1978 Toronto Blue Jays
Record: 82-78
Finish: 3rd in AL West Division
Runs Scored: 801
Runs Allowed: 777
Exp W-L: 82-78
 
Ballpark: Exhibition Stadium
Attendance: 1,181,787
Manager: Chuck Glidden

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 54-83, 12th in the American League
AA: 66-71, 9th in the American League
A: 111-26, 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 *Mitchell Page 26 153 561 101 176 36 6 25 115 26 8 95 73 .314 .410 .533 .943 118.7 31.6 3.8
CF #Miguel Dilone 23 152 584 82 175 25 8 2 52 60 38 33 21 .300 .336 .380 .716 67.4 10.7 4.4
RF *Gary Holman 34 146 484 59 133 17 3 1 61 1 0 66 73 .275 .361 .329 .690 58.6 10.5 1.2
SS  Dave Rosello 28 144 477 72 138 23 1 8 53 1 2 56 52 .289 .362 .392 .754 67.8 14.5 2.9
CF  Ivan Murrell 33 138 473 58 137 16 1 10 58 21 12 24 65 .290 .325 .391 .716 56.7 9.8 2.4
RF  Cesar Cedeno 27 99 396 65 122 20 7 9 60 37 8 30 25 .308 .357 .462 .819 64.1 15.1 2.2
CF *Jose Cruz 30 124 394 61 122 19 4 9 59 8 2 31 34 .310 .361 .447 .808 60.7 14.4 3.6
C #Butch Wynegar 22 111 370 53 87 16 1 9 46 0 1 48 29 .235 .321 .357 .677 42.5 6.2 3.9
RF  Jeff Burroughs 27 74 264 33 67 10 2 10 43 0 0 26 32 .254 .315 .420 .736 35.6 6.1 1.6
LF *Ken Landreaux 23 86 257 50 66 11 0 8 39 21 7 15 12 .257 .300 .393 .693 33.3 5.4 0.8
C  Jim Sundberg 27 78 254 32 62 15 2 4 29 0 2 24 27 .244 .311 .366 .677 27.4 3.9 2.5
RF  Ron Leflore 30 102 254 46 74 10 2 5 43 24 11 18 25 .291 .336 .406 .741 32.1 5.6 1.6
1B *Claudell Washington 23 71 237 33 67 13 2 6 51 7 2 8 35 .283 .304 .430 .734 30.4 5.5 1.2
C *John Wojcik 36 93 212 23 47 7 0 0 19 6 2 29 44 .222 .316 .255 .570 19.9 1.7 1.9
1B *Jason Thompson 23 98 177 25 44 4 1 9 33 0 0 35 20 .249 .367 .435 .802 29.2 5.9 0.7
1B *Phil Mankowski 25 37 109 8 23 5 0 0 8 0 1 8 9 .211 .267 .257 .524 7.3 0.0 0.8
  Team Totals 27.3 1706 5503 801 1540 247 40 115 769 212 96 546 576 .280 .344 .402 .746 751.9 146.7 35.5
  Rank among 12 AL teams 9 3 3 7 6 6 4 2 11 5 2 1 2 4 4 3  
* - 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
*Jerry Koosman 35 17 10 .630 33 33 0 253.7 240 119 23 127 122 4.22 13.2
 Blue Moon Odom 33 10 10 .500 33 33 0 209.7 194 95 16 123 94 4.08 10.5
 Bill Stoneman 34 12 9 .571 25 25 0 191.0 182 88 15 81 145 4.15 10.4
 Mark Littell 25 8 11 .421 27 27 0 168.0 171 99 26 105 149 5.30 3.7
 Ed Figueroa 29 5 13 .278 22 22 0 154.0 181 101 13 81 67 5.90 0.0
 Jim Otten 26 11 5 .688 55 0 4 129.7 116 63 12 63 59 4.37 8.1
 Rick Rhoden 25 6 4 .600 11 4 0 89.7 91 42 3 33 33 4.22 4.8
 Rick Wise 32 2 7 .222 18 9 0 79.7 89 50 13 34 45 5.65 0.3
 Reggie Cleveland 30 3 4 .429 40 0 2 77.7 76 27 8 21 24 3.13 5.4
*Danny Coombs 36 5 5 .500 39 0 4 53.3 49 25 7 27 23 4.22 3.6
 Rick Camp 25 3 0 1.000 13 0 7 15.0 15 1 0 7 8 0.60 3.6
Team Totals 30.0 82 78 .513 316 153 17 1421.3 1404 710 136 702 769 4.50 63.7
Rank among 12 AL teams 5 5 11 5 11 4 9 10 12 7 10  
* - 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 32.1
B.Wynegar 896.7 100 106 499 31 9 0 .983 27.6
J.Sundberg 416.0 47 47 252 24 4 0 .986 42.9
J.Wojcik 108.7 13 14 64 7 0 0 1.000 36.8
Team Total 1421.3 160 167 815 62 13 0 .985 33.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.57
I.Murrell 793.0 100 103 903 70 4 72 .996 11.04
G.Holman 272.7 34 37 315 25 1 33 .997 11.22
J.Thompson 266.0 18 73 325 28 2 40 .994 11.94
J.Sundberg 55.0 5 11 75 8 0 8 1.000 13.58
P.Mankowski 29.7 3 5 34 1 0 4 1.000 10.62
C.Cedeno 4.7 0 2 5 0 1 1 .833 9.57
D.Rosello 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1422.0 160 232 1658 132 8 158 .996 11.33
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.89
M.Dilone 1251.7 144 147 279 547 21 122 .975 5.94
J.Wojcik 156.7 15 32 36 57 1 13 .989 5.34
D.Rosello 13.0 1 3 2 4 0 0 1.000 4.15
Team Total 1421.3 160 182 317 608 22 135 .977 5.86
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.95
C.Washington 533.7 60 64 35 130 5 12 .971 2.78
J.Burroughs 368.2 42 44 23 99 1 10 .992 2.98
J.Wojcik 183.7 20 26 10 51 2 5 .968 2.99
P.Mankowski 122.0 15 17 12 31 1 5 .977 3.17
I.Murrell 5.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
D.Rosello 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Leflore 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1216.5 137 155 80 313 9 32 .978 2.91
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.24
D.Rosello 1121.7 136 137 189 424 29 89 .955 4.92
P.Mankowski 122.7 13 15 21 51 3 10 .960 5.28
J.Wojcik 96.0 8 18 19 36 5 8 .917 5.16
I.Murrell 63.0 3 21 9 30 0 4 1.000 5.57
J.Thompson 8.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.13
J.Cruz 5.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
R.Leflore 3.0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00
K.Landreaux 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
M.Dilone 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1421.3 160 197 239 546 37 112 .955 4.97
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.04
M.Page 1316.3 148 152 297 16 2 2 .994 2.14
C.Cedeno 221.8 24 26 45 1 1 0 .979 1.87
J.Burroughs 217.6 25 25 48 2 1 1 .980 2.07
R.Leflore 64.0 7 10 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.55
I.Murrell 24.0 3 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
K.Landreaux 13.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38
M.Dilone 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Cruz 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1860.7 209 220 408 19 4 3 .991 2.07
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.64
J.Cruz 906.3 107 111 273 13 10 5 .966 2.84
R.Leflore 406.0 42 58 104 5 7 0 .940 2.42
C.Cedeno 56.6 7 7 18 1 1 1 .950 3.02
I.Murrell 52.0 5 9 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.73
K.Landreaux 32.0 4 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.81
C.Washington 17.0 2 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.59
D.Rosello 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Burroughs 1.9 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Wojcik 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Dilone 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1477.8 167 198 418 20 18 6 .961 2.67
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.13
C.Cedeno 549.3 63 63 132 1 3 0 .978 2.18
G.Holman 280.7 33 37 43 1 0 1 1.000 1.41
K.Landreaux 170.7 21 23 50 0 0 0 1.000 2.64
R.Leflore 89.7 7 23 23 0 1 0 .958 2.31
J.Wojcik 18.0 2 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50
I.Murrell 15.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20
J.Cruz 12.7 1 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.55
C.Washington 10.0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1145.9 128 160 260 2 4 1 .985 2.06
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.00
J.Koosman 253.7 33 33 10 30 0 1 1.000 1.42
B.Odom 209.7 33 33 13 29 1 3 .977 1.80
B.Stoneman 191.0 25 25 13 26 2 2 .951 1.84
M.Littell 168.0 27 27 13 30 1 1 .977 2.30
E.Figueroa 154.0 22 22 9 35 3 1 .936 2.57
J.Otten 129.7 0 55 7 18 1 0 .962 1.74
R.Rhoden 89.7 4 11 9 19 1 3 .966 2.81
R.Wise 79.7 9 18 6 16 0 0 1.000 2.49
R.Cleveland 77.7 0 40 8 17 1 1 .962 2.90
D.Coombs 53.3 0 39 2 13 1 2 .938 2.53
R.Camp 15.0 0 13 2 3 0 1 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1421.3 153 316 92 236 11 15 .968 2.08
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Page .314
On-Base Pct Page .410
Slugging Pct Page .533
OPS Page .943
XR Page 118.7
Games Page 153
At-Bats Dilone 584
Runs Page 101
Hits Page 176
Total Bases Page 299
Singles Dilone 140
Doubles Page 36
Triples Dilone 8
Homeruns Page 25
RBIs Page 115
Stolen Bases Dilone 60
Caught Stealing Dilone 38
Walks Page 95
Strikeouts Holman, Page 73
ERA Odom 4.08
Wins Koosman 17
Losses Figueroa 13
Winning Pct Otten .688
Saves Camp 7
Games Pitched Otten 55
Games Started Koosman, Odom 33
Complete Games Koosman 13
Shutouts Koosman 2
Innings Pitched Koosman 253.7
Hits Allowed Koosman 240
Homeruns Allowed Littell 26
Strikeouts Littell 149
Walks Allowed Koosman 127
Walks per 9IP Stoneman 3.8
Hits per 9IP Odom 8.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Littell 8.0
WHiP Stoneman 1.38
OAVG Stoneman .247
OOBP Stoneman .322
OSLG Koosman .369
OOPS Stoneman .695
Team All-Stars
Jim Otten
Mitchell Page
Dave Rosello
Player Salaries
Jose Cruz $ 5,000,000
Reggie Cleveland $ 3,750,000
Rick Wise $ 3,650,000
Jerry Cram $ 3,000,000
Ivan Murrell $ 2,700,000
Gary Holman $ 2,490,000
Ed Figueroa $ 2,050,000
Danny Coombs $ 2,000,000
Bill Stoneman $ 2,000,000
Andy Messersmith $ 750,000
Jerry Koosman $ 600,000
John Wojcik $ 496,000
Jim Maloney $ 450,000
Jim Ray $ 350,000
Rick Rhoden $ 350,000
Terry Forster $ 350,000
Blue Moon Odom $ 350,000
Mark Littell $ 350,000
Ron Leflore $ 300,000
Ken Landreaux $ 300,000
Rick Camp $ 300,000
Jim Otten $ 300,000
Phil Mankowski $ 300,000
Butch Wynegar $ 300,000
Miguel Dilone $ 300,000
Dave Rosello $ 300,000
Jim Sundberg $ 300,000
Jason Thompson $ 300,000
Claudell Washington $ 300,000
Mitchell Page $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Signed     Rick Wise
2/24 Signed     Jim Maloney
7/1 Traded Jeff Burroughs New York (N) Odell Jones
7/31 Traded Cesar Cedeno
Enrique Romo
Cleveland (A) Rick Rhoden