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1972 Toronto Blue Jays
Record: 87-75
Finish: 3rd in AL Players Division Division
Runs Scored: 760
Runs Allowed: 726
Exp W-L: 84-78
 
Ballpark: Exhibition Stadium
Attendance: 2,205,147
Manager: Chuck Glidden

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 63-74, 8th in the American League
AA: 61-76, 8th in the American League
A: 57-80, 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
LF *Bobby Murcer 26 159 587 90 163 44 3 26 93 12 7 85 105 .278 .366 .496 .862 106.4 24.9 4.5
LF *Boog Powell 30 148 548 77 183 22 3 19 79 0 0 73 106 .334 .409 .489 .898 103.1 26.3 3.6
2B #Jim Lefebvre 30 150 525 71 125 16 3 11 59 3 4 57 84 .238 .310 .343 .653 58.6 6.6 3.4
2B  Nelson Mathews 30 155 488 77 118 24 1 24 73 9 7 58 113 .242 .322 .443 .765 68.8 11.6 2.9
C *Jake Gibbs 33 143 488 63 144 13 1 10 58 3 1 53 60 .295 .363 .387 .751 65.1 12.5 7.6
DH *Bernie Carbo 24 134 440 55 113 31 2 6 67 2 0 83 85 .257 .375 .377 .752 62.9 12.2 0.1
1B  Byron Browne 29 143 447 61 83 16 6 14 53 11 6 40 125 .186 .254 .342 .596 39.6 1.4 3.7
3B *Tony Gonzalez 35 129 404 57 99 13 3 6 42 7 5 21 69 .245 .290 .337 .627 38.0 3.6 3.9
CF  Joe Rudi 25 124 371 51 90 24 4 16 59 0 0 24 65 .243 .286 .458 .744 47.4 7.7 1.6
RF *Gary Holman 28 123 279 37 80 18 4 0 39 0 1 59 38 .287 .411 .380 .791 44.1 10.1 1.6
SS  Ken McMullen 30 90 241 31 52 7 3 6 23 0 0 20 52 .216 .278 .344 .622 21.2 1.2 2.6
2B  Lee Lacy 24 72 220 20 53 10 0 5 26 9 2 10 29 .241 .274 .355 .628 20.8 2.0 1.5
CF *Mike Lum 26 50 161 21 30 9 0 5 19 0 1 14 31 .186 .250 .335 .585 11.9 0.0 1.4
C *John Wojcik 30 85 111 25 25 4 0 0 11 16 1 17 18 .225 .326 .261 .587 13.9 1.8 1.2
SS *Ed Kranepool 27 46 86 7 18 5 1 1 8 0 0 7 29 .209 .269 .326 .594 6.6 0.1 0.8
C  George Mitterwald 27 37 83 11 19 4 0 1 7 0 0 10 21 .229 .319 .313 .632 8.8 1.0 1.4
C *Tim McCarver 30 19 57 5 10 1 0 0 4 2 0 6 7 .175 .254 .193 .447 2.6 0.0 0.8
  Team Totals 28.5 1807 5536 759 1405 261 34 150 720 74 35 637 1037 .254 .330 .395 .725 719.9 122.9 42.5
  Rank among 10 AL teams 9 6 9 4 2 4 6 7 2 4 8 9 7 6 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
 John Gelnar 29 15 14 .517 36 36 0 261.7 236 95 23 45 231 3.27 22.4
 Joe Schaffernoth 34 15 11 .577 32 32 0 253.3 285 111 29 56 93 3.94 18.2
*Masanori Murakami 28 11 13 .458 34 34 0 243.0 208 111 26 63 233 4.11 14.8
*Terry Forster 20 15 9 .625 34 34 0 235.0 224 104 13 89 151 3.98 16.8
*Ron Cook 24 11 8 .579 26 26 0 187.0 197 83 21 62 118 3.99 13.2
 John Boozer 33 5 3 .625 65 0 9 100.3 121 56 11 36 39 5.02 5.2
 Blue Moon Odom 27 6 10 .375 55 0 7 89.3 107 71 9 61 62 7.15 0.0
 Mike Hedlund 25 2 1 .667 23 0 0 34.3 44 29 11 12 11 7.60 0.0
*Darold Knowles 30 4 4 .500 27 0 13 23.0 28 12 1 14 11 4.70 2.8
*Tony Pierce 26 1 2 .333 8 0 0 14.3 10 5 1 5 9 3.14 1.2
 Dale Willis 34 2 0 1.000 10 0 3 12.7 11 10 0 7 7 7.11 1.0
Team Totals 28.2 87 75 .537 350 162 32 1454.0 1471 687 145 450 965 4.25 95.6
Rank among 10 AL teams 4 4 3 4 4 7 5 5 1 4 5  
* - 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 .989 34.8
J.Gibbs 1110.3 119 139 765 56 5 0 .994 38.2
G.Mitterwald 178.0 22 25 129 10 3 1 .979 46.7
T.McCarver 122.0 16 17 75 7 1 0 .988 36.4
J.Wojcik 43.7 5 9 33 2 0 0 1.000 66.7
Team Total 1454.0 162 190 1002 75 9 1 .992 39.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.03
N.Mathews 1218.7 144 145 1354 103 12 109 .992 10.76
G.Holman 163.0 13 38 208 9 2 13 .991 11.98
J.Rudi 40.3 3 9 48 1 0 9 1.000 10.93
K.McMullen 17.0 2 3 20 4 0 2 1.000 12.71
E.Kranepool 9.0 0 3 11 2 0 1 1.000 13.00
T.McCarver 4.0 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
G.Mitterwald 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Lum 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1454.0 162 203 1647 119 14 135 .992 10.93
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.61
B.Browne 1100.7 132 134 236 402 17 83 .974 5.22
L.Lacy 147.0 17 19 36 49 4 13 .955 5.20
J.Wojcik 117.3 8 27 21 41 0 6 1.000 4.76
K.McMullen 56.7 5 16 10 25 0 7 1.000 5.56
N.Mathews 19.3 0 9 2 11 0 1 1.000 6.05
J.Lefebvre 11.0 0 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 3.27
T.Gonzalez 2.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1454.0 162 210 305 534 21 111 .976 5.19
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.72
J.Lefebvre 1206.0 143 145 75 301 18 20 .954 2.81
J.Rudi 88.0 8 15 8 19 1 3 .964 2.76
J.Wojcik 81.7 7 18 3 20 3 1 .885 2.53
T.Gonzalez 30.0 2 7 3 6 0 0 1.000 2.70
G.Mitterwald 16.0 1 4 1 8 1 2 .900 5.06
K.McMullen 13.0 1 3 0 2 1 0 .667 1.38
N.Mathews 11.0 0 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.64
M.Lum 6.3 0 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 4.27
T.McCarver 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1454.0 162 202 90 361 24 26 .949 2.79
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.16
T.Gonzalez 861.0 97 110 112 328 8 47 .982 4.60
K.McMullen 496.3 59 63 64 192 5 32 .981 4.64
E.Kranepool 39.0 3 11 6 19 0 2 1.000 5.77
J.Wojcik 35.7 3 9 3 17 0 3 1.000 5.05
B.Murcer 14.7 0 5 2 11 0 3 1.000 7.98
M.Lum 4.0 0 2 2 4 0 2 1.000 13.50
J.Rudi 3.3 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 8.11
Team Total 1454.0 162 201 190 573 13 90 .983 4.72
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.91
B.Powell 1243.7 142 145 282 6 0 4 1.000 2.08
G.Holman 112.3 13 17 17 1 0 1 1.000 1.44
B.Murcer 52.0 5 7 16 3 0 1 1.000 3.29
E.Kranepool 19.0 1 8 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.95
J.Rudi 11.0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
J.Wojcik 10.3 0 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.87
L.Lacy 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Browne 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Carbo 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Lum 0.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 13.64
Team Total 1454.0 162 193 320 10 0 6 1.000 2.04
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.45
B.Murcer 1113.3 127 131 289 12 4 2 .987 2.43
M.Lum 101.0 12 14 27 0 1 0 .964 2.41
E.Kranepool 95.0 11 15 34 0 0 0 1.000 3.22
J.Rudi 91.7 9 17 23 1 0 1 1.000 2.36
T.Gonzalez 32.0 3 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.41
J.Wojcik 8.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Browne 5.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
N.Mathews 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Powell 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
K.McMullen 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1454.0 162 195 384 13 5 3 .988 2.46
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.95
J.Rudi 402.0 42 59 73 3 1 0 .987 1.70
L.Lacy 402.0 52 54 80 2 0 1 1.000 1.84
M.Lum 293.3 37 37 70 1 1 1 .986 2.18
G.Holman 280.7 28 44 75 1 2 1 .974 2.44
B.Carbo 25.0 0 13 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
K.McMullen 21.7 3 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.49
G.Mitterwald 10.7 0 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.22
J.Wojcik 10.0 0 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
E.Kranepool 7.7 0 5 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.70
B.Browne 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1454.0 162 230 320 8 4 3 .988 2.03
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 1.92
J.Gelnar 261.7 36 36 10 25 0 2 1.000 1.20
J.Schaffernoth 253.3 32 32 25 41 0 4 1.000 2.34
M.Murakami 243.0 34 34 11 31 2 0 .955 1.56
T.Forster 235.0 34 34 18 47 3 1 .956 2.49
R.Cook 187.0 26 26 15 25 1 4 .976 1.93
J.Boozer 100.3 0 65 4 10 2 0 .875 1.26
B.Odom 89.3 0 55 8 12 0 2 1.000 2.02
M.Hedlund 34.3 0 23 0 7 1 1 .875 1.84
D.Knowles 23.0 0 27 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.96
T.Pierce 14.3 0 8 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.51
D.Willis 12.7 0 10 0 5 0 0 1.000 3.55
Team Total 1454.0 162 350 93 210 9 14 .971 1.88
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Powell .334
On-Base Pct Powell .409
Slugging Pct Murcer .496
OPS Powell .898
XR Murcer 106.4
Games Murcer 159
At-Bats Murcer 587
Runs Murcer 90
Hits Powell 183
Total Bases Murcer 291
Singles Powell 139
Doubles Murcer 44
Triples Browne 6
Homeruns Murcer 26
RBIs Murcer 93
Stolen Bases Wojcik 16
Caught Stealing Mathews, Murcer 7
Walks Murcer 85
Strikeouts Browne 125
ERA Gelnar 3.27
Wins Forster, Gelnar, Schaffernoth 15
Losses Gelnar 14
Winning Pct Forster .625
Saves Knowles 13
Games Pitched Boozer 65
Games Started Gelnar 36
Complete Games Schaffernoth 7
Shutouts Gelnar 2
Innings Pitched Gelnar 261.7
Hits Allowed Schaffernoth 285
Homeruns Allowed Schaffernoth 29
Strikeouts Murakami 233
Walks Allowed Forster 89
Walks per 9IP Gelnar 1.5
Hits per 9IP Murakami 7.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Murakami 8.6
WHiP Gelnar 1.07
OAVG Murakami .229
OOBP Gelnar .277
OSLG Forster .363
OOPS Gelnar .642
Team All-Stars
Terry Forster
Darold Knowles
Bobby Murcer
Boog Powell
Player Salaries
John Gelnar $ 11,660,000
Masanori Murakami $ 8,750,000
Boog Powell $ 6,700,000
Bobby Murcer $ 5,371,429
Jim Lefebvre $ 2,685,714
Jake Gibbs $ 2,250,000
Nelson Mathews $ 2,090,000
Tony Gonzalez $ 2,000,000
Joe Rudi $ 1,278,571
Ed Kranepool $ 1,250,000
Joe Schaffernoth $ 1,100,000
Gary Holman $ 800,000
Ken McMullen $ 800,000
Tim McCarver $ 550,000
Darold Knowles $ 450,000
John Wojcik $ 350,000
Byron Browne $ 350,000
Tony Pierce $ 350,000
Terry Forster $ 300,000
Ron Cook $ 300,000
Bernie Carbo $ 300,000
Mike Hedlund $ 300,000
Mike Lum $ 300,000
George Mitterwald $ 300,000
Blue Moon Odom $ 300,000
Lee Lacy $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Signed     Tony Gonzalez
2/13 Signed     Nelson Mathews
7/1 Released Jack Heidemann    
7/1 Released Al Raffo    
7/31 Traded Jim Fairey Tampa Bay Lee Richard
10/13 Released Bob Montgomery    
10/13 Released John Sipin    
10/13 Released Dick Simpson    
10/13 Released Bobby Pfeil    
10/13 Released Bob Gebhard    
10/13 Released Dale Willis    
10/13 Released John Boozer    
10/13 Released Arnold Umbach    
 
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