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1969 Toronto Blue Jays
Record: 83-79
Finish: 2nd in AL Players Division Division
Runs Scored: 649
Runs Allowed: 622
Exp W-L: 84-78
 
Ballpark: Exhibition Stadium
Attendance: 967,716
Manager: Chuck Glidden

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 60-77, 8th in the American League
AA: 63-74, 6th in the American League
A: 52-85, 10th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 1-4 to Boston (A) Red Sox
Won Divisional Series 4-2 over Kansas City Royals
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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
3B *Bill Sorrell 28 159 617 58 160 15 1 12 70 5 0 57 69 .259 .320 .345 .665 69.6 12.0 5.1
LF *Boog Powell 27 159 588 73 136 20 2 17 69 0 1 84 107 .231 .328 .359 .687 74.1 13.6 0.0
RF *Gary Holman 25 155 509 66 124 19 3 2 43 1 2 90 101 .244 .356 .305 .661 61.0 11.2 4.1
LF *Bobby Murcer 23 145 526 80 121 14 2 22 75 10 3 65 106 .230 .314 .390 .704 68.2 12.1 6.0
LF *Art Shamsky 27 141 513 61 134 31 1 13 81 2 9 45 68 .261 .318 .402 .720 63.7 11.1 3.4
2B #Jim Lefebvre 27 142 496 65 134 32 3 9 58 5 1 52 63 .270 .338 .401 .739 63.5 13.2 4.1
CF  Joe Rudi 22 142 493 55 108 45 4 5 58 1 1 40 87 .219 .276 .357 .633 44.9 5.2 5.0
SS *Ed Kranepool 24 138 449 48 109 23 2 4 53 1 3 33 82 .243 .292 .330 .622 40.5 4.5 5.0
C *Clay Dalrymple 32 116 389 29 84 14 0 4 35 1 1 40 38 .216 .288 .283 .571 29.4 1.5 4.4
C *John Wojcik 27 127 340 48 63 12 0 5 33 10 3 53 96 .185 .300 .265 .564 32.9 3.4 4.4
C  George Mitterwald 24 83 274 20 52 6 0 4 26 0 0 13 59 .190 .226 .255 .482 11.8 0.0 2.8
CF *Mike Lum 23 94 254 26 57 8 0 2 22 0 0 18 55 .224 .277 .280 .557 19.4 1.2 3.2
SS #Al Weis 31 78 126 20 25 5 0 0 9 2 2 9 25 .198 .250 .238 .488 5.4 0.0 1.5
P  Don Drysdale 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 26.6 1680 5574 649 1307 244 18 99 632 38 26 600 956 .234 .308 .338 .646 584.6 88.9 48.9
  Rank among 10 AL teams 5 7 9 5 10 8 6 9 1 5 5 9 7 9 9 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
 Don Drysdale 32 19 11 .633 34 34 0 290.7 232 89 17 67 240 2.76 26.8
 John Gelnar 26 16 13 .552 36 36 0 273.0 191 78 17 34 233 2.57 26.0
*Masanori Murakami 25 15 9 .625 34 34 0 233.7 180 82 25 66 251 3.16 18.7
 John Miller 28 6 11 .353 35 21 4 180.0 151 76 13 96 114 3.80 10.8
 Chris Zachary 25 6 10 .375 29 22 1 148.3 133 62 15 67 129 3.76 7.8
*Billy McCool 24 11 6 .647 48 11 5 131.3 117 55 5 60 139 3.77 10.5
 Craig Anderson 30 3 7 .300 44 0 1 85.7 96 51 11 44 44 5.36 0.0
*Tony Pierce 23 4 5 .444 38 0 5 68.7 68 32 11 20 38 4.19 3.1
 Jim Dickson 31 1 2 .333 4 4 0 28.3 25 13 1 17 13 4.13 1.4
 Dale Willis 31 2 2 .500 23 0 9 26.7 19 4 0 14 28 1.35 6.0
 Sonny Siebert 32 0 0 .000 8 0 1 12.3 18 8 2 6 4 5.84 0.0
 Terry Fox 33 0 3 .000 6 0 1 8.0 15 13 5 5 1 14.63 0.0
Team Totals 28.3 83 79 .512 339 162 27 1486.6 1245 563 122 496 1234 3.41 111.1
Rank among 10 AL teams 5 5 7 6 1 1 3 2 4 1 2  
* - 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 .992 36.3
C.Dalrymple 893.3 99 101 778 40 7 0 .992 33.3
G.Mitterwald 572.0 63 68 473 23 2 1 .996 34.9
J.Wojcik 20.3 0 8 17 2 0 0 1.000 50.0
A.Weis 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1486.7 162 178 1269 65 9 1 .993 34.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.94
G.Holman 617.3 67 69 643 47 3 37 .996 10.06
A.Shamsky 491.0 55 57 495 37 2 49 .996 9.75
J.Lefebvre 168.7 18 23 167 12 3 20 .984 9.55
J.Rudi 110.7 12 15 105 9 0 8 1.000 9.27
G.Mitterwald 57.7 6 8 72 6 0 4 1.000 12.17
C.Dalrymple 33.0 4 4 31 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
M.Lum 7.0 0 1 7 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
E.Kranepool 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Powell 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1486.6 162 179 1520 113 8 118 .995 9.89
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.64
J.Lefebvre 734.7 78 91 123 276 7 36 .983 4.89
J.Wojcik 473.3 56 61 104 178 5 43 .983 5.36
B.Sorrell 180.7 20 24 27 60 3 12 .967 4.33
A.Weis 98.0 8 17 18 41 2 8 .967 5.42
Team Total 1486.7 162 193 272 555 17 99 .980 5.01
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 2.58
B.Sorrell 1103.7 122 122 57 212 16 16 .944 2.19
J.Lefebvre 157.3 17 20 8 32 6 1 .870 2.29
A.Shamsky 149.3 18 19 8 25 1 2 .971 1.99
J.Rudi 28.0 2 6 4 5 0 0 1.000 2.89
C.Dalrymple 27.0 3 4 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.00
A.Weis 13.3 0 8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Wojcik 8.0 0 4 0 7 0 0 1.000 7.88
Team Total 1486.7 162 183 79 285 23 19 .941 2.20
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 4.85
E.Kranepool 803.0 88 101 103 270 10 36 .974 4.18
M.Lum 433.0 52 59 59 148 5 31 .976 4.30
A.Weis 219.3 22 31 30 76 10 17 .914 4.35
J.Wojcik 21.0 0 11 1 11 0 0 1.000 5.14
B.Murcer 10.3 0 6 2 5 1 1 .875 6.10
Team Total 1486.7 162 208 195 510 26 85 .964 4.27
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.78
A.Shamsky 534.3 60 62 102 2 1 1 .990 1.75
J.Rudi 277.3 30 35 54 1 2 0 .965 1.78
G.Holman 229.3 26 28 56 1 1 0 .983 2.24
E.Kranepool 219.0 24 28 42 4 0 0 1.000 1.89
B.Sorrell 116.0 14 15 28 2 0 0 1.000 2.33
J.Wojcik 70.7 4 12 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.66
M.Lum 33.0 4 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.36
A.Weis 7.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
Team Total 1486.7 162 186 302 10 4 1 .987 1.89
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.43
B.Murcer 1151.3 128 132 306 8 3 3 .991 2.45
J.Rudi 147.3 17 18 42 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
M.Lum 73.0 7 9 24 0 2 0 .923 2.96
J.Wojcik 67.0 6 9 23 0 1 0 .958 3.09
E.Kranepool 26.0 3 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.38
A.Shamsky 21.0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
A.Weis 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1486.7 162 176 402 8 6 3 .986 2.48
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.93
J.Rudi 624.7 66 71 156 5 2 1 .988 2.32
G.Holman 514.0 57 59 101 1 1 0 .990 1.79
J.Wojcik 183.0 20 26 43 1 1 0 .978 2.16
M.Lum 132.0 16 17 25 0 0 0 1.000 1.70
E.Kranepool 14.0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
J.Lefebvre 10.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
B.Murcer 9.0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00
Team Total 1486.7 162 181 334 7 4 1 .988 2.06
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 1.93
D.Drysdale 290.7 34 34 14 34 3 5 .941 1.49
J.Gelnar 273.0 36 36 17 49 1 4 .985 2.18
M.Murakami 233.7 34 34 7 24 2 2 .939 1.19
J.Miller 180.0 21 35 11 20 0 1 1.000 1.55
C.Zachary 148.3 22 29 11 27 0 1 1.000 2.31
B.McCool 131.3 11 48 10 13 0 1 1.000 1.58
C.Anderson 85.7 0 44 6 20 1 1 .963 2.73
T.Pierce 68.7 0 38 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.57
J.Dickson 28.3 4 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.64
D.Willis 26.7 0 23 0 6 0 2 1.000 2.03
S.Siebert 12.3 0 8 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.46
T.Fox 8.0 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1486.6 162 339 84 203 7 17 .976 1.74
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Lefebvre .270
On-Base Pct Holman .356
Slugging Pct Shamsky .402
OPS Lefebvre .739
XR Powell 74.1
Games Powell, Sorrell 159
At-Bats Sorrell 617
Runs Murcer 80
Hits Sorrell 160
Total Bases Sorrell 213
Singles Sorrell 132
Doubles Rudi 45
Triples Rudi 4
Homeruns Murcer 22
RBIs Shamsky 81
Stolen Bases Murcer, Wojcik 10
Caught Stealing Shamsky 9
Walks Holman 90
Strikeouts Powell 107
ERA Gelnar 2.57
Wins Drysdale 19
Losses Gelnar 13
Winning Pct McCool .647
Saves Willis 9
Games Pitched McCool 48
Games Started Gelnar 36
Complete Games Drysdale 17
Shutouts Drysdale 4
Innings Pitched Drysdale 290.7
Hits Allowed Drysdale 232
Homeruns Allowed Murakami 25
Strikeouts Murakami 251
Walks Allowed Miller 96
Walks per 9IP Gelnar 1.1
Hits per 9IP Gelnar 6.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Murakami 9.7
WHiP Gelnar 0.82
OAVG Gelnar .192
OOBP Gelnar .227
OSLG Gelnar .303
OOPS Gelnar .530
Team All-Stars
Don Drysdale
Player Salaries
Don Drysdale $ 16,190,000
John Gelnar $ 5,392,857
Masanori Murakami $ 3,821,429
Boog Powell $ 3,250,000
Jim Lefebvre $ 2,685,714
Bobby Murcer $ 2,435,714
John Miller $ 1,550,000
Bill Sorrell $ 1,342,857
Terry Fox $ 1,000,000
Jim Dickson $ 960,714
Billy McCool $ 831,429
Ron Piche $ 500,000
Sonny Siebert $ 350,000
Dale Willis $ 350,000
Ed Kranepool $ 350,000
Mike Cuellar $ 310,000
Clay Dalrymple $ 300,000
John Wojcik $ 300,000
Gary Holman $ 300,000
George Mitterwald $ 300,000
Mike Lum $ 300,000
Art Shamsky $ 300,000
Craig Anderson $ 300,000
Wes Stock $ 300,000
Chris Zachary $ 300,000
Tony Pierce $ 300,000
Joe Rudi $ 300,000
Al Weis $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Roberto Clemente New York (N) Jay Hankins
2/3 Traded Wes Covington Detroit Craig Anderson
$4,000,000
2/3 Traded Bob Hazle New York (A) Al Weis
2/13 Traded Hawk Taylor New York (N) Clay Dalrymple
Sonny Siebert
4/2 Signed     Wes Stock
5/1 Signed     Don Cardwell
5/1 Signed     Jim Archer
5/1 Signed     Steve Barber
5/1 Signed     Cholly Naranjo
6/1 Released Jay Hankins    
 
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