1988 Toronto Blue Jays
Record: 86-74
Finish: 1st in AL West Division
Runs Scored: 697
Runs Allowed: 704
Exp W-L: 79-81
 
Ballpark: Exhibition Stadium
Attendance: 2,169,486
Manager: Chuck Glidden

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 85-52, 1st in the American League
AA: 70-67, 4th in the American League
A: 90-47, 1st in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 0-4 to New York (A) Yankees
 
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 *Ken Landreaux 33 156 585 68 158 33 3 11 89 27 11 54 59 .270 .328 .393 .721 75.6 14.4 4.1
1B *Kent Hrbek 28 147 518 77 131 37 2 20 71 1 0 64 53 .253 .333 .448 .781 76.0 17.4 3.3
DH #Albert Hall 30 138 483 74 130 27 3 3 53 69 21 51 89 .269 .338 .356 .694 62.9 12.5 1.1
3B *Dave Magadan 25 142 445 66 123 38 0 2 41 2 0 77 85 .276 .382 .375 .757 64.7 15.5 4.3
2B #Terry Pendleton 27 122 456 62 122 32 3 13 58 9 2 27 39 .268 .307 .436 .744 60.6 13.2 4.4
3B  Chris Brown 26 142 426 53 107 20 0 16 64 2 1 40 76 .251 .318 .411 .729 55.8 11.1 3.8
2B *Jorge Orta 37 139 436 49 100 15 0 5 39 6 3 20 105 .229 .263 .298 .561 32.1 1.9 6.0
C  Jim Sundberg 37 120 389 32 114 17 1 1 48 0 1 21 74 .293 .326 .350 .676 40.9 6.8 3.4
1B *Mike Aldrete 27 119 351 36 79 20 2 4 43 0 1 50 61 .225 .319 .328 .647 36.5 5.0 3.0
SS *Tom Foley 28 71 225 34 66 22 2 6 39 6 0 21 40 .293 .349 .489 .838 37.2 9.7 3.4
3B #Tony Phillips 29 91 188 28 45 13 0 8 26 0 1 24 54 .239 .324 .436 .760 25.6 5.3 2.0
C  Dave Van Gorder 31 51 190 21 35 9 0 1 16 1 0 13 39 .184 .239 .247 .486 9.7 0.0 2.1
RF #Cecil Espy 25 77 170 26 36 5 6 0 14 18 6 12 42 .212 .262 .312 .574 14.0 0.8 1.8
RF  Mike Devereaux 25 65 157 19 37 10 2 0 22 1 3 9 24 .236 .274 .325 .599 12.8 1.0 1.8
C  Barry Lyons 28 41 129 10 30 6 1 2 19 0 0 0 11 .233 .231 .341 .572 8.7 0.0 1.0
2B  Mariano Duncan 25 33 129 13 29 8 0 3 11 3 1 2 28 .225 .237 .357 .593 10.0 0.8 1.3
LF *Doug Frobel 29 56 108 16 21 4 0 1 9 4 1 13 30 .194 .279 .259 .538 8.6 0.4 0.7
RF  Dan Gladden 30 9 34 5 9 2 1 0 3 4 0 1 6 .265 .286 .382 .668 3.9 0.9 0.5
SS #Jose Uribe 29 9 25 3 8 1 0 0 4 0 3 2 3 .320 .393 .360 .753 2.7 0.5 0.5
CF #John Cangelosi 25 12 21 3 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 3 12 .048 .167 .095 .262 0.7 0.0 0.3
P  Jerry Reed 32 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.9 1742 5466 696 1381 320 26 96 669 158 55 504 930 .253 .315 .373 .688 638.8 117.1 48.9
  Rank among 12 AL teams 10 8 9 4 12 10 8 3 10 5 6 9 9 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
 Jose Deleon 27 11 7 .611 33 33 0 227.0 196 89 12 91 181 3.53 14.9
 Bret Saberhagen 24 13 10 .565 31 31 0 218.7 206 79 22 35 145 3.25 16.0
*Bruce Hurst 30 10 9 .526 29 29 0 202.0 213 98 28 46 123 4.37 9.6
 Manny Sarmiento 32 12 9 .571 33 33 0 184.3 168 76 18 48 134 3.71 11.7
 Dave Stewart 31 10 8 .556 25 25 0 158.7 149 77 16 81 102 4.37 7.5
*Rob Murphy 28 6 7 .462 53 0 1 96.0 93 49 11 34 58 4.59 4.4
 Jerry Reed 32 1 3 .250 31 0 2 67.3 79 50 10 19 24 6.68 0.0
*Norm Charlton 25 8 5 .615 61 0 38 65.3 54 22 3 33 46 3.03 12.3
 Bryan Clutterbuck 28 2 2 .500 31 0 0 62.3 99 47 9 17 21 6.79 0.0
 Allen Ripley 35 6 3 .667 48 0 10 47.3 48 15 4 17 29 2.85 6.9
*Carlos Diaz 30 5 4 .556 51 0 2 47.0 41 14 4 9 37 2.68 6.3
*John Tudor 34 1 1 .500 2 2 0 16.3 13 6 4 4 8 3.31 1.3
*Jack O'Connor 30 0 2 .000 2 2 0 14.0 14 8 1 4 6 5.14 0.2
 Rick Rhoden 35 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 12.3 16 3 1 6 4 2.19 0.7
 Al Nipper 29 0 1 .000 2 2 0 11.7 12 7 0 4 7 5.40 0.1
 Victor Cruz 30 0 2 .000 5 0 0 7.7 12 10 2 8 11 11.75 0.0
*Bob Owchinko 33 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0.3 1 1 0 0 0 27.27 0.0
Team Totals 30.2 86 74 .538 440 160 53 1438.3 1414 651 145 456 936 4.07 91.9
Rank among 12 AL teams 6 6 2 6 6 6 10 8 3 5 8  
* - 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 .990 30.3
J.Sundberg 796.7 89 93 525 26 3 0 .995 19.4
D.Van Gorder 456.3 51 51 302 25 3 0 .991 33.3
B.Lyons 185.3 20 23 132 8 1 0 .993 12.5
Team Total 1438.3 160 167 959 59 7 0 .993 23.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.36
K.Hrbek 1154.3 130 137 1325 88 6 111 .996 11.02
D.Magadan 169.0 20 21 183 13 1 13 .995 10.44
B.Lyons 54.7 5 10 65 5 0 7 1.000 11.53
J.Sundberg 42.0 5 9 50 1 0 3 1.000 10.93
A.Hall 12.3 0 6 19 0 0 2 1.000 13.87
M.Aldrete 6.0 0 2 5 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1438.3 160 185 1647 108 7 136 .996 10.98
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.66
T.Pendleton 706.3 81 87 106 287 7 58 .983 5.01
J.Orta 343.7 40 45 60 141 4 32 .980 5.26
M.Duncan 233.0 28 28 38 93 2 15 .985 5.06
T.Phillips 135.7 10 34 30 49 2 6 .975 5.24
A.Hall 12.3 1 4 4 7 0 0 1.000 8.03
T.Foley 6.3 0 3 3 5 0 2 1.000 11.37
J.Uribe 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1438.3 160 202 241 583 15 113 .982 5.16
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.73
D.Magadan 886.0 98 113 56 208 15 13 .946 2.68
T.Pendleton 289.3 38 38 17 62 3 1 .963 2.46
C.Brown 138.3 13 20 7 31 3 2 .927 2.47
T.Phillips 82.0 9 14 7 23 1 3 .968 3.29
K.Hrbek 24.0 2 6 4 5 0 1 1.000 3.38
C.Espy 16.7 0 7 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.62
A.Hall 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.3 160 199 93 330 22 20 .951 2.65
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.07
C.Brown 641.7 71 91 74 238 12 41 .963 4.38
T.Foley 511.7 63 63 73 206 6 38 .979 4.91
T.Phillips 126.0 11 26 14 44 1 6 .983 4.14
J.Uribe 68.0 9 9 13 27 2 4 .952 5.29
M.Duncan 42.0 5 5 9 16 1 3 .962 5.36
D.Magadan 21.3 1 6 4 6 1 4 .909 4.22
J.Orta 10.0 0 3 3 7 0 2 1.000 9.00
C.Espy 7.0 0 3 2 2 0 0 1.000 5.14
A.Hall 7.0 0 1 3 9 0 3 1.000 15.43
B.Lyons 3.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
Team Total 1438.0 160 208 196 555 23 101 .970 4.70
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 1.85
M.Aldrete 894.7 107 108 199 0 1 0 .995 2.00
K.Landreaux 346.7 39 40 72 2 4 2 .949 1.92
T.Phillips 80.3 8 11 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.90
D.Frobel 76.7 6 18 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
T.Foley 15.0 0 10 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20
J.Orta 11.3 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.38
C.Espy 5.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
J.Cangelosi 4.3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Hall 3.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Uribe 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1438.3 160 201 314 2 5 2 .984 1.98
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.45
J.Orta 803.7 97 103 236 7 0 4 1.000 2.72
C.Espy 359.7 41 55 107 2 4 1 .965 2.73
A.Hall 94.3 10 14 30 1 0 1 1.000 2.96
D.Frobel 84.3 5 22 21 1 0 0 1.000 2.35
J.Cangelosi 46.0 5 7 15 1 1 1 .941 3.13
M.Devereaux 43.0 2 16 14 1 0 0 1.000 3.14
K.Landreaux 7.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
Team Total 1438.0 160 221 426 13 5 7 .989 2.75
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.96
K.Landreaux 893.3 99 102 198 2 0 0 1.000 2.01
M.Devereaux 356.0 42 44 89 3 0 1 1.000 2.33
D.Gladden 73.0 9 9 30 0 0 0 1.000 3.70
D.Frobel 41.0 4 13 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.54
C.Espy 35.0 4 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.77
A.Hall 26.0 2 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.42
M.Aldrete 11.0 0 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27
J.Reed 2.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
J.Orta 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.3 160 188 337 6 1 1 .997 2.15
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 1.96
J.Deleon 227.0 33 33 10 30 1 4 .976 1.59
B.Saberhagen 218.7 31 31 19 34 2 2 .964 2.18
B.Hurst 202.0 29 29 16 24 1 2 .976 1.78
M.Sarmiento 184.3 33 33 11 22 0 1 1.000 1.61
D.Stewart 158.7 25 25 7 20 0 1 1.000 1.53
R.Murphy 96.0 0 53 7 17 1 1 .960 2.25
J.Reed 67.3 0 31 6 8 0 0 1.000 1.87
N.Charlton 65.3 0 61 4 15 2 1 .905 2.62
B.Clutterbuck 62.3 0 31 4 7 0 1 1.000 1.59
A.Ripley 47.3 0 48 2 7 0 2 1.000 1.71
C.Diaz 47.0 0 51 4 8 1 1 .923 2.30
J.Tudor 16.3 2 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.O'Connor 14.0 2 2 1 2 1 0 .750 1.93
R.Rhoden 12.3 2 2 0 3 0 1 1.000 2.19
A.Nipper 11.7 2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.54
V.Cruz 7.7 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Owchinko 0.3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.3 160 440 91 199 9 17 .970 1.81
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Magadan .276
On-Base Pct Magadan .382
Slugging Pct Hrbek .448
OPS Hrbek .781
XR Hrbek 76.0
Games Landreaux 156
At-Bats Landreaux 585
Runs Hrbek 77
Hits Landreaux 158
Total Bases Hrbek 232
Singles Landreaux 111
Doubles Magadan 38
Triples Espy 6
Homeruns Hrbek 20
RBIs Landreaux 89
Stolen Bases Hall 69
Caught Stealing Hall 21
Walks Magadan 77
Strikeouts Orta 105
ERA Saberhagen 3.25
Wins Saberhagen 13
Losses Saberhagen 10
Winning Pct Deleon .611
Saves Charlton 38
Games Pitched Charlton 61
Games Started Deleon, Sarmiento 33
Complete Games Saberhagen 5
Shutouts Hurst, Saberhagen 2
Innings Pitched Deleon 227.0
Hits Allowed Hurst 213
Homeruns Allowed Hurst 28
Strikeouts Deleon 181
Walks Allowed Deleon 91
Walks per 9IP Saberhagen 1.4
Hits per 9IP Deleon 7.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Deleon 7.2
WHiP Saberhagen 1.10
OAVG Deleon .232
OOBP Saberhagen .271
OSLG Deleon .354
OOPS Sarmiento .654
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Ken Landreaux $ 8,000,000
Kent Hrbek $ 6,000,000
Manny Sarmiento $ 4,750,000
Bruce Hurst $ 3,735,714
Jose Deleon $ 3,057,143
Bret Saberhagen $ 3,057,143
Chris Brown $ 2,485,714
Rick Rhoden $ 2,000,000
Jim Sundberg $ 2,000,000
Tom Foley $ 1,892,857
Duane Walker $ 1,621,429
Tony Phillips $ 1,614,286
Carlos Diaz $ 1,400,000
Albert Hall $ 1,378,571
Doug Frobel $ 1,074,286
Jorge Orta $ 990,000
Dave Van Gorder $ 885,714
Allen Ripley $ 807,143
Dave Stewart $ 535,714
John Cangelosi $ 417,857
Rob Murphy $ 350,000
Victor Cruz $ 350,000
John Tudor $ 350,000
Mike Devereaux $ 300,000
Candy Maldonado $ 300,000
Norm Charlton $ 300,000
Mariano Duncan $ 300,000
Bryan Clutterbuck $ 300,000
Cecil Espy $ 300,000
Dan Gladden $ 300,000
Mike Aldrete $ 300,000
Dave Magadan $ 300,000
Al Nipper $ 300,000
Jack O'Connor $ 300,000
Bob Owchinko $ 300,000
Terry Pendleton $ 300,000
Jerry Reed $ 300,000
Jose Uribe $ 300,000
Barry Lyons $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/5 Signed     Jorge Orta
3/4 Traded Steve Bedrosian Washington Carlos Diaz
3/4 Traded Doug Jennings Cleveland (A) Mark Lemke