 162 179 277 535 19 104 .977 4.97
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.73
B.Sorrell 1235.0 144 145 95 267 25 21 .935 2.64
J.Fairey 104.0 11 20 11 19 1 2 .968 2.60
A.Shamsky 45.0 4 8 2 9 0 1 1.000 2.20
D.Simpson 34.3 2 14 6 8 1 0 .933 3.67
J.Wojcik 25.0 0 10 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.44
J.Rudi 15.7 0 7 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.72
A.Weis 9.0 1 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.00
J.Lefebvre 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1470.0 162 206 119 309 27 24 .941 2.62
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.94
B.Murcer 956.0 106 113 133 309 10 66 .978 4.16
E.Kranepool 443.0 50 54 63 138 8 19 .962 4.08
M.Lum 45.0 4 11 4 12 1 1 .941 3.20
J.Wojcik 14.0 1 4 0 6 0 0 1.000 3.86
J.Fairey 9.0 1 2 1 4 0 1 1.000 5.00
A.Weis 3.0 0 1 2 2 0 1 1.000 12.00
Team Total 1470.0 162 185 203 471 19 88 .973 4.13
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.77
B.Powell 1063.3 119 124 219 7 0 1 1.000 1.91
J.Rudi 200.7 22 22 39 2 0 0 1.000 1.84
E.Kranepool 108.0 13 13 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
M.Lum 44.7 5 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.01
B.Browne 19.0 1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.37
A.Shamsky 17.0 2 2 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.24
J.Wojcik 7.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
J.Fairey 5.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
D.Simpson 3.3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
G.Holman 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Carbo 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1470.0 162 182 297 9 0 1 1.000 1.87
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.46
A.Shamsky 646.3 73 78 181 2 0 2 1.000 2.55
B.Browne 420.7 48 54 114 1 0 0 1.000 2.46
B.Murcer 267.0 28 34 84 1 0 0 1.000 2.87
E.Kranepool 96.7 10 13 40 1 0 0 1.000 3.82
M.Lum 20.0 2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Wojcik 16.3 1 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.76
J.Rudi 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Fairey 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1470.0 162 190 429 5 0 2 1.000 2.66
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.02
J.Rudi 1050.3 119 121 278 10 6 3 .980 2.47
G.Holman 226.0 25 29 41 0 2 0 .953 1.63
E.Kranepool 68.3 8 9 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.50
B.Browne 54.0 6 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
M.Lum 24.0 2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.88
A.Shamsky 22.7 2 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.57
J.Lefebvre 12.0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Murcer 7.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
D.Simpson 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Carbo 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Wojcik 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1470.0 162 186 369 10 8 3 .979 2.32
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 1.91
D.Drysdale 239.7 30 30 18 28 6 5 .885 1.73
M.Murakami 228.0 36 36 10 31 0 1 1.000 1.62
J.Gelnar 222.0 28 28 21 32 0 3 1.000 2.15
C.Zachary 209.7 36 36 13 34 0 2 1.000 2.02
J.Schaffernoth 205.7 12 52 13 30 0 2 1.000 1.88
B.McCool 108.3 4 57 8 15 0 0 1.000 1.91
R.Cook 92.3 6 26 7 21 0 1 1.000 2.73
J.Miller 73.0 4 18 3 7 0 1 1.000 1.23
D.Willis 67.3 0 49 3 9 0 2 1.000 1.60
M.Hedlund 19.3 0 11 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.86
T.Pierce 5.3 0 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.69
Team Total 1470.6 156 349 97 211 6 17 .981 1.88
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Powell .299
On-Base Pct Powell .363
Slugging Pct Powell .486
OPS Powell .849
XR Powell 94.0
Games Lefebvre 155
At-Bats Powell 576
Runs Powell 91
Hits Powell 172
Total Bases Powell 280
Singles Powell 114
Doubles Rudi 38
Triples Lefebvre 6
Homeruns Powell 24
RBIs Powell 107
Stolen Bases Wojcik 16
Caught Stealing Murcer 5
Walks Lefebvre 70
Strikeouts Rudi 108
ERA Gelnar 2.47
Wins Gelnar 16
Losses Murakami 15
Winning Pct Gelnar .762
Saves McCool 13
Games Pitched McCool 57
Games Started Murakami, Zachary 36
Complete Games Drysdale 11
Shutouts Drysdale 3
Innings Pitched Drysdale 239.7
Hits Allowed Zachary 221
Homeruns Allowed Murakami 33
Strikeouts Murakami 227
Walks Allowed Zachary 107
Walks per 9IP Gelnar 0.7
Hits per 9IP Gelnar 6.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Murakami 9.0
WHiP Gelnar 0.84
OAVG Gelnar .206
OOBP Gelnar .231
OSLG Gelnar .330
OOPS Gelnar .561
Team All-Stars
John Gelnar
Jim Lefebvre
Player Salaries
Don Drysdale $ 16,190,000
Boog Powell $ 6,700,000
John Gelnar $ 5,964,286
Masanori Murakami $ 4,750,000
Billy McCool $ 2,737,143
Jim Lefebvre $ 2,685,714
Bobby Murcer $ 2,435,714
Jake Gibbs $ 2,078,571
Bill Sorrell $ 1,342,857
Joe Schaffernoth $ 1,291,429
Art Shamsky $ 1,278,571
Terry Fox $ 1,000,000
Tim McCarver $ 550,000
Sonny Siebert $ 350,000
Ed Kranepool $ 350,000
Dale Willis $ 350,000
Mike Hedlund $ 300,000
Byron Browne $ 300,000
Bernie Carbo $ 300,000
Choo Choo Coleman $ 300,000
Ron Cook $ 300,000
John Wojcik $ 300,000
Jim Fairey $ 300,000
Mike Lum $ 300,000
Dick Simpson $ 300,000
Tony Pierce $ 300,000
Gary Holman $ 300,000
Craig Anderson $ 300,000
Joe Rudi $ 300,000
Chris Zachary $ 300,000
George Mitterwald $ 300,000
Al Weis $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded Mike Cuellar
Jim Dickson
New York (A) Joe Schaffernoth
6/1 Signed     Choo Choo Coleman
7/1 Traded Steve Barber Colorado Tim Mccarver
7/1 Traded John Miller Boston (A) Jake Gibbs