1983 Toronto Blue Jays
Record: 70-90
Finish: 4th in AL West Division
Runs Scored: 605
Runs Allowed: 680
Exp W-L: 71-89
 
Ballpark: Exhibition Stadium
Attendance: 556,768
Manager: Chuck Glidden

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-65, 4th in the American League
AA: 70-67, 6th in the American League
A: 88-49, 1st 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
LF *Ken Landreaux 28 158 599 72 175 20 9 15 80 29 10 34 38 .292 .333 .431 .764 81.6 15.0 0.2
LF *Al Oliver 36 153 566 56 159 33 1 5 58 1 3 28 56 .281 .313 .369 .682 58.1 7.9 3.9
RF  Ron Leflore 35 154 557 64 148 19 6 8 53 24 18 27 121 .266 .302 .364 .667 58.4 6.7 4.2
CF *Jose Cruz 35 152 553 50 149 19 3 4 51 10 10 19 73 .269 .292 .336 .629 49.4 4.2 5.0
3B  Juan Bernhardt 29 155 547 55 157 30 10 5 72 2 3 14 45 .287 .301 .406 .707 63.0 9.6 4.8
C  Jim Sundberg 32 149 498 53 121 22 3 3 45 4 3 49 63 .243 .310 .317 .627 45.6 3.9 6.2
3B #Tony Phillips 24 153 434 40 87 18 1 7 49 6 2 58 99 .200 .295 .295 .590 40.8 2.8 6.7
DH #Albert Hall 25 136 454 69 104 15 5 2 33 59 19 39 47 .229 .289 .297 .587 45.1 4.0 2.2
1B *Kent Hrbek 23 138 344 43 85 17 0 15 51 0 0 34 34 .247 .312 .427 .740 46.5 7.6 1.8
1B *Phil Mankowski 30 113 326 21 75 13 0 1 20 3 3 15 32 .230 .264 .279 .543 20.7 0.0 5.7
RF  Candy Maldonado 22 103 219 25 53 12 0 10 40 0 0 18 35 .242 .297 .434 .731 26.9 3.6 1.3
CF  Ivan Murrell 38 90 192 23 45 4 2 1 23 8 6 12 42 .234 .278 .292 .570 13.3 0.0 1.7
C  Dave Van Gorder 26 43 126 12 29 6 0 1 10 0 0 9 21 .230 .279 .302 .581 10.8 0.4 1.4
SS *Tom Foley 23 62 77 4 11 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 14 .143 .165 .169 .333 -0.4 0.0 0.9
2B #Eddie Miller 26 53 20 17 6 1 0 1 1 15 4 0 0 .300 .300 .500 .800 4.3 0.7 0.3
  Team Totals 28.8 1812 5512 604 1404 231 40 78 588 161 81 358 720 .255 .300 .354 .653 564.0 66.5 46.3
  Rank among 12 AL teams 10 10 10 11 3 12 10 4 12 11 5 10 10 12 11 11  
* - 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
 Manny Sarmiento 27 10 17 .370 36 36 0 242.0 224 101 20 69 117 3.76 16.3
 Mike Scott 28 10 15 .400 33 33 0 230.0 218 98 18 69 113 3.83 14.6
*Matt Young 24 9 16 .360 34 34 0 229.7 248 118 23 101 152 4.62 9.4
*Bruce Hurst 25 16 12 .571 30 30 0 229.3 225 87 15 54 103 3.41 18.7
 Rick Rhoden 30 7 11 .389 27 27 0 201.0 191 79 10 85 98 3.54 13.6
 Buzz Capra 35 3 1 .750 33 0 0 87.0 80 41 11 35 41 4.24 5.0
 Jerry Reed 27 6 1 .857 67 0 3 78.3 81 23 1 29 34 2.64 10.1
 Steve Bedrosian 25 6 14 .300 60 0 34 71.0 81 46 7 33 53 5.83 3.6
 Rollie Fingers 36 2 2 .500 29 0 1 53.0 62 26 4 25 31 4.42 3.0
 Nolan Ryan 36 1 1 .500 19 0 1 18.0 15 2 0 12 19 1.00 3.0
Team Totals 29.3 70 90 .438 368 160 39 1439.3 1425 621 109 512 761 3.88 97.2
Rank among 12 AL teams 11 11 9 11 6 4 3 5 8 7 4  
* - 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 37.2
J.Sundberg 1131.7 125 134 633 62 7 1 .990 40.0
D.Van Gorder 307.7 35 40 171 14 4 0 .979 31.0
Team Total 1439.3 160 174 804 76 11 1 .988 38.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.72
A.Hall 863.0 110 114 1015 62 10 99 .991 11.23
I.Murrell 298.7 36 40 357 23 4 22 .990 11.45
K.Hrbek 194.7 11 62 262 10 1 27 .996 12.58
C.Maldonado 46.7 2 21 50 2 0 4 1.000 10.03
E.Miller 21.3 1 7 28 2 0 2 1.000 12.66
J.Sundberg 9.0 0 6 9 0 0 2 1.000 9.00
P.Mankowski 3.0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00
A.Oliver 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 4.50
J.Bernhardt 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1439.3 160 253 1728 99 15 157 .992 11.42
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 5.90
T.Phillips 1226.7 149 150 308 560 14 118 .984 6.37
T.Foley 200.0 11 54 34 78 3 17 .974 5.04
J.Bernhardt 7.0 0 5 1 3 0 1 1.000 5.14
K.Landreaux 5.7 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.18
Team Total 1439.3 160 210 345 641 17 136 .983 6.17
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 2.90
J.Bernhardt 963.3 112 112 64 246 21 16 .937 2.90
K.Hrbek 418.0 45 52 26 116 4 6 .973 3.06
A.Hall 28.3 3 6 3 7 1 2 .909 3.18
P.Mankowski 12.0 0 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.25
D.Van Gorder 7.0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.86
E.Miller 5.7 0 3 0 1 1 0 .500 1.59
J.Cruz 5.0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1.000 3.60
Team Total 1439.3 160 184 96 375 27 25 .946 2.95
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.31
P.Mankowski 881.7 108 109 141 394 10 74 .982 5.46
J.Bernhardt 310.7 34 36 62 137 3 16 .985 5.77
I.Murrell 157.3 14 38 18 70 0 14 1.000 5.03
A.Hall 67.7 4 20 10 34 0 9 1.000 5.85
T.Foley 12.0 0 6 4 4 0 0 1.000 6.00
T.Phillips 4.0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 4.50
E.Miller 2.0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 13.50
R.Leflore 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Van Gorder 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Cruz 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1439.3 160 215 237 642 13 114 .985 5.50
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.96
A.Oliver 1256.7 142 143 261 13 3 3 .989 1.96
C.Maldonado 113.3 12 16 30 0 1 0 .968 2.38
I.Murrell 44.0 5 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.84
E.Miller 16.0 1 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
D.Van Gorder 3.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Bernhardt 3.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Cruz 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1439.3 160 178 304 13 4 3 .988 1.98
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 2.62
J.Cruz 1202.0 144 146 335 9 10 0 .972 2.58
C.Maldonado 174.3 15 37 38 3 1 1 .976 2.12
A.Hall 18.0 0 11 5 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
I.Murrell 17.0 1 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12
E.Miller 10.7 0 8 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.22
R.Leflore 9.7 0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.66
K.Landreaux 5.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40
A.Oliver 2.7 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1439.3 160 217 396 13 11 1 .974 2.56
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.04
R.Leflore 1277.0 147 149 300 10 13 2 .960 2.18
C.Maldonado 104.0 12 14 21 0 2 0 .913 1.82
K.Landreaux 16.0 0 8 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
A.Hall 12.0 0 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
A.Oliver 11.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
I.Murrell 9.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
E.Miller 5.3 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.07
J.Cruz 5.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
Team Total 1439.3 160 187 340 10 15 2 .959 2.19
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.03
M.Sarmiento 242.0 36 36 7 28 1 1 .972 1.30
M.Scott 230.0 33 33 15 40 2 2 .965 2.15
M.Young 229.7 34 34 8 29 1 4 .974 1.45
B.Hurst 229.3 30 30 19 39 2 7 .967 2.28
R.Rhoden 201.0 27 27 8 29 0 3 1.000 1.66
B.Capra 87.0 0 33 2 15 0 0 1.000 1.76
J.Reed 78.3 0 67 3 10 0 0 1.000 1.49
S.Bedrosian 71.0 0 60 0 11 1 1 .917 1.39
R.Fingers 53.0 0 29 1 12 0 2 1.000 2.21
N.Ryan 18.0 0 19 0 6 0 2 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1439.3 160 368 63 219 7 22 .976 1.76
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Landreaux .292
On-Base Pct Landreaux .333
Slugging Pct Landreaux .431
OPS Landreaux .764
XR Landreaux 81.6
Games Landreaux 158
At-Bats Landreaux 599
Runs Landreaux 72
Hits Landreaux 175
Total Bases Landreaux 258
Singles Landreaux 131
Doubles Oliver 33
Triples Bernhardt 10
Homeruns Hrbek, Landreaux 15
RBIs Landreaux 80
Stolen Bases Hall 59
Caught Stealing Hall 19
Walks Phillips 58
Strikeouts Leflore 121
ERA Hurst 3.41
Wins Hurst 16
Losses Sarmiento 17
Winning Pct Hurst .571
Saves Bedrosian 34
Games Pitched Reed 67
Games Started Sarmiento 36
Complete Games Hurst 10
Shutouts Rhoden 1
Innings Pitched Sarmiento 242.0
Hits Allowed Young 248
Homeruns Allowed Young 23
Strikeouts Young 152
Walks Allowed Young 101
Walks per 9IP Hurst 2.1
Hits per 9IP Sarmiento 8.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Young 6.0
WHiP Sarmiento 1.21
OAVG Sarmiento .243
OOBP Sarmiento .297
OSLG Rhoden .355
OOPS Sarmiento .669
Team All-Stars
Juan Bernhardt
Player Salaries
Jose Cruz $ 6,000,000
Manny Sarmiento $ 4,007,143
Ron Leflore $ 3,000,000
Rick Rhoden $ 3,000,000
Jim Sundberg $ 3,000,000
Mike Scott $ 2,285,714
Ken Landreaux $ 2,200,000
Al Oliver $ 2,000,000
Ivan Murrell $ 1,500,000
Juan Bernhardt $ 1,450,000
Rollie Fingers $ 375,000
Dave Stewart $ 350,000
Phil Mankowski $ 350,000
Buzz Capra $ 300,000
Tom Foley $ 300,000
Albert Hall $ 300,000
Kent Hrbek $ 300,000
Bruce Hurst $ 300,000
Steve Bedrosian $ 300,000
Eddie Miller $ 300,000
Matt Young $ 300,000
Tony Phillips $ 300,000
Jerry Reed $ 300,000
Nolan Ryan $ 300,000
Dave Van Gorder $ 300,000
Candy Maldonado $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Traded Dave Beard Oakland Manny Sarmiento
2/6 Signed     Al Oliver
2/14 Traded Miguel Dilone
Balor Moore
Odell Jones
$2,481,934
Kansas City Marvin Lane
Steve Foucault
2/14 Traded Joey Mclaughlin Colorado Bob Owchinko
2/23 Signed     Nolan Ryan
2/24 Signed     Jim Otten
2/26 Signed     Rollie Fingers
2/26 Signed     Buzz Capra