1973 Toronto Blue Jays
Record: 78-84
Finish: 4th in AL Players Division Division
Runs Scored: 749
Runs Allowed: 794
Exp W-L: 77-85
 
Ballpark: Exhibition Stadium
Attendance: 1,973,662
Manager: Chuck Glidden

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 62-75, 6th in the American League
AA: 57-80, 10th in the American League
A: 63-74, 5th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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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
2B  Lee Lacy 25 153 585 68 151 23 5 4 84 15 8 37 69 .258 .302 .335 .637 52.4 3.4 4.7
RF *Gary Holman 29 154 517 70 156 39 2 6 88 1 3 92 93 .302 .405 .420 .825 82.2 15.6 4.2
LF *Boog Powell 31 156 526 87 164 27 2 18 90 0 0 80 82 .312 .402 .473 .875 95.0 19.8 4.0
2B #Jim Lefebvre 31 156 515 56 136 30 5 9 81 0 2 71 85 .264 .350 .394 .744 72.3 11.5 3.0
DH *Bernie Carbo 25 146 488 81 145 27 1 17 70 1 4 92 73 .297 .405 .461 .867 92.2 18.8 0.3
LF  Ed Armbrister 24 127 456 62 115 20 9 4 34 32 17 34 112 .252 .305 .362 .667 50.6 5.8 3.3
SS  Rico Petrocelli 30 129 391 47 88 20 6 8 50 0 0 35 101 .225 .289 .368 .658 40.4 3.4 2.0
2B  Nelson Mathews 31 138 384 54 89 23 3 11 44 2 4 44 77 .232 .311 .393 .704 46.0 5.5 2.4
1B  Byron Browne 30 122 356 51 89 22 4 10 42 5 8 42 79 .250 .331 .419 .749 47.0 6.8 2.6
C  George Mitterwald 28 98 338 41 81 16 1 11 51 0 0 25 61 .240 .293 .391 .683 37.5 3.3 3.9
LF  Lee Richard 24 117 341 31 80 14 6 2 27 11 8 13 49 .235 .261 .328 .590 26.4 0.3 4.3
C *Jake Gibbs 34 88 301 42 82 7 1 4 30 2 1 26 38 .272 .331 .342 .673 35.2 4.7 3.2
3B *Tony Gonzalez 36 104 231 26 60 6 2 2 21 5 2 15 50 .260 .321 .329 .650 24.8 2.9 2.3
SS *Ed Kranepool 28 58 87 6 23 3 0 2 9 0 0 4 21 .264 .293 .368 .661 9.1 0.8 0.6
C *John Wojcik 31 69 74 21 11 4 0 0 3 7 3 13 13 .149 .276 .203 .479 5.4 0.0 0.9
SS  Ken McMullen 31 18 64 5 11 0 1 2 6 0 0 6 11 .172 .243 .297 .540 4.0 0.0 0.4
P  Joe Schaffernoth 35 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.6 1834 5655 748 1481 281 48 110 730 81 60 629 1014 .262 .336 .387 .723 720.3 102.6 42.3
  Rank among 10 AL teams 5 8 6 5 2 9 8 6 7 4 10 6 7 8 8 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
*Terry Forster 21 10 13 .435 35 35 0 233.3 221 118 15 123 153 4.55 13.3
*Masanori Murakami 29 10 14 .417 34 34 0 216.7 213 120 29 75 216 4.98 9.2
 Joe Schaffernoth 35 9 13 .409 51 15 3 206.7 250 123 29 38 70 5.36 7.9
*Ron Cook 25 12 10 .545 29 29 0 198.3 214 90 21 63 97 4.08 14.0
 Mark Littell 20 11 10 .524 28 28 0 177.7 146 78 5 120 147 3.95 12.8
 John Gelnar 30 7 8 .467 21 21 0 158.7 142 63 18 20 132 3.57 12.8
 Jerry Bell 25 1 3 .250 22 0 3 54.0 69 34 5 27 14 5.67 1.6
*Tony Pierce 27 3 2 .600 38 0 12 47.3 44 11 2 16 30 2.09 9.5
 Mike Hedlund 26 4 4 .500 30 0 4 44.7 48 27 9 11 15 5.44 2.6
*Darold Knowles 31 5 2 .714 25 0 3 42.3 55 31 2 20 18 6.59 1.4
*Bob O'Brien 24 4 2 .667 20 0 1 36.3 43 19 3 18 9 4.71 2.7
 Tom Dettore 25 2 2 .500 22 0 1 31.0 43 15 6 15 11 4.35 1.0
 Steve Barber 25 0 1 .000 7 0 1 19.3 24 12 3 11 8 5.59 0.3
Team Totals 26.4 78 84 .481 362 162 28 1466.3 1512 741 147 557 920 4.55 89.1
Rank among 10 AL teams 7 7 4 7 5 5 6 7 4 6 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 34.8
G.Mitterwald 720.3 81 84 465 43 3 0 .994 37.7
J.Gibbs 657.7 72 84 423 33 4 0 .991 27.7
J.Wojcik 88.3 9 14 65 9 1 0 .987 30.8
Team Total 1466.3 162 182 953 85 8 0 .992 32.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.37
B.Browne 700.3 83 85 804 74 6 73 .993 11.28
J.Lefebvre 482.0 54 58 543 49 9 54 .985 11.05
N.Mathews 126.0 11 26 144 12 1 14 .994 11.14
K.McMullen 106.0 12 12 137 12 0 18 1.000 12.65
E.Kranepool 23.0 2 5 34 2 1 2 .973 14.09
G.Holman 17.0 0 9 15 0 0 1 1.000 7.94
B.Powell 11.0 0 5 19 2 0 0 1.000 17.18
G.Mitterwald 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1466.3 162 201 1697 151 17 162 .991 11.34
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.85
L.Lacy 1295.0 150 151 280 514 19 120 .977 5.52
N.Mathews 97.3 7 26 20 37 2 6 .966 5.27
J.Lefebvre 35.0 2 9 5 14 1 1 .950 4.89
J.Wojcik 24.0 2 6 6 13 0 1 1.000 7.13
K.McMullen 12.0 1 2 2 5 0 1 1.000 5.25
B.Browne 2.0 0 3 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50
L.Richard 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1466.3 162 198 313 584 22 130 .976 5.51
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.81
J.Lefebvre 699.3 78 81 42 179 15 10 .936 2.84
R.Petrocelli 433.3 50 50 29 110 5 8 .965 2.89
N.Mathews 266.0 29 33 15 70 2 6 .977 2.88
T.Gonzalez 32.7 3 7 1 8 1 0 .900 2.48
G.Mitterwald 12.0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.75
K.McMullen 9.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
J.Wojcik 7.0 0 5 0 1 1 0 .500 1.29
L.Richard 7.0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.86
Team Total 1466.3 162 184 89 371 24 24 .950 2.82
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.25
L.Richard 842.0 103 107 132 362 16 77 .969 5.28
T.Gonzalez 358.3 38 64 51 148 1 29 .995 5.00
R.Petrocelli 164.7 15 33 23 71 3 17 .969 5.14
E.Kranepool 67.3 4 23 13 19 0 1 1.000 4.28
J.Wojcik 17.0 0 10 6 6 0 0 1.000 6.35
K.McMullen 17.0 2 3 4 6 0 1 1.000 5.29
Team Total 1466.3 162 240 229 612 20 125 .977 5.16
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.84
G.Holman 1023.7 120 122 217 8 1 2 .996 1.98
B.Powell 235.0 25 32 50 1 0 0 1.000 1.95
T.Gonzalez 114.3 12 16 23 1 1 0 .960 1.89
B.Carbo 59.0 5 9 11 0 1 0 .917 1.68
B.Browne 12.0 0 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Wojcik 8.3 0 7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Richard 5.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
E.Armbrister 4.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
L.Lacy 3.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Kranepool 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1466.3 162 203 307 10 3 2 .991 1.95
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.39
B.Powell 984.3 114 116 247 6 24 2 .913 2.31
N.Mathews 267.0 28 33 64 1 0 0 1.000 2.19
B.Browne 99.0 11 13 34 1 0 1 1.000 3.18
E.Kranepool 51.0 4 13 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.12
T.Gonzalez 36.0 3 8 12 0 1 0 .923 3.00
J.Wojcik 11.0 1 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
L.Richard 10.0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
E.Armbrister 5.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Schaffernoth 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1466.3 162 193 375 8 25 3 .939 2.35
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 1.99
E.Armbrister 966.7 122 123 216 4 0 0 1.000 2.05
G.Holman 221.3 25 30 48 3 1 2 .981 2.07
G.Mitterwald 64.0 6 15 11 1 0 0 1.000 1.69
B.Carbo 62.0 3 22 15 1 1 0 .941 2.32
B.Browne 54.7 3 18 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.14
E.Kranepool 30.3 1 10 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.78
L.Lacy 20.0 0 11 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Wojcik 18.0 1 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50
L.Richard 14.3 0 8 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.26
J.Lefebvre 12.0 1 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
T.Gonzalez 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Cook 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1466.3 162 251 319 9 2 2 .994 2.01
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.94
T.Forster 233.3 35 35 14 38 0 1 1.000 2.01
M.Murakami 216.7 34 34 11 24 0 2 1.000 1.45
J.Schaffernoth 206.7 15 51 18 25 0 2 1.000 1.87
R.Cook 198.3 29 29 18 31 1 3 .980 2.22
M.Littell 177.7 28 28 15 15 1 3 .968 1.52
J.Gelnar 158.7 21 21 10 32 0 2 1.000 2.38
J.Bell 54.0 0 22 4 12 0 1 1.000 2.67
T.Pierce 47.3 0 38 4 7 0 0 1.000 2.09
M.Hedlund 44.7 0 30 6 8 0 0 1.000 2.82
D.Knowles 42.3 0 25 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.13
B.O'Brien 36.3 0 20 5 6 0 0 1.000 2.73
T.Dettore 31.0 0 22 2 8 1 0 .909 2.90
S.Barber 19.3 0 7 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.33
Team Total 1466.3 162 362 110 218 3 14 .991 2.01
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Powell .312
On-Base Pct Carbo .405
Slugging Pct Powell .473
OPS Powell .875
XR Powell 95.0
Games Powell, Lefebvre 156
At-Bats Lacy 585
Runs Powell 87
Hits Powell 164
Total Bases Powell 249
Singles Lacy 119
Doubles Holman 39
Triples Armbrister 9
Homeruns Powell 18
RBIs Powell 90
Stolen Bases Armbrister 32
Caught Stealing Armbrister 17
Walks Holman, Carbo 92
Strikeouts Armbrister 112
ERA Littell 3.95
Wins Cook 12
Losses Murakami 14
Winning Pct Cook .545
Saves Pierce 12
Games Pitched Schaffernoth 51
Games Started Forster 35
Complete Games Gelnar 7
Shutouts Cook, Gelnar, Schaffernoth 1
Innings Pitched Forster 233.3
Hits Allowed Schaffernoth 250
Homeruns Allowed Murakami, Schaffernoth 29
Strikeouts Murakami 216
Walks Allowed Forster 123
Walks per 9IP Schaffernoth 1.7
Hits per 9IP Littell 7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Murakami 9.0
WHiP Murakami 1.33
OAVG Littell .223
OOBP Murakami .313
OSLG Littell .314
OOPS Littell .656
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
John Gelnar $ 11,660,000
Masanori Murakami $ 8,750,000
Boog Powell $ 8,210,000
Jim Lefebvre $ 4,100,000
Rico Petrocelli $ 4,000,000
Jake Gibbs $ 3,000,000
Nelson Mathews $ 2,090,000
Tony Gonzalez $ 2,000,000
Gary Holman $ 1,514,286
Joe Rudi $ 1,278,571
Joe Schaffernoth $ 1,100,000
Ken McMullen $ 800,000
Ed Kranepool $ 630,000
Tim McCarver $ 550,000
Darold Knowles $ 450,000
Byron Browne $ 350,000
John Wojcik $ 350,000
George Mitterwald $ 350,000
Tony Pierce $ 350,000
Mike Lum $ 350,000
Bernie Carbo $ 300,000
Ron Cook $ 300,000
Jerry Bell $ 300,000
Tom Dettore $ 300,000
Steve Barber $ 300,000
Terry Forster $ 300,000
Mike Hedlund $ 300,000
Ed Armbrister $ 300,000
Barry Lersch $ 300,000
Mark Littell $ 300,000
Bob O'Brien $ 300,000
Lee Richard $ 300,000
Lee Lacy $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/8 Signed     Rico Petrocelli
7/31 Signed     Barry Lersch