1967 Toronto Blue Jays
Record: 75-87
Finish: 4th in AL Players Division Division
Runs Scored: 627
Runs Allowed: 650
Exp W-L: 78-84
 
Ballpark: Exhibition Stadium
Attendance: 1,304,322
Manager: Chuck Glidden

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 74-63, 4th in the American League
AA: 70-67, 5th in the American League
A: 55-82, 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 25 156 558 80 164 32 3 19 67 0 0 69 98 .294 .372 .464 .836 90.6 18.6 3.9
LF *Bob Hazle 36 154 562 77 149 35 1 14 56 1 0 60 90 .265 .341 .406 .747 75.3 13.5 4.0
CF *Wes Covington 35 153 562 68 147 28 5 20 77 1 4 40 87 .262 .313 .436 .749 75.1 13.3 3.4
LF *Bobby Murcer 21 139 494 52 118 24 4 14 53 12 6 49 74 .239 .307 .389 .696 59.4 8.5 5.1
2B #Jim Lefebvre 25 144 481 53 119 28 2 11 62 2 4 57 67 .247 .328 .383 .710 58.2 9.2 4.6
3B *Bill Sorrell 26 144 434 33 118 15 1 7 61 0 1 42 28 .272 .334 .359 .693 53.1 8.5 3.0
2B  Mike De La Hoz 28 126 452 42 105 17 2 6 48 1 1 26 46 .232 .273 .319 .592 33.5 1.5 4.6
C  Doc Edwards 30 128 397 43 106 24 1 5 40 0 1 25 71 .267 .312 .370 .682 43.4 6.4 4.6
LF *Art Shamsky 25 133 387 57 97 21 3 11 46 0 0 45 51 .251 .327 .406 .733 48.2 7.6 3.4
1B  Byron Browne 24 118 264 31 49 13 5 6 32 8 4 26 77 .186 .259 .341 .600 21.9 1.0 2.3
C *Russ Nixon 32 103 248 24 60 21 2 1 24 1 0 14 35 .242 .281 .355 .636 21.2 1.9 2.8
SS  Bill Mazeroski 30 81 167 25 39 7 2 1 9 2 1 11 12 .234 .279 .317 .597 13.5 0.8 2.1
P  John Gelnar 24 37 91 4 12 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 28 .132 .160 .165 .324 0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Don Drysdale 30 32 85 5 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 28 .129 .128 .141 .269 -1.3 0.0 0.0
P *Billy Hoeft 35 29 81 6 12 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 27 .148 .148 .160 .309 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P *Masanori Murakami 23 36 77 7 9 1 0 0 4 1 0 3 24 .117 .150 .130 .280 -1.0 0.0 0.0
SS  Chuck Harrison 26 30 57 6 13 2 0 1 6 1 0 8 8 .228 .323 .316 .639 6.0 0.7 0.4
P  Billy McCool 22 66 24 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .042 .042 .083 .125 -1.8 0.0 0.0
P *Mike Cuellar 30 8 18 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 9 .111 .105 .111 .216 0.1 0.0 0.0
CF  Bobby Wine 28 15 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .056 .056 .056 .111 -1.1 0.0 0.1
C *Gary Kolb 27 34 16 9 3 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 .188 .188 .313 .500 0.6 0.0 0.1
P *Chris Zachary 23 10 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 0.0 0.0
C  Bob Schmidt 34 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Jim Dickson 29 36 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .143 .250 .143 .393 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Dale Willis 29 40 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Tony Pierce 21 49 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  John Miller 26 22 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0.9 0.3 0.0
P  Ron Piche 32 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Terry Fox 31 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 27.8 2078 5505 627 1340 271 32 117 603 36 22 480 892 .243 .305 .368 .673 596.7 91.8 44.2
  Rank among 10 AL teams 6 8 7 2 7 7 8 10 1 5 1 8 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
 John Gelnar 24 14 11 .560 37 37 0 268.3 203 67 10 34 207 2.25 29.3
 Don Drysdale 30 12 9 .571 32 32 0 255.0 210 88 32 61 241 3.11 18.9
*Billy Hoeft 35 12 15 .444 29 28 0 231.7 191 82 28 46 175 3.19 16.6
*Masanori Murakami 23 8 14 .364 36 36 0 227.3 200 110 34 92 269 4.35 6.5
*Billy McCool 22 8 12 .400 66 12 6 131.0 114 57 13 65 118 3.92 8.0
*Tony Pierce 21 8 9 .471 49 0 15 56.0 68 36 9 19 21 5.79 1.8
 Jim Dickson 29 1 4 .200 35 4 1 53.7 47 29 8 18 38 4.86 0.8
*Mike Cuellar 30 2 4 .333 8 7 0 53.3 54 30 4 27 29 5.06 0.4
 Dale Willis 29 0 2 .000 40 0 1 53.0 56 30 5 31 42 5.09 0.1
 Terry Fox 31 5 2 .714 28 0 2 36.7 43 15 5 13 16 3.68 3.2
 Chris Zachary 23 2 4 .333 10 4 0 30.0 35 28 7 14 17 8.40 0.0
 John Miller 26 1 0 1.000 22 1 1 29.3 28 15 1 23 22 4.60 1.2
 Ron Piche 32 2 1 .667 18 0 0 26.3 27 10 1 13 18 3.42 2.2
Team Totals 27.3 75 87 .463 410 161 26 1451.6 1276 597 157 456 1213 3.70 89.0
Rank among 10 AL teams 7 7 7 7 6 1 8 4 2 1 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 .992 34.2
D.Edwards 887.3 97 111 759 45 6 0 .993 36.1
R.Nixon 544.7 63 69 465 28 5 0 .990 32.8
G.Kolb 14.0 2 3 13 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
B.Schmidt 5.7 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1451.7 162 186 1240 73 11 0 .992 34.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.11
B.Powell 1250.3 142 147 1349 90 5 103 .997 10.36
C.Harrison 109.7 13 18 108 9 0 13 1.000 9.60
B.Mazeroski 41.0 3 10 41 2 0 2 1.000 9.44
D.Edwards 36.7 4 6 40 2 0 3 1.000 10.31
A.Shamsky 13.0 0 3 12 0 0 2 1.000 8.31
J.Lefebvre 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.7 162 185 1550 103 5 123 .997 10.25
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 5.69
J.Lefebvre 667.7 73 78 130 243 4 39 .989 5.03
M.De La Hoz 637.0 75 75 107 214 7 37 .979 4.54
B.Mazeroski 100.7 10 17 17 36 1 12 .981 4.74
B.Sorrell 44.3 4 8 8 16 0 1 1.000 4.87
B.Wine 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.7 162 179 262 509 12 89 .985 4.78
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.62
B.Sorrell 919.7 108 110 53 194 16 11 .939 2.42
J.Lefebvre 456.0 50 54 31 98 4 6 .970 2.55
B.Mazeroski 49.0 3 16 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.47
B.Wine 20.0 1 6 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.25
C.Harrison 7.0 0 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.57
Team Total 1451.7 162 190 86 305 20 17 .951 2.42
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.96
B.Murcer 849.0 95 101 105 294 12 51 .971 4.23
M.De La Hoz 410.7 46 47 55 160 8 26 .964 4.71
B.Mazeroski 177.0 20 24 44 72 4 16 .967 5.90
B.Wine 10.0 1 2 2 3 1 1 .833 4.50
G.Kolb 5.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1451.7 162 175 206 530 25 94 .967 4.56
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.72
W.Covington 840.0 97 100 139 5 7 0 .954 1.54
A.Shamsky 401.0 45 50 83 2 0 1 1.000 1.91
B.Browne 97.0 10 17 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.95
B.Sorrell 95.0 10 14 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.14
B.Hazle 8.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Powell 6.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
J.Dickson 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
G.Kolb 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.7 162 188 257 7 7 1 .974 1.64
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.29
A.Shamsky 438.3 49 56 113 2 0 1 1.000 2.36
B.Hazle 412.3 47 48 106 0 0 0 1.000 2.31
B.Browne 340.0 38 47 96 1 0 0 1.000 2.57
B.Murcer 243.0 28 29 50 4 1 0 .982 2.00
W.Covington 11.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
G.Kolb 5.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40
B.Wine 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1451.7 162 188 372 7 1 1 .997 2.35
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.81
B.Hazle 866.7 99 100 167 2 8 1 .955 1.76
W.Covington 407.7 46 47 94 0 1 0 .989 2.08
B.Browne 141.7 14 18 26 1 0 1 1.000 1.72
A.Shamsky 24.0 3 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.63
J.Lefebvre 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
G.Kolb 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Murcer 2.7 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 10.15
Team Total 1451.6 162 175 298 3 9 2 .971 1.87
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 1.98
J.Gelnar 268.3 37 37 16 47 2 5 .969 2.11
D.Drysdale 255.0 32 32 8 33 3 3 .932 1.45
B.Hoeft 231.7 28 29 17 38 4 2 .932 2.14
M.Murakami 227.3 36 36 6 38 2 1 .957 1.74
B.McCool 131.0 12 66 6 14 0 2 1.000 1.37
T.Pierce 56.0 0 49 4 12 1 1 .941 2.57
J.Dickson 53.7 4 35 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.34
M.Cuellar 53.3 7 8 1 10 2 2 .846 1.86
D.Willis 53.0 0 40 4 8 0 1 1.000 2.04
T.Fox 36.7 0 28 1 12 0 2 1.000 3.19
C.Zachary 30.0 4 10 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.20
J.Miller 29.3 1 22 2 5 0 2 1.000 2.15
R.Piche 26.3 0 18 2 5 1 1 .875 2.39
Team Total 1451.6 161 410 70 231 15 22 .953 1.87
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Powell .294
On-Base Pct Powell .372
Slugging Pct Powell .464
OPS Powell .836
XR Powell 90.6
Games Powell 156
At-Bats Hazle, Covington 562
Runs Powell 80
Hits Powell 164
Total Bases Powell 259
Singles Powell 110
Doubles Hazle 35
Triples Browne, Covington 5
Homeruns Covington 20
RBIs Covington 77
Stolen Bases Murcer 12
Caught Stealing Murcer 6
Walks Powell 69
Strikeouts Powell 98
ERA Gelnar 2.25
Wins Gelnar 14
Losses Hoeft 15
Winning Pct Drysdale .571
Saves Pierce 15
Games Pitched McCool 66
Games Started Gelnar 37
Complete Games Drysdale, Hoeft 12
Shutouts Drysdale, Gelnar, Hoeft 1
Innings Pitched Gelnar 268.3
Hits Allowed Drysdale 210
Homeruns Allowed Murakami 34
Strikeouts Murakami 269
Walks Allowed Murakami 92
Walks per 9IP Gelnar 1.1
Hits per 9IP Gelnar 6.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Murakami 10.6
WHiP Gelnar 0.88
OAVG Gelnar .205
OOBP Gelnar .238
OSLG Gelnar .300
OOPS Gelnar .537
Team All-Stars
Tony Pierce
Player Salaries
Don Drysdale $ 16,190,000
Wes Covington $ 7,100,000
Bob Hazle $ 5,500,000
Boog Powell $ 3,250,000
Mike De La Hoz $ 2,078,571
Joe Grzenda $ 794,286
Terry Fox $ 750,000
Mike Cuellar $ 520,000
Ron Piche $ 500,000
Russ Nixon $ 480,000
Don Cardwell $ 450,000
Bob Schmidt $ 400,000
Frank Kostro $ 350,000
Ed Kranepool $ 350,000
Bob Humphreys $ 350,000
Gary Kolb $ 350,000
Bobby Wine $ 350,000
Bill Mazeroski $ 350,000
John Gelnar $ 300,000
Dale Willis $ 300,000
Bill Sorrell $ 300,000
Art Shamsky $ 300,000
Jim Dickson $ 300,000
Tony Pierce $ 300,000
Jim Lefebvre $ 300,000
Bobby Murcer $ 300,000
Chris Zachary $ 300,000
Masanori Murakami $ 300,000
Chuck Harrison $ 300,000
John Miller $ 300,000
Billy McCool $ 300,000
Byron Browne $ 300,000
Doc Edwards $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Signed     Ron Piche
2/3 Traded Joe Sparma Kansas City Bob Hazle
2/3 Traded Don Gross St. Louis Billy Hoeft
2/4 Signed     Don Cardwell
3/3 Traded Fritz Peterson
Bob Schroder
Montreal Don Drysdale
Mike De La Hoz
Wes Covington
Doc Edwards
Joe Grzenda
4/2 Traded Don Larsen
Dick Hall
Tampa Bay Milt Bolling
$3,825,000
7/1 Released Bob Hendley    
7/1 Released Carl Bouldin    
7/1 Released Milt Bolling    
7/31 Traded Billy Hoeft
George Banks
Kansas City Jim Waugh